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3c82a94 | Whether if it's a law in a country, the source of pollution or the cause of deaths, the usage of cars have its disadvantages and have been limited. However, driving cars have its advantages when individuals limit the use of it.
Using cars to reach a destination causes pollution according to experts, who are correct. According to paragraph 5, "experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions tailpipies...Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." Because of this there has been efforts in the past two decades to make cities safer and easier to breathe in. A city that faces these pollution problems is Paris, which made authorities to prohibit driving. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This is the right thing to do because after this law was implemented there was less congestion. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." Pollution also has more of an impact depending on the tempertaure and day. "Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layers of air to trap car emissions." Also there are cities where using cars are near impossible, because of the laws that the governmental officials had enforced. An example of a city with these laws is Vauban, Germany. "Street Parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. Vauban's streets are completely 'car-free.'''
However, There are advantages when individuals drive less. Owners of the public transportation have taken action. They subilminally convinced drivers to reduce pollution and dangerous accidentals by offering free transportation. "Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday." When this was taken into action, smog was cleared in cities. "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday." When individuals drive less they are exposed to new activities that they have never experienced when driving. People can experience activities in places such as in Bogota, Colombia. "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." The main goal for this was to advocate other transportation in order to reduce pollution. There are also other factors that can substitute the place of driving. A suggestion was made by Mimi Sheller, who is a sociology professor at Drexel University and director of the University's Policy center and Mobilities Research. She said that "The Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends." Also that "the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangments, including the evolution of shared services for getting to work." Bill Ford, who is the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company has also suggested factors for safety and transportation. "He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.'"
Using cars for transporation is mostly a problem, even if authorities have enforced a law for it, if it causes pollution or even danger in cities. But, it can only be a good thing if individuals are limiting the usage of it. | 4 |
3c87dc2 | Venus is gonna take Earths stop?
Is Venus worth the risk to explore? maybe so. Venus has so many things to offer, evening star, many out of the world features, and a thick atmophere. Doesn't mean we should kill ourselves trying, I think venus is not worth the try.
First and formost, the evening star, is the brightest point in the sky. Venus also makes it simple to stargazing. Venus is the second planet and the next closest plant next to earth. Stargazing is all fun and games on earth, but if you go to venus you may burn.
Also, Venus has a very thick atmophere. It's almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets around Venus. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the pressure of the atomsphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on planet earth.
Lastly, Venus's light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography ineffective. Most importantly, reseachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else in that matter. Many people are working on innovations thta would allow our machines to last longer to contribute to our knowledge.
Venus should be left alone, just as we would want to be. Venus is a harm to all man kind who try and rescach on Venus. If it was a safe idea to go up there would have already done it by now. | 3 |
3c883cd | The author does not do a good job supporting this idea. The author has did not put what would benifit humans if we where going to travel to Venus. There are about 3 paragraphs that are full of bad things that could happen to a person on Venus. The other paragraphs do not fully explain why it would be worthy of trying to study Venus.
The author put a lot of bad things in his/her text about going to Venus. In paragraph 3 is states "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on out own planet. The state also states in paragraph 6 that "peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photogra[hy and videography ineffective.
The author does put some good things about studying Venus. In paragraph 4 it states "Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." From this state meant studying Venus could help us found out more about its past. The text also states in paragraph 6 that "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of the Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." This is one of the few ways that a human could explore Venus.
The author had stated some good thing but yet with every good thing that he/she had stated there was always a bad. The author also did not do a good job of stating why humans need to study Venus. The author states in paragraph 8 that it is good for human curiosity. That to me is not a good enough reason to send a person to this planet with all the risk that they will have. | 3 |
3c88c11 | Venus, a planet that is referred by other people as the "evening star" or as "earths twin". Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size with a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide,clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric adid in venuds atmosphere, temperture averaging over 800 degrees farenheit, You see venus has conditions thare are far more impactible then anything a human ecountered. Venus has the hottest surface tempertaure of any plantes in our solar system.
Venus atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience, previous missions to send a spacecraft to mars were unsuccesfull not surving more then a few hours.
Why scientists are even considering to try to go back to venus is astronomers are fascinated by venus and think it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system .Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could,ve have supported various forms of life just like earth. The plantet has a surface of rocky sidemet and includes fiimiliar features such as valleys,mountains,and craters similiar to earth.
Venus could be our nearest option for a planetary visit .
Nasa has one compealing idea for sending humans to study venus that solution will be venus would allow scientists to float above the fray a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out their way.
Nasa is working on other approaches to studying venus for example some simplified electronics made a silicon carbide that has been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.
Nasa is looking back at old technology called mechanical computures these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all.
With all these modern tech that we have and are making we will have a solution to survive the conditions of venus. Taking risks is needed in this expedition like how in parargraph 2 it says "humans has sent numerous space crafts to land on this cloud-draped world" .
We are preparing ourselves so space crafts will land on venus for hours
The authors opinion in studying venus can have a good outcome we have already kinda have solved a solution for venus conditions said in paragraph 7 " some simplifies electronics made of silicone carbide have been tested in chamber simulating the chaos of
venus's surface and have lasted 3 weeks" so landing on the venusand surving the conditions is very possible. Nasa has created a possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray all said in paragraph 5. Venus is thought to have been covered largely with oceans and coudl have supported various life forms the planet
has features like valleys,mountains,and crates similar to earth all in paragraph 5 too so why not take the chance and look more into venus, venus could be the planet where we will have the chance to land on and explore to see if there is other life forms or to find new ways to have the chaance to even live there. | 3 |
3c8bd10 | Seagoing Cowboys is an oppurtunity to help countries in Europe that where left in ruins. The Seagoing Cowboys help people who are in need.
Joining the Seagoing cowboys is a great experience. We help people who are in need. And when we help them, a great feeling runs through our whole body and it is a feeling that you can never get anywhere else. When you join, you have the oppourtunity to see new and different places than you are use to. We got the benefit of seeing Europe and China. We also saw the Acropolis in Greece; took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy; toured an excevated castle in Crete; and saw the Panama Canal on our way to China.
The Seagoing Cowboys can have some fun after their work is done. On returning trips, after the animals had been unloaded frem their holds, the holds were used for games like baseball and volleyball. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.
The seagoing cowboys is a great oppurtunity for a lot of things. You help those in need, can see places you havent seen before, and play games with your friends. This is an opportunity of a lifetime and everybody should take it. | 2 |
3c9291d | The author believes that there is a spark of curiosity of wanting a safe way to travel to Venus and has included that NASA has new technology to make that happen.
The author states that Venus is the only planet that is close enough to be another Earth. A long time ago Venus was a lot like Earth. It had mountains, valleys, and probably had some oceans covering its surface as well. Astronomers are amazed at how Venus was once able to carry forms of life, they want to explore Venus in a safe manner. If NASA is able to make that happen then why wouldn't anyone want to explore and find out, more closely, of what it is like today.
Another reason Venus should be explored is that NASA has been reasearching and testing new ways to make a safe travel. They have come up with a "blimp-like vehicle" that would be able to hover above Venus's dangerous landscape. With a device like this NASA would be able to do reasearch on informaton that they have been longing to know. It's a safe and efficient way to explore our neighboring planet.
The "blimp-like vehicle" is an amazing idea but it will only be able to provide some light on what the conditions are like on the ground. NASA has accepted this but has not given up, they have decided to find another way to get more information. Silicon carbide electronics have been tested to see if it can manage Venus's standards. Unlike the spacecrafts that lasted less than a few hours, these electronics have lasted weeks.
In conlusion, the author has included that NASA has found many new ways to ensure a safe travel to Venus. He states that you have to look beyond the dangers and find ways around it. He believes that with all the new technology coming out and new ideas that traveling to Venus safely is possible. | 4 |
3c92b2c | Venus, the Earth's twin or so we thought. With and atmosphere of ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide and average surface tempurture over eight hundred degrees. What dangers do we face trying to study Venus? Or why would we not try to find another place to substain human life?
Why is the author even suggest studying Venus?
Why does the author even support studying Venus? Venus's main atmosphere my be over eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit but just above the cloud such as Earth there is a much calmer atmosphere. Thirty-plus miles above the surface, tempertures drop to around 170 degree ,but the air pressure returns to about the air pressure around sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiaton wouldn't exceed Earth level. Not easy conditions to live in but survivable for humans.
Finding another place to substain human life is a nessisary thing because of the growing population on Earth ,and the ever present threat of gobal warming. Earth is not gonna be here forever and we need a place to live if all goes South. What would be the best place to substain life, well that has not been decided yet but what better way to start than learning about Earth's twin.
The author says " If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even dicussing further vists to its surface? Astronomers are fasinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Even with past failures of trying to land on Venus the author supports the idea of exploring it. This is becasue of the thought that Earth will be like Venus in it life time.
The author completely supports further exploration on Venus even with the dangers. He belives it is worth the risk to learn more about where life can be substained, what Earth's future looks like, and to learn more about Venus's past. | 3 |
3c9f409 | Do I support the use of the Facial Action Coding System to read students' emotional expressions? Yes, I do. I support it because I think it could help teachers with their lessons by knowing if students are confused or bored. If teachers knew these things then they could adjust their lessons accordingly to make students more interested and make it easier to understand. It could also help with teen depression because schools would be able to help if they knew something was bothering someone.
Use of this technology in the classroom could help teachers and students in many ways. The biggest way is teachers would know if the sudents dont understand things or are bored and not interested. If teachers knew these things then they could adjust their lessons accordingly to make it easier to understand and more interesting. This would increase student grades and moral if they could understand things.
Another thing the use of this technology could help with is teen depression. Students are often afraid to talk to someone about their depression. With this technology, teachers would be able to see they are depressed and can talk to them. This would lower the teen suicide rate drasticly.
The use of Facial Action Coding System technology in the classroom is, in my opinion, a great idea. It could so much for students and teachers. By teachers knowing if students are confused and changing their lessons to help them understand, students would be more successful. Also, being able to detect depression would help students and then teen suicide rate. | 3 |
3ca0f42 | Senator, my name is PROPER_NAME. In my opinion i strongly think that we should not keep the Electroral College process. A process that elect the president by a vote in congress is unfair to the people. I have my reason for thinking that way.
Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The people of the United States want to be able to vote for whomever they think is right to lead this country. If the people is going to have a leader, i think that they shoud be able to choose that leader themselves.
The electoral college is unfair to voters. Electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's condidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. The people do not even know who the electors really are. Ask yourself this, who picks the electors?. We all know its not the people, its sometimes state conventions, sometimes the sate party's central, and sometimes the presidential condidates themselves. What we all asking is, can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always.
Sometimes the voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. The electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. Imagine how the people feel about this, The electoral college is just unfair, outdated, and irrational.
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3ca4cae | Dear, Florida Senator
Hello! My name is PROPER_NAME and i am 14 years old. I am from LOCATION_NAME. I go to SCHOOL_NAME. This letter is being written to you beacuse i think we should NOT keep the Electoral College, this is because 1. we the people may vote, but it doesnt mean the person that is most voted for is chosen. 2. we dont get to vote for our candidate's electors. Lastly when we vote by Electoral college the citizens dont get to have the full call on who is elected. Now let me tell you more about why popular vote is way more qualified.
We the people may vote with Electoral College, but the vote that is chosen is not only made up by the citizens, but the vote may be changed by the Congress. Now thats not right! The Citizens should have all the vote like popular vote. The Citizens should choose who is voted for because they are the ones who are going to help us. Not be better for them.
We dont get to vote for our candidate's electors. The citizens of the United States sould be able to vote for who we want our candidate's electors to be. This is because if something goes wrong we will have the right to change the electors and be happy about who they are going to be. We cant do that with Electoral Voting.
Lastly when we vote by Electoral college the citizens dont get to have the full call on who is elected. If we dont get the full call on who is elected then why even vote.
"We the people
" means the citizens not over ride the citizens votes and just do what they want.
Now this is my statement on the Electoral College. I disagree with most of everything the Electoral College has to offer not just me but everyone in the United States. Now lets make the election of our president by popular vote of qualified citizens.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 3 |
3ca552e | Should the creation of driverless cars be allowed? I think they should create these cars but not have any sort be realesed until they are safe and the company is held relyable if errors go wrong when using the driverless car. Also they should be created because if you are serverly sick or injured you could have your care drive you to the hospital, & because people who are driving under the influence of something wouldnt be likely to crash. But what if someone is drunk and the "driverless car'' crashes, whos to blame?
Tesla said that in 2016 they will have a car that can drive 90 percent of the time, That is a good start in my opinion because 90 percent only leaves you 10 percent, thats 1/10 of the time you have to be paying attention. But i feel like people would abuse this, & get reckless and crash in that 10 percent. Even though they crash they would still want the compant to be reliable right? but is that fair? No, your paying for only 90 percent driverless that other 10 prcent depends on you, it does because its only 90 and not 100 percent.
I believe the self driving care should be created and sold but.
But it shouldnt be sold until it is 100 percent safe and driverless. I believe all this because if the company says it can drive 99 percent of the time, if you would happen to crash what would the company say? well we only said 99 percent and you crashed during that 1 percent so were suing you. What im tring to say here is why make the world worse by making something only a half product? Why not realese it when it is 100 percent and people who want to spend alot of money for a car that can drive them then put them on the market not when they can only drive "90 percent" of the time. | 3 |
3cabc05 | Do you think going through extreme dangers just to study Venus is worth it? Venus is sometimes called the the Evening Star. Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. Why would scientist wanted to explore and study another planet when they haven't even completely explore the planet where they live on?
First of all, Venus is the second planet from our son, while Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved to be a very challenging place to examine closely. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Venus has a very dangerous atmosphere and surface. Venus condituion are highly dangerous its impossible for human to even get close to its atmosphere.
Secondly, given the facts that Venus has such critical living condition considering its surface temperature reach over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and has clouds of higly corrosive sulfric acid. Why would scientist still want to explore Venus. Our current technology will not let us enter Venus atmosphere. Even if astronauts manage to bypass Venus atmosphere how would they even get to the ground, Venus surface temperatures are extremely high. It's impossible for humans to get Venus surface.
Lastly, instead of wasting resources on exploring new planets and trying to get to their surface, why don't scientists waste those resources in exploring and discovering more of our own planet. More than half of our planet is filled with water, and we haven't explore a big part of it.
There must be a lot of new materials and resources out there ready to be explored but scientist are wasting resources on trying to explore a planet. Why don't scientist try to solve the problem with global warming. Those resources scientist are using trying to explore a new planet cab be used to solve problems here on planet Earth.
In conclusion, that's why I don't think going through extreme dangers and risk just to only study a planet where its not posibble to live in is worth it. Let's use our resources to solve problems here on planet Earth instead of using them for trying to explore planets. | 4 |
3cb576b | Driverless cars are not a good idea. The cars are too risky for us to be depending on. Relying on a computer that could easily mess up/lag out causing someone or something to get hurt does not sound like the best idea. The driverless cars are not always computer dependant, sometimes when there are bad traffic conditions the cars will have the driver take control of the wheel. The cars are not very cheap either, costing more than the average car because of the driverless cars extra "perks," such as GPS, rearview camera, radar sensors, roof sensor, spinner sensor that creates a 3-D model of the cars surroundings.
In order to make these a possibility they have to convince the government to change the laws about driverless vehicles. In most states the vehicles are illegal and cannot be driven on roads because of fatality issues. They have to change the laws because if there is an accident, who gets the blame for the accident, the manufacturer or the person behind the wheel? This conflict is why most states have the law to protect their citizens from the hassle of deciding who to blame.
When the driverless car is in motion, it has many sensors to make sure that the car can drive safely to its destination. The car may also not be able to see a deer jumping out, or a kid running across the road quickly. The sensors woudn't be able to know when a car is quickly whipping around a corner where the computer can not see. The car would be unaware of any unexpected interactions and thats not safe for us to have on our roads.
Driverless cars are not a good idea because they're not controlled by humans, and the computers arent capable of avoiding wrecks, stopping for a car that ran a red light, a deer running out into the road, etc. We should not allow these cars to be sold, they're just too dangerous. We can not have accidents, and not know who to blame. | 3 |
3cb6145 | I am for smart cars because, they have upgraded on safer driving. People can drive all day and not get into accidents. The process that scienists have now are wonderful. There have been over 100,000 cars wrecks in this world because, people are not smart drivers.
Finally making a differents on safe traffic for people to be on the road. People had to worry about being sewed for a car wreck. A long time ago people never had no cars but only horses and boats to travel. Scientists have alot of smart idea of techalnogly. Now they are making cars that you can call or text anybody without using no cell phone.
