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478c10a | Hi my name is kaap and I am the scientist at NASA .Today I want to prove that
umasking the face on mars were not crated by aliens.Long long time ago when you were not born .there are thing you never know in the outer spaces .Even today we don't know how the outer space work .We only know how it look like.
Secondly,we may not know that the rock in outer space might hit it .When you look at the picture that was snapping photed of possible landing ,I can see that it look like butte or mesa landform.So the question many people ask "did the aliens do that" the answe is no because a group of scientist and I went out of the outer space to take picture and search for alien but we don't see any alien,we also do lot of research and stay at the outer space for a long time, even at night.I also want to tell you this story that unmasking the face on mars is a natural landform. Long time ago my dad once told me unmasking the face on mars .It happen once a year and soon it will go away.He had told me a one of the scientist had discovery that it was a butte or mesa landform but he die because the oxygen were gone and he could't breath anymore.After he died nobody had the evidence to prove that it was a butte or mesa landform.Today people are being fool because of the face on mars.When you look at the article it even say "what the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landform comon aroud the American ".
In conclusion there are no such as alien and I claim that the umasking the face on mars is just the natural landform. | 2 |
478d872 | When looking at a old photo, many think what it was like for that person and how they felt, but now you can find out. The Mona Lisa is one of the most iconic paintings in the world. It's known as one on the best self-portraits ever created due to it's realism. Now with the help of new software the Facial Action Coding System, it now has a various amount of things its can do. You do not have to just use it for paintings. I believe that schools can benefit from the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom when taking tests and or in a lesson.
The Mona Lisa was tested on using this amazing software and from these findings we can use it in diffrent fields. When the Mona Lisa was tested it was found that she was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. How cool is that, how we simply use a software to discover things that we may have once not known or were uncertain about. This can change the way everyone look at pictures today and in the near future. We are getting more advanced every single day. If start to use tech such as this software today we can discover more than ever before. Many people can benefit from such advancements like researchers and schools.
Schools all across the world can become far better educators from this. All across the world students take many tests. Many high schoolers and college students in a classroom feel very stressed out from all the work they do. With this software we can help them when they need it. This can be put into a classroom where the computer and can recognize when a student is becoming confused or even bored. This could help many who struggle through lessons and even bring students up to par with others. This technology can modify the lesson like a more effective human instructor. If we can help every indivisual student by reading their emotions then we can help each student acheive.
The Facial Action Coding System is a very great advancment in technology. I believe that if schools can encorperate this software into thier lessons that students will not be as streesed, bored, and confused. Every school should realise the value this can bring to a class. | 3 |
4794787 | Driverless cars are a definite possability for the future, However there are many issues that need to be addressed before driverless cars go national. Having a fully driverless car is not possible as of right now. As of right now, the closest to a driverless car is, a car that requires hands on the stering wheel by the driver. These cars can stear, accelerate,and brake themselves, but every one of these cars are designed to notify the driver when the road requires a human driver. These cars can not drive through construction sites and the scence of accidents by themselves. So this requires drivers to always be alert when in a driverless cars. Threre are many issues that need to be addressed before driverless cars can be released to the public.
One issue that needs to be addressed before driverless cars are national, is what will the car do when it arrives where there is constrution in the road. Will the car know if it has to take a detour or will it try to continue on the orginal path that it knows. This can cause an issue because if a road is closed due to constrution, the car may not be able to find another way around and could cause damage to the passengers, the car, and any constrution workers on site. BMW has created a "Traffic Jam Assisant" car that can drive by itself to spends up to 25mph. This car however requires that the driver's hands be on the wheel at all time. Before driverless cars are a thing this issue needs to be addressed.
Another issue that needs to be addressed is what will happen if this car crashes. Who is to blame? The driver, or the car manufactuer? These cars would need some way of letting the authorites know if the crash was due to driver error or manufacture error. If this issue is not addressed there could possibly many lawsuits out for the driver responsible of the car or the manufacture. As of right now. Only three states and the Diatrict of Colimbia allow semi-autonomous cars. In other states these cars are illegal. Before these cars are able to be driven publicly, there is a need for new traffic laws to be put into place. These cars are liability risk, and this issue needs to be addressed before they should be allowed on the public roads.
Driverless cars are defiently a thing of the future. They are possible as some are already created and driving, however not one of these cars is one hundred percent driverless. BMW "Traffic Jam Assistant" requires a drivers hand on the wheel at all times. There are many issues that need to be addressed before these cars should be allowed on public roads. There need to be laws put into place for these cars, because as of right now these cars a libablity risk. There are only three states plus the District of Columbia that allow thses cars to be driven and tested. More states will legalize these cars once they are proven to be reliably safe. In order to have these cars avaliable to the public, authoriteies would have to be able to tell who was responsible for a crash. If there is a crash with one of these cars, would it be the drivers fault or the manufacture. This is a big issue that needs to be addressed, because if we are not able to tell who or what caused these driverless cars to crash, there could be many law suits of the driver sueing the manufacturer. Or a victim from a crash sueing the driver or manufacturer. Before driverless cars are avaliable to the public this issues needs to be addressd so it gives authority to knpw if the driver is to blame of the manufacturer. All in all driverless cars is something that this generation is capable of doing, however these cars are not hundred percent driverless yet. One hundred percent driverless cars will probably something that comes in the next generation not this one. Manufactures such as Tesla are projecting to have a driverless car by 2016. However this car will be able to drive on autopilot for about 90 percent of the time not 100 percent. Other car companies are planning on having these cars by 2020. But before any driverless cars are put on public roads some issuess not to be addressed to keep driver safe, manufactures safe and the public safe. | 4 |
4795aab | As stated in source two, Al Gore won the popular vote when running for president against Bush, but lost the presidency by getting less votes from the electoral college. The American people were given a chance to vote but were overruled by the votes of the electoral college. Saying that, i believe the electoral college should be elliminated and the presidency should be determined by popular vote.
When citizens go to vote for president, they arent really voting for president. They are voting for that canidates electors in the electoral college. Americans should be able to directly vote for who they want to be president. By switching to popular vote only and abolishing electoral college, citizens have more of a say in there own country, rather than eveything going to a slate of electors who have the power to overrule the popular vote.
Although it may have some upsides, such as helping with very close elections, it is regarded as an anachronism. It is non-democratic and i believe it is unfair. The canidate who recieves the most popular vote should be garintied to win.
All in all, in agreement with source two, the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. It would better the voting system if we went to only popular vote and illiminated the electoral college. | 3 |
4795d3e | I think this can help and be useful for things because it can recognize emotions through how your bone structure in your face is.
This could be effective for lots of things like when the police are interrogating soemone the FACS could help tell what they're feeling they can't figure out if he's guilty or not.This would also be very educational by know how people in histroy felt like people in war or art.This excerpt is making Mona Lisa as an example because the machine recognized how she felt when posing for the painting.
Now some people may look at this and not like it which I can understand.Some might say that we need our privacy and don't want a machine getting in our business.These machines would be used in a responsible and effective way like interrogations,learning,therapy,and knowing how your young kid feels.Depression is really common nowadays and if therapists had this they could help depressed people more by knowing how they feel.This could bring down the percent of the world that is depressed or suicidal and could stop suicides and keep more families happy.A great department for this is health when going in to get checked out by the doctor,doctors could find out if or how much pain your in which then could help with what kind of medicine or treatment would be good for you.
So from what I've read and thought of this system seems very useful in a lot of things and a big one is depression and people who struggle with their feelings.I am totally agreeing with this being effective and can't see a problem with this besides someone wanting their privacy of feelings to themselves,but we wouldn't be using this when people don't want us to.There would be a average amount of people who would dislike this but I think more people will find this problem solving. | 3 |
479771b | The face was not created by aliens for many reasons. An example would be how NASA wanted to take a picture, to reasure the American people. If it was created by aliens NASA wouldn't want to be taking pictures of it. Also it wasn't kept a private matter, NASA wanted all to see the face. Anothere example would be how NASA went out of there way to prove there cliam. Mission controllers stated that "it was not easy to target Cydonia". "In fact it was hard work", NASA stated how they didn't pass over the face very often. The last example would be how NASA took the picture a such high quality for the people. The article states that the team used maximum resolution for the photo. Back when the first Viking photo came out the quality wasn't as advanced as it was in 2001. I think the quality of the photo helped the American peole to understand NASA's cliam. After all was said and done NASA said the photo just shows a butte or mesa which is commonly found in the American West. That's why I think the face wasn't created by aliens. | 3 |
4799bc4 | Dear Florida state senator,
I believe that we should keep this Electoral college process because it will be very helpful. With the Electoral college process it is not just popular vote that wins. If it was just popular vote that won then we would not even have smart people running for president and have celebrities winning and becoming president. With the Electoral college process there is also the presidency vote. The presidency vote basically tells us wether they are smart or not. "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 then the kind we have now." In this piece of evidence it shows how the presidency vote inside the Electoral college process can win an election even if you win the popular vote. Which shows how much more important the Presidency vote is and why we need the Electoral college process. If we lost it we would be lost. Just imagine people like Kim Kardashian being a president.
Sincerely, Someone who cares | 2 |
479c18d | The Face on Mars has caused a lot of controversy over the years, since it was discovered and caught on camera in 1976. Some people think that it was created by aliens and others think it is just a natural landform. I think that it is just a natural landform for many reasons.
I believe that the Face is a natural landform because in the 12th paragraph of the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars," Jim Garvin says, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." The Face on Mars is actually very similar to many landforms in the American West. Now, you might say that the Face on Mars was built by aliens. But, like I said before, it is similar to many landforms we have to the west of us here in Indiana. Did we, the people, build the Grand Canyon? No, no we did not. Just because a landform looks a lot like a face, does not mean that it was built by the people living there.
In case I have not yet convinced you, I have a statement and a question for you. The Face was said to look like an Egyptian so, how could the "aliens" know what the ancient Egyptians look like if they were not there when the Egyptians were prospering? The truth is, they could not know what they looked like because they were not there.
If we were to go back to the 1976 image and compare it to the 2001 image, what would be the difference? If you were to look at the article to the left, you could tell that the image taken in 2001 has better quality and you can see the Face more clearly. Looking back at the images side-by-side, it looks as if the 1976 has shadows cast on it and the 2001 image does not have the same shadows as the first image taken of the Face. In the last picture taken of the face, it looks less like a face because of the big role the shadows play on the first image.
Overall, I think that there are more facts pointing towards the Face on Mars being a natural landform instead of an actual face. Thanks to technology, we can infer that there might actually be a Face on Mars, but I highly doubt that it was actually a real face carved with alien hands. From what I see in the last image, it looks less like a face and more like a landform. What do you see? | 4 |
479e8ae | In my opinion, driverless cars would be extremely dangerous in certain situations. Especially with teenagers drivers. This invention could have a very bad outcome. Cars without drivers is pointless to me. How will cars know where to go how to get there? How will they be able to detect when there is a pedestrian trying to cross? Driving should not be made easier for our community because it is a part of everyday life.
Citizens will only become lazier and have no urge or motivation to not only drive but all other natural things. A car that drives it self will only make our country worse no better. It is cool when we see cars driving themselves in movie and on television, but is it really worth it? There are many pros and cons of this particular topic. Prod are there would be a lower rate of deaths and car related injuries because not many people would be driving. As citizens we also have to think about the small percent on people that could possibly be driving. What if a car without a driver had a malfunction and went out of control. I think the result of this situation could be far more dangerous than two drivers colliding.
As a teenager working to get my listens and start driving, cars that drive themselves are not very smart. I think driverless cars is just another way of asking for more conflict and death rates in our country. inbelieve the industry is trying to make electronics too much like humans. They are trying to make these products almost impossible to work, and in the long run lives will be lost. Then th question will be, "What should we do now? This was supposed to work." In my opinion technology is far too advanced now then it should be. I can only imagine what it will be like in five to ten years. I just hope driverless cars will not be in the near future. | 3 |
47a0abf | How much do we know of Venus? Not much except it´s a planet in space along with the other planets. But who knows what might be in that planet. Venus could have a lot we didn´t think it had, but no one, including myself, have ever study the planet at all. But we can now and see what lies in the planet known as Venus.
First off, Venus is one of the brightest points of light, making it simple for stargazers. Often called the Ëvening Star" but the nickname can be misleadinng since the planet Venus is...well a planet. While also very simple to see from the distant safe advantage of Earth, it proves to be a very challenging place to examine more closer. It makes you wonder what´s even that planet to study about.
Next, Venus´ surface has their temperature average over 800 degrees and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our planet. The planet´s conditions Venus has is way more extreme than we thought it would be that we wouldn´t be accustomed to the second we even try to get there. Beyond the high pressure and the heat, Venusian geology and weather present some impediments like volcanoes that can erupt, earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to seek land onto its surface. No wonder why Venus is fascinatiing in some people´s eyes.
Lastly, going over to Venus with a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can only have a limit insight on ground conditions since most of the forms can´t penetrate the dense atmosphere. It´s important to know that researchers cannot take samples of any rock, grass, or anything else in the distance. So if trying to seek to a conduct would have to resolve in getting close and personal despite any risks to do it. And that´s what makes Venus the planet that it is today. | 1 |
47a50cb | Does the Electoral College work?
The Electoral college is a process in which it happens. The Electoral collge is not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president. The Electors are people who vote for President and Vice President, and how many votes each one has gotten. The priotity in the Electoral College is that it consist of having 538 electors. 270 electoral votes is required to elect for the new President. It has to have the same amount of entitled alloment of electors to the same amount in its Congressional.
''Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors''. But are state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilties are. We as Americans all get a new President every four years and its always held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. When you are voting for your presidenrt you're voting for your candidate's electors. But most staes just have a ''winner-take-all'' system that awards all electors to the new winning president candidate.
Most people may not like who are next president is gonna be but all just have to deal with it because we all cant go back and pick who we wont to be president. It all depends on how many votes a person gets. Some may get only one vote and others will get millions of vote it all depends on if they think your good enough to rule your your county. It is very hard for you to make a decsion that big.
After the presidentail 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's Certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidentail election.
the Indefensible Electoral college:Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? That would be Abolishing the electoral college! AL Gore-thanks to the quiks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency. More than 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election. The electorak college still has its defenders.
If you are under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Sometimes stae conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidental canadidates themsleves. The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor.
What if state send two slates of electors to congress? It has happened before in Hawaii in 1960. Luckily vice president Richard Nixon, was there but he made sure to do so ''without establishing a precedent.'' The house's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of people.
In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only just wright there. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen staes didnt see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad. It's finally done The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Its har dto say but mr. Dole was right all along. | 1 |
47a5dff | Cars can now drive themselves without a person. Cars should not be able to do that. They are ment for people to drive them and have control of them. Involving technology with cars is not safe. Technology can and will fail. More accidents are prone to happen. People are getting to rolled up in the technology world and are loosing skills that could be useful. Various employees will loose their job.
Technology is always failing in businesses. It is not trustwothry. Why put your life in hands of technology? People have expierienced how technology sometimes crashes, freezes, and even recieves viruses. With technology involved vehicles could easily be broken in to or messed with. People now are seeing that technology is taking over and are getting more smart at it. Smart enough to be able to hack and send viruses. Its fairly easy and possible to break in to cars now, but now imagine how easy it could be just controlling with a computer.
Also the number of accidents will go up. One can easily forget how to control technology or not know. With "smart," cars if you forget you will not be able to stop the car which will cause a accident. Regular cars are controlled by people so one can easily and phyisically stop the car. Of coarse cars can always fail and with smart cars the car can stop but what if the technology crashes or fails. Honestly more technolgy is always crashing within people's daily life than breaks.
Also as paragrpah 4 states, the need of smarter roads will be needed for a car to be fully "smart". This whole smart car invloved with technology thing is very expensive. Money will be lost and to untrustworthy items. People should no let their life earnings go to waste on something that can basically be a path to death.
The technolgy already involved with cars is enough. The sensors that help people from hitting surrounding items with their car is really a big help.
As paragrpah 5 states some technology like sensors are nothing new. But improvement on sensors to where the vehicle does all the work and people just sit there does not sound right. This technolgy can help elderly and handicapped people but once again the would need to know how to use this new technolgy.
Getting a computer or any other technology device can take long or usually it is not possible. Getting a car fixed also takes time but, there is always a way that doesn not involve buying a new vehicle. Technolgy doesn't last much time before it gets damaged or a new version comes along. Cars are made to last long and again be able to get fixed up easily. WIth a smart cars, People will have to learn new things wit how to fix and work these cars. Which will take time since fixing a car and working a computer is a different thing.
In conlcusion, technology is taking the world over but technolgy is not worth the lives of people.
It fails and crashes which will make the number of accidents rise. People need to see that although there is problems alreday with regular cars people have more probelms
with computers and phone on a daily basis. | 4 |
47a87ad | "The challenge of exploring venus". In my opinion the author did a really good job in the way he support his ideas. In the article it states "Each previous mission was unmanned,and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". This shows how the author gives all his strongs examples to convinced the people who is reading the article about his idea.
second thing that the author talks about that makes his idea even stronger is when he saids " If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even disscusting further visits to its surface?". This shos that the author is explainin and also asking cuestions just so people can think about it.
Another thing he talks about is " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans
to study venus". In this article what the author is traying to said is that people could just go to venus and explore just the way people could fine alot of interesting things about venus.
At the end
the author also explain that the nasa is workin on something else.
In paragrahp 7 it sates " NASA is working on another approaches to studying Venus". This shows that the author is trying to convinced people that they are workin in something else too.
In conclusion the author is tryin to conviced people about his ideas and how the NASA have or havent done some of those ideas. | 2 |
47ac3aa | From what I understand, people are starting to use cars less and less.
