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3b02e51 | i think it would be valuable because you could help the kids stay focused and you can make it so they dont stress over little things. if you could change your emotions, that would be great because anytime you were sad of something you could just change your emotion, because why not. i'drather be happy all of the time then sad. like if you're having a bad day. just smile and change it. in my experience, i feel happy when the people aound me are happy. if im having a bad day i just surround myself in happy people so then i will get happier. if i dont feelwell of wanna throw up or something then i just smile, because i probably could have a good day if i just smile. its hard to deal with emotions and stuff because they dont work out the way you always want. emotions are a big part of us though, if you were emotionless then what would you be. you would definitly be a robot. in this world so much has changed; like now there are so many school shootings and other things like that, most people's emotions are wack. because if you dont have a solid base to work off of, you're gonna get no where because you will crumble. dont stress it, just bless it. this essay may not be the greatest, but it could put a smile on your fac, because apparently emotions are everything. | 2 |
3b06e15 | Cars have been around for a while now and have been advancing and changing each year as time has gone on. People have depended on cars to get them from their job, school, practice for a team and even to just get them to a friends house. In the earlier days such as the 1950's to the 1980's most cars were gorgeous works of art and had style and class and each new model looked significantly different from the last. Alot more people now a days preferred those cars over the ones we have now and not just adult men from age 40 or above but also young teens such as myself simply because they are pretty and most of the engines have a much nicer sound to them. As silly as that sounds it's the truth and basically the only reason, but the problem is that those cars burn gas like it's going out of style, they are very heavy compared to modern day cars because most of them were made out of steel, they weren't aerodynamic and besides the fact that they caused a good amount of pollution, they were also very unsafe if you were to get in a car crash.
From then until now we've been advancing cars by making them aerodynamic, lighter weight, less gas to power them and they are also much safer. Since cars have been pretty much a constant thing and being bought more and more they are starting to become a problem now. The problem is that cars have been polluting the world for a constant and long rate of time and it needs to be slowed down so that the air we breathe can start to become more pure and fresh again. I'm not saying that it was perfect before cars came along either because it wasn't but it was a heck of alot better then than now. Now cars play a big part in not only pollution but also global warming which needs to stop.
A world without cars is impossible, there will always be cars around. Instead a world with a limited amount of car usage, now that's possible. I know I love cars, not all of them of course, like i'm no fan of a hybrid but sports cars and muscle cars catch my eye and I love hearing the roar of a powerful engine and seeing how it all is perfectly pieced together under the hood. I also love the world I live in though and I wouldn't want to pollute it anymore then it already has been but I would never want the world I love to be without the cars that I love either. That's why i'd be willing to stop constantly using cars for transportation and find another way to get to where I need to go.
Not only would the world be better without us constantly using cars but so would we. We wouldn't have to worry about reckless drivers and making sure we don't forget to put our seat belt on. Fathers and Mothers wouldn't have to cry at their sons or daughters funeral bacause they were in an accident. The amount of teen deaths by car crashes from driving under the influence would reduce because we wouldn't be driving nearly as much. Even people with COPD or Aesthma would be better off because they'd be breathing cleaner more crisp air rather than what they have to breathe now.
I would never want a world without cars because I love cars and I even want to make a career out of my love for them and become an Automotive Technician/Mechanic. I still want what's best for the world I live in though and if that means less driving and more walking, jogging or biking then i'm okay with that. People who say they feel the same way should also take action rather than just saying it would be better they should try to make it better. I will try my best to find other ways of transportation rather than driving and I hope others will too. Those are some of the advantages I can think of about limiting car usage and i'm more than sure there are one hundred more advantages to limiting the usage of cars but that's the best I could think of so I hope I had some good points. | 3 |
3b0840a | How do you feel about our voting system today? Today our current voting system consists of electoral colleges that vote for there certain president depending on your votes for president. We have had this system since the begaining of voting for president for our country. Some believe that our country recieves harm as far as our selection for president goes. What they mean by this is that it all pretty much relies on the electoral colleges to vote our president. The problem with this is that people think that the president should be chose from popular vote, not from the electoral colleges. The thing with this is the our favors can be easily swayed due to the smart and cleverly designed ads during there campaign for president. Now see this wouldnt be a problem except that these advertisements arent always true and could sway our vote for the wrong reasons. This where the elctoral colleges come into play, they limit the amount of votes each president gets by the state. The electoral votes are then distributed to each candidate according to the amount of votes each one gets in the state. If we left it to just popular vote, the new president could just be decided by a couple clever ads and not there actual reasons for running, and what there gonna do for the country. all this being said i do think the amount of electorl votes shouldnt change due to the size of the sate so everyone has a fair chance. Honestly i think the electoral vote system works like a charm and would side with it opposed to the popular vote side of things. | 2 |
3b0bbb9 | Would driverless cars be cool? Yes they would. I personally think it would be a horrible idea to have driverless cars.Me personally, I think all of our cars should be driven by a human being instead of a robotic machine.
First off the prices of these driverlesscars would be threw the roof to by and make.Then the cost of Insurance would be threw the roof on these automotives because of how expensive they are to make plus what if theirs a malfunction or an error in the cars system or the whole network crashes.
Just because drivers get bored doesnt mean we should make a driverless car because the persons bored or something then just dont drive to point A to point B its thats simple. The only reason the car industries Wants to make a driverless car is becasue of money.The only reason the insurances would like this idea is so they can jack the prices up.
Whats the fuel indistry going to be like is the cars still going to be gased powerd or batery powerd or what? My perspective on this topic this whole idea is garbage some things i agree with like brakeing system or a camra in the back that way you dont run any thing over while your backing out of your driving. Other than that this whole thing is about the car industries and the insurance company making money thats all this whole thing is about,all this is unecessry. | 2 |
3b163b8 | Driverless cars are the next big thing to come into our world. Driverless cars would be such a help to everyone around the world. With all the traffic out there you get tired of stoping and going, then hitting the gas then the brake. Well now you dont have to do any of that with driverless cars. They'll do it on their own, all you have to do is steer at times. So, with having driverless cars they will do less harm to the enviroment, safer for your freinds and family, and it's easier on you.
First, the driverless cars are less harm to the enviromen. Just think of all the taxis out there in the big cities wasting all the gas that we put into them. It harms the enviroment way too much. With these special driving cars it's a proved fact that they use half of the fuel today's taxis use. That means it's not polluting the land as much and the oxygen will be cleaner and fresher as well. With all of the pollution going on our ozone layer is decreasing rapidly and ith the makings of these cars it wont harm the ozone layer as much now, and as a matter of fact it will help it.
Moving on, the driverless cars are all in all safer than modern day cars we drive everyday to world and back. At night when you cant see very well and your in the back country it can see up ahead way farther than you ever can. Here's a situation for you, say your driving along in a regular and a deer runs out of the field and SMACK! Now your calling a tow truck in the middle of night and your kids are scared. Now if you had the safe driverless car it could of hit the brakes because it saw the deer run out of the field, and now your driving home safe and your kids are safe. Don't worry about steering, the special car is made to do it. You can just sit back and relax and enjoy the ride to wherever you are going.
Lastly, you always want things to be easier on you right? Well now we have a solution for you. Instead of hitting the gas then the brake in the big cities, have the car do that for you. So you don't get fustrated of hitting the brake and gas you can just chill. This specialy made car can ultimately bring you a stress free life.
Now you can see that having a driverless car can bring you a better life. With all of the values it has you will never regret gettting one. If you're at the car lot and have to decide wether driverless and have to drive. I can count on you'll make the right choice. So, making it less harmful to the enviroment, making it safer for your travels, and finaly making it easier on yourself, driverless cars are the way to go. | 4 |
3b16819 | Dr. Haung and his colleague expert are developed better ways for human and computer to communicate the software is the latest innovation fro Prof. Thomas Huang of the Advace Science at University. The use of the new technology is to clasify the emoctional expressions. Using the emoctional expression you can tell whether that person is happy or not. It show that there are six expression each person have which are the happiness,anger,surprise,fear,digust, and sadness. By weighting the difference units the software can even identify mixed emotions and compared against a neutral face. if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad follow but if you frown the ad will be different. The technology can also effective human instruction. The new technology that Dr. huamg and his colleague developed can help people figure out what might people feel inside although they doesn't show it. It be best if we tried it at our classroom, there a lot of people who somehow feel lonely but just don't express it. | 1 |
3b1a669 | Although cars are an important piece of human technology, they can also be pretty bad. Cars harm the environment, and a polluted environment can harm us.
According to source 1, 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe are from passenger cars. In America, there can be up to 50% of greenhouse gas emissions because there are a lot of people that own cars. An advantage of limiting car usage would definitely be decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases. Also in source 1, a German suburb had entirely banned cars. One person even mentioned how much happier they were since moving to a community without cars.
In source 2, the auther discusses how Paris banned cars for several days due to the amount of pollution. The source even states that the smog rivaled that of Beijing, China. Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Unfortunately, simply banning something does not stop people from doing it. So, in order to make sure people did as they were told, Parisians were fined 22 euros, which is thirty-one American dollars. To make things simplier for people, public transit was free of charge.
Similarly to Paris, Bogota, Columbia has one day where everyone goes car-free. As stated earlier, not everyone follows the rules when it comes to things simply being banned. According to source 3, violators in Bogota face twenty-five dollar fines. Thanks to the one car-free day in Bogota, 118 miles of bicycle paths have been built. To a lot of people, use of cars damages the environment, so days where everyone goes car-free really do matter and should not be pushed aside as unimportant.
Limiting car usage would certainly decrease the amount of pollution in the atmosphere and other parts of the environment, even if only a little bit. Because of cars, pollution is a serious issue these days and if we don't do something about it soon, it might be too late to try to fix it. | 3 |
3b20650 | There are numerous mysteries of the world that mankind is only on the verge of solving.
From Stonehenge to the Great Pyramids of Giza, historians as well as the public has a surplus of both logical and outrageous theories as to where these icons began.
One example of this is the Face on Mars.
The Face has become a symbol of its own and many believe there to be a correlation with alien life.
However, I, as a scientist, am certain that the Face is simply a natural landform rather than an alien creation due to my knowledge that NASA has taken multiple pictures of the formation and reached this conclusion, NASA has no logical reason to hide evidence if it were present, and because planet Earth has similar formations found in nature.
In 1976, a Mars Global surveyor or MGS image depicted a shocking sight for those down on Earth.
According to "Unmasking the Face on Mars", an article discussing the mysterious Face, "...it[Viking 1] spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia."
After their initial reactions, the rational scientists arrived at the conclusion that the sight was in reality, "...just another Martian mesa".
They carried on to unveil the finding to the public who some of whom responded claiming the Face is certain proof of Martian life.
NASA has stood by their belief, taking numerous shots of the Face since the original spotting.
As recently as of April 8, 2001; newer photographs using the newest techonology have shown the Face for what it really is.
Jim Garvin, the chief scientist of the Mars Exploration Program, describes tthe intent saying, "We felt this was important to taxpayers.
We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it.
The clarity of these recent pictures is much improved upon those shot by the 1976 Viking.
In fact Garvin again claims, So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!
True scientists understand that in order to prove a theory valid, one must utilize multiple data collections rather than one outlier.
NASA has indeed done so in the case of the Face on Mars.
Another reason for believing what I do is the fact that NASA is a professional organization which of course seeks funding and a fair reputation as much as anyone else.
Although many conspiracy theorists claim "NASA would rather hide" evidence of life on Mars, this could not be farther from the truth.
According to the article Unmasking the Face on Mars, "...defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."
This is completely logical as recently funding for NASA has only decreased, seemingly along with the public's interest in space exploration.
This being the case, why on Earth would it be sensible for NASA to attempt any sort of cover up regarding evidence of alien life such as the alleged Face on Mars?
Finally, to verify NASA's knowledge that the Face is just a natural landform, is the observation which no one can deny: our planet Earth is abundant in formations such as the Face.
In fact, the mesa which the Face really is, is fairly similar to those found on Earth.
These landforms are particularly common is the western region of North America.
In fact, Jim Garvin states, It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
Although Mars and Earth differ is many ways, the two neighboring planets share similar land formations such as these.
The Face is but a specific example of this.
After examining NASA's numerous verification attempts through the means of photography, the fact that NASA has no known motive to hide the alleged "evidence", and observing our own planet and its characteristics, it is clear to see that the Face is indeed nothing more than a naturally-occuring landform.
Undeniably fascinating, the Face on Mars is similar to many other wonderous works of nature.
As humans, it is only natural to find these perplexing and interesting.
However, science should not be refuted by simple fascination.
Instead, science should be utilized as a tool to explain the source of these out-of-this-world discoveries. | 6 |
3b20a11 | It is obvious that driverless cars are the future of transportation. Self driving cars not only provide you with a more comfortable and convinient way of getting place to place, but also a safer and more eco-friendly way of transportation. The development of driverless cars are a neccesity in moving into a safer and overall better future.
Driverless cars are equipt with the latest in sensor technologies. Used collectivley, the sensors provide a model of the world around the car and not only enable it to mimic the driving of a human, but more effectivley and precisely navigate roads. This makes the car safer than if it were operated by a human driver. Current driverless cars aren't even properley driverless. BMW developed a car that can handle basic driving functions at slow speeds, but sensors in the car's driving wheel make sure that an alert human is able to operate the car in dangerous situations (i. e. car accidents or work zones). Even if cars are not fully autonomous, the technology being developed for driverless cars can assist a driver and help to avoid crashes. Google's test cars alone have independently driven over a half a million miles without any crashes.
Future driverless cars can make traveling a more enjoyable experience. Google's cofounder Sergey Brin imagines a day where public-transport is not gas guzziling buses, but a fleet of driverless cars that only consume half of what modern car's do. Not only will these cars allow you to travel somewhere without having to worry about the road and even allow you to work or interact with family member, but will take you to a specific destination unlike current public-transport. Such cars could fundamentally change the world.
Development of driverless cars are the future in automotive transportation. There are little to no cons on the the development of such cars as well as an enormous amount of pros. Technology and research engineered for the production of these cars not only benifit the automotive industry, but can have applications outside of the industry even if driverless cars are not eventually commercially avalible. The future is self driving cars. | 4 |
3b223d8 | Are driverless cars the next big thing ? And are they gonna actually be helpful ?. In my own opinion i belive my negative opinions about driverless cars over power my postive opinions about them.
Driverless cars are being talked about alot lately , i belive they could really be on our very own streets one day and i belive that one day i could own one. This new evolution of cars could be very helpful to a persons everyday life , because driverless cars take less gas , less energy on a person and stress. Although i believe more in what we have today by which humans drive themselves everywhere without depending on technology to take you places. Yes the driverless car is cool and satisfying to scientist but what about the people who love to get behind the wheel and take off on their own journey or those who love to race.With these new generations of cars we will not be able to take the joy out of teaching our own children to drive and eventually people are going to depend on these driverless cars and after generations adults will not even know how to operate a vehicle by themselves. In the future when we have these driverless cars these people will not get to enjoy these things we have today. To me i would want to have a car where i can operate it myself and be able to trust myself with my life behind the wheel not a computer.
So these "driverless cars" may be the next big thing , and may be helpful to others but i want to enjoy my time behind the wheel , and take in the values of life without advanced technology. | 2 |
3b2cfcb | The artical asked me if i could imagine a time when you no longer have to drive your car but rather that it drives it's self. I can imagine a car that drives it self, I can imagine a green sky and blue grass, I can imagine just about anything. What is really posible and how far is too far? When I ask my self the same question I say yes I can Imagine it but am not sure of it's fact. I wonder about how the car can navitgate at night, who is responsible if a collision occurs, and how much privacy is lost when driving one of these self driving cars.
The car that can drive its self sounds right out of a cartoon or some kind of science fiction book and it makes me conserned about how relivent it would acualy be on the streets in the real world. How can I feel safe in a car traveling at high speeds on a dark night with winding roads, and the chance of a wondering animal or person to cross the path of the self driving car? In my eyes our technology needs to drasticaly improve before self driving at night is thing that these cars do.
I the car crashes for any reason who is reponsible for the damage of life that may had been taken? Their will need to be a fully functioning self driving car no assistance needed, so good the the probibility of a crash is small as getting struck by lightning. Until this thing is thuroughly fool proof they should'nt be able one public road, street, ave, or any other driving path. They say the confusion could posibialy be stopped by putting a camera in the car showing who was in control of the vehical at the moment of the crash but hoe much of the story would that tell?
For me the idea of being watched by cameras through out the car is enough to lose my attention completely. I feel very stongly about personal privacy and would not want to be watched by complete strangers every time I am in my car. These cameras may be helpfull if they are only on at emergincies to help with understanding what has happened, but would'nt like the feeling of being watched on my everyday comute.
