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447ba4f | In 1976 NASA scientists took a picture of a landform on Mars. Many people thought it looked like a human face. Some other people knew that it was just a landform that was common on Mars. I am here to tell you that is was just a natural landform. NASA has evidence that will backup this statement. In the following paragraphs I will tell you about the evidence, the camera technology, and how the media affected the responds of people.
Many people will argue that the mesa on Mars is a face. Although it may look like a face, it isn't. In paragraph 1 it says, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common around Cydonia..." This quote tells us that the scientists were used to seeing these large landforms around the region. NASA wouldn't release these images if they thought aliens were involved. The object you see in the picture is simply a landform with shadows in just the right spot.
Back in 1976, the camera technology wasn't great. Many of the cameras had large pixles that made the pictures blury. In paragraph 10 it says, "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." This quote proves that the camera technology has improved greatly. Some conspiracy theorists aruge that even though the picture was not at high resolution, you can still see a face. This may be true,but you can also clearly see the shadows that made it look like a face.
The media had a significant impact on the Mars event. In paragraph 5 it says, "It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows...and grocery store checkout lanes for 25 years." This shows that the media has made people believe that there is a face on Mars.
After going back and taking a picture of the face years after the original photo was taken, you can no longer see the face. In paragraph 10 it says, "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution." This goes onto prove that NASA was right the whole time about the "Face" on Mars. This statement also shows that NASA was working on this mystery too.
After looking at all the evidence and photos you can clearly see that the "Face" on Mars is just a landform. If you think there is life on Mars, think again. The face has entertained many people for years, so it is nice to finally put this mystery behind us. | 4 |
4490ec6 | While technolgy is being developed as time goes by, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", is when technology wasn't good and for that, no one couldn't tell what she's feeling before FACS (facial action coding system) revealed her hidden feelings. Having a technology that can read expressions is valuable and should be allowed. There aren't many affects to it and it would help many people to express or show at least a sign or a feeling.
before feelings were being revealed and shown by a machine, people we're already talented and smart enough to tell one another faces. In the article, the author told us that it's not hard to tell when someone is either sad or happy, "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." this quote provides us information that looking at someone's face can give us a lot of hints, even if they try to aviod it or show it. which means it is natural for somone to know notice it while some can't. Another thing that the author tells us is that the muscles are visible and that there's nothing to hid when parts of our faces gives the viewer an opourtunity to either guess or say what they see, " To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." this quote perfectly explains that there are many majors and units where it deals with the muscles and movement in our bodiues. It's easy to tell with or without parts of the face showing.
Lastly, the machine. As technology increases, a machine called Facial Action Coding System, solved it better than using our proper eyes. Dr. Paul Eckman, who combined his thoughts to create the machine, and Dr. Huang, who helped Dr. Paul Eckman build the machine, helped themselves and others to know the hidden feelings of Mona Lisa and sooner will be used on others. In the article, it talks about how Da vinci made Mona Lisa look different while he was drawing/painting her, " Yet Dr. Huang observes that the artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions." this quote means that Da Vinci was smart enough to switch up on the painting and made it seem so realistic and looked like she's going through a lot.
While the readers recieve a lot of information about the technology and how it works, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", was more of a for than against. There's nothing wrong using it while its helping scientist know what's going on inside a person's mind. Not enough of against dosen't mean this article is not helpful, it can still be helpful and especially for those who are for it. Technology is helpful and valuable to many subjects or topics. | 3 |
44a1d3c | Did you know that Mars has a natural landform that looks like a face?The Face that is on Mars is just a landform because it has changed over the years,NASA captioned it a "huge rock formation", and many scientists have studied the landform.
First,The Face that is on Mars is just a natural landform because over the years NASA has been taking pictures of the Face and the more pictures that NASA took the Face did not look like a Face anymore, it looked like a natural landform that was on Mars.
Next, many scientists who saw the Martian Face that is on Mars,figured that it was just a Martian mesa that resembled a human head which was formed by shadows giving the illusion of the human eyes, nose, and mouth. Authors reasoned that the image would be a good way to engage the public to attract their attention towards them knowing more about Mars.
Finally, a few scientists believed that the Face was an alien artifact and sent the Mars Global Surveyor to the Red Planet. When Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter team got many photos which were sharper than the original Viking photos. The images were soon on a JPL website where the thousand of web surfers saw the image which revealed that it was just a natural landform.
In conclusion, The face that is on Mars is just a landform because it has changed over the years, NASA has captioned it a "huge rock formation", and many scientists have studied the landform. Also now that people know the Face is not a face at all, but just a landform that NASA studied and analyzed many times will help the people know that they should wait and to not believe someone who has not seen it. | 3 |
44a3cae | Cars are seen as a necessity due to the fact that they make everyday life/tasks easier; but wait, so can the internet, cellphones and other technological advancements of the modern era. Cars are no longer as useful as they were made to seem due to the fact that the they come at too much of a figurative and literal cost when compared to other technological advancements or houses. Cars emit a large amount of greenhouse gases -"choking cities"- which is a large contributer to air pollution. Along with the toll they place on the enviroment, cars cause stress, leaving a mental and physical toll on your body as well.
Cars are no longer as useful as when they were first invented. They provided forms of easier transportation to communicate and socialize with others, reach the designated location within a shorter time, and limit how much people had to walk. They are stilled used for these purposes today, but are no longer neccessary. The internet allows you to "feel more connected without driving to meet friends." Although there hasnt been a "solution" to having to walk, there shouldnt need to be. Cars give people another excuse for being lazy. In Bogota, there is an annnual day known as Car-free day. on this day, cars are banned from being used and only buses and taxis are permitted in this capital city of 7 million. With a city of so many you would think that the day would have a terrible turnout, but many people benefited from the experience. It alowed people to view the world face to face, instead of behind a sheet of glass. While either riding their bicycle or walking, people are able to take in the sites and try new things that they'd usally pass by while driving.
Cars emit a large amount of greenhouse gases -"choking cities"- which contribute to the worldwide problem known as air pollution. Along with the toll they place on the enviroment, cars cause stress, leaving a mental and physical toll on your body as well. In Europe, passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emission. In some car-intensive areas in the U.S. it is 50%. It has gotten so bad that Paris had to enforce a ban on partial driving to reduce near-record pollution. The stress this pollution leaves on the enviroment is similar to the physical and mental toll, caused by cars, on the body. The large amount of car usage causes traffic jams which can lead to stress and aggitation, and sitting in one position for so long can leave stress on the body (cramping.) Cars can also cause mental stress due to the fact that they cost so much. many people choose not to own them do to this fact, but the ones who do are not only required to pay for the car, but also have to pay additional fees for things such as insurance.
Cars are no longer necessary. There have been many technological advancements made to do what cars can do without the toll placed on the enviroment and your body. | 4 |
44a54be | i would want the electoral vote to be changed or to change the election by popular vote. Because the electoral college does have some things in it that are procieved as wrong and people want to change about it. And honestly i think i would be alot better if it was just the popular vote because then mre people would be satisfied with who their president is. Knowing that its someone they voted for ad not someone in which the electoral college votes for and decides to make the president. some presidents win the popular vote but still lose the presidency because they didnt get enough electoral votes. I would prefer a direct vote from popular votes.
I dont think it is that much fair if someone wins the popular vote but still dosent get picked to be the president because of the electoral college. In the electoral college voters dont vote for the president they vote for the state electors and thats not want they should be voting for they should be able to directly vote for the president that they want. | 2 |
44a5724 | The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The reason for this is that you can tell weather the person is really smiling or not. The computer software FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can classify 6 basic emotions like happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
The passage states that the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face;all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an 'action unit. The passage also states that using video imagery, the new emotion-recongnintion software tracks these facial movments-in a real face or in the painted face of Monia Lisa. It can even identify mixed emotions. Each exspression is compared against a neutral face. The computer can tell weather you are happy or sad. Like in the passage it says that for an 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. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it can modify the lesson like an effective human instructor.
The evidence from this passage shows that the use of this technology to read the emotional exspressions of students in a classroom is very helpful. like stated in the claim and passage "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." | 2 |
44a8ee0 | I want others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it is a fun experience, it helps out animals, and you get to travel to many countries and see the many sights.
The Seagoing Cowboys program is a fun experience in many ways. One way is all the places that you travel to. I have seen many landmarks, such as the Acropolis in Greece, Venice, Italy, and I also have been through the Panama Canal on my way to China. Also it is a fun experience after the animals had to be unloaded, we all played baseball and volleyball games where the animals had been housed. Also there would be table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, and many more fun activities. Those were all some ways we had a fun experience during the program.
Our program also takes care of animals, but that can also be fun in many ways. One way is that it can keep you busy is when you are caring for the animals during crossing. They have to be fed and watered three times a day. What helped me prepare for hard work was when I would help on my Aunt Katie's farm as a boy. Also I would serve as a night watchmen, which meant I had to check on the animals every night. Once I almost died doing that job one rainy night. As you can see, taking care of animals can be hard but also fun here at Seagoing Cowboys program.
My favorite part was traveling to many countries and all the beautiful sights. I have gotten to see Europe and China during our journies. Cattle boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy. I have also toured an excavated castle in Crete, and have been on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, the city with streets of water. As you can see in the first paragraph, where it also shows I have been to many other places. In conlusion, you can see that traveling a one of the most fun parts of beingin the Seagoing Cowboys program.
Throughout the whole story, you can see that in the Seagoing Cowboys program, it is a fun experience, it helps animals, and you get to travel a whole lot. Those are some of the reasons that I would like others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 4 |
44b5fc5 | How much money do you think you would you save from gas if you didn't use your car? In Germany people do not use cars, they have given them up. In Vauban's streets they infulenced people to not drive their cars or own a car so they would not pay have to pay $40,000 for a garage to store in their car, including a home. Over all Vauban's streets are car free, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own a car and 50 percent sold a car to move there. When a place becomes car free it leaves more space for walking and less space for parking.
Paris enforced to ban driving to clear the air of the global city. Drivers would have to leave their cars at home if they had odd or even numbered license plates or pay a 22-euro fine. Car traffic decreased to 60 percent in the capital of France after five- days of intensifying smog. Exceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybirds, and cars carrying three or more passengers. Public transportation was free from Friday to Monday. Paris has more smog than other European capitals. The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to recind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
Car-free day is a program in Bogota, Colombia;it began in the mid-1990s. The program is meaning to spread to other countries and the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Colomians did a varitey or activities as a use of transportation; hiking, biking, skating, taking buses, taxis to work on car-free day. Streets were more clear. When Colombians drove cars on this day they would pay a $25 fine. Two cities from Colombia, Cali and Valledupar joined this event, people would still participate dispite the weather condition they were in. Changes were occuring, parks and sports centers were blooming in the city, uneven sidewalks were replaced by smooth sidewalks, new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
President Obama's goals were to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies say that Americans are buying and driving less cars and licenses are decreasing as each year goes by. The rise of cellphones and car-polling apps has faciliated and more commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. New York's biking program bridges and tunnel tolls reflect new priorites as of car-sharing programs accross the nation. People have used other kinds of transportation instead of using their own. Mr. Sivak's son lives in San Fransico and owns a car but uses Bay Area Rapid Transit. A study has shown that fewer people have found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001-2009.
You waste money on gas for your car. There is another way of transportation you could take to arrive to your destination to save money. You could go car polling with a friend or take the communities cheap transportation. Using a bike is also a simple transportation and walking...most people are capable of walking. When cars use gas it eventually spreads in the air that we breath. The only way to decrease the polluted air is to limit car usage. Countries are helping in a way, by encouraging them to participate in a program (car-free day) and banning cars. | 4 |
44bc4d1 | Humans communicate in numerous ways. A popular form of communication humans use is emotional communication. The facial expressions humans convey can show their reactions and emotions clearly. New technology has now changed the way we can communicate with computers. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the Facial Action Coding System technology is valuable because it can help boost morale, track likes and dislikes to modify lessons, and adapt to different learning styles.
A big advantage of the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System is the boost in morale it will create. According to the article, the "Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them" (D'Alto). The article lists the indicators the computer searches for when the user is smiling, and if the reader follows these steps, they could be found smiling. In a simple action such as watching television, one may find themselves accidentally mimicking the facial expressions of the actors. Scenarios such as this and the facial recognition can boost the happiness of the user and those around them spectacting. Because of the boost in mood and technology, students will be excited about learning and that can make all the difference.
One of the handy uses for the Facial Action Coding System is determining the user's likes and dislikes. This technology can be used during a lesson or activity and can "recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" (D'Alto). By determining the emotions of the user, the computer can alter the lesson to make it most effective and get the most out of the lesson. Using this feedback is essential in today's society to keep students entertained.
Lastly, an effective reason for using the Facial Action Coding System is to appeal to various students' communication style. Not all students are outgoing and vocal when it comes to expressing their education and struggles. In the article, Dr. Huang says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" (D'Alto). Student users will now be able to have a personal experience when learning online. Because the computer can recognize likes and dislikes, stated in the previously, the student will not feel left out or behind. The computer will match the learning style that is as unique as their communication style. Students will not have to go out of their way or feel embarassed to tell the teacher their concerns, the computer will fix them, making an improvement in today's classroom.
The Facial Action Coding System mentioned in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto is valuable is classrooms because it can help boost morale, track likes and dislikes to modify lessons, and adapt to different learning styles. Having this technology accessible to students is beneficial to their education. Emotions are something everyone has in common and from new breakthroughs, humans can use them to improve. Modernizing education is as simple as a smile. | 4 |
44bca10 | The face on Mars really is just a landform. I've seen the landform before on our very own home planet. My family and I were going to Grand Canyon for a vacation. Life had been rough so we decided we deserved to see the country a little bit. Upon arriving in Arizona, I saw hundreds of mesas, which are landforms that look like faces. I was petrified at first, until I learned they were merely landforms. The first time I saw the alledged "Face on Mars," I knew it was merely a landform. I believe the Face is a landform and not an alien figure because it was exaggerated by Hollywood and the media, it would be better for NASA if it were an alien life form, and there are already lots of similar landforms on Earth.
Hollywood, its the home of the media. Of course the media will do anything for views. As soon as they found out about the Face, they jumped all over it. For instance, in paragraph 5, the author quotes, "The 'Face on Mars' has since become a pop icon." This implies that it really wasn't a big deal before it started to become popularized. Paragraph 5 also shows us that it starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in magazines, books, radio talk shows, and even was told in checkout lines for 25 years. The Face was an icon of its time, and thus was twisted to seem like an alien figure.
Moving on, why would NASA want to keep an alien a secret? If NASA actually did find an alien, they would want to let the world know so that they'd have more funding. In paragraph 5, we are told that the NASA budget wishes that there was an ancient civivlization of Mars. This proves that it would help NASA pay off debts and would make them more popular in the face of the public. It is also stated in paragraph 7 that Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, had a few words to say.
"We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it." Jim said. This exemplifies that NASA knew it was only a landform, but they wanted to take pictures so that the public would pay them more.
A third reason for my believing is that there are already many landforms like this. The landform is called a mesa. As I said earlier, I've seen many of these landforms in Arizona. We are shown in paragraph 7 that when the picture of The face first appeared on a JPL web site, it showed that there was no alien monument, only a landform. This proves to us that sure, if you take a picture from a certain angle, it looks like a face; when you take it from a different angle, it looks like the landform that it is. This is similar to the Man on the Moon. We know that it is just a bunch of craters, making it look like a human figure. In the final section, 12, Garvin states a perfect example.
"'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin. 'That's a lava dome that take the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." This is an excerpt from the passage that demonstrates how the Face is no different from our landforms on Earth.
Some might say that the face is actually an alien monument, and that NASA just doesn't want the public to know. But, what they don't realize is that NASA would benefit from seeing an alien life form. The public would love it, and the money would start rolling in. The author tells us that defenders of the NASA budget actually wish that there was an ancient alien civilization on Mars.
It seems that life gets so boring for people that they make any little thing seem amazing. This is shown through the fact that people made a landform appear as an alien monument. Through all the incomplete theories, I still believe that the Face is purely a landmark. I believe this because hollywood and the media exaggerated it greatly, the discovery of alien life would actually benefit NASA, and there are many landmarks on Earth and Mars that represent the supposed "Face of Mars." | 6 |
44bde0e | WOOSH!WOOSH as the waves were slamming into the ship we were falling from how wet the ship was.
It all started when I was getting into my house and then I heard a knock on my door and then I opened. Don Reist was inviting me to go to Europe on cattle boat. I coulden't say no.
It was 1945 world war two was going on in Europe many countries were ruined from the war.
How they needed to recover was to have some suplies and food from me and other people.
Fourty-four nations joined together to form the UNRRA.
The hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses and young cows and mules that were shipped oveseas. Don and I had sighned up for this job as a Seagoing.
We arrived August fourteen the day that the Pacific war had ended.
Don and I got our seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W.Wooster headed for Greece. We had cargo of 335 horses and enough food to feed them.
It was a bad time to bee 18 because they could of sent me to the military service.
By the time that I was discharged in 1947 I had made nine trips the most of
any Seagoing Cowboy. The cattle trips were unbelievable. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean from the eastorn coast of the United States pluss caring animals and we fead them three times a day.
Help my aunt Katie's farm really helps me while all these thing but not as much for all the dangers that you face during this.
I also had a fun time on board with everybody on there.
We played baseball volly bal and many more activities.
While I was there it made me more aware of people and there needs the awareness stayed with me all my life because people from all around the world needed things that I had.