Limited car usage has been seen in many different areas of the world recently and will continue to be seen in the near future. The green house gasses released from passenger cars is a tremendous harm to the ozone layer of our Earth. If one day a year we had a "No Car Day" then there would be a huge impact on the ozone layers.
Now I'm not suggesting that we just get rid of cars altogether, I love driving my car around, not just to get from point A to point B, but because of the freedom. Aside from that, cars are an essential for some people, like point A to point B for example. But, people that don't need to drive on a regular basis could get rid of their car and take the bus, or carpool. So there is always another option for transportation, I like to call it AT (Alternate Transportation).
If for one day of the year we had a "No Car Day" the ozone impact would be positively tremendous. Then people would also realize, "Hey, I have other ways of transportation like a bike, walking, or something else.", then there would be no problem with green house gasses guarenteed.
Now I know I haven't said a whole lot to make this sound good and all, but I do believe the percentage of people getting their drivers license is declining. My cousins in Texas feel they have no need for their license, when they always have someone to carpool them, or their parents just take them, or the city bus. Me on the other hand, I have a job, go to school, and I'm an active Boy Scout that helps with transportation on campouts throughout the year, it all depends on your circumstances on whether driving is appropriate for you.
Driving is an activity that many people do on a daily basis, but do they need to drive on that daily basis? Could they help towards a cleaner environment by finding alternate transportation? Or is a "No Car Day" in need? All of the above in my opinion. It all depends on your circumstance. | 3 |
47b0dbe | Resons that you should be apart of this woud be to many. the good part about this is that you get to help and that this is a once and a lifetime opporunity. the good resons that you need to sign up for this is that you can spend time with your friends and play sports while the animals are gone.
I think that they should come because this is a once and a lifetime oppourtunity. The reson that they shoud come is simple they should come because the sights that the town people will miss is astounding. Another reson is they should come because the feel of the free ness
you can have when you do this is magnifisant. The reson you should come is that you get to hang out with your friends like in paragraph 8 Luke said "The cowboys played baseball and volly ball in the empty holds where animals had been housed.
The most exiting reson that you should come is the sights that you will see like in paragraph 5 when Luck says " I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and china." "This would be a great opportunity for a town boy like me" he says. The time you spend on the boat will be awsome and the people you will meet and the places you will go will be spectacular.
Another reson would be that you get to help peopel and care for them after this awfull thing that has happned to them. The reson that you should sign up is that you can help them get the things that they need and to travle the world france,greece,china and Europe. The best reson of all that you should go on this journy is that you can get the oppourtunity to be apart of something to help the greater.
The resons that were listed were great ones that you should sign up and be apart of something good. To help these people would be a great thing to do and for yourself. To see all these sights would be over welming and breathtaking. The thrill of going to new places would be amazing and hanging out with your friends would be awsoe to. You can see the world and go places that you would never seen if you did not sign up for this. The best part is that you get to make trips as Luck says "By the time he was discarged in 1947 he had already made 9 trips, the ost of any seagoing cowboy" That would be good because Each shipment would be less than a month. | 3 |
47b45a7 | Venus is often referred as the Earth's "twin", mainly because of its similar density and size. Its close distance to the Earth makes an easy planet to explore. However, it presents a challenge because of the conditions.
The author shows the study of Venus is a worthy pursuit because of its similarities with the Earth. Astronomers believe Venus might have been covered with oceans and contained various forms of life. It has other features that resemble those of the Earth, including a surface or rocky sediments and formations like valleys, mountains, and craters. Its proximity to earth makes it the nearest option for a planetary visit.
The author also gives examples of ways Venus can be explored even with the dangers it brings. The NASA is working on solutions that will allow humans to visit the planet. A vehicle that hovers over the planet will avoid ground's conditions. Temperatres would still be high at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, the air pressure would be similar to that of sea leve. There would be plenty of solar power and radiation does not surpass Earth levels. These are hard conditions that are still survivable for humans.
However, using a spacecraft as such does not allow for photographs, videos, or rock and land samples because of the distance. Consequently, researchers are working on innovations that will enable machines to last longer. The NASA, on its side, is working on simplified electronics made of Silico Carbide that are tested in a chamber that simulates Venus's harsh conditions, and have lasted three weeks.
Another project uses the old technology of mechanical computers, which played and imprtant role during World War II. Unlike modern computers, that are quick but delicate, these do not require electronics at all. Instead, they are made of mechanical parts that can be made to endure pressure, heat, and other forces.
Though a dangerous task, the exploration of Venus is worth the risk. The author thinks the challenge has value, because "human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". His examples of similarities with the Earth and inventions made by researchers show that the mission should be conducted, because now there are solutons to the problems the conditios of Venus causes. | 4 |
47b9921 | About twenty five years ago from 2001, there was an object found on Mars. When our Viking 1 was scanning the planet to find a safe place for the next space craft to land, Viking 2, Viking 1 suddenly "spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." The scientists at first, were excited, but then we realized that it was probably a common Martian mesa. We just assumed that "this one had unusual shadows." We believe it to be just a natural land form that just happens to have the right shadows to look like a face, not some alien monument.
Soon, we decided that we needed to get a better picture. On April 5, 1998 our Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia to take a picture of the Face. The picture was "ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." The photo revealed that the Face is just a natural landform. There were no markings on it or anything that could prove the Face to be something like an alien monument or anything made by possible life on Mars.
Then we had people arguing that because of the location of the Face, 41 degrees north martian latitude, and that it was "winter in April '98-a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." People said that our camera would have to look through clouds. Skeptics said "alien markings were hidden by haze." Even so, it is unlikely that all the markings would be covered up, but we began to get ready to look again to hopefully settle everything about the Face.
Although it is very difficult to target Cydonia, on April 8, 2001 we got a second look. This was a "cloudless summer day." "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the feild of view," Garvin said. The picture was taken with maximum resolution. As Garvin went on to add, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like arplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"
In conclusion, the Face is just another natural landform. There are no signs of it being made by possible life on Mars. If there were signs even of possible life on Mars, I am sure we would have been able to see clues of it and if the Face was made by them. There is nothing provided to us to suggest hat the Face was made by aliens. We just don't have proof if it. The Face is however very similar to a butte or mesa. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," Garvin stated. The Middle Butte is about the same height as Face on Mars. These things are so similar, it is almost impossible to think that the Face was created by aliens. | 4 |
47ba414 | Do you know that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represents? In " The Challenging of Exploring Venus" article, the author talks about supporting the idea that studying Venus.
The author supports this idea by naming this article of usiong the word challenging, which means difficultness and is an obstacle you need to overcome also telling the reader or the audience of this beautiful view. According to the article the author stated that "Venus, sometimes called the 'Evening Star,' is one of the brightset points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot." Therefore, from this I can infer that the author is really into astronamy and wanted to inform the readers about many things about the stars or the planets of the sky.
As a result, this author proofs that the author supports the iead using wors well. So I think that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of danger. | 2 |
47bfbf4 | Cars have undergone many changes since they were first established. Since then what is reffered to by "smog" has severly incresed. "Smog" is also what is called greenhouse gas emissions. Over the years many countries have undergone ways to prevent car usage in effect to gradually reduce "smog"
In Vauban Germany, many people dont use cars due to the fact that street parking, driveways, and even home garages are tipiclly forbidden. Some benifits are, less stress, ruduced greenhouse gas emissions, closer shopping areas and stores in walking distance. In Paris, peoples driving rights on Mondays as well as Tuesdays are being revoked by the number on the license plate. All this in effort to reduce smog. Failing to abide the rules of revoked driving led to a fine which many people recieved, then giving up cars. In Bogota Columbia, theres a program meant to reduce the "smog" as well. This being called "Day without cars". Violations to follow the day without cars also resulted to a fine.
In the United States of America people have seemed to loose interest in cars and license at that matter. The peak of miles driven was in the year of 2005, decreasing after that, our percentage rate was 9 percent below the peak of 2005 and equal to the time period of January 1995. The decrease has been assumed to be because of the recession. Since the amount of miles has decresed, and because the recession people have not been as interested with driving beause how much gasoline has costed. With amount of miles drivien in America decresed, in Columbia, the a amount of bicycle paths had increased to 118+ miles.
Cars are on of the biggest greenhouse gas emission producers, in France, Diesel fuel was blamed because it was a favored from a tax policy. Paris tipically has the most smog due to the increased use of diesel fuel. Paris' amount of smog was 147 micrograms of particulate matter compared to a low of 79.7 micrograms of particulate matter in London. Usages of cars are going down all over the world. therefore reducing the amount of smog greatly.
The way many countries have new and improved ways to reduce the amount of smog is incredible. Cars are now being used less, biking, hiking, walking, and bussing is now easier to do with what is happened. Car companies have come to advertising cars they wouldnt usually advertise, becuase they are not selling as many cars and they are trying to appeal to everyone. It has been said with driving less it relieves stress, and has been scientifically proven to ruduce the amount of smog. Many people are interested and cars and getting their license, but it just has not been a priority. There are many advantages to limiting car usage. | 3 |
47c2307 | To me driverless cars would the a really good idea for the future. But there are some ups and downs to having driveless cars.
On the good side, people could just order a taxi online and you could put in where you want to go then have a place to pay inside the taxi. Also, you could just park the taxi's on the street and they can just wait to be used by someone. But on the other side someone could try to get out of the taxi without paying the price of the ride. A soulution to that would be the doors stay locked until the amount needed is payed.
Like it stated in the article it is going to be difficult to make a driverless car. It says that because smart car have to be operated by a human in a construction zone. So if someone can find a way to get around that then driverless cars would be the biggest new trend of the future. But until then we are stuck with the same old cas that we use today.
To get over this hump people are going to have to strive for greatness in order to achieve greatness. In conclusion, driverless car in my opinon would be one off the greatest things to happen to mankind. | 2 |
47c501e | In this generation we live in, a large number of people depend on cars. Cars are a huge help in society. They can cool you down on a hot summer day, or heat you up on a cold winter night. A place that would normally take a day to walk, a car can get you there in hours. It seems that these cars are the most helpful thing that has been invented, besides silverwear. However They are also very dangerous. They let out toxic chemicals that are slowly hurting the Earth. Thats why They're some citys that are trying to boycot cars. One example is Vauban, a city in Germany. The community is has giving up driving cars. Driveways and garages are forbidden in this district and if you look at the streets they are empty of cars. All of this goes to the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars tailpipes.
In the United States, the Envionmental Protection Agency is promoting car reduced communites and A few people are starting to act. Even President Obam's has ambitious goals to curb the United States Greenhouse gas emissions. The United States is the world's prime car cultures. However America's obsession with vehicles is starting to decrease. The number of miles driven in the united states peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily. Also as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak. Difernt things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift. Is it possible a recovery is underway? The next years will tell. | 2 |
47ccf06 | Cars produce the second highest amount of greenhouse gas in the United States, being 50% of the gas production in some car-intensive areas. This wreaks havoc on our atmosphere, irreversibly damaging it. However, in recent years, car usage and in turn the amount of gases produced by them has gone down. Many places are beginning to follow the trend "smart planning": carpooling, taking public transport, or even just biking and walking instead of taking your own car to work every day. This trend is incredibly advantageous, as it reduces gas emissions and benefits our health.
First is the reduction of greenhouse gases produced by cars. Car-intensive areas have a much higher amount of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter than areas which are starting to use smart planning. For example, Paris has an average of 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter, while London, which has started to use smart planning, has an average of 79.7 micrograms of PM per cubic meter; nearly half that of Paris. This reduction in gases shown by the trend is good for our atmosphere, and good for us.
Preventing us from choking on the smog produced by our vehicles is not the only health benefit that smart planning is providing. Instead of sitting cramped in a car with the only movement being pushing a pedal, people are out walking and biking and getting fresh air. This is not only a physical benefit but also a mental one, as many people have reported that they feel less stressed without the use of cars, such as Heidrun Walter, a citizen of car-free Vauban, Germany. Walter states, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."
The obvious beneficial properties of smart planning have begun to make it very popular, as Vauban is not the only place choosing to use less motor vehicles. Paris now hands out a fine to every motorist with an even-numbered license plate on one day, and any vehicle with an odd-numbered plate the next. Bogota, Colombia has an annual holiday where anyone using a personal motor vehicle will be fined 25$. Despite rain, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, and skated their way to work this year. Even the U.S. President Barack Obama is trying to curb the nation's gas emissions. Many people in America are already using less cars. With the public transportation system and a large number of people carpooling, the use of cars is steadily dropping. The number of miles driven per person peaked in 2005, and has steadily dropped since. In 2013, it had dropped nearly 9%, the lowest it had been since 1995. Driving by young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009, and there has also been a large decrease in the number of Americans ages 16-39 getting their licenses.
In conclusion, smart planning is incredibly beneficial to the world, and to us. Already emminently popular, it reduces the amount of greenhouse gases in the air by a significant amount, as well as causing some people to walk and bike, promoting excersize and reducing obesity. Smart planning is an amazing benefit to us as people and as citizens of the Earth, and it will only get more popular as time goes on. | 3 |
47d14b5 | In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because venus could possibly be a planet that once had life on it. Venus may have once been the most Earth like planet in our solar system.
The author states in Paragraph 4,
"Long Ago, Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, like Earth." The author put this in the passage to explain why we should keep trying to explore Venus despite the dangers it presents. If we were to continue exploring Venus and there was life on the planet then we could possibly find out what killed the living things and how long they survived on venus and if something similar could happen to Earth.
The author also states in Paragraph 8, "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 into many equally intimidating endeavors." The author put this in the passage to explain that if there was once life on Venus and whatever killed them could happen to us, so we need to explore Venus so we know what things to watch for so we don't end up like the forms of life possibly did on Venus.
The author sugests the idea "that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents" because we could possibly explore Venus but may not be to that level because there are still many things that need to be figured out before anyone can land on Venus and survive longer than a couple hours. | 3 |
47d6008 | Since I turned fifteen all I could remember dreaming of was my sixteenth birthday and getting a license, like most normal teenage girls. I just couldn't hold back on the feeling I got just thinking about a car and that freedom I would finally have as a licensed driver. That's when my mom decided how important it was to take care of the planet, and how I should dedicate my time to making this planet all the more greener. I've always been interested in the environment so I though about all the ways I could stay green...with a car that is. What most people don't understand however is the amount of pollution we have in our planet today and how we can do few simple things to avoid it, that's right girls, stop worrying so much about the car and focus more on how you could limit car usage and the advantages of doing so such as avoiding more polution, walking which can actually help you health wise and maybe even saving money on gas; a little green for green.
The amount of polution we have here in dear mother earth is just astonishing. Take Paris for example which happens to have more smog than any other European capital. This kind of polution isn't only bad for the environment however, it also affects us as individuals, polution can not only intoxicate our planet but us as well. Rather than spending a life time figuring out solutions and filling our bodies up with medication we should just be avoiding the problem once and for all, kill it at its source. Avoid using so much car travel that at the end of the day, a bus can take you to the same place and best of all, it comes guilt free.
Adding to the whole idea of a healthy lifestyle and environment, try walking, which by the way also prevents car usage and so kills two birds with one stone. If you drop the keys and pick up a pair of running shoes your helping to save the envoironment and at the same time guaranteeing a longer life for yourself. Take Bogota, Colombia for instance and its brilliant idea of Car-free day. Yes, it's exactly as it sounds; a whole day dedicated to reducing car usage, and although they still allow buses and taxis on the streets, regualr every day use cars are 100% banned. Whats the point of this you may ask? Well, it all must begin somewhere, one action creates a chain reaction.
One of an average persons problems here in America involve financial issues, especially now with the economy we have, gas prices aren't the same. How can you avoid a situation like this that may even help you cut down on your daily budget? How about taking other methods of transportation for a change? This way you save extra money for other necessities and at the same time, help clean out our environment by changing up your daily car trips here and there. Although it may not seem like much, a little bit of something can make a huge difference.
All in all, I believe it is important for everyone to undestand how essential it is that we put some thought into our world, especially those eager to drive. Just take a minute out of your eveyday busy schedules and find ways to reduce reuse and recycle to make our world even better for our future generations. | 4 |
47d7ad3 | In this article the author is explaining why venus is a worthly persuit and for the most part does not great. In the first paragraph the athour doesnt include a claim of why Venus is a worthly prusit despite the dangers it has . But instead gives information on Venus, so that the reader has a good idea of Venus and to understand the dangers of Venus. Like
" Venus is the second planet from the sun"(paragraph 1). Also he the author does the same thing in paragraph 2."often referred to as Earths twin "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size"(paragraph 2). And continues to do the same in paragraph 3 by just giving more information on Venus and why is is dangerous.
Its not untell paragraph 4 that the author gives a claim on why Venus is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers wich is . " astronomers are fascinated by Venus becuase it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (paragraph 4) and this is not a strong claim becuase this claim is not strongly supportingthe authors idea that studying Venus is worth it. But incudes evidence fro paragraph 2 about how earth and venus are referred to as "twin" . But in paragraph 8 the ator says "venus has value , not only becuse of the insight to be gained on the planet itself , but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"(paragraph8). thius feels like a stronger claim that could help explain why Venus is worth studying.
In the rest of that paragraphs the author does the same thing as in the first few paragraphs witch is just layin down more information on Venus. "'At thrity-plus miles above the surface, temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit, but air prussure would be close to sea level on earth".( paraghraph 5) and this just helps the reader unstand why it would be hard to go to Venus. Venus is worth studying becuse curiosity will likely lead us into doing so and we will gain great insight on the planet aslo possible find something new ,and our travels/explorations should not be limited by the dangers Venus aposes. | 3 |
47d8c55 | The Electoral College is best described as outdated and obsolete. It was designed so that, when there were too many states and poor technology, the vote could be fairly and reallistically counted, by voting between a few people from each state. This was good and efficient for that time, but, with the technology available to us today, it is impractical and easy to corrupt. if you live in a mostly Democratic state as a Republican, your vote is regarded as nothing, and you would have no reason to vote in the electoral college, instead of throwing your vote into the entire mass of the united states, where it has a chance to even slightly influence the vote. Also, since larger states are given more attention, due to the all-or-nothing attitude of most states, other states are given less information and are forced to make more wild guesses than votes, a result of having less information.