In all im pretty pesimistic about the self driving cars and a little curious to see if im totaly wrong or was I on to something and that these things are not the way to go. In the catigory of tough situations such as night time, collisions, and privacy improvement is necicary for the self driving cars to become a reality. I am looking forward to seeing how the self driving cars do and hope that the bugs get worked out so that self driving cars are a reality and it's not something I just imagine is real and well. | 4 |
3b32089 | Using the technology to read students' emotional expressions will benefit the students learning experience and they will like the new way of learning. The student will be more ingaged into the actives because the techology changed it to their liking. In the article it states that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify thr lesson". If the computer modifies the lesson and makes the student more ingaged the student wouldn't become bored or uninterested and they will pay more attention. If the technoloy modifies the lesson where the student couldn't become confused and make it more understandable the student wouldn't get upset or want to give up on the lesson. A human instructor can't change the whole lesson because one student is confused or bored but if the technology was placed in schools it'll benefit the students one on one help where it can change the lesson to the students liking or unstanding. The techology will change the way students learn and benfit them in their edcational career. | 3 |
3b35bfc | The technonogy we have today allows us to create new ideas that can chage our world. Driverless cars is an idea that is a part of the modern age of technology. In the article , the aurthor elaborates on many ways drvierless cars have become a reality in our world today. The technology that allows us to create new ways to keep the raods safe helps our world become a better place.
Every year thousands of people die or get injured becasue of car crashes. Driverless cars can help put an end to the tragic deaths caused by these crashes. In the second paragraph, the author pionts out that Google's independently driven cars have driven more than half a million miles without crashing. Cameras and sensors in cars watch the road and the driver ensuring that the people in the car and the poeple in the car's surroundng are safe. If everyone has the opportunity to drive one of these cars, then crashes will be reduces significantly.
Not only does the new technology in the cars have the abilty to stop crashes, they allow the car tranmit information to the people inside the car incase there is a malfunction. In 2013, BMW announced the start of "Traffic Jam Assistant". Although the progrma does not make cars completely driverless, it shows that we are coming closer to creating cars with the ability to make driving safer. BMW's "Traffic Jam Assistant" has special touch sensors that makes sure the driver has his or her hand on the steering wheel at all times. Teh new technolgy can sterr, brake and accelerate themselves, but its primary design is to notify the driver when the raid ahead needs the skills of a human driver. Some of these warning include flashing lights or windshield display that can notify the driver if the situation needs human skills.
Although, a completley driverless car is still in the furture, new technolgies have shown that a driverless car is safe enough to invest in. With its features keeping people focused, crashes caused by texting, sleeping, or even drunk driving will decrease. Also the amount of people speeding will drop resulting in less tickets and overall safer rods that everyoen can drive on without the fear of getting in a car crash. | 3 |
3b3ddba | One beleives,that limiting car usage can have a positive effect and we can gain
Advantages to this. Source 1 "In German Suburb, life goes on with out cars" (Rosenthal) and source 2 "Paris bans driving due to somg" (Duffer) what both these sources have in common is the fact that both authors talk about the advantages of L
i miting car usage. In Source 1 "German suburb,life goes on with out cars. "Vauban, Germany have given up their cars As a Result, 70
Percent of vauban's Families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here"
In this incident, Families do not own cars or have sold a car to move to Vauban Because most of the families and mothers dont feel as tense and feel happier it also help reduce air pollution.
"Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs where middle-class families from chicago to shanghai tend to make thier homes" Here Cars are the linchpin of suburbs where experts say, It is a huge impediement to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas. In source 2 "Paris Bans driving due to smog "After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. In this incident, Paris enforced a Ban on cars so it can clear up the polluted air with somg in the city. "On Monday motorists with even-numberd license plates were orderd to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine (31$) the same would go for odd numberd plates. Here, Cars owners would be fined If they were found driving and not leaving thier cars at home in effort to reduce the Air pollution smog of the city. In essence I feel that If we continue this in diffrent countries our Air pollution Rates can go down in percentage and we woulden't need to worry about It anymore don't you? | 2 |
3b3df14 | The author suggests that sudying Venus is a worthy pursuit, which means that theres many challenging things on the planats surface that we don't know but have to learn.
In paragragh 3 it says "Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" meaning that Venus isnt the only thing that is challenging also meaning that, clouds highly corrosive are more challenging to learn or even study about. Venus is the secound planet from our sun, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely its often referred to as Earth's twin. In paragragh 4 it says " venus was probably covered largely with oceans", so maybe we didnt even realize we had it because it was covered by oceans or maybe it just didnt wan to be seen.
The author says in paragragh 8 that " Venus has vaule , not only becasue of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becasue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". | 2 |
3b42d54 | Dear Florida senator,
I would like disuss why changing up the way we voyte today is not as bad f an idea as it sounds. Changing to elections by a popular vote sounds like its in the peoples hands instead of juts casting out votes on the slate electors. Aren't we voting for our president. innstead of countting onn the electoral votes to hep out or, go against out favor, it'd be much more easier to just let the people vote.
The elctoral votes are utterly useless or unimportant,though. If there is ever happens to be a tie between the two candidates the electoral votes can help break it. It'd be less of a hassle to have the florida residents vote,directly, on someone besides the president. Less worring about if theyre going to win or not. Now when you start to think about it the electoral college is just unfair an pretty outdated,if you ask me. Change doesn't sound that bad. All im trying to achive by writting this, is to gain actual control over who we're all voting for.
It's also not just what's completely wrong with the electoral college but how does it help in the first place? When you start analizing it, it really doens't help much. How much actual help can the lectora coellge make, in my defense not much. Why? Simple, its just 20-30 more votes and not many states have that much Hawaii has uop to 4 electoral votes, not much. Voters should be alowed to directly vote for who they want to be president and not rely on the lectoral college. | 2 |
3b480e0 | Limiting car use can be helpful any many different ways. Ranging any where from helping the enviroment to making people less stressed. There has been many experiments to prove this such as car reduced communities, paris putting a partial driving ban on citizen for a week, bogota columbias annual car free day, and the studies in the united states showing that thier is less cars being bought now adays. So I believe that we should all started limiting our car uses not fully but deffinatly by some because theres has been nothing proven bad about the limiting of car use. If we all stopped using our cars so much or had certain days of the year where we weren't aloud to use our cars in the reduction of smog greatly.
As shown in Vaunban, Germany where streets are completly "car-free" citizen have proven to be "happier" according to Heidrun Walter. Not only is it about making the citizens of this community happier but also about making the enviroment a better place by reducing emmision. Which can make the global community happier as a whole. The emmisions from the incresing number of private cars owned by the middle class is choking cities worldwide, and cities like Vaunban are the answer.
Paris' ban on driving and Bogota's car-free day are also great solutions to the global greeenhouse gas crisis. In both places Paris and Bogota there was a fine in place for those who did not abide by the rules on these days. I think a fine is fair for those who disobey these rules because it isnt asking much to not drive your car for just one day. Plus in these experiments it has shown a good opportunity to take away stress which could be helpful in anyones life. It has also proven to be great for the economy bike paths being and even new restaraunts and shopping malls have popped up since the start of these car free days in Columbia.
So from these articles I have yet to see a con be Produced from car free day and car free communities. Therefore I think every country should be held accountable to make its citizens participate in a day where driving is banned because this could helped decrease the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted tramendously. Which would in turn help the global community as a whole. | 3 |
3b493e0 | In today's modern world, new inventions are shaping our daily lifestyle. Cellphones took over meeting personally, calculators took over long divison, and cars took over walking from point A to point B. No one really thought how dependant our world would be on this new-age technologies. Our ancestors certainly didn't have the latest smartphone or a brand new Mercedes in their driveway. So what made our generation so materialistic? The necessity of a brand new car, (or any car for that matter) is slowly diminishing, and more people are getting back to using other forms of transportation. The limiting use of cars is super beneficial to the environment, your family's budget, and can bring better social opportunities.
The use of cars has both positive and negative effects. Car usage has a massive impact on the environment, not just in your community, but worldwide. As we all know, global warming is an international phenomenon that is nipping at our toes. It is (mostly) caused by pollution and the dissolvement of the ozone layer, which protects our atmosphere. Gas emissions from tailpipes cause a great amount of greenhouse gases to disperse. In Europe, "cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions" (Elizabeth Rosenthal: Source 1). In the United States, the grenhouse gas emissions are 50% caused by passenger cars (Rosenthal; Source 1). That means everytime you get into your car for a "cruise", you are harming our environment. Trapped car emmisions combine with the warm weather layers in the air to form smog, which is greatly affecting the French capital, and Beijing (source 2: Duffer). To help prevent these emissions from getting worse, or causing greater harm to our environment, some cities have started a "car-free zone", in which no one is allowed to own cars or use them and even park them in their driveway! (source 1: Rosenthal). By creating or participating in a limiting use of cars you can help preserve our beloved Mother Earth.
Every 16-year old dreams of waking up to their brand-new car waiting for them in the driveway. But demographic studies recently show that "there has been a large drop in the percentage of 16-39 year olds getting licenses." (source 4: Rosenthal). This decrease is proof that less and less people are interested in owning cars, and even worse, driving them. This doesn't seem like a bad idea, due to the fact that the limited use of cars can save you and your family a great deal of money. New cars are approximately ranging from $25,000 to $50,000, with a monthly payment of about $350. A gallon of gas usually lasts about a week and a half and costs an average of $40 to fill up. In a month, a typical family spends approximately $400 a month solely on car expenses. By choosing to involove yourself in "smart planning", which is the seperation of suburban life from auto use (Source 1: Rosenthal) or by using other means of transportation like public buses, trains, bikes, and the sharing of taxis, your household can save a good amount of money.
In modern families, not only has the over-use of technology/social media taken over the traditional family interaction, but also the over-use of cars. In most households, where the teenager has a vehicle, he/she mobilizes themselves away and out with friends. Everyone ends up in different parts of the town, the mall, a restaurant, or at home. If the use of cars is limited, either in a town like Vauban (Germany), where no one uses cars, or in a city like Bogota (Colombia), where families use multiple seat bicycles to visit parks and spend time together (source 3:Selsky), your family can make up for lost time and completely forget about going off on their own. Not only will the days without cars benefit your family but also your social life! A date to bike-tour the city at night is much more enticing and luring then a plain date to the movies. If you need a car, for any reason, whether it be work, or vacation, rental car services are a much better and cheaper option then using your own car.
The innovative programs like "Smart Planning", discussed in
"In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"
, and the "Day without cars" celebrated in many Colombian cities like Bogota and Cali, discussed in Andrew Selsky's
"Car-Free Day is Spinning into a Big Hit in Bogota"
can provide a interactive and enjoyable lifestyle without the hassle and stress of cars. Not only will your family's social life benefit but also your household's economy! The limiting use of cars can help you or anyone save money without paying those hefty monthly bills, as implied in Source 4:
"The End of Car Culture"
. Last but certainly not least, by reducing your car dependancy, you can help protect the environment by stopping the greenhouse gas emissions from your vehicle, as explained in Source 2:
"Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog"
. Overall, the limited use of cars is beneficial in numerous ways, and hopefully will be exercised much more. | 5 |
3b53486 | Have you ever wondered how people were feeling emotionally? "Profesor Thomas Huang of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Profesor Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam" (paragraph 1). These two scientists are working on a software that can recognize emotions. This software could change the world in many ways.
This interesting software could help create better ways for humans and computers to communicate with one another. In the article it states, "Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate" (paragraph 2). I believe that this technology will improve the world. There are thousands of murderers and testifiers that take tests to see if they are lying. With this emotion senser software they will be able to calculate more accurately. When the bad guys are behind bars the people are safest.
The design of this software will be like nothing seen before. "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model move like human muscles" (paragraph 3). This quote may sound really desturbing, but it will change the world. There are millions of hackers world wide and the question is does this make our identify safe or are we at more risk? In most cases you have to give a little to get a little. Yes there are terrible things that could go wrong with this software, but I believe it's for the greater good.
Even without this software today we can still tell how the people around us are feeling but looking at their facial expressions. "In fact, we humans preform this same impressive 'calculation' every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling by simply by the look on her face" (paragraph 5). I value this techology for all the good it will do in order to get the bad people away from the good.
After reading this very interesting article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" I stand to value this software for the future. There are so many wonderful things this software will be able to. Either by helping with murder cases or just knowing how someone is feeling. It is so amazing that these scientists are coming up with this fantastic software. I can not wait to see what they have in store for the world itself. | 4 |
3b564b2 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile." by Nick D'Alto he is talking about a new Facial Action Coding System. This coding system detects the emotions a person is feeling at the time. They rely on the muscles from your face to tell them what emotions you are feeling. Their are six basic emotions, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Classrooms and schools should not use this technology for multiple reasons.
Classrooms should not use this technology for more than one reason. First of all in classrooms all over the world there are teachers, and those teachers are just trying to give there students the education they need. So when there is a computer operated coding system in there telling you the emotions of all your students every ten minutes that might be a big distraction, ecspeacially for the students. Can you imagine a classroom full of first graders trying to get anything done when there is practically a robot in there classroom? Another reason why this technology should not be used is for the students sake; maybe they like to keep there emotions to themselves and not be told how they are feeling.
Finally the cost to install or buy one of these for every classroom would probably be threw the roof.
In conclusion, classrooms should just rely on the teachers to do there jobs and ask a kid what there emotions are if needed. Now maybe in the future this could be a good experiment to test out, but for now things are fine as is. Because technology has brought us so far, it is hard to completly go aganist but everything comes with time and im sure this will to. | 3 |
3b57e6a | Technology To Read Emotions
In this article they share about the Facial Acting Coding System. They ask us if we agree with it or not. My answer would be yes, I think there is nothing wrong with it. My personal opinon is it is actually kind of cool. This can really help people out knowing others emotions.
The reason I think there isn't anything wrong with this is because I dont see its harming anything. When I said it could help people I was refering to when they said that it can show when someone is bored and that the teacher could try to make it less boring. If I was a teacher or I wondered hiow someone is I9 would want to use this.
Another reason this is helpful is that it can detect when someone is feeling down or mad or something else. When someone sees what it detected they can see if the student needs someone to talk to or help. When a teacher uses this and they see that the student is bored and not focus they could try to make it fun or do something at the moment and make the focus and awake.
This system can be compareded to peoples thoughts on what some are feeling. There are some people that can almost do the same as this. But this system can do it pretty fast and tell yus exactly everything. They say when you do this you move your muscles and whatever ones you usae can make you happy. Which I think is cool and smart.
In conclusion I totally agree with this. Almost everything I put is my feeling on this Facial Action Coding System. Overall I can say it can really help some people out and that it is very smart. This is a thing they could use in an everyday thing. It could aso correct how people feel about teachers lessons or just anything like that. | 3 |
3b5ac80 | According to the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." This planet is worthy of the risks and issues of exploration. While the author maintains to cross his point, he uses evidence and facts to change the readers' ideas of this messy planet, by comparing it to more similar terms that are more pleasent to the reader.
First the author starts by explaining and describing the unabitable conditions of the planet. The author states that "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth;" Which are refering to the extreme temperatures of "average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" and the "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percentage carbon dioxide blankets." Second he follows to counterclaim his points by questioning, "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing fursther visits to its surface?" This persuades the reader to question themselves, What is so bad about Venus? or more important What is so good about Venus? Which he replays and answers by comparing, once again, Venus with our own planet, Earth. He states that, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Changing the reader's idea or previous image, that he already provided, passing from an "inhospitable planet" to a planet that "was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life."
In conclution the author crosses his point by using evidence of a very dangerous, and unabitable planet, and what it once was and how similar it was to what is now our Earth, or also "Venus' twin." As a way to persuade the reader into believing that Venus is worthy of its investigations. | 3 |
3b69214 | Dear , state sentor
I do not agree on how the election is happenening or how it is run. It is very unorganized and not very fair. I think if the votes are close then everybody should vote again not just one person outta ten people the state has to choose. Also it is not done professionaly like it is supposed to be. Some people deserve a shot at it but no you guys think that the presidents from the last election should be put back in well no because that same guy who won it last year has the chance to win it again and its not fair if he wins it again.
The first reason i disagree with the way the election is done is that it is not done fair. The first thing is that everybody should be able to vote the second time not just ten people from each state. If those five outta ten people choose the same then that state wont count and thats not fair at all. Some of the people outta the ten that were chosen either didn't vote the first time or they have no idea what they are doing what so ever and they could possibly mess up the system or they could mess up the votes.
My second reason is that it is not orgonizes at all. First they chose ten random people to vote in the second round of elecion. They won't give anybody else a chance to vote during the second election. MY second most important reason is that in the first election their are more than twenty people on the ballet and now the second election only has two people on the ballet i think theor hould be atleast three or four on the ballet. My last reason is on how they vote for the people of he second election. The way that they do it is not fair they send out a list with twenty names or more on it and they have to check at least two names and send it back and then they count the votes and then the fist ten for each state get to vote for that state do it is like a drawling and they even send it to the people when theor name is on the ballet.