That it helped them more than it did to me and I had learned a lot from that trip. That trip was mostly about being with my friend because he was the one who had invited me to Europe. | 1 |
44c494d | Hello, I would like to talk about the Electoral College. I think we should change to to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I feel this way because i don't think it's fair for the people running for president or for the people voting for president.. Or fair to the people of the United States. Your votes go to somebody that decides for you, how is that fair?
As it is stated in source 1 ,
number 2 ,
"The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and
Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress."
Wouldn't it be much simpler if we all voted for president and which one has the most votes is president? Why does it matter which state had so many votes and etc.? It just seems to me that they are making things more difficult than they need to be.
If you didn't know, as they state in source 1, number 5,
"Each candidate running for President has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsiblities are. . . ."
Do you see the little things they run into just to be able to run for President? One other thing I noticed was that it said they varied. You usually want to stay the same when you're doing something so serious.
I just don't think it's right. Also you can win the popular votes and still not be elected. I think there should just be one vote and who ever recieves the most is our new President. One thing that caught my attention from source 2, number 14, was
" It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob
Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college!"
This person seemed so angry t o me and I can see why. All of the things that they were talking about are unfair. The electoral should be abloished. There is no need for it. It doesn't help us, it just makes things more difficult. | 3 |
44c4dea | The technology called the Facial Action Coding System would not be valuable in uses for student's emotion in classroom. It's a tool that would not give many benfit if it were use in a classroom. Students in the class room don't need their emotion to be read,but The technolgy itself may be help at identifying students emotion,however as a everyday thing, it would be too much and not that useful. The technology can be more useful if it were use in detectivr jobs. This could help them identify how one is feeling and some how may help caught the crminal. While reading the article, it mostly talks about what the technology and not what its benificail for. This can be a help tool for sciencestis and their study on people emotions.
Example use in show paragraph 6 shoe us that when a computer recognize if the sudent is becoming bored or sonfuse. They can modify their lession and intrustor, but at the same time, no matter how the student is feeling or how the lession is change, if the student dont feel like doin work , this wont help a lot.
In addition, since there are more than one student in a classroom, and each of them have different emotion, it will be heard for the instrutor to give out or teach a lession that will fit all their emotion.
As a tool to be use in a classroom, the Facial action Coding System would not be a valuable to the classrom. | 3 |
44c8550 | I believe that the use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable and useful. Imagine this, you are a child in a boring old science or math class and you are frowning and you are just so bored. Then all of a sudden your teacher is making the lesson more interesting by adding superheros or music. How did she do that? Now put yourself into the shoes of the teacher in that situation. You look on your computer and see that your whole class is bored and angry. Why not make this more interesting by putting on upbeat music and adding glitter and bright colors to your notes? That is what you can do with this new technology.
This technology would be really useful in all the classrooms. If you put it on the teachers computers it would really bring the childrens grades up and hopefully keep them interested and thinking about what tomorrows lesson is going to be like. With this new technology it might even keep kids out of trouble just so they won't miss their favorite class with their new favorite teacher.
The text has many many pros of why you would want this program in classrooms. In paragraph one it states, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percest disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This is when they were talking about the Mona Lisa. The Facial Action Coding System shows all the emotion Mona Lisa was showing even though it is a painting and was painted a very long time ago. In paragraph three the text states, "happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." and paragraph four, "Using video imagery, the new emotion recognition software tracks these facial movements- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared against a neutral face." These examples show all the emotions it can identify, such as the Mona Lisa and her mixed emotions. Another quote says, "For instance you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." The last two example and quotes I gave prove how intelligent this machine is. It can identify emotions better thanus humans, and we make the facial expressions!
This technology may be great and all but the only downside is that you can not have it on your laptop, the text states, "Your home PC can't handles the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." This has some pros and some cons. One con in the text says, "Imagine a computer thqat knows when you're happy or sad, For examples, 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." That could be really upsetting considering how annoying some ads are. For example if you have a cat but it is showing an ad for bird food, what will that be useful for?
If teachers couldn't have the program for the Facial Action Coding System on their school computers they could always jusrt smile and try to be happy. In paragrqaph nine the text states, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." The author also states, "A renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. Empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions." This shows that of a teacher smiles or laughs or changes her voice to a more upbeat pitch, the students may be more happy with the lesson. | 4 |
44cb3be | The author does a good job on suppoting why we shold visit Venus. but at the same time he gives some information that makes you think "why should we do this again."
In some parts of this article, for example paragraph 7, he gives really good reason and explanations to why we should investigate Venus. But in other parts like paragraph 3 it makes you think and wonder why they are reconsidering going to Venus. Yes going to Venus will give us a lot of information but at what cost. We would waste million, maybe even billion, of dollars trying to get to Venus and even if we did get to it what would happen to the first human to step out. What are the chances of that human making it back on the spaceship alive let alone trying to stay on the planet long enough to get some samples.
As much as scientist would study that planet and as sure as they could or could not be its all a theory. There is no sure way to nsure 100% that humans to go there will get back safely.
In conclusion to the question asked, I don't think the author supported the idea well. He did do a good job of giving us information but just from what he told us thats another reason why we shouldn't go to Venus. | 2 |
44cc40e | Finding a rock-like formation on Mars was one of the biggest dicscovories NASA has made. They first say it in a picture taken by one of their satlights called Viking 1.
The shadows over the object looked made the formation look like a human face. Scientist called this formation on the red plant Cydonia. The scientist said that the face was about 2 miles long. When NASA announcded this to the public they called it a huge rock formation. Later NASA started making conspiracy theorist. When NASA took their second picture the public waited till they announcded the picture. Later some of the people got in a fights saying that it was a Natural landformation or it was created by aliens.
The face is just a rock formation. When the Viking 1 took the picture it said that the shadows made the formation look like a face. Scientist confermed it was a Mesa. They said that the martian mesa was common enough around Cydonia. The third picture provide it was not a face their was nothing similar. NASA's people who spend the money really wished it was a ancient civilization on Mars. They thougth that you could not see some parts of the mesa is because haze was blocking some of it. The last time scientist looked into this they looked at the seroundings and could not find anything.
NASA is afriad of saying there is an ancient civilization, they are makeing conspiracy theorist to cover it up. Over time the dust on Mars could of covered up the the alien artifact. When they took a picture they said it looked like and Egyption Pharaoh. The people who took the pictures could have changed it to make it look like nothing was there. People believe that the fas was covered by haze and so you could not see it. The picture they took could have been from another mesa because the scientist say that it is not easy to get a picture of this. They also said that they can not always take a picture with it because it circles Mars.
The rock formation was not man made it was a landform. The only thing different about these is that they remind people of the Snake river Plain in Idaho. If there was and civilization we would have found more then just one formation. Every thing around the mesa is normal there is nothing different. Scientists used different sights and took pictures and they all look like a rock formation. There could have been somthing covered but not in that area. | 3 |
44cce77 | Fellow citizens should start limiting car usage. It can help the world more by less population and etc. Many countries had tried this and they think its a good idea. I mean it won't hurt to try it out. It can really have a good outcome. There are some advantages to this.
To begin with, there are thousands of cars in the world and it keeps on increasing, we'll have less traffic is we start to limit car usage. This is clear in source 3, it says "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." This shows that people can use other ways to transport to one play to another, they wont have to use a car and there will be no taffic any where. Therefore, its better to have no traffic involved you'll get to places faster then usaully.
Additionally, people stress alot over things and walking can help you stress less. In source 3, it says "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower pollution." This says this can benefit for you so yould't have to overthink things. Therefore, walking to your jobs, school, stores and any where you want to good can help you release stress.
Moreover, less teens will be getting license so there will be less car accidents.
This is clear in source 4, "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009." This means that the less teens will get inyo car accidents which means the growth population will be increasing not decreasing. Therefore, the less teens get license the less accidents occurs.
In conclusin, there are many benefits in limiting car usage. Less pollution, no more traffic, less stress, and less teens will get their license. The more we do this the more we get use to it so we wont complain about anything. I urge you to stop using your car less because it will help you in some way. | 3 |
44ce55e | Should we or should we not we should use computers to help identify emotions is up for debate, but in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, he explains some new tech and why we should use computers to help us see emotions more clearly. D'Alto explains reasonons why they are useful in ways such as ads that can tell if you like them or not, education and telling of kids are confused or bored, and some other possible things this new technology could help with. However, I believe that even with all of our technology and advancements in many fields of it, we should not use it to help find emotions for us.
Human emotions are a very complex thing, and with that complexity it makes computers not very useful, even with their algorithims and equations. In paragraph 3 D'Alto explains how the process works "The process begins... must move like human muscles...Eckman has classified six basic emotions...your frontalis pars lateralis... raises your eyebrows when you're surprised." This is a pretty interesting way of seeing emotions and a very complicated one. However D'Alto writes "your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." What he doesnt adress is other people face shaps, such as if you have naturaly small lips it doesnt mean that your angry, or that simply raising you eyebrow in a photograph means you're surprised, maybe the person is just striking a pose and nothing more. With all the people in the world, and all of them being different its hard to tell if the comupter will be able to read all of their emotions accuratly or at all.
Next, D'Alto explains to us that we use this calculation (reading people emotions) every day in paragraph 5. He says "Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." In this statement he says that humans themselfs have a hard time decribing emotions on the face and what they mean sometimes. If you really think about this if we cannot describe emotions and we're the ones doing them, why should we believe a computer thats coded, by us, will be able to? Its not an easy thing to do, and even with psychologist such as Dr. Paul Eckman its a seemingly impossible task to get a non emotion giving machine the ability to read emotions, accurately.
In the article "Making Mona Lise Smile" Author Nick D'Alto writes about new tech and why is should be used. He provides some evidence and reasonings for things that this new technology could possibly improve or do for us. However D'Alto does not show the counter arguement in his article, and doesnt give any information on how this new tech could fail, or not work very well. Its hard to tell where computers and technology will go in the future, but with this I can say that its a almost impossible job to give a computer, not able to feel emotion, the ability to read them accuratly. Its an interesting idea to give computers and machines to ability to read emotions and possibly other advancements. But only time will tell if this new technology will be able to read our emotions. This technology could possibly put us on a path to understanding more about ourselfs, or it might fail and a new technology will start to be developed and worked on in its place. The dabate on if computers and machines reading human emotions and many other things is a big one, and only time will tell where it will end up. | 5 |
44d0218 | Dear Senator of Florida,
I belive the electoral college should be abolished as a process over all. The electoral college should be abolished because it does not benefit the U.S. in anyway and has caused multiple problems in elections over the past years. The electoral college should not be a part of the U.S. Constitution and it only causes issues while elections are present therefore we as a country should elect by popular vote.
The electoral college should be abloshied because it has caused multiple problems over the past years during elections and could continue to cause problems. The electoral college process consists of selecting electors, as you know, but those electors do not always vote for their partie's candidates like they should. This process causes the popular vote to not always guarantee pesidency to a certain candidate even if they have the popular vote. In 2000 Al Gore had won the popular vote but lost presidency because of the electoral college. Not only did one inncident occur but multiple occur because of the electoral college. As stated in paragraph 11 of Bradford Plumer's article, in 1960 segregationists in Louisiana's legislature almost succeeded in replacing Democratic electors with new electors who opposed John F. Kennedy so if Kennedy got the popular vote he wouldnt have got the presidency. Like Bradford Plumer clearly stated "the electoral college is unfair outdated and irrational." The electoral college should be abolished so that problems can be eliminated and elections are fair.
The electoral college should not only be abolished, or destroyed, because it causes problems but also because it does not benefit the United States in any way. The outdated, unfair system just hurts the U.S. government and the country as a whole, it does not benefit our government or citizens in anyway what so ever. Under the electoral college system voters are voting for a slate of electors who don't always vote for their own party candidate rather than voting for the candidate they want to govern our country. 60% of voters would prefer direct election and popular vote anyway so why not throw out the old worn down process that dosent work and replace it with something the people of this country actually want, popular vote. Some people might say we should keep the electoral college because each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee so nothing can happen but according to history things can happen such as in the 2000 election. Why keep a process that the majority of the citizens of this country don't want and a process that just causes issues.
The electoral college is a thing of the past, a has been that almost no one wants around. Popular vote elections would be more fair and will not have mistakes during elections like the huge mistakes the electoral college system has proven to display. The citizens of America want the electoral college gone and popular vote elections should be what the government is aiming for so we do not have mistakes in our elections and so the U.S. can benefit from actually having a working election process. | 5 |
44d4d56 | I think the technology to read emotional expresions of students is valuable because it would help the student more if the technology knew why they were having problem and where they were having problems at. The Facial Action Coding System could also be a bad thing because some people are more hands on learners and can't
work with computers and some students might show expressions that don't have anything to do with the tasks at hand .
Telling someone to make a certain face cannot change how they're feeling on the inside.People could be feeling a different way then they're really showing on the inside.The computer wouldnt be able to tell how your really feeling it can just tel how your face is looking.
In conclusion I think this facial coding system could help some people and othere need hands on. I dont think it is neccassary but can be valuable.They should get this technology to help the special needs kids . I think it would be very valuable to them because what if they can;t tell you how they're feeling then the computer can. | 2 |
44d5b69 | The face on mars was not made by aliens or anything else. The details from from the old camera made it look like a face because it was blurry. They told people about the face and showed to help make money for Nasa. it was made naturally from volcanoes and other things like sand storms. It would be impossible for aliens to do it from this distance and make it look that much like it from a bad camera.
The detail from the camera made it look that way because we didnt have the best technology back then than we do now. Also, each year we got better technology and it started to make it look less like a face each time. In the story before paragraph one it show pictures of each year they took a pic of it and it slowly became less of a face. Once we got better technology it made stuff much easier for us to see and tell if it was made or it was just a coincidence.
Next, nasa told everyone about there discover and that made a lot of new movies and magizines come out from it. they wanted money so in paragraph five they talk all about it and about how they wanted stuff to happen. People thought they were trying to hide somethings about aliens making the faces as proof. The people wanted know a lot about this and waited for the pictures to come up on a website and many was disappointed.
After, that face is made out of it sand and mostly rock from volcanos when they burst into flames and creates land forms. The wierd shadowing is comeing from all the sand around them and makes slight shadowing on the face to make it look like a face. it took many years for them to find something like this and then they realized it was just a landform. The only way for smoething like that to happen is by luck not aliens because aliens didnt do anything here or on mars. the sun was a big helper in making the face because nothing could cause that shadowing to happen on mars.
I know that some people beleive that aliens are real and some people don't beleive in aliens. I kind of get why people think that in the first place because what possibly can creat such huge thing that looks like an humans face. All you have to do is think about it because it is impossible for there to be aliens around us. We are to far away from other life to be found by aliens; there are trillions of trillions of stars with more planets by them. The possability of them finding us so fast is merely unbelievably impossible in my opinion. So aliens did not make the pyramids on earth and they did not make the face on mars .
Lastly, the face on mars did not get created by aliens; it was created by nature. The only reason we thought we saw a face is because of the old camera that couldn't see it without blurring stuff out. the main reason they told people about the face is just to make some money for nasa in the first place. The face is not made out of metal or some alien material because all it is made out of is rock and the red sand that is on that planet. That is why aliens didn't make it because they couldn't of because they aren't real. | 4 |
44d698b | The Face on Mars is just a natral landform. Why i say that because, aliens are not real and they can't create the landforms that were seen. If there where aliens then it would been more information found on NASA. If no human or thing cant't breath in space a alien shouldn't be able to breath there either. There would have been extra evidence found in space if there was a alien seen.
Evedence was found that on the monitor a face apeared on it. But a few days later NASA unveild the image for all to see. The caption noted a ''huge rock formation . . . whitch resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.'' a NASA scientist added. '' 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!''
Personally i think there are no such thing is aliens but if they were there would be alot done to earth and landforms. The NASA scientist has done a great job on taking the picture of the artifact. | 2 |
44d8489 | The use of this technology is pointless, why do people need to know someones emotions. How will knowing if a student is happy help teachers know if a student is understanding the lesson. How can schools properly use this kind of information. Will the imfomation of a student's emotions help schools in the future.
How will know a students emotion help teachers better educate their students?
Knowing someone is bored in class can't really help in knowing what the student needs to better themselves. Like stated in the passage,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Although knowing if a student is confused on something does somewhat help in knowing what a student needs to work on, it isn't specific on what certain thing it is.
How can schools properly use this kind of imformation? Knowing a student is happy or sad can't really help in telling people if they are understaning the lesson.Someone could be happy because the class is almost ending but still not understand a single thing that was just taught or visversa. Another great example would be when a student is preparing for Istep or a final, the student may be understanding the lesson but them worrying about fail won't help anyone.
Will this imformation help schools in the future? This type of technology might actually be useful in the future when thing are a bit more advance. Schools will probably know how to properly use this kind of information for the students well being. By them maybe more emotion codes will be added or modified. But one can not tell the future so who knows.
In conclusion,at the moment this techology seems useless and a waste of time and money, but one never know it might actually be very useful in the coming years. If this type of technology will be used in school the producer of it should show staff how to properly use it so that the imformation can be used. Perhaps knowing if someone is feeling do can help schools provent horrible incidents to happen. The use of this technology is useless at the moment, why do people need to know ones emotions to better them in education. | 3 |
44e0bd4 | Decreased Driving
In the past, the act of driving was a mandatory ability to possess, but as time progresses, the use of personal cars is declining. The decrease of drivers can be attributed to several events, one such event being the large quantity of greenhouse gas emissions caused by vehicles, especially cars. With society shifting to become less car centered, communities are adjusting accordingly, becoming more compressed to enable walking to ones workplace or a store. Additionally, the lowered use of cars results in a greater usage of more physical methods of transit, such as riding a bike or skating to a destination while saving the money that would have been spent on maintaining a car.