When the idea of the Electoral College was introduced, the telegraph was still pretty hot technology. All votes would be counted by hand by an impartial court, counting off the vote of every single person individually, out of perhaps more than a million voters. Instead of this, each state would record their own numbers and dispatch a group of electors, who could not be influenced away from their vote, while sending a horseman or a few across the hundreds of miles of U.S. territory with a few little scraps of paper with votes on it would be impractical and dangerous. bags could be lost, a rider could have an accident, entire counties would be unaccouted for. The Electoral College was a nessecity as well as a stroke of genius, and I applaud the man who thought of it. However, this was when the telegraph was a stroke of genius, too. Now we have a cell phone the size of a notecard that can store thousands or millions of votes alone. We have processors that can count the number of people that like apples versus oranges and come out with a percentage, verdict, reciept, and the best bussines option as soon as the numbers are input, as soon as we push that little blue "Enter" button. We can send the votes through the air in the billions, without as much as wires to conduct them. there is little or no possibility of tampering or miscommunication, and there are records to back up and correct every single little error. it is much smarter, safer, and more accurate to initiate a simple counting program on the computer, with each individual terminal sending all of it's results and information to a higher terminal until all of the information is scored, backed up, double checked, counted, percentaged, and a final verdict is reached. This can even be done in a way to run the information separately to different computers, to minimize tampering. The electoral college is obsolete, a small parasite of politicians who just dont want this to end. we dont still use the telegraph, do we?
The electoral college is not only obsolete, unnesessary and parasitic, but also unfair to many voters. The main ways this unfairness can be identified are extreme, and each really deserve a paragraph of their own. Let us imagine a scenario: a democrat lives in a mostly republican state. He goes to vote. His vote is passed along, checked off, and placed aside for a time. When all of the votes are in, the republican votes outweigh the democrats. Now, our democrat's vote, his wife's vote, the democratic guy who works at 7-11 down the street's vote, Joe's vote, Bob's vote, Billy's vote, "That girl Suzie's" vote and ALL THE DEMOCRATIC VOTES IN THE STATE are all, essentially, thrown into the furnace, and will do so next election, the election after, and essentially every mostly republican election after that. In a popular vote without the barrier of the Electoral College, all those votes would flow into the pile for whichever canidate they voted for. Then the pile would be counted, divided into the total votes, and percentaged. then, at lest the votes could count for SOMETHING, other than a waste of time. But wait! there's more. Most states have an all-or-nothing ideal, meaning if politician A got 51% of the votes in California, while politician B still got 49%, Politician A gets 55 votes in the Electoral College, while politician B gets squat. This does not represent the best interests of many of the people in that state. this is unfair. It also means that larger states have the advantage, because they get more votes, like California (55), Texas (38), and Florida (29), while smaller states get less, such as Alaska (3), Rhode Island (3), and Hawaii (4). Just to add insult to injury, this means that larger states are more fought over by politicians, leaving smaller states practically ignored. This is unfair to people in the Dakotas or Montana have no information to base their votes on, instead just picking a canidate by mainly party affiliation. the biggest political battles are in fact fought over the biggest states, in the forms of advertisements and propaganda. Although the propaganda is truely just that: propaganda, there is some truth in them, and the voters in bigger states are more well versed in the political and practical advantages of one canidate over the other. Article 3, while defending the Electoral College, in fact condems itself, by saying that voters in so called "swing states," where there is no true dominant party, are likely to be given the most information on the canidates as they battle over who will get that state's votes in the college. The same thing can be said for the bigger states, because neither politician can really afford to let the other gain the upper hand in that state. Therefore smaller states, or states that are basicly marooned on one party are ignored or disregarded as worthless and unattainable in any case, so they widthold information from them, forcing them to vote blindly in favor of whichever party they choose, which votes may be discarded anyway. With an uncensored popular vote, the political canidates will be forced to advertise for all of the united states, instead of just the bigger or indevisive states. this will also remove all of the unfair advantages from the larger states, including more information as well as an unfairly weighted voting system.
In conclusion, the electoral college was the most efficient and sucessful way to vote, back in the 1700-1800. However, with current communication and transportation technologies, the College has become obsolete, to the point where it should be buried at a crossroads with a stake through it's heart. It is unfair, biased, impractical, and just overall worthless. We should put our newfound technology and knowledge to use and do away with the electoral College, once and for all. | 6 |
47da28b | How can facial scanning computers tell people's true feelings? Sure, computers can read our face and tell us the expression given, but they cannot tell how you are truly feeling unless we tell them ourselves. Facial expressions on people's faces defintely tell us how they look and might feel but not all smiles can be true just by scanning someone, expecially with computers.
Technology can tell a person their expression but not their mood of the day or that current second you have a device scanning you. Technology results always malfunction or crash or never come out correct. However, today people are deciding that technology has improved with that even though it has not. In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile," it sates in the first paragraph," She' 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. No that's not your science teacher, grading your latest lab assingment. It;s the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting, Mona LIsa- at least according to some new software that can recongnize emotions." In this quote, it clearly states that it's just some new type of software that thinks it can scan emotions. Yes it says emotions but cannot scan the deeper meaning inside humans. NObody can tell how you're feeling except yoursef. In the article, it also states," IN fact, we humans perform this same impressive 'calculation' everyday. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."This quote states that people make suggestions on people's feeling but their observations, not the person telling them. People shoud not be putting all the say in technology or observation because you never now whether you could be wrong or right. Having this device in the world is a 50/50 win-lose situation. Many people do believe that these devices can help people out with telling their emotions but not the true mood. Also stated in the article, "Using video imagery, the new emotion- recognition software tracks these facials movements-in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa." Along with saying that computers can detect fake smiles and real smiles, this is correct which also explains they can never know the true meaning.
Lastley stated in the article, it says" TH the real simle, the zygomatic major lift the corners if your mouth while in a false smile, the mouth is streched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle." This shows that technology can only detect the real or fake smile of someone along with a "true" expression for someone from observation.
IN conclusion, everyone cannot lie on technology for everything because you never know when the computer is making a fase observation,because people make mistakes everyday along with computers. And if we simply cannot trust them with that, then how can we know we can believe their results about facials and not the true mood. | 3 |
47dc56f | Dear state senator,
I think the Electoral College should stay because like most well educated Americans the people of the Electoral College know who they want to lead this country. Most Americans complain about how there vote doesn't matter but it really does. Your vote is what's making the electors decied on who should lead America.
The Electoral College is a group of well educated people that understand congress better than the average American citizen. In order to choose the right leader we need to have the highly qualified people for the job. Most Americans don't know what toppings to put on their pizzas, now imagine what kind of trouble they would have choosing someone to run our country. when you vote you don't vote for the president or the secrotary of state or the governor, you vote for a slate of electors that then choose who to elect as the leader of the country, state, or city. the Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the canidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. but each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and the trust is rarely betrayed.
There are 5 reasons for retaining the Electoral College.
Certainty of Outcome
A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible but it is less likely than a dispute over th popular vote.
2. Everyone's President
The Electoral College requires a presidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a regional favorite, such as Mitt Romney was in the south, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he's more favorited to win in. this is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to become a succesful president.
3. Swing States
The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign knowing that they're going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters and the most thoughtful voters are the ones that are going to be deciding the election.
4. Big States
A large state usually gets more attention from presidential candidates then the smaller states 5. Avoid Run-Off Elections
There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election procces, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.
A good precentage of Americans want the Electoral college to be gone but i think that the Electoral College should keep doing what it is doing because they know how to choose the right candidate and they have a great 5 step procces to choose who should lead the United States. | 4 |
47dc813 | The Face on Mars is just an Martian mesa which usually form weird shapes on the surface from time to time. It loks like an alien artificat because of the shadow effect and the way the sand moved it. It is just an natural landform that was just shaped like a pharaoh.
On paragraph 7 states on "April 5, 1998, When the Global Surveyor flew over the Cydonia for the first time, the team took 10 pictures sharper than the original Viking photos". They later revealed on their JPL web site it was just a natural landform. This point was argued over conspiracy theorist though because it was a cloudy day on Mars. On paragraph 10 they took it again on April 8,2001, where it was not cloudy. They took another picture on the Global Surveyor at maximum resolution. On paragraph 11 Jim Gavin, the chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, came out and said this picure
proved that Mars has no life on the planet. He 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.
On paragraph 12 they say they are a butte or mesa which is landforms common around the American West. They even give an example one saying it reminds him of the "Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho". As you can see from the evidence I've given you it is a common mistake to mistake a common landform for an alien creation. I hope this helps you learn and help you in future cases when you mistale something on a planet for a alien artifact or alien creation when it is just a natural creation. | 3 |
47de4d6 | "So, what you're trying to tell me, is that out of some kinda coincidence, the face was truly just an illusion due to the shadows?" the man asked. "I'm not buying it."
"Yes," I replied, "and I'm about to show you why I'm right."
The man momentarily snickered and went on to say, "I'm all ears."
The face on Mars has long been debated about whether or not it was pure coincidence, or truly an alien landmark that could spark the truth of whether or not aliens truly may exist on planet Mars. Today, I (Nasa Operative) am going to confirm this coincidence simply as nothing more than Martian terrain with a perfect and unusual casting of shadows to create the illusion, along with the help of the article, "Unmasking the Face on Mars".
To begin, as of the past, technology was not very advanced when the first glance at the face was looked at. As of then, the picture was more blurry, and an illusion was casted. These two go hand in hand, as it makes the landscape look more like a face. However, the recent pictures withold better, sharper, and newer quality in which were taken at different angles and lighting, have proven that the "face" was nothing more than Martian landscape. I know this because, "Malin's team captured an extrodinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. 'As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, ' he 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!'
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa---landforms common around the American West."
Furthermore, this set of information proves the theory of an alien artifact wrong. Although many still believe the artifact and that it regeardless may be true life is on Mars, the face is irrelevant to an alien theory and has been debriefed as no more than part of a Martian messa.
"Whatever, geek! You're just saying this stuff to put it in my head!" angrily defended the man.
"The facts don't lie, my friend," I replied, "there may or may not be life on Mars, but there certainly isn't a face." | 3 |
47e73e8 | Driverless cars are coming? When this comes to mind I am against it. Driverless cars are a riduculous and dangerous idea. What would be the point of even having a car if you cant drive it. "Driverless cars" still need a person to take over when in danger. It's not a driverless car if someone needs to assist it.
Google has made cars that drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars however aren't truly "driverless". They alert the person driving to take wheel when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. If the car can't do those things then its not driverless. They shouldn't make "driverless" cars if we still have to take over the wheel!
Driverless cars cause danger. The car can only handle driving functions at speeds of 25 mph! This can cause car accidents with faster moving cars. The slow speed of 25 mph can aslo cause traffic jam. The driverless cars are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skill. What if the person isn't alert ? This was cause accidents. Companies need to stop making "driverless" cars because they cant do things alone. They need a human driver! There's no point for having driverless cars.
It is riduculous having a car that drives its self and then asking for the drivers help when it needs it. It is riduculous how many sensors the car has to WARN you. Is it not safe since it has so many senors ? The sensor can break or mess up and cause a crash. It is riduculous that people are even making these cars.
In my conclusion driverless cars are a waste of time. The safest way to be out on the road is having the driver under all control and doing what needs to be done. Driverless cars will cause danger and the driver would want to blame the car. | 3 |
47eeda2 | The advantages of limiting car usage are overwhelming. Even so much as a car-free day as Bogota Columbia has been doing for the past three years is majorly beneficial. Limiting car usage has been sweeping around the world. It is stated that "passenger cars are responsible for almost 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in the United States. This indicates that the continuous usage of all these automobiles needs to be acknowledged and limited.
Located in Vauban, Germany is a suburb where there are no cars and life goes on, according to Elisabeth Rosenthal. A resident of the suburb, Heindrun Walter, says,"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." This movement of separating suburban life from auto use is called "smart planning", and is a growing trend in the United States and Europe (Rosenthal 5). In the passage it clearly says that "...as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles...chatter of wandering children drown our the occasional distant motor." This fantasy like state is possible with the cutting of auto usage.
Paris, France had a partial driving ban enforced when they had days of near record pollution in the air. By doing so Robert Duffer writes,"Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France". With this information the thought that the car gas emissions were obviously a huge component in the horrible pollution comes about. On the other hand in Bogota, Columbia they are and have been having a car-free day by choice. The turnout was large even with gray skies and showers. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating," says Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus. Another person, Carlos Arturo Plaza, said,"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," while riding his bike with his wife. The city's parks and sport centers have been blooming along with the construction of sidewalks and new restuarants and shopping areas, writes author Andrew Selsky. This is important because it shows the beneficial and positive outcomes limited car using has. Not only is it neccessary for you but it is essential to the world and atmosphere around us.
Lastly, in the United States President Obama has been working hard to curb the greenhouse gas emissions. Many statistics have come down showing that America's love affair with its vehicles is cooling, according to Rosenthal. Sociologists have said that is this pattern presists the implications will be beneficial to the environment. Many young people now do not make driving one of their priorities. They organize to car-pool or take public transportation to get to where they need to go. The reality of it is if you can do something to help a major crisis in this world and give yourself an advantage they why not do it? Limiting car usage is more important than you think, and without doing so you can miss out on major opportunity, motivation, and forward moving. | 3 |
47f3a3d | This new found technology is outstanding and can do marvellous things, however, it is not needed for students in the classroom.
I feel that it would not be as beneficial to students as the author makes it sound. At some point this technology may be helpful for counselors of schools but it is not for daily classroom use.
I am not saying that this technology is not an innovation. It is a tremendous breakthrough to the world of technology. And it could be beneficial to some professions and aspects of life, like psychology, but it just does not apply to students in the same way. The author says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor".
This is not true.
The only way that this could be true is if we replaced human teachers with computers, and that, i think, is a huge step in the wrong direction.
Technology is helpful to the world but to much of it may be a problem that is irreversable.
Furthermore, I think that this technology could be very helpful to high school counselors. With the emotional reader the counselors will be able to identify cases of depression or anxiety or other mental disorders found in high school easier.
In the article it states, "we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day". This is referring to the calculating the computer does. It says that we do that to which is true but we are not nearly as precise or efficient. That is why we need this technology or something like it for counselors, to lighten their burdens, but to also ensure that their job gets done.
Finally, I believe that the installation of emotionally sensing computers to every classroom would be a mistake. However, putting them in the hands of counselors would be brilliant. I think that the world should look into this technology more and decide the best uses for it. | 4 |
47f4d37 | The author of this passage supports his idea of the worthiness and challenging exploration of Venus throughout the passage. The author states that Venus is referred as our "twin" or "sister planet" and explains the surface terrain and atmosphere of Venus. The author also explains why there has not been any spacecrafts sent to the planet in such a long time. In the pasage it also states that "Venus could have been like our earth a long time ago and that it has similar features relating to Earth. the author Also explains why scientist are still fasinated and are still trying to figure out how to productivly examine Venus.
Venus is our "twin" when it comes to different types of features he planet has. Venus is occasionally the closest planet to Earth. Since Earth, Venus, and Mars have different sizes and mass they orbit the sun and different speeds. This means that sometimes Mars is closer to us than Venus at the right time of year. Scientist examine and still want to study our neighboring planet Venus because they belive life couldve been supported on the planet at one point in time and want to know if the planet has had such capabilties.
In the passage it states that there has not been a rover or a unmanned spacecraft sent to Venus in more than three decades. The reason that there hasnt been a manned mission before is that no spacecraft or rover has survived more than a few hours. Venus has a thick atmosphere that blankets the planet that contains 97 percent carbon dioxide. The planet also has a even more challenge to overcome,the clouds of highly corrosive acid hovering Venus has destroyed spacecrafts that have gone through them. The surface tempature of Venus is 800 degree Farenheit, and the extreme pressure on the planet is 90 greater than Earths. Venus has the hottest surface temperture in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the sun the additional forces on the planets surface and atmosphere such as; volcanoes, lighting storms, and very powerful earthquakes has the planet at the extreme tempertures it has.
Scientist are stil fasinated by the challeges ad risk venus has to offer. There sare many risk that scientist cant take or overcome ,yet. Scientist are discussing new ideas on how to safely and efficently study our Sister planet. An idea that NASA has come up with is to build a blimp-like vechical that could hover 30 miles about Venuss surface to avoid the harsh terrain and extreme temperture. The author states that the tempertures would still be more than we would normally experience on earth at 170 degrees farenhiet. The amount of pressure on the vechical at that height would almost be equvialent to earths sea level, these conditions are not easy but a human could survive with the right equipment and spacecraft. However this idea has its downside. Since the clouds are so thick and the atmosphere isnt clear from that height humans or cameras would not be able to observe from the ship or collect surface samples to bring back with them.
The author writes this passage with convincing facts throughout the passage and explains the tough challenges that scientist have to overcome , which they will in our near future. In conclusion the author explains;the worth of overcoming these challenges , the harsh conditions of observing Venus, the details of the atmosphere and the challenges and risk and a likley solution to solve the problems of the planet Venus. | 4 |
47fc3e1 | Some people are arguing that the face on Mars was created by aliens. This however is not true. The claims made by these conspiracy theorists are not legit and are not based on information certified by NASA.