Scientists also created that only way if you could listen to the radio if your seat belt buckled in for safety. The real age for people to start should at age of 18 because, most of teenagers are careless drivers. Nearly 45.7 percent car accidents with teenagers. Now if they start at 18 at list they'll be more mature for driving.
25 percent for accidents is because of drinking and driving. 35 percent is by falling asleep while still driving. 15 percent is by texting and driving. 25 percent is speeding to fast on the road cause accidents.
The reason why I am for smart driving because, people are making on driving more safer on the road instead getting into a accident. People should agreed of which if we should have smarter cars or not. May let the people deside if it is right smart at being safe. | 2 |
3cbc0e6 | "Unmasking the Face on Mars" some scientist says it was created by aliens. I think that it wasn't created by aliens because no one has proof that aliens are real. Also because they haven't checked the other planets to see if there was faces on them. If the face on Mars was created by aliens, did they go on Mars to check for alien footprints? Did they go onto Mars and looked closley at the face? If it was an artifact made by aliens what did they make the face out of.
The scientist sya the face looks like an Egptian but in 2001 it doesn't look like an Egptian anymore.
The scientist used a machine that can see if there were any objects, like airplanes in the picture you would see it cause of the machine. The face on Mars could just be an uncommon landform. Its probably not an artifact made by aliens because the face wasn't showing that much in 1976. In 1998 the face was getting clear but in 2001 the face was disappearing beacause of the cracks on the face. If it was made by aliens why wasn't the face clear enough if it was an artifact sign for the aliens. if there were aliens on Mars why wanst there any bones of aliens found. So maybe the Face of Mars could just be a landform. | 2 |
3cc2f1c | Is Venus exploration safe?
"The Evening Star," although being the brightestplanet and "twin"of earth , proves to be a very challenging place to exiamine. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," is an article written by the author explaining the reasons of why exploration to Venus is very dangerous and why it wants to be explored by scientists. The article explains in much detail the dangers and possibilities that that could happen if th exploration could happen. It also gives brief information about how Venus is made up and the history of why is an intruiging planet. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," The author supports his idea by using data based information, question and answer responses, and the history of exploration in Venus.
In the article, the author uses a lot of data based information to support his claims about the challenges of exploration in Venus. One of the most mportant pieces of information being about what type of planet Venus is and why it is dangerous. The author says "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience o our own planet"(Paragraph 3). This briefly gives detail of how dangerous it is for humans to visit Venus knowing that the atmospheric pressure could easily crush a submarine that can withstand high pressures and liquefy many metals. This also supports his/her claims of why it is likely that the idea of exploring venus is impossible for these very reasons. Not only does this help support his claim; the information informs the reader about Venus and lets them know more about why it is a plant that NASA is very intrigued in.
In the article, the author uses a good amount of question and answer responses that help to inform the reader and support his claims of why exploration to Venus is dangerous. A good exapmle of a question that most readers will thnk of would be "Why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"(Paragraph 4). This question not only supports his claim but also gains the readers trust knowing that the author is very informed about what he/she is talking about and knows what the readers want to know about. Knowing that the author can recall much information about the dangers and expectations of further exploration to venus benefits his argument by gaining their trust and support on his claim.
Using the history of exploration in Venus helps support the authors claims in many ways. Knowing the history falls back into the subect that the author know whae/she is talking about and also allows the reader to know more about the subject. "Vensu was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppported various forms of life, just like those on earth,"(Paragraph 4). This piece of information breifly explains the reasons of why scientists value the research done with Venus knowing that it is very comparable to earth. This information also explains the now leading dangers of Venus because of its physical changes and leads to the possiblilities given by NASA of ways that Venus can be explored.
The author supports his idea of Venus's exploration being impossible by using data based information, question and answer responses, and the history of exploration in Venus. Giving the data of how Venus's state is and the leading dangers that the planet could give if explored supports the authors claims and allows the reader to now then make the decision or to be informed if Venus should be explored or not. | 5 |
3cc72ff | When Nasa discovered this "face", at first they didn't know what to say. So they just passed it as another "Martian Mesa". "Scientist figured it was just another Martian Mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Eighteen years later after the Viking space trip, they decided to take more photos of it. The technology improved so it was giving them a clearer image. They got the pictures, and soon put them out for the public to see. "The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars". Thousands of people that were waiting for this image soon saw it was just a landform, "JPL website, revealing...a natural landform, There was no alien monument after all". Then later they figured out that the picture was acually a butte or mesa. "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American West". Garvin says, "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". | 1 |
3ccf356 | The Facial Action Coding System is very valuable for classrooms because if it is able to tell if students are confused or bored it could help students learn better and make school better for them. The system can check and see if the student's face muscles are a certain way which lets the system know how the student is feeling at that point. It describes Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa as "83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry."
The Facial Action Coding System uses video imagery to track the facial movements. Dr. Huang's new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, and then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor." It says that "Your regular home PC couldn't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile."
The Facial Action Coding System can even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a real smile. To tell if it is a genuine smile it says "the zygomatic majors lift the corners of your mouth, and meanwhile, the muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes." This could be very helpful in a classroom to tell if students need help or if they need some more things to do if they are bored. | 3 |
3cd190e | I am against the development of driverless cars. I don't think they should develope thesess cars becasue, They still need a driver, they cause an issue with the law and they are inconvient.
The driverless cars this passage is referring to still require the drivers full attation and gidence. The passages states, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skill, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." From this statementwe see that the car needs a human to do difficult task that teh drivers are trying to advoid.
The smart cars are new to the world so there are not to many laws about them creating an unsafe enviorment. The artical states, " As a result, in many states it is illegal even to test-coputer driven cars." There are four states including the Distric of Columbia that allow smart cars. The text also states, " If the technology fails and smeone gets hurt who is at faul-t teh driver ot the manufacturer?" This brings up a new problem. There will be endless amounts of cases having to do with recks. Today with human driven cars the driver is to blame for an accident that leads to the injury of smeone eles. There is no confussions on the matter.
The text states, "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting there turn to drive?" If the driver is just having to wait for something to happen so they take over they will loose concertration. People to loose track of what tehy are doing while driving making it to where they dont have to is not such a good idea. The text also states, "The car can handele driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but specile touch sensors make sure teh driver keeps hold of teh wheel. If the driver must keep hold of the wheel the whole time it would be like they are driving the car themselves, giving no reason for the car to be ran by a computer.
I dont think they should contiune with the development of the smart cars. They still need a driver, they cause issues with the law, and they are inconvient. | 3 |
3cd6a2d | Do you guys think that venus is dangers? Well for our part venus need to get up close and personal despite the risk or maybe they should think of them as challenges. Astronmers are fascinated by venus because it may once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere. Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it had proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus would need to get uo close and personal despite the risk and maybe should think of them as challenges.
Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth-like planet in the solar system because people from long time had to covered the oceans to support carious forms of life to them just how earth is from us today. Also because the value of the returning of the venus seem to be a little difficult but there was other option to make a mission to be safe and productive to both of them for the astronomers to be by venus and know the planets in the solar system.
Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosvie sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere because they think that the challenging for venus might not be working for them but now they do work because the conditions are now more extreme then any human encounter out there and all of the environment can crush of a submarine. But then venus has the hottest surface temperature to any of the planet in the solar system that their is even when mercury is close to the sun venus can still be hot for the system being beside another planet.
Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus can be the closest planet to earth even in terms of size and density. Also each of the previous mission can have an unmanned and for a reason no sacecraft has been survived for the time of landing for more than hours or even minutes. Venus had more than three decades, but venus reputation for a challenge planet is for humans to work on and study for and to despite the proximity to it.
This is what I think the author suggests to the study of venus because venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk and maybe should think of them for a challenge, because astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may once have been the most earth-like planet in the solar system, even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere, and venus is simple to see from the distant but can be safe vantage point in earth and has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely to it. | 3 |
3cdaa47 | A coding system that can identify facial expressions of a person, how crazy. Prof. Thomas Huang of the University of Illinois and Prof. Nicu Sebe have created a coding system that can not only identify human emotions put on a painting. Using this technology in the classroom would be valuable to not only the student but the teachers the classroom.
Using this coding system would be helpful to the students. For example, in paragraph six, it states, the system could tell if a student was getting confused or bored in class, then it could modify the lesson. Using this method could get students more involved in the lesson by making it easier to understand or making it more fun. Making it easier to understand could help the students learn the material faster and could possibly increase the students grade in the class. Making it more fun could get the students more involved in the lesson by asking questions about the lesson.
This technology could also help the teachers. In paragraph six it states that the technology can modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. Using this system could help a teaher with their students because they cannot pick out the exact muscle movements of certain emotions the coding system can. For example, in paragraph three it states the operation and process of the sytem. First, it constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, then it observes the fourty four major muscles in the of the face of the model. When it is looking at the model it is looking for an action movent. An action movement is one or more muscles moving. Different combinations of the different muscles in the face create different emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. How this would help the teacher is it could look at more faces faster than the teacher and it could pick out the slightest emotional change in a student. Then the system could modify the lesson to keep the students interested in it.
Finally it would help the classroom. In paragraph nine it states that empathy or the feeling someone else's emotional state. may happen because we unconsiously imitate another person's emotions. This could effect the classroom. For example, if one student is sad their friends would try to comfort them and the might become sad too. Is a student begins to laugh they might cause other students to laugh. Having this coding system in a classroom could alert a teacher if a student is sad, so they can handle it so other students don't get upset. This could help keep the atmosphere of the classroom positive so learning can be done effeciantly.
Using this technology in the classroom would be valuable. From modifing the leeson to make it easier for the students to understand and helping the teacher keep their students interested in the lesson to keeping the atmosphere of the classroom positve this coding system would be valuable in the classroom. | 4 |
3cdb2c8 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because In the text it states that venus is actually a planet and venus is the second planet from the sun. The text also states that venus is simple to see from a far distant. Finally, it says that numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study in etc. If you look back in paragraph 1& 2 that's where I got all the information from to support my answer. In conclusion studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because if you just reread everything in this passage it's basically telling you alot of information about venus. If you look back in the passage in read paragraph 8 it's giving you information about venus it says that 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. The last in final thing is that 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. So that basically tells you everything about why studying is a worthy pursuit despite for venus. | 1 |
3ce331d | Using an software on students cound be a helpfull software that could make it easier for them to know if the topic they are teaching is interesting or an boring topic. This could be helpful for teachers to know if they should go more in depth on the topic or should they stop and move onto something more interesting. Being on an un interested topic for so long can cause students to get off topic, be distracted, play games, sleep. In the article it gives out examples how they could possibly test this new software out. They thought of an idea with the use or ads that pop up constantly on website. They came up with the idea that they can use the ads to tell the encode of how you feel about the ad if you smile at it. If you smile at it, a simlilar ad will show up next. If you frown at the ad an ad that is completly diffrent than the one defore will show up to see which one is the most effective to an human beings mind. Technology can make computers animated face more expressive for gaming and video surgery like an human instructor. | 2 |
3ce3447 | I honestly think we should not have driverless cars. What's the point in working if your car does your job for you? That's laziness and it's not fair to anyone if the driverless cars hurt a human being. Someone could seriously get hurt. What if you're not paying any type of attention to the road and you have an accident in front of you.. That is honestly so scary and it's a threat to human life. What's next? Flying cars? It definately sounds pathetic to invent. That's not smart. Everyone needs to have their eyes on the road at all times and having a driverless car doesn't satisfiy my needs in life. How will your car be safe when you don't have your own key to unlock your car? Or does the cars belong to anyone and everyone? I believe all cars need a safe driver behind the wheel controlling every part of their car. What if it breaks down? Or the engine blows up? How can you stop the car from a crash? They're just trying to warn us that it will be our faults for hitting another person when they have no control unless they have a steering wheel and it honestly doesn't sound like to me that I will have full control over the car. This idea sounds stupid and how much is the car going to cost? What if there's a shortage and it doesn't warn you about a work zone or an accident? This is honestly the same as drinking and driving. You are seriously driving to your death. | 2 |
3ce7d44 | Seagoing Cowboys
Have you ever heard of a Seagoing Cowboy? When I was young my friend and I were offered a chance to join the UNRRA, " the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration." I knew it was an "opportunity of a lifetime."
They hired us to help with carrying war animals across the seas. We had tons of fun times, and we hope you can will consider becoming a Seagoing Cowboy too.
First, we got to help many and different kinds of people. We would help
prepare the animals for them and get them ready to go to war. The animals also provided food for countries that needed help through hard times
Second, we would get to see amazing and very unique views. We had the privilige of taking a gondola ride through Venice, Italy. We also saw the Panama Canal and and a castle in Crete on our way traveling to China.
Thirdly, we had all kinds of fun and games onboard. We would play games in the stalls when the animals were gone. We played baseball, vollleyball, table tennis, and many other games to help pass the time.
In the end, I learned my job wasn't meant for adventures. It was an opportunity to explore the world and the people that came with it along with their needs.I was glad we had a chance to help everyone that we could. | 3 |
3cf0e6c | The use of the Facial Action Coding System , FACS, to read a students' emotional expressions in a classroom would be very valuable. It would allow a lesson to be modified to better interest a student. It would also help to keep the student from becoming so confused to the point of giving up.
Since most schools have transfered over from books and paper to Chromebooks or iPads, the system could be added to the devices. It wouldn't be able to happen immedietly, but eventually with the evolvution of technology the iPads and Chromebooks would be able to handle the program. The text states that our home PCs wouldn't be able to handle the complex algorithms, but hopefully one day they could.
This program would be beneficial to teachers so that they can see how their students are feeling when doing assignments. If three quarters of the class are using their sygomatic major muscles while reading an aritcle, then the teacher knows that they should assign more assignments like that one. If the whole class is bored to death with a particular article, then the teacher knows not to assign to many things like that on ein particular. With the teachers knowing how the students are feeling, it will help keep the students interseted in what they are doing. The teachers will know how their students are feeling about what they have been assigned. Right now, most teachers have no clue as to how the students feel about their assignments because they don't ask. This program will help the teachers stay in tune with their students.
This program will also help teachers realize when the students just aren't understanding the material. The program will recognize when a student is confused. When the teacher sees that their student is having difficulty, they will be able to offer help. Most kids think 'I'll just figure it out on my own, i don't need help.' The students think this because they are scared that the teachers may make fun of them or not help them because the teacher thinks the student is just wanting answers, or that their peers will make fun of them. If the teacher can acutally get a report from the program that a student was very confused on a particular assignment, then the teachers can pull the struggling students aside and help them without the fear that their peers will make fun of them.
This will benefit the students because they won't have to worry about the other kids making fun of them or having to struggle through an assignment they don't understsand.
When a program that can detect subtle changes in forty-four muscles in a human face is able to be used on easily accessible devices, it is going to change the way school is taught. The program will allow students to have a say in their schoolwork and to get help on assignments they would have normally just muddled through. This program is going to change education for the better! | 4 |
3cfff58 | The face we found on mars wasn't made by a alien spacecraft.
The camera had to peer through wispy slouds to see the face so it could be just a giant rock formation made by the landscapes.
It is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the
American West the landform also reminds us mostly of middle butte in the snake river plain of idaho. And the lava dome that takes the form of anisolated mesa about the same height as the face on mars.
Scientists figured it was just another martian mesa,common enough sround Cydonia,only thing different was this one had unusual shadows. Some people might think it's alien because they have seen the face appear on hollywood films,and books. We used a different camera which each pixel image spans 1.56 meters so if there were objects in this picture like airplanesmon the ground or Egyptian pyramids or even small shacks you would be able to see what they were. It doesn't really look like a face it's like some clay you put together then pock some holes in it and say this is a face. | 2 |
3d03dc5 | The use of this new technology will be very helpful for many things. It will allow people such as police to tell how a certain suspect is feeling so that you may realise if they are lying or being deceitful. It will be able to determine how you feel when you are in certain situations as well as when in the eigth paragraph it states that the clues the technology will use can spot when a politician or celebrity isn't being truthful about their current situation. This new technology will also be able to revolutionize security by having you make a face to unlock a certain door or area.
In my opinion this technology can be the foundations for creating fully functional AI(Artificial Intelligence). If it is used in a restaraunt where it servers people or is a waiter, it will be able to detect if a customer is unhappy and can offer them something so that they can cheer up, or in areas such as military, it will be able to detect a war criminals face to show if a certain interogation is being efficient or not. In fields such as a medical field, it can detect if a patient is truly in pain or lying in an attempt to get a certain medication, or if a patient is feeling pain during a surgery while they are unconcious. There have been thousands of reports of people undergoing a surgey where they are supposed to be unconcious but the medicine used doesn't fully work and it paralyzes them for the remainder of the surgery, this could be used to see smaller muscle movents that the human eye wouldn't be able to recognize. The use of this new technology would be able to revolutionize our current standing and position with the creation of fully functional artificial intelligence.