Pollution is an important issue on a global scale, having the potential to drastically impact the lives of both humans and other life forms. A large amount of pollution brings negative health effects upon most living creatures, making it essential to reduce pollution levels for the betterment of the environment. Some may think that cars don't have a large influence on pollution, but "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," (Rosenthal Paragraph 5). Automobiles are responsible for a large portion of greenhouse gasses, as "transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants," (Rosenthal Paragraph 34). The enormous amount of pollution in some areas of the world even resulted in temporary bans of personal vehicles to reduce the smog, and at one point "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city," (Duffer Paragraph 10). As a result of this temporary ban in the previously smog filled city of Paris, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France," (Duffer paragraph 14).
In order for society to shift away from the use of personal vehicles, distances between destinations must be reduced. There are experimental communities to test the effects of more compact cities, the most drastic being a Vauban, Germany, a suburb without cars. "Vauban, home to 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life," (Rosenthal paragraph 6). These compacted cities have homes and stores placed close to one another, eliminating the necessity for a car or other vehicle. "In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway," (Rosenthal paragraph 6). Life within a smaller community saves the residents a lot of time which would have otherwise been spent on lengthy commutes. Additionally, through living in a less spread out society, people are more connected to one another, better learning their neighbors who are closer, while developing a deeper feeling of a community, by living in a close-knit zone. This reduction or even elimination of personal vehicle usage would enable more funds to be put toward public transport or pavement, as opposed to the current setup where "80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport," (Rosenthal paragraph 9).
Not only does the reduction of car use have environmental, time, and societal benefits, but there are also health as well as economic benefits to be wrought from avoiding car use. When not using a personal vehicle for transportation, other methods must be applied to reach a destination. Among these methods there are choices of public transportation, riding a bike, hiking, skating, and more. By not taking a vehicle and instead commuting by foot or bike, the commuters health improves as a result of the exercise. Many claim that traveling by other methods than a car reduces stress, one such testamony coming from businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza: "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,'" (Selsky paragraph 24).
In addition to health benefits, there are also economic benefits, as there is no need to maintain a car when one is not in use.
In conclusion, there are various benefits to not using a car. These benefits range from improving the condition of the environment thorugh reducing pollution, as well as saving money for those not | 5 |
44e4879 | Recently scientist's have invented what is called FACS (Facial Action Coding System). FACS is a system that can detect what your emotion is, wether you are sad or mad it can detect how you are feeling through your facial expressions. The software can even identify mixed emotions explains Dr. Huang. The software does what people do everyday whether its noticing our friend is upset or knowing your mom is mad by just looking at her. FACS is becoming so popular its even being talked bout to be used in schools. The computers would detect if you are understanding what is being said or if you are confused about what is being said. Personaly I dont think this would be a good idea.
The reason I dont think this would be a good idea is because if the computers are seeing if you are understanding or not that takes away a big part of a teachers and students job. If a teacher notics a student not undertanding they should help the student, but its not only a teachers job its a students job. If a student if feeling confusd they should take it upon them to ask the teacher for help. If a student is not asking for help because they are scared of feeling embarrsed they should know that its okay to ask for help. If schools started using FACS students would never get a chance to come out of there shell and they would stay scared to ask. That would effect them when they leave school and enter the work force. If their boss asks them to do something and they don't undertand there won't be a FACS to detect that and they won't know how to aks for help because they ahve never been exposed to having to ask.
If changing our shcools to having to have computers detect a student isn't understanding we are in trouble. It might help at first but in the long run it would not be a good thing. Asking for help is a great way to learn social skills and not having that chance could make someone have bad social skills. I do not think FACS should be is schools for reasons I have stated. | 3 |
44e88b0 | Imagine being a top scientist at NASA and Viking 1 spacecraft "spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." A lot of people thought of alien life possibility, but others thought it to be just a natural landform. What would your thoughts be about the image? The face of Mars is a natural landform. There's similar landforms on Earth, high pixel photos taken, and not enough reliable information to support the alien life theory.
To begin, there are similar landforms on Earth to the one on Mars. As stated in the text, "what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West." Also stated in the text is Garvin giving his opinion, "it reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."
Another issue with the alien life theory is the fact that NASA has high quality cameras. Quoting the text, "each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." In the result of having high quality pictures you could see small details clearly. As stated in the article Garvin said, " '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!' " Concluding that statement nothing other than the landform that had resembled a face was seen on Mars.
Finally, there wasn't enough evidence to support the claim of alien life on Mars. The first pictures were blurry and had haze or cloud coverage. This theory was more popular on the online world than in the science world. As stated in the text, "the 'Face on Mars' has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows-even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!" This proves that this might be just for publicity and attention. There has been many conspiracy theorists.
Ultimately, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. There's similar landforms on Earth, high pixel photos taken, and not enough reliable information to support the alien life theory. | 3 |
44eb982 | Twenty-five years ago, NASA found what looked like a human face on the planet of Mars. Early in the discovery, scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa. A few days later, NASA presented the image to the public. The picture definitely attracted attention to Mars, which is what NASA wanted. Soon after, the public was let down being told it was just a natural landform and that it wasn't an alien landform after all. However, some people would beg to differ.
There is always possibilities about aliens and what they do in space, but this is not one of them. The face is nothing but a natural landform. On April 8, 2001, Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look at the face. The text states that Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo with the camera's absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in the image spans 1.56 meters. This proved that all this landform was was something similar to a butte or mesa which is common around the American West. Garvin states, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." Overall, these two landforms are about the same.
Along with the picture of the face, if anything else was on Mars, we would've seen them with the high quality image. The text stated, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." If any sign of martians was on Mars, we would've been able to see it. Objects such as airplanes on the ground, Egyptian-style pyramids, or even small shacks would have been able to be identified.
Although, martians could still possibly be out in our universe, this face on Mars will not prove that. Many would like to believe this is a martian mesa but it is nothing but a natural landform. Landforms like this can be found even in places on Earth. The mystery of martians still continues, but the mystery of the face on Mars has finally been a "case closed". | 3 |
44eff2d | Based on the many differences of positive and negative comments towards the use of driverless cars, I wish to pick neither side in the disscusion.
I believe there are many reasons that driverless cars should take over the roads, but a handfull of reasons that driverless cars on our roads today would lead to dissaster.
To start off, there was a point made in paragraph one, where the author tells us that new smart cars or driverless cars would use half of the gas as todays taxis.
With this, there could be many things that move in a positive direction.
For example, if cars are running on half of the ammount of fuel that todays taxis use, then there is no doubt about the air polution in our cities and other countries being limmitted.
For years people have been trying to find ways to limit the air polution around us for future generations.
They want their kids to grow up in a health environment.
Here is one way to accomplish those disires.
However, if people want to start driving driverless cars, then the roads could become a lot more dangerous.
Yes there may be a decrease in the possibility for human error, but do people really trust computers, that break, to do a better job at a human job, than a human?
One of the big "no's" in using driverless cars is the cost.
As mentioned in paragraph three, the first step was seeing if modifying the roads would be a better option.
In my opinion, altering the roads to be formed into some kind of track would be the right way to go.
There is less of an opourtunity for collisions to happen if cars are on a track that has a certain path.
However, this is not an option because of the money.
It was said that "These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical."
Also, if smart-cars were to be made a universal product allowed on the roads, how much would they cost?
Who is to say they arent just as outrageously priced as the roads.
The author mentions almost everything about these driverless cars in his paper, except the cost of them.
With my experience I am driven to believe that the reasoning for this is the cars are so expensive that nobody would buy them anyways.
You could read the whole paper and then see the price and you wouldn't care if the cars drove themselves because you wouldn't be able to afford it anyways.
"Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"
This sentence from paragraph eight is the basis for all driverless cars.
Supposedly, the car, when needing to get through tough places or navigate around construction, will alert the driver either by a vibrating seat or simply a voice command.
Sure this could be great!
You could let your car drive you around while you sit in the seat and text your friend or eat some food, but when doing so you are still putting yourself under a hunge risk.
If your car needs you to take over and your hands are covered in katchup and mustard from a hot dog you just ate and youre on youre phone and not paying attention, you are going to have a hard time reacting.
Where as if you were just driving the car, youre reaction time will be very fast and you will know what is oing on before it happens.
If youre in a driverless car and it swerves, you may grab the wheel, but have no idea where you are on the road or anything because you were too buys eating your hotdog and texting.
I believe that there are both good things and bad things that could come from having driverless cars.
For every good aspect of them, there is one equally as bad. | 3 |
44f2536 | The author talks about how dangers Venus could be if humans get there and start of the exploration in Venus. Venus has a lot of carbon dioxide which that could be bad for humans to inhail. In paragraph 3 it says ''almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.'' This means that most of Venus's atomsphere is cover with a carbon diocide which could be bad for humans to inhail it.
Also the article talks about Venus having clouds have highly corrosive sulfuric acid and its very dangerous for human to make
contact with that dangerous matterial. In paragraph 3 it says ''Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.'' This means that its very dangerous for humans to go to Venus and tried to explor the whole planet.
The article also talks about the planet's surface. The planet's surface could reach over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and that would be able to kill a human very quickly. In paragraph 3 it says ''On the planet's surface tempertures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.'' Which this means that it could kill a human in a instant if a person went to Venus and tried to explor Venus.
The article also talks about the pressure of the planet's atmosphere. On paragraph 3 it says ''The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experence on our own planet.'' What this means it could kill a human in a instant if a person went to Venus and tried to study Venus.
The article also talks about what would happen if humans took a submarine and metals to Venus. In paragraph 3 it says ''Such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest part of our ocean and would liquefy many metals.'' This means that Venus has a lot pressure that can crush a submarine and also it has a very hot surface that can liguefy metals in instant.
The article also talks about the Venusian geology and weather in Venus's. In paragraph 3 it says ''Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.'' This means that it has the same kind of weather but its more aggresive and more dangerous then the ones we have on Earth. | 4 |
44f4b61 | I personally think that the author supports this idea rather well, he has mentioned many dangerous things that occur on Venus and why no spacecrafts has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. To back up my thoughts I will include where I've found this information in the article and which paragraphs they are found in.
In paragraph 2 it talks about the spacecrafts. It states, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". So this right here is explaining why no spacecraft has even tried to land on Venus in over three decades.
In paragraph 3 it states, "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. So if a human would land on Venus it would be more than dangerous, it would be deadly, or unlivable. | 2 |
450420e | Limiting car use is not a new idea. It has been around for about 10 years now, but there has been a major spike in car usage and carbon-based emissions. Less and less people are using a car, and car sales have also gone in a downward spiral. Company chairman for Ford, Bill Ford, proposed a buisness plan for cities that have no practical use at the Mobile World Congress in Spain. Since even before the recession, less and less people are obtaining their licenses, and there has been an increase in major city populations, where driving is severly discouraged. Changes like these are leading to lower emisssions, improved saftey, conserved resources, and saved time, according to Ford.
Between 2001 and 2009, there was about a 23 percent drop in young people getting their license. These numbers are inspiring cities all over the world to make a change and do their part to make a change in the world. The capital of Columbia, Bogata has something known as a "car-free day," where only busses and taxis are permitted to be on the road. Other drivers will face a $25 fine. Even in the rain people continued to not use their car. Two other Columbian cities, Cali and Valledupar, also joined in for the first time this year. Bogota has a population of around seven million people, so even if they stop just a quarter of them from driving, then that could cut down on a lot of carbon-based emissions. In Paris, France, drivers were given 22-euro fines for even numbered license plates on one day, then odd numbered license plates the next. Congestion was down 60 percent, and this was after five days that Paris' emissions could rival those of major cities in China. France's tax policy that makes diesel fuel more viable than gasoline was partially to blame, according to Reuters. Diesel engines make up 67 percent of cars in France, which is much higher than their European counterparts. Compared to other captials, Paris has a much higher particulate matter as well. It had over 30 more micrograms than the next highest, which is Brussels, mostly due to the cold nights and warm days, which would trap carbon. After the smog was cleared, Paris released the ban on certain numbered license plates.
Another advantage to having no cars is that we have more people walking or riding their bike. While obesity rates in America have been turned around and are trending in the right direction again, there is always more that can be done. It will get people to be more active, and maybe try to eat healthier so they have more energy to walk to where they are going. There will always be obese people, especially in developed countries where junk food is sold around every corner. But we help those who want to change and be healthier by giving alternative choices instead of sitting while commuting. Of course, it would be ridiculous for somebody to have to walk 10 miles to get to work. Not everything can be perfect. Suburban towns would likely fade out of existance, making large cities larger and more intemit. Cars will never fully vanish. But you can do your part. The next time you have to go to the store that's withing walking distance, take a bottle of water and head out. Greenhouse gasses could be stopped, and it all starts with you. | 2 |
4505564 | Have you ever walked outside and taken a deep breath of fresh air but then you realise that the air youre breathing isnt alll that fresh? Thats because air pollution has greatly increased in recent years and the number one reason for air pollution is the exhaust from your cars. Yes, the amount of cars in the world has increaesed dramtically in the last 10 years. While this is good that the luxury of owning an auto mobile it has also put a burden on the earth and future generations. while cars have made it easier for our day to day lives the amount of pollution in the world has become too high to not do something about it now. instead of taking the modern convenience of a car what if you decided to ride your bike to work for a change.
The fact that the amount of pollution is ever imncreasing should be enough of a reason to limit car usage. Instead of driving every time you go somewhere if you just rode a bike or walked when its convienient you could make a difference in the world. You dont have to completely stop driving your car but just limit the amount of times you do drive and that little extra effort will make a big difference in the long run. the world is facing an epidimic in which we could not have clean air for our future generations to be able to take their kids to the park and enjoy a nice day in the sun.
Not only is limiting your car usage better for the enviroment it is also better for your body. When you decide to ride your bike or walk opposed to driving your car you are getting a work out from doing so. This may not seem like much but when you look at how often you go places the numbers start to add up. In the ten minutes that you would take to go to the bank you could spend fifteen minutes riding your bike and getting exercise multiple times through out the day. thiss can also give you much more free time to do something physically active that you ignored because of a car, with the motivation to go out pollution free you can start up running or even learn how to skate and enjoy the go.
When you decide to make the change and not drive as much you open up endless possibilities for what you could do instead of sitting in one place driving. You become more active in the community and this helps the enviroment and you as a person. limited driving has been proved to be a great idea in more ways than you would think. Just doing your part can help out.
In conclusion the facts are all here that limited car usage is the best way to go for decreasing air pollution and making you a better you. It will help the future become a brighter and cleaner place to live. | 4 |
45076e3 | "So, if you're a NASA scientist, you should be able to tell me the whole story about the Face On Mars, which obviously is evidence that there is life on Mars, and that the face was created by aliens, correct?" No, twenty five years ago, our Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. Us scientists figured out that it was just another Martian mesa, common around Cydonia, only this one had shadows that made it look like an Egyption Pharaoh. Very few days later, we revealed the image for all to see, and we made sure to note that it was a huge rock formation that just resembled a human head and face, but all of it was formed by shadows. We only announced it because we thought it would be a good way to engage the public with NASA's findings, and atrract attention to Mars-- and it did.
The face on Mars soon became a pop icon; shot in movies, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. Some people thought the natural landform was evidence of life on Mars, and that us scientists wanted to hide it, but really, the defenders of the NASA budget wish there was ancient civilization on Mars. We decided to take another shot just to make sure we weren't wrong, on April 5, 1998. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team took a picture that was ten times sharper than the original Viking photos, revealing a natural landform, which meant no alien monument. "But that picture wasn't very clear at all, which could mean alien markings were hidden by haze" Well no, yes that rumor started, but to prove them wrong on April 8, 2001 we decided to take another picture, making sure it was a cloudless summer day. Malin's team captured an amazing photo using the camera's absolute maximum revolution. With this camera you can discern things in a digital image, 3 times bigger than the pixel size which means if there were any signs of life, you could easily see what they were. What the picture showed was the butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West.
"But how do we know you're not just hiding things from us?" You should know NASA isn't hiding anything from the people because if there was evidence of life it would benefit us, so why hide it? If you still don't believe the evidence the pictures are out for you to see, which obviously shows a natural landform. The reason to not believe these movies and magazines is because they ignore the research. They make up things to get the people going, but what they actually should do is pay attention to us, because we have very important findings every single day. | 3 |
4508da1 | Dear Senator,
Electoral College is defined as a process. The Electoral college was founded by the founding fathers with the Constitution as an agreement between election of the president and by the popular vote of qulaified citizens. imsure you already know all of this , therefore i am here to inform you why Electoral College shouldnt be kept and popular vote should win. This is the citizens country so why should we have a leader that we dont even like? We all have the right of speech and of speeking for what we believe in. Last but not least why would the Electoral College get to choose our choice for us?
The United Sates is an independant country , therefore we should have the majority of the say in who we want to lead our country. say you're at a restraunt and they ask what you want on your hamburger your not just going to tell them to put what ever they want on it because then you wont like it, same situation just not with food. why would you want to live in a world with a leader you dont like, making choices you dont like eighter, everyone obviously wounldnt get their first choice because there has to be a winner and a loser. even if you lose thats better to say that you got a chance to say what you wanted it just didnt follow through.
We also all have the right of speech in the United States. What i mean by this is, we were all given a mouth by God for a reason. "A closed mouth wont get fed" so how would a closed mouth country get the correct leader they wanted? exactly they couldnt thats my point. if we speek were going to get a chance of getting more thought of when the decision is made, so if we were to all speek up the decision would be in our favor.