Others are saing that NASA knows that the face was obviously made by aliens but they just don't want to tell us. This is also not true. NASA would tell us if there were signs of life corrisponding with the face on Mars. In fact, NASA would be excited to tell us, for they have been searching for signs of life on Mars. When they took that picture of Mars in 2001, you could clearly see that it was just a natural landform. There were no airplanes or any sign of civilization. There were no aliens lounging or getting a tan on Mars.
Another thing that people forget is that these people who work for NASA are highly intelligent. They didn't go to college for four years then go into this. They went for many years. You know when people dumb things down a bit by saying, "It isn't rocketscience." Well this IS rocketscience. It is very hard work to even get a picture of the face. As it said in paragraph 9, Its not easy to target Cydonia, says Garvin. In fact, its hard work. Mars Global Surveyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km-wide strips. We just dont pass over the Face very often, he noted.
These conspiracy theorists are looking over pictures and information that NASA discovered. It is simply illogical for someone to believe another who has made up a theory that completely goes against what NASA is putting out there. If they are smart enough to come up with a theory that is true then they would work for NASA.
You cannot believe everything you read, especially online. If you are looking for solid information, go to certified websites. Let's say you do want to figure out information about the face on Mars. You go to NASA's official website. That goes for every topic. You want to look for the right information so you can be informed correctly.
I hope I convinced you that the face on Mars was not created by aliens, but is just a simple natural landform. I also hope I convinced you to look for the right information for anthing you need. | 3 |
480146f | Cars are one of the most popular modes of tansportation. They are used widely across the United States and the world. Technology has grown to an unbelievable hieght. With this, comes the driverless cars. Driverless cars are extremely useful and are the cars of the future.
Driverless cars can be used for many things. The text states, "The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus." Google cofounder Sergey Brincan explains that driverless cars can be used for so much more than individual vehicles. They can be used for big populations and could carry a lot of people.
These cars can alert drivers of dangers on the road and steer them in the correct way. The passage reads, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." This suggests that although there may not be an advanced technology allowing complete driverless cars, these vehicles can stop the car and warn the driver that danger is ahead.
Google has developed their own type of driverless car. The text states, "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009." The technology for driverless cars is not as new as some people might think. This idea has been around for more than six years. The text also states, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." This illustrates that the smarter cars are also safe.
Driverless cars sound neat, however it may not be reachable. The text states, "but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless." This suggests that the technology for this thought may not be completely whole. The text also states, "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." If a driver has to take control of the car, than it is not a driverless car. New technology is being developed everyday. Although a driver may need to take over during an emergency situation, these vehicles have the capability of driving by themsleves.
There are many advantages to having these specific smart cars. They can help people's everyday life and make transportation easy. Driverless cars are truly the vehicles of the future. | 4 |
4803882 | "Hi my name is Luke I am a Seagoing Cowboy," I thought in my head. No, "How are you today?" I thought again, "How are you today, my name is Luke, I am a Seagoing Coybow!" "Yes!" I said outloud. I am trying to convince people to join the Seagoing Coybows program. It is a program about helping others in Europe and give them what they need.
I went up to a boy who looked to be about 18. I told him,"How are you?" He said,"Im doing horrible, I just lost my job at the bar." I said,"I am very sorry to hear that, but i have something to offer you, by the way how old are you?" He said, "I am 19 years old, but what is this offer you are giving me?" I said, "Ok thats good, I am a Seagoing Coybow, we are looking for people that want to help others in Europe by giving them what they need." He said, "No way, i've been trying to join the program but I missed the singups, im in, also my name is Gavin!"
I said, "Glad to hear!" I also said, "Do you have any friends or family that want to join the program?" He said, "I don't know, hmm, maybe my friend Ben?" I said, "Great, do you think you can go on my ride and go to his house if he is home?" He said, "Yes, he is home right now!" I said,"How old is he?" He said, "He is 23 years old, met him at my job, we were both fighting over something, but we became friends!"
We both rode in my wagon. We made it to his house. I knocked on the door three times no answer. Then when Gavin knocked on the door in a wierd sort of pattern we could hear footsteps. Ben came down he looked big and strong.
I asked him,"Hey Ben, I have met your friend Gavin today, he is going to be joining the Seagoing Coybows program, are you interested in joining?" He said, "No sounds dumb." I said, "How is it dumb to help people in need?" He said, "I don't wanna help just like I said the first time and I don't care! Ben's mom came downstairs.
She yelled, "Who is it and what do you want with me and my son!" I said, "We are just seeing if he is interested in joining a program!" She ran downstairs and now we saw her. She was tall and had blue eyes with blonde hair. She said, "What type of program?" I said, "The Seagoing Coybows program, I have made 9 trips across the oceans, the most any Seagoing Coybow has, I was recruited in it in 1945 and it is an amzing job, I have been on many amazing adventures and got to visit cool places, you also help people in need!" She said the same thing that Ben said.
She said, "There is no point in doing it!" I said, "How is it bad to help people in need?" She said, "Why should I care?" Ben said, "I know right?" I said, "What if you were that person in need and needed food,supplies, and transportation?" "Wouldn't you want help? She said, "I guess your right, son you should sing up seems like a great offer to travel places and help people." Ben said, "That's dumb, I don't care about them, I care about me, look I need a haircut and you want me to help people instead that I don't care about at all?"
I said,"I will pay for your haircut and it is an amazing offer just like your mom said!" He said, "What would you do in the boats?" I said, "You would feed and water the animals, but there is also fun things to do like play volleyball,ping pong,fencing,boxing,and reading!" He said, "Sounds good I guess I will join!" I said, "Ok great!" We all left the small town and got on the boats. It was going to be a great adventure! | 1 |
4804ff2 | The Seagoing Cowboy program is a program where you help people in destress who don't have food. This program is a great program helping people is what you do. Not only helping but somtimes you get to check out the place where you were sent so it is also like a vacation.
I think you or someone you know should join this program. I think it would be fun because in the text Luke Bomberger who was a former Sea Cowboy he got to go site seeing and check out some pretty cool places. One of those cool places is the Acropolis in Greece. Another reason you or a person you know should join is because in the text luke says that after you are done delivering the resources you get to play games and tournements on the boat. Also it is a good way to use time while on sea.
The Seagoing Cowboys are a huge help when there is a big crisis and the real thing that matters is that you are helping people out that is a good thing to remeber. Those are my reason to join the Seagoing Cowboys program and you will not regret it. | 2 |
4808158 | Driverless cars can be a bad thing and a good thing for the world. Driverless cars would be a bad idea when it comes to the saftey of people. Driverless cars could also be a good thing for the econmy and earth.
Driverless cars would not be such a good idea just because you dont really know if the technology is actually gonna work and be safe for people. Most technology if not all technology have probles sometimes. Just think of a car driving its self down the road and all of the sudden something goes wrong with the car and the car causes and accident where a few poeple got hurt or die. If something like this happens whos fault is it? The person in the vehicle or the people who desighned the vehicle?
We've been creating computer driven cars that also have a feature that the driver in the vehivle can take over and control the vehivle at any time. Apple reciently is making a car that drives its self but can also be driven by a person controling the vehicle. In my opinion thats ten times safer than a car that drives on it own. Most newer cars these days have features like Antilock breaking systems or sencors that make a vehicle back into an area or parking spot on its own. Ford Reacenlty came out with a truck that back itself up to hook onto a traler insted of the driver having to do it. During this period of the truck hooking to a traler by its self the driver has an option to use that feature or do it manualy.
In this passage it talks about BMW having a car with a feature called Traffic Jam Assistance witch is that the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, and it also has special touch sencors to make sure the driver keeps ahold of the steering wheele and is alert during this time.
As of right now I dont belive we have and cars that copletely drive them selfs, but alot of newer cars these days have features that can help assist you in stituations when needed. Some cars stop on there own if your getting to close to another vehicle and the driver is not paying attention. Those are the type of vehivles we need. We dont need cars that can drive themselfs that coud have something go wrong with the car and cause a reck or endager lifes. Even in some states it is illegal to test computer driven cars. I wonder why? It's probably becase they might not be sucha good idea.
Now there are positives to drivelss cars. People would save money by not having to buy or use there cars when they have cars that can drive them around. The driveless cars would be good on gas so money would be saved on gas. Also not using much gas is good for our enviorment because it would be less polution to the earth if everyone started switching to using driveless cars. I think there are more negatives in this situation then positives.
To sum all of this up Im not sure if drivless cars are sucha good idea or ever will be a good idea untill later in the future after the technology has been tested for many of years and advanced to the fullest to where it has the capability of hadling a driveless car. | 4 |
480c834 | Dear Mr. Rubio,
My name is PROPER_NAME and I am a concerned youth.
The electoral college system is archane, confusing and disruptive to the constitutional democratic republic that is the United States of America. Voters are thrown off by this system and are often completely over-looked in an election. For a country that was built on the ideals of freedom and fair representation, using the electoral college system isn't right.
Firstly, canidates running for president need a majority of 270 the 538 electors to win an election. Thus, they focus more on winning swing states such as Ohio, rather than winning the approval of their constituents. This immediatly shows faults of the electoral college. What kind of government is running the world's super-power? One that ignores its people and bombs governments of other countries for doing the same thing? The electoral college takes away from the value of the vote- a right for which the United States of America was founded. The electoral college may have had good and just intentions, but isn't effective or fair now. Also, with the embarrassingly low voter turnout the USA has already, having a confusing, old-fashioned and unfair system of electing leaders will only decrease the amount of citizens that actually go to the polls. Studies like the one published September 1st, 2012 by the American Research Institute, have shown that the average American person doesn't know very much about their country and how it works. Those that do are a minority. So, why would the government that is supposed to be looking out for, protecting and listening to its citizens still use a system that only deters already ignorant people from participating in elections?
Secondly, the electoral college (in addition to putting down the voter) has been proven to be faulty. Like the 2000 election with George W. Bush, with Clinton in 1992 and Nixon in 1968- these men all had less of the popular vote, but were president. How? How did they become the Leader of the Free World- the Free World that gives everyone the right to vote for their representitives- without the popular vote? Without the blessing of their constituents? How were these men sworn in without the backing of true democracy?
The electoral college.
This system goes against every democratic ideal in the United States' foundation! And yet, it is still how president after preseident is put into the Oval Office- sometimes wrongly as explained above.
The electoral college is wrong. It just is. There are no valid arguements for it. It puts down the voter and, in a sense, makes them obsolete which, in addition to being extremely hypocritical, is just not right .
Mr. Rubio, I am a citizen of this great country. I don't break the law, I don't burn flags, I love my nation and I care deeply for my fellow Americans. You are a United States Senator. Shouldn't you feel the same way? Help to abolish the electoral college. There are only benefits for the corrupt, not for the citizens.
Mr. Rubio, help to abolish the electoral college if you believe in a strong America.
Yours,
PROPER_NAME | 4 |
481b61e | The future is coming, whether one likes it or not. An extreme way the future is coming at us full speed ahead is driverless cars. Some people think it would be revolutionary in the best of ways, and open the doors to many other oppurtunities. Others disagree and say it is impractical and dangerous to the lives of everyday pedestrians.
Driverless cars have been tested many times. If a company is able to successfully manufacture such a car, there is always one setback: it is too expensive to be practical. This is the case with engineers at Berkeley. They created a car using magnets of opposing polarity; however, these cars recquired the update of already existing roads, which is entirely too expensive and would take years. Driverless cars are simply too expensive to be a common machine in everyday life.
The thought of driverless cars has obviously been seriously considered many times; however, it all comes down to the final outcome. If, hypothetically, the cars were successfully manufactured and the roads were somehow adjusted to fit the needs of such cars and were financially within the budget, the idea of driverless cars is still extremely dangerous. The safety of surrounding drivers and pedestrians is put at risk. No car can be completely diverless. This is because if there is a blind pedestrian walking across the street or construction going on, the car will still need driving assistance. Without it, a completely driverless car could vry well cause even more accidents than there are already. If the lives of innocent civilians are at stake, is a car that drives itself really worth it?
Continuously, if perhaps an automatic car were to hit someone and severely injur or potentially kill someone, the blame could be put onto the owner of the car. No matter how hard the owner tries to tell the court of his driverless car's accident, the person is still to blame. This could have never happened if the driver was actually driving the vehicle. This could cause many problems in the future.
All in all, the use of driverless cars should never be allowed in everyday life. Not only is it subtantially too expensive to be practical, but also dangerous and could lead to unfair and unnecassary lawsuits. The factors and outcomes are not worth the ability to not have to drive. | 4 |
481b89b | VENUS
venus is actually a planet, venus sometims called the "evening star" in our solar system, venus is the second planet from our sun. while venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.
1- the umas stuydin the planet venus for more than the 3 decades numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging plante for humans to study, despite its proximity to us but the planet venus is a small and dangerous planet in the system solar because venus has a atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere. 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. these conditions imposivilite the life in this planet and are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. beyond high pressure and heat, venusian geology and weather present adittional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning stikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
2- also notable, venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even thought mercury is closer to oue sun. if our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface? at thirthy-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be cole to that of sea level on earth.
3- the scientist has the idea in the future visit the venus and come humans and stay living in the planet venus but how?
astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have benn the most earth-like planet in our solar system. long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth the value of returning to venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive? NASA has one particularly comeplling idea for sending humas to study venus. NASA's posiible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray...
the humas can stay in venus? the solar power would be plentiful \, and radiation would not exceed earth levels. not easy conditions, but survivable for humas
striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight t be gained on the planet itself, but also because hman curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. our travels on earth and beyound should not be limit by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovations. | 2 |
481d724 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author makes valid points on the positive and negative of having a driverless car. I belive both sides of the aspect of this problem. But I dont see why there is a problem with a driverless car. This is why I belive there should be driverless cars.
The thought of a driveless car sounds like a horrible this because the car could malfunction and crash. Though this may be true " Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009." Google is a company that is know to have great software and have great advancement in technology. Not only have they been doing this for now seven years but " Their cars have driven more tha half a million miles without a crash." In seven years the driverless car Google has hasn't crashed yet. Not only is Google working on there own car they have worked with the company Toyota to help modify the new Toyota Prius. Google "... uses postition-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." With all of this extra advanced equipment in and on the car this will make driving on hundread percent easier. Even though the driver wont have there hands on the wheel at all times the car is not completly driverless. " They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and br ready to take over when the situation requires." So people who dont agree with this should know that the driver still can drive the car and needs to be alert at all times has if they were driving a mannual car. so in the case that there is a problem in the road ahead or something is in way and the car cant do anything on its own " GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehichle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over." So there are saftey percations if the driver is not paying attention to the road to get there attention. People who are making these cars ar very smart because the " Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." Many people say love is a two way street and I would say the same thing for this situation. The road needs the attention of the driver and the car so the car has to make sure it's watching the driver and the driver has to watching the car.
In the end driveless cars well have more tah enough security to protect the people in the car and the people outside the car to protect hteh has well. Has they say " It's better have something and not need than need it and not have it". That is why there are alot of cameras and that Google has taken seven years to study this and devoplope this because they want the bst use of this. | 3 |
4827309 | My name is Luke Bomberger, and I just got back from an amazing trip from being a Seagoing Cowboy.
I got to help animals recover from World War ll, and this trip was an amazing, and beautiful adventure. This program is hard work, and I know that some people aren't interested in helping animals, or working hard.
But, this is a really good program that I want to tell you about.
Maybe by the end of this article you will be convinced to join this program with me.
What did I have to do on this trip you ask? I had to help animals recover from World War ll.
This was a fun job, because even though this was hard work the animals are fun to play around with. If you don't take this job those animals won't have any body to take care or play around with them.
I know some of you don't really care for animals, but what's better: watching you favorite Tv show or helping poor animals recover from World War ll ?
The animals are a great part of this experience, but do you want to know what I really loved about this trip? I adored all of the tourist attractions on my way to China, and the great experience this was.
The cattle-boat trips were unbelievable for a small-town boy like me.
Seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special.
I loved the gondola ride in Venice Italy, it was beautiful to see the streets of water.
When I toured that excavated castle in Crete, and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China, it was amazingly beautiful.
I was bored with my high school job, so I took this job.
I was not bored anymore.
This job is a great job for someone who loves adventures, sand a hard working job.
I sure hope that this essay has convined you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program, because my arm sure is getting tired from all this writting.
Like I said in the first paragragh, work might not be for some people, or some people might not like animals.
But I am telling you this program is worth the work, with the amazing places you see, and sailing on a boat while taking care of animals.
Hopefully, you will join the Seagoing Cowboys program with me, and if you do this program it will open up the world to you, and you will be writting the next essay to someone. | 2 |
482815c | My position on driverless cars are positive because it can help people who have disability and it can save time. They will use half the fuel and are more flexable. But they sometimes aren't fully driverless because it will still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as finding a way through roadwork or accidents. In 2013, the Toyota Prius had sensors, a video camera, GPS reciver, and a intertial motion sensor. All of this combined is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. Antilock brakes and driver assistance were impossible because at the time they did not have the right tecnology and the project costed two hundred million dollars, it wasn't something you can buy at Radio Shack. Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive? There should be a new fun way, like in-car enterainment and informatation systems that use head-up displays. They can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over---something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. The in-car system is a safety feature and safety is a big concern. Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will been needed in order to cover lability in the case of an accident. If the tecnology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault?--the driver or the manufacturer? Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be sovled. The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day. | 2 |
482ef5c | The reasons why Luke join the Seagoing Cowboys program was because Luke knew it was an opportunity of a life time.
Another reasons was because it was an adventure, but in the story it says," Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger." He had fun on board especially on return trips after the animals had been unload.
It was fun after unload because they played baseballand volleyball games in the empty holds where aniamls had been housed.
They also played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whitting, and games help time go pass.
He said," The cattle trips were an unbelieveable opportuinty for a samll town boy."