My overall reason is that it is not done professionaly like it should be. The same people should be running for president again especially the one who won before because he has another shot at winning again. That means that they change to many things. Like the school food and drinks the food is now healthy and the drinks are diet some kids and teachers have to have sugar or they will not do so good through out the day like if the have diebetes they might need some sugar well they wont get it because all the food is healthy and the drinks are diet now.
Those are the reasons why i dissagree. | 1 |
3b7149a | Hello citizens my name is Luke Bomberger and my friend Don Reist asked me if I wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat with him and I just couldnt say no! In 1945 World War ll was done and many countries were shredded. So Don and I helped them out by traveling by sea and were called ''Seagoing Cowboys''. I suggest u people too come out and help us out with the people who lost all of there resourses from World War ll. So if everyone come out to help us with these people we cn change there lives and our lives by helping them. Also I wouldnt be doing this with out Don he got me into all this and i just couldnt say no, and we have been doing this for a couple of months and we love it!
We can all help out by being a Seagoing Cowboy and when we are done with these events we have alot of extra time so we can visit places around where evever we are! For an example I toured an excavated castle in Crete and i view at the panama Canal on my way to China! So not all of what we do is boring we do alot of worthy things and fun things.
So come on down and all of you can be Seagoing Cowboy and help us with the people from World War ll who badly need help. Again my name is Luke Bomberger and my partners name Is Don so come on down and help us with this big problem. | 2 |
3b755b3 | In the excerpt, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," The author does not support their idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers it presents, all to well, they start off by listing several details that correspond with the exploration of the planet. Such as details of the physical state of the planet in correlation to Earth, but then list the dangers of Venus itself, plans that are backed by science to give human life a CHANCE, but not ideal living conditions on the planet.
To begin, The author starts off supporting their idea of Venus being worthy of exploring by writing about how Venus is somewhat similar to Earth, in the physical aspects, they state the Venus is often referred to "Earth's Twin, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size." They describe how long ago Venus was, "Covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth," but they do not mention or go into detail as to what happened to the lakes, as a reader I'm curious as to what happened to the planet, and why it is the way it is today. The author also incorporates a description of the landscape on Venus, they write, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as Valleys, Mountains, and Craters," the description of the landscape sounds interesting because it is being described sort of like the Grand Canyon, because of the mountains, valleys, and other physical aspects.
Furthermore, the author begins to dive into to the several dangers that go with exploring Venus, they describe the atmosphere as, "Almost 97 percent carbon dioxide." In my opinion a world with an atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide does not sound like the most fun thing. Also being described by the author are the clouds that coat the planet and are filled with, "Highly corrosive sulfuric acid," to me as a reader this sounds more like a death wish rather than a "worthy pursuit."
More dangers that the author lists, is the temperature and the atmospheric pressure. "Temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times higher than what we experience on our own planet. these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an enviroment would crush even a submarineaccustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans, and liquefy many metals." Those few sentences do not support the claim and idea made by the author that it would be a worthy pursuit. along with blazing temperatures and crushing pressure come with, "erupting bolcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightening strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."
Next, the author continues their ideas with a plan made by NASA, where scientists would "explore" by living in a blimp-like structure that hovers about 30 miles above the planets surface. Even 30 miles above the "temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close the that of sea leavel on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions but, survivable for humans." Being in the blimp hovering above the planet would be pointless due to the atmosphere being so dense that most forms of light cannot penetrate it. also stated by the author is, "More importantly, reasearchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." However, the author states that NASA is working on taking different approaches to studying the planet by using, "Technology called mechanical computers....these devices played an important role in the 1940s during World War II."
Lastly, the author does not support his/her ideas of ,"Venus being worth of pursuit despite the dangers it presents," the author does list several benefits and interesting facts of exploring the planet, but unfortunatly in my opinion the dangers greatly outweigh the risks in physically being on the planet. Now if they conveyed exploring the planet from a far, and with robots and not actual people then I would be all for it. | 6 |
3b7b923 | What Would Our Country Yet The World Be Like With Driverless Cars ? Having Driverless Cars Would Have Both Positive And Negative Aspects . Driverless Cars Would Be Positive Aspects Due To The Fact That They Use Half The Feul Of Today's Taxis , They Offer Far More Flexibility Than A Bus Would , And Many Other Aspects . Driverless Cars Would Have Negative Aspects Do To The Fact That The Driverless Cars Can Not Navigate Work Zones Or Go Around Accidents Without A Driver .
My First Reason , That They Use Half The Feul Of Today's Taxis , Is Because Who Wants To Keep Causing Global Warming By The Gases That Come Out Of Your Car ? In Order To Even Have Driverless Cars We Have To Have An Earth To Keep Them On . Global Warming Is Basically Over Heating Our Earth And Is Caused By Many Things Including The Gases That Come From Cars . Using Half The Fuel Of Today's Cars For A Far More Better Transportation Sounds Pretty Good To Me .
My Second Reason , They Offer Far More Flexiblity Than A Bus , Is Because Buses Have Certain Routes And They Hold More Than One Person . I Assume That The Driverless Car Would Be A Mix Of A Bus And A Taxi Not Physically Though . Meaning It Would Pick You Up Wherever You Are Like A Bus And Taxi But It Would Drop You Off At An Exact Location Like A Taxi . Only Its A Far More Upadated Version Meaning Its Takes Half The gass We Use Not & Can Do & Go More Places Then Buses .
But Driverless Cars Have Some Negative Aspects As Well . One reason That They Are Negative Is Because They Cant Navigate Work Zones Without A Driver. So If Your Riding In A Driverless Car It Doesnt Know Where Work Sites Would Be Causing Traffic Jams And Maybe Even Crashes . Everyone Wants To Know Whether Their Drive Home Will Be Safe Or Not . Because There Is No Way For You To Inform A Driverless Car That Work Zones Are Ahead If They Dont Have A Driver .
Last But Not Least A Driverless Car Is Not Able To Go Around Accidents Without A Driver . This Means That The Driverless Car Would Either Do Three Things If Confronted By A Accident . It Would Either Cause A Big Traffic Jam , Cause Another Accident , Or Even Cause Angry Citizens . Everyone Knows An Angry Citize Is Not A Nice Citizen. Then If There Is Already A Traffic Jam Due To The First Accident And A Driverless Care Cant Get Around It , That Would Cause A Huge Traffic Jam .
All In All Those Were My Reasons Why Driverless Cars Are Both Positive And Negative Aspectd . The Positive Aspects Would Be That It Uses Half The Feul Of Today's Taxis And It Offers far More Flexibility Than A Bus . The Negative Aspects Would Be That They Cant Go Around Work Zones Or Accidents Without A Driver . | 3 |
3b7c88c | There's a Face on Mar's that some people threorise is am alien landmark. However, there's evidence supporting that it's just a natural landform. The Face is a natural landform because while the first picture was bluried the second was ten times sharper then the original, the photos are reported to be of a natural landform, scientist say it is a mesa (common in the western U.S).
As I stated before, scientist say the second photo is ten times sharper than the original photo. This means it was more accurate. The article showed the second picture to readers at the top third picture to the right. It shows what looks like, and is ,a natural landform. One scientist, Jim Garvin, compared it to a mesa. A mesa is commonly found in the "western area of the American West."
In conclusion, the Face is an all natural landform that formed on Mars. I said that it's natural because the photos (which are more accurate than before) are said to have a picture of an natural landform, which they do. The Face can't be a Martian relic as it is a mesa. If it was of Martian descent wouldn't it look more noticable and detailed? The Face is a natural landform because the first picture shown to the masses was bluried and unaccurate while the second was sharper and more accurate than the original, the second photos are reported to show a natural landform, and scientist say the Face is a landform not unsimilar to a mesa (which can be found in Western America). | 3 |
3b80a89 | Cars, they are used for many purposes including taking the kids to school, going to work and many others but have you ever thought about what vehicals are doing to the Earth or the people on the Earth? Well cars have to use gasoline or diesel to move that is just how it always has been but these fossil fuels are actually poluting the Earth, and making the air we breath very "smoggy." If we can limit our usage of our cars there can be many advantages including having cleaner air to breath, more excercize, and also less expenses. Humans could survive without cars if we give it a shot.
Take a deap breath outside, what do you smell? Listen, what do you hear? Cars honking? A loud engine of a diesel truck? Well most likely because cars have been around for a long time and without them how would people get to work or school, but have you ever thought about what these cars and trucks are letting out of their tailpipe? Source 1 "In German Suburb,Life goes on with cars" says that there has been "a huge imediment to curent efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes" these greenhouse gases are clogging up our atmosphere and our air. Without cars air pollution would go down emensly, and would be a big advantage. In Paris there has been "near-record polution"- "Paris bans driving to to smog" By: Robert Duffer.
Now a days when people hear excersize they would run and hide but it's mostly because we have all these vehicals that can take us places without the dreaded walking or running. Americans today can get a cheeseburger in minutes through a drive-thru in their vehicals but have you ever imagined life without a car, in Columbia on " The Day without Cars" as said in " Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogata By: Andrew Salsky "Columbians hiked, biked, skated...to work during a car free day" and even "parks and sports centers also have smooth sidewalks" which has "dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants...have cropped up" The car free day has made excersize a little easier, and now with smoother side walks and more sports centers people in Columbia can have more opportunities to take a walk.
When you have a car its not unusual to have to go get gas atleast once every one or two weeks, but these expenses can pile up when you have to buy gas or even the oil change of your vehical. What if you get in a accident will your insurence cover it, cars and trucks take a lot of expenses and it can be hard to pay for it all and when President Obama gave the ambitious goal to lesson the greenhouse emissions last week "Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by" -"The End of Car Culture" By:Elisabeth Rosenthal. The usage of less cars can has a great advantage on your wallet.
As said in "The End of Car Culture"- "Pedestian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and piblic transportation traffic are woven into a commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected networkto save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." Limiting your car usage can have many advantages including making Earth's air cleaner, creating a way for more excersize, and also less expences. Cars will still be in use but maybe we can limit it to only a few. | 4 |
3b82d2b | Driverless cars should not be used on open roads due to the extreamly dangerous potental the driverless car has. If you were to get in a car accident who would be to blame ? The car or the driver ? The computer of the car could have so many errors that could potentally injure another human on the roads.
The dangerous potental the car has is, it can accelerate on its own. Imagine you're going down 267 here in Plainfield. You're in a driverless car and the car begins to accelerate, however it doesnt meet a constant speed. As the car continues to go faster and faster, its to late to stop because you already rearended the car infront of you. Causing the person in the car infront of you to spin out of controll and hit a telephone pole. Because of a computer error in the car an inicent bystander's life has been taken. That there just shows the potental danger the driverless car has just due to the "auto acceleration" programing in the car.
In that car crash you have to give the poliece your insurance redgerstration ext. When you file the insurance claim whos fault it the accident? Yourself or the car manufacturers? You could try to blame the manufacture however you're probably not going to get to far. It's not their fault the computer of the car had a glitch. There is nothing they can do about it. So now you could potentally be charged with wreckless driving and vehicular manslotter, even though you didn't intentually kill the person. Your insurance is most likely going to say it was your fault for not having controll of the car. Who is to say it was infact the car and not your fault? That's just the problem exactaly .
Technology fails everyday so why put it in a car and put human lives at risk? Using the heads-up system is a good idea however it could also fail resulting in the faitality of another human. Using the heads-up system could get the attention of the driver to let them know that they need to take over. What happens when the driver doesnt take over and the car continues to have a mind of it's own. Again possiable resulting in an accident and a possiable faitality.
Admitting that technology is a great advantage and is used everywhere today. The point is greater technology than what we have now should stay off the roads. Keeping technology off the roads can save lives and prevent accidents waiting to happen. The danger of auto accelaration, heads-up system, and not knowing whos fault the accident was your's or the car's, is absalutely not worth the life of a human. | 4 |
3b882f2 | case of how intersting this planet is. this planet has so many things that is so cool aboiut it. This planert can almost melt any metel case its surface tempiture is about 800 digreese farenhight. and the atmosphere is mainly carbondioxide. Scintist are saying that is is the most like earth. It has so many diffent things that earth could have. It is the most the most intersting planet in out solar system. Scintist are saying that there could have even been life on this planet at one point. Sciantist are even wanting humans to go and visite it. If they were to do this it would be a vary dangrous mission if they wereto do this case so many things could go wrong so easy. but striving to meat the chalanges that Venus will bring but insite to be gaind from studing this planet its self but becase human curosity will most likley lead us into equaly intimidating endeavor. | 1 |
3b946d1 | The author claims that Venus is a worthy pursuit because it holds a lot of value. Even though its cold and it makes it hard to study, it is still like earth and can hold life. And anything could be on it, and the fast that it can hold human life gets people's curiousity going. The reason why i say this is because the many details and such it includes in the artical such as rock, gas, or whatever that's on that planet we can't get to. And knowing that Venus holds some features of analogous to Earth makes it very interesting and wondering that life could exist. Some details
from the artical that helps us know that life could exist on venus is that it has some features of analogous to those on earth. Also knowing that it could've has oceans, it has right now a surface of rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. And even though the possible dangers of trying to get to it, so much research has been done on the planet and our technology has advanced, and we could possibily find a way in the future to reach this point to see what venus really holds and what it can hold. | 2 |
3b98314 | Based on ideas and information in the article about advantages of limiting car usage, people are giving up their cars because of reasons such as, street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden in places where their reason for it is so they can experiment the outcome of it for a more secure data. Even though in the article it says that car ownership is allowed but, at the same time the amount of money for a parking place, $40,000, is way too much for people to afford. People also choose to live without an automobile because of how much it saves them in greenhouse gas, and other expensive things that car usage takes up. Experts and other people think that limiting the use of car transportation will make cities more denser, and will make it easier for everyone to get around without having issues. In some places, there are people who rather take a car wherever they go for better advantage, but in other places like in the United States, they are promoting "car reduced" communities, or for another example, in Paris, officials have "enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city". Studies shows that in the U.S, Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and people are starting to not get their licenses as each year goes by. The populaton growth of the number of miles that people have driven in the U.S, the number has peaked in 2005, but then steadily dropped shortly after. Therefor, people are starting to take advantages of just walking or finding their own ride places to save them money. If you lived in Paris and got fined $31 for having an even numbered license plate, or on the other day got fined for an odd numbered license plate, walking or taking a different kind of transportation would probably be a good decision for you. In the outcome of that, the article states that almost 4,000 drivers were fined and twenty-seven people had their cars impounded for their reaction to their fine. France has a policy that rates diesel fuel higher than gasoline and the results of that 67 percent of diesel vehicles were compared to 53.3 percent of diesel vehicles in all of Western Europe, this is all because of the "Smog". A thing called "car-free day" takes place in Bogota, Colombia, and in this situation, according to the article, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated and even took buses to all the places they had to be, which in return of that, the streets were left eerily devoided of all possible traffic jams. On this "car-free" day, car use is banned for the whole day leaving people with only having the choice of taxis and buses to take them to work, or anywhere else they had to be. Not to mention there are 7 million people who live in the certian place, so this makes this event more difficult for most people. One of the reasons for "car-free" day is to take away stress, and lower air pollution throughout all of Bogota, Colombia. Limiting car usage seems to be a good resourse, there could be some bad pieces to it but, in most cases i like the idea of saving money. | 3 |
3b9a570 | I find the ideas behind the electoral college extremely ridiculous, and my claim is completely justifiable and backed up. Why vote for some one if youre actaully only voting for a board of people who could possibly not vote for the canidate of your choice. There also always a chance of your canidate winning popular vote and still losing to electoral. There is also the idiotic winner take all system that most states have in place. This "winner take all" system means that if a canidate recieves a majourity of the states votes, they get all of the votes for that state.
I find it irrational because if you're going vote for a board of members who may or may not vote for the person in which you are rooting for, why even vote ? While this possability is extremly low, There is still always a chance it may happen.
The way the voting system is set up your canidate can win popular vote by 20% more than their opponent and still lose by a 5% lower score in electoral vote. There have been cases in which this happened as well. (i. e. Al Gore, Richard Nixon)
My final point against the Electoral College is the winner take all system states use when it comes to voting. This sytem makes it so that as long as there is a majourity in a state, the person that has that majourity has all the votes for the state.
Some counterclaims that state that we should keep the electoral college enacted state that there will always be swing states. This means that instead of going to lots of states they go to the few states that they know could be pulled to either president.
Over all I find the current system of voting a total disgrace to our glorious country. Its ubfair, unjust and a complete mess. I believe that we should act imediately upon this system and shut it dwon as soon as possible. | 3 |
3b9e818 | Smart cars on the way to take over. Many people believe that smartcars are going to over take the automobile industry. some say they wont ever stand a chance. who is right? no one will know until it takes place to see what is going to happen with the smarter cars.