We all have a choice for diffrent things, some people like peanut butter, some people dont like peanut butter, some people are alergic to peanut butter. so say you hate peanut butter and you told the waitress your order and she said no youre getting a peanut butter sandwhich, you, hatin peanut butter, obviosuly wouldnt like that at all. Same sitauation here. Why would they let you say your choice in what you want then just tell you what youre going to get? its just not right and dsent add up.
Therefore i am a firm believer that it should be popular vote not by electoral college, and if you dont beliee that well you are making the wrong choice and letting other people make the choice up and speek for you. Use your voice. You dont have it for just no reason at all. | 2 |
4509c10 | Do you think many people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well Luke does for these reasons: you can experience adventures, visit unique places, and explore many different countries. Learning these things in the Seagoing Cowboys program can lead you to many succeses in the future.
The first reason is you could experience adventures like going to look where aincent people lived. Also to see where the wars took place. Maybe even to see the place where aincent people were burried.
The next reason is you could visit unique places such as aincent musems. Also you could go to visit where the roman and greeks stayed. You could also go to see the aincent peoples belongings.
The final reason is you can explore many different countries such as Europe,Chaina, and New Orleans. Also you could look at the difference between the countries you visit. You could even see what aincent people lived their if you wanted to.
Participating in this program could help you learn,discover, and achive your goals in life. Learning and discovering new things can help you throughtout your life. | 3 |
450aa09 | In years past, the number of people interested in, and using cars around the world has dropped noticibly. A marked shift in the "car culture of the world has occured, leaving many wondering what is tocome. Limiting car usage has many positive aspects, such as saving money, that people tend to be less stressed when they do not drive as much, and reducing pollution and greenhouse emissions.
One of the many positive aspects of reducing car usage is that one will save money if ones car usage is reduced. In an article by Robert Duffer called "Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog," he says: "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were orderedto leave cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)." In Paris, car-owners were charged money for using cars on certain days. This was done in an effort to reduce traffic in the city. Another article that addresses this is "The End of Car Culture"
by Elizabeth Rosenthal. She says: "Part of teh explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars..." Cars are a costly thing, and many people cannot afford to put the money in to having and maintaining an automobile. Car cost so much,so reducing,or even eliminating usage will save anyone a great deal of money. This is one of the many advantages to limiting car usage.
Antoher reason to limit car usage is that people tend to be less stressed,and more happy when they do not have a car to worry about. In "The End of Car Culture" by Elizabeth Rosenthal, she talks about Heidrun Walter, who say thatshe is actually much happier no w that she does not own a car,and that owning a car was very stressful. No one wants to be stressed,so why would people want to put themselves through the trouble of owning a car? Lowering car usage has been shown to reduce stress, which is a good thing for people, mentally and physically. Andrew Selsky also addressesthis in "Car-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota," where he says "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress.'" As is outlined here, rducing car usage lowers stressin many people, which is definitely an advantage.
Reducing polution and greenhouse gas emissions is another advantage of limiting car usage. carscreated emissions dangerous to the environment, so reducing usage will have a positive effect on the environment. In "Car-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota," Andrew Selsky discusses the mayor of Bogota, Colombia's descicion to have a day free of cars in the city. "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." In Bogota, as in most cities, smog from car pollution is wide-spread. Lowering car usage lowers the levels of polution and dangerous emissions in cities. A similar situation is outlined in Robert Duffer's "Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog," he says "After days of near-record polution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This gives further evidence that reducing car usage will lower pollution and smog in cities around the world. Concurrently, Elizabeth Rosenthal, in her artilce "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," she says "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gass emisssions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." This provides further evidence that cars release an enormous amount of pollution, and usage must be lowered.
Limtiting ones car usage has many positive consequences, some of these include saving money, reducing stress, and lowering polution levels. These are all great reasons to limit car usage, and many people are beginning to take hold of these advantages around the world. | 5 |
45174e2 | I think that Facial Action Coding System would be a good thing to have in schools. It would help teachers figure out what would be more fun and intresting for the kids to learn without them falling asleep or day dreaming. If you had to go back to school would you rather write a paper or watch a video of something you liked or was intersted in other then something you hate doing. It would be much easier to stay focused and on task.
When i think of school i dont find it fun or something Im looking forward to going to, but if they could give us assignments that we liked and had fun doing then everything would be easier for the students and the teachers would have less stress. Alot of teachers can already tell that some students dont want to be at school and they can tell by there grades, but who wouldnt want to come to school if it was actually fun or interesting. They could use it on the computers for when they give us essays or videos to watch. If they noticed you didnt like the topic then they could change it and find something the whole class likes not just one person. They could also use it to know what subjects we need or could use help on. Yea i think its a little creepy to have something looking at you but if it can help get your grades up and could get you a better job in the future why not do it. They could know what work sheets are harder then others and see what they need to cover in class more. Alot of students dont like sitting in a class reading a book that they dont find interesting, because they get bored and tired of listening and then they slack off and it shows in there grades. It states in the artical that "If you smile when a Web ad apperars on the screen, a similar ad might fallow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different.". This could help all the boring time you have to spend watching adds or Tv comericals. If you were intrested in then then you would have an better experiance and you would be more likly to buy the item. And if you didnt like the ad then they wouldnt show it and it would be something els.
I think that they should put FACS in classrooms so that the teachers could help there students in a more personal way. Also it would be better for the students to learn about the software if they might have to use it in the fututre. If they do start using it i think there would be a major change In schools around evansville and it would help out so many people get jobs later on in life. They could also use it in many different ways in the everyday life. | 3 |
451c458 | Driverless Cars
Should driverless cars be developed? Google cofounder Sergey Brin has envisions of the future with a public transporation systems where fleets of driverless cars form public transport taxi system. Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. Driverless cars should be developed.
One reason why driverless cars should be developed is because it's safer than a human driver. In the passage the author states,"In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes". These sensors are advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels reducing power from the engine, allowing better response and control than a human driver could manage.
Another reason why driverless cars should be developed is because it's not completly driverless. In the passage the author says," The car can handle driving functions at speeds up tp 25 mph, but special touch sensors make the driver keep hold of the wheel. The car also notifys the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents.
Some people might say driverless cars should no be created, their wrong. Not only is it safer, it's also half the fuel of today's taxi system. Also driving in a fun way. In addition it offers more flexibility than a bus.
In conclusion driverless cars should be developed for many reasons. For one it's safer, cheaper on gas and it mimics the skill of a human at the wheel. | 3 |
451c89c | The use of facial technology in a classroom is a fantastic idea. If a teacher knows how a student is feeling maybe behavior problems could be avoided. Test scores could start to rise because if a teacher knows how you are feeling maybe they can adjust their teaching a little, so you might understand more. Just think of all the possibilities that could happen if a school used facial technology.
Students get angry throughout the day and so do teachers. If you are hiding you are not angry and then one thing tips your boat, that can cause a big scene to occur. With the new facial technology things like this could be avoided because whoever is in your classroom would know how you are feeling today. It might even be a good thing to use this technology on teachers, not just students. Teachers get angry and upset too, so using this technology could help a student know that their techer is struggling a little bit and maybe to give him or her an easier day. This could also allow the students to help better the teachers mood so things may get a little better for him or her.
Now test scores could really benefit from this new technology. If a tecaher knows when a student is bored or confused then the lesson could become modified. The teacher would know that maybe one student or even the whole class is not understanding what is being taught. The teacher could then do whatever they think is right and try and fic the lesson. At the bottom of paragraph two Dr. Huang says what I stated in the sentence above. Think about it, test scores would sky rocket if teachers knew that a student was still confused, but maybe was afriad to ask a question. If the techers also knows a student is afraid to ask a question then that could help the teacher know to maybe boost the student's cofidence more. If a teacher could find all of that out maybe he or she could simply run through the lesson again or ask the student if he or she might need a little extra help. In paragraph three is says that this technology can already identify six basic emotions and fear is one, so if more emotion are learned and recongnized then the teacher could really help solve a problem. Many possibilities could and will come with this technology.
Students could use this not only with teachers, but also with their friends. Kids tend to joke around and not realize when they are hurting someones feelings. This could allow these kids to know when too far has occured. Like almost all kids some are afraid to stand up and say that something has hurt their feelings. This new technology may help the problems with bullying. Maybe the bystanders of the bullying would see how truly upset the attacked person is feeling. Kids do a really good job at pretending things do not hurt them, but in reality they hurt them a lot. I know the article does not say anything about this but this is a huge possibility this could be used for. We want to help kids so why not do it this way.
This technology would help so much in a school. many problems occur in schools, that could potentionally be bypassed with this technology. Students and teachers could all benefit from this technology. Who is to say that if it works in a school that more advancements could come out of this new technology. We have no idea what the future holds, but this could be a big part of our future and helping us to unerstand each other a little more. | 5 |
4522771 | When first reading over this article we can see many valid points within this arguement to help support the idea in which is that venus is a worther planet to explore as long as you look past the many dangers you will encounter doing so. We can see very helpful details to this claim such as in paragraph 3 where it is stated Venus with a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide has one of the most corrosive atmosphere's in the solar systerm. As well as a average tempature of over 800 degrees fahrenheit and a atmospheric pressure of over 90 times stronger than that of earths. As you can see very valid points to the danger you will face to researching this waste land of a planet so why would someone waste such good time and resources for research on a planet we may never even get to inhabit? Which is where paragraph 4 comes in stating reasoning such as the sister planet to earth could have supported life so long ago and to find such evidince would be ground breaking not only for human kind, but as well as mother nature itself. | 2 |
452641d | Today our world revolves around new cars, we have always seemed to love cars, and they seem to always be a part of your lives. America even went through a time period called "The Car Craze". Thats saying something about how much we love car. According to an article I have resently read, ever since World War II we have been centered our development on the common car. And with it being 2015, new technology pops up everyday. Making the normal car nicer and more high tech.
Did you know that the adverage person will spend up to two years of their lives sitting in traffic? Thats a long time! Thats 730 days we could be spending doing something completly different, and probably something more important and productive. New trends that say the whole town should'nt use cars are genious! we wouldn't waste so much money on Gas, and let alone the thousands of dollars we put into buying or leasing a car. Some peoples concerns might be that this new and up coming trend might put many people out of work. But it will save so many lives.
And how about all you tree huggers out there, think of how much cleaner the world would be.
Rechargeablecars are great, but they still do damage to the enviornment. We woudn't have to worry about global warming as mcuh, or all the pollution in the air. This will save so many lives and not just human lives, I'm talking about trees, plants, animals. Everthing will be saved. Less polution in the air can fix many problems.
As for the obeicity problem all around the world, that will be helped as well. With no cars people will have to excersise to get where they need to go. When we need to go to the market we would have to walk, run, or ride a bicycle. This would be the push we need to end obeicity. People will get fit and not even know it. Kids would walk or bike to school, meaning there would have to be more schools because they would have to be closer. We could be putting the money we put into for cars, for school! This is how Obamas 2 free yars of college could be paid for. Making the people of America more educated.
The better educated we are the better jobs we will get. Making the profits we made from gas unnessicary. We could now have more doctors, teachers, and so on and so forth. Automobeal Machanics are great, my dad is one, but without cars they could use their smart engineering talents for something else. Something else like making airplanes, or making our military more equipt for battles. We could have all these updated things, and be saving money towards other things thay could be really befitting us.
I'm not trying to say that cars aren't totally awesome, cause I'm all for a good old classic car. But without cars, our country, economy, our people, will be healthier. This is something we should really look into. It could pay for schooling, save money, drematiclly help the obeicity problem. There are so many things that will benifit us from this. | 2 |
452c84b | Every living thing on planet earth has emotions. These emotions have been used since the beginning of time to express the feelings of the people around you. However, these emotions can be decieving. Someone could say they are happy, when really they are angry or upset. This is where the Facial Action Coding System comes into play. The FACS is a software that detects human emotion by tracking muscles in the face. For example, when you are happy, muscles in your face move up, and when you are sad, they move down, FACS tracks this and calculates your emotions. The creators of this software, Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe are the leading experts of developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. There are still some questions surrounding the usefulness of FACS, like what could this software actually be used for? One of the ways FACS may be used is in classrooms. It may sound far fetched, but actually, FACS may be the best thing to come to schools because of its flexible learning and the ability to read the students.
In the education world, teachers are the backbone of the infestructure. Without teachers, the whole system would collapse. However, it may be hard for one teacher to connect with every student individually and make sure they are learning properly or if they are paying attention. This is where FACS comes in. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Dr. Huang talks about FACS in classrooms more in depth, "'A classroom computer could recgonize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human istructor.'" With FACS, every child could essentially have a customized lesson plan exactly for their needs. This would make children more eager to learn because they begin to enjoy it. Besides the classroom, FACS could also be used in the school elsewhere. One of the other important areas this could be used is in counceling.
It is very hard for anyone to tell someone they are sad. This is especally true when they barely know the person they are talking to. This can be the case for school councelors and the children they are meeting with. FACS may be able to help. With FACS, the school could see if children are upset or scared. The school could also see how often these children feel this way. When a child is unhappy or scared, it is very unlikely that they are going to be doing their work at full capacity. If FACS could find these children that need help, they could be helped faster. This could also be used to find children being bullied. If the child is feeling scared around another student, or if a child is afraid of a classroom, they could be helped because FACS was able to read them. FACS may even be able to detect if a child is afraid of leaving school. With FACS, it's like every child in school has someone that is looking out for them, even if no one else is. It may be true that some children might not want people to know about this, that they may want to hide it. However, it is never healthy to hide such strong emotions, especally if there are people around you willing to help.
With the constant evoultion of the way we learn, its not suprising that something like FACS was created. Emotions have been with everything living since the beginning of time. Before FACS, it was suprisingly difficult to read these emotions in people. Such a crucial part of our everyday lives could be easily hidden away by a fake smile or a theatre tear. But now that there is FACS helping out, looks are no longer decieving. | 5 |
4530e97 | While one may think a driverless car is ideal for everyday transportation. Many others may think its not a nessicary improvment at all. Focusing on the disadvantages of this "driverless car" leaves one to look further into detail on the new developments and ask themselves how useful could this possibly be to me and my everyday routune.Doing so allows one to think logically on why it might not be the best idea.
Throught the passage the author gives several examples on how benificial this car could be to mankind. Saying that, it also gives a smorgashboard of nonbenificial and somewhat hastling examples. In paragraph 2 in states that " television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves...." implying that our society is intreuiged by the idea of a driverless car, but that response is immediatley followed up with " ....in reality, google has had cars that could drive independently under certain conditions since 2009." . I'd like to point out the fact that we've had driverless cars for 7 years now,
and although
car companies are making more improvments to the cars we use today, we are still left with accomindations under specific conditions we have to inforce in order to safley drive.
Paragraph 3 refrences General motors car company, and engineers at Berkeley trying to improve this idea of a driverless car. They've gone a step further and created a concept car that could run on a special test track embedded with an electrical cable, corresponding with the concept car. Shorty in the same paragraph it explains" ...These smart cars worked surprisingly well, but they requuiered massive upgrades to exsisting roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical.". By saying that it allows us readers to understand how much thought is being but into this
project, and even though it was a great idea sometimes you have to think logically.
In paragraphs 6-7 it argues the advantage of roadside assisting. This paragraph explains very specific details of what the "driverless car" can do for you, such as: " speacial touch sensors, self stirring, accelerate, and brakes." These addded details could be helpful in certain situations such as traffic, construction sites, ect. But is stated shortly after that under these specfic condtions tour "driverless car" can be of no assistance. At this point we'd then have to take conrol of the car and deal with all theses agonizing, everday problems.
so in conclusion a "driverless car" is meant to be benificial, but what is it actually helping you with? | 3 |
45310cd | The author believes that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. This is how he supports his idea. He thinks that Venus would be a worthy pursuit because it seems like Venus was once very much like earth. Like Earth, Venus seems to have a similar features such as a surface of rocky sediment and other familiarfeatures such as valleys, mountains, and craters(paragragh 4). The author stating all that detail supports his idea because if Venus has similar geological features as Earth, then it might mean that sometime in the far future we might have a chance of actually visiting the planet and learning much more about it and just that chance alone could make Venus a worthy pursuit.
Venus doesnt really have the most welcoming conditions but there may be a solution for that. The author supports his idea very well here because he states that NASA has a possible solution to those harsh conditions. A blimp-like vehicle that floats 30 or so miles above the Venusian landscape, it would be high enough for the tempurature to stay around 170 degree Fahrenheit. Although its still not an easy condition, humans can still survive it(paragragh 5). The author using this to support his idea is very awesome because it gives a solution to one of the reason why we can't really go to Venus. He goes on to talk about how using simplified electronics made up of silicon carbide could be the answer. Scientist tested the electronics in a chamber that simulate a a condition much like how it would be on Venus, it lasted 3 weeks in those conditions(paragragh 7). These all supports his idea very well because it shows that scientists are making progress and might be able to actually make a machine that can survive on Venus long enough to collect rocks and other things that could help scientist learn moreabout the planet. The more the scientist learn about to the planet, the more solution that they can come up with to combat Venus's harsh condition.
Last but not least he states that striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. He also said 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(paragragh 8). Him saying this is very well done because he's right, we should not limit ourselves because of fear and doubt. We should get over those fears and doubts so that can we can progress further and maybe one day visit other planets. | 5 |
4536037 | Ever since the invention of cars, people have used them in their everyday travel, whether it is to work or to pick up kids from school. However, over the past few year, car usage has been decreasing steadily in countries around the world. Limiting car usage is beneficial to the sociey since it reduces polltion and hinders stress to the citizens.