While helping people he had a benfit of seeing Europe and China. "But seeing the Acropoils in Greece was special," he said.
"So was taking a ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water."
Luke aslo tuored an excavated castle in Crete and Marveled at the Panama Canal On his way to China.
Luke was amazed of place he went and saw.
It kept Luke busy when caring for the animals during the crossings. Being a Seagoing Cowboy opened up a world for Luke.
Luke said," I'm grateful for the opportunity."
Luke added," It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
This are the reasons why luke became a seagoing cowboy to become a more awareness people. | 2 |
4834d5d | If you like going over seas the seagoing cowboy program is for you they have a amazing crew and amazing things to do one of the most popular things to do on this program one of the things are you have the abiltiys to help people take thing over sea. Another great reason is you can work with the animals if you would wish also in between things you can rome around the place to see all of the activtys that are going around like tabel tennis ,and boxing and so much more. We also have a great communty of people!
Many people who came here were very satisfied if you want to join the army this is the perfect place to start we had a hand full of people who left here and went to the military. Also if you have young children you can send them to the junor classes there is something for every one. The progrm even has anamals to care for.
If you dont like to go on long trips this offer is not for you.
But if you love to take long trips this offer is for you. You might even run into someone that has the same things in common with you.
These are the reasons you should join the seagoing cowboy program.
This is a one in a life time offer. If you come get ready for the time of your life. Please come and have fun. Remember they also have a programs for young ones. | 2 |
483511a | As class begins, it becomes hopeful that the teacher will give an actual interesting lesson. That all goes to waste, when the lesson becomes boring. In the end, no knowledge is gained from it. The question then comes into place, by the look of the students' faces, does a teacher notice when their students are bored and confused? A new technology has been developed called the Facial Action Coding System. This software can discipher peoples' true emotion according to the look on their face. This process is done by analyzing "all 44 major muscles" that can determine emotion. The Facial Action Coding System should be installed in all classrooms because students will gain a better understanding of any lesson and teachers will be able to improve their way of teaching.
Facial Action Coding System can be very useful in the classroom. According to the article, "a classroom computer could recgonize when a student is becoming confused or bored...it could modify the lesson." When it comes down to a student's education, modifying a lesson is a way for the student to able to understand it better. As if they were confused or bored, they would not be getting any knowledge from it. A software that detects confusion or boredom from a student is key to letting a student have a better understanding of any lesson when modified. Therefore, it would also improve grades and comprehension.
Not only will students benefit from Facial Action Coding System, but as well for the instructor, or teacher. Sometimes, a teacher could get carried away with a lesson. Meaning, that the teacher won't notice the faces of their students letting them know if each of them are understanding. According to the article,"by weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions." A student doesn't have to be just confused or bored, but it's impossible they might have mixed feelings about a specific lesson. Once a teacher has recieved this information, it becomes more clear to which student understands and which does not. This will provide insight on which student needs more help to get a better understanding. Also not only will it tell how students are feeling during a lesson, but the teacher could reflect on their teaching skills. Students who show boredom, teachers could figure out how to make the lesson more interactive. Due to this, it will improve their methods of teaching too.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System should be used in classrooms all over the globe because it could benefit both the students and teachers. This software could modify lessons when it detects confusion or boredom in a student. Therefore, the student would get a better comprehension and possibly better grades. As for the teacher, the students' emotions could reflect back on how they are teaching a lesson. As a result, their teaching skills could become improved and create a more interactive and involved classroom. The Facial Action Coding System is a software that could change and affect all education positively. | 4 |
4836f2f | I think that the use of the Facial Action Coding System is very accurate all the time and it should be forced to read students emotional expression. It reads the muscles in one's face to calculate how they are feeling. Also it would be very benafical for students to learn better.
The Facial Action Coding System looks at the movements of all 44 major muscles in the human face as said in paragraph 3. Dr. Eckman has classified 6 basic emotions: happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He has studies how those emotions contract with human facial muscle movement. Using video imagery the system will monitor the face. Making it universial to anyone that uses it. The software can identify mixed emotions. For example the Mono-Lisa 93% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. It is similiar to the calculations we perform everyday such as telling how someone is feeling by the look on his/her facial expression.
This would be tremendously beneficial for students because it can adapt a lesson particularly for that exact student. Making the class lesson more intersenting and benefical for the student to remember and retain what they just learned in the lesson. Also within the system it can detect a fake smile due to a different muscles being used. It could also be very benefical on students in medical school. It would benefical for them because it can make animated faces more expressive in video surgery. Humans mostly have communication that is nonverbal including emotion communicatio, and this would be a great way for doctors to study it.
The use of Facial Action Coding System could do tremendous things in human psychological research. It can help adapt a amazing classroom lesson made custom to the student only. Also it can truely detect peoples emotions by reading the muscle movement in the human facial anatomy. This could help cure depression, and anexity related issues. I think that the Facial Action Coding System could work, and I believe it should be reasearched on more. | 3 |
4837056 | There are many advantages that can come from limiting your car usage. Some people say when they had a car they were always tense , Now with out a car they say that they are much happier this way. In paris, if motorists with even numbered license plates left home with their cars they'd be fined with 22 Euros ($31 USD). Almost 4,000 drivers were fined for leaving home with their cars , And 27 people had their cars impounded for the way they reacted to the fine. Cold nights and warm days cause the warm layer of air to trap car emissions.
In Bogota, Columbia cars have been banned for three years only buses and taxis are permitted to drive, The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. They had to pay $25 fines if they were to violate the rule. People say "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". Parks and sports centers also have spread throughout the city and uneven sidewalks have been replaced with broad, smooth sidewalks. Restrictions have dramatically cut traffic. | 2 |
483dea4 | The limitation of car use provides many improvements to our envionment and health. Many different places have now started to get into the habit of preferring to use bicycles, car-pools, or even walking. Limiting car use could lead to less polution, more activity, and even safety. If we were to limit the use of cars, we could save many lives, including our own. While limiting the usage of cars many doors could open that leads many different places. Limiting cars could possibly terminate childhood and adulthood obesity. It could also provide happiness and joy, and even willing exercise. Cars both hinder, and help us, it gets the people where they need to go, but it ruins the environment and makes many people lathargic.
With the limitation of cars comes the major improvement on polution.
"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" (1, Rosenthal). Passenger cars are responsible for 12 precent of the greenhouse emissions found in Europe, and where most cars are used the greenhouse gass emissions are up to 50 percent. The amount of gas that is polluting the air is asoultly hazardous to the health of many people. "...[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world" (1, Duffer). Paris eventually needed to ban driving due to the smog that was being produced from the cars. As stated in the ariticle, "...it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants" (1, Rosenthal). If we were to limit the car usage, many smog and greehouse gases would not be as much of an issue as it is now. If we were to limit the usage of cars and prefer to car-pool, alot of gas, money, and lives. With the limiting of car usage comes the possibility of living a longer, healthier life without pollution tearing a hole in the ozone layer.
Limiting the use of cars can also produce more activity among the people and hapiness. Limiting the use of cars forces many people to start walking, using trains, running, and even bicycling. As states in the article, "New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities, as do a proliferation of car-sharing programs across the nations" (1, Rosenthal). Many places are now starting to realize that the people are slowly loosing interest in cars and now perfer to walk, run, or even take public transportation. As stated in the articaly, "..millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work leaving a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.... 'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution'" (1, Selsky). "It has seen the construction of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American cirt....Parks and sports centers also have bloomes throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new resturants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up" (1, Selsky). Many citizens are starting to prefer to walk rather than drive. The perople are slowly moving away from motor vehicles and are starting to go outside and to exercise. As mentioned in the article, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," (1, Rosenthal) This choice is making alot most people happy and satified. Many people no longer need to fret about gas money or traffic, or even about arriving on time. Having no car is a stress-reliever that saves you time, stress, and keeps you from pulling at your hair. Exercising is also a much easier way to be able to blow off steam and reduce stress.
Another positive of limiting car use is the safety that is provided. Many Americans are now choosing to not recieve a license. The people are slowly moving away from the driving of cars and are now preferring to use public transportation, or even walking. People are now slowly starting to center their lives around where it could be easy to transport. Their place of work could now be centered around where public transport is able to drop them off, a walking distance, or even on the normal route that a friend, whom you could be able to catch a ride, wouldn't mind dropping you off at. As stated in the article, "They organize their summer jobs and soical life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends" (1, Rosenthal). Another reason why many people do not drive, is due to the fact that many families and people cannot afford a vehicle, or they choose to not purchase one. As stated in the artice, "'What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn'" (1, Rosenthal). With less amount of people on the road, this lowers the possible chances of someone being in an accident. The possibility of poeple being in car accident have been lowered, because a majority of the people are refusing to drive. As mentioned in an artice, "When adjusted to the population growth, th enumber of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, according to an analysis by Doug Short...the number of miles driven perperson was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995" (1, Rosenthal). If the people were to drive less this would mean less accidents and less pollution which could lead to lenghtier lives and to healthier lives.
In conclusion, with the limitation on the use of automobiles comes the many possibilities that could possibly save lives and re-shape them into something much more healthier. While reducing the usage of automobiles comes exercise and the relief os stress. Maybe childhood or adulthood obesity would not be as large of an issue if were reduced car usage. Many people could then be healthier and more involeved in their communities. With the limitation of car usage comes the unlimited possibilities. | 5 |
4843b47 | Have you ever been told what your emotional expression is by a computer. A new software has been made that can recognize emotions. It has been made to develop better ways for humans and computers to communicate. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
First, it constructs a 3-D model of the face and the muscels in the software must move like human muscles. It makes an exact replica of your face and your face muscles. It shows you your emotion by using the location of your face muscles. For example in paragraph 3 it states," Your frontalis par leteralis muscle raises your eyebrows when you're surprised."
Second, It can tell you if you have mixed emotions. It can calculate exact emotions while we can partialy do this. In paragraph 5 it states that " You can probally tell how a freind 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 computer can show you this.
Third, The computer can help you by knowing what your emotion is. It can see when your happy looking at something so it can show you more stuff like that. It can see when your sad so it wont show you more stuff like that. It can see when your confused at something and so it can explain it to you differently so you wont be confused.
In conclusion, The computer constructs and exact replica of your face and your face muscles. It can tell you your exact emotion or mixed emotions. It can help you feel happy by showing you what you want to see and not showing you what you dont want to see. It can help teach you things that you differenly by showing it to you differently if it sees that you are confused. The technology to read a students expression in a classroom is valuable. | 3 |
484f0b3 | A car is a form of everyday transportation in some peoples lives. It's not nessisarily a bad thing, but it's not exactly a good thing either. Many areas in countries all over the world have begun to cut back on car use or ban it all together. Some countries have certain conditions that warrants car use dangerous. There are many reasons and advantages to living life without a car that can be easily explained in this paper.
In a small German Suburb called Vauban, the people have given up a vital piece of modern day life, their cars. Things most people see everyday such as; parking lots, garages, and driveways, have been removed from the community. Of course it is not illegal to have a car in this suburb, it is just more expensive because they have to buy an allotted space to put their car in. Most of the families in this suburb have commented that they are in a happier state of mind without the "stress" of owning a vehicle. Along with being a source of emotional release, not owning a car means that these people are not contributing to the emissions of greenhouse gas. Cars are quoted to be responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. Vauban is the result of years of effort trying to make cities more walking and bicycling friendly. Communities like this are fast growing in places like the United States and largly promoted by companies and even the Enviornmental Protection Agency.
Places like Paris on the other hand have completly different reasons for going car-free. Paris has a quoted "near-record pollution". The contries climate causes car pollution to be trapped leaving a dense smog throughout the city. They have gone so far as to place restirctions on driving, one day vehicles with certain plate numbers must not be driven, and the next day vehicles with opposite plate numbers must not be driven, if they defy this restirction then they are fined. The cause of the smog was blamed on France's fuel choices. Paris's problems are just another reason to be car-free.
In Bogota Columbia they ban the use of any vehicles, other than buses and taxis, for one day every year, it is called the Day Without Cars. It has been quoted as a good stress reliever, and a good way to lower air polution. The Day Without Cars has been part of an improvement campaign since the mid-1990s. Bogata has truly commited to supporting a car-free enviornment with the construction of bicycle paths, parks, sports centers, and even the replacement of damaged sidewalks.
Even people such as President Obama are advertising for the cut back on the use of cars and greenhouse gas emissions. And even if they don't realize Americans themselves have already begun to use cars less. There has been a decline in American car sales and the number of people going to get licenses has declined as well. America has long been the ultimate advertiser for cars. Some of the most prominent car brands today call the U.S. their home. Now it is quoted that the lack of car sales can be blamed on America's declining financial situation and that the unemployment factor means their is no use for cars. Overall though, this decline in car use has lead people to find alternate modes of transportation that, even after financial and employment issues are resolved, they might continue to use.
Combining all these different situations together, as well as "shifts in culture" leads to one simple thing. Nowadays personal car ownership just isn't something that people are too serious about. And when you add to that the fact that so many companies and influential parties are advertising the car-free way of life, cars are simply no longer desirable to some people. | 3 |
48515c1 | Luke seems to like the program, because you help people of other countries,you also play baseball,volleyball, you can fence, table tennis, boxing, reading, and whittling. You can actually see what happens around the world and help other countries.
"It made more aware of people of other countries and their needs," Luke says, you can help countries that are in ruins after World War II. You get to take care for horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. It is a huge responsibility, but it is worth doing. You get to feed the animals, which is like going to a petting zoo for free, besides all the work. You also get to travel to places while you are at a certain country. I wouldn't think it is so easy, because you have to do a lot of work it is harder than it sounds, but you are doing it for a good purpose. It is certainly a great opportunity to help animals get good care and to travel to other countries. I would love the sight seeing and feeding the animals. Although it seems like a lot of work, Luke seemed to have a blast.
I think Luke had a great time and so will you when you get the opportunity to help animals get special care and to help the countries of the world. | 2 |
4856bd0 | The author supports this idea in the passage with all of the evidence he has put in the passage. the author stated that studying venus is worth it despite the danger.
In the passage the author stated a lot of intresting facts and statments about NASA and venus. This passage held a lot of information about venus such as "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amature stargazer to spot. this was stated in paragraph 1
In the passage it is also stated that The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study veus. This is stated in paragraph 5 not only does it state plenty of information about venus and NASA it also stated how going and exploring venus would be worth it in paragraph 6 it is stated that "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmasphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.
On top of it stating the facts about NASA and Venus it stated that not only do you have to go in a space ship to see Venus but you have to physically be on the planet to see its full scale potential because as it stated in paragrpah 6 most forms of light cannot penetrate the atmaspghere and most photography is innefective. so you have to be physically be standing on the planet to see all of it fully. | 2 |
485b577 | The study of the "Evening Star", or Venus, is a worthy pursuit for scientists and astrologists. Three main reasons that one could back up this claim is Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, long ago Venus was "probably" covered largely with oceans and could have supported varius forms of life, and the thought of being able to float over venus to study it.
Venus was/is the closest in density and size to Earth. Following up on that claim, Earth and Venus are about the same, disregarding the fact that Venus has a surface temperature of 800 degrees and a carbon dioxide level of 97%.
Astrologists and NASA believed it was a good idea to try and study Mars, even though it was closer to the sun than Venus. This caused for a huge breakthrough in science and finding water on the planet. So why shouldn't NASA try to study Venus, of course it will be hard but it will be worth it in the long run.
Venus was once covered largely in oceans and could probably support various lifeforms in the past. Earth NOW supports various lifeforms and is largely covered in oceans. The study of venus can lead to the discovery of new animals, or even human-like creatures like us. Another reason why it would be a good idea to study the planet Venus is to find out why there is no longer oceans and what happened to the planet to either wipe out the ecosystem or the lifeforms. Venus is still considered to have a surface of rocky sediment, mountains, valleys and craters, just like Earth. Our sister planet is like a twin and with the right equipment NASA and astrologists could figure out a way to study and one day even land on Venus, as they did to mars.
Following up on the last claim, NASA believes that witht the right equipment, in the near future they could send humans in a spacecraft to about 30 miles over the surface of Venus. "tempuratures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar powers would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This quote alone proves that it is a survivable voyage for astronauts to go to Venus and sit in the atmosphere to study it.
In conclusion, the author makes it clear that the pursuit to study Venus is a worthy voyage. The author says, "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 into many equally intimidation endeavors.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, long ago Venus was "probably" covered largely with oceans and could have supported varius forms of life, and the thought of being able to float over venus to study it are the three main reasons that this is a worth pursuit and could be a great experiment/ discovery for the human race and NASA. | 4 |
485dbac | To many, it is a necessity. To others, its a waste of money. Cars have been a growing industry ever since the Model-T, but over the last few years automobiles may soon start to look like a thing of the past. There have been many efforts to reduce car use because it is better for the enviorment, creates a more social atmosphere, and the best of all it is cheaper.
Could you imagine major streets, cities, and highways almost deserted of those four wheeled gas guzzlers? Well annualy in Bogota, Columbia citizens participate, or for many "celebrate" no car day. Other forms of transportation such as skating, biking, or walking are very common as violaters of no car day face twenty five dollar fines. Many enjoy the holiday like Carlos Plaza, who rode his two-seat bike to work with his wife. It is a day to be socializing with others, not locked up in your vehicle but to get out and enjoy the fresh air before it is all polluted and blown out the exhaust. The day alone has caused a blooming of parks, and restraunts throughout the city. With less drivers out on the road, this day is traffic free and extremely safe as well. This is not only a common trend in Colombia, but is beginning to be seen in the United States as well. Teens have begun using their summer-life to being in carpools or riding the bus to not only get around enviormentally, but to also meet and be with freinds and develop a more social community. This can be seen through carpooling apps and cell phones to arrange other forms of transportation.