Many people don't believe that smart cars will over take the roads and I do have to agree that they wont stand a chance. Smart cars will not be able to overtake due to many people take pride in driving there cool vehichle and some just enjoy being able to go fast down the highway. With smart cars none of that will be able to happen due to smart cars will drive people where they need to go and the owner wont have to touch a thing while they do it. Vehichles date back to the early 1900's and since that day people havent stopped loving the abbility to take them where they want to go . How do I feel About smart cars? To
me smart cars are very unsafe and unreliable I have been around cars my hole life and 90 percent of the time when something goes wrong with a newer vehichle your best bet is that there is a messed up censor somewhere along the line of the vehichles computer system. Automakers will never be able to fix the faultyness of electrical problems with cars no matter how hard they try and how much money they spend none of that matters, they wont overcome faulty objects.
Until i see the day where cars and trucks can back trailers, drop kids off at school , and go through a fast food drive thru without wrecking, I myself will not trust or believe that smart cars are the smart way to go when it comes to transportation in everyday life . | 3 |
3b9e890 | As a result of the decrease usesage of cars over the past years. people have found it to be beneficial to use other means or tranportations such as bikes,walking, or even taking a public tranportations. Not only is it more excercise to walk or ride a bike rather then to take a car and getting to your destination faster,but it can cause less pollution on the earth then their is already. Other reasons to give up on your cars like it said it source 2 its less traffic out during busy days.
Source number 2 was saying that they made a deal or law is you call it to fine the drivers that drove during the day,they were to leave the car at home and take other means of tranportation to get to their destination. Many people didnt like it so thy complained and got their car inpunded for a day due to complaing. they were tying this beause they use diesel rather then gasoline it makes about 67% of france .It can be done in bigger states or cities like it showed in sourve 3 colombia had a population of over 7 million people but they tried it and yet many people liked it even when bad weather showed up they didnt seem to mid it and fot the others they were fine a total of $25 if the droved anywhere that day. so over all limiting the car usage is helpull by casusing less trafiic in busy streets or places .
Other then the usage of less car the companies had complain that many people are buying less cars now that some people rather walk or bike then to buy a car and waste money on gasoline,and repairing the damages that might come to the car. It not only safes money for people but its more then ever safer for children to be out playing and less people behind the wheel of a car and making parents much more comfortable and less worried. like it said in source 3 that many people started to actually like the new way things were working now that less people use cars and its safer and causes less polluiton to the world by doing so.
As a result limiting the usage of cars can have a huge impact on someone regular life that use to driving everywere,and to all of a sudden stop using cars. Their is more impotant reasons to limit car using such as its safer for people,less car accidents ,safes money ,less pollution on the world, and last but not least it safes time. | 3 |
3ba1dd3 | Driverless cars becoming the new thing i think is pretty cool. In the argumentive essay i will be for driverless cars! To think that a while back some people didnt have cars and now we are trying to create a driverless car is amazing. In this essay i will state my three reasonings on why i am for driverless cars.
While reading this paper i saw that a plus side to these driverless cars would be the gas. The text states "The cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." Gas prices are something many american people have to deal with on the daily. We all know that gas is not the cheapest thing the world has to offer. By these driverless cars though if they found a way to improve in technology and use half the feul it takes for a real car then this is a big plus side on the driverless cars.
Another reason i am for driverless cars is because they seem to have made this car as safe as it could possible be. In the driverless car there are sensors located everywhere doing different things. Without these senors the car wouldnt be able to function as a driverless car. The text says "The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels." If it wasnt for senors this car would no longer be safe, in my persepective. The senors located in these driverless cars all play an important role to keep the driverless cars driverless.
A huge reason i am for these driverless cars are because if we can accomplish a driverless car, who knows where that will take us next. In the first paragraph the author says "He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." I personally could not agree with the statment more. If the driverless car becomes a thing then what will be next, everyone has there own high tech planes?
As i said that i am for driverless cars i can also see through people who arent for it. New things are always scary, but how will we advance in technology if we never give new things a try. I hope this argumentive essay might of helped convince you a little more to open up to the idea of driverless cars. | 3 |
3ba26e9 | Driveless cars is something we use to talk about that would be in the future, Well maybe we are in the future now. My position on driveless cars is that we shouldn't have them. Just thing of the cons of having a driveless car.
Driveless car can be very dangers. In the article it says, "If the technology fails and someone is injuried, who is at fault?" Technolgy isn't always good. Things mowfuntion. For example an IPhone, it freezes, screen goes black, and it messes up. If someone is driving on the road and the car freezes or messes up, you can get into a car accident.
In the article it says, "The car notifys the driver when the road ahead requires human skills," It also says, " driver keeps hold of the wheel," What's the point of a driveless car if you have keep your hand on the wheel and stay alert for times when the car needs human skills? If the car is driving, won't you be distracted because you aren't doing anything?
Driveless cars are a horrible thing for our world today. To many things can happen to the cars. The percentage of car accidents a year would increase if we had driveless cars.
We should not have driveless cars. | 3 |
3baaf6b | In the article the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables compters to identify human emotions. I Would like to have computers like that becasue I would love to know my emotions everyday. I'm pretty sure a lot of people would like to know every now and then. So, the computers are going to tell you what your emotions are and tell you the percent to how happy you are, or how disgusted, fearful, angry, and many more. The computers can calculate anyones emotion whenever they would like to know.
The computers are there for people when they want to know there emotions. Like when they are having a bad day and they want to see how sad they are. All they have to do is go to the computer to find out. If I had that computer I would most deffinetly go to it.
But since I don't have it I just figure it out on my own by just relaxing and minding my own business.
Whoever came up with the human emotion computer is very smart becasue you know how many people would go to that computer to see how upset or how angry they are. LIke expecially, when they are mad at ther boyfriend or girlfriend. Maybe they wil get mad enough to go the computer and realize that, that person isn't worth getting mad at. So, I do think those computers will come in handy. | 2 |
3baea30 | I believe a life without cars is a far simplar one. The natural gasses in our atmosphere is being polluted every day by artificial, man made smoke. For example, writer Robert Duffer, highlights the fact that many people are too attached to their cars, thus causing them to drive, equalling out to our polluted atmosphere. The line, "Congestion was down 60 persent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog", said by Duffer, shows how the impact of cars has ruined our clean air and how the use of less cars has cleaned our air in as quick as five days.
Many wonder how our air becomes polluted in the first place. It becomes polluted by something called the green house affect. The green house affect is the theory on how our air is polluted and why smog and contaminated air is all around us. The same way a green house works, by keeping in natural gasses (maybe even polluted ones), plus the solar rays from the ball of fire we call our sun, produces, is the same way that our multi-layed atmosphere works. The UV rays shine down sending heat, and the mixture of pollution from cars and factories, creates a barrier that traps in horrible cemicals and intoxicating fumes. Thus suffocating us on a daily basis. Until someone will do something about.
For example, Vauban, Germany has taken the next step into cleaning our atmosphere, by creating an experimental city, occupied by 5,500 people, none of which use cars. That's right. No cars. Whatsoever. Heidrun Walter, a citizen of the small city in germany, says "When I had a car Iwas always tense. I'm much happier this way." I agree. I believe that a life without cars will be a hard one to adjust to, but if our ancestors were able to do it for hundreds of years, I believe we can do it for another thousand years.
Another great example is the city of Bogota, Colombia. Bogota experienced what is called a "car-free" day, making millions of Colombians hike, bike, skate, and take buses to work. Even despite the rain that seemed to pour down on the people, "The rain hasn't stopped the people from participating," said by Mayor Antanas Mockus. Another participator of the "car-free" event was Carlos Arturo Plaza, who rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife, procalaimed that, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
If we joined these other countries in going "car-free" for a day, maybe making it as often as once a month, I believe we can reduce the levels of air pollution in our atmosphere and all across the country. I believe a life without cars is a far simplar one and a far cleaner one | 3 |
3baeae9 | Driverless cars are quite a new invention. They can be both helpful and non helpful. Driverless cars are a scince break through. They put in a lot of hard work to get the car done and ready for the road. It will change the way we drive.
Driverlesss cars can only go about 25 miles per hour. They can only go that speed because that is a safe speed through neighborhoods and in school districts.
The driverless car has to have a human in the driver's seat at all times. It has to because if their is a wreck or road consturuction you can set the pace and stay safe. The car can not detect those that is why you have to take over.
Driverless cars are very safe to be in. They will get you from piont A to piont B in the safest way possible. As you see in paragrah 7 you have to be in the driver's seat and touching the wheel for it to work it is very good for people to use. It will really help with the elderly people for parking in hard conditions. The driverless car is a science break through and willchange the way we drive. | 2 |
3bb67ff | The Fatal Action Coding System is an invasion of privacy. Our schools staff and others don't need to know exactly how we feel, percent wise and everything. We have the right to feel whatever way we want. This is a very free country. If we want to be angry about something and not let anyone know we are sure allowed to do so. Although it could help teachers better understand their students and the way they could better their teaching methods it is still in our rights to keep our emotions to ourselves. i see both sides of it. i see how it could improve things but i also see how lots of people would protest it and fee invaded or violated. We already have the freedom of speech an freedom of religion, emotions too. With most students being minors it would be up to their parents if they would want their childrens emotions to be able to be read or not, but then the kids might grow to resent their parents for that exact reason lots of kids grow up hating their parents for reaosons like their parents always invading their privacy and not letting them live their own life. | 2 |
3bb8ecb | Hello my name is Luke I think you guys should join the program because its fun you can even join when you are out of high school. A man came up to me at one of my jobs and asked if I wanted to do it so I had to say yes because I knew it would be fun to do. You also get to travel places with the other cowboys. We do this to help the countries in Europe that got destroyed in World War II recover. We help them get thier animals food supplies.
44 other nations helped us and all together. we made something called UNRRA that stands for United Nations Relief and Rehibitation Administation. Thats were I come in the UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses and cattle and mules so me and Don signed up. If you turn 18 when you are a Seagoing Cowboy you can be drafted to the military services but they might tell you to keep doing the Seagoing Cowboy for a service. I even got to see Europe, China, Greece, Italy and more.
It made me aware on other countries and their needs. It was also fun to be on board. I got to play table tennis, baseball, volleyball, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games that passed time. I think you should join to and do all of the fun things I did. You will learn a lot of things. You will aslo learn about other people and not thinkig about yourself. | 2 |
3bbcac0 | The president of the United States should be decided by the Electoral College process, not by most popular vote. There are many reasons why we should keep the way we vote the same.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in it's Congressional delegation: one for each member in the house of Representatives and plus two for your senators. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. When we vote this way, there's a certainty of outcome. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College is possible, it happened in 2000, but it's less likely 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.
The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign effforts on the toss-up states. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the competing candidates, knowing that they are going to decide the election. The Ellectoral 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 Constistution.
The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes cast, For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.
We definatly need to continue using the Electoral College process. The most popular vote process wouldn't be an ideal way to elect a president. | 1 |
3bbd49a | Senator, I think we should keep the Electoral College because, of certainty of outcome, everyone's president, and swing states.
An argument over the outcome of an EC vote is possible, for example, in the 2012 election, Obama recieved 61.7% of the electoral vote when only 51.3% popular votes cast for him and Romney. Almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible due to the total number of votes-538-is an even number.
The EC requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. A solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a wanted result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president.
The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral vote induces the candidates 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 knowing that they are going to decide the election. | 3 |
3bc01dc | dear state senitor I humbaly suggest that you don't turn from electoral college cause there are many people who depend on that college as a electoral support.
You may think that we dont need the electoral college but we do need the college because we also vote there and if we dont then we do other important stuff there.
so instead of making a extreme dicision like this then you should think about the people and not let a hasty decision have a disaster on this good state because we could have horable president or govenor so please think about what you do or it will end nicly or horrably desatrouse.
so inconclusion changing the college to a popular vote could be a bad thing to do and hope you make a good decision that will mend the wrong and premote the right and have a nice day and make a good decision. | 1 |
3bc1052 | Dear state senator,
The electoral collage system has worked for many years however, citizens are starting to see through it. The system has lost control and citizens do not have control over their own country. It is unfair to voters, outdated, and the disaster factor is a perfect example going against it. Popular vote should be used in our modern society for a fair and clean vote, almost all citizens could agree on that.
The electoral collage voting system is an uncanny way for citizens to express how they want our countries future to go. They are voting for electors, not actual canidates. It isn't a straight forward vote- electors are the ones actually voting for canidates instead of the citizens. Since this is happening electors actually do not have to vote for who they're representing- Alas making the system very unfair and a cheat to people who live in our country. There is a winner-take-all system, which suggests that whoever is not elected is basically forgotten about amongst the people. They get nothing in return for all of their hard work, money, and time put into the election. Likewise, this system should not be used due to citizens being cheated out.
The electoral collage system of voting is outdated and old. The founding fathers created this system-making it a historical way to vote, but not the best way. Citizens through out the country are looking for popular vote, choosing it over electoral collage. The system may have work at an earlier date, but more and more people are coming into the world and they are looking for a bright future- knowing who theyre voting for is a start.
The 2000 disaster is a great example for us to switch to popular voting. As i said, electors technically do not have to vote for who they represent. So they went against the will of citizens. They made the choice to vote themselves. Basically, the electors control the entire vote and are the most important people in it-even though the citizens are supposed to control the vote. With that said, i'm sure you can see my concerns. Electors do not have to follow what the citizens are telling them.
The electoral collage voting system should be discarded and we should adopt popular vote. All citizens would agree on this choice. Including that electoral vote is unfair to citizens, outdated, and the disaster factor happened we should most definitely consider adopting a popular vote system and make our vots fair to citizens.
sincerely, Fletcher High school student | 4 |
3bc685b | There are lot of advantages of limiting car usage. Some people think its a hassel to keep up with a vehicles needs. You have to make sure the vehicle has good tires so if it rains or if it snows the tires will be able to ride through it. You also have to make sure the vehilcle has has gas to ne able to go where you ned to go. If you add the prices of keeping all that up also when there is othere expenses to add to the vehilcle, you would be paying a lot of money.
In this new experimental district, people have decided to give up there vehicle to see how they would do without there cars. This place is located in the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. The name of this district is called Vauban. The streets of Vauban is completely free of cars. But downtown Freiburg and some streets on one edge oof the community, car owneship is allowed, but there are only two places to park. Larg garages at the edge of the development, where a car ownerbuys a space for $40,000, along with a home.
70% percent of Vaubans families do not own cars and 57% sold there cars to move in the Vauban community. Some people say is releaves stress . Heidrun Walter said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way. She is a media trainer and a mother of two children. She likes to walk and hear the wandering children. Its nice to get some fresh air every once in a while. But for her, she gets everyday.
In 2006 Vauban was completed. It was an example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States Of America wanted tosperate suburban life from auto use, as a componet of a movment called "Smart Planning." | 3 |
3bcd12a | There are many reasons why reducing the need for transportation by car would help solve many problems. Cars cause many major environmental issues. Cars also cause many health issues, seeing that they encourage motorized transportation, instead of the human body's own two-legged system of getting from point 'A' to poit 'B'. Many authors have wrote about cases where some places in the world are trying to see how becoming a car-free zone would help the economical, environmental, and health related issues caused by vehicles such as cars.
Elizabeth Rosenthal explains that a German experiment is already happening where the country have created a city where there are little to no vehicals driving down the roads without punnishment. In the passage I recently read, by Rosenthal, titled "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", she talks about how Vauban, Germany residents are playing the most important role in an experimental project that prohibits things like street parking, driveways, and home garages. The district has also moved nessecary places (grocery stores, etc.) a lot "closer-to-home" in order to make them be within walking distances of peoples' houses. This is done as a way to essentially eliminate the use of vehicles to get from place to place. One man, Heidrun Walter, says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." He is one of many participants of this experiment who shows that terminating vehical use in countries will possibly make a lot of people happier and it will also cause the air around us to be nearly free of pollutes and toxins that we possibly inhale on a daily basis, as suggested in paragraph #5 of Rosenthal's passage.
Benefits from car bans are also discussed in Robert Duffer's passage called, "Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog". Paragraph #10 of this passage states, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban...", meaning that the amount of polluted air in the effected countries and cities went down to a controllable amount after the ban had taken place. Therefore, this passage is even more evidence that cars being eliminated from public use is a very good thing for the environment.
Eliminating, or at least cutting back on motorized transportation, would definately help a lot of damaged areas of the world. | 3 |
3bcd4b3 | Slip into a world where emotions are easily read. There could be no mind games, no pettiness, and no suffering in silence;this could be the new reality. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, he introduces a new concept created by Thomas Haung:Facial Action Coding System software. This programming system allows computers to register all of the emotions on an individual's face, reguardless if they are mixed. While some argue that this Facial Action Coding System is a step too far into an innovative future, the advanced program could benefit a multitude of areas.