An advantage of limiting car use is the decrease of the emission of greenhouse gases and overall pollution. In source one,
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, it is stated that reducing car usage, "is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." In other words, the reducing of using cars in turn drastically reduces greenhouse gases emitted. This statement is important because the reduced amount of pollution in the air is an advantage to the citizens who limit car usage. Also, Elisabeth Rosental says in source four,
The End of Car Culture, that the limiting of car usage, "will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions." This illustrates that cars are a major source of damage to the environment in America, and that the limiting of using the car will improve the overall atmosphere of the area. In that case, it is a major advantage since it drastically changes the environment for the better due to the decreasing of emissions. Plus, in source two,
Paris bans driving due to smog,
Robert Duffer further states that, "after days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This explains that the using of cars affected the city of Paris so negatively, that they had to ban cars to clear the smog, or polluted air. The statement further goes to show that because of polltion, car usage has many disadvangtages in the sociey. Nevertheless, the decrease of pollution is an advantage in the limiting of car usage.
Lower stress levels in people is also a major advantage of limiting car usage. This is evident in source three,
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, when it is stated that when not driving, "it's a good opportunity to take away stress." This statement reinforces the fact that limiting car usage relieves stress in people. It is important because the lowering of stress in turn makes the citizens of the socitey happier, which is an advantage of using a car less. On the other hand, in source one, Rosenthal writes that, "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." This means that when this person had a car, they were stressed, but when they sold their car, they had a more improved lifestyle. This statement demonstrates that when using a car less, people experienced a more positive way of life in comparison to their life with the constant reliance of driving a car. In source four, it is also written that, "commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time." The reducing of traffic by not using cars impacts stress levels since people do not have to worry about arriving at a place on time and having to sit in traffic for hours. This results in demonstrating how limiting car usage has a positive influence in a citizen's stress level. Based on this evidence, an advantage of limiting car usage is the lowering of stress levels.
In conclusion, limiting car usage is very beneficial because it decreases pollution and stops the raising of stress levels. This means that not overly relying on a car has many advantages to a citizen and the atmosphere they live in. It is important because in order to have an improved soceity with clean air and happier people, cars should be limited in when they are used to travel. People should then stop using their cars to get everywhere, and should instead try to walk or bike to get to their destination. By doing this, people will clearly see the effects of limiting car usage. | 3 |
45373dc | With the new use of technology, the ability to read someones emotion by the simpliest look is within our grasp. The ability to read your emotion is easy as said done. Why not put something like this that can read out faces inside school. Traspass their privacy. Even so, during school it would not come in handy with any student anytime during the day. Being watched by a face recongnition in the home of many, is an event many would not agree with.
During the school year, for example, a high school. Where would a Facial Action Coding System fit into? This would not benifit our education other than waste it. The new technology being used on students to detect their emotions is a privacy violation. Students would not want their face being read and pictured by a new face detection. For example, in the story it says, "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions." With this being said, this technology invades our space. Some students don't want their emotions being let out; they might want it to keep that private information to themselves, unless they realease it by themselves. This could happen to anyone, even without them realizing it. For example, sitting in the right position across from the Facial Action Coding System, the victims emotion may be violated without their concent. In the story it reads, "...if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a smiliar ad might follow. But if ou frown, the next ad will be different." This text shows a program reading your face in real time for all the time you are on your own laptop. Having your own computer reading your face every second while being in your own home would not be welcomed to many. It's a violation to privacy to use and our freedom.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System would not be of use for students. Our minds and face are focused in a different direction rather than facing this machine to read out emotions. Whether this new technology is useful or not, it would not be of good use for a classroom full of faces. | 3 |
4538ac3 | "Driverless Cars Are Coming"
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore ? They started coming up with new ideas on how to make cars work better. Most people like me are fascinated with cars that can drive themselves . Who wouldn't want a car that could do that?
It sounds like a good idea but there are some things most people wouldn't like about these cars. The cars that already have been created are not completely driverless. That means you still have to pay full attention when the car is working by itself.
Google had a car that could drive half a million miles without crashing but it still wasn't driverless . The driver gets notified when pulling in and out of driveways. The Google cars would also alert the driver incase of a accident or roadwork .
Some of the cars made had sensors in them. The sensors would allow a much better respond than the human drivers . BMW "Traffic Jam Assistant" had a sensor that would make sure the driver had hold of the wheel. Most of the cars developed so far couldn't really do much but steer,accelerate, and brake themselves. The human driver still had to remain alert incase they had to take over and start driving in case of an accident or roadwork ahead .
So why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver? They think the idea of it is fun , which it is . Most laws about driving are focused on keeping the people in the vehicle safe. New laws will be made incase there is an accident . They will have to see whos fault is it- the driver or the manufacturer .
Would you still want a car that you had to drive? Doesn't really sound like a good idea to me . Sounds fun but it's a lot of work . | 3 |
453ecf1 | As a scientist at NASA, I know that this "face" found on Cydonia is just a natural landform that makes the shadow of a human face. Natural landforms often make shadows when light hits it at a certain angle. This causes the shadows to form things like faces, animlas, or other things. For example, when Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, taking photots of possible landing sights for its sister ship Viking 2, it spotted a shadow likely to be of a humans face. The shadow made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
Some scientists think that the "face" could also have been an alien artifact. That may be possible but, its more likely to be a shadow caused by the formation of he land. The "face" is caused by rock formations which resembles a human head giving an illusion of eyes, nose,and mouth. More scientists believe that this "face" is most likely to be caused by shadows. | 2 |
45428e8 | I don't think driverless cars should become a thing. The reason why i think driverless cars should become a thing because of simple reasons .One of those reasons are that the system can become overheated , like say if the people who design this wonderful idea tried to do something new with this car sometimes the system can overheat and they might not be able to control the anymore. My second reason why i think driverless cars isn't a good thing because they can cause accidents. What i mean by that is like say if the car dies out in the middle of the highway and the chances are someone getting hurt ,or
someones dies . My last reason is the car is taking too much power in. sp what i mean by that is sometimes when something takes in alot of power it might have a shortage or even a power outage and nobody wants to by in no car that can't even move. So yeah i say having a driverless car is terrible idea. | 2 |
4546ec3 | So the main question of this essay is if technology that can read emotional expressions from students valuable or not valueble. Im going to say why its valuable to this student cause I personaly think it is a good idea then give my overall conclusion over this.
I think that this new technology they are talking about that can read a students emotion or expreassion could be very useful in a couple of ways. It could help teachers help a student or students if the are doiung well and might be going through something very emotional or hard. It can also help the teachers see what they like and what they don't like or if they are having trouble understanding something that they are reading or seeing on the internet.
More reasons why I think this would be a useful thing is because if teachers ask students how thier day or how was your weekend was because if some teachers ask them they migh tlie and change their action or expression of how they use to have it and with this technology, they can just tell the teacher or an adult of the expression of the student the teacher or adult can go talk to that specific student.
In conclusion, I think this would be very helpful to many schools if not teachers or even possibly parents.This could help students get through what they are going through. But in my opinion, this is a valuable resources. | 2 |
4547adf | America was built upon the foundation known as democracy, yet we have been desecrating on what we believe in for years. I am talking about the elctoral college, the process of picking a president or senator through voting for what an elector decides on and acts as a representative for what a certain region decides to vote for. From the Office of the Federal Register, "The Electoral College consists of the selection of the elctors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral vites by Congress." I do not believe that the elctoral college is a wise decision as it being the process of voting for our next leader.
Many people disagree with my opinion and there are a few reasons why, that even I support. From the article "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president," by Richard A. Posner, he states that the outcome is certain when applying electoral college to a vote, while a dispute can be more likely to occur using the popular vote method. However, thye elctorial college can even decrease the percentage of voters in the country. There are Democrats in Texas while California has Republicans. This means that there are elctors who already know what they're voting for and the candidates only visit "swing" states or states who have no preference on what party they are voting for. This will decrease the chance of voters to vote in a state that already knows what party the electors of their state will vote for.
I agree on the basis that vote by popular election is more applicable to the situation of voting rather than by electoral college. One reason is the mess-up that occured on the presidential election voting in 2000. The problems of the electoral college is the reason why Florida screwed up and George Bush became president rather than Al Gore, who won the popular vote. Taken from the Article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," by Bradford Plumer,"Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote, but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."
Another reason as stated by Plumer's article,"Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president." What would happen if there is a tie on the votes the elector gets? Would the elector simply choose one or the other or might not even vote at all. I also believe that it is unfair that each state gets the number of electors based on the population of the state. If California was Republican while Idaho could be for Democrats, then both do not have an equal value because California has more people. Overall, electoral college seems sophisticated but whatever happened to being "plain and simple?".
Voting through the popular vote method seems much easier and much better than voting within a certain region counts as one vote. It would be much simpler if every vote of every single person counted as it's own vote for the president, not for an elector. This makes your vote not seem that worthy and is the cause of discouragement of voting. From the Office of the Federal Register it states that, "Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate." There is proportional representation or statistics involved, simply who gets more takes it and it would be unfair to each person with this method.
In conclusion, the elctoral college is an out-dated process for electing a president and should be changed to whoever, wins the popular vote because deep-down, the people are the key figure in voting. With this process, you are undermining you, your state, and even your country by continuing with this absurd and unnescessary process when it could be all voted and decided, "by the people and for the people." | 5 |
4548eab | I think there is some good things about the Electroal College but some things I do not agree. Overall I believe that we should change the Electoral College. It takes to much time add all the votes and the persents to see who got the most of the votes. Than the senate and the house of representative talk about is and check if they counting is right. Not every one gets to vote.
Maybe if all people got to vote it will be better and will be ble to find out a better count because each state has so many electoral votes. The thing I don't like is that not everyone has the right to vote and the should. It should be a freedom to vote after this is a free country. We also have the freedom of speech why can't we have a freedom to vote. I may understand that not all people are from this country but reall who is thatb is what make us different but, if we would understand it well be better for every to vote. That way it will be more fair than having only those that qulify.
Another thing is that when we vote the add up how mant people voted for this person and how many voted for the other and that n there they decided who won that state. add up the electoral vote but what happens to the other who wanted the other person they get pushed away and it should be like that. Those people should get a say in who the want too not automaticly be part of the one who won that state.
We should change the way we vote for our persident in the way it will become more equal and not asume it is right. To me the elctoral college just rounds up the vote in the state elector. We should and give everyone a chance too vote of course they would be 18 and older but, aleast to try maybe the outcome well be better and more fair towards to election. | 1 |
454d30d | Mars is a wonderful planet with many chacteristics. One of these characteristics is the "Face on Mars" which was discovered in 1976. Different people have different opinions on it. Some people think it was made by an ancient civilization on mars well others say it is a martian mesa. Which is exactly what it is but some conspiracy theorists like to disagree. Although there is plenty of information to prove them wrong.
First, the original picture was taken in 1976 with a not so sharp camera. Later though in 1998 a Mars Global Surveyor flew over and took a different picture and there was only a blur of a face with non-definant features. At that time people were anxious to see the picture and when they did they were disappointed. People started saying that it was winter and foggy so you couldn't see it. NASA disagreed but went along with what they said.
Next, three years later NASA went up yet again. It was a cloudless summer day in April. They were on the Mars Global Surveyor and captured the photo with the absoulute maximum resolution. With that time of camera you would be able to see a airplane on the ground or any type small shafts or Egyptian-style pyramids. That made most of the rumors end but there was still a few.
Finally there was a group of people who said NASA is hiding evidence from the community because they don't want us to know about it. That was a lie if NASA had found it they would want to tell the world. NASA space exploration fund would have gotten so much that they could study Mars for many more years to come. Some people at NASA were even hoping to find an ancient civilazation. In the end no one got what they wanted.
Therefore almost all the rumors were put to rest. Everyone now believed it was a mesa not a face. Although a face made by a far away ancient civilzation would have been cool to. Now a days people compare the mesa to a butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. So now they have a natural landform comparison. | 3 |
455511f | A Car Free Future?
Is the car necessary in the 21st Century? Many city planners and government officals around the globe dont think so. Car free days are becoming common place in Europe and South America, and in the German town of Freiburg, an upscale neighborhood where cars are banned, has been a kind of experiment for larger towns and cities without cars. In Paris smog levels have gotten so high, that people have been asked not to drive their cars, in order to reduce pollution levels.
In the United States, the number of miles driven peaked in 2005, but has dropped nine percent since then. This is largely due to the 2008 recession, but also due to more people becoming educated about the effects that cars have on the environment. More people are choosing to take public transport, or carpool, because mainly it's cheap, and it's good for the environment.
Many key sociologists believe that this trend will continue. One of those sociologists is Professor Mimi Sheller, Diector of the Mobilities Research and Policy center at Drexel University. "Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift" there are many factors that point to the "major cultural shift" that Proffesor Shelley referred to. For example,the renewal of city centers has made the suburbs seem less appealing, and has drawn many people into the cities. Many carpooling apps have appeared in the last 2 years.
Better cities, more public transport, and an increase in telecommunications is the start of a global movement to reduce pollution and increase efficiency. the age of the car is coming to an end. | 3 |
455a671 | The Electoral College is a process that has been used for presidential elections since the Founding Fathers established it in the Consitution. This system does not necessary give the voters a direct vote, but rather a vote for a slate of electors that vote for them. The voters intrust that their elected slate will vote for their favored presidential canidate. It brings up the argument whether this system of voting should be changed or kept. The Electoral College has some of its good points, but over all, it needs to be changed. Voters need a direct say in their vote, and this system turns off the interest of potiential voters.
The voters of the United states should have the ability to directly vote for who they want as President. After all, the people are what make up the country and should have say. "It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational," says Bradford Plumer in
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong .
This means that the Electoral College is unfair to the people because the slate they vote for might not even vote for their canidate. Also, in the same article, Plumer states, "Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people." This means that there is a chance that the electors could vote for whoever they please.
This system of voting does not give the voters a direct say as to who they want, but also turns off the interest of voters who should be voting for their country. "Because of the winner-takes-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know that have no chance of winning..." as said by Plumer. People within those states would have no motivation to vote for their president because their potienial president did not come to their state to convince them to vote. The canidates are only focused on getting majority of the electoral votes, and not who the people really want. "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets ddin't get to see a single campaign ad," Plumer had stated. These states lack any information about the potiential ruler of their country just because the canidates are focused on the states that will help them win.
Although "each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for a party's nominee," as said by Richard A. Posner in
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five Reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President , the possibility of having a winner based on electoral vote and not popular vote is very much possible. For instance, the 2000 election, Gore had won popular vote but due to the electoral vote, Bush had won the election. Gore won the vote for the most popular all over the nation, but because the electoral college had a majority of Bush, it was like the nation's actual vote did not matter.
The Electoral College is unfair to the people because they do not get a direct say for who they want, and the canidates only focus on states that will help them win based on electoral vote. The people need a say exactly who they want and should not depend on others to do the vote for them. Canidates should not only appeal to states that would make them win, but also to other states so the whole nation knows exactly who might be ruling over their country. | 4 |
455f8b8 | Driveless cars come with some benifits but alot more negatives. The negatives are very costly and could put a lot of people in danger. Driveless cars could not only cause alot confusion and contraversy between manufacters and customers, but can also affect the roads, rules, and laws of the road.
If driveless cars were to be put into action these cars would have to be incredibly smart and be able to function and respond to thier suroundings such as other cars and .pedestrians. This could cost alot of money to make happen and would also put the driver and other people at risk if it were to glitch. If an accident were to happen because of a faliure of a driveless car, alot of controversy between the manufacturer and the customer would heat up. Not only that, but more accidents would be most likely to happen if the roads are split between driveless cars and driven cars. Laws would probaly be past to seprate driven and non-driven cars on the road costing more money to build more roads or ways to transport using driveless cars.
Not only would there be alot of money being invested into driveless cars, but also alot of advanced technology, and even the passing of new laws to prevent roads to get to crowed and to prevent accidents. Driveless cars are not a good idea becasue of all the negatives and all the risk involved. | 3 |
4562e98 | If you had the choice, would you rather sit back and not have to worry about driving ever again? Or would you rather just drive normally, and what everyone is used to? I strongly believe in this sense, I believe that it isn't even worth the time to worry about this. There are many reasons why it isn't worth it such as it could be more dangerous, the cars would cost to much, that money could be going to something more helpful and better. With the price of these cars, not everyone would be having one, I would think that would just make things more complicated.
First, as they stated in the passage, there could be some sort of alert to notify the driver when they need to take the wheel. That's just the problem, I asure you some people who would be travling far, what if they are sleeping, really zoned out, or just don't understand? What if they don't take the wheel in time that could result badly. It's just an issue, people could be getting hurt, the driver. They could hit something or someone because they weren't paying attention. More so the beginners, everyone would be testing it out, getting to know the system and that isn't safe.
Next, as they stated in the article, it costs millions to go through with this change. All the money that would be going towards this, I just believe there are other things we could be using that money on. I'm positive the cars would be costing a good amount also, not everyone could get that. Just to change the roads , and get everyone started, it would just be costing so much.
Lastly, honestly what's the point? If people don't want to be driving they should just catch a taxi, or drive with other people. There's other better and more affordable options. What's the point in getting a car that drives you? It's really not helpful in anyway.
In conclusion, that's why I believe having driverless cars is really not something we need. Our society is hardly doing anything on their own now a days, and the fact that driving isn't even really that difficult. I believe it's a waste of money, it could be very dangerous, and there really is no point. | 4 |
45630fd | In this article the suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit other than the dangers it has.There are many dangers for exploring venus. Some of those dangers are the thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus , the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in it's atosphere ,and on the surface of the plant's surface temperature averages over 800 degrees fahrenheit.