To conclude the use of this new technology can be used in all fields, commercial, military or medical. This is truly the next step into having AI that can be used for multi-purpose across many fields. We are just a few years to a few decades of research away from having the technology to have a AI just roaming around a town to check on certain people or to watch and make sure a area is safe and if it needs to mark down a certain suspect by memorizing the subject or person face for it to be analyzed in a crime lab. | 4 |
3d04367 | Let the people vote! They know what they want, so let them have a say. Let them have what they want. The state senator should change the voting system to popular vote, because you're giving the American people what they want, it gets more people to participate and vote, and it lessens conflict.
To start, the senator should change the voting system to popular vote, because it gives the people what they want. If we rely on the Electoral College to elect our congress, presidents, senators, or whatever then what are the people voting for? People vote for who they want, so wouldn't make sense to elect the canidate with the most votes, since thats what the people want. Say there were two students running for class president, PROPER_NAME and PROPER_NAME. PROPER_NAME got 75% of the students votes while PROPER_NAME only got 25% of the students votes. In the end PROPER_NAME wins the election, because a group of teachers voted she should be president. Thats how the electoral college acts, like their vote counts more then the peoples.
To add on, they should change the voting system to popular vote, because it gets more people to participate and vote. Many people are not going to waist their time and vote for the canidate they want, when most likely that canidate will not even get elected. This will effect the whole process, if there is a decrease in people voting. To encourage people to vote give them hope that the canidate they vote for will have a shot at winning the election. They should not have to think my vote does not matter. They should feel like they actually have a say in the election.
Lastly, changing the voting system to a poplular vote can lessen conflict. When people see that who they are voting has a great chance at winning, but does not get elected, lets just say there can be outbursts. People usually start to protest in what they believe is fair. To decrease insidents like this give the people a fair vote and fair election. The people should come together and fairly vote on the canidate they want to be elected. For the benefit of the American citizens, let them know they have a voice in the elections, do not take their freedom of speech away from them; give them what they want. Yes we can vote!
To conclude the voting system needs to be changed to popular vote, because it gives the people what they want, it will get more people to participate and vote, and lastly it lowers conflict. | 3 |
3d098ec | The Face on Mars was not created by aliens, and does not prove that there is alien life on Mars. The Face was created simply by poor camera quality and an optical illusion. The later pictures of the Face taken in 1998 and 2001 prove this theory even further. If you look at the later pictures, you can clearly see that the Face is nothing more than a natural formation. NASA is also in support of finding alien life, so they would have no reason in trying to disprove that aliens are not real. So, the face is nothing more than an optical illusion, and not something created by aliens.
The Face on Mars is nothing more than an optical illusion and a natural formation working together. If you look at the picture of the Face from 1976, then it is very convincing proof that the face was the work of aliens. However, the picture of the Face that was taken in 2001 shows that the Face is simply a rock formation with shadows where the eyes and mouth should be. This is also proven with the picture that was taken in 1998. Even though there is clouds over the Face, you can still tell that there is no alien creation in the picture. Garvin brings up a comparison of the Face to a "Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," which is a "lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." By drawing this comparison, it gives us something we can easily compare the Face to on Earth. People don't claim that the "Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain" was created by aliens, yet it is easily comparable to the Face.
Alien life on Mars would support NASA. It would bring great attention to the space program, and more funding. If NASA were to find aliens, they wouldn't hide it from the public. Whenever the picture was first taken in 1976, NASA released it to the public only a few days after it was taken. Although the picture had a theory to disprove that it was the creation of aliens along with it, NASA still released it almost immediatly. This is proof that NASA is in support of finding alien life becuase they were not afraid to release something that could possibly prove it. Even after NASA ended the Viking missions, they still went back to take more photos of the Face. This would either prove the conspiracy theorists even more, due to advancments in technology which would allow for higher resolution photos, or it would prove NASA's theory that shadows were creating the optical illusion. The pictures helped the case of the latter. Because of how much clearer the picture taken in 1998 is compared to the picture taken in 1976, you are able to see much more detail of the Face, and can easily tell that it is just a mesa. Conspiricy theorists claimed that the alien markings were hidden by the haze in the picture, which would later be disproved by the very clear picture taken in 2001. So, if NASA were not in support of finding alien life, why would they release three pictures that could possibly prove alien life?
In conclusion, the face was not created by aliens. NASA is also not trying to hide any evidence for alien life on Mars, so if this were the creation of aliens, NASA would fully support it. NASA released three photos of the Face, all which had the possibility of proving that it was the creation of aliens, yet they still released them. So, if NASA wanted to hide alien life, why would they release anything to hint at it? | 6 |
3d0abd2 | To promote, I would like to start off by saying I am one who is all for new technology because it is the 21st century after all. Technonlogy has become an everyday thing such as the iphone or even somehting as advanced such as CGI movie technology. These are great attributes that will help us learn and will help our future to further develope the technology we have discovered but for something as a Driverless car might be a little to dangerous for us just yet.
In addition to my previoues paragraph, I will enlist you on the negative outcomes of why Driverless cars. To begin the name " Driverless Car" is a false adverstisement because these so called cars aren't even 100% driverless. In order for these cars to work they still ahve to operated by a human being at somepoint why the car is active. In most scenarios the car can accelerate, brake, and even park itself without human interactions. For other situtaions such as construction blockinh you near by exit or a terrible wreck on your way home from the work,
the cars sensors will not be able to manuerver around the problems that lie ahead so you must then take the job at the captain's seat and control the vehicle yourself. Already we haven't even spoke about the danger of these Driverless cars and we are given many reasons to disagree with it's exsisitance.
Carrying on, cars such as the Toyota Prius have been Driverless cars for quite some time but not everyone wants to drive a Prius becaus may not suit their liking or needs. Therefore with this being said this is another negative outcome for those of us who want the newtest brightest technology and are disappointed because they don't simply make the technonlogy fit our needs. Also included in the Prius is tons of technology such as senors for parking and close bumper action, a rotating sensor on the roof, a GPS, and a rearview mirror camera. This car comes with many surprises and features that suit the tiny geeks in all of us needs. Even though this car seem very safe with sensors and cameras mounted at every nook and cranny, what if we were to get into an accident and the physical features of the car were repaired but not the technological features. What would we do if we had relied on our sensors to help us brake and instead of the car breaking it were to roll back and hit someone else vehicle? Also maybe the car could have a malfunction and accelerate instead brake causing an accident. Who is to blame now, th ecompany who made such a safe 21st car or the driver who wanted to be with the new times and have the the greatest piece of technology out there on the road?
With more to say, what are we do about the pricing of these Driverless cars? Sure they may be twenty two thousand dollars and that may be a deal with some of the customers that purchase them but what about the technology underneath the hood. Such as the radar which was a hilltop program just being discovered and was a very advanced program when first sought out by Sebastin Thrun. He was the founder of the google project and used radar in many of his cars. What if we were to somehow damage the radard and a customer used this radar everyday because they were a business man or woman who travled day. What would they do if this two hundred million dollar piece of technology broke. Of course it's just the program that cost that mcuh but would the company fix it or leave it to their custmor considering it's their car or "problem" now?
In conclusion, to my rebutal of the posititve outocmes of Driverless cars I speak about how if we were to even think of purchasing one of these vehicles would it's phycial appearance even suit us? Howevee if that doesn't change our mind about not buying one then maybe the type of protectioe it offers will because no ones wants to be hurt by something they absoulutly adore. With that being said we would most defintely not purchase such an item espeacially if the car didn't offer full coverage on it technological material because paying for an expensive car is enough, why woudl we pay for the technology they made to be fixed again because of their faulty work. | 4 |
3d0cbc9 | Is Venus worth studying? Venus being Earth's alike twin is one of the most hottest plant on our solar system, yet not one you can visit for more than a few hours. Scientist have thought about sending machines to study and deeply reasearch more about the planet Venus, but Venus being too hot they overthink it about the temperature and how hot it is. Venus is a very hot planet that can melt anything that's metal and a human-being could not even survive on this planet.
Venus is known as Earth's "twin". People believe that venus was once just like earth, that it was covered with oceans before it got extremely hot and became like hell because of it's temperature. the the article, In paragraph 4, "Surface of rocky sediment, familiar features such as valley's mountains, and craters." There was or still are some land features on Venus, but as we continued to read the article it told us that if there were any land seeking on it's planet that it would be stroke by lightning. "Temperatures average over 800 degrees fahreneit, atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet." Venus being one of the most hottest planet on the soaler system and presenting impediments such as volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightening strikes. Overall, Venus is known as earth's alike "Twin". It is one of the hottest planets on the solar system, no human being could survie on it by it's high temperatures. Land can't be seeking or else it gets destroyed by lightning. Scientist do believe that it was once like earth, and had oceans.
Venus being too hot and such a risky planet to explore. Researchers have been overthinking and trying to invent technology that's able to resist Venus's temperature. "Researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." NASA has thought about sending people to explore Venus on a jet airplane, that's able to stay high above ground suface. Reasearchers do know that if they risk and send people out to explore, it is going to be callenging to get samples of rocks, gas, or anything else from a distance."Electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface, having lasted for three weeks in such conditions." Venus with such high temperatures and metal not lasting long that can melt very quickly, they've been testing, trying to get machines made out of different material so it can last on Venus. In other words, Venus is too hot and exposing a phone, tablet, or any electronic to acid or heat can be melted tin and no machine is resistant to such an exaggerated heat. NASA have thought and been wanting to send people to explore Venus but the thought of it being too risky, dangerous is what they wonder.
In conclusion, Is Venus worth studying? No, It is a very hot planet, that's risky, challenging, and dangerous for humans to explore. Not even a machine can last on land. Reasearchers have tried and invented machines to try and get somewhere, it's hard for them to even get a smaple from a distance. Venus is a very hot planet that can melt anything and huam-beings couldn't even survive on this planet. | 4 |
3d100f8 | The future holds many great things but one thing that isn't on that list would be driveerless cars. Just thinking about it brings danger, with people inside a car without a real driver can cause many accidents. In the future I feel like our death population will really rise up because of self driven cars. How are they going to know when to turn or what to do in a bad situation. Driverless cars is going to be a very nad idea.
Why do we need driverless cars there is absolutely no point in it. Just so people dont have to drive and they can be lazy. Or because just in case if someone is tired and can't drive much longer. Well would you rather drive your self than a robot car that for sure has no idea what other people can do. Because when people drive and someone is next to them they can tell when they are shifting over but a driverless car can't because all it can do is tell whats behind and in front of it not to the sides. With this idea I am definitly not for it becasue I will rather walk it is just to dangerous and I do not want to take the chance. If they give me an oppurtunity to drive a driverless car and a self controlled one I would rather go with a self controlled one. Now by the time the driverless car is invented I moght be dead. But I would rather be dead from something else than a driverless car.
America has had many deaths and a lot of that is because of cancer, car wrecks, and other sickness and if the driverless car is invented I feel like it would turn into the top ten death causes. No will understand how many causes we will have with them. And im not just looking out for the people bt also google. Google will be a lot of debt off because people will be sueing them all the time. Before they make this a final decision they might want to look into the future because of all the teens also. Teens will play a big role into that and that could cause a lot of damage.
Who ever made this idea is a smart person I will give them credit in inventing something that can drive itself around, but I will also give them credit when it's there car that has caused the most deaths in the world. Plus what if someone tells them to go somewhere and they fell asleep and didn't notice the robot went the wrong way and the person would end on the complete opposite side of a town or even a country. You never know how smart the car can be. And if it was up to me I would not be one of those people who would buy a driverless car. | 4 |
3d10946 | Can you imagine a time in future with driverless cars? Recently, I was introduced to an article named "Driverless Cars are Coming". Since 2009, Google has been working on cars that are semi-autonomous. Apparenlty, the cars are able to drive themselves for more than half a million miles without a crash. Although, the Google cars are not truly driverless. I belive that the development of these cars should be stopped immeditately.
Everyone knows that the automobile has been around for years now. People depend on their cars to take them from point A to B all around the world. Since the autonomous cars are not even completely liable, why should we trust them? In paragraph 2, the text states that they can not navigate through roadwork accidents. Therefore, they'll need the driver to take over. Worst case scenario: the driver isn't paying attention.
So, say that these cars are ran by GPS. If not, how else would the cars be ran? Where I come from, there are many drop zones. What if the car loses signal and completely malfunctions? At least, with a normal automobile, you can attempt to navigate yourself to the proper destination.
In conclusion, I believe that autonomous cars should not be developed. I say if you can control something manually, go for it. Our world today already depends on technology too much! Technology can only run so far. Putting my life into some computer-generated hands isn't exactly on my to-do list. Some things, in my opinion, should just be left to us humans. | 2 |
3d13ded | In today's society technology is becoming much more advanced. Pretty soon, people won't ever need to touch a steering wheel again. However, does this seem like a good idea? We people are prone to distraction and companies aren't even sure who would be at fault if an accident were to occur. Would one want to pay his own medical bills when someone else should've paid for it instead?
We people, being human, have the tendency to become very distracted, some more than others. The driverless car is 90% autonomous, meaning that 90% of the time it can drive on it's own. The other 10% is manual, meaning that people need to be in control of the car. During that 90%, people would become so distracted. The article states, "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over--something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." Just because there is entertainment does not mean that people would use it. Some would prefer to stay on their phone or take a good long nap. Warning signs in the car that tell people when to drive might also be ignored as well. If someone falls asleep and is a deep sleeper, he might not wake up to a vibrating chair or flashing lights. Someone too involved in his phone might also not realize that he is needed to take control of the car if his mind is too focused on his device. Sometimes people become too involved in their own little world, and this would not be good when they are needed to drive.
The question being considered right now is, "who would be at fault if the technology failed and someone was injured?". It could go both ways. If the driver wasn't paying attention, then he would be responible for his own injuries. If that person had been alert and paying attention and the car malfunctioned, then the manufacturer would be at fault. There is no way to know though if the driver is actually paying attention. Since there's no way to see, if a driver had been alert they could easily be accused of not paying attention because there is no way for anyone to know but the driver. He would be paying his medical bills instead of the manufacturer. It is not fair towards people if they are accused for an incicident, but it is not their fault. If too many accidents occurred, companies would start to get sued and so would people as well. It wouldn't be too great for someone to get sued for an accident if it is not even his fault.
Although there are flaws, there are also advancements being made to fix those flaws. Manufacturers are trying to install cameras in the cars to make sure people are paying attentinon and not just dozing off. Also, it's not like the car has to be on autopilot the whole time. People can choose when they want to drive most of the time. If they don't want to drive but are needed to then they have no choice. These are all true, but that doesn't change the fact that people could still be blamed for accidents that are caused by car malfunctions and not themselves. It also doesn't change out natural instincts to text while we are needed to drive or to answer a call or jam out to the radio. Even when the car needs us to drive, we are still going to reach for our phones when it buzzes or turn up the radio, both of these being huge distractions for us.
The technological advances being made do not change our natural human instincts of distraction, or the fact that we could be blamed for something that was not even our fault. The driverless car may seem like a cool new way of living, but that does not mean it's danger free or 100% guaranteed to work all the time. It still has its own flaws just as we do, and sometimes technology can't fix that. | 5 |
3d13edb | I think it is a great trchnology in human history. i agree the value of using the techology to read student's emotion.
in the university of illinois, Dr.Huang created a computer software which can identify person's emotion on their faces. here are some of the oppenents why i think that is the good technology in our life.
first of all, this inventor can be use in many way in our normal life. for example, making friends. sometime people alwasys struggle when they don't know each other's emotion. if we have this system and we can know their emotion without to ask"how are you". we also can use this to know the person like me or not. it can bring lots of convince into our life. to calculate your friens feeling simply on thier face and know them more. Human is the creature which has the most emotion in the world and if we can recognize other people's emotion, it can help our social communicate.
secondly, our laptop will get this softare in our future so that the laptop can tell we are board or confused. espectialy in school, computer can recognize student are understand the knowldge or not though the emtion.