Thomas Haung's new software would not only find useages in a classroom, but also in daily life. Granting teacher's access to their student's feelings could give teacher's insight on how well their concept's are grasping. To further prove the computer's effectiveness, Huang states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor," (D'Alto). In addition to assisting a classroom setting, enabling people to read other's emotions would be benefitial also. Reading into surroundings helps people grow. Knowing what feelings an individual possesses could compell someone to be more considerate or act accordingly to how that individual feels. With that in mind, this program could also strengthen relationships.
Although the Facial Coding Acting System invades privacy, lessons human interaction, and may not be completely accurate of human emotions, it ultimately serves to benefit. While privacy concerns are understandable, the possible results after the slight invasion could be more than worth it. An unfortunate day could be quickly turned around if people were aware of the circumstances. Without a situation being addressed, nothing can be fixed;the same goes for a person's emotional state. However, on the technological aspect, how can one know how reliable a computer is on detecting somebody's facial expression? Dr. Huang addresses this by introducing that the computer first constructs a 3-D model of the face, with all the muscles operating as a human's would. Dr. Huang also explains that "the facial expressions for each emotion are universal" reguardless of the desgree of expression, (D'Alto). Finally, the fear of more computer based activities is rapidly squashed by the contradiction that being more aware should envoke more human interaction, not lesson it.
Initially, the thought of additional advancement of technology is frightening. Predicting ideas is not always a sure way of indicating what will occur. However, after Dr. Huang introduces and explains his new concept of Facial Action Coding System Technology, it is arduous to reject the placement of this software into everyday life. Hopefully, the program will be installed soon so it can start making improvements in various industries across the board. | 5 |
3bcfc9e | This is about a computer program that can tell you about your smile. It tells you the percent of your smile like happniess and sadness. No emotions are safe. This computer can do a 3-D computewr model. The computer was developed by Prof Haung.
The technology can tell you on what your emotionsin your smile. This technology can identify students emotion expressions. It can exactly detect in what that person is felling. Prof Haung has put in an algorithms into the computer so it can give you the percentiges in your smile. The comptuer uses Di Vinci's 6th code for this program. The computer can tell you if you are happy or sad in your smile.
To sum up this programing. This computer graming can tell you anything about your smile. No ordninarly computer can do what this computer can do because it doesn't have the hard drive to do it. Dr. Hung has a partner that helped him build the computer. The Prof. name is Nicu Sebe. They both developed this program for the comouter that can tell you if you are happy or sad. | 1 |
3bd062d | venus is the evening star is one of the planets of the space the light in the night in the sky , is a actually a planet
in the solar system
and is the second planent from our sun.
venus is the closest planent t earth . Earth , venus and mars our other planetary neighboor orbit the sun at different speeds. the humans hace sent numerous spacecraft survived the landing.
the atmosphere o venus is the 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets.
on the surface the temparature average our 800 degrees and the pressre ofatmospheric is 90 times greater.
venus has the hottest surface tem[perature of any people in our solar system.
the astronomers are fascinated by venus becase it may well once have been the most. thee planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features.
the aeronautics and space administration (NASA) has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.
temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit.
the radiation would not esceedearth levels.
therefore scientist seeking to conduct a thorugh mission to undersztand venus would need to get up cloase and personal despite the risks.
the NASA is other approaches to studyng venus , and the project new is looking back to and old technilogy called mechanical computers.
these devices were firstenvisioned in the 1800 s and played an important role in the 1940s during worl war 11 . the just imahuine exposing a cell phobe or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin.
our travels in the
earth and beyong should not be limited by dangers and doubts.
the veru edges of imaguination and innovation for the (NASA) | 1 |
3bd08c8 | "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports their claim with factual evidence. The author states both pros and cons about the article. The author does support their idea.
"Venus has value, 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." There may be material on Venus that will better the lifes of people on earth. Though traveling to venus can be very dangerous or even fatal with temperatures average of eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit. "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." The author informs the readers with factual evidence but also puts in their own opinion. The author seems to have done research before creating this article.
In conclusion the author does have enough factual evidence to support their own claim. "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." Noticing that the autor has done their reasearch on NASA and space helps the article. Not only does the the author give pros on why we should risk going to Venus, the author also gives cons about going to Venus. The author well supported the idea with factual evidence in the article. | 2 |
3bd10c2 | In 1976 NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars. They were taking photos of Mars to see where Viking 2, the sister ship of Viking 1 could land. As they were taking pictures around Mars they were shocked to see a face on one of the pictures. Scientists didn't take to much consideration aout the face. Thye thought it was just another Martian mesa.
A few days later they released the picture of the face to the world. Since they released the photo it has become a pop icon. It was showed in Hollywood films, books, magazines, and in radio talks. Some people think it the Face is bona flide evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. The people thought they were hiding the fact that life may be on Mars.
On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took some photos that were ten times sharper then the ones in 1976. As Michael Malin was taking photos, the world was anxious to see what would be the outcome of the photos. When the photos came out on a website it showed a landform. There was really no alien monument after all.
The Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998. It was a cloudy time of year on the Red planet. Not everyone was satisfied that it was just a landform. Some people say that the alien markings were hidden by all the haze. NASA decided to look aagain at Cydonia in 2001.
On April 8, 2001, a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor went to take another look at the landform. During that little exibition, Malin's team captured an extraordianry photo using the camera's maximun resolution. Each pixel in 2001 spans 1.5 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
They compared the three photos and came to conclusion that the picture shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, common landforms around the American West. Garvin said it reminds him most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa, about the same height as the Face on Mars. Some people are dissapointed that it wasn't a alien artifact, but people still have there hopes that it possibly could be one. | 2 |
3bd47c0 | In the recent years the state of the country has been a major issue. The enviornment is a growing concern and the econmic condition of the citizens is a pressing matter. One way the alliviate the stress on these factors is to limit car use. Doing so will help the enviornment by limiting greenshouse immisions, and not having a car all together or limiting car use will save money for those who are econmicly weak. Limited car use would alliviate all these problems.
The enviornment houses us along with everything that supplies us with the means to live. In recent years that has been under attack by pollution. Acording to Robert Duffer one of the major issues of Paris, France is the increasing smog and pollution that has decended upon the city. The level of pollution rivaled the most polluted cities in the world: Beijing China. In order to combat the smog French officals have placed a ban on drving, and for those that chose to disobey recived a fine. The smog then cleared up to allow the ruling French party to rescind the ban. This should be an example for highly poluted areas everywhere. Not only does this perserves the enviornment but it also takes the health and well being of citizens into account.
The limited use of cars would help those who are finacialy weak to strengthen themselves, because not having to use money to pay for the expenses of a car would leave you money to take care of other necessities. Elisabeth Rosenthal wrote that in some German suburbs there is 70% of the people residing there that do not have cars. And there is only a few places where they can be parked, and for the places that allow parked must be purchased for 40,000 dollars, along with a house. Just not having a car itself would be much more affordable! 57% of the people who live in that suburban area sold their cars to move there. As shown by Rosenthal's report, not having a car would prove to be more econmicaly sound and benifital especially to those who are struggling.
There are many advantages to the limiting of the usage of cars. For one thing it aids the enviornment by adding less pollutants into the air, which harm the enviornment and the people in it. Also people that use their cars less save money, which would benifit those whoa rent in the best possible econmic situation. Many say that limiting the use of acars would prevent many from going to work, school and other obligagtions, but there are other means of transportaion including bikes, buses, subways and monorails. Think of the disadvantages to excessive car use, high pollution, expensive expenses such as gasoline and maintence of the car. Limited car use would remove all these burdens. | 4 |
3be8782 | Can Cars really be driverless? This article gives us information on the science beneath the production of the driverless car. The car has some ups and downs to it, however, the technology is becoming more and more advanced and understood as we go throughout the years.
The driverless car has some great advantages to it. In the 1950s General Motors created what they call a concept car that only ran on a special test track. The track had embedded eletrical cable which sent radio signals to the car. The technology put into a car has a dubbed LIDAR, which uses and constantly updates a 3-D mode of the cars surroundings. The combination allows the driverless car to be able to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. The car manufacturers are considering putting cameras in the car to watch and make sure the drivers are still aware of what is going on on the road.
However there are still some downfalls to the driverless cars. Although they have figured out how to make it to where the car can drive on the freeway hands free and be able to park hands free, you are never really not driving the car. A comon question asked is "Wouldn't the driver get board wating for their turn to drive?" Well you have to be in full alert even if you are just sitting in the car. They have created technlology to where the person sitting in the car will get alerts when they need to take over. Say the car is on the freeway and it comes to a work zone. The car will send an alert telling the driver to take over.
Driverless cars are on a great road to becoming something great. They may not be able to drive completly on their own yet, but they do have a car that can drve 90 percent of the time on its own, and the car manufacturer is Tesla. Although it may not be the top of the line yet, it is still a great accomplishment. Not having to actually physically "drive" unless needed to, the driverless car is great in many ways.
The advancement in creating the driverless car has come a long way. From just using a concept car on a special test track to actually being able to go on the roads. Many people may not like the car because it can't drive completely on its own, but its just the begining. There is still more to come in the great development of the driverless call. | 4 |
3bea149 | Sea Cowboys, when I think of the sea cowboys I think about boats and shiping animalis and food, sulplies to places that need them so they can thrive and grow back. durring world war two germany had been left in ruines so a grop called the
{UNRRA} formed a grope called the Sea Cowboys.
why should you join the sea cowboys first of all you can see places that you never seen before. Such as China, Germany, and italy. Luke Bomberger has seen many amazing sights such as castles Vience Italyand the panama canal on his why to china.
You can learn new things such as how animails defend them self, what they eat and how to take care of it. you can learn about the sea and all the diffrent types of life there are in the sea, and about all the new palces that see while your eploring the seas.
You can make new friends while your bored your ship. you can play games and chat with them while you on watch and, while your done unloading the ship and when, your hanging out were the animals wrere. You can talk amongst your fellow Sea Cowboys and you can also play games.
This is why I think you should be part of the Sea Cowboys what do you think, about the Sea Cowboys | 2 |
3bea60c | Cars are usful for trnsportation, but their helpfulness stops there, however, limiting car usage could result in quite a few benifits. There is less greenhouse gas being emited and people will be healthier and need less space for cars.
If car usage is limited then there are less greenhouse gasses being released into the environment. The human race has been slowly destoying the planet we were given by poluting the air which in turn polutes everything. By limiting the use of cars Bogota, Columbia and Paris, France have reduced smog in their downtown areas and in Vauban, Germany there was an experiment city created to limit the use of car and see how life goes on.
If car use is limited then it will also keep people healthier and in shape becaus if people are walking everywhere or even just to the subway they are moving instead of just sitting. also, it will use less land because houses will not need to be as | 2 |
3bef3a5 | The great new feature's of the face is really impossible liek it is not but it is cause it could be a person's face on there or a alein's head or even just a mask but on the other hand it could all be fake and someone that is or was an astrouant could of tricked up and stuff but know one will know enless you go find out.
Witch my other idea is that domeone put there face in there and made it stay like that but it could of also had made lots of storms up there turning it into a face then might go away soon. This 3D image is kind of interesting if it is ir nit real
. There mus have been a degree of suprise amongg mission controllers back at the jet propulsion lab when the face shows up againso it could take forever who know but i really think thats nothing or no big deal but it could.
some belived that it was and aleins face but some didnt. not everybody was shocked or anything. I guess it was 41 degrees north matian latitude when it is winter on april 98 cloudy most of the time around the red planet. | 1 |
3bf20a4 | Okay hey, I just wanted to introduce myself before we get into this subject my name is PROPER_NAME and i'm writing about changing the Electoral College to election by popular vote. The reason why I am writing about this is because there are a lot of things wrong with the Electoral College and under that sytem, voters don't vote for presidents they vote for slate of electors who then elect the president and can elect someone completely different than who the voter wanted to be president. So there is a possiblity that your not going to wind up getting what you wanted out of the outcome. Also in electoral vote the most worrying thing is the prospect of a tie. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where the state delegations vote on the president. (The Senate would choose the vice-president on that outcome.) At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to the voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in the states they know they habe no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode ISland and South Carolina, and voters in 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.....
It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. THe best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the argument in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elsections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolsih the electoral college! | 2 |
3bf2e42 | Using Facial Action Codying System (FACS) to read students emotions could be a good thing. It could allow teachers, staff, and other students to know how a students is feeling. If you know they are feeling sad, you could change something to make them feel happy. These things could make the student more willing to learn and be more excited about school.
If you were to recognize how someone was feeling, think about how much that could benefit you and the person feeling that way. If you were to notice a student feeling sad or lonely, you find out the problem and solve it. If a student was mad or upset, you could fix that too. This might create less violence in schools and higher school attendence rates. It could prevent fights and arguements between teachers and students. It could also prevent bullying. If a student is feeling sad, lonely, or depressed, teachers could recognize that and fix the problem before anything happened or got worse. This can also make school couselors better at their jobs and make their jobs easier. If couselor knew how you were feeling, they could get you the help you needed faster then when they had to figure out exactly how you were feeling.
The Facial Action Codying System (FACS) can be a good thing. It could solve so many problems inside and outside of schools. It can show when you're happy, surprised, disgusted, afraid, sad, and angry. | 3 |
3bf4a7e | Throughout the article it is made known that Venus is an oustanding yet harsh planet. However Venus is one of Earth's closest neighbors and the planet most like Earth. Scientist believe that at one point Venus could of maintained a form of life, and for some reason still have hope to visit. Astronomers to this day are fascinated by Venus and would soon love to find a way to make a landing on this very earth-like planet. However, why are astronomers so fascinated by this planet?
Venus has many features that are analogous to those on Earth. However Venus has an atmosphere almost ninty-seven percent of carbon dioxide, and on the surface temperatures average over eight hundred degrees. Venus isn't the closest planet to the sun but is still the hottest. Even though some conditions are different Venus still has many conditions similar to Earth.
Throughout the article it is clearly states the similarities and differences between Earth and Venus. In paragragh three the author shows just how a like these two planets can be. "Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking land on its surface." These conditions listed are very similar to those of the conditions on Earth. However Venus may be similar in some forms, the differences between the two planets has prevented Venus from being discovered.
Venus may only ever be discovered through a ship flying over thirty miles above the landscape of the planet due to how harsh the conditions are. "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit," this claim by the author comes to show that even from a distance the conditions of Venus can be felt. Coming any closer to the planet would put those on the journey in a very dangerous situation.
However despite the harsh conditions and nearly impossible ideas, atronomers still attempt on landing something on the floor of Venus. Venus is the closest thing to Earth, and astronomers want to believe that one day it did or one day this planet will hold life. | 3 |
3c034ac | The author explanes how venus is most like earth and could potentaly help us. They tell us that venus may have once had life like earth and they could learn from it. They tell us that it is also the closest in size and closest compared to the rest of the planets. Venus may be able to help us some day we would just have to find a way to study it better. They may have an awnser.
Venus is they Earths sister planet compred to the ret of the planets, and no im not just saying that because it is blue. Venus may have had life once. Sientest are trying to find more and more ways to study this planet because we may be able to learn from it. This planet is the closest to us, for most of are orbit at least. Venus has always been an eye catcher because of how bright it is, this is were it gets is nickname the "Evening Star" but dont let that fool you it is still a planet.
There is one problem with are sister planet though. She is hot! The avrege temp ther is 800degrees or over. This has proven to be an isue because humans are not used to this kind of weather. Send robots you say, well we have tryrd that to but 800 is just the avrege. We have sent robots and probes and they will melt. When mettle gets that hot it will just melt away and then that is just a waist of money. Thats just if you can make it past the storm that strikes everything that makes it past the atmetheric clouds.We have found a solution, for now at least. Think of a blimp,now think of one for space. They want to take a "space-blimp" there and hover a long ways up. The higher you go the colder it is.
Venus is a place we may not get boots or wheals on the ground for a while. With the heat and the storm. For now we will have to setle with sky picturs. There will be a day somone figure out a way to get there. we may even go back in time to the onld ww ll computers, who knows. Some day somone will figure it out, its just a matter of time. Just look at everything we have done in the last hundred years. | 3 |
3c03d31 | Do you ever wonder how your student is doing in the classroom, or if they actually get what the teacher is teaching them? Well now you can thanks to the new technology called "the Facial Action Coding System", which detects facial emotions. I feel that we need this technology in our schools to help students actually get what they are being taught. This new technology can detect weather the child is into what they are learning or if they are bored and can change the subject depending on his or her's emotion.
Not every student has the same intrests, for example on kid might love football while his bestfriend loves horseback riding. This is the same thing as school subjects, and how students learn way different. We need this new technology in schools to help kids learn in the way they want to learn it. This is now possible because of "the Facial Action Coding System".