Over the years there has been a push to use more eco-friendly cars such as hybrids, or electric cars. But what about not driving a car at all? Many have made this change in Vauban, Germany where residents of this upper-class community have gone motor free, and given up cars. This suburban area alone is a huge effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, similar to citizens in paris who have lost their driving privledges due to the extreme ammount of smog in their city. By banning odd numbered plates from driving on monday, and even numbered plates from driving on tuesday, pedestrians hopped on trams and bicycles to commute the rest of their day. Each time you firie up your engine, carbon monoxide and other pollutious gas is released into the atmosphere, causing a widening hole in the ozone layer affecting Global Warming. In this two-day restriction, smog was significantly reduced throughout the city.
Many gimmance and frown as they fill up their gas tank, knowing they just spent forty dollars on gasoline, and will be right back at the same pump next week. Money makes the world go around, and spending less on cars, highways and other expenses could brighten anyones day. It is absolutely free to get to work on a bicycle, and New Yorks bike sharing program has significantly jumped inthe last few years as many would rather use manpower than horsepower to travel. Not just bikes but other services are cheaper as well like taking the bus, the few dollars for a bus pass or a train ticket is much less than a new toyota. The infamous no car day in Colombia has influenced money to be spent on wide, and smooth sidewalks for bikers instead of million dollar highways. Due to the recession, many are not buying cars or getting their license simply because they dont have the resources to afford one. Some believe the idea of a personal car is impractical says Bill Ford of Ford Motor Company. Bill believes it is best to use the comercial network of transportation for its lower cost, eco friendly, and a safer enviorment on the road.
Since the beginning of man all forms of transportation have been used, but are cars starting to become a thing of the past? On paper, the idea of not owning personal cars looks great. The enviorment would improve significantly, daily interactions with comuting to work develops a more social enviroment, and is of course cost reductive. So every once in a while don't be afraid to pedal the old Shwinn or hop on the Greyhound, it just might be better than you think. | 5 |
4864ed5 | You should join the seagoing cowboys. We have fun, travel, help people, and deliver animals.
One reason is because we travel. We have gone to China, Italy, and even Greece. We will go so many more places to maybe even England. We would be able to go to a lot more places. With you.
We also deliver animals and food. Our animals include horses and young cows. We need help caring for all of our animals. Caring for our animals means making sure they have been fed and watered every hour.
Also we help people. We give them food and animals. They need that after wars. Its such an adventure.
Just because we help people and do work doesn't mean we don't have fun. On our trips back we play table tenis, baseball and, vollyball. We also do fencing and boxing.
Thats why i think that you should join us. I hope we see you on our next trip. | 3 |
4866853 | Join the
Sea Going Cowboys Program!
I am Luke Bomberger, a seagoing cowboy. I am part of a big program known as the UNRRA who has hired seagoing cowboys. The UNRRA
allows us to help the countires who have been destroyed by war. I take care of the animals over sea and it is amazing to care for them and be known as a seagoing cowboy. Join me to help the others. Here are some reasons why you should become a seagoing cowboy.
First reason, this program is not for fun. It is for the people who are devastated right now in life. They just had to deal with with World War II. This war left many countries to pieces. The animals needed to be taken care of so that is where the seagoing cowboys come in. The seagoing cowboys care for the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. Another reason, the seagoing cowboys are pleasured with free time to see beautiful sights and views. I got to see Europe,China,Italy and Greece. I got to see the Acropolis in Greece and take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. This is just a really nice way to enjoy myself while helping out the world in a good way as well. Lastly, we have fun on board with fellow seagoing cowboys. we will play baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games. This helps us pass time on board the sea.
Being a seagoingcowboy is dedication. It is hard work. It is fun and beautiful. Being a seagoing cowboy means you are helping the animals and the world in a wonderful way. You get to care for animals, see beautiful sights, play fun games, and help the people who just had to suffer from world War II. | 3 |
48679e4 | The author really makes you feel as if exploring Venus could be safer than taking a trip to the movies. Obviously he points out also that it isn't safe, it's a huge risk that humans would have to take just to achieve knowledge about another planet.
The author first explains what Venus is, to prepare readers to further listen on what we would see on Venus. The author says Venus is "Earth's twin," and further supports this with "it may have well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." "It," reffering to Venus. The author states Venus has "valleys, mountains, and craters." Telling the readers this information makes it seem as if seeing Venus would feel comfortable to us and nothing too out of the ordinary.
As ordinary as the author tries to make a trip to Venus seem he doesn't end up leading us in the wrong direction, as he also states the dangers, "humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." Reading that information makes it seem doubtful humans could ever explore Earth's neighbor.
The author goes on to suggest ideas that NASA has pulling the reader back in to believe that it could be promising to think that one day humans can explore Venus. "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." That's a lot to take in but the author makes it easy for us to understand the idea by comparing it to "Jet airplanes traveling higher to fly over many storms."
The author wraps it up by saying "Venus has value." He doesn't go deep into the what "value's" exploring Venus could have. Only thing he stats is "insight," and "human curiosity." The author not going deep into the values is exceptional because that's not what the article was about. The article is more about just progress in space exploration, focusing on Venus. The author then wraps it up with a fair conclusion, including his main point 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." | 4 |
4867a46 | the author supports this idea because venus has many mysterious questions that we need to figure it out. the athor even tells what kind of vehicle and tools to use if venus itself had plants,water,and even animals.the author even said that earth and venus were almost identicle in past billions of years.in the past years we tried to seek the mysteries of venus by using technology,vehichles,and probes just to see what happened to venus when it was processing life.
even scientists doing further visits to its surface and Astronomers are facinated by venus.NASA are still working on other approaches to studying Venus.plus were still curious about venus and its like a challenge for us.sure its dangerous to set foot in venus but that takes away the fun and our curiosity.plus the author says that venus was Earth's "twin" because Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth.venus even have simularities to earth like valleys,mountains,and craters.
were still wondering if venus will have life again and will be able to liive there.still NASA,scientists, and Astronomers are still curious of whats gonna happen to venus.researches connot take samples of rock, gas , or anything else,form a distance because that what the scientists say. | 3 |
4867bc2 | My position on driverless cars is i think that this is a good idea.
I yhink this is a great idea, and could help a lot.
It could help a lot with mothers on the go with a lot of kids, the simple fact of a major improvments on cars for the future, and people that like to text and drive or put on make up while driving.
The driverless car concept could help a lot in the future.
It would help those mothers that need to turn around or reach back to give there child something while she is driving. It would help because she could just put it into driverless mode and do what she needed to do.
It would be a major help for those people that happen to text and drive, or put on make up while driving.
The driver could then put the car into driverless mode, and send that last text or finish their make up before work, and prevent them from crashing.
The overall concept of driverless cars is a big acomplishment and could bring us closer to bigger, and better things for cars in the future.
The concept of driverless cars is far from being a every day thing, like it says in paragraph 10.
Once driverless cars are finished, and everyone will use them it will be a whole new thing for driving on the road. | 2 |
48685c0 | I dont think that driverless cars should be developed. The reason i think this is because of all of the problems that driverless cars could pose. Drivng is all ready dangerous enough and they want to risk peoples lives with machines driving themselves around without humans controlling them? I could see how some people might think it could possibly be a good idea. But the dangers far outway any reward that could come from driverless cars. Not only would they pose a serious threat to other drivers on the road, but like the article said, if a car malfunctions and causes an accident then who is at fault? The human in the car or the manufacturer that produced the car that malfunctioned. Even if driverless cars could be produced they are nowhere near being ready to be used on the open road.
Plus what would a the driverless car do if it got stuck in traffic or ended up having to pull over for a school bus or an emergency vehicle? And if the car started breaking traffic laws or started driving wrecklessly then how would the person get a ticket if he was not the one that was driving carelessly? The way i see it is that human driven cars have done the job perfectly for one hundred years. And since the way we drive is doing just fine why try to add more dangers and make it more complicated. What would happen to the manufacturer of the car if the car got on the road and malfunctioned and ended up killing somebody. I think that this is another case of people getting carried away with technology and not understanding or not caring about the potentially fatal dangers of putting driverless cars on the road with families.
This is the reason that i feel the way i do about giving machines freedom and trusting them to drive on the road with other people. I feel that the dangers far outway the risks for this idea and it will be much too expensive to try to adjust the roads to let independant machines drive around on them and endanger other innocent drivers on the road.- | 3 |
486bd0c | In the first photo it looks like it is a human face but when it goes to the second photo it look sbasically like nothing. Maybe just like a cloud but nothing really then when it goes to the last photo it looks like it is a hard object but it has cracks in it. In the story it says " Twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars." it says that something funny happened. It did not happen on purpose so we do not know if it was an alien or another creature.
They thought that it was a Martin mesa but it was common for that to happen around Cydonia. The "Face" had an unusal shadow on it like it was made to look like an Egyptian Pharoh. It only loooked like that in the first photo not the second or third. When NASA took photos of the face and put them on the internet everyone basically freaked out because they thought it was a sign for alien life. It could be but there can be many other reasons why it looks like a face. They say that it could be just a natural landform but many people like to think that "oh it is not it is a sign of alien life".
The caption on the photo when they posted it on the internet was "Huge rock formation...Which resembles a human head... formed by sadow giving illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.". That was a go getter for attention it looks like they just want to get attention so they can scare people like a lot of people do. It was a good way to engage the public but it was also a bad way of getting their attention. It was bad because a lot of people can get scared because of something they hear and this story did not seem really believeable. A lot of people will believe anything they see on the internet it bacisally does not matter on what it is about they will just believe it.
"The Face on Mars" had became a pop icon it was on Hollywood films, in books, magazines, and radio talk shows. Also in the story it says "It once haunted a grocery store check out line for 25 years.". That is just crazy that peope will believe things like that ! Sometimes people just want to scare other people and tell them lies about anything. Some people think that the face is "bona fide" evidence of life on Mars. People say that NASA wants to hide every reason from them so they do not find out anything.
They just want to say conspiracy theorists and not tell the truth..... That could be true but in this case I do not think so. The people on NASA's side the denfenders of NASA thinks that NASA's budget wish that there was ancient civilaztion on Mars. If NASA tells people everything about "The Face" then people will just spend all their time getting worried about it and want more reasons on why that it is there.
Sometimes things like "The Face" can pop up and people just would not know how it happened and why it did happen. They thought that the photo just was not sharp enough to see it cleary. It showed that it just was a natural landform and there was no sign of an alien monument.
It was just a cloudly time of the year and the camera caught the wind blowing and the haze got in front of the photo. They went back on a cloudless summer day to see if they can get a better photo then before to see what it was.
It showed that it was a Martain equivelent of a butte or mesa. Landforms are common around the American West. It showed that it was a lava dome that takes a form of an isloted mesa about the same height as the face on Mars. It was never a sign that aliens were on Mars but aliens could be on Mars and we would of never knew but they took a photo on the wrong night so they had to go back and see it again. The whole alien story was very unbelieveable to me but people will believe in anything. | 3 |
4870ad6 | The author very well supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. They are very pasionate about the idea because they provide lots of facts and reasoning to further support the claim. The author uses support mainly focused on the idea in paragraphs 4, 5, and 6.
In paragraph 4, the author said that Venus is theorized to once be covered in water, able to provide homes for all sorts of little organisms. They also say that Venus might have been the "most Earth-like planet in our solar system." They compared it to Earth even more because of how it has a rocky surface and has similar valleys, mountains, and craters. The author spent time comparing Venus to Earth's surface and features for remote resembalance.
Later, in paragraph 5, the author mentions how NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has "one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus." This furthers the point more that NASA is also trying to send humans to go visit and study our planet's "twin". The author then goes on, proceeding to help our visualization of NASA's plan, telling the reader that NASA would not directly put humans on Venus's surface, but rather have them float in a blimp-like vehicle above the startpoint of Venus's weather and "avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up ad out of their way." The author lastly pointed out how, even with the toasty weather, Venus' surface is still survivable for humans, even though it's not full of easy conditions.
Moreover, the author gives reasoning that "peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannnot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective." Researchers could also not be able to take any samples of anything from Venus from a distance if NASA were to proceed with the blimp-like plan, meaning that the researchers would have no other choice but to go down onto Venus to take samples, even though it's dangerous.
The author demonstrates how the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by explaining many supporting reasons. They make it obvious that Venus is indeed safe to visit under the right precautions and that, with all the facts provided in paragraphs 4,5, and 6, it is a planet that us survivable for humans. The author supports thier standpoint fairly well with all the information they provided, even referencing NASA. This author fairly supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 4 |
48781d3 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggest that studing venus is worth while even though their are extreme dangers while doing it. The author supports this idea in the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" by the similarites to earth making the dangers worth while, the testing on diffrent pieces of equitmeant to withstand the extreme climate of venus, and the life they believe was once their making it a plave they want to explore.
The author in the article explains many resons in which he or she thinks the dangers of venus are worth it for science one of them being the similarities which they can see from far distance the planet has to earth. the author says Venus is often referred to as the earths twin due to the size, mountain like, and believed to have many oceans and waterways making venus very simlar to the earth. with venus being the closest planet as well to the earth having a closer distance to venus from earth.
Though Venus is concidered the twin to earth it has many diffrent features making it dangerous for scientist to explore the planet. One of these extreme dangers is the diffrence in climate as said in the article Venus reaches upwards of 800 degrees Fahrenheit easily melting most metals making it hard to recieve samples from the planet. Though they have tested many new products in chambler ith simlar climate to venus finding new ways to hopefully find more out about Venus.
lastly the author also talks about how Venus most likely had life on the planet similar to that of earths scientist are interested in finding out more about this even though many dangers are included in this task. Finding new ways to make sysems in which can be sent to Venus is difficult but found early computers with physical componets might be the key to their succsess in finding out avout Venus past.
In conclution Venus has many similarities to earth, but due to the extreme conditions of Venus it makes it hard for scientist to explore and find out more about the planet, even though it is the closest to the planet earth. These dagers and risk are worthwhile due to the simlarities the earth shares with venus, the new test of equtmeant in which can withstand these climates, and the life in which they believe use to be on Venus all make exporing Venus, even with dangers worth the time. | 3 |
487d3f8 | Driverless cars are coming! my opinion on the driverless cars is i agree with them. I think that it would be a good idea for them to make them work rather than us drivering around the car could be driving instead of us. I think that it is a good idea because some peopole do not evne know how to drive and what if they have an emergeny. They wont be able to drive no where because they dont know how to drive but if they had the car to drive them around we wouldnt have this problem with them.
Thier could be less crashes if they do have a car that drives by it self i thinik that it would be a great idea for doing this. Acoording to the article it says that cars have been driven more han half a million miles with out a crash but so far Google cars are not truly driverless they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with compliacted traffic issues such as nagivating through roadwork or accidents. Thier are differnet types of cars and companys that have a different way of doinjg stuff. Like General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track. If they was a car just like this i think that thir would be more people out in the streets driveing around and go out more than it useed to be but things could be different if they wouldnt let it be.
We would porbably have more popluation than it used to be because of how much it would change the fact that people could go out with more even though they dont have to walk anywere now. i agree with this because of how accurate it is to be walking around and be in a car and not risk our lifes being worried of gettin ran over or in a different accident. | 2 |
4880189 | In this article the author uses many examples on why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The article not only talks about his side he also talks about the opposing side. As said in Paragraph two "since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than three decades." This is just one example of the article doing great in inlcuding his train of thought and the opposing side. Another example in the article where the author talks about the opposing side is "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." This is commonly done by authors who are giving you both sides of the argument and then backing theres up with further explanation.
As you continue reading the article the author then supports the idea on why Venus is a worthy pursuit. He mentions that "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life, just like Earth" This is huge because another planet that supports life can lead to many maginificent finidings worth checking out is basically what the author is trying to get out of you. Further into the article the author brings up the idea that "a blimp-like vehicle could be hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape" This gives a much safer and reliable option that the author mentions to study Venus and like said in the article "avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way"
To come to a consluion the author did a great way of explaining both sides of the topic "should Venus be explored despite the dangers it presents." The author supports his opinion with facts and safer options to study Venus. These safer options can get the reader to agree with Venus being explored. Finally the author made great connections between both sides but making his opinion stronger. | 3 |
48847db | There are many different things that you could do to help out the ecosystem, and reducing your car use is certainly one of them. A study conducted in Europe shows that 12% of greenhouse gas emissions are the result of passanger car over-use. But of course as humans we are bound to resist and not give up things that make our lives easier. Yet there are many alternatives to not driving a car, for example car pool, have family members pick you up, buses, trains, taxis, bikes, etc. As you can see is not a matter of lack of alternatives but a lack of interest in helping out nature and everything that it helps support.
A very important way in which car usage affects our lives is pollution, many places around the world are trying to impose taxes and fines in order to keep people from over-relying on their cars. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city", things like this are quite obviously why the ecosystem is not at it's worst yet. One of the most polluted cities in the world Beijing competition for Paris until law enforcers stepped in to resolve the issue. Another city fighting pollution caused by car use is Bogota, who has once again banned it's over 7.2 million population from using their cars on the "Day Without Cars" event. The Day Without Cars is an event that if not followed could be penalize citizens most likely monetary fines of around $25 dollars, although some were even arrested for not complying with this method. Described by Andrew Selsky as a "program set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during this car free day". Not only is this helping out the rest of the world is bringing people closer as more people go to parks, sport centers and spend time together.
With more bans and restrictions on car usage of course the car usage is destined to decrease but although it might sound terrible it could actually lead to healthier lives. With less cars on the road the air you are breathing will be more pure and healthy and less polluted. More people will have to walk which will decrease heart problems, obesity and other diseases all over the world. If people don't buy cars then companies like Ford, Toyota, Honda and more will make less money and some might run out of business but that will not happen since most people are not ready to make a commitment such as giving up your car. But if cars are not being purchased then they will stop being produced which can lead to a better economy since the government won't be spending billions on gas, diesel and such. Apparently the amount of miles driven by a person yearly has decreased over the last couple of years which has led sociologists to believe that if this pattern persists it will have many beneficial implications for the environment, even though it could have negative implications for car industries as i stated before.