Dr.Huang also proved that we express our emotion though our face muscle. to a expert, faces don't lie because of your muscle of the face. this technology is really accurate in some way to know people's emotion | 2 |
3d15bdf | In this article it was talking about how there is now a program that can read the known human emotions by useing a 3D model of whoever its trying to read. Like students in class it will be able toread their emotion in call and see if they are bored or unhappy with the lession that is going on. Also the evidence to back it up is that this program has read the emotion of Mona lisa with. Actual rates of her emotions but we could not use this program at home because it is way to complex for it also it uses the same technique that divinci used by using human anatomy which they said would be great for video games and video surgery. Which in the end will greatly increase childrens involement in the class room because. It will know what really gets the kids engaged into whatever the teacher may be teaching at the time. | 2 |
3d17283 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College process should be kept because of its many purposes and the fact that it was established for a reason since it's easy and simple and has absolutely no hassle for counting up the votes and adding up the individual votes made by the people of the state.
Since the electoral college process only consists of 538 electors that are selected, meeting of the electors who vote for the president and vuce president, and the counting of the electoral votes by the congress. This is a easy and simple process that causes no hassles since it has a sense of democracy and organization with it.
The electoral college process is very fair since which ever candidate running gets the majority of 270 electoral votes. It's a organized sysytem that doesn't base off of popularity which is fair because if you vote by popularity and have a president in office that everyone voted for but is running the country into the ground because of terrible reasoning and democracy the people and the states are to blame for voting for a president who wasn't guarnteed to keep his or her word about solving the country's problems.
The electoral college process does need a few tweaks here and there but that's something to take up to the president or congress. The electoral system needs fixes in place such as what would be good for the state and changing its laws and the system being able to work with the boundaries that certain states have with their own different voting process and its laws how the voting process works.
It may also need work on how the system supposed to work instead of voting for the people who will be in the electoral colleges to vote for the president you would like to vote for. The voice of the people should be heard instead of casted out by different state electors and representatives that may see his or her own views differently than the people of the state do. | 2 |
3d186cc | The Seagoing Cowboys is a program that people recommend you join and this is why. Luke Bomberger is trying to convince others to join the Seagoing Program because you get to help peolpe in need,experience new things,and visit tourist sites in different areas.
First,you should join this because you get to help peolpe in need. Luke helped people after World War II was over in Europe recover their food supplies, animals,and much more. Another way that he helped is he took care of people's horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas by himself.
Secondly, you can experience new things. Luke first took care of the animals on a ship and after that he was a night watchman. On the boat he got to play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed with the cowboys. He also got to do table-tennis tournaments, boxing, fencing, reading, whittling, and other games.
Lastly,you an visit tourist sites. Luke got to visit an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. He also got to take a gondola ride in Venice,Italy. Lastly,on his way he got to see the Acropolis in Greece.
Now you can see why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. From helping people in need, experiencing new things, to visiting tourist sites. Now you know what program you can join after hgih school, in the future. | 3 |
3d19d5a | Hello Mr. Senator I have came to the conclusion our country needs to abolish the electoral college and change to the election by popular vote. Here's a couple reasons why we should go with the popular vote.
The first reason we should go with the popular vote is because the citizens of the U.S. will get to vote for who they want. Honestly in my opinion if you use the electoral college it will be rigged. If you go with the popular vote anyone and everyone can vote. It seems pretty fair to me.
In the source by Bradford Plumer he says "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." How is it unfair? Its unfair because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. So thats a whole couple of states who wont give votes to one certain person.
The final reason we need to go with the popular vote is the disaster factor. In the source by Bradford Plumer he says "Back in 1960, segregationist in the Lousiana legistature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electores who would oppose John F. Kennedy." It wouldnt be fair to the candidate.
As you can see the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The popular vote is only fair to the candidates. The candidates can compaign and try to convince people to vote for them. Its not a cheating senerio like the electoral collage so please sir go with the poular vote. | 3 |
3d1a0fa | The author did a good job at using details to back up his claim.Every time the author well make a reasoning the author well back it up by using details.So the author also back up his reasoning with a detail.So this is a reason why the author did a good job at backing up his claim.
This is a reason why the author did a good job at supporting his claim by saying the Venus temperatures can go up to 800 degrees and also the Venus pressure is 90 times great than we had expericne on Earth.In the text it says "On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Farhrenheit,and the atmospheric perssure is 90 times greater than what we had experience on our own planet."This says that the Venus temperatures are life theating and also that the pressure on Venus is 90 times greater than what we had experience on Earth.So this says that the author gives a reasoning and a detail about his claim.
So the author did a good job on backing up his reasoning.Also giving out a good evidence.So this is why the author did a good job at using details to backup his claim. | 2 |
3d1f831 | Venus is the second closest to the sun. this means the temperature there is way higher than earths. This also means that the atmospheric pressure on venus is also way higher than earths
Venus is second away from the sun this means its has a very great temperature. Venuses average temperature is about 800 degrees. Venuses atmospheric pressure is about 90 times what earths is. No space ship has lasted on venus for more then a couple hours. Scientist still believe that at one point long ago that venus could of been the most earth like planet in the solar system.
Scientist believe that to study this if they stayed about 30 miles above the surface of venus that they would be able to study venus. The temperature would still be toasty at 170 degrees but the atmospheric pressure would be equaivalent to that of sea level on earth. Solar power would be plentiful on venus and the radiation wouldnt exceed that of earths.
Science shows that maybe right now venus isnt the most hospitable plant in our solar system but maybe at one time is was. | 1 |
3d28f36 | Being able to know what your students are feeling in class may help a whole lot! Facial Action Coding is advance technology to show the scientist what people are feeling. Few scientist are wanting to put these in schools so teachers know what the students are feeling about there class if they sleepy or bored the teachers will be able to know because of the computer.
First, to have this new technology in class is valuable. It's valuable because will be able to understand there student more and if they need help because with the new technology they will know that. If the students need help the computer acknowledge that the student is confused and teacher can go and help them even though they might say they dont need it the facial program will identitfy that they do. It is benefical to both teacher and student because they will be able to know if the person is down or sad depending on how their facial expression is and how they are in need of help of some sort.
Second, the way this new technology works is it uses the way your face is constructed. It using your cheek bones they way you smile and the way you get your wrinkles when you do. But it takes a few scientist to figure it out like Dr. Paul Eckman is the creator of FACS. He has classified the six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgusted, fear, and sadness. They all have very basic but common features but not a whole lot. For example, when youre mad your mouth shrinks and your face tightens up. Which is called your orbicularis oris around your mouth.
To wrap this up i am for this. I think teachers can use the help with this new technology. | 3 |
3d2985e | In 1976, a single image of Mars taken by a NASA spacecraft blew the world's mind. It depicted a gigantic face on Mars. Of course we understood that people would be shocked. In fact, we told the public that it was only a natural formation, and the conspiracy theorists came along with their new story. They accused us of hiding the fact that there was an alien civilization on the Red Planet, and that the picture is a monument. All we want to do here at NASA is inform skeptics that they are severely mistaken.
First of all, we revealed the information because we wanted the public to be informed, and we wanted to not hide anything. All the skeptics should stop and realize that us revealing partial information is just illogical. If we revealed the picture, it's because we wanted people to know about it. As we said earlier, the face-type shape is "formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." We gave you the full truth.
As well as us giving you full information, we actually would be glad to tell the public about ancient martian civilizations. NASA would benefit greatly from something like that. You see, we aren't getting funded as well as we would like. So something as interesting as alien life-forms would definitely get us more money to explore more. Simply put, the public's thirst for exciting information would drive the government to fund us. Unfortunately, the face is just a creation of nature, but we'll be more than glad to inform you if we ever find signs of alien life.
In addition to the fact that NASA is always glad to provide information, we took very clear pictures that show just a desolate mound of rock that is naturally made. We took three pictures of the face. One was in 1976, the next in 1998, and the last in 2001. Jim Garvin (of NASA) explained that the newest pictures would show things such as man-made pyramids and villages. Of course, those would prove the face to be man-made as well. However, such things aren't seen in any of the pictures.
Overall, we know that there will always be people that don't believe in the facts. However, there is solid evidence (such as witnesses and pictures) to back us up. They all point to the "face" being a natural formation. I hope that this essay has helped eliminate doubt in the public. Just remember, NASA is glad to inform you of any signs of alien life when we find it. | 4 |
3d2d66c | I think that more people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, becuase you see lots of distant places traveling, you help people and animals, and recover food supplies.
Going along with seeing lots of places, you get to go on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, you get to see the Acropolis in Greece, and China and Europe. With going on these tours, you get to give someone a job, by going on the gondola ride.
On the boats that you travel on, you take care of animals on the way to your destination, but when you get there, you care for people and animals alike. You do more with the animals than the people, but I like to care for the cattle and animals more. I care about them, but there are many more people to care for them.
When recovering food supplies, you have to know what they eat. Some need meat, some need fruits, some need vegetables, and some need everything, but that was ok.
But in the end, I did what I wanted, and that was see lots of places, help people and animals, and recovering food supplies. Thank You for reading. | 2 |
3d32b8a | The author presents their own opinion on why we should investigate Venus for human civilization. In each paragraph that the author writes, they explain in detail the pros and cons about the study of Venus. Using the knowledge that they have of the planet, many of the ideas that they present give the idea that they are determined to give us the reason to agree with him.
The first idea that they auther states is that Earth, Venus, and Mars are all very close in terms of density and size, and is very close in orbit as well. This leads to Earth sending spacecrafts to land on Venus to gain research on the other planet, but each time, the spacecraft only has limited time to gain research because of the harsh conditions. This gives the author a way of explaining the details of Venus in a descriptive way. Venus has an atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide, clouds with highly corrosive sulfuric acid, the average temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure is 90 times greater than Earth.
Even with the highly hostile environment, the author explains why astronomers are still trying to visit the planet. The author explains how Venus may have been like Earth in terms of nature. Their detailing explains how Venus was possibly covered largely with oceans and had the same ability as Earth by being able to support forms of life. The author also states that when Venus is close to Earth's orbit, astronauts can easily fly to it's surface and land.
Throughout the essay, the author explains the difficulties and how we can get past inhabiting Venus. He describes in many ways how landing on the planet can be beneficial for research and living conditions. | 3 |
3d33aaa | The idea of cars that can drive themselves is truly fascinating. Just being able to sit back and relax while a car takes you to your destination sounds incredible. But a question that must be asked is: Will these driverless cars be 100% safe? Though the idea sounds cool, I personally am against the development of driverless cars because they may not be completely safe, and they also will lead to laziness and inattentiveness.
The first and most important reason that driverless cars should be made with caution is the possibility of them being unsafe. If these driverless cars require human assistance in some situations, then humans need to be paying attention at all times. In the article the author mentions that cars will be coming out that are supposed to be driverless 90% of the time. This is worrisome because humans are likely to get bored the 90% of the time they aren't driving, and may not be ready to take over in a sudden hazardous situation if they haven't been paying attention, which could result in disaster. If these cars require drivers to be focused on the road, than in my opinion they are pointless. If drivers have to stay focused anyway, why not just have them control the car at all times? If driverless cars will never be able to handle any situation, than they are pointless to pursue.
The second reason I think driverless cars shouldn't be developed is that people would use the time they would normally spend driving, distracted. People would use their phones, watch television, or play games, instead of being attentive and using their brain. These driverless cars would lead humans to be even more lazy than they already are. Driving is a way to exercise your brain, and most people do it every day. In a future of only driverless cars, people would miss out on the daily opportunities do mentally exercise by driving.
It has yet to be seen if these proposed driverless cars will become reality. Personally, I think driving is fun, and I wouldn't be thrilled to see a future where everyone sits in their cars preoccupied with their phone or some other electronics, while they are shuttled to their destination. | 4 |
3d33d7b | Dear state senator,
I would like to inform you of my place, and arguments for changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.
I am in favor of changing to the electon throught popular vote becuase if you really think about it, who is getting a president? it's the citizens. The citizens that are qualified to vote are voting on who they think is going to support us best based on our every day lives. so therefore it should be the citizens choice on who is THEIR president rather than the factor of both the votes in congress and votes of citizens. It should be the votes of the citizens that decide wether or not this person should be elected to run OUR country!
The Electorial College is completely unfair. it basically defeats the purpose of us even voting becuase electors have the power to go completely against what the people say, and a lot of the time they will just because they can. That's the way everything is, the government will do everything in its power to try and to the complete opposite of what the people want to happen.
What the people want to happen is not selfish, it's what they, the people, know what would all around help everybody. But once again, the government will do everything in it's power to do the opposite of what we want to happend and what we know id right for all the people not just a few, or one.
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
3d34e69 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. How do i feel about driverless cars? I am against driverless cars for many reasons. First, safety will always be a huge concern, especially if the driver is not the one driving the car. In addition, the production of driverless cars would cost alot so it might come out of the tax payers money. Finaly, I believe that the driverless cars will never be completely driverless
For a driverless car to be a good idea and be suitable for everybody, it needs to be completely safe for everybody. In the article, the author tells us that most driving laws focus on keeping the drivers, the passengers, and the pedestrians safe. We all know that safety is the most important way, but what is the best way to keep the drivers, the passengers, and the pedestrians safe? The author tells us that lawmakers already know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. How are the drivers going be alert when they are in a drivetless car. What if there is a system malfunction? What if the driver falls asleep while the car is driving itself? The outcomes don't look good. The author asks us a very good question. He asked, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" There will people suing the companies because they expected the driverless car to be a safe car and be able to drive itself because it's a driveless car. This would affect the buyers and manufacturers in a negative way. The production of driveless cars and the cost to buy driverless cars would cost alot. This would also affect the buyers and the manufacturers in a negative way. Finally, even if there was to be a driverless cars, it would not be completely driverless. This would cause concern for the manufacturers and the buyers.
It is true that driverless cars can benefit people, but it can also bring danger and concerns. I am against the development of driverless cars. First, safety will always be a concern. Driverless would not be completely safe because safety is best achieved with alert drivers. The drivers would not be completely alert if they were in a driveless car. In addition, the production and the cost to buy driverless cars would be high. This would cause problems for the manufacturers and the buyers. Finally, even if there was to be a driverless car, it would not be completeyly driverless and unfortunately, it would not be completely safe. | 3 |
3d37123 | I feel that the driverless cars are a great idea. It shows how much we are developing and what we can do, and also make the roads much safer. There are alot of positive aspects of the driverless cars. This could lead to many other great things!
The passage says,"Sensors cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine.'' This is a positive aspect because this will help people not get into wrecks. Alot of people and their children would be safer because of these sensors. The sensors and computer hardware are leading to more cars that can do other task by theirselves.
The driverless car has multiple sensors. The sensors will tell you if its getting to close to something. That would make it harder for people to get into wrecks. The car uses laser beams to form a 3-D model of the cars surroundings, so the car knows when to stop when it comes to close to an object.
Driverless cars have touch sensors to make sure the human has their hands on the wheel at all times. This is a very positive aspect, because if the car malfunctions then the human can take over right away and still be safe. The cars alos notify the driver when it requires the human driver's skills. This makes it even harder to get into a wreck.
There are alot of positive aspects of the driverless cars. All of the aspects are very positive and safe. Imagine not having to worry about everyone else on the roads and feeling completley comfortable in your own driverless car. These cars will make the world more developed and make our everyday lives safer. | 2 |
3d37941 | Driverless cars are something we've envisioned and witnessed before in entertainment shows or movies. However realistically these cars are not something I would want in our every day lives. Many reasons contribute to my thoughts on this, some being that they will be very expensive, unsafe, and pointless for the driver.
These automated cars that can drive due to sensors, and 360 cameras with special high tech features all combine into one pricey vehicle. Buying such cars will not only empty our wallets but lead to annual cleanings, repairs, and more if a peice of technology gets damaged. As mentioned in the article, "Dubbed LIDAR it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the cars surroudings." The amount of money it would take to replace or refurnish this particular part would cost thousands if not hundreds of dollars. It creates an image so it can mimic the skill of a human at the wheel, without it the car is no longer driverless. Paying large amounts of money for a car that can drive itself and may even be unsafe anyways is a waste.
This leads into my second main point as to why these cars should not be supported. They are unsafe for both the people in the car and other drivers on the road. "Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test driven cars." This exerpt from the article alone proves that if various states are not comfortable with 100% computer driven cars that they should not be used or be on the road in the first place. Many computers or robots make mistakes, if one small malfuction were to occur during a trip, it could cause serious injuries or fatalities to people on the road and the car itself. Driverless cars should not be trusted to handle everyday commutes to jobs or other places because they are unsafe.
With new cars that can drive themselves it lacks for the younger generations to learn how to drive in the first place. Teenagers or young adults will not have the tendancy to take drivers ed courses because it is assumed that the car will handle all situations. However, all drivers should have basic knowledge when on the road. Driverless cars will lessen the amount of real driving with the upcoming generations.