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the Facical Action Coding System was able to detect emotions on the Mona Lisa painting. Mona lisa was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. How does it know all this? With a 3-D structure of the face the model of the face the 44 muscles of the face must move like human muscles. This information is in paragraph 3. After the computer has scanned the model they rely on a psychologist to figure out the rest based on the expression of the face.
Alot of things can be detected by facial expressions, and it can help us understand why people act they way they do or feel the way they do. Like i said as for students if it can detect wether they are happy or bored with the lesson it can also change the question that doesnt make them bored so they actually like learning.
This is why i think all schools need the Facial Action Coding System because it can help students learn more in the classroom without having to learn about stuff they arent really into. This technology also gives them a chance to learn subjects in the way they understand learning it. Hopefully one day the new technology the Facial Action Coding System will be in schools helping students learn they way they need to. We have the technology we might as well take advantage of it! | 4 |
3c0d251 | The Seagoing Cowdays program is a good program if you like spending weeks at a time on a boat. It has great views of the ocean, and if you get up early you might be able to see the sun rising up over the ocean. You will be able to go to most likely new countries all over if you like that stuff, and see new things there also. You can meet new people, see new things, and be aware of their needs. It might be a little risky being on that boat in a storm. When the animals are gone and your on your way to get more there is room and time to do things like baseball, volleyball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and much more. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a huge opportunity and a great adventure. If you do choose to join, then great. I hope you enjoy you adventure and have fun. | 2 |
3c0e026 | Would you be against or for the use of technology to claim emotional expressiosn? Many people will go for it and many will go against it, it really depends on how you look at it. There are plenty of supporting examples that you can use wheter you are for or against it. For me I do not like the use of this technology.
I do not like the idea of the use of this technology. For one reason this could be way inncorect and give you false information. It is most likely that this technolgy will not be all the way correct. Based on looks you cannot tell what percent is sad, angry,happy, or fearful. Also, like the passage said in paragraph seven the steps "While looking in the mirror." Just one slight expression on your face can change the percents. So, if you smile and your not happy there will be more percent happy than you really are. Many people cover up sadness or being angry by smiling. So if they smile the technology will be incorrect. That smile could change a lot of the percents. The only one who knows how happy, angry, or sad you are is yourself. You may be able to cover up all the sadness in your life by smiling and not being down, even though you really are.
Therefore thoes are just a few of my reasons that I don't like the technology. One expression could change how the results come back. Also, there is no way the test could be all the way correct. Whether you ar efor it or against it, I just don't think this is how to figure out how you are feeling. Like I said earlier in the essay the only one who knows how you are feeling is you. | 3 |
3c12509 | In this article it talks about how ''Driveless Cars Are Coming'' to the world soon.
They have been in the world since 2009 but we have never seen them on the road yet because we live in Indiana.
California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have limited self-driving cars.
Manufacturers believe that in the future there will be more of these types of cars and they will help the community significantly.
In the article it sais that googles Toyota Prius are assisted with ''position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearveiw mirror, four automative radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor.''
They fully loaded the car to be very protected at all times but its not like they cant break or just not work.
The technology coul go out and something could happen to the people in the inside of the car causing severe injuries or even perhaps death.
In the article it also sais ''The most important bit of technology in this system in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof.
Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings.
The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skil of a human at the wheel.''
It sounds very secure and safe but at the same time anything can happen and we dont know how much the repair could be if something like this equipment broke down and could funtion properly.
The driverless car in my opinion should just stay away from the roads because there could be a huge amount of disaster if one of the operating systems goes wrong and it coould put us humans at risk of being hurt.
In 2013 they said that they put a ''Traffic Jam Assistant'' on a 2013 BMW.
It can drive its self with the help sometimes of a human touch if in any trouble.
Manufactures sais that they will have a camera in a car and will watch the person as the person watches the road. Manufactures are also bring a system to where if the human needs to drive then they can turn off the system and they can start to drive without it.
I agree with this part because if the car is driving and he human is faling asleep then the cars with cameras will notify them by vibrating the seats and waking the person up.
The thing i disagree with is the car driving by itself because if that does evolve to regular society, then I think we will have something else to deal with.
Have saying this in 2016 it sais that ''Tesla is releasing a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time.
Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can truly drive themselves by 2020.''
What I think is that it will be far past in the future to where we finally see these cars on the road driving themselves and all we can do is wait till it happenes and see what will happen. | 3 |
3c126dc | The 'Face' in Space
The Face is a bonafide example of a natural landform. However, some people say that it is an ancient artifact that proves that there is life on Mars. Scientists have said that the Face is just another buttle or Martian mesa, that the Face is just another natural landform and there isn't a face at all. It is just a common landform.
Even if the masses aren't satisfied, the Face will remain just a buttle or Martian mesa. Martian mesas are common enough around Cydonia, the place where the Face was found. The Face only has shadows that make it appear like a face. Conspiracy theorists say that the Face might be evidence of ancient civilization on Mars, but defenders of NASA's budget beg to differ.
Truly, the face is just a natural landform.
As the text states "There wasn't an alien monument after all."The passage also reads that Malin sent a team to capture a more clear picture of the Face. Some said that there might have been hidden alien markings, and they were proven wrong. The Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough to get a clear picture of the Face. As it turns out, there really wasn't a alien monument after all.
In the beginning, there was no face to begin with. The Face only had unusual shadows that made it look like a face. NASA unveiled the image for everyone to see and here in the passage it reads "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth." This shows that there wasn't a face, just an illusion.
There is the arguement that the Face is evidence of an ancient civilization. At the time the picture of the Face was taken, it was winter. Perhaps the alien markings were hidden by the cloudy haze. Mission controllers even looked again. On a cloudless, summer day, the Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough to take the another picture, in hope there was something that they didn't see. Even so, the scientists were proven right again. The Face was really a mesa, a landform common in Cydonia.
In conclusion, the Face turned out to be a common landform. Just another buttle, another landform, another rock formation, not really a face at all. There is no evidence that there was even a civilization and there wasn't even evidence that there was life to begin with! Again, there could have been alien markings that were covered by the haze, and there could have been life on Mars. Let us face the facts though; in this reality; there isn't a face on Mars, there isn't a civilization on Mars and it is just another landform. | 4 |
3c12de3 | The Trip to Venus
Have you ever been looking up in the sky and see somthing that youve never seen before? Well thers a good chance that was Venus. Venus is the one of the neighboring plantets next to earth and also the most simular. In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about how NASA has been studying Venus and there plans on it.
First of all, Venus is the second planet from the sun and is somtimes called the "Evening Star." In the passage the author tells of how Venus is called Earths "twin" because of how simular both a made, with both of them having around the same size and density.
Next, the author was able to tell why getting to Venus was the actuall hard part. Venus has been hard for NASA to figure out mainly because of its atmosphere and ground conditions. In the story the author describes how Venus's atmosphere is mainly made up of carbon dioxide and that the clouds on Venus are made up of sulfuric acid which is corrosive. Then if you where to make it to the ground the avergae temperature is said to be around 800 degrees farenheit. So thats why in the passage he described Venus as inhospitable.
Finally, NASA has been trying to make trips to Venus but most dont make it through the atmoshere or only last a few hours on the ground. But as said by the author NASA has been brainstorming ways they could get to Venus and collect data. One idea mentioned by the author is that NASA would to make a blimp like object that houses people in it to hover above Venus's atmoshpere making them unharmed while they collect data. Another idea is that they would use technology back from WWII which didnt use electronics but gears so that putting that on Venus's atmoshere wouldnt break down as fast due to it's conditions.
In conclusion, the author states good evedince that in the future we might be able to know more about Venus and maybe even send people there. With knowing more about its physical properties NASA might be able to do more missions's there and maybe even send a person there. | 3 |
3c13b79 | Even after proven wrong, people are still thinking that the face on mars is an actual alien made face. In paragraph 10 it staes that on April 5th 1998 a global surveyor flew over Cydonia with a camera 10 times sharper than the photo taken in the original 1976 picture, shown to prove that on this picture the closer up it looks less like a face. But this wasn't the end of the research.
The reaseach continues but with an even better camera to try and prove all of the conspiracy believing people wrong. In paragraph 11 it states that the new digital image taken in 2001, was a 3 times bigger sized camera from the 1998 photo, and it was sharper than ever. This image spans over 1.56 meters! If this "face" was made by aliens, then why were there no artifacts found around the photograph? The extremely high def. picture would have shown said artifacts. But there are still specticals believing otherwise.
The pictures are proven to be a natural born landform, pictures don't lie. Yes, maybe if we were ON Mars we would find some new facts to maybe prove one anothers views even more, but for right now NASA is winning. Conspiracy theories are theories. Picture evidence is pure fact shown to a persons face.
Just like the belief in wether or not earth and people were made by god or science. They're both theories that's why people have to have "faith" in what they believe. The Big Bang theory for example is a theory because it doesn't have enough evidence to be proven that it legitimately happened. It goes the same with religion.
In conclusion, people all have thir different beliefs. Some believe that the "face" was alien made, some believe it's natural born. But no matter what people believe, fact is fact. What would you believe, a conspiracy (something not officially proven) or a fact with picture evidence? | 3 |
3c1fda4 | In this story the author is trying to claim that venus is worthy of to explore even tho venus is dangerous and it very close to earth venus is the second planet from the sun its safe enough .
venus is 800 degrees fahrenheit its the hottest surface temputure of any planet in our solar system venus is largely coverd with oceans and rocky sediment it includes familiar .
feature that venus can sometimes be an option venus is slowly hovering safely far abover the planet .
venus has value not only beacuse its insight to be gained on the planet by itself humans will be curious enough to go check out venus our earth should not be limted beacuse venus can be dangerius annd have doubts but we should expand and to meet imagination and innovation the author thinks that we should explore venus beacuse we could find something great .
venus is a great planet to explore we just have to be curious enough to explore it .and if you want to explore venus make sure u brings lots of water and food and bring something to cool you down. Nasa is working on the dangerous of venus so we have to read more about it. | 2 |
3c22d23 | Luke Bomberger had got asked to join this program called '' Seagoing Cowboys."
He was working at two part time jobs, one of the jobs were grocery store and the other one was the bank. Then, Lukes friend Don Reist invited Luke to go to the cattle boat in Europe. Luke couldnt say no because that has always been Lukes dream. Then he thought, that would be the opportunity of his lifetime to work on the cattle boat!
The reason Luke wanted to work onthe cattle boat was because the World War II just got done in Europe. He also wanted to help Europe get there food supplies, animals, and familys back together. Fourty-Four nations joined in on this program. The name of the program was called "Seagoing Cows" because they took care of the horses, young calfs, mules that were on there way over seas. Europe needed despirate help when this incident happened.
Acording to the story, on August 1945, they arrived on August 14th. On that day the Pacific War ended. They had a cargo with 335 horses plus hay and oats to feed them. Luke turned 18 when he was onthe cattle boat headed towrds Greece, and that meant he could be drafted to the military services! By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke Bomberger had made nine trips, then he got told that he had the most Seagoing Cowboys trips in the program!
Luke always said "the cattle-boat trips were so unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy!" Besides helping people Luke had the benefit of seeing Europe and China. Seeing the Acropolis was very special, Luke said. He enjoyed being a Seagoing Cowboy.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up his world to help people and be kind and helpful to people who need help. A good reason for joining the Seagoing Cowboys program is because you can relize how you have good towns and good houses and some countries don't have that. It shows how you canbe helpful and you need to be greatful for what you have and dont have! | 1 |
3c23544 | Car ussage isn't a must do, it's more of a want to do. Many places like Columbia, Germany and France take days off of driving to help the world and the people.
The people of Vauban, Germany have given up their cars altogether. In the outskirts near the French and Swiss border driveways, home garages and street parking are not allowed. You are still allowed to own a car but if you do choose to own one, you'll have to choose where you want to park it. There aren't many options, you can buy a space for $40,000 in one of the garages on the edge of the development. Media trainer Heidrun Walter said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". About seventy percent of families in Vauban, Germany do not own a car and aout fifty-seven percent sold their car so they could come live in Vauban. Much like in Germany to preserve resources and maintain pollution to a minimum in Paris, a partial driving band was placed due to over pollution. The band stated that only some people could drive on certain days. For example if your license plate was an even number than you could only drive on certain chosen days and vise versa with odd numbers. If you failed to follow this rule then you would be fined a $31 or a 22-euro fine. This rule caused around 4,000 drivers to be fined and around 27 people to have their cars impounded. In the capital of France congestion in the air went down about 60 percent after intense smog for about 5 days. Also because diesel is prefered over gasoline in France diesel fuel was blamed. In western Europe around 53.3 percent of diesel engines as compared to 67 percent in France.
Hiking, biking, skating, taking buses to work these are all things that Bogota, Colombia participated in during their car free day. Doing these activities has been proven to relieve stress and lower air pollution. Cali and Valledupar joined in the event and others came to see the event. This car free day is a day that Bogota started in the 1990s, it has led to around 118 bycicle paths being constructed which is the most any city in Latin America contains. Carless people are more likely to turn to sports centers, walking on sidewalks, upscaling new restaurants and cropping up shopping districts. The time that is wasted in a traffic jam is time that you'll never get back. Might as well use it to do something that's good for you like excersising or spending time with family. In Barcelona, Spain the Ford Motor Company chairman, Bill Ford announced that to conserve resources, lower emission and to improve safety they should have public transportation and private cars and pedestrian biking connected into the network.
One of the worlds prime cultures is in the United States. Since the second largest source is transportation in America's emission. Since we have the internet and different social medias that allow us to reach our friends and family or anyone we'd like to speak with easily there is not much need for people to drive around every time that they want to see their friend. This causes teens and many others to not have getting their license as a priority which will decrease in the long run the amount of cars that are being driven around. Teenagers usually base their life around what they have to do. Whether it is going to their job or going to the gym, they find their way around it. Car-pool, public transportation or just simply walking will decrease pollution and increase your healthy level if you walk. It's a win-win either way you look at it. If you car-pool you are helping the enviroment by not polluting the air and if you use public transportation you are changing the amount of cars that are being used. Public transportation is like a large car-pool.
Places like these are the reason that the world will live longer, along with the people on it. If more places participated in events like these, there would be much less pollution in the air, much less time wasted and much less obesity. Your children and yourself could breathe better and have a brighter, much cleaner future. | 3 |
3c24a62 | What if your city had a car free day? Or what if they banded the use of cars because they caused too much polution? Not using cars can be a big advantage not only to us but to our world, our oxygen. Not using cars can really make a big difference.
One disadvantage of driving cars is that they can cause smog in the atmosphere and polute our oxygen. In
Paris Bans
Driving due to Smog by Robert Duffer, that is exactly what happened. It says that "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the ar of the global city" (10). That was a smart thng to do because cars are the main reason our air is poluted. There are many solutions to our air being poluted like not using cars when its not necessary or getting hybrid cars that can save gas and the money in your pocket.
People actually lke the idea of not having to drive cars. You wont have to pay for gas as often, you can just ride a a bike or walk like these people did in the excerpt ,
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." (3) Some people like the idea of not having to always stress about their car but other people think differently and want to depend on their car to take them places.
What if you absolutely need your car and you ahve no other form of transportation? Maybe having a car is a nessecity to some people. "...generation will start buying more cars once thaey have kids to take to take to soccer practice and school plays..." (42). Once people start seeing that they need a car then they will have to use their car and of course wll polute our atmosphere.
Whether you chose to use a car or not we still have to take care of our enviroment. Recycling counts and so does not littlering, but at the end of the day its our choice if we want to actually help our enviroment and make a difference to our atmosphere. | 3 |
3c24bb0 | Over the years people have advanced technology and produced new technology. One of them is the Facial Action Coding System. This software is a new software to detect the emotions from someone. This software can detect the emotions of a student when learning a lesson from a computer. I believe this new software is not as vaulable as it seems in the article for it to be in a classroom.
In my opinion, i think the Facial Action Coding System is not as valuable as it sounds as described on the article. If a teacher really wants to know the emotions of a student then just ask the student, using the new software on someone is not necessary.
In paragraph 6 it states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor", a computer analyzing your face to know your emotions without the permission of the student is kind of invasion of privacy. What if the student doesn't want the computer to recognize what the student is feeling. Also why have a computer teach a lesson when
for many years the teacher is always the one teaching in front of the class. If a student is confused, that student can just raise their hand and have the teacher help them right there or what if the student has a question, the Facial System is not going to know that the student has a question because it only recognizes emotion, it doesn't read your mind. Either way the emotions of a student is not going to matter when your learning, its not important to know someones emotion, the only thing that matters in a classroom is for the students to pay attention and learn from the teacher.