Car usage will decrease since people are driving less and less every year and young people are buying less cars according to a study in 2013 that found that "driving by young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009". Even though many experts can't be sure yet, the drop in sales and decrease in usage has led many to believe that the U.S. has already peaked in miles driven and possibly car sales. There is no accurate way of predicting whether this will bring completely positive or completely negative consequences. President Obama's ambitious goals to change the greenhouse gas emissions has proven to shift or change the way people act as recent studies show that "Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by". | 4 |
4889825 | This is just a natural landform that has formed on Mars from a long period of time. One there is no such things as aliens but that is only my theroy. A man by the name of Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team went up and took
pictures ten times sharper than the origianl photos. After they got the result and posted it on JPL website saying that it was only a natural Landform that there was no Aliens envolved. Many people didn't like his theroy and I can see why because people want to believe that aliens are real like from the things they might see to the things they hear this just happens to look like something an alien would make to send a message or a sign of some sort.
So I would have to agree with Micheal's theory and evidence about this conclusion. Onestly there could be aliens up there but God never mentioned anything about perimoral creatures living up in space, but then again there are alot of things in this world that we dont know about yet that only God
knows about!! In a way it does look like a face maybe like someone was trying to send a message or something but scientist proved that is was just a landform that was created by itself.
Just taking a moment on this pictures there are so many different theroies about Face and how it got there. All I can say from my theroy I wrote up there is that anything is possible no one has the right answer for everything. We are put on this world to find out where we belong and to explore all different things, but we can expect to know everything God gives us the power to tackle down the stuff we are meant to. Everyone has a purpose for being here on earth. | 2 |
488a448 | At the time I was working two jobs as a grocier and a banker.Then people were asking if I could join the seagoing cowboys. So i said yes,then I asked my friend don.
When don and I started on the ship with all the animals we felt wierd that we were just two small town boys doing this giant trip. Once we saw land I had just turned 18 before that.
When Don and I hit land with all the animals we had to take them to all the villages and towns for all the people. We had to go back to the U.S. and get more and bring them to the other places like China, Venice italy. Venice was the most exiting place. It had streets that are full of water and the houses are on stilts, and people were very nice.
Everything was beutiful and Don and i wish we had the opportunity to go again, maybe when were on one of are military trips. | 2 |
48907d1 | In my opinion, I would have to say having driverless cars would be a terrific idea. Human error is a way bigger cause of accidents than mechanical failures.
Driverless cars would help prevent a myriad of these accidents that happen around the world.
Drinking and driving is one of the leading causes of death related accidents. These driverless cars wouldn't be affected by an impaired driver. They would be able to get people who are under the influence home safely with a huge reduction in the possibility of that person harming themselves, or anyone else on the streets.
Accidents caused by falling asleep, talking on the phone, texting, and even simply just not paying full attention could all be reduced tremendously with the briliant technological ideas manufacturers are coming up with today. Driverless cars would almost wipe accidents caused by these ways. As stated in the article, "Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road." If they were to put a device like this in their new cars, they could alert a wondering driver that they need to pay attention and that they are in possible danger.
These intelligent cars would cause a huge breakthrough in driver safety. They have the possible impact of turning the common car crash into something rare and not of its time. I believe driverless cars are a fantastic idea and would help save a great deal of lives around the world. | 3 |
4896b87 | Cars are a big part of everybodys lives in the United States of America. You use cars to drive to work, take your kids to school, and to run errands. Cars make your lives easier and what would be better than having one that can drive itself. But its not about it being easier its about it being safer. So the real question is, would you trust your car to drive itself in a safe matter.
Developing cars that can drive themsleves is a cool concept that could change the world if done right. But just one mistake can cost millions of lives. You would be taking a big risk trusting the car to do its duties and not get you killed. You should always keep in mind that accidents do happen and there will always be a chance of glitches happening in technology. Especially something as complicated as driving, anything could happen out in the roads. You can never truly be ready for something to happen. Plus, even if you wouldnt need to have your hands on the wheel, you would still have to be ready to take over as soon as something bad or unexpected happens that cannot be handled by the car.
Also, a big issue that could come with this is with the teenagers. Learning to drive a car is a big part of every teenagers life. It is a taste of adulthood to the teenagers and gives them a bit of insight in an adults life. By adding driverless cars you would be taking away that experience from them and just leaving them with no skill on how to drive a car. | 2 |
489e52a | Wow! What a surpise, a new breakthrough of technology. This technology is known as the Facial Action Coing System. This system identifies human emotions. In this essay I will tell you why I think that this system is valuable. There are three main reasons why it is in such of value to us. One, it can help bring the truth out in people. Two, it can people get help if they always come to class with a sadness emotion on their face. Third, is that it can help with lessons being taught.
First, which is bringing the truth out of people. Now, I think this is valuable, not just to the classroom, but in the real world. This valuable in the classroom because it can identify whether a student is lying or telling the truth to his or her teacher at the time. This is essential because it goes along with my reason of that this technology helps with the lesson. This can help interpret if the student or students, are lying if you say if they know what is going on, and not confused.
Secondly, is that you will be able tell if a student or students are upset or not. I feel like this is important because it can be hard for the student(s) to concentrate on the lesson if they are too busy thinking about why they are upset. With the right attitude the teacher can help the student(s) get their education. Another reason why this is important because it can save lives of people that suffering from depression. This can help lower the amount of deaths in a year because it can help recognize that a student may need some psychological help. For example, in the passage it says,"...the software can identify mixed emotions."This is important because it can tell what you are feeling inside. The teacher can maybe help the people cheer up and get on with the day's lesson.
Third, is that it can help with the lesson. Now this is very essential because it can help determine if the students are confused or bored. This is important because some students may be afraid to be one of the only ones to be confused of the subject. This is something o be recognized because it o decide to continue with the lesson or to move on to a different one of interest. As said in the passage,"A classroom computer could recognize when a studetn is bored or confused."Also said,"Then, it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."These quotes help get my point across because it shows that it can help recognize if the student is in a place of boredom or dispair.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in classrooms because it can help makes the teacher's job easier. Which can also help the students by, it recognizing if somone is being truthful , to help notice if a student may be upset for some odd reason, and that it can help the teacher know if the lesson that they previously just did needs some more work, or if he or she can move forward on to a different lesson. | 5 |
489ea07 | Why should we study the Venus as a worthy pursuit? going to Venus we will discover a lot of new things that we didn't know about. When going to Venus you can give away the curiosity's that people may have on the planet. But going to Venus could be a risk factor or it can be something that we discover and put it on earth.
In the passage the author states that traviling to Veuins is going to be a challenge but is still wanting to make a pursuit to go. In paragraph five the author states that
''(NASA) has one particularly compeling idea for sending humans to study Venus''. The author states NASA to show that a very big company wants to know what is up in Venus, so it should be studieded. In paragraph eight the author states that ''Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has valued, not only because of the insights to be gained on the planet itself''. This shows that the author says taking a challnge is a good thing when you want to find something out, so take challenges. In paragrqph four the author says ''If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even disscusing further visits to its surface''. The author uses this to ask a question to have you thinking to show that even scientist are curious about the planet Venus and the readers should be to. In paragraph one the author explains what other people think about they say that Venus is a evening star so the author is saying that there are miths about Venus, so the author trys to explain that traviling to Venus will take away the curiositys so, it might be a new way to discover new things to bring back to earth to share with the world; because it can advance things. The author uses alot of questions to show what he is refering to with traviling to Venus and making the reader aprove with his oppinion. In paragraph seven he states that ''some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simbulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. This shows that NASA was conducting experiments where a computer can take such bad climate.
The author uses alot of questions to show that what they are talking about is true and they even had evidence to support there idea. They even used other researchers oppinons like NASA and other scientist to show that they are also on the authors side so should Venus be traviled?. | 4 |
48a4007 | "Hello my name is Luke and I am going to give you reasons to join UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). I hope my claims inspire you to join the Seagoing Cowboys."
"My first reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to see places and things you never thought you would get to see." This claim can be found in paragraph five of "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" when it mentions the places and things Luke saw such as Acropolis in Greece and an excavated castle in Crete.
"Another reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to help people in other countries that were affected by World War II. Some countries were left in ruins and need help to recover food and supplies." This claim can be found in paragraph two of "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves."
"I have also had lots of fun with the other coyboys. We played games such as baseball and volleyball. We have also had fencing and boxing tournaments." This claim is found in paragraph eight of "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"
"I hope my claims have encouraged someone that reads this to join me and the rest of the Seagoing Cowboys. If not, than I hope you learned something about what I do and why I do what I do." | 3 |
48ace7b | Dear Senator
Electoral college is a huge part of history we've used electoral college for many many years and getting rid of it now would be wrong because we would have cheated every president that was elected during the time of electoral college. If we got rid of the electoral college the presidents after electoral college would be elected differently than other presidents, people who have voted for many years would have to learn about this new voting system, and every thing we've worked so hard to achieve will be changed.
First off if electoral college was to be replaced it wouldn't be fair to all the presidents elected before it was replaced because they would feel like they were cheated because the new voting system would have been used for other presidents but not them. Getting rid of the old way of voting would be like ripping up the constitution because were changing the one thing they wanted most a fair way for all presidents to be elected.
As well as my first reason people who have been voting since they were 18 would have to learn how to use this new voting system. Replacing the electoral college would be catastrofic to those who have used it in the past because all thy know is how to use the electoral college so a new voting system would be like alien technology because all they know how to use is the old way of voting.
Also everything we've worked so hard to achieve will be changed. In the past the former senaters fought over how a president should be elected president so evreryone argued and argued for days on end because the couldn't decide then they came up with the electoral college.
So in conclusion replacing the electoral college would be unfair to former presidents, unfirmilaur to people who have used the electoral college, and and everything we've achieved would be changed. | 3 |
48aee07 | The United States has been known for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but that's not all. It's also known for the different freedoms made available and its fair government. The electoral college is a system in which states choose representatives to vote on the president. In the past, there was a big debate on whether or not this process was fair. The electoral college is not fair or trustworthy for many reasons.
Imagine that you picked a representative who said they were going to vote for the person you wanted for president. Sadly, they ended up changing their mind. You could end up with a president you don't like or believe in. Voters don't have total control over who their electors vote for. To me, that doesn't sound very fair. If everyone were allowed to vote, the people would be able to ensure that there vote counted towards the person they wanted, and not towards the candidate they were against. Based on multiple polls, a few presidents have won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote. That means that the candidate which was chosen by the people did not become president. Our founding fathers fought hard for our rights, and it's our right to a fair vote.
There are more problems than just an unfair vote. It almost sounds impossible that there could be a tie in a presidential election, but it has almost happened before. In the past, votes have been so close that only a couple thousand have seperated the victor from the loser. What would happen if the votes came out to be tied in an election? Who would become president? I'm sure some people could argue that the electoral college could fix this problem, but I don't believe it could. Since there are less people making the descision during the electoral college process, it is even more likely that there could be a tie. If one person were to vote another way, it could be the equivalent of 1,000 people voting the other way. Also, during the electoral college the electors recieve rewards if their candidate wins. The people in that state, or even the whole country supported the electors and helped them make their descision, so they deserve recognition too.
The electoral college is not a fair or trustworthy process. Americans have no control over which candidate their electors choose to vote for. Also, there is a better chance for a catastrophic tie. America is all about being fair and giving people the opportunities they deserve. So, let's give Americans the chance for a fair vote. z | 4 |
48b152e | Dear Florida Senator,
I am here to tell you about the electoral collage, and not why we should keep the horrible thing, but how we can replace it with something better. The electoral collage has been in use for a very long time, since the Constitution was finalized, but it should end now. The Electoral Collage is a confusing system that can easily be manipulated and changed to benifit one political party. As shown in many past elections, it has just become another reason people do not want to vote. Popular vote is easy and simple and it should be used in future elections.
First of all confusion is a huge factor when talking about the Electoral collage. We as voters do not want all these processes. We do not want hoops that we want to jump through. We are simple people who want a simple process. In the electoral collage, there are 538 electors, with a majority of 270 needed to be voted in as president. Each state gets entitled to two for your senators, and one for each member of the House of Representatives. This so far is making my head spin. This could be so much simpler if we just used the poular voting system. In this system, the people can directly vote for thier president without any huge hassel. This makes it easier and more fair for the voters. Speaking of fair, lets talk about how Unfair the Electoral Collage is.
In the Electoral Collage, there is no partial winning. It is a winner take all system, with the exception of Maine and Nebraska. This makes it very unfair to votes. Swing states add on to this idea. Swing states are very large states that have a higher representation in the Electoral collage. These are also the main targets of presidential cannidates. By getting these swing states, cannidates can gain a lot of votes in one state. This leaves other states, such as Ohio and Montana with little to no interaction from the presidential cannidates. This is not fair. We need the popular vote system. We need to be able to equally represent everyone without any shady practices. And that is the last topic, the electors really control the final outcome.
The final sin of the electoral collage is just too big to look over. The electoral collage can change wether a person is voted in or not because of the electors. They choose who they represtent. If you can not see where this is going let me explain. A set of people who want a specific president can just represent him. This could go so far as to leave a state with only representatives of one cannidate. This could never happen in popular vote because we don't have electors, we have people. We have real American people who want to vote for who they want to vote for. Nothing more, nothing less.
Even though the Electoral Collage seems like th root of all evil, there are a few upsides. First, there is less likely to have a dispute than a popular vote. A dispute is not impossible, it is just less likely. Second, big states are weighted how they should be. They are larger states that comprise most of the population and the country. They should be represented more than smaller states. Finally, since it is a winner takes all, there are no Run-Off elections. This keeps the process shorter, but not as short as it would be in the popular vote system.
So to conclude, popular vote should be used in upcomming elections. The electoral collage is a confusing system that can easily be manipulated to help or hurt a specific cannidate. Although the electoral collage properly represent smaller states and avoids Run-Off elections, it does not represent smaller states and can easly shift the election from one side to another. Popular vote keeps the process short and makes it fair. It represents everyone fairly. I do not want you to agree with me, I want you to look and the cold hard facts. Popular vote should be used in the Election from now on.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 5 |
48b771c | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" The author stated both positive and negative stances on the topic of driverless cars. This topic is very controversial when bringing in the aspect of safety and the well-being of others around the driverless car. And, because of that I believe driverless cars are not a good idea to bring into society.
First, driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because drivers could get reckless at the wheel. In the text it stated that "None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents" meaning that at some point the driver would have to help the car navigate at times when the car couldn't(7). Which imposes that the drivers would have to be aware of his/her surroundings at all time when the time was needed for them to take the wheel again. But, doesn't that defeat the purpose of the car being driverless. No one would want a driverless car that still needs to be driven? "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive"(8). And the most important question is, what would drivers do to pass the time when they're not driving. They could distract theirselves with their phones, music or any passengers which could cause them to miss out on any important message from the car telling them to drive or take over in the needed situation. This is where the reckless aspect of the driverless car comes in. Missing the important message could cause accidents and harm to other drivers or pedestrians. And, this cause of harm to others around leads to my next argument against driverless cars and that is lawsuits.
Second, driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because of who would be to blame if accidents did happen. In the text it explained how new laws would have to be created to go along with the cars when they are proved to be "more reliably safe"(9). But what would happen "If the technology fails and someone is injured"(9). This issue could cause many lawsuits filed against innocent "drivers" and many lawsuits filed against companies who were not aware of the issue with the cars technology. Sometimes things happen and because technology can not be trusted 100% of the time these cars should not be able to exist. Lives could be on the line and many people who were not to blame will take the blame for this mishap. The car could just cause a million more problems instead of solving the laziness of humans will not to want to drive.
Lastly, driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because of its proness to being hacked. Anything in the world could be hacked. Anyones phone can be hacked, computers can be hacked and even intelligence units can be hacked. So, if these things can be hacked then what makes one think that this driverless car can't be hacked. And, if hacked there would be no telling what the hacker could do to the car. For example, cause it to crash or lead the car into an area the driver in unfamiliar with because they're not paying attention. These examples could all cause harm to more than just the driver and that shows why this car should not be implemented into society, because it has various accounts on how it can misfunction.
These examples of recklessness, misblaming and hacking all show why the idea of having driverless cars are not a good idea. They can mess up society and cause harm in more ways than it could help society. Although the car is a very unique way of showing advancement in the technological world, one would have tot look at both sides before concluding whether or not this is a good idea, and in this case it seems that the bad outweighs the good. | 5 |
48b90fe | He joing the seagoing cownboys beacuse he hade a frend thatwas helpingwith the task that he is doing IN Geece and other parts fo Europe and othe thing like helping farm anmals and feading them and the othe anmals like pigs,cows and more so things are bater if you are helping and not whaching other do all the work and othre doing more work then other people. and it is fun helping peolep lke that one time in cakofy with the tornatos they were bad. And in the place of Luck i whoud hade helpthem to makeing them thro a tofe time at they lost the wold war II.
after he got back frome Greece he went on for more trip to help other in making their contree rebild thire contree in the way fo thair lost and othe things like the lost in their homes and theother thing that they most holld close to thire hart and some o0f thim mast had lost thair dogs cats and all the amomal they had in their home andother things like blongingand other thing they are more fun to do thin you think to help othes .
what do we do evin if they are ower enery we still gave therm aid and food and other thing candings and theing wear ower enerys and we stilld helped them rebild their homes and other thinds are moredrtatr thendyou many think it ids more east to help thim thin let them pairs in thair lost to the U.S.A. Evesein we held thim the helped us inthe other wars l9ike D-DAY d-daywas a day that we lost most of ower troops Onomhall Bach the pair o shouter misst and they mist the bunkers and didn't take out the mushinguns that kille ower men and chain+Vatnom.