Even though it has its dangers it is a worthy pursuit. I say this because it so much like earth in the article they refer it as our "sister" planet . They say in the article it's so much a like because they beleived long ago it was covered in oceans , could have supporeted forms of life , and other similarities.
This shows it is a worthy pursuit. What if one day earth dies and there becomes a whole new worl with life on venus. I say that because in the article they compared it so much to real life on earth. | 2 |
456d528 | Driverless cars do seem like the thing today's society is pushing for in the future, but is it as good as they say it is? How would one operate such a car? How much could it cost? These are questions that have all been asked before.
"Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." Now why pay for a car that can't fully operate itself through such tribulations? If I get a "driverless car" I want to be able to go to sleep and wake up parked at my destination.
Driverless cars do seem good in a sense of not being able to drunk drive, unless you put too much gas in the tank. If you know what I mean. On the note of gas, would a driverless car be running on gas or electric? Or both since it would have such high energy usage with all of the cameras. Which would spike up the price dramatically if it was electric and you'd constantly have to charge it.
In my opinion driverless cars are something that do sound fun, but at the same time dangerous. There are certain things that your car wouldn't be able to see that the human eye could. For example, what if somebody's turn signals were out so they had to use their hand. How would the car see that and know to slow down? With that question on the table who would be responsible for that crash?
So in a sense driverless cars are very cool, but seem to be more of a hastle than it's worth. I'd rather just keep both hands on the wheel and move on with life. It's also just lazy, what's the point in having a drivers license if I'm not driving the car? | 3 |
456dad6 | The author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because It's bearable for humans, even cars would be able to get on venus.
The author claims Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present. The author supports this idea by stating in the article "...temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit,but the air pressure would be close to sea level on Eath...Not easy conditions, but survivivable for humans." in that passage the author states even though it may be over heated for humans to live on its bearable and live able to stay on venus.
To support the author's claim the author also states in the passage "... a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." the quote also supports the autthors claim because even though, Venus surface is dangerous to be on it would still be able to work if the vehicles don't necessrly have to be on the surface.
The challenge of Exploring Venus is dangerous It's worth givng it a try! | 2 |
4575e69 | Prof. Thomas Huang, Prof. Nicu Sebe and Dr. Paul Eckman have been able tro design, read and determine emotions using a computer software called Facial Action Coding System (FACS). Using this technology, they were able to make a computer generated 3-D model of the face in this world famous painting. Using the muscles that lay underneath the skin in this 3-D model, the software is able to determine the emotion of the person based off of the physical characteristics and movement of the muscles.
In using the FACS software "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored' predicted Dr. Huang" (paragraph 6). Much like a classroom instructor, the computer and software will be able to modify the lesson and instruction to further engage and explain to the student.
However, in a classroom, it seems that teachers will rarely change lesson plans to engage their students, and will further explain only if a specific question is asked, regardless of the look of confusion of the students' faces.
Futhermore, teachers and program writers would have to code for and write many forms of the lesson to explain or engage the students before uploading it to the computer for lessons. If a student is bored or confused, the software and computer system will have to be able to 1) recognze the facial expression and 2) choose from several lesson plans to fit and better the facial expression of the student/user.
As a student, I do not find myself to be facially expressive on the computer, in fact the only expresson I have is within my mind, while my face remains blank. This would make it impossibke for the FACS to identify bordom or confusion. There is also the possiblilty of the software confusing one of these facial expressions with that of concentration when reading or writing.
The article states that " Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." (Paragraph 7) If the same algorithms (FACS) would be used to determine the facial feature of Mona Lisa and her expression to aid the computer in determining the facial characteristics and emotions of a student. At our 1-on-1 technology based school, students can either rent laptops or provide their own for school work. If our personal computers cannot store the algorithms of FACS to determine the facial features of students then it would be entirely useless. The school would have to purchase entirely new computers for every student in the school, with the RAM and capacity to read emotions and contain the FACS. These computers would have to be laptops so they can be transported between classes, school and home. This would be too costly for the school or students and improbable in being able to find and provide the correct kiond of computer.
If the FACS needs to be able to computer generate a 3-D model of the face, the computer would run signifigantly slower because it is trying to read your emotions and run any other programs you have open for your class work. Unlike the Mona LIsa, our faces are already three-dimensional, however the computer software would have to be able to generate a computer model of the students face and expression by examining the muscles underneath in the model, which in all liklihood would take much longer to complete than it does for an expression to change or the comprehension of a subject ot take place.
To conclude, although the Facial Action Coding System would hypothetically work to decide emotions, it would be entirely too costly, time consuming, and unlikey in te effectivness of being able to read the expressions of students during class. | 5 |
457a644 | Do you want an adventure of a life time? If you do then the Seagoing Cowboys program is right for you! Hello I am Luke Bomberger and I'm going to tell you all about why you should be a member of the Seagoing Cowboys program.
One reason you should join is that you travel around the world. You can see lots of historical artifacts and great tourist destinations. Once I saw a excavated castle in Crete. Does that sound amazing? Well that wasn't all I saw the Panama Canal on the way to China. Is that marvelous or what!
If seeing the world isn't enough for you then helping others should. You can help millions of people just two to four weeks trip at a time. People need all the care they can get. Almost everything was lost in the war, and we can hlep with giving them cows, horses, and more. If we give them these animal it will also give them hope.
I am sure that last reson should have sold you over, but just to make sure I'll give you one more. Caring for the animals. Who doesn't like animals? I mean come on they are just like us, living things. Being living things, they need tending to. Like food, water, and a friend. That friend could be you.
There you have it three great reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Oh, and I almost forgot that when you done with your job, and are heading home the whole crew plays games. Example would be like baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, and a whole bunch of other games. If I were you I would already be saying "Deal!" Although it's your decision. What do you say worth a try? | 3 |
4586b43 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author talks about a new software that has been developed called the Facial Action Coding System. This new technology is able to identify facial expressions. The use of this technology is valuable in classrooms and can read the emotional expressions of students.
The Facial Action Coding System enables computers to detect human emotions. It does this by associating six basic emotions with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. The six basic emotions classified are happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and sadness. The software claims that Mona Lisa is "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 persent angry." This technology could be very valuable in classrooms because with this new software, classroom computers can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. The author gives an example of Web ad pop-ups. "If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." This application would be effective in teaching students and could help them retain information. By modifying a lesson based on each student, kids will be able to learn at their own pace; they will not get bored as quickly and space out during lessons. Students do not always say how they feel, so with technology that can detect expression, instructors will be able to communicate with the student and help them with their specific needs. Every student learns differently; in different ways and different speeds. With the Facial Action Coding System, students will not be rushed or slowed down to learn.
Most of human communication, including emotional communication, is nonverbal and is actually shown through body language and facial expression. This new technology will be of great value in classrooms because it will be able to modify each lesson for each student according to their learning styles. This new software can detect how someone is feeling and can help to effectively instruct students. | 3 |
458a223 | "Unmasking the face on Mars." Is it created by aliens or not? some may think it's a face created by aliens but we have some evidence to state that the face on Mars is certainly not created by aliens, just another weird formation just like on earth.
The Face on Mars is not created by aliens beacuse when doing research we were able to find that a rock may have hit and the formation of the rock formed to a face. If it "were" that aliens had created that it would be impossible especially it being two miles big, we would've seen the aliens. Just like on earth there are weird looking formations that have us saying if it's even possible for it to be here on earth. The unusual shadows that made it look like Egyptian Pharoahs had us thinking twice but it defintely was a councidence. On April 5, 1998 when Mars Surveyor flew over Cyondia for the first time they found it it was just a natural land form and was no alien monumeant after all.
There is more evidence to stating that The Face on Mars was not created by aliens than there is stating that aliens did form it thats why we as in Nasa belive The Face on Mars was a natural landform. | 2 |
458a3e4 | Manyresident of the community of suburban pioneer are going to a place where many other never gone before and even give up thyeir own cars. The street parking,drive way,and even garage are forbiden in new district. In outskirt of freigburg,near the french and swiss borders. Vaubam is almost car free exect themain thoroughfare where i down town there owner a space for around 40,000 and even come with a house a 70% of family donot own their own car other wise a 57% dold their own car to live suburman community.
France has a problem with cars the car where made to stay in a garage og a house until fuder notice but all owner were charge a 22 euro fine (31$) other wissw around 27 cars have to be impounded because of their reaction. Then around monday the smog had clrear out enough for some of the license plates where let ou also by tuesday.
In bogota colombia the spread other country millions of colobians hiked,bike skated or took buses to work during a car free day for people not had use there car to be motivated to do new thing by riding bike having fun and ecercise car starting to be banned only buses and taxi where in use they also banned car that way they reduce the amount of smug in the enviroment the people where charge a 25 dollar fee if they wouldnot obey the law of no cars. Rain started in bogota people couldnot participate in the event. Two other colombian cities started the events. This made big improvement its started in the 1990s. Many good things happened the uneven side walks were fix and many store and resturant the rate went up because receive more custormer in rush hour.
President Obama said "ambitious goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions" people are buying fewer cars as the recent studies have shown fewer license were being out as each year goes by; population growth has increase by the years the number of mile driven by a person was around 9 miles per hour in 1995 the people couldnot really afford new cars and it will not help the uniploment rate. People think with changes stops car commuting as a result of recession may find less reason to resume the habit. The internet helps people communicate without having to go out of their home to visit them. New York bike sharing program helps many people to share time as family. they have done a study young people drecease the driving. Ford motor made partner with the telecommunications industries the crated cities connected network to save time conserve reasources and lower emissions and improve safety for child,teen and mostly use adult. | 1 |
4591576 | The science around such a product as the "Facial Action Coding System" is truly amazing and spectacular but should we let it teach our next generation?
No, that is my anwser for the question to be asked on if it should teach children, you maybe asking why, but the anwser is truly simple. The connection between a computer and a human child will not benifit it an any way, but are we asking the right question? I think that teacher would have a much better time using this rather than it having it's job, with technology changing and improving faster than ever seen before this could really help out teachers. Imagine if we had this in classrooms, genuisness is something people inspire to be no matter who you arte you always wants to learn something, but most fall short of this because they are so dis interested in the work. Now imagine if you had a product that stopped children from being bored and distracting themselves or others, imagine if you made something not only ore interesting but responded to you, why would you ever stop learning? And a sence of accomplishment would not only boost your self but could also make you want to learn even more than before, an entire generation of people who enjoyed learning the sky is no longer a limit the stars would be. | 2 |
459922f | cars, they wernt invented in the old days. who needs them, not me. screw cars. Ill tell u what u need to know about life and transportation. We can limit car use if u just use this information and use it in your life.
paris has so much smog. Ew!!! No one likes that so lets limit car use. paris has 147 micrograms of matter in cubic meter measurement. Dang taxes! I hate soccer moms, my mom is one so i cant hate them too much. All they do is drive everywhere and use up all the resources so there kid can strike out in little leauge! Now i will tell you how to fix this problem.
if some of the stupid soccer moms driving around there rolling egg (mini van) the car use would be cut in half. Then you might say then what is my little kid going to do. You can read a biycle places just like it said in line 24 of "car-free day spinning into a big hit bogota. Now ill tell you what kind of bike and what your gonna do with it and your gonna love it!
A bmx bike is what im talking about. you can transportate it to the skatepark to ride the ramps. Its really fun and i love it. Those gas using Mini vans would be off the streets and bmx bikes can take over. Think about our earth for once please.
well to conclude things up car use is oversused highly. It is mainly the soccer moms fault. To fix all the problems in the world everyone needs to get a bmx bike and go ride some dirt jumps and this world would be a happier place!!! | 2 |
459951c | Limiting car-usage would mean eliminating pollution to the air that we need to breathe. Without the millions or cars we have the in world, the air we need to breathe would be way cleaner. Eliminating cars would give people the opportunity to walk and get the excerise that they probably need. Which is more important, your car or your health? The pollution to the air is put there by the cars we drive everyday. If we limit the usage of cars, the world would probably be a cleaner place than it is now.
Take Paris, France for an example. They banned the driving of cars because the car had almost a "near-record pollution". What if we, the people of the United States, drove our cars so much that there was smog everywhere and the government had no choice but to ban driving priviledges from everyone? No one would like that. But it doesn't have to come down to that. We can change that, today! If the people in Paris refused to leave their cars at home, they were fined 22-euros ($31), and if they reacted a certain way, their cars were impounded. Imagine if that was you. What if you had to pay $31 because you didn't want to leave your car at home and have your car impounded if you got an attitude about it? How would you feel? Most of us don't like to ride the bus, but what if we had no choice?
In Bogota, Colombia, they have the "Day Without Cars" event, where only buses and taxis were allowed to use to roadways. THe "Day Without Cars" event has been going on since the mid-1990s, and it's part of an improvemenet campaign. If every cities in the entire world had a "Day Without Cars" event, that would generate a change to everyone at one time. Just imagine, one a year, to go a day without driving your car. The world would be a much cleaner and safer place without cars. People die everyday because of car accidents. We could change that with just one event each year.
In America, people are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by, according to Elisabeth Rosenthal. Rosenthal also says that "America''s love affair for its vehicles seems to be cooling.", meaning that we are starting to realize what our precious cars are doing the the environment. In April of 2013, the number of miles each person drives was almost as low as it was back in January of 1995. Imagine if you were to live back in 1700s. There were no cars, people had to walk were they need to go. Yes, it took forever to get there, but it was the only transporation that they had. If we keep going at the rate that we're going with these cars, there won't be any good air left to keep us alive. | 3 |
4599770 | I am totaly against driverless cars. I do not think that should continue they're production on these vehicles. Simply because they are already having issues. For example in paragraph two they say the car cannot operate or minuver through traffic , road blocks, accidents etc.
So what if there's a storm, or a tornado, or earth quake or something? Will the car know what to do then? If you're going to have to take over you might as well drive it yourself anyway. What could you possibly do for those short moments of time anyway? A driver is always supposed to stay alert and focussed no matter what. Whether you are driving or not because you never know what could happen. Safety first! I dont think a computer is accuipt enough or qualified to think , act, or make decisions a human is supposed to make.
Then what happens if you do decide to let the car do what it is programed for and ypou do get in accident or get hurt? Then what like they said in paragraphs 9 & 7, the big argument will be who,s fault is it, the driver or manufacturer? Well my opinion is driver, because its states that the car wouldn t knolw what to do in these type of situations and youre werent focused and did not jump in when you should have all the more reason you should drive yourself so there will be no reason for this argument. I just really dont think these cars will be that much useful, I actualy really think they will be the cause of alot of future problems. | 3 |
4599969 | Are driverless cars the technology of the future? In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the author writes about the new developments and possibilities of driverless automobiles. The author also explains the potential drawbacks of the related technology. I am against the development of these driverless vehicles.
The most important issue relating to autonomous vehicles is safety. Most driverless automobiles that are currently tested are not fully autonomous. For example, Google's modified Toyota Prius uses 7 different sensors, a video camera, and a GPS reciever. Despite this technology, the car still requires a human driver at the wheel to manage difficult traffic situations. So far, there has not been a single driverless automobile that does not require a human driver for safety. The issue of safety is the main reason why driverless vehicle development is not currently practical.
The second main issue relating to autonomous vehicles is legal requirements for these vehicles. Current traffic laws do not favor the development of driverless vehicles.. Only California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have allowed driverless vehicles to be tested on public roads; driverless cars are otherwise illegal in all states. Liability is a major factor in the legalization of driverless cars. In a situation where driverless technology fails, liability cannot easilty be determined between the driver and the manufacturer. Both liability and legal status of driverless vehicles have significantly hampered the development of these vehicles.
I am currently against the development of autonomous vehicles. Currently, all driverless vehicles require a human driver for safety, and the requirement of a human driver should be considered impractical. Secondly, the legal status of these automobiles indicates that driverless automobiles have not been developed enough for practical usage. I believe that both of these issues will ultimately prevent the usage of driverless vehicles. | 3 |
45a26a2 | I think that they should keep the electoral collage because 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 a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral Collage process consists of the selection of the electors. Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors. Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors.
Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards the electors to the winning presidential candidate. After the persidential election, your governor prepares a "
Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors. Your state certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as a part of the official records of the presidential election.
The Electorial Collage restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. They avoid the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the casts. | 1 |
45a316a | According to a Gallup poll taken shortly after Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election over the electoral college. Electors could always defy the will of the people. Candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The abolishment of the electoral college will make choosing a president less difficult and allow the people to make their own choice.
In the article, In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, written by Richard A. Posner, the Electoral College is widely regarded as belonging to the past and not being able to fit the present. In 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, Bush took the presidency, despite popular demand. Voters can't always control who their electors vote for. They sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.
With a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. According to The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, written by Bradford Plumer, with the even number of total votes of electors there is a chance there can be a tie between the number of electors that chose each president, in that case the House of Representatives would vote on the president. This would make the state of Wyoming with a single representive representing 500,000 voters have as much say as the 55 representatives in California who represent 35 million voters. The House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect what the people want.