The Facial Action Coding System is also a waste of the schools money. In the short paragraph before the first paragraph it says, "...applications for a variety of industries." meaning that the people who made the software are of course selling the system to other industries. So that means they are also going to sell the system to the schools which im sure is a lot of money. Instead of schools wasting the money on that system they could be using that money for better lunches, computers, ipads, prom, etc.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding system is not as valuable as it seems to be in the artical to be put in classroom computers. The new software is neither important nor necessary. The only important thing in a classroom is that the students pay attention and learn. If a student is confused they can just raise their hand and will get help and if the student is bored then there is nothing you can do, a student is always going to bored. And also the system is a waste of money when you buy other things way more important and is very necessary. | 3 |
3c29492 | A Facial Action Coding System is where it sees if you're happy, sad, surpised, anger, digust, and fear. How? It will tell by have a picture of a no emotional , than compare to your see what's the diifference.
Having Facial Action Coding System in the school, would be kinda great cause it would show the teachers what the student thinks about the assginment. Like, the Dr. Huang said ' Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor'. But, the computer needs to understand that most communication is nonverbal, like emotional communication.
But, than i'm against because how can the computer see what all the student are feeling like? Like, is going to look at every student face, if yes that had be a waste of time cause that would take the whole class period. If no, than do the teachers have to buy a Facial Action Coding System computer for every student.
Finally, I think it would be a good idea because the teachers would know how the students are feeling by something they had said or asign. If I was a student, I'd like it cause that would be a good new expreince. | 2 |
3c2b8aa | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger by know what kind of planet it is. Numerous factor contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for human study, despit its proximity to us. Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. Venus is also the second planet from the sun. Venus has the hottest surface tempaerature of any planet in our solar system. It sometime call the Evening Star.
Next, Venus, Earth, and Mar is the neighbor. the text say," These differneces in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus." No spacecraft has survive no more then a few hour in Venus. They haven't gone in Venus for three deacdes. Venus still has some features that are analogous to those Earth. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.
Conclusion, deacdes ago they don't have the technology to stay safe in space. Now they have all type of technology to go to Venus. They should make them wear something that could cool them off. Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of VEnus's surface. They should sent two people to check out Venus because they could help each other. | 2 |
3c2c83a | Have you ever been a seegoing cowboy. In this essay i will give you the part and cowboy of being a seegoing i will also have evidence from the text to prove my answer. Ill also tell you about the seegoing and wat they do when you are apart the seegoing cowboy.
Now there are great things being in the seegoing cowboys like you to get to see different places as it is started in the text beside helping people. I had the side benifit of seeeing Europe and china. But seeing the Greece was specile. Another piece of evidence from the text stares. "So was taking a Gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." But there are also some bad thing a seegoing cowboy.
Luke also toured an excavated castle on the way to china. If you are apart of the seegoing cowboy you can meet new people and look at new things in the world. "Luke heart race as he shot feet first toward and opening on the side of the ship. Luke was happy to beon board, especially when he return trips after the animals had been unloaded. He was happy to be alive, but he coudn't work for a couple of days because of his cracked ribs.
In conclusion,this essay was about what you can do if you would like to join the seegoing cowboys. Next, it was about what they do and who you will meet. Then, tells what Luke does when he was apart of the seegoing cowboys and what he did for a living. | 2 |
3c2c934 | I think the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It could be very useful for teachers when they are teaching a new lesson. It can also be helpful by using it see what emotions other people are actually showing. Here I will tell you why this technology is valuable to classrooms and maybe more.
Firstly, it can be helpful for teachers in the classroom. The technology can identify what emotions the teacher's students are feeling about the lesson. I know this because the article states,' "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts'. This can help students who are either, too afraid to ask for help or those who are, too shy. This technology can help the teacher notice that the lesson is either, too hard or too confusing for their students. This leads to making the lesson easier to understand for those confused students. I know this by the article stating," Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
Secondly, this can be used to identify other people's emotions. Sometimes we question if politicians or celebrities are actually sincere and truthful about the expression they are showing on camera. Well, this technology can help us out. I know this by the article stating," They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." Faces can't lie. According to the article it states," To an expert, faces don't lie.." It also states," ... these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" polictician or celebrity isn't being truthful."
Which this can help us with voting for politics.
In conclusion, I think this technolgy to read students' emotional expressions is very vauble in a classroom. It can help teachers understand and clear things out for the students. It can also help some students out when they are either confused about the lesson or shy and afraid about asking for help. It can be valuable in politics, too. Like, indicating whether the expressions they show us is truthful or not. This is how I think this technology to read emotional expressions is very valuable whether its in a classroom or not. | 3 |
3c30a03 | Dear Florida Senator,
We should not use the Electoral College, because it causes confusion and mostly anger. Sometimes when the Electoral College elects one canidate, even though he got less popular votes, he can screw up the whole system.
Some people do not understand how the Electoral College works, and they become confused as to how the canidate with the least amount of popular votes could become president.
Most people get angry and then the crime count rises, because some people absolutely do not want a certain canidate to become presdient, because of the things they were told, and that they researched about the canidate. When the canidate they voted for doesn't win the election even though they had the most popular votes, they go on a rampage, and do things that they wouldn't normally do, out of anger, because some people are extremely political, and they cannot help but to start problems in their community.
For example, many people think that Barrack Obama in screwing up the American unity and way of life. Like trying to ban guns, which are legally gufted to us under the 2nd Amendmant of the Constitution.
On the the hand, sometimes the canidate with the most popular votes can be the worst if he became president. I believe that the American people should be given all the facts sp that we can at least help the Electoral College make the decision of who shall become president.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
3c3267f | America is the country of the people, the people are the ones in the country, and are the ones living in the country. The method of which the leader of this country are selected by the people is by popular vote. Therefore, the best way, the right way of selecting the president and vice president are by popular vote.
Starting of with that the electoral college is unfair. The electors might know more about this country and they think they know what is the best for these United states but they do not. The peoplr know best, the people knows what is actually going on. Just as Bradford Plummer stated in his article"the best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality"(source 14). All these elector are in the politial world, so they know everything politial about the country and the best leader politically. These elector dont know about all the small things that thousands of people are suffering from.
People want to have say in their country. If the method of choosing the president was strictly by popular college the people would feel as if the country is not theirs and if they are being controlled. The people who live in the country need to agree because if not then kaos would start to happen. People would protest and this country would fall apart bit by bit. Richard A. Posner said "to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interest, that he really isn't their president"(source 19). If this is how the people feel when the other president running wins instead of the one they selected won, you coiuld just imagine how they would feel if they did not have a part choosing who is going to be the next president of the United States.
The electoral college is just not fair. Richard A. Posner says that on of the reason to retain the electoral college is "its lack of democratic pedigree"(source 17). If this country has been runnung smoothly with popular vote why would someone want to change it? Well manyy times change is good because it is improving becoming better at something although something like this should not change.
So just to restate that eliminating the popular vote would be unfair, unright, and just plain wrong. Just like in the preamble "we the people". | 4 |
3c3e5dd | On the 24th of May in 2001, Twenty Five years ago somehting had happened around Mars. NASA sent Viking 1 to circle the planet to take picture, record data, and searching for possible lasing sites for its sister ship Viking 2. But on it voyage it spotted a figure shaped like a human face. This was a start to see if life on mars was even possible.
As NASA did research on the figure they ran tests, and did many other things to collect data form the subject. They unveiled the image for people all around the world to see. And that wasnt exactly a good idea. It caused many complications and conflict. But that didnt stop us from doing more research with the figure. Yes, some scientists believed that face resembled or was an alien artifact. But our proof, such as pictures, data, and many other things object that matter. The Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time and snapped a picture of the human faced shaped object, in the article it states
"Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Thsi revaeling that NASA,
The Mars Global Surveyor, and many other people have proof to disagree with the argument. But everyone has a right to have their own opinion. Even though another pitcure was taken proving that the "artifact" found is the "Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West." As many other scientists have figured out.
In addition to the stated proof above, many people disagree with us. The scientific facts are not enough for people to believe. So even after the pictures were taken and the evidece was proven Many were still not satistifed. Only becasue The face of Mars is located 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April, producing a thin wispy layer of clouds that you had to peer through to see the face. So others controdicted and thought "Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." But they have a right to think this. But NASA and many other scientific people have took the time to find the answers. They came up with reasonable, testable answers that can be proven to be right. The face is in deed just a natural land form. I hope that the peope who are reading this can take time to reconsider the other outcomes of this shadowy human shaped face figure and think about the data and answer that were found and see what others went through to prove that their case was a true form of evidence proving what they think this figure is. Thank you. and Please reconsider, and give an effort and try to understant that the Face is just a natural landform. | 4 |
3c40328 | Our world is changing. People try to improve things we use most in daily life. Cars is a highly used mode of transportation and Sergey Brin is on a quest to improve daily use of cars. Many positives and negatives can be found in the use of driverless cars. I find that if something is not good, make it better. If people find many flaws in driverless cars, then I see a need to improve it. I think the idea of a driverless car should be futher developed until the positives clearly outweigh the negatives.
I think that driverless cars could be very valuble in the future. The driverless car comes with many benefits. One of the major upsides of a driverless car is hypothetically safer than a car with a human driver. Human drivers are subject to drunk driving, sleeping while driving, and overall human errors. In a world of all cars being driverless cars, commute from destination to destination would be more efficient. The estimated time from place to place would be more exact as cars would be traveling the quickest route consistently. People would also be traveling legally at the right speed. As it says in paragraph one, gas expenses would also go down. When the car knows where it is going, there is no route to get lost on, therefore less distance traveled, less money spent on gas. People can also pay a lot of money towards fines and other crash related expenses. Ideally, driverless cars would eliminate the penalty of speeding and would hopefully eliminate the expenses of a crash. However, the idea of a driverless car is still in the making.
Driverless cars can also come with various disadvantages. One of the most obvious downsides of a driverless car is price. The price of a driverless car would be insane. In paragraph four and five, the passage mentions the various sensors needed in order to mimic the ability of a human driver. It also says, "Sensors are nothing new, of course." However, cars with these sensors in them are known to cost more than most cars. Not to mention the act of adding many more sensors which would continue to the raise the price of this vehicle. Another downside this passage brings up is the idea of liability. In a perfect world, we would like to imgaine a perfect car that would never get in accidents or collisions. However, we know that accidents are possible due to pedestrians, bikers, natural reasons and more. So liability comes into play when an accident is on hand. Depending on the situation, who is to blame? There is yet to be laws made in order to determing this question, but the idea of driverless cars remain the same.
Driverless cars need to be improved, investigated, and developed more before they are determined to be logical modes of transportation for our world today. I think the idea of a driverless car makes sense, but much more research needs to resolve these negative downsides. In order for the driverless car to product the people want, the price would have to be reasonable and the saftey of the passengers would need to be ensured. I think driverless cars should be further developed before they are put into the world of today. | 4 |
3c41d0b | As time moves on the world continuse to further our advacement in technoloy, this includes cars.
Like tomorrow this can't be stoped people are going to make cars that can drive them selves.
But cars that drive them selves would be a tariable thing for this world.
Driverless cars would not be good because a computer can not react like a human can, we would loose jobs and this would effect the economy, and because they limmit the freedom of the passanger.
Driverless cars would not be a good thing because a computer does not react like a human.
Humans naturaly have a reflex that a computer doesn't, we see something run into the road and we know weather to slam on the breaks (in the case of a child) or run over it in hope you don't hit it (in the case of a squwarl).
A computer could mistake these suck objects and thus causing another problem of is it "the driver or the manufacturer" (10).
Also in the case where the car would control the speed of the car.
Say you were driving a woman to the hospidle because se is going into labor, or someone needs medical attenshion and you need to drive them there.
In cases such as these going the speed limit is not the best thing.
You would need to go over in order to save or help the person.
For reasones like this a computer as a driver would not be a good idea.
In the state of Indiana the manufacturing of car is one of the economical exports that we have.
If you were to take all those jobs and take them out to California to build driverless cars, that would hurt the economy of Indiada.
Also what about other formes of trancportation that require a driver?
The taxies of New York, or the local buses that run all over the country? what would happen to bus drivers jobs, would they all be replaced with driverless cars? For that reason of hurting the economy driverless cars would not benifit America.
Driverless cars also would restrict the freedoms of the individuwal.
Say you were of a drive and you wanted to go throught backroads to see the landscape, would the driverless car take you there or would it take you on the main highways? In these driverless cars how would the passanger be incontrol at all? Technology may be atvancing in many ways than one but I don't want the way I travel to be restricted.
Driverless cars would be horiable because computers can't react like a human can, we would loose jobs and it would effect the economy, and because they limmit the freedom of the passanger.
For all these reasons we should not have driverless cars.
Pluse haven't we seen enought movies where there are driverless cars and robots walking the streets that take over the world?
Variouse movies have been created like these and every day we come closer to robots taking over the world. I don't want that and I think we should provail it as much as possiable starting with the driverless cars. | 4 |
3c4777e | " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a list of facts, reasons, and statements about Venus. The author believes that exploring Venus would be a good idea. He talks about how " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life". That would be the closest thing to Earth in our solar sytem that we may be able to explore.
Now the challenges of exploring Venus are that there is a constant temperature of around 800 degrees Fahrenheit always on the surface of the planet. There are clouds covering Venus that have high amount of sulfuric acid in them, the planets surface is covered in 97 percent carbon dioxide. If we want to explore this planet we're going to need to find materials that can withstand those horrible conditions. The last recorded spacecraft on Venus only lasted 3 hours. Despite the dangers that come with all of this planet, if we could find a way to explore this planet safely and get gas and rock samples that could tell us a lot about this planets past and if it was similiar to Earth. The technology that we need to explore this planet with we are still yet to find a perfect solution to, we are chipping away at it slowly and finding new ideas that could get us there eventually. This new material that is made out of silicon carbide has been tested in the chamber and has lasted three weeks in conditions like Venus's, That is just getting one step closer to something that could last a long time on the surface of that planet. The harsh temperatures and gases are something that a human can survive through but we need our technology to get through it too. We've used electronic computers in space travel since they would have been able to be used in spacecrafts. The idea is to use a older device that runs off of gears and bearings that can with stand the elements because electronic computers are so delicate they wouldn't last very long in those enviroments. If we are able to find materials that can last long enough to try and get samples that would be our best bet, our first idea is to stay at around 30 miles above the surface of the planet. Temperatures would still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit but we have materials that can withstand those temps. Since the surface of Venus is so cloudy our photograpy methods won't work to really see the surface of that planet. We need to find all the materials and new technology before trying to do something that we havent been able to do successfully yet.
I think that looking at everything we want to accomplish with Venus as a many many steps so we can accomplish it succesfully and be prepared for anything that were to come at us in a mission. I do believe that with the right amount of thought, time, innovation, and energy put into this that it could be something that would be accomplishable. Having the technology to be able to land on Venus and take gas, rock, and sediment samples we can learn a lot about the planets past and maybe find something new. I do not believe that this idea is farfetched i believe that it is something accomplishable. | 3 |
3c4f080 | The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a state for electors, who in turn elect the president. The main problem with this is that most of the time voters are oblivious to who their electors vote for. In some cases, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party candidate and cast a deciding vote for whome ever they please... The states pick the electors that vote for us citizens.
Sometimes the president doesn't even get the most popular vote, but they recieve enough electoral college votes, is this system a scam?
Many accross the world believe this is true, you wanna know why? During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. How whould these voters know who to vote for if they didn't have any idea who was running? They didn't!
People are getting worried and starting to get upset, many asking questions to the public, only to be hushed by the government. The main question everyone wants to know the answer to and are asking is:
When is this whole syatem going to fall apart at the seam?
Some even believe the election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe.
Is the electoral college system ever going to change?
There are a couple reasons for retaining the electoral college despite it's lack of democraic pedigree;all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. Despite the reasons the electoral college is still the unfair, outdated, and irrational system it could be.
In the facts I have presented, I believe that we need a change in many of our systems, Today the most needed change is the electoral college system. Many of us don't realize, but sooner or later this can come back and bite us in the butt. (As so they say.) Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. . . . | 2 |
3c4f799 | Dear Senator,
Im sorry to say this but the electoral college is in fact, unfair and irrational.
It is unfair to voters and is one fo the things that make it even worst is what we call the " Disaster Factor". Its called disaster for a reason!