Lastly, in the article it mentions that drivers must always be alert even with driverless cars. "...all are designated to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." If the driver is required to sit in the vehicle and do nothing but stare at the road ahead, it is pointless to have the car drive itself when it should naturally be able to handle driving on its own. Not only will the driver be bored, they will also have the urge to take over instead. This completely defeats the point of having a driverless car if the driver is left with the same job.
Technologies are advancing and with so many different things being invented or modified we tend to forget that some things should just remain the same. Not only for the safety of others but for the knowledge of others that will soon be driving like the rest. Driverless cars should not be allowed merely because it cannot truly mimic and take control of unexpected situations like a human can. | 5 |
3d3a721 | Could just a computer solve classroom confusion? New technology has been created to be able to read facial expressions. Some experts think this will help to better understand individual student's feelings about the school topic. Or will it actually just distract the student?
Students are often faced with many distractions in the school enviroment. One of which being friends. Friends who don't necessarily care about school can sometimes rub off on students who do care about school. Which can ultimately affect how well they do in school. Friends can also distract another student by talking while the instructor is going over new material. This can cause some students to miss important information and not know how to properly perfom the lesson. Well wouldn't a computer sitting in front of you reading your facial expressions and adjusting the lesson accordingly be distracting? It would be just as bad as your best friend sitting in front of you telling you how you feel about the subject. Not only that it would also be constantly changing up the way the lesson is explained, and ultimately causing a state of confusion for the student.
Another downside would be the cost of this new technology. It would cost an extremely large amount of money to provide an entire school with these facial recognition computers. Not to mention, the fact that if the power goes out then how will the computers be able to operate. Or if the internet connection would fail it wouldn't be able to send you the information on how you are feeling on the subject. An internet connection for all of these computers will not be cheap either.
A final downside would be the uneasing feeling that you are always being watched. Which may cause some students to feel nervous about how they have to do well. Which may turn in to a backfire and cause them to perform poorly.
Now don't get me wrong, to a point it would be helpful for the kids who are shy and won't speak up in class, yet if they just spoke up and told the teacher that they dont understand the topic then the teacher could adjust the lesson. It would also make it a lot easier for a more individual approach to each kid so they could learn it the way that's best for them, but whoever said school was going to be easy. You need to learn the material the way it needs to be done and do your best to succeed in that topic. It may also cause students to not cheat knowing that they are being watched, but wouldn't you feel a little uneasy knowing that your every move is being watched?
In conclusion, facial coding computers should not be used to read student's emotions. As it can cause many distractions; from the uneasy feeling that your being watched to having a computer sitting in front of you for most of your school day. It is a distraction and it is not going to ultimately help students. | 4 |
3d441b0 | Many studnets use computers in class but ther is also a large portion that do not on a day to day basiss. The thought of computers being able to read expressions is pretty fasinating, however seem unnessisary. Like hummans computers make mistakes; the Facial Action Coding System could inaccutartly change a lesson plan, missread an expression, or not pick up an expression .
At school students do get bored, but the teacher does not change the lesson plan so why should the computer. All the evidence is a prediction with no hard evidience backing it; "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts". In class students ask questions or go to a teacher when they do not get it so a computer would not be much of a help unless it was for kids who did online school and did not have a teacher helping them through the lessons.
Most students are not nessisarly excited about school so they quite regularly wear a bored expression throughout the day. Not to mention "each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no expression)". Some kids just do not show emotion especialy older kids who just want to get what needs to be done finished. What if a kid is genuinly confussed and the computre missreads the expression. that could either cause more confussion as the lesson goes on or make the lesson too easy.
Computers make errors all the time they are no where near perfection. What if the computer does not have the sennsors to pick up expression. It is not like every school or home schooled student is going to go out and buy a computer that can do the same thing a parent or teacher can do. This invention "stores similar anatomical information as electronic code". The Facial Action Coding System is amazing to show expressions in art work, but not for students.
While coputres do aid us at many things there are somethings that should just be left to us to do. Students get confused and bored by many things but that can all be fixed by a little bit of help. If the student is really that confused then maybe that program is not for them. As well as if the student does not show emtion while doing work on the computer. It is a neat idea but it should not be brought into the classroom. Its more trouble than what it is worth. | 4 |
3d4bc2e | Dear State Senator, I am writing to you because I feel that we should abolish the Electoral College. The Electoral College swipes away the meaningness to choosing a president. A nation does not need to rely on a slate of voters to make desicions for us, as an independent induvidual I know that this country should follow the moral laws of which it was founded upon.
With a system like the Electoral College in place, voting becomes pointless. People vote because they feel like part of something bigger, having a slate of electors decide for you takes away the self pride that comes from voting. As mentioned in source number one
What Is the Electoral College?
in the 2000 election the president that won popular vote (Al Gore) lost the election because the Electoral College had the majoraty voting for George W. Bush. The Electoral College takes away the individuals voice.
The College does however provide a reliable service. For instance if there were to be a tie in popular votes, the College's vote would balace it. Still, the downsides of the Electoral College outweigh the benifits. As said in source number two "We need to abolish the electoral college". | 3 |
3d52352 | Venus is a place that all scientists these days are completely interested in. The reason why they are so into Venus is because first off, how Venus is called "Our Sister Planet" which means that Venus has some similar living conditions as Earth does. For example, Venus was origionally filled with mostly oceans that could've supported various forms of life, just like Earth. The planet according to the article used to or still has familiar features such as Valleys, mountains, and even living/moving creatures. Which makes Venus sound like it was origionally Earth, but you'd be worng there, because Venus has extreme weather conditions such as temperature getting up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit, or the atmospheric pressure is 90 times more greater than what we experience on Earth. This is my story.
Venus is an interesting planet that scientists have been studying for generations on generations. With the information I gave from the article above would bafle any person in the world. A claim that I'm about to tell you will support the author of this article's idea that we should look more into Venus. For example, the information I gave above in the intro are some reasons why we should look into it more. Another reason why scientists should look at Venus more is, because even though it had all of those similar living conditions as Earth has, there's some drastic conditions that'll still make it non-livable. Some things that'll make a difference is Venus' weather conditions, Temperature is at an average of 800 degrees Fehrenheit. Another is because the air pressure would be at the same amount Earths Ocean's are at, which is not livable at all. And another example is that Venus has extreme thunder/ lightning and rainstorms which frequently hit the ground and would cause a lot of fires.
My final thoughts on this topic is we should study Venus because even though the thing I'm going to give as an example is not on the article. We should study Venus a lot more because, Venus used to or still does have some of the same living conditions, but when the planet has storms or has other negative issues, the planet Venus can get extremely violent naturally. And their weather conditions compared to ours on Earth are drastic, and make our hurricanes or other form of a storm that we think is terrible and powerful (which they are), will make us and Earth feel incredibly weak. | 2 |
3d64e68 | When limiting the car uses to many of people it helps the world because of all the polution that the cars are letting out. The problem with that is its killing animals, trees and plants, and its messing with the global air.
Almost 4,000 drivers were fine because people their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. When having a car it can make you tense. When not driving it saving the trees and air and you dont have loud car noises and dont have to worry about children and aduilts dieing by getting hit with a car.
When having a car you have to pay for gas which is alot money and can add up when or if you drive alot. Gas was alot of money and with out gas you cant drive no where so you have to use make money just to be able to go places. Cars that take deisel gas are ruining the worl because it releases alot of polution that killing many of anilmals and trees and people are not going to not use their car if it deisel because they need to get to places. The cars are creating alot of smog. | 2 |
3d68e8b | I have to say driverless cars would be pretty amazing if they were to come in a couples years but lets be honest do you really think they'll be a good thing for the people in this world.
I honestly dont think we should have driverless cars, what would happen to the tickets we get for speeding or doing something wrong what are you going to do? Blame it on the car for speeding who would take responsiblty for that or, what about the bad people in this world what if they get a hold of the car they can proabaly turn it againist us for bad or, what if your on your phone and you and you think the car is driving for you but its time for you to take control of the car and your not paying atttention that can cause alot of car recks or accidence that can probably kill people. If we have cars that can already drive by there selves, no up coming teenagers are not going to know how to drive which can cause alot of car crashes too if you gotta turn back control of the car and you can't drive obveiously thats a cause for a desater. I dont think ths would make the world a better place honest let just stick to regular cars you can control yourself and always got full admission to. | 2 |
3d6c4db | When you seen that face what did you first think of? There isnt a clear reasoning for natural landfrom. I believe that the Face is a symbol of aliens.
The pictures tell it all. They all change drasticly. And it looks as if the middle face the mouth is open, But the last one there isn't one.
Thats a sign. Someone is trying to talk and say something. And it isn't just a natural land form. That shows in the change in the second to third one.
What about weathering? That could have been that reasoning for happening.
Yes it could but weathering take hunderds to thousands of years so thats not possible between 25 years.
There is no right or wrong just yet but more reasoning pointing to non-natural landforming than there is alien civilazation. Reading the entire story was almost wasteful because i didn't need it for my claim. My thesis is still an ancient alien civilization. | 1 |
3d73915 | The Seagoing Cowboys program is the best around, we travel alot over seas to help others. You can also go sightseeing along the way! You get the thrill of seeing new things and helping those in need.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a unbelievable opprotunity for anyone! Including me, a small town boy that worked on a farm. When my freind Don Reist invited me to Europe on a cattle-boat I could not help myself, I had to go! When I first go onto the boat I was a little nervous but over time I got more acustomed to the life on the boat. I went to many places including Greece, Europe, China, Crete, and Italy!
Life on the boat is mostly fun! But there are some dangers too, I fell off a slippery ladder and I went feet first to the Atlantic. Luckily I got caught in a strip of metal on the side of the ship, but I could not worked because of cracked ribs. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys would satisfy your thirst for adventure. But being in the program also involves hard work, and if you are wanting to help others in need than that work must be done.
You have to feed and care to the animals on board, and if you do that then you can also find time to have fun! You can play games like Table-Tennis, fencing, Boxing, baseball, and volleyball! I loved caring to the animals and having fun whilst doing so.
I was in the Seagoing Cowboys the most of any one. I made nine trips and I was discharged in 1947. I liked being in the Seagoing Cowboys, it revealed a world of people in need. That awareness stayed with me which led my family to host many international students and exchange visitors for years. | 3 |
3d74cf4 | Venus is a beautiful but horrible places to live. It getts very hot and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than ours. Metal can not last for a long period of time down there, we could not stay on the ground. The dangers of sendig human life down there is not great.
On our twin planet it can get up to 800 degresse fahrenheit. That is about 9 times higher than our normal temp on Earth. We could ot survive that heat. The atmospheric pressure on the planet is 90 times greater than our planet. We could not be on Venus with out special gear, like a space suit. This planet can liquify metal basicly instantly. The weather on the planet is horrible. There are constiant earthquakes and erupting valcaones and very bad storms.
The way the heat is on Venus we could not be there for long. It melts metals, out probes that were sent there can not survive, how are we. The conditons are not ideal for human life. Even though about 30 MILES above the ground we could survive in a ´hot air ballon´ The air pressure would be about ours on Earth that far away from the gound on Venus. Nasa wants to explore and send human testing groups there for experiments, we should not. If strong metals cound not survive we can not survive.
sending our people down there is not great at all. risking human ife for science happpends but if we can stop it we should. Venus looks lovely but the conditions are not great at all. There is radiation everywhere. sittingifront of tvs, computer, microwaves we can get radiation. In the hot air ballon 30 miles away for Venuses ground has about as much radiatio as our whole earth has. These not so easy conditions can harm anyone over time.
Venus is not the place feo human life. we need to find diffrerent planet for us. the conditions are not right for us, they are too dangerous. If we have no choice to go there and test it out we cold but we should fight agianst going ther if we have to. People could not survive in a ´hot air balloon´ forever. | 2 |
3d890b6 | Electric cars are a good thing for the future. It will be a while before they are perfected. However, I think they will have a positive impact on the road.
My first reason for thinking electric cars are good is the sensors. In paragraph 4 It talks about all the sensors in a Toyota Prius. This helps driver out with a lot of things.
Second is the Elictric car's ability to detect things in certain situations. So this will help out with places that are hard to see. This feature Will prevent a lot of wrecks from happening.
In paragraph 9 it says laws are against these cars. Paragraph 6 talks about how they are very limited right now. However, this is what time is for. They are not perfect right now,but there will be a lot more of them in 5 to 10 years when the improve even more.
They will be good for the road in a few years. The sensors will help out a whole lot. Lasst the ability to detect certain things will decrease the amount of wrecks. Therefore Electric cars will have a positive impact on the road. | 2 |
3d89f86 | The new technology called the Facial Action Coding System allows computers to identify human emotions. This technology can have great benifits in the classroom. The benifits of this new system will include increased student attentiveness and more participation. children's education is very valuabe in society, and any technology advances that can increase the knowledge of children is essential.
When ones self is intrested in something or someone ,one tends to pay attention to the thing one is intrested in. Kids today are more likley to pay attention and participate in something in school if they like the subject or have some sort of intrest in the topic. Not many children do exceptionally well in classes they dislike. This system will increase students attention in the classroom. If a child likes the subject they will do better. According to Dr. Huang of the University of Illinois he predicts that" a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". This is very valuable in teaching many kids who are confused are to afraid to ask questions and get help. Now withhout asking all the students and wasting more class time, teachers can get easy feedback. Lastly when students are intrested in a topic theyre likley to ask questions about the topic, this is increased participation.
In Conclusion students the benifits of the Facial Action Coding System will have benifis in the classroom such as student attentiveness and more participation. Children are the future of tommorow, the best advances of education are essential to their well being. Students will learn more by being more and engaged and intrested. technology has become a huge part of our educaton syste,. | 3 |
3d95296 | I am for the use of the value of this technology being used in the classroom. I think it could help students perform better in the classroom. I think some people would find it weird or creepy that the computer could tell what their emotions are but I think it could help students and adults in school or in the workplace.
It could help students perform better in school by making there work more fun or more entertaining for them. When students have to type a research paper they are always worried about how long the paper has to be or how hard of a project it will be. This can put pressure or stress on students. Students wouldn't have to worry about this if the computers could recognize their emotions. In paragraph six it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." If a computer could recognize that you are confused or bored and for it to act like a human instructor, then this would make class work a lot easier for students. If a student was confused about something and needed help but the teacher was already helping a student, the computer could recognize that you are confused and it could act like a human instructor, like it states in paragraph six, then the student wouldn't have to wait fo the teacher and he or she could get the help they need.
This kind of technology could make work for students less boring. If a student has a research paper to type and is struggling to find information and then they start to get frustrated and bored because they can't find what they need. If a computer could reconize this, then it could possibly help the student find information. The computer could reconize that they are bored or struggling to find information and if the computer could somehow know what they are trying to research based on recent searches then it could pull up something similer to an add but with links to websits with information on what they are researching.
The idea of having technology like this would be really useful to students. It could make class work easier and less boring for students. If a computer could read your facial expressions and could tell what your emotion is based off your expressions and then take that information to make lessons easier. I think it would be helpful to a lot of students. I think a lot of students would find this creepy at first but once they learn more about this I think it would be valued by many students. I think class work would be easier with this technology and that's why I am for the value of using this technology. | 5 |
3d98d24 | Is the face on Mars alien or just another natrual landform? Do we know if Mars isn't crawling with extra-terrestial beings? Yes. Yes we do. In the following paragraphs I will prove the fact that the face on Mars if in fact just a natrually formed landform. Then I will say why many people speculate if it is alien.
To begin with, many people say the face on mars could be a sign of alien life and that extra-terretial beings are calling out to us with their mound-like pyramids. It can't be possible. First, it is proven that there are no signs of any alien markings on it. The text says,"As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger that pixel size. 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." Second, it has been proven that it is similar to many mesa or buttes in the western united states. The text says," what the picture actually shows is the Martian equizelant of a butte or a mesa- landforms common around the American West." Lastly, the face has been taken over and over again and every time it becomes clearer and clearer every time. This is because the technology has started getting better so the world can stat proving things to be false. One example, is the Martian face.
To conclude, many speculations have been made this is resonable because the picture wasn't originally clear and the second one was taken with clouds in the Martian atmosphere, but still the third picture shows that scientifaclly it is only a landform on the palnet of mars. | 3 |
3d9c1c0 | To begin with, I think we should keep Electoral Colleges because there are many benefits. A Electoral College is a process not a place in wich the founding fathers established to compromise between the election of the president by a vote in congress and eleciton of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Some of the many benefits are a voiding run-off elections, it helps citizens votes be more meaningfull.