On the off-chance that the electors you voted for won the statewide election, they would go to Congress and who they elect would get the electoral votes. Anyone not holding public office can be an elector. The electors get choosen depending on the state they represent. The whole election process would be easier if the voters were able to directly state who they want to elect. | 3 |
45a3758 | While driving, an individual can be confronted by a variety of issues; an assortment of reckless drivers barreling down the street, disregarding their surroundings; animals strutting across the road right in front of your moving vehicle; the police officer who seems to contain a vendetta towards anyone who drives three miles per hour over the speed limit -- most drivers have experienced this and much more. Multiple actions can be taken to avoid these troublesome scenarios, but the primary solution for this problem of dangers associated with cars may just be the simplest one --
cut down on driving . It has been discovered in multiple articles that the minor actions of riding the bus to work or walking to stores, instead of using a car, can have a positive impact on communities.
In Vauban, Germany, residents have stopped using cars, only using "...the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community" (
Rosenthal,
Paragraph 2) for a way of industrial transportation. The purpose in the reduction of car usage in Vauban is not only to make suburbs "...more compact and more accessible to public transportation..." (
Rosenthal , Paragraph 6), but to also decrease the amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere. Vauban's actions have been successful in that not only has the release of greenhouse gas decreased, but the residents of Vauban have also thrived without the use of transportation by cars.
It may be true that much of the world's populations may refute this style of living; they might believe that society will take two steps back along the line of progression by this small change. It has been proven due to thousands of motorists being fined after "...a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" (
Duffer , Paragraph 10) was implemented. The reduction of car usage is a difficult prospect, but there have been scenarios in which this has been a positive change in society. In Andrew Selsky's "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", a description of a city's participation in a car-free day is given, and Selsky also characterizes that other surrounding cities participated because it was such a successful idea. Carlos Arturo Plaza mentions that the car-free day is "...a good oppurtunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution..." (
Selsky , Paragraph 24).
This idea to cut down the usage of car transportation may not end up being a solution to any major problem, but it definitely will be a step in the right direction. If actions are taken to reform the typical transportation options, the world will be making progress towards better conditions for its inhabitant's posterity. Is it too difficult to simply walk down the street to purchase groceries? Is it too difficult to make actions for the improvement of our environment? Is it too difficult to not use cars for at least one day? | 3 |
45a5be8 | The Seagoing Cowboys program is great job because of the great experienice. Not very many people in greece could affored all the traveling he did espesally at such the young age. This would truly be the change of a life time. I got to see some things that some people
new never got see .
This Job was perfect for me because it taught me
responsibiliy and to be on your own at a young age. This was a stable and steady job that paid farily well. At the time he had to go in to the army but because I was over sea as a (Seagoing Cowboy) that was counted as servic.I also had fun on this job whitch makes it even better. I loved what I did and so will you. That's
why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy.
If you are a persn who likes water and mother nature than this is the job for you. I liked animalsand
all day I got to be around sea creatures and horses and take care off them. He also got to travle every were and relaxs like a really long vacation. My job was a gaint atventure and site seeing is the best part. If you are a person who likes to exsplore and see the world and exspeinsce new things than this is the job for you.
I was an onest hard worker and was it all paid off when he got the job off a life time.
If you like to work to get reward or adventur and like to travel then this is the JOB FOR YOU. | 2 |
45a85a3 | I think we should change elections to popular vote because it will give the people more say in the elections, it will be more fair, and you would actually be voting for the president and vice president them selves, and not for a slate of electors.
First of all, if we change elections to be based off of popular vote people will have more say in the elections as to who gets elected. Forr example, when you cast a vote for the president you want to be elected you arent voting for the president, you are voting for a slate of electors who will vote for the president. But if we change it to popular vote you will actually be voting for the president and vice president them selves instead of voting for a slate.
Secondly, if we change voting to popular votes it will be more fair. it will be more fair because votes wont be controlled by the electoral college so it will be more fair. thats why we should change voting to popular voting for elections. | 3 |
45b6208 | The Face on Mars is a very talked about landform on Mars and it brings many conspiract theories with it. NASA stresses that it is a natural landform called a mesa while other beleive it was made by aliens.
NASA says it is a natural landform becuase it is in the Cydonia region of Mars which has many landform like the Face. They have also done extensive research on the Face and took many photos over the years. Their latest photo was in 2001. This photo was evidence that it had to be natural because each pixel shoed only 1.56 meters which meant that if there was any strage markings or buildings they would easily be seen. NASA also states the the Face on Mars is very similar to mesas on earth. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, says " It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho...".
With the research NASA has done and with all the photo evidence it is easy to say that the Face on Mars is indeed a natural landform. Everything NASA has done to prove this eliminates any speculation or doubt brought up by the public. The Face on Mars is just another reason to appreciate the beauty of the universe and the hard work of NASA. | 3 |
45b6989 | The author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," he provides a lot of information about venus. The author also provides ways we could get people on venus without getting them injured.
The author wants to study venus because it is basically the Earth's "twin". Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. It also is occasionally the closest in distance. It is not always the closest because mars and venus moves at different speeds so one might be closer than the other.
Another reason why the author wants to study venus is because not one spacecraft has touched down on venus in more than three decades. Thats because the spacecrafts cannot handle the temperature. Venus temperature average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. Those conditions would liquefy many metals.
The author provided facts from the National Aernautics and Space Administration (NASA) on one of there ideas to get people to venus to study it. There idea was to create a vehicle that can hover 30 or so miles above the venusian landscape. The conditions would not be as harsh the temperature would only be around 170 degrees fahrenheit and the air pressure would be close to sea level on earth. Those condition are much easier for a human to survive in.
The three reason i stated are why the author thinks that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They could create a vehicle that could avoid touching the surface . That also helps with the temperatures so humans can survive while studying. | 3 |
45b937e | So you think Aliens created this historical peace of fiction. Aliens would seem like a good idea but wheres the evidence? People come up with these therories and cant support them in the way the were ment to be supported. These pictures we got from Mars are not just supported but we got the pictures with our satelite.
We scientist over in NASA are trying to find ways to expand human nature. People keep saying Aliens did this and thats making us want to explore this more even though the theory can't be supported. We spend billions of dollars a year trying to find these answers to lifes mysteries.
We even supported this in with facts about water on Mars and the mini volcanoes. The landform was a coquencedence that it was caught by our cameras and the fact about it is if this landform happened by aliens wouldn't the camera caught it? The face was first saw in 1976 and it looked like a wave of water splashed over it and dried. The volcanoes could have also erupted and hardened so the landform would have to have been there to heating and cooling of molten lava.
Even though the alien evidence can be proven it still is in the picture. The landform could have been a sign that the aliens put out and wanted help. It could have also been a sign for what is to come. The alien therory isnt well thought out, but in life anything can happen.
The face on Mars could have been anything. The things to come is what is really important. Whether it's aliens on mars or robotic warfare. The golden age of technology is here. | 2 |
45ba8eb | In the first story it is talking about how cars aren't really drivin near the French and Swiss. Though theyallow the cars they just allow them to be parked in only two places: the car-owner buys a space or it to, $40,000 along with the home, or large garages at the edge of the development.
David Goldberg said " All of our development since World War ll has been centered on the car, and that will have to change."
Paris, France has enforeced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the gobal city. Diesel fuel was blamed, since diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the Western Europe.
In Bogota, Colombia they ban cars altogether. they go rid of the roads and made them into sidwalks. Now that people have to walk to get to their final destination a lot of people now go to the parks and to the sports centers that they have there.
President Obama's goals are to curb the United States ' greenhouse gas emissions will get a fortuitous assit from the incipient shift in American behavior. Obama said that if we Americans buy less cars then there would be less drivers lisenes each year and fewer driving altoether. | 1 |
45bfb80 | A car free world?! That sounds splended! Over seventy percent of Vauban's families in Germany do not own cars, and almost fifty-seven percent sold their car to move there due to the fact that they are almost ninety percent car free. There are so many advantages on limiting your car usage.
Think of it like this, you walk outside your front door and see hundreds of big bulky cars and trucks flying by giving off greenhouse gas emissions from their tailpipes, which is not good for you at all. Is that what you want to see every morning? Or do you want to swing up that front door, smell those roses, and see all your neighbors hopping on their bikes about to ride off to work.
There are so many benefits of limiting car usage but a main one is the health of the people. How many times a day do you see an overweight person struggling to get in or out of their car? Here in America it has become a casual sight. Now picture this, you see that same person getting on a bike and driving to and from work. How long do you think it is going to take until they start to loose weight and start to feel healthier, inside and out.
Some ignorant people say that the car industry is boosting, but I agree with those intelligent people who are seeing that the industry has been slowly declining. You see more people taking taxis, carpooling, or texting their friends to pick them up. "Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift." -Mimi Sheller, an extremely smart professor at Drexel University. She is refering to the decline in car buying and the amount of people getting their licenses. Did you know that their has been a large drop in the percentage of 16 to 40 year olds getting a license, while the older people are likely to retain their licenses as they age. According to a study found last year, young people driving has decreased twenty-three percent between two-thousand one and two-thousand nine.
Do the smart thing, get a bike and ditch the gas guzzling, greenhouse gas emissioning, car of yours today! | 3 |
45c449d | One day luke and don wanted another job so they took a job as a seagoing cowboy. Luke wanted to help the countrys gain back food and supplies so the would survive. Luke said it was an oppotunity of a lifetime.
Luke had some experience because his aunt katie had a farm and he learned how take care of the animals there. But he relized since he was 18 he could be drafted into the military force. But they told just to keep being a cattle boards men for his service. He loved doing his job. He said that its an unbelievable oppotunity for a smal city boy.
Because also why he was on the boat he could see things hes never seen before. He also had one majior setback by returning talking to his captin of the ship he fell of the latter and broke his ribs.
He found fun actvitys on the boat also like baseball,volleyball,table tennis,fencing, boxing,reading,whittling and some other games to pass time.
He said being a see going cowboy was more than an aventure to him. it opend up a world to him. he said it made him more aware. And that awarness staye with him leading his family to host a number of internatinol students and exchange visitors for many years. | 1 |
45c5fbe | The "Face on Mars" was not created by aliens. It was a natural landform that appeared through mars grounds. Most people think that the face came from an alien which is not true at all. The reason people think that is because they believe there are aliens on the other planets. But, scientist did research and found out that is was a natural landform.
The face appeared on the monitors of Jet Propulsion Lab. They figured that it was another Martian mesa. I know that the Face of Mars didn't come from an alien because it was a humans face, they said. Aliens don't have human faces, so thats how it is a natural landform. Even a few scientist thought it came from an alien , thats when Mars Global Surveyor flew over cydonia and snapped a few pictures to get a better look at it.
So, well thousands of sites waited for the picture to appear on JPL web site. It was revealed a natural landform, no alien monument after all. The Face of Mars was not easy to see because it wasn't really easy locating cydonia. The face shows either the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms. But there are still people who thinks otherwise so......
In conclusion, The Face of Mars wasn't created by aliens, it was a natural landform. Scientist did their research and even took pictures of the face on Cydonia. There were no evidence of aliens or UFO around the face. As of now most people will follow the truth and most people will still think that the face came from and alien. | 3 |
45c5fcd | I believe that reading the expresion of someone is a very important thing. And the technology that is being used for it is amazing and very useful. in the artical it says that "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smaile and a forced one." That is a very useful thing to be able to do when it comes to knowing if the person is really okay or if they are not telling the truth. The technology they are making escpecially inventions like this will one day change the future.
"She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent happy." To be able to read a persons emotions like that and basically know how they feel and what they are thinking is revolutionary. This technology can build off into so much more. This could lead into so many jobs especially law inforcement. Becasue this could tell the cop annything they wanted to know just buy having the computer read the suspects face and know if they are telling the truth or not.
Another thing the author says in the artical that leads me to belive this is a wonderful inventions is. "The facial expressions for each emotion are uneversal." this statment basically says that they know your truth feelings and emotions and you cant hide it. Because the expressions are the same for everyone. another amazing part about this invention is its ability not only to read the persons face and emotions. The computer can read the emotions on a picture or in a painting.
For example they used the Mona Lisa "It's the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting." This opens up even more doors into what this invention can be used for. If it can read off a picture or a painting then they can use it to find out so many other things in history on other paintings or photos. This invention is amazing and truly a revolutionary peace of equipment.
So i conclude that this invention is a great tool for many things and it will be used for many great things to come. This will change the way some people work and how they do there everyday tasks. This can branch off into so much more then just reading someones face. It really will revolutionize and change a path for the future if they build off of this invention in the right way. | 3 |
45d004a | Dear Senator,
On the issue of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote, I think it is both necessary and unnecessary to keep it the way even if it has been since the founding fathers established it in the Constitution many years ago. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. It only requries 270 of those votes to become the winner of the Electoral College. electorla college is good for the voting process by allowing the qulified people to vote for who they want in office. If we get rid of electoral college then we might not have as many well educated people voting for who gets put in office.
Even if we have the electoral college that dosnt always mean that we will for sure win the election. In 2000 Al Gore won the popular votes but did not win the presidency. There are just a few things that would maybe make the electoral college a little unfair. The state voters do not directly vote for the president, they vote for the electors, who in return vote for the president. State electors are chosen by,sometimes going to state conventions ,the state's party's committee, or even sometimes the presidential canditdates themselves. So with that being said it may be unfair to vote straight for electors and just vote for the president directly. Another thing that would make it unfair because of the "winner takes all" system in every state candidates them selves dont spend time in the states that they are repersenting.
What happens if there is a tie in the voting of the electors? In a case like that it would go to the house of repersentatives. If we do it by popular vote than we would not have to worry about there being a tie. People would be able to vote for who they wanted and that would be settled before it even started. If you think that a tie is not likely well in 1976 a tie would have happened if just a small number of votes, 5,559 would have just voted the other way. So saying that the electorla collage way of doing it has its upsides and its down sides. It is outdated and irrational. | 3 |
45d4220 | I strongly disbelieve that the face on mars was created by aliens. I do not think that there is alien existence out there. This claim was made 20 years ago when we saw pictures of the faces. I think that it is just an natural landfrom. Evidence say that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists.
The ''Face on Mars'' was an pop icon. It started a hollywood flim, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows and even haunted grocery checkout lines almost 25 years. On Apirl 5,1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydoina for the first time, Micheal Malin and his MOC(Mars Orbiter Camera) team take an picture 10x sharper than the original photos. Thousands of web suffers were waiting to see if it was alien existence. On an JPL website it revealed that the picture was an natural landform...no alien monument after all.
I conclude that there is no alien monument among us. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms around the American West. ''It reminds me of most Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho'', says Gravin.''Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated messa about the same height as the Face on Mars''. | 2 |
45da3a8 | Driverless cars are trying to become a thing you know? How do drivers even thing that is okay? How does the law think it is okay? Driverless care, are you serious? It would reduces the wrecks that is forsure, if people wasn't so wreckless on these roads today we wouldn't have any wrecks, but drivers just don't care anymore they would let someone hit them just for the money. Some people have been told the drivers seats will vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object.
It would reduce the cause of a-lot of wrecks, He says, " Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash," A million miles is a-lot, with a brain driving, not a human that is far. Human Are in the car respond when needed or told to take the wheel cause danger is around.
What if the driver falls asleep while they are waiting to drive again, or waiting for danger to come? It says "GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under condideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays." He also says, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?
How would someone respond to a dead body or how would the drivers family if they knew he was in a driverless car, trying to sleep and the car wrecked because he was asleep and didn't hear, see, or feel the warnings? The drivers family would want to sew the car manufactures. He says "The Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the raod. While the driver watches the roas, the car watches the driver.
Driverless car shouldn't be aloud to become a thing even tho is has some good things, it also has alot of bad things too. To much stuff goes on behind a car that humans and only humans should have to take in responsiblity. They can be they cause of their own death, don't leave that up to the car. | 3 |
45dcd48 | I'm agaisn't the Driverless Cars Are Coming because I feel that it is not safe at all.You don't know what the driveless car is really accapable of, other then what they tell you. Driveless cars won't be able to tell when an accident is occuring? How could our technology is that devloped or advanced? It's not. It would take over a billion of years to be very advanced enough to be on the road.
I don't even think sensors would even help for this car to be safe. What if they sensors are not picking up something important than your suck? Maybe even in the middle of a train track because they senes to stop right away. Not all technology is good technology. I don't believe that sensors are advancing to where it makes it safer to drive or handle driving tasks of their own. If a car was to charge the driveless car, would it pick up those senes that it's about to be hit? No, because I don't believe its ready for things like that.
Yes, I do think that the driveless car was a good idea, but i don't think it was good to try and let it control a lot of things, such as the antilock breaks. I feel the breaks are going to only stop when it senses something is wrong, not when something is actually wrong. Steering by its own? NO! What it you hit a pot whole and the car starts to move in a different direction on its own and you have no control what so ever. How would it even know which way to steer or turn? It wouldn't be a safer feature, i think it would be an unsafe feature.
I disagree with the driveless car. I feel it is not safe and advanced for our people. New laws would have to be made due to this driveless car and I don't believe people would be to happy with the new rules having to follow.
It should also be illegal here to even test such a dangeruos computerised car. If someone where to get hurt, i would blame they manufactuer or making for the false addvertasing they were do, when they told me they driveless would be safe. I don't approve of this car.No car that has its own mind should be on the road. | 3 |
45e746e | In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author gives reasons why the car would be nice to have, but they also give reasons why it would not be good to have. Even though having a car drive you around would be nice, to me the benefits of driving yourself around are so much more than thoughs of having a car drive you around. Having a car driving you around all the time can create many dangers to the people around you, possible malfunctions can occur to the car, and the joy of driving your own car around would be lost.
The dangers of having a car drive you around would be that the human brain is marter than a computer. We can determain situations better in person than a computer can however many miles away from it you are. While computers are more logistically smarter than humans, we have experiance in everyday life to help us determain how to drive more efficantly.