The electoral is very unfair to voters. When someone is voting for president, they do not want to be voting for a slate of electors, I am pretty sure they want to be voting for who they think should represent them and their country. For example, if you lived in the state of Texas, and you wanted to vote for Jhon Kerry, you wouldnt be voting for him, but you would be voting for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. Suppose that those electors won the statewide election, they would go to congresss and John Kerry would get 34 electoral votes. Who are these electors? Who picks the electors anyways? ( stated in " Whats wrong with the electoral college?" )
There is apparently something called the "Disaster Factor" just because of the electoral college. As stated in the article, "Whats wrong with the constitution?", "... American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century, the system allows for much worst.." What if something worst happened, just like the 2000 fiasco? All the way back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legestlature almost accomplished replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who wouldnt vote for John F. Kennedy. Also, in 1960, Hawaii sent 2 slates of electors to congress ("Whats wrong with the electoral college")
In conclusion, the electoral college is unfair and irrational. It should be abolished and we honestly do not need it much. There should be a popular vote from the people of the United States. After all, democracy was made for a reason, the people should be the ones who rule most of the time. I rest my case. | 3 |
3c56be8 | The electoral college has many reasons it should stay , but more reasons why it should be gone. The electoral college is giving people false hope in the election, yet many people think there choosing the president , or they have voice when really the choose the electors who choose the president. The election should be chosen by popular vote afterall it is the peoples "say" who runs there country.
In the electoral college who really has a voice apparently not the people. In the article "What is the Electoral College " author "The Office Of The Federal register" it proclaims " You help choose your state electors when you vote for president because when you chose your canditate you actually vote for your candidates electors. It is evident that many people really not dont know who there "voting" for in the democratic government . We have discovered the decision isn't in the people hands , but did we think about how "the electors could always defy the will of the people" in the article "The Indefensible Electoral College" author Bradford Plumer says , and he makes a valid point no matter if your candidate wins by a landslide the electors still choose who becomes president.
Another reason why the electoral college should be changed into popular vote is because each has a diffrent amount of electors. If you thought not being able to actually your president was wrong, but what about your state having fewer or more electoral votes ,and thats the deciding factor on if your candidate wins. Author of the " The Indefinsible Electoral College" Pulmer states "at the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voter, because of the winner-take -all system in each state,candidates dont spend time in states they know thaey hace no chance in winning". The electoral college should be done away with imediately not only is the democratic system is not so democratic , but its not letting the peoples voice be heard.
Futhermore it is evident that the election should be based on popular votes. And if its based on popular votes the people voices will be heard , and they will actually have a say in which candidate wins . And isn't that why America is so special because it lets peoples voices be heard. Dont take that distinctive factor away because it makes
The United states
Of America what it is today "
free
". | 4 |
3c5860f | The Electoral College is not fair and should be abolished. Did you know that 60 percent of voters would prefer a more direct way to vote then what we have now. That is a lot of people who just want a more trustworthy and direct voting process. The Electoral College should be abolished because you can't trust the people you elect, and many states do not even see any electors at all.
Having your trust in people who you only see campaigns for on television is pretty hard to do. Honestly that is quite ridiculous for them to ask of us. In source 2, paragraph 11, Plumer tells us about how sometimes "faithless" electors disregard their party's candidate and vote for whomever they please. So is it really worth going through the trouble of electing poeple who might not even do as they said they would. Posner on the other hand explains that the trust in the elector is rarely betrayed (source 3, paragraph 16). But is it really worth risking four, maybe eight years of our lives to trust poeple we really do not know. Not to mention how it could affect our jobs and lives at home if this does happen.
Did you know seventeen states didn't see any candidates at all in the 2000 campaign. In source 2, paragraoh 13, Plumer talks about how candidates do not visit states they know the can't win or states that they know they will definintly win. This leaves many states who do not get to see any candidates at all. This makes those states feel like their votes do not count and worry if they their new president willl have any regards for their interest. In source 3, paragraph 19, Posner says that this is a good thing that candidates do not visit states they know the can't win or states that they know they will definintly win because then that candidate can focus on the states that may be undecided or swing states. He believes this is a good thing because a candidate with appeal in only a few states is unlikely to be a good president. But you are leaving out a big proportion of the United States population who would love the expiernce of hearing a cadidate give a passionate speech about why he\she should be elected.
We can come to the conclusion that the Electoral College should be abolished because you really can't trust the people you elect, and many states do not even see any electors at all, which then makes them feel worthless. Furthermore, we can say that the new way to elect the president should be more direct and fair. | 4 |
3c5e13d | Have you ever wanted to have input on an assignment or lab in a class? Have you ever wished that a course you had taken, wasn't so boring? Through "Facial Action Coding Systems", computers can notice when students are bored, or angry during class. But, is this technology beneficial in a classroom?
According to the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", this technology has a wide-range of uses. It could be used to modify different assignments in class. Some could argue, that students don't want to be monitored by a computer in class. Most students, would rather have a traditional teacher, than a computer. With a teacher in the classroom, students learn responsibility and communication.
Not only, do teachers do a better job at teaching, but it is also a large amount of jobs across the world. With giving this job to computers, many people would be out of work. Students could no longer strive, to teach the next generation. Without teaching jobs, the economy would go down.
As the article states, "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to Decode Mona Lisa's smile." The cost of this technology must be very expensive. Though, schools would no longer have to pay teachers, they would have to pay for the computers, software, and applications for the use of this technology. Set aside, the amount of maintenance and updates needed to keep them running.
Unlike teachers, computers need electricity and charged. Computers don't always function, and if they aren't working, you can't simply call in a substitute to do it's work for it. With teachers, they work everyday, and if they are sick or cannot come into school, they can easily call in a qualified substitute, to do their job for them.
In the end, teachers get their jobs done, are extremely cheap to hire, and teach students many beneficial skills. Though, a computer could work very well, they are very expensive, and do not always work. Teachers are the best option. The "Facial Action Coding System" is not the way to go. | 3 |
3c603b2 | Google is trying to make things easy by creating a driveless car. Im for these new cars I think it would make things alot easier for some driver's that get nervous and are not paying attenion to the road. It would be useful when your driver by an accident or proventing a accident driving by an construction site. It would kind be like taking a taxi or bus but not have worry about having to call and get a taxi or missing the bus and or finding a seat on the bus.
In article it states thier cars have driven half a mile without a crash but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless ; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents. The cars have been proven that they are caoable of driving witout crashing but there not fully capable of drivering by thereself. In the article it states Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position -estimating sensors on rear wheel. rotating sensor on the roof a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver , and an inertial motion sensor. That can help alot with people not checking the driveway as there sometimes late for work of just in a rush to get somewhere.
In conclusion i feel like the car would be a great help to people everwhere. It could stop alot of accident's and it help in traffic. | 2 |
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futuro para los de la nueva actualidad por wue la nasa fue hecha para invertigar
a fondo las coas que estan pasando hoy en dia y las que vienen para el futuro. | 1 |
3c65b42 | The "Face on Mars" was not created by aliens. NASA has literal proof of the Face. It may be on pictures, but the things they put in movies and magazines isn't real. They use that to get attention, but they didnt actually go into space and get the pictures. NASA took time to build those space technologies that are made to go into space and look for things like that.
Hollywood movies and fiction magazines aren't true about the "Face on Mars." They say the "Face on Mars" was made by natural land forming. That is true. On Earth we have rocks formed naturally, or fossils were made using the imprint of dead animals and plants, but still formed naturally over time.
Do not believe what movies and sometimes even the internet says. Who you should really believe is the people who actually saw the "Face on Mars" with the technology they have built to study it. You should listen to the team of scientist who know all about space and the planets. They study the galaxy inside and out and know way more about the "Face on Mars" and the planets then the movies and magazines do. | 2 |
3c670cf | I do not think that diverless cars should be a thing. It allows drivers to not pay attention. They could cause more acciddents. The driver might not feel or see when the car is trying to get them to pay attention because it needs human feautures. I believe that driverless cars should not happen.
If somebody had a driverless car they would probably not be paying attention at all. They could be on their phone the whole time or who knows maybe even taking a nap. If the car needs them for their human features and their not paying attention then most likely they won't be able to assist the car with their human features.
Diverless cars could cause more accidents. The car could have a malfunction and go crazy. If they need the human features and the human isn't paying attention then that cauld cause an accident. I think driverless cars are a really bad idea. The risks of them causing more accidents are very high; and the risk of the human not paying attention is very high also.
In my opinion I think driverless cars are not good for the safety of other humans. I think that driverless cars will be more harmful to all of us. Diverless cars have so many hazards that everybody needs to be aware of. Maybe if they work out some of the kinks, like it needing human features; then maybe it wouldn't be so bad. As of now though I think that they are a really bad idea. | 3 |
3c6aa10 | Dear state senator, I am against the decison to keep the
Electoral College one reason because the candidate running for President isnt being voted for their electors are.
I agree it should change to election by popular vote.
I agree with the election by popular vote because as i stated the people do not vote for the candidate they vote for the electors representing the candidate , then in the passage I learned the electors then elect the President , as I was reading i saw a few name s mentioned in favor of , as it was stated Abolishing the electoral college .
As I read i saw why some might say keep the Electoral College , Al Gore ran for President and won by popular vote thanks to the electoral college , maybe becasue its a by luck situation because it was two parts you had to win as President , they may dont see it as a fault on Electoral College part because it did say he won by popular vote thanks to the electoral college.
Bob Dole agree with the choice of abollishing the Electoral College , some says its unfair outdated , and irrational . The decison to keep the Electoral College should is a win or lose situation because as i read i didnt see a lot of proof of people being for the decison on keeping the Electoral College to make the right decison they sh | 2 |
3c6bfec | To me, self-driving cars represent the most obvious step towards a safer, more efficient future in driving. Of course, the idea seems appealing. After all, who doesn't want someone to drive for them while they're stuck in rush-hour traffic? But we have to more closely analyse the laws, ethics, and safety aspects before moving full-steam ahead into what could possibly be the future of driving.
Self-driving cars have a lot of potential for both public and private use. This type of technology could be a major hit on the consumer market. Self-driving cars could take the most tedious part out of road trips or decrease the number of traffic cops we have to employ under government pay. One of the most appealing aspects for lawmakers and voters is the increased safety of self-driving cars. This is one of the most heavily argued topics in the entire debate over self-driving cars, even though Google's cars have been operating for over half a million miles with only a handful of minor accidents. One of the other pros that isn't mentioned nearly as much is the increased efficiency of high-traffic areas. Self-driving cars are smarter at merging and driving in dense traffic, meaning rush-hour traffic jams could one day be a thing of the past.
The other side of the debate for self driving cars is public transportation. Uber is already planning a self-driving taxi service, and other companies are sure to follow. Self-driving buses could also be used with schools or in major cities. Having a fully automated public transport system could make modern cities more efficient than they've ever been.
Unfortunately, many of these same benefits offered by self-driving cars have a negative alter-ego. One of the major effects of increased automation is increased efficiency. However, as we move towards a fully automated world, we lose a lot of jobs in unspecialised industries. Laws would also have to be reworked for nearly every aspect of the traffic system. How and why would teenage drivers take a driving test if they're never going to have to drive a car? Will human drivers and AI drivers fall under the same category in the eyes of the law? There are still years and years of legal red tape that has to be cut through before self-driving cars can even make it onto the consumer market. In addition, there are soem ethical problems involved with programming self-driving cars. Programmers and developers could be a fault for deaths caused by bugs in their program. And what should you do if a crash is unavoidable? Should you sacrifice the passenger to save a pedestrian?
As a result, I believe that self-driving cars can and should someday be a part of our everyday lives. However, dozens of laws will have to be rewritten, commities formed, and lawsuits fought before we can even judge automated cars under the same laws we judge human drivers. There is a huge amount of potential for a faster, safer, more enjoyable traffic system, and it lies in self-driving cars. But, for us to be able to implement any of it, we need to make some very difficult decisions. | 4 |
3c6d6fb | I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you will get to go so many places. Have you ever wanted to go to the Acropolis in Greece? If you join the the Seagoing Cowboys program then you might do just that. Luke a real Seagoing Cowboy has also visited an excavated castle in Crete. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you'll get to go there and many more places.
Another reason to join the Seagoing Cowboys is you will get to help people. You'll get to have that warm feeling inside basically all the time. You'll also get to take care of animals aboard a ship. You'll get to work with animals like horses, young cows, and mules. Luke got to do just that and had the best time as a Seagoing Cowboy.
My last reason of why I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is because it will open up the world up to you. You'll go many places and when thats done you will do many different activities! You will get to do boxing, table tennis, and fencing. If you dont like active activities then you can read or take up whittling. Luke got to do all of this and had the best time there. This is why I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
3c7212e | Can Driverless Cars Truly Be Driverless?
Driverless cars throw people off because how could a car be driverless when the driver still has to be paying attention to the road? The driver has to be prepared at all times to be ready to take over the wheel. Drivers can not fully rely on driverless cars because drivers have to pay attention to the road at all times, drivers are trusting a computer with their life, and the dangers of bordem behind the wheel.
Drivers have to pay attention to the road at all times, even if the "driverless" car is driving. The driverless car can not drive through work zones or around accidents, so the driver has to take control. The driver has to stay alert and ready for anything to come their way. The Google car announces when the driver should be ready to take control, but shouldn't a driverless car be able to drive on it's own? Eventhough the car can drive itself, the driver is still in position like they're going to drive too.
Drivers are trusting a computer based opperator with their life. What if the car was to get in an accident? Whose fault would it be? Drivers can't fully trust a computer to drive their car because they computer could mess up, and could cause an accident. What if a kid were riding a bike, and were to suddenly fall into the street and the driverless car did not read it? That would cause a big uproar for driverless cars. They are not proven to be 100% safe for the world around us.
The dangers of bordem of not driving could be very serious as well. The driver has to pay attention to the road at all times, but they are not driving. This could cause serious bordem, and could lead to falling asleep behind the wheel. At least when driving is occoured the driver has something to do.
Now a driverless car is not a bad idea. The text says that driverless cars use half the fuel that cars use today, and that driverless cars have driven half a million miles without a crash. Driverless cars could be the future, but there would still need to be a lot of work done to the cars to make sure they are completely safe for drivers. Instally cameras in the car would also help with teenagers, and some adults to not be behind the wheel on their phone, which could lead to less accidents. So, driverless cars are a good thing that could come into society.
Driverless cars sound dangerous right now, but as technology advances, they could help in the future. As of right now, driverless cars not be fully relied on because drivers still have to pay attention to the road, computers can crash, and the dangers of falling asleep behind the wheel could be dangerous. Driverless cars are not ready to be on the roads yet. | 4 |
3c7a135 | Driverless cars are soon to be coming out all over the world but they have some positives and negative side effects to it, such as a positive being it is driverless and it saves a lot of gas, or that it is safer and easier, but then there are negatives such as it being boring for the driver, the price that it takes for it to be able to drive all over the world by itself, or the fact that it breaks some laws. But in the end they all make up for it because it really is worth the trouble.
The negative side effects aren't that big of problems that make it so we won't make the cars because they really are worth it because in the long run after you pay off the car you will be saving so much money on gas and time beacause they work with a gps so you dont have to worry about getting lost or taking a wrong turn. But then the side effects include, how boring it is for the driver to just sit there the whole time and just has to watch the road and be ready to take the wheel due to a car accident or road construction, the cars are also breaking laws while they are being tested because it is illegal to have a operating car that is driving without someone in the car driving it, but eventually the laws will change and make it easier. These cars will take a lot of work to get them street safe and able to actually drive on its own.
These cars really are worth the time and money that google is putting into them because they will make up for it in the long run by keeping the streets save and making and saving money that could be used again to make this world right again. | 2 |
3c7f3f6 | The Facial action coding system is a good move to a higher level of schools. The Facial action coding system is going to make students emotion more valuable. The Facial action coding system well make the teachers know how their students feel about the class which is the most important thing to know. Are they bored, happy, disgusted, or angry.
Why is it important to the teachers to know how their students feel about the class? It's important because mostly the way a student feel about a class is what going to make him/her pass or fail that class. If the teachers knew their students feelings they well have a chance to change their students feeling. That's what well make all the teachers "the best teacher."
In conclusion the Facial action coding system is a good move to a higher level of schools. The Facial action coding system is going to be very helpful for teachers too. Finaly I think that the Facial action coding system is going to be one of the most valuable things in schools. | 2 |
3c81830 | People have thought that the Face on Mars was created by aliens. Others think its is just a mesa. Here are reasons why it is just a mesa.
In 1976 the Viking 1 was taking pictures looking for a landing spot for its sister ship Viking 2. The Viking 1 happened to take a picture of a mesa and it looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh and everybody believed it was created by aliens. The technology back in 1976 was not as good as it was in 1988 and 2001. When the picture was taken in 1976 it looked like a face. The picture taken in 1988 the picture was more clear and just looked like a mesa. The article says Michael Malin and his Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture 10 times better than the original in 1976. Cameras' pixels in 1976 spanned over 43 meters. Cameras' pixels in 2001 spanned over 1.56 meters.
Also NASA has way more knowledge about it than people who thnks its an Egyptian Pharaoh created by aliens. The text states scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa common around Cyndonia. Conspiracy theorists sometimes can go to far with things that can catch peoples attention. Therefore some of the things they say may not be true.
These are reasons why the Face on Mars is just a mesa. Technology such as cameras got better and NASA had more facts and knowledge about the mesa. | 2 |
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