For starters, Electoral Colleges help avoid run-off elections. The benefit of having it avoid run-off elections is, that when there is a run-off election and when no canidates win a majority of the votes cast; the pressure is greatly reduced because of the electoral colleges. As a example, as a example you only have 43 percent majority of the popluarity votes. If more votes in the college is elected to one president than the other the president is alot more likely to win.
In addition, another reason on why we should keep Electoral Colleges are because it helps citizens votes seem more meaningfull. How a Electoral College does this is by, making you vote more powerful. If we didnt have these colleges democrats in Texas, and Republicans in California would know there vote wouldnt mean anything therefore they would not pay much attention to the election than if they knew the president was picked by populat votes. That is why in 2012 only half of the eligable voters voted because they knew that there vote would not make a difference.
In conclusion, that is why i think we should keep our Electoral Colleges, because is helps by avoiding run-off elections, and it helps citizens votes more meaningfull and has more power to know that popularity votes now count because of the Electoral Colleges and more elegible can now vote with confidence. | 3 |
3d9c7b9 | As a young child peers into the endless night sky from his bedroom window, a bright flickering spot catches his eye and leaves a single question in his mind: "Is there anybody there?" In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author writes about that same bright spot, known as Venus, and explains that studying this planet will real human scientists is worth it despite the many obstacles it raises. By including staggering information of the endless hazards and later reassuring their readers with astonishing facts and likely solutions to survival, the author clearly supports their ideas very well. There may just be a chance for us to see Venus as more than just a bright little star after all.
Initially, the author puts more focus to the first half of their claim as they describe the dangers of this not-so-easy planet. The author informs us that even mighty submarines would not stand a chance in the undoubtably strong Venusian atmosphere; they continue to say that most metals would simply melt under its pressure (paragraph 3). By including such daunting information that makes human life anywhere near Venus seem impossible, it can easily be seen that the author supports that Venus is no cake-walk. Also in paragraph three, the author includes "additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes" in the background of Venus's already packed daily weather forecast. The author used these earthly disasters and explained how they happen regularly on Venus to prove just how many abstacles there are for scientists who wish to go to the planet, furthure showing their understanding of the idea that putting humans of Venus could be very harmful. Thankfully, exploring this scary planet has its hopeful side.
Near the middle of this passage, the author begins to turn Venus, no pun intended, and the conversation on taking humans there to a more positive angle. In paragraph four, the author writes about how Venus most likely used to be much like the place we currently live; it had amazingly Earth-like characteristics like huge oceans, mountains, and possibly even life similar to ours. With such exciting facts that leave even more questions about the mysterious planet, the author is proving to us that they know Venus has secrets worth uncovering. The author later tells the readers of a plan by NASA to make is possible to harbor human scientists near the Venusian surface by using a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles [above Venus]...", informing that the situation would in fact be viable for life (paragraph 5). The author showed how they highly agree with the part of their idea that analyzing Venus up close should happen by giving a reassuring soulution from such a well known and trusted organization as support. Exploring our planet's twin seems like it's not such a giant leap anymore, rather, it looks like it will only take a few small steps.
Keeping all of this information in mind, it is clear that the author is a firm beleiver that Venus, although it has put many seemingly impenatrable obstacles in our way, is worth taking a look at with human eyes. If we follow calls to action such as this, we will put the human race just that much closer to understanding the mysteries of the infinite universe around us, but Venus is a good starting point. As a young boy's eyes slowly slide shut, he can still see a tiny flahing light shining through the darkness outside his window blinds; he dreams of the day he can finally meet it. | 6 |
3d9d8bf | In my opinion I think that it is a good idea formanufacturers to develop smarter cars for the future. Creating smarter cars helps reduce accidents due to the improvements that would be added to the cars. They also allow driving to be more earsier for everyone. Lastly, new and develeoped cars make driving more interesting and fun.
Creating smarter cars helps reduce accidents due to the improvements that would be added to the newly developed cars. Google has had cars that could drive by themselves for more than half a million milles and without crashing.
In the article it said, "The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone", which indicates that the cars are being specially made to help out drivers be able to drive better and safer. These improvements would help a lot drivers such as adding cameras to the cars so they can monitor the drivers and make sure they are paying attention. There are many reckless drivers that do not pay attention to the road and use their phones, these improvements would help save lives. If the cars would be able to: steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, the car would be able to drive safer than a person who is constanatly on their phonethat could cause a accident. Also GM developed driver's seats that vibrate when a vehicle is in danger of backing into an object.
If we allow manufacturers to develop better cars they would make driving so easier. These cars are able to handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph. These cars are made to not only help the driver but it aslo makes sure that the driver is paying attetnion so they know when to take over. These cars are made to the point where they are almost driverless. They are capable of steering, accelerating, and they are also able to brake themselves. These developed cars make driving easier because they notify the driver when there are work zones or accidents. I understand they are not capable to driving thru these occurances but since they notify the driver it helps them plan out a different route that could save them time.
Lastly, the development of
cars would make driving more interesting and fun. Many people imagine the future with flying cars and very high tech cars. We should take advantage that technology is allowing these dreams to come alive. It would be very interesting to see cars that are able tio drive themselves without human use. Some developers, such as the Google cofounder Sergey Brin, are envisioning the future with better transportation. Sergey forsees that there would be cars that would use less fuel and offer far more flexiblity than a bus. I would find it very astonishing to see a car like that. Being able to sit in the driver seat and just let your car drive on its own would be amazing to experience. You could be eating or talk on the phone without any concern because your car is driving as safely as it can. It would be very cool to be able to experience all these technological developments.
In conclusion, I think its a great idea to let manufacturers devlop these cars. These cars would help out on reducing accidents. It would also allow driving to be more safe because you have a smart develpoment that allows th ecar to drive on its own. Lastly, these cars would be such an amazing experience for the future. We have to let technology and manufacturers with new ideas do its thing if we actually want to see all of our envisions in the future. The future would be so much better, easier, and more fun if we allow the develpoment of these cars. | 4 |
3d9dfb7 | State Senator,
I personally believe that not only our state, but our nation would be better off using the Electoral College voting. In my opinion elections based on popular votes would bring in more votes for a specific candidate due to the assumption that is's a fair way to vote and it all comes back to the voters. Yes, some other citizens might go against this claim, but they don't know what it's all about.
The Electoral College voting system has been around for a while
What is Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register states that "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by popular vote of qualified citizens." Which proves that it's been around since the beginning of America's establishment. The process of Electoral College voting consists of the selection of the electors (the people who actually get to decide on the vote casted.) Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution the District of Columbia is treated like a state, and is "allocated 3 electors" for the purpose of voting. The voting can be considered fair because "each candidate has his or her own group of electors", generally chosen by the candidate's political party,but state laws can vary that determine what or who the party consists of. Some voters may believe "the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational", from
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer Which brings me to my next point.
It all comes back to the voters. The represenatives from each state represent the voters from the sate they are chosen to do so. The voters vote on them. "Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, represnting 500,000 voters would have as much to say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million", also from
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong . Rephrasing an expert from
In defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner It is the most thoughtful voters who get to decide on the election. I'm sure the states don't just choose random people, because the people that are elected by the state to vote are also from that state, and they are normal (more thoughtful) voters, who deserve to decide. "It can be argued that the Elecoral College method of selecting a president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope in carrying their state" for example Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in California, "knowing that their vote will have no effect" but that's their call the VOTERS call, if they don't want to participate in the voting it's partially their fault the candidate they favor doesn't get selected.
So yes, not only our states but our Nation will be better off if we keep Electoral College voting in place. Like I said in the beginning when I made my claim, elections based on popular votes would bring in more votes for a specific candidate due to the assumption that is's a fair way to vote and it all comes back to the voters. Research artiles and see for yourself. Eventually you'll swing over into the understanding. | 3 |
3dad742 | Why should I join the Seagoing Cowboys program? Because you get to go many exciting places like europe,greece,china,venice italy. Also when the job is done if you want you can have fun like going on a gondola ride in venice italy and touring the excavated castle in crete and be amzed by the panama canal in china. You can do many interesting sightseeing things and go many interesting places.
How about on the ship what do we do when we get bored and have finished our work? You coould always while on the ship do many intersting things like baseball, vollyball,Table tennis tournaments,fencing. boxing,reading and whittling. What if I do not like any of those games? You could always hang out with the animals feed them or play with them if you want or if you want to be alone you could go in one of the empty rooms.
What if we dont have any free time? Well there one thing you could do to pass the time care for the animals they keep you busy because they have to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats have to be pulled up from the lower tower and stalls have to be cleaned because when sailing it does take a long time to cross oceans it takes at least 2 weeks.
In conclusion you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program because there are so many interesting things that you can view with your own eyes that you could bring up later on or even write a story on later in life. You could have so much fun and if your just a small town boy then it would be an honor to tour the world and experience things on your own especially if you love animals. | 3 |
3db20b3 | Dear Senator,
I believe that we should change the election to the most popular vote instead of keeping the electorial college . The Electoral College was a good idea proposed by the Founding Fauthers , But i believe that it is time to kind of switch it up.
Changing the Election to popular vote instead of keeping the Electoral college is a much better idea if you ask me . Mostly because this is a free country and we are the people of this country who have been given rights to vote for our own president . Not to vote for our own president then have the congress vote too . To me its kind of seems like you just have to question the process a little bit . At the end of all of this that president is representing the people and trying his/her best to make us happy and keep us happy.
By the president being elected off of the electoral process it is allowing the congress to vote and having the congress vote will not put the president we won't in the chair . It is just basically them having controll over us they will still have the power but they just wont you to think that your getting ahead by allowing you to vote . And dont get me wrong yes the citizens vote will still count but our president is not being ellected the way we would want him to be .
So i just believe that the votes should just go off of the most popular votes instead of the electoral process . That way most people won't feel cheated from their votes and like congress is ahead still this is a freedom country not a country where they make you believe your ahead and then twist things up and make you feel stumped on or cheated the president we want and vote for should be in office not a president that the citizens and the congress vote for. Which is why we should start using the Most popular vote system with only the citizens . | 3 |
3db22d6 | To the State Senator Of Florida
Electoral college should stay as our way of choosing our political leaders. Since Electoral college avoids run off elections and it has a system of being every qualified citizen's choice to pick their president. Electoral college is a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and by popular votes by qualified citizens.
Electoral collage may have issues but it does help pick out our future political leaders from a fair distance away. In all sources; "What is the electoral college?" by the Office of the Federal Register, "The indefensible Electoral college: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Brad Plumer, and " In defense of the Electoral college : Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner ; Each sorce says that the Electoral Colege is a " Winner-Take-All system". This is true the Electoral college process is a "Winner-Take-All system" yet this process helps choose during elections who will be the future president. The Electoral College process helps avoid Run-Off Elections making the decision clear who won the election. In Source 3 : "In defense of the the Electoral college: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" by Richard A. Posner , it states in Reason 5: Avoid Run-Off Elections , "it avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast". To interpret is meaning that the process will always avoids the pressure of candidates not having the majority of the votes and the Electoral College produces a clear winner. As in the same text it pronounces that "Voters in presidental elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election" which means that many voters do research what candidates will do to help their every day lives and if the candidate does have good ideas about changing political ideas that may occur during their time being served. So as Electoral College may be a "Winner-Take-All system " it clearly announces our future politcal leaders by qualified citizens voting for a presidental candidate that is actually voting for a slate of electors but will eventually vote for the presidental candidate as well.
As no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. The Electoral College process helps qualified citizens feel like their vote matters to the election because in reality it really does. As if if the votes were based on regions it will have no opinoun" The Residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfrachused - to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president" from Source 3: In DEfense of the Electoral Colege ; Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" by Richard A. Posner. | 3 |
3db2fd4 | Limiting car usage is a good thing for the environment but can also cause people to be late to work or be late to a family party. Riding bikes and skating are healthy but some older people can't ride bikes and they shouldn't drive either it's dangerous. Limiting car usage has many advantages good ones and bad ones. The more people drive cars the worse the environment gets. Cars send out pollution. Some places don't allow vehicles in there city helps them build parks for children or new stores it causes less pollution to the environment. There are 70 percent of Vauban's families that do not own cars, and 57 percent sold there car. They say it makes you alot happier to not have a car don't have to worry about paying for gas to get somewhere. In the United States there are jobs you can drive to or go on a train or bus to get there. Buses are bad for the environment also and you can get late to work unless you wake up a hour or two earlier. In Vaudan, Germany there are only 2 places you can park your car which is in large garages at the edge of the development but you have to buy a spot for 40,000 along with a home. If car usage was forbidden children would have to walk to school or ride there bike it would take them awhile because not every child lives down the street from school. Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On a Monday even- numbered license plates were ordered tp leave their cars at home or they will have to pay 31$ it also applied for odd-numbered license plates. | 2 |
3db9328 | Venus is sometimes called Earths twin. Whyit is called that is
because Venus is the closest planet to earth. How Venus is the closest planet to earth is because of the size and density. Occcasionally it is the closest distance to earth too. Venus atomsphere is almost 97 percent carbon. Should humans study Venus if even there are great dangers with it.
One reason it should not be futher studided is because most forms of light cannot pentrate the atomsphere. This affects them by not being able to take pictures and or videos. What they would have to do if they cannot take pictures or videos is make a base and study Venus from there. Thats alot of work bringing materials up there to make a base to study venus. The point is it would be a pain to bring materials up there make a base then try to study it which they might not be able to do.
Second thing about Venus is you cannot take samples from a distance. How are astromners supposed to get samples if they can barley see up close because light cannot pentrate the atomsphere? What are they going to do take a pick axe or a drill and just start mining. What if some piceases of the planet are explosive at they hit a part of the planet then it explodes. What are they going to do if that happens?
Third is why would we study the planet if pretty much we cant live on it. If the light cannot pentrate the atomsphere what are we going to do live in the dark. Humans cannot live in 170 degrees fahrenheit unless some how they can adapt or get everybody suits to wear. Astronmers say that Venus long ago was coverd in lakes and mountains like earth is now. If they find that water is on Venus it would be a good study if not it would not be worth it.
Should humans go more indepth in studying venus even though there are alot of dangers? No there are too many dangers and what could they get out of it.
No matter what Venus is still a planet. Its just not a planet that should be more indepth in studying. There are too many dangers in studying Venus. | 3 |
3dbb209 | Cars may seem like a great new way to get around but have you ever actually done your research on a car and what they do to the world? You may want to do some reasearch on how cars are actaully not good of an idea to use on a daily basis. There are a lot of citys and towns that want to stop the daily use of cars. Cars may seem like a good idea and like some people say "yay I dont have to walk anymore" but if you really knew what cars do then you wouldnt really like them anymore.
Cars produce so much pollution in the air, its sickening to know how much they reqally produce. Can you imagine how polluted new york city may be because of so many cars, busses, etc? I think thats why a lot of states are doing the train system, to stop so much pollution and to reduce the amount of cars we use. Like florida for example are starting the "sunrail" which is a train system that will take you all the way around town. Also look at this, so many "smart" cars are coming soon and electric cars where you charge your car and then you can just go drive and not get gas. They are actually making charging stations for electeric cars now.
If you start to limit your car use and start using a bus, train, etc you are also saving so much money on gas. like the amount of money you save on gas you can be buying yourself those shoes you wanted or that game youve been wanting to bad. The world is filled with so much pollution and nasty chemicals in the air and some of that is because of your car.. trucks also have so much pollution that its just sickening. Wouldnt it be great if your kids and your grandkids wont have to use a car and they will actaully probably live longer because there isnt as many chemicals in the skies. We may be living longer then the people back then but they didnt have cars so they didnt have any issues with pollution.
Car accidents, thats the most dreaded word ever. I dont think anyone wants to get a phone call saying someone you love or care about has been in a car accident. Thats the worst possible thing. You rarely see accidents with trains, or busses. I think its such a great idea to lower our use of cars and start using other ways to get arond. Most of us have 2 legs we should actually use them sometime and not be lazy and always want to drive places. People back then didnt have that option they either walked or didnt go anywhere at all. So we should lower/stop our use of cars. | 3 |
3dbe4c6 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author has a vague claim for supporting the idea of exploring Venus. In the passage, the author explains how many dangers there are to exploring the planet, the unbearable temperatures, the lightning and volcanoes, the thick atmosphere that blocks Venus' surface. In all of these dangers, the author believes that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, but does not use enough support for this idea.
In the text, the author is explaining all of the dangers in exploring Venus. In paragraph 3, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of high corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmorphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees." The author continues to list these dangers. He barely has support that shows his idea of exploring Venus. For example, the author states in paragraph 5, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." Then the author explains in the same paragraph, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth." The author states an idea that supports the claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers, but then uses a contradictory statement proving otherwise.