Havong a self driving car is a great advancment in the technilogical field, but what is saying that there would not be malfunctions. If you are driving approxamently 70 miles on the interstate and the car malfunctions, there can be major risks to your safety and the safety of those around you.
Lastily, when you were little you would always dream about driving your own car one day, but if you have a car driving you around you would lose that freedom feeling. Also, today a lot of people like to drive around when they are streesed because it helps them get there mind off of things, but if you have a car driving you around places you lose the stress free driving time because you are not controling the car.
There is some benefits of having a car drive you around. Some say that the benefits are better than the reasons why we should not have them. But, to me, driverless cars are taking to much away from us and putting us at to much risk to be a good thing. | 3 |
45f85d6 | It's that time of year again. The election of the president of the United States! But does our vote really matter? I mean the Electoral College does all the voting anyway. So should we change the Electoral College to popular vote for the president or, keeping it the way it should be senator?
To commence, the Electoral College is pretty much the way the president is elected.
There are currently 538 electors in the Electoral College (Source 1). And in order to win the presidency you need to have at least 270 electoral votes. But why is it like that? In the 2000 U.S. election Al Gore had more popular votes than George W. Bush did nationwide. But he lost the election because Bush had 271 electoral votes compared to Gore's 266 (Source 2). The Electoral College is widely known for being unfair but, there is a reason for that. Number 1 is the Certainty of Outcome. It's less likely to dispute over the popular vote than it is than the electoral vote. The reason is because of the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. (Source 3).
On the other hand, some Americans have five reasons to keep our horrendous way to elect our president. A Certainty of outcome. It is stated in Source 3 that it is less likely to have a dispute of electoral votes than popular votes. And it's because of the winning candidate's share of popular votes. Everyone's President. It's stated that the Electoral College requires to a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. The South and Northeast region don't have enough electoral votes to elect a president. So Romney had no incentive of campaining in the South. Swing states. The winner-take-all method is popular in each state in the U.S. Giving the winning candidate to win the presidency. The "toss-up" states are more likely to pay more attention to the campaign. 4 Big states. Larger states are more likey to have more electoral votes than smaller states. In contrast, Florida and Wyoming. Florida has 29 and Wyoming with only a mere 3 electoral votes. Avoid run-off elections. The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.
Hence, senator there is no need to change the Electoral College to popular votes. Although, many Americans despise the way it works. It still manages to elect a president in an unfair way. | 3 |
45f9dbf | Dear Floridian Senator:
It has been suggested by others, even b y vario u s presidents, but I sha ll say it too: I belive that the Elector College sh ould be elim i na t ed from the process of voting for the president of the United States. The election should be based on popular vote by the citizens of the United States. The reasons for this include the disaster factor and the prospect of a tie in the Electoral College can cause even more problems.
The Electoral College consits of 538 electors and a majority of 270 votes are required for a president to be selected. When people vote for president they are actually voting for the state's electors who vote for the president in the Electoral College. Most states have the "winner-take-all" system where all the electoral votes go to the winning canidate of the state.
The first arguement against the Electoral College is what is called the disaster factor. The state legislatures are technically responsible for picking the electors for the Electoral College. The disaster factor is when the unpopular canidate wins the election because of electors that aren't faithful to what they say and whom they say they will vote for. These unfaithful electors cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. Also, a state could send in two slates of electors to Congress, making the election more unfair.
If there is a tie in the electoral vote, then the election is thrown to the House of Representatives. This means that each state then only gets one vote. By way of this, one vote for Wyoming has the same weight in the election as one vote from California where the number of people is 50,000 people in Wyoming to the 35 million in California. The fact that so many of these people go unaccounted for reflects that this election may not be the will of the people.
To summarize, the Electoral College needs to be eliminated for the process of electing the president because it is out-dated, there is a large disaster factor, and the fact that if there is a tie the vote become unfair--moreso than it already is. Thank you for your time and consideration.
A concerned citizen,
PROPER_NAME
Post-Script: to the Floridian governemental people that made me take this abismal excuse of a test, you suck. Thank you for wasting my--and everyone else's--time. | 3 |
45fcc6d | Have you ever wondered if driverless cars would actually work? Or if you would be safe in them? I believe that driverless cars would work and would be safe to an extent. I also believe that the taxis are going to go up a little to build more of these cars.
In the text it says that Google cars had worked in specfic conditions since 2009, but they also won't work in certain conditions such as construction zones,etc. The cars will have the driver take over while in construction zones or by accidents. The cars, majority of the time, are driverless which would make the driver lazy and not have to worry as much as he/she would if they were manually driving the car.
The article says that their cars have driven over than half a million miles without a crash, but what if they do? What if they dont alert the driver in time to take over and they crash? No one can be certain that they won't crash eventually. Another thing that the article said was that the Google car would use half the fuel of today's taxis, which is good, but what about the cars that aren't driverless? And aren't the taxis going to go up if we decide to make more driverless cars for everyone?
So do we know if they'll work properly or if they are safe enough yet? No we don't really know. No matter what we build or do the taxes are going to go up, and I still believe that we don't know if they're completely safe or not. I do see our society increasing towards more and more technology each day, and it would'nt surprise me if we do have driverless cars someday. Right now would not be a good time or even a few years from now wouldn't be a good time. So I guess the question is, What do you think about having a driverless car in the future? | 3 |
45fe812 | As the world changes and humans present more and more issues involving the enviroment many things must change in order to survive. cars are a huge problem to not only the enviroment but to us people also. it has been proven by scientist that cars provide more stress to humans lives, cars are also responsible for a majority of the green house gasses emmited on earth, and
Cars in the modern day are playing a huge role in many people everday lives, most even depend on the car to move on with the ir days. What most don't know is that the use cars provide more issuse within their daily lives than not using them. for example a mother of two from vauban, germany states that " when she used a car everyday she used to be very tense, and now that she has given away her car theat she is much happier". scientist have proven that " having to keep a car up and running, and dealing with all of the maintence that comes with it is casing many families to begin pinching pennies". Cars consume most of the money that people earn there for many people are becoming poor because they must take care of their automobile.
" Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in europe ...and up to 50% in most car-intensive areas in the united states" say scientist. After a day of a partial driving ban to clear the air of smog in paris; congestion on the streets was down 60%, and the smog nearly covering France also lessened. The main cause of the build up of smog over France is because of the cold nights and warm days caused the warm layer of air in the atmosphere to trap car emissions. The use of diesel fuel in France also contributed to the intensifiying smog; considering that diesel fuel is used in 67% of vehicles in France.
The emission of Greenhouse gases from cars is destroying our enviroment and atmosphere which could potentially end up harming people in the long hall. So the decrese of car usage and the increse of riding bikes and walking to reach our destinations such as the people of Vauban, Germany could not only help the enviroment but make life slightly easier and less stressful. | 3 |
4601aa9 | Well the bad thing about being over seas. Is that when you or one of your family members go.
There is a 99 percent chance that you or your family memeber will die or get hurt.
Luke also wanted to go seasgoing to show his friend how manly he is. Because his friend thought that hhe was scared to do something that is not normal in his life.
So Luke wen't over sea to show his friend he is not afraid. But when Luke is over seas something bad happens. Luke is feeding the animals, and he trips over something and just about fell over board to his death.
Luckly a peace of medal was sticking out the side of the ship and caught Luke before he almost died. Aways be carful when you on a ship traviling. Something bad aways happens. But anways Luke had a friend come along so they could hang out like most friends do.
Luke and his friend was on the ship, and they stopped at a place where the horses and the animals had to get off. Then the boys had to find something to do so where the horses and the animals stayed is where the two kids started to play games like Baseball, Volleyball, Table-Tennis, Fencing, Boxing, Reading, and Whittling.
So when the two boys were done doing their stuff like playing games they wen't back to their homes, to see their families. But when their time was up off seeing their families they both wen't back to the ship, and said bye to their families for a long time then it was time to go.
The two boys did the same things they had done the last time they were on the sea. Then finally the day the two adults have been waiting for has now arrived to them. Now it is time to go back to their homes for good, and stay with their siblings and parents, and friends.
One thing that all the people noticed when the two got back fromw sea. Is that the two boys they use to be are now gentlemen, not lids anymore. Then the never let those two lovible boys go on sea again. They couldn'y loose the boys again. Not now, not ever, never again.
But of course they left again they could not stay with their families for ever. They just had to go back on seas again they had to. It was like their life when they wen't on the ship.
The audults were now old enough to go to the military. Lukes friend wen't on. Lukes friend entered the military as soon as possible. He really wanted to support his countries.
When the two kids got back to each other and started hanging out again. THey both wen't back to the sea job again cause they really liked it. They wen't there together nine times so they could see each other alot, and they hung out alot of course.
When they got bak the two boys wen't straight to dee their mothers to see them right away. But when they got there they did not see there mamas at the house. Then the siblings and the other family memebers came out and told the two boys that their momas were gone.
The two boys thought gone that the momas just wen't out get food, or to go out and eat together. But then the siblings told the two men that their moms was dead. | 1 |
4603408 | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" some people say it's worth to study Venus is a worthy to pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Exploring Venus would be a great and exciting adventure, to find new things and learn more on what's beyond the Earth. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our system.
Venus might be just some other Earth like planet, but we do not know what the danger could do to us, is it worth it? Yes, because we humans were born to explore and find out new ways to live a good and entertained life. We keep our blogs updated everyday, is a new day. Humans, cannot obtain life on Venus because of the conditions are far more extreme than on Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth, this planet has a rokcy surface and includes some familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.
NASA are trying to approache Venus, without any warm if tha's possible then we could have another planet to explore. Striving to meet the challenge presented by 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 in the many equally intimidating endeavors. Though we travels far and explored far, we still need to continue on to our very edges of our imagination and innovation. Nature will let us determind if we can continue our journey, the universe will let us if we can or not. Continueing on studying Venus would be the greatest project that has ever been created on history. | 3 |
4606ad1 | Hi, I am Luke and we want you to jointhe Seagoing Cowboys. We need you to help us help other countries who are in need of clothing and stuff.
Okay there are some cons when it comes to this job. One is that you have to cross oceans a lot when you are a Seagoing Cowboy. To be a Seagoing Cowboy you have to be an extremely hard worker. Lastly you might get sea sick, because we travel by boat when going across seas, so if you don't get sea sick then come along with us to the Seagoing Cowboys.
Okay now you have heard enough cons let's hear the pros about being a Seagoing Cowboy. One you get to help other countries after bad situations. You also get the benefit of seeing Europe, China, the Acropolis in Greece, Venice, and the Panama Canal. You get to experience that other countries are in need and we need tohelp them. Lastly you get to play a lot on the boats, so it passes the time, so you are not bored. So please join the Seagoing Cowboys we need you. | 2 |
4611cbc | A new technology to read the emotional expressions. Do you every wonder what if a computer can detected if you are happy or sad? I think that Facial Action Coding System to read the emontional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Not even for everybody around you to know, but for yourself. It sounds pretty cool.
Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe helped developed a way for you to know. It would be awesome just for your everyday life, but for your classroom would be more valuable. Not only for students, but for the teachers and administrators. In paragraph 6 it states,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Now say your having a bad day and you have this 5 page essay to do. You know that your mad and you dont want to do it but your teacher has no clue. The new technology will help the teacher know how your feeling about the whole situation.
The teacher might push the assignment back for you because he/she knows your not feeling the day and they know it will only stress you out. I think the technology is a good advantage to have in classrooms. Teachers can know how the students feel about an activity or a project. The teachers might think its fun but the students might feel like its boring. If a student does not like a project, they dont put in as much effort.
In paragraph 6 it states,"a Web ad appears do your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." In classrooms we do a lot with computers and IPAD's. Ads pop up on the screens all time. There mostly annoying and we click out of it after we see the first one. But if its one that we like then were going to want to see another one.
A new technology to read the emontional expressions. Do you ever wonder what if a computer can detected if you are happy or sad? I think that Facial Action Coding System to read the emontional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Not even for everybody around to know, but yourself. It sounds pretty cool. | 3 |
4611da2 | Have you ever heard of the story " A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves." I am going to try convince you to join the Seagoing Cowboys cause the kid in this story named Luke joined and he liked it.
The first reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is you get to help out other countries by giving them food,water,and help them get shelter and it is a way to see more parts of the world.
My second reason is that you get to care for animals because you bring animal with you to give them to the people to cary stuff around them just making them cary all the stuff they need to cary by hand.
Third reason is that you can sight see like Luke did he got to see excavated castle in Crete is'nt that fun you get to see a castle I would like to see a castle would'nt you and you get to go to Eurpoe and China.
My conclusion is that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it's fun and advetures you get to see other parts of the world that you may not hav ever seen. Also may get to see the excavated castle like luke did and tis is all the reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
4613f8f | I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because in the text Luke said that it was an opportunity of a lifetime. Many countries were left to ruins, but then 44 nations joined together which formed the Seagoing Cowboys. Now wouldn't you like to help with this journey by becoming a Seagoing Cowboy. I'll support my reasons in a minute so keep on reading.
When Luke became a Seagoing Cowboy he knew he was going to risk a lot but he had determination that you should have too. When you join the program you are not only becoming a voice, but you are being let in do a good soceity. It may be frightening at times but i bet it'll be worth it. If your not sure of ot try it until you are. The cattle-boat trips are just unbelievably amazing ,especially when you see new countries while still being at work! It's like your on vacation everyday.
There are some dangers at sea but nothing someone with a good attitude can't conquer. While on board, after all the animals are unloaded you can play games and do activities like table table tennis, tournements, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. Becoming a Segoing cowboy will open up your eyes and let you realize there is more to life than technology. I know,I know you'll miss your phone but this will be so much more rewarding! So do it become a Seagoing Cowboy!
As you can tell it would be great to become a Seagoing Cowboy I hope my reasoning was enough courage to get up right now and fiind a way to sign up. I promise it'll be great! | 2 |
461515a | Dear Mr. Senator,
I am writing you concerning a topic that is very important to our country, and the citizens that preside in it. The electoral college is the current method of determining who will be elected as the president of the United states of America. As you know, it does so by allowing our citizens to vote for electors that then choose who they want as president for us. Citizens will most often vote for an elector that has sworn to vote for either the democratic or republican party's candidates for president. However, I don't quite agree with this method of election. Through my research on this subject, I have discovered that not only do these citizens not have the access to vote directly for who they want to run their country, but also that many electors go back on their word and vote for another party's candidate. I believe the system should be changed and the president should be elected through popular vote, and I'm not alone, according to a Gallup poll taken in 2000, over 60% of the population agrees with me.
If the popular vote elects the president, every citizen will have their own choice on who they want as a president. In an electoral college, many people will merely have their votes casted aside becausetheir decisions or thoughts aren't the same as eveyone else in their state. Though some people say an electoral college is positive because it requires the candidateto have more than just regional appeal, but if people in that state like a specific candidate, even if they vote for an elector, the rest of their state may not like that candidate, and that person's vote will be cast away.
Also, the electoral college doesn't always follow the peoples' vote. For example, if there were to be a tie in the electoral college, the election would be given to the
House of Representatives. Since many people vote for a different party candidate than who they vote for, for the House of Representatives, they would not get their vote for president counted for anything, and the House may choose the president they don't want, without getting a say in any of it. Not to mention the 2000 election when Al
Gore got more votes overall, but Bush won the presidency due to the unfair, outdated system of the electoral college. The electoral college puts the decision of who will be the president into a couple hundred peoples' hands, instead of every American citizen.
Another reason for changing the method to popular vote is the fact that all of the electors count the same. Since each state only counts for one electoral vote, the one elector from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, will count for the same as the 55 electors from, California, who represent 35 million voters. That simply isn't fair because it's the same as saying the opinions of only 500,000 voters in Wyoming are as influencial and important as the entire 35 million voters' opinions from
California. The fact that not all American citizens, promised to be able to vote for who will lead their country and influence their everyday life, are able to do so is absurd.
Many people argue and say that just one vote won't make a difference, but there are 34,500,000 people in California alone that are being disregarded and not counted for anything more than the 500,000 in Wyoming.
Why should the people living in smaller states have more influence than those with larger populations? Why shouldn't those 34.5 million people in California be able to make their own decision and choose their own vote for the President? The entire population of every single state in the United States of America, that has the legal right to do so, should be able to vote, and to have their vote actually counted for something instead of just having their decision made for them by someone they've never even met. With the popular vote deciding who will be president, everyone will matter just the same, which is how it should be since we are all created equal, and we all should have the equal power to decide how our country will be governed and who will govern it, we should all be counted; not just the small percentage that is at the top. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Your fellow Floridian and American,
PROPER_NAME | 5 |
461b4ab | the author
represents this idea very good since for each problem that venus gives the author gives us a solution a way to overcome it and he presents this idea of life in venus which is what we have searching for a long long tieme .The author suggest that is worthy becaus venus had a major comparason with the earth often this called
the Earth twin , venus despite there conditions has a major chace that there is life on it since there ages ago before it was that corrupted since it had planes mountains and all sort of this meaning it was hopitable ages ago,
also in the closest planet (sometimes because of the planet rotacion making venus sometimes and then mars sometimes) despite the dangers which to be honest there a lot of them like melting also the temperature is dangerous but there can be testing on this planest and we truly got what we need since we got those old computers that can resist the big temperatures and since all the danger can just b hover carefully it would not be a big problem we got verything we need to overcome this problems that venus present us .
over the author ideas is really good and should be done and someone becaus whatever research there is done in venus it bring us a lot of information which can lead us to further explration of venus or other planets like mars. | 2 |
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