In the text, the author says that each mission has been unmanned. They have instead used spacecrafts to explore the planet. In paragraph 7, the author uses a detail about NASA to help support exploration on the planet. "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers." The author's supporting claim does not have a contradictory statement, instead, he finally uses it to help support his claim. "By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." The author uses the statement to help prove his claim.
Overall, in this passage, the author does poorly in supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The author uses some sort of supporting statement, but then uses a contradictory statement which makes any reader reconsider the point the author was trying to convey. The article is weak in the sense that there is a constant reprimanding part to each weak supporting claim. The author did have at least one supporting paragraph in this article that helped with the idea of exploration on Venus. However, throughout all of this, the author had poor evidence to provide for his claim to convince the reader that exploration is a good idea despite all of the potential dangers enlisted in the passage. | 3 |
3dc3432 | Imagine on Earth the high for tuesday was 800 degrees. That is what venus is everyday. Venus is considered to be Earths sister. You can also call it the evening star. The real question though is is it worth it to go to venus?
The author in the article belives that it is worth it and we should go to Venus. What intrest the autor most is what could be on venus or what we could find. Venus could have vary may held Earth like creatures. It also could have been mostly oceans and has features like rocky sediment.
The reason we can not visit venus is it has a 97% atmosphere. Also the surface is almost 800 degrees fahrenheit. With that high temperature on its surface it can liquify basically anything. NASA has conducted a few missions to Venus but all have been unmanned for the reasons listed above.
NASA has been trying to come up with a solution for years so we can travel to Venus. What they have come up with is a blimp like aircraft that hovers over Venus. It is hovering over Venus by abouy 30 miles. A problem with that is it is still 170 degrees fehrenheit. Another problem is the atmosphere is 97% so the use of cameras and video are out of the picture. Another prototype they created was a machine made out of old computers which are silicon carbide. The prototype was put through a simulator and lasted 3 weeks.
In conclusion yes it would be risky to go to Venus but it is worth it. Could learn about what Venus' past life was like and was there really Earth like creatures. We could learn some similarities and differences between Venus and Earth. The main challenge we have to get past is 97% atmosphere and 800 degrees fehrenheit. NASA has created many prototypes that could lead us to Venus. I would say it is well worth it to go Venus and figure out what its past life was like. | 3 |
3dc4b34 | It would be nice to have driveless cars in our world, however, there are multiple things that could go wrong. Their sensors could make mistakes, other technology in the car could fail, and . All of these leading to an accident that could cause an injury to the driver.
One example is the sensors of the car. A sensor could not be working well and sense something else that is not intended to sense. If the sensors don't alert the driver, the car could crash, causing the driver an injury. Also, the sensors that are used for the braking of the car could not work. This would result in the car not stopping and crashing. Basicallly, these cars pretty much rely on sensors, if something were to go wrong the sensors, the car wouldn't be able to function well.
Another technology in the car could fail, not just the sensors. The wheels can be and example. The wheels turn left and right depending on what the sensors say. If the wheel could not turn well because it didn't read what the sensor said, it could cause an accident.
It's not just the wheel that could fail, the spinning sensor on the roof can also fail. According to the article, this piece of technology uses laser beams to form a 3D model of the car's surroundings. This sensor could fail in several ways. One of the several ways is that it could not sense an object, meaning it would not know it was there. In this case, the car would keep driving itself and end crashing.
To summarize, if any piece of technology were to fail, it would most likely result in an accident, and of course, causing an injury to the driver. Driveless cars would be nice, yet again, having cars that require drivers is just fine. | 3 |
3dca01c | I wouldnt use this Facial Action Coding System on students because it those enables computers to dentify humans emotions but not real ones, it just shows the human emmotions byt the expression but not the real emotion that the human is feelin, Mona Lisa's natural face might be like that but not because the Facial Action Coding System identified that she has several different emotions showing in that paint from Da Vinci means that she was for real feeling those emotions, I think that is just how her face is , because all the people in this planet have dufferent faces that we cant not even describe if they feeling this or that because there face is just like that, But sometimes its true the Facial Action Coding System might be true because Dr. Huang observed that Da Vinci has studied anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions.
Dr. Huang predicts that it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.
I t says that the same technology can make computer animated faces more exoressive.
I believe that the Facial Action Coding System works perfectly good and does indentify humans expression like Dr. Haung said but not real emotion becasue the person can just be expressing some emotions but that doesn't mean they feeeling it that way. | 2 |
3dcaf37 | Exploring Venus has its pros and cons. Both have its challenges and risks. Venus is a very interesting planet to study due to the fact that it is the only one like earth, but there are risks. throughout this essay I will tell you my reasoning on why the author didn't exactly prove to me that Venus is worth taking risks for.
It states in paragraph two," Each mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in the more than three decadeas." This peice of evidence shows that Venus is not a safe enviroment for electronics to land on so why would you potentially send humans to this planet even though a spacecraft couldn't surive. This statement also had no followup counterarguement; there was no sentence to make me want to change my mind.
It also states in paragraph three," On the planets surface, temperatures avergae over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." This piece of the paragraph again identifies the risks but now into more detail. There is no followup counterargument, so again this author is making me completely against the idea of sending life to Venus.
It states in paragraph four,"Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." This statement is one of the only pros that I have encountered from the author so far. This makes me think that this could be a good idea, especially due to the fact that Venus has some of the same features of earth.
The author then goes on to say," imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as out jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At the thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit. But the air pressure would be close to that of se level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This paragraph finally gives a safe solution to exploring Venus in a habitable way. However in the sixth paragraph the author states," Therefor, scientists seeking to conduct a throrough mission to understand venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." This statement shows how the trip to Venus would be a waste of time if you cannot get on the surface. There is no point doing this exploration because any human life will not survive if you get too close to the surface.
In conclusion the author did not convinve me that traveling to venus is worthy expidition. The author mainly explained the cons of the study and did not provide too many pros. The author did not support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 5 |
3dcd7e8 | The story unmasking the face is telling us how they should believe that this face was made by so maney aliens but it was a scientist . As the story goes on the story say this face was made in1976 to 2001 .I think this story is trying to tell us that this story is real because of how it's sounding .I think that this story is really make believe because they said this was made by aliens . April 5,198 when mars global surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time , michael malin and his orbiter camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than original viking photos . Thousands of anxious web sufers were waitimg when the image first appeared on a JPL web sitr , revealing .... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all .
but not everyone was satisfied . The face on mars is located at 41 degrees north martain latitude where it was winter in april '98----- a cloudy tie of year on the red plantes . The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face . Perhaps ,said skeptics aliens markings were hidden by haze .. What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa ---landforms common arounf the american west . | 1 |
3dce3b5 | I think that it's a Martian mesa. I think that its a just a bunch of rocks put together. If there was life there, it would probally be something else instead of the face. If there was life on mars we would have probably meet them by now and probaly do an invation. We would have found them by now if they was life. And the first picture was from a distence and could barily be seen.
Erosion probaly made it to the way it is, because on the top of Mars there is ice. The scientists took pictures over time as technology started to become for advanced. The human head was formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and, mouth. And people couldnt even see what it really was. The sicentists can just discern thing ina a digitial image 3 time bigger than the pixel.
People can just take photos of the plantet Mars and check if there is? The Martian is the same as a butte or a mesa. They dont pass overr the Face not that often. JPL website puts the picture of the face and there was no alien monument after all. The caption when the NASA unveiled the image for all to see wasm," huge rock formation which resembles a human head". | 2 |
3dce6b8 | I (being Luke) think that you should be a seagoing cowboy. It is a fun experience to have in your life. Plus you do not get chance like this very often in your life. It is great fun. Here are some reasons you should join me:
If you like helping others you should join. Thats basicly all we do. We as Seagoing cowboys ship or trans port animals to other countries in need. We partern up with UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) which by the way is an awesome team. That is one of the main reasons why I joined.
One other reason is that you get to see the marvels of the world. Like Greece. That place was sure amazing. You get so much extra time after you deliver the cattle.
Another reason is that all that free time my crew and I play games and such during our free time as well. That means that you bond together and have life-long friends that will always be there for you.
I know this speech is long but I have one more thing to say. That if you are an animal lover than this is the job for you. You get to be with animals 24/7. It is a dream-come-ture for animal lovers. | 3 |
3dcfa42 | I believe that the face on Mars is just a natural landform because NASA says it looks like it was formed by shadows giving the illusion eyes, nose, and a mouth, and because they say there was no alien monument after all, also because the picture actually means something else.
NASA says that it looks like it was formed by shadows giving the illusion eyes, nose, and a mouth. I believe this shows that it is not something created by aliens it is just simply a natural landform.
NASA also says that there was no alien monument after all because as a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital 3 times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyrimids or even small shacks you would be able to identify what they are.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Landforms common around the American west. It reminds scientist Jim Garvin most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He also says that it is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
This is why i believe that the Face on Mars is not somthing created by aliens it is simply just a natural landform because the shadows give it the eyes, nose, and mouth, Also because there is no alien monument after, and because the picture actually means something else.
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3dd0ee7 | In my opinion the use of the Facial Action Coding System computer is valuable for reading emotions. Stated in paragraph 6, they show an example of when and how it works, so smiling at an ad that apppears on the screen another like it will appear, and frowning at that particular ad the next ad will be diffrent. Showing that these computers work at identifing emotions in diffrent ways is amazing. In paragraph 7 showing that the emotions used cant be identified on an regular home PC computer because the process is too complex, is also showing how the FACS computers is the real thing. How it calculates what emotions is shown in the painting of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci by the specific percentages in paragraph 1 gives us a more stable idea of how it works, it doesn't just gives us the bland emotion of happy or sad, but gives all of the emotions that might've been happening with Mona Lisa while getting painted. This is why i believe the Facial Action Coding System computer is valuable for reading human emotions. | 2 |
3dd3f00 | Of course, many people from all over the world are using cars for everywhere they go, however Elisabeth Rosenthal, Robert Duffer, and Andrew Selsky agree that the reduction of the usage of cars will benifit us an abundant amount. Therefore, if we all used our cars less, it will benifit our health, benifit our financial problems, and benifit our environment.
Duffer and Rosenthal tells us about how using less cars will benifit our health. It would make us healthier by cleaning the up the pollution and smog in the air. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog.." (14) This is saying that people in France were becoming significantly healthier in just 5 days without the use of cars. Not only only does it make you less sick, but it reduces stress. It reduces stress because you dont have to worry about maintaining a car. "When i had a care i was always tense. im much happier this way" (3) This is saying that its less stressful not having car, and makes people happier. Health is a primary factor in our lifes and taking cars away puts us in a better position.
Rosenthal and Selsky tell us about how using less cars will benifit our financial problems. It would make us more money because they are not spending so much on gas, and components to keep the car in condition to drive. "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by" (29) This is saying that people are not on the road alot, and if people arent on the road alot, they are not spending money. Not only does it save money on cars, but it helps you use other ways to get to places that arent expensive. It isnt expensive because people can find alternatives that dont need gas, and so much maintance. "In a program that's set to spread to other countires, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday.." (20) This is saying that because they dont need to use cars and there are differerent routes to take, the need to spend money on transportation decreases. Money is important to gets the necessities we humans need, so saving is a big deal.
Rosenthal and Selsky tells us about how using less cars will benifit our environment. It would better the environment because people will learn to communicate better. "Likewise the rise in cell phones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of share can services for getting to work." (35) This is saying that people learn how to share and to help one another out. Not only does it help communication, but it also helps helps people get outside and be active. It helps people get active because is they dont have cars, they have to keep themselves occupied or if they want to get to places, they have to walk, bike, etc. "Parks and sports centers have also bloomed throughout the city: uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks.." (28) This is saying that that the city is working with the people to help make the environment a better place with no cars. The environment is an important factor as well because we have to take care of the place we live in.
In conclusion, Rosenthal, Selsky, and Duffer have shown that the reduction of the usage of cars will help us tremendously, and that having a healthier life, a greater amount of money, and a better environment will change the world. | 4 |
3dd7796 | As time progresses, more and more young people aren't buying personal cars but instead use public transport or walk to where they need to go. Other than the youth, suburbs have found this as a great way to destress as some cities, like Bogota, Columbia, have dedicated a day to stop the use of personal cars for one day. This decline of using our own cars has a positive effect on our air and the way our youth has begun to travel.
People around the world are starting to make this transition from using their personal cars to using public transport or carpooling with friends. The youth today try to mange their schedules so they can find ways to use more and more of public transit. "There has been a large drop in the percentage of 16 and 39 year-olds getting a license..." (Rosenthal 38), meaning that most of the youth these days are finding it easier and, though a little more time consuming, less worrisome than buying or driving a personal car. It seems getting a license isn't taking top priority for the youth. "In a study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..." (Rosenthal 41).Whether the youth is going to start buying cars when they have children or not, it seems the general decline of buying automobiles for yourself isn't a boom like it used to be.
Experiments being hosted all over the world in small areas also show that using no cars is decreasing pollution and allowing us cleaner air overall. In Bogota, Columbia, a program that bans all cars for one day, and despite terrible weather for the third year, and it seems that people are loving it. And despite the threatening rain, the turn out was huge (Selsky 22). "...experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes..."(Rosenthal 5). Our personal cars "are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and 50 percent in the United States where areas are heavily populated with car owners"(Rosenthal 5). Numbers like this would decline over time if we start using less and less cars. Maybe then we'd actually have fresh air to breath rather than the polluted air we breath now. Even in Paris, where they have "enough smog to compete with Beijing"(Duffer 14) they banned cars for a while. "After days of near-record pollution, Paries enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city"(Duffer 10). As they enforced the ban, smog started to clear up around the city, meaning that no cars can really help clear up the air we breath in daily.
As the air begins to clear up and our youth taking a stand against owning their own cars, it seems like this could be a steady decline of personal cars and more will start using public transport. It seems time is progressing to an age where young people don't feel the haste of using personal cars and instead resort to public transport. | 4 |
3dd84ba | Luke is about eighteen years old. He is a Seagoing Cowboy. This is someone who takes care of young cattle, horses, and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke had made NINE of these trips, thats the most a Seagoing Cowboy ever has!
**** 9:45 a. m.****
"Hi, I'm Luke I am a Seagoing Cowboy!!!!"said Luke to the other towns people.
The people begin to walk away from the crowd with people yelling and shouting to Luke how boring he is and quiet. Luke felt bad because of this so he started to talk again.
"People listen up, I am here to make a statement. That would be why I called everyone here today."
Someone shouts from the crowd. "Get on with it little boy this taking up some of our presious time!!!!"
"I would like to persaude all the young boys AND girls to become a Seagoing Cowboy, if you would like to be a Seagoing Cowboy please raise your hand and I promise you, you will have a GREAT TIME!!!!! You will get to pet animals and visit castles and other great things like that so does anyone want to raise their hand now, Oh and you will get paid!!!!!"
About all the boys and girls raised their hand. The parents and or gardians because they were either poor or greedy. And wanted and/or needed the money. Many of those children joined but Luke wasn't quite done.
**** two weeks later****
He desided to take those children on one of his tours that he got to go on. The trip to the castle!!!!
"Okay guys here we are you can take off those blindfolds I gave you!" They listened to him and took off the blindfolds they were given. And there it was the one thing they had all been waiting for, the castle!!!!!
Once Luke and the children got home they talked about the payments per week they will get five dollar bills. This excited all the children. They were so, so, so happy to here that news.
When the childre grew old they no longer went overseas. Even though the loved their jobs, they just had to retire. | 1 |
3ddc72e | The Facial Action Coding System is a new software that developes the improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The system has six basic emotions-happiness, surpise, anger, disgust fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characeteristic movements of the facial muscles. The software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared againest a neutral face (showing no emotion. How does it work? The process begines when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles.
The argument talks about if the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable or not. The technology will idnetify what the students behavior is like. If a student doesn't want to show what they are feeling, the technology will solve it out. Empathy (feeling someone else's emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions.
I think this technology is not valuable in a student's classroom. The student's emotional expressions will be easy to find out what they are feeling because it's in person. Mona Lisa painting needed the technolgy because no one knows what she is feeling like. This technology will be good use for paintings, pictures, etc, that it can't be expressed. The technology should only be used for educational purposes, not to find out what the student is feeling in daily. It is easy to see a genunie smile and a fake one. In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth. | 2 |
3de3d97 | Venus, also known as the Evening Star. People now a day just know it as a world we can't reach or just anthor worthless plant.
Those claims are false and the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tell you it all. The author's studys show that Venus is a world we need to explore becuse of the informatiom we can get from it. Also the chance of it being a second earth.
Yes Earth has a sister plant, but its not as good as people think. Venus is not in a condition for humans to live on, a human aircraft has not even been on the plant in over a decade. According to the aritcle " A think atomosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus" thoses number are not good for man. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature of any of the planets in our soler system. Atmospheric pessure for venus is 90 time greater then what we experience on our own plant. Yes venus is not a good place to live, but its a good place to explore and here is why.
Venus might be be a big gassed up plant but there are sighs of it looking like our plant once. Studys have shown Venus to have covered big oceans and forms of life. The plant still has it's rocky sediment that have features simlar to mountains, and valleys. Imagine if this was a plant like Earth, and think about how much we could learn from it. Mankind could learn about rocks and how things died so we can be ready for our plant when are dies. If we started to study Venus more in dept i feel like we could uncover more detail, about what came before us and how things happen.
All in all i feel like we need to study Venus just becuse there was once sign of life. The anwsers we could get would help our plant alot, becuse who know our plant might be like Venus one day. | 3 |
3de5352 | Cars. Cars have been around since they became famous in the 1900s, when Henry Ford created and built the first Model-T. Cars have played a major role in our every day lives since then. But now, people are starting to question if limiting car usage would be a good thing. To me, limiting the use of cars might be a good thing to do.
In like matter of this, article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," by Elizabeth Rosenthal states, how automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle class families from either Shanghai or Chicago tend to make their homes. Experts say how this is a huge impediment to current efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Cars are the main reason for the greenhouse gas emissions because of a lot of people driving them around all the time getting where they need to go. Article, "Paris bans driving due to smog," by Robert Duffer says, how Paris, after days of near-record pollution, enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. It also says, how on Monday, motorist with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or be fined a 22-euro fine ($31). The same order would be applied to odd-numbered plates the following day. Cars are the reason for polluting entire cities like Paris. This shows how bad cars can be because, of all the pollution that they can cause to an entire city.
Likewise, in the article, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," by Andrew Selsky says, how programs that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took the bus to work during a car-free day, leaving streets of this capital city eerily deviod of traffic jams. It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in the capital city of 7 million. People like the idea of having car-free days because, it allows them to lesson the pollution that cars put out of their exaust from people driving all the time. The article also tells how parks and sports centers have bustled throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. Having no cars has been good for the country of Columbia because, it has aloud them to repair things that have needed repairs for a long time, traffic jams have gone down, and restaurants and shopping districts have popped up, all due to the fact of having less cars around.
In conclusion, the use of less cars and having car-free days, have had a big impact on the environment of cities because, it is cutting down the air pollution that the cars have majorly polluted, it has aloud countries like Columbia to repair sidewalks, and cut down traffic jams. Limiting the use of cars would be a good thing for America. So we should limit the use of cars by maybe riding a bike, or maybe walking somewhere that isn't that far from you and doesn't need the use of a car to get you there. To me, limiting the use of cars might be a good thing to do. So, who's with me? | 4 |
3de9f62 | Technology to read students' emotional expressions could be the new way to help communicate with people and even with our technology. With the new software, the Facial Action Coding System, we can advance in so many ways with the way our lives function. Our computers could be able to detect what we like and what we don't, that way we can view only what we do like and not have to view what we dislike. In Paragraph 6, D'Alto demontstraits what could become of our technology, "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." The new software could change our everyday lives and help simplify them as well.
Along with helping us with technology at home, it'd be able to make our school lives easier. In Paragraph 6, Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor." This new software could be compared to someone is able to tell how their friend is feeling. Dr, Huang believes that this could even be a new electronic code, meantioned in Paragraph 5, "His new computer software stored similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms are a different sort of "Da Vinci Code"!"
If all of our computures could read our emotions, we could comunicate with our computers without a problem. In Paragraph 4, it's explained by Dr. Huang how that could be even remodely possible, "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighing the different units,the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in the da Vinci's masterpiece)."
The science of emotions have revealed so much about people's expressions. Drama classes use facial expressions to imitate certain emotions when acting to make it look as realistic as possible. In Paragraph 9, a coach uses the technique to instuct actors, "A renowned dram coach,Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. Empathy (feeling someone else's emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions." With the help of the Facial Action Coding System students will be able to complish more and make better technological generations in the future. | 3 |
3dea620 | My position on the driverless cars is that they would be good to have. A big reason for this is because if they had driverless cars recks would decrease and people wouldnt get hit crossing the road.the reason I think this is because the cars would have computers that would be smarter and more observent about there surroundings. They would be able to respond to situations better than what humans can. This would also make distracted driving a thing of the past because humans would not be controling the caar but instead it would be a computer with sensorse.
A big problem we have now is destracted driving. It causes alot of accedents and caused deaths. a good way to have no distracted driving would be to have diverless cars. Not only would it stop accednts from acurring but also would minumize the deaths due to car crashes. The car would have a laser beam that forms a 3-D model of the cars surroundings.
Having a car that drives it self would also make parents less afraid of there kids being behind the wheel. If thes cars can drive themself then ther will be no reason parents should be afraid of there teen getting hurt. most car crashs are caused by teen drivers. if cars drive them selfs then teens wont get into car crashs and maybe saving there lives.
The only big problem of having driverless cars would be the price. if not every one can afford a driverless car it wont make crashs go aaway. yes it will make then less likly to happen but if not everyone can afford there will still be crashs. there will still be people driving and not just driverless cars. if they make driverless cars they should make it to where every one can afford them.
In conclusion i think that they should have driverless cars.It would help in many ways and make travleing safer for everyone.it would also reduce the number of car crashs. Also it could save lives of people. thats why i think we should have driverless cars. | 4 |
3decaf5 | The Electorial Collage is the establishment of letting congress vote on whom the president should be with the addition of who the individuals of America elected. Though the Electorial College is not fair for individuals because, who they have elected are not really being accounted because congress takes vote determining who the next president would be. The change from the Electorial College would be more favorable by the citzens in Florida even in the country because it gives more of a comfort knowing that the election is a 50/50.
In the state of Florida there are many retiries and elders who have moved from all over the country to join our warm weather, many of them have a lot of political views on the leader of our country so it would be best if they had the chioce and knowledge of knowing that their votes would be accounted for, they would not having to worry if it would be fair or not. Though there are also some retiries that do not care at all about any of this mumbo jumbo and would rather just relax in the sun. Though if there wasn't election based on popularity then the elders would not have the benefits they would like such as more retirement funds, or better health care benefits.
Election by popularity should especially be approved in all states because each states should have the abitlity to vote for who they want instead of living in hope for who they they want to win. Also the small states may be outruled by the votes from larger states such as California, Florida and Texas. The "winner take all" system isn't really a reliable way to determine the leader of our nation.
Back in 2000 there was a disaster factor which involved the Electorial College and it is known to be one of the biggest election crisis of the century which shot hate to the democratic electors because John F. Kennedy was opposed by the electors but he still won by popular vote. The Electoril;a Collge is very confusing because the time being wasted to elect a president is rather lost waiting in line to just check down a name on a piece of paper.
Many states have yet to make it on the list of votes so it is very unfair and outdated to be using in the time that we live in. It can be arugued on if the Electorial College should stay or go. It's more favorable if it was abolished. | 3 |
3decd13 | Driverless Cars Are Coming
If the factories made driverless cars I think they would be dangerous, because you can be sitting back on your phone while the car is driving for you thinking it's safe. Then out of no where your car crashes because it made a signal that there was a work zone ahead but you were to busy on your phone and you crash. That's dangerous, also what if the cars way of getting the drivers attention doesn't work when it is needed and there is a big crash, that is even more dangerous.
It can also be a good thing to invest in because of the special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. Some people will ignore that because they feel that they safe because of the driverless car. That is not the case it is almost driverless but not fully, because you still have to keep your eyes on the road and listen for the signals the car gives you. You still have to drive the car and watch for precausions. The GM has developed a seat that vibrates when the car is in danger of backing into something, that is a good thing for reversing and parralel parking. The car also announces when the driver should be prepared to take over, they are also considering putting flashing lights on the windshield so the car can be seen better at night. The driverless car also has a camera built into it so it can watch the driver and make sure he or she is focused on the road at all times. but the driver also has to watch the road.
I would not recommend this car to people who are lazy or does not pay attention to signs because it would be putting other people in danger because of their lack of attention. I think this car deserves a class to be tooken before you are allowed to get the car to make sure you meet the requirements. This car can be a danger to the world or a great and safer way to drive for the world, it all depends on you. | 3 |
3dee2b1 | For decades, society has put a major emphasis on transportation in order to center themselves around cars and ways to upgrade them. However, it is this frame of that mind that has created issues for modern society. If there were limitations put on the usage of cars, then those rules would help maintain the environment, save car owners money, and create a feeling of bliss and serenity that has disappeared since the mass production of cars. So unless change is brought upon society, then people will be passing up on benefits that would better the whole world.
Scientist have long realized that cars are a major cause to the pollution brought into society. From the waste produced while turning precious oil into gasoline, to the engines in millions of cars simultaneously burning gas. It is for this reason that limiting the use of cars would assist in saving and maintaining the environment. According to Robert Duffer, the author of the article "Paris Bans Driving Due to Somg", "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intesifying smog." What is also noteworthy is that this experiment by France officials was only in place for a matter of days. So after having smog that repotedly rivaled Beijing, China, the smog capital of the world, the smog that inhabited France was more than cut in half. If this can work in such a large scale like France, then it isn't unreasonable to believe that this same process can be done in other major regions. Saving the environment has become a priority around the world in recent years, and the idea of limiting the usage of cars could help to achieve that goal.
Aside from the fact that the limitation of cars can save the environment, it can also save car owners money. When a person stops at a gas station to fill up their car, they can expect to spend between twenty and fifty dollars. However, if cars were to become less relevant, then this money can be used to fund other important aspects of a persons life. While this might seem far-fetched, according to Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives, "the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter." This analysis helps to justify the fact that cars can eventually become less relevant and thus save people money. Also, money would be saved on not having to repair and maintain a car, or having to buy a car in general. This alone can save a car-owning household thousands of dollars each year.
Saving the environment and money are always an obvious choice when explaining the benefits of limiting car usage, but another benefit would be obtaining bliss and serenity around the globe. Since the mass producion of cars, cities are always filled with the irritating sounds of a lively road. This has left many people to enjoy their walks, not to the sounds of children laughing and people conversing, but to the beeping and screeching of cars. However, in a city in Germany called Vauban, officials have successfully created a peaceful city that relies on walking and public transportation instead of cars. According to Heiden Walter, a media trainer and citizen in Vauban, "When I had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way." This quote goes to show that the citizens don't feeled resticted, but released from their reliance on cars. So although it may seem difficult, putting limitations on cars can create a happier populants.
Putting a limitation on the use of cars would not be a punishment like some would see it, but a way to better society. This limitation would help save and maintain the environment, save car owners money, and create bliss and serenity amongst people. As modern society continues to push forward and develop the next wave of advancements, putting limitations on the use of cars should be seen as a serious inquiry to leaders around the world. | 5 |
3def02e | Driverless cars have been imagined and desired for years. But now we are getting good enough technology to actually realize the dream of driverless cars. The subject of driverless cars, like all things, has pros and cons. But when it comes to driving vehicles, safety should be the first concern.
The article mentions many of the new safety features of driverless cars. Some of these are the sensors that keep the car from hitting objects. Another safety feature is the GM seats that vibrate when the driver is about to back into something. There are many others as well, and these safety features prove that we are close to getting safe, and fully functioning driverless cars.
However, there are some concerns about safety in driverless cars.
Many are concerned that the cars will not be able to respond to certain circumstances, like weaving through traffic, getting through an accident, or sliding on ice. There have even been cases of automatic breaking features breaking to quickly. What this means is that sometimes, cars with automattic breaking will break to quickly for the driver behind them to respond. This causes the driver behind to rear end the car with the automattic breaks.
Personally, I don't think we should use driverless cars, due to safety risk. It is just to soon, and the technology isn't quite good enough yet. However, our technology is improving all the time, and at some point in the near future, it just might be good enough. But untill that time comes, I believe that driverless cars should not be used. | 3 |
3def10f | The world of technology is developing to a higher level everyday. From television to having a small computer that can fit into your pockets. We have evolved, so did technology.
Technology is important in our life. Without technology now, would be hard and not easy to live without. But we took it to another level that we can now tell people facial expression. I like the idea that they did but I honestly don't think it would matter or change the way kids are gonna feel in school. Reading students emotions in class would help the teacher or staffs know how the students are feeling, but that wouldn't change the fact that they are in school. Students that are giving work will most likely feel a little angry inside. Teacher and staffs should be able to tell if a student is happy or sad. Not all teacher or staff can tell, but just looking at the students mouth or orbicularis tighten around their lips should show that they are angry or happy. Work is never fun or will make a student happy in school. I'm against the value of using technology to read students emotion expression because to make it through a lesson plan, it wouldn't matter if the students is happy or sad or even mad. In the end we all have to pass the class and make it through whatever the teacher gives us. Even though the technology of knowing other people emotions is cool, there wont be a different on how students in school will change how they feel.
This is only a sample of new technology. There will be more advance technology coming. Without technology life would be difficult. From chalkboard to projector. Technology is a big part of human life and the way they affect us. From solving a problem on your phone or even searching things we don't know on the web. Knowing people emotion will change a lot of people and will surprise them. | 3 |
3df3c06 | While having a car that can drive itself would be nice, it can also be very dangerous. Having a self-driving car is a bad idea because it still needs to be operated by humans, the car can malfunction, and the manufacturers can be blamed for the car crashes and other accidents that can happen instead of the blame being put on the driver.
A self-driving car still needs to be somewhat operated by humans. There are certain times when the cars won't be smart enough to drive themselves such as when they need to navigate around accidents or work zones. Having a self-driving car gives humans a reason to not pay attention to the road while in their vehicles, which may cause many accidents.
A self-driving car can malfuction. A self-driving car is a very difficult car to create. Odds are there will be more cars manufactured that have technology problems than there will be cars that are manufactured perfectly. If a self-driving car did malfunction, it may be hard for the driver to take back control of the car and there could be many accidents.
A self-driving car can have many problems to it. These types of cars give drivers a reason to be careless and not pay attention to the roads. If there were to be an accident because a driver wasn't paying attention or because the car failed, blame would bew placed on the manufacturers instead of the careless and irresponsible driver.
All in all, while having a self-driving car would be easier and quite the dream, itr is not a good idea to have one. These cares still need to be operated by humans, these cars can malfunction, and these cars can place blame on the manufacturers instead of the drivers if there is ever any problems. | 4 |
3df555a | Unmasking the Face on Mars
By Dariontai White
Do you think that the face is from an Alien? I do. and if you keep reading i can tell you why.
I think it's just a human from a long time ago. My evidence is this quote from the text "NASA'S Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible lamding sites for its isster ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." This quote explains its self, and thats's why i think its a human.
I think it just a natural landform, and i got a quote to back it up. My quote is "Thousands of anxious we surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform." and that quote tells you that it was a natural landform after all.
My last reason why I think its a landform is because of the quote that say's "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent ro a buttle or mesa - landforms common around the American West."
In conclusion, if anyone ask me what I think it is My answer would be a natural landform, and if they ask me how do i know i have evidence. | 1 |
3df743d | In the passage " The Challenge of Explorinng Venus ", the author belives that we should explore venus even if there are hazards. we should explore venus because it is the only planet that is a like twin,that we will gain insight on the planet,and that human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimadating endavors.
venus is one of planetary neighbors meanig that it is one of the closest planets to earth. Scientest often call venus our twin. In paragraph four,sentence 3 scientes also say that, " Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." With this being said they could moniter venus and get it running like how it use to be if we can we can get up there and be there long enough. If we are able to do that Scientest could probaly move life over to Venus.
If insight is gained over Venus we could create new life or even move life over to Venus. With the right technology we could create a habitat that we can live on. If we did acomplish thus our life could change forever. We could reduce the amount of poultion, control the population, and if ever needed we could move to a diffrent planet. With posibiltes like this we could change our life and how we would live forever. This could embark ideads of us going to mars and trying the same thing.
If we did this it could show that we can make other planets an enviorment that we could live on. Such as mars and other palnets. Pepole would be inspired to colonize another planet. Mars also as earth like features you can grow props there and do many other things. With great minds on the project anything is posible.
in conclusion, with the thought of exploreing venus because it is the only planet that is a like twin,that we will gain insight on the planet,and that human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimadating endavors. Are all valid points because if all these things are posible than anything is posible within our planet and with outher planets. | 3 |
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