IN concush luch helped alot of people that er in troble by giving both of thim food ,anmls and ohter thing like biolding mterols and other things | 1 |
48ba8f5 | Driving less is a good way to help ourselfs and our enviornment. Peaople are turning to it because it helps with stress to walk,and our cities air is as pulluted.
Cars are very harmful to the air and everyone around us cars set out green housae gases that are very harmfiul "12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car;intensive areas in the united states" (In German Suburb,life goes on withcars Rosenthal).If the usage of cars are limited traffic jams will happen les the they are "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france" (Paris bans driving due to smog Duffer).Due to more for the people in Columbia having a no car day and walking threw the cities they put more stores which means more buiness.
"Americans are buying fewer cars,drving less and getting fewer licenses" (the end of car culture Rosenthal)the message is getting out for no more greenhouse gases effecting our enviornment. Even young people are getting involed in the no car situtation "study last year found that driving by young decreased 23 percent 2001 and 2009" (the end of car culture Rosenthal).The limited use is so affective other countries and its citites are getting involved "for the first time, two other Colombian citites , Cali and Valledupar joined the event" (car-free day is spinninh into a big hit in bogota Selsky).
Driving less is a advantage we have to keep things less polluted and greener and not try to mess up the place we live in by using cars. Walking is a very good way to get places no pulltion and more health. | 3 |
48c70fe | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents adequately well. The author uses factual information and describes some of the reasons why studying Venus would be rewarding. The author states "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" in paragraph 4. By including the information from the quote above, the author allows the reader to understand why studying Venus would be beneficial and crucial for further planetary study. The author also states a feasible idea that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) thought of for studying Venus in the following quote "The National Aeronatics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particular idea for sending humans to study Venus." in Paragraph 5. The author then continues to explain the idea, which can be possibly sucessful and would allow for Venus to be studied. Through the explanation of this idea, the author shows that despite the dangers presented Venus can still be studied safely. The author concludes the article with the following quote "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." from paragraph 8. This statement is tenaciously powerful in that it empowers the reader to not be afraid of the dangers and doubts presented by studying Venus, but rather be inspired to think of solutions to overcome the said dangers and doubts. All in all, because of the factual information and examples of ways to study Venus, the author argued the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents very well. | 2 |
48c86d8 | Technology is evolving at an exceptional rate. We are now creating a driverless car. I think that driverless cars would be great. The car will not be fully driverless but for the most part it will. It needs your hands on the wheel at all times just incase the car cant handle the situation. The car has sensors all around it. It has it on the top of the car, the sides, and the back. This car will create driving to be safer.
The car has sensors all around the car. It has a position-estimating sensor on the left rear wheel, a roating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. All these sensor mimic the skill of a human but better. These sensors have a far better response and control that a human driver could manage alone. Making driving safer and allowing the car to handle more and more driving taks on their own. For example the antilock brake system. The sensors in the brakes detects and responds to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better respones and control than a human.
Another reason why driverless cars are great it because it still keeps your attention on the road. What I mean is that even though its driving on their own it still makes sure you have your eyes on the road. The car lets your know if the driver has to take over. For example, if the cars happens to run into a road block or work zones it vibrates the seat to get the drivers attention or it announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. So instead of dozing off and not paying attention the car has a special touch feature that makes sure you have your hands on the wheel at all time.
So driverless cars are the next big thing. It brings safety and responses faster that a human driver can handle. It has many sensors to detect problems on the road and it has special features that makes sure your eyes is on the road. These options all the car to handle more things and more driving tasks on its own. | 3 |
48c8d1f | Smog barely filled the air in VAUBAN, Germany. It's fortunate that 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57% sold their cars to move to America. More and more people are promoting
"car reduced"
communities. Only 12% of gas emissions in Europe are caused by passenger cars.
People in France enforced a partial driving ban for a while just to clear the air of the city. People of that city where demanded to leave their cars at home if they had a license plate with even-numbers. If they disobeyed they had to pay a 31$ fine. Of course the following day it applied to people with odd-numbered license plate. The traffic went down 60% after 5 days of intense smog. Paris usually has more smog than othe European capitals.
BOGOTA, Colombia is where the car-free day was held. Many citezens participated in this event to limit car usage to reduce city smog. Violators faced a 25$ fine. But it was a pretty successful day despite the fact that is was raining, it didn't really stop anyone from not using their cars. The campaign tin Bogota began in the mid-1990s. More than one colombian city has joined this event
Cali and
Valledupar.
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s of april 2013, the number of car usage per person has gone down nearly 9% lower than the point almost close to where the country was in January 1995 in the United States. And the numbers keep dropping down steadily as a study last year found that driving done by young citizens has been decreasing by 23% between 2001 - 2009. The only advantes that come from not using cars is that your city won't be filled with smog, you wont have gas emissions, and there wont be traffic jams. | 1 |
48cb4cd | Why You should Join the Seagoing Cowboys
The reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because you will be able to visit many unique places and have an adventure of a lifetime. You will have the chance to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. When you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you can make new friends and if you wanted to go out in the seas you can. When you are on board the ship you will get bored sometimes but stuff will keep you busy like taking care of the animals, stalls had to be cleaned, and fedding and watering the animals. But it could be a little dangerous to. But when luke ws on board, they knew how to past the time. The cowboys played baseball, volleyball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, reading, whittling, and games that helped them pass the time. Luke said " I'm grateful for the opportunity" and It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier needs". And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. That is Why You Should Join The Seagoing Cowboys Program. | 2 |
48d0510 | In the( pargraph 5) it states that humans preform this same impressive "calculation evey day. They think technology is very comeplacated. Da vinci likes how his software is simliar to the one he had. Mona really likes the technology it brings a smile to her face beause how the computer can do imagine a co,eputer knows when your happy or sad. It makes everyone happy in the story how fun and cool techonolgy is it makes them really happy.
Mona states that imagine being able to detect exactly how others people are feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotions. (line 1 ) Mona says shes 83% happpy about it,9% disgusted,6% fearful about how the technology works. Mona likes the technology but sometimes it gets to confusing it makes her mad when it doesnt work right for her. in (line 5) vinci computer is kinda similar to monas but moans makes her really mad when it doesnt really work. It all depends on how you update your computers put in sofware into it to keep it going and running fast. (line 1) The software is the latest innovation from prof.
For people not having computers and technology its hard for them to understand it and catch onto is really quick and as old as they are its very impressing they know to work on it. The computer reconginzes the subtle facical movments we humans use to express on how we feel. Experts always know how to work and do the big things with the compurts its hard for people that dont know how to work with them. Humans express on all the techonlogy and how it procseeds. Its always good to have a good working computer that is updated and has the good sofware. | 1 |
48d2e18 | So you know that face on mars right? You do, good do you thing that it was made by aliens? You do, well let me tell you something it was not made by aleins it was made by comets they hit mars and they made the face because aliens are not real they are fake, so they coundn't of made them. See the comets hit mars in the right place for it to make a face. I think that it is stuiped that people still think that aliens are real they are not real!
NASA knows that aliens are fake they just want people to think that they are real so they can get more money by spreding rummers that they found a UFO that has crashed in to the earth and the weriod crop cricles that are made into the corn fields, and they make money off of that crap, I think that is stuiped that they get money on that stuff and then there is other people that are trying to find money just to feed themselfs and there childern .
The face in mars is just a hugh rock that got hit by some comets and the comets hit in just the right places and they made a face in that rock all the other syuff around it got hit to by a comet to so that is why places near the rock are caved in they got hit by a comet.
So comets made the face in the moon not aliens because remeber aliens are not real they are fake so you can go tell other people this story and one day no one will ever think that aliens created the face in a mars rock. | 2 |
48d852b | As a people we are constantly doing great things. Driverless cars are another one of our great step forward for our people. Some people however see it as a great step back and see it as "TO RISKY" for people to use on a regular bases. This is correct because there are to many risk factors than benifits. This is why driverless cars are a huge risk factor in the safety of people.
First, driveless cars are a huge risk factor for the people because it eliminates the learning curve for driving. When you first learn how to drive you have to first take classes about cars and how they function. With driverless cars, it eliminates this learning because the car drives itself. The artical tells of how the driver can take over in complex driving scenarios but how would the person know what to do if they never had any real experience in a car. They would just expect the car to do it because it is called a driverless car. The whole point is that the car can drive itself. The artical states in paragraph 7 "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." So what would be the point of having a driverless if you still have to pay attention to the road? You may as well be driving the ar yourself. Have driverless cars is pointless and it gives us as a people another excuse to be lazy. It also is to big of a risk. In paragraph 9 the artical says "If the technology fails and someone is ingured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This is a great point because if something does happen who do we blame? There shouldnt be driverless cars because of this because no one wants the blame if someone gets ingured or mortally wounded. These reasons show why driverless cars are more risk than a benifit to the people as a whole.
To conclude, driverless cars shouldnt be manufactured and used commonly because there more of a risk. This is because it eliminates the learning curve of driving, it has no real use or utility, and if someone is to get ingured or even killed nobody would take the blame. Driverless cars just give us another reason to be lazy and are pointless to the point that nobody should feel safe in them. This may seem like a huge step forward for man kind but in reality it hurts us more than you would think. | 3 |
48de104 | The FACS
FACS got your attenshion right yeah the FACS is a facial action coding system. The FACS can tell the person how the the person feels just by looking at there face like and exmaple is the Mona Lisa they read irs face withe the FACS. They said it was 83% happy 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry. It is useful but i dont think it should be used in classrooms to read students. 3 reasons why I think thats teh FACS should't be allowed in school are sometimes people dont want to talk about ther lifes in school and another reason is that it would go to kids personal lifes and the last reason is it may make kids feel weird knowing that others know how they feel and so will there parents .
Going back to the first reason that may sometimes people dont want to talk about ther lifes in school. Sometimes people dont want to talk about ther lifes in school kids may think others kids will make of them for being sad or fearful. An exmaple of a kid being scared of what other will think of them for being scared or super kind are bullies. Bullies most of time become the way they are is becaues they feel like others will hate them the way they are or hey have been juged becaues of there feelings.
Lets get into another reason that the FACS would be a bad thing to have in schools is that it would go to kids personal lifes and most kids dont like talking about they'r home life. you may say it would take some presser off the kids if they feel bad or sad and we could talk to them. But some kids that don't want to talk about it and the kids that feel ok will feel like the sad kids get more attenshion so will want to be sad. Like when i was younger i used to want attenchion so if kids find a key to get attenshion they will want to be sad.
The last reason is it may make kids feel weird knowing that others know how they feel. Also it may make the kids parents feel weird or angry becaues they probly dont want people basicly spying on there kids. If i were one of the kids dad i would want the school spying on my kid. If alots of parents feel that way and which schools the school with the FACS will lose lots of money.
3 reasons why I think thats teh FACS should't be allowed in school are sometimes people dont want to talk about ther lifes in school and another reason is that it would go to kids personal lifes and the last reason is it may make kids feel weird knowing that others know how they feel and so will there parents. That is why i dont want the FACS in schools. | 3 |
48e6c78 | Most people would think it wouldn't be cool to have a technology that would read student's emotions. On the other hand most parents and other indivauals would think it is a good idea. It's a new way of making live easier for the students. Most parents and teachers think the schools should have it in their buildings.
They should have it in schools because it will give the teachers an idea on how their students emotions are. It should be in schools because not all the students tell the teachers if they understand it ir not this will tell them. Most students would not use the communication with their teavhers and if they have this maybe this will help them when they don't understand it. It would better the students for then again it can also hurt them.
It can hurt them by not communicating with their teacher. Most students would say oh well you never asked if i understand this or not that way the schools should have this. It's also going to be a new change to see what works and don't work. Changing it up a little bit would be a good way to get other new ideas. If the schools start using it maybe it will even be a bigger sale if the marjority of schools use it.
The passage says it could "modify the lesson" meaning it could be a lesson. This computer can tell when a kid is getting confused or bored meaning just lost interst in it.
Saying like if the student is scared to say out loud that he or she didnt get it. If the student lost interst in it then the teacher could maybe find a way that it wouldn't be so boring for that student. This doctor Huang thinks it a very good idea for schools and other things.
What would other indivauals say about this do you know. The only bad thing would be the money unless the school get like a discount or something like that. Maybe it can turn your childs mood a new whole way and a new out look on things. Most parents and teachers think the schools should have it in their buildings. | 3 |
48ef072 | Good day state senator in this letter I would like to talk to you about changing the Electoral College to a popular vote. Even though the Electoral College is a good way of selecting a president. This meathot has his flaws, under the electoral college system the people that vote are not voating for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. And I think that the people that vote shude vote directly for the candidate they have chousen.
This makes more sense that voting for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledge to the candidate.
I think at the most basic level the electoral college is unfair to voters. Since the voter are not voting directly for their candidate of choise, I personaly dont think this is the best way to go. The popula elections provide a better way of voting for president. Since it means that the people that vote a voating directly to the candidarte and not the electors. The popular elections is a safer an more fair way to vote. By thid we could evate the disaster factor, for example the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century and the system allows for much worse.
By this I want to thak you for taking the time to read this letter since I imagin you mus be veary buisy. Thank you for yout tine directly...
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
48f29aa | Driverless cars have been in development since the 1950's, for the goal of eventually making all other forms of civilian ground transport obsolete. No real progress has really come until a couple decades ago, when things like Radar and GPS became readily available for civilians. These cars could bring great benefits, as they would be safe, still have drivers to take the wheel, and they will be here relatively soon.
These cars would be safe. When the car hits bad traffic, or a hard to navigate place, it would notify the driver of such a situation. Googles "driverless" car anounces when one of these scenarios arises. Another one, developed by GM, has "driver's seats that vibrate." These cars could also have "in-car entertainment and information systems that us heads up displays," that could be,"turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over." Of course, the "driverless" cars would also have a human there.
So called "driverless" cars arent 100% driverless. If the systems malfunction, the driver can take the wheel. The cars could have measures to make sure the driver stays at least semi-alert, such as "Flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays." In this case the light would attract the attention of the driver, and the driver would start paying attention.
Automakers are working and developing these cars, and have been for a while. Soon, these driverless cars will be available. Tesla has announced that a "car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time," as early as this year, 2016. Other auto manufacturers "plan to have cars that drive themselves by 2020." These manufacturers include Nisan, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi.
Driverless cars aren't druely driverless, are quite safe, and are going to be available soon. There is no real reason to be against having these cars on the road, or to have all cars be truely driverless in the near future. | 4 |
48f464b | If I was asked to go for driverless cars or against it, I would be against it. Yes I know we're at the point when technology is used for everything, but I believe that the use of technology can be harmful to us. I'll give you four reasons why I am against driverless cars. It will affect our skills about cars, how it's function. Second, teenagers or anyone won't learn how to drive. Third, it might be dangerous because of the weather. Fourth, the driving laws can be changed.
If we had driverless cars, how are we going to learn or know about them? We can't always learn from technology. There is going to be new engines and everything, but I bet we can't learn about it that quickly. It took more than 60 years to understand this cars. We cant just throw all that away.
How are we going to teach teenagers how to drive if we have driverless cars? We won't be teaching them nothing, except to just put itself to drive. I bet teenagers want to learn how to drive on their own or from their parents, without the use of technology.
The weather can cause many destructions. If your car is destroyed because of the weather, you are able to fix it with different parts. It may be expensive, but imagine the new technology | 2 |
48f4678 | In this article, the author is trying to find a way to study Venus and avoid all risks of danger. The author wants to know hwo to get to Venus without any difficulties. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distnace too.
Why is it so challenging to study Venus? According to the article, the author says that, "Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us". The article also says that, "Even more challengning are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere". That is why the author thinks or knows that is intense to study Venus.
What are some options to study Venus? In the article, it says that NASA has one particulary comepelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.
Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limted insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.
More importantly in the article is that researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.
Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to out knowledge of Venus. According to the article, NASA is working on other approahes to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. | 3 |
48f6ee6 | Dear Senator,
I believe that we should not keep the Electoral College because i feel as if it would be easier for people to vote somore people would actually vote. I know the Electoral College was established by our fouding fathers, but it is time to tart with something new and for something new to be established. I would honestly choose the popular vote because it also puts a suspence on people about who will win. The Electoral College may be widely regrded as an anachronism but when we vote we do not vote for a presidential candidate we're actually voting for slate electors. The college does not have a democratic pedigree which is another reason why we should use popular vote. When i vote i like to know as soon as possible and i feel as if we had popular vote it would be faster to do. Opinoins may not be taken inconcideration but my opinion is strong that we should use popular vote i really feel like more people would come to vote if we used that. People may feel like the Electoarl College is too long of a process so they just say oh i dont have to go vote so im not going to. The Electoral College avoids elections but without them how would we know about our future president and how would we know whether or not the person would do a good job at running our country? Overall i will stay with popular vote but if they choose not to do it that will not stop me from voting to choose who will run my country and do a good job at it! i know that whatever desicion is made was for the best intrest for our country.11 | 2 |
48f888b | The author supports this idea because from reading the passage he suggests that Venus is a very interesting planet but it's also dangerous. In paragraph 1 it says "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star ," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. " which is one of the couple of things that make Venus a worthy pursit like it's said. Another thing that is interesting is that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in density and in size also in distance. Also no spacecraft has survied to land for more than a couple of hours in more than three decades. One of the few things that make Venus a dangerous planet is that it's the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system as said in paragraph 3. Also "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. " the planet's surface temperature average is over 800 degrees. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and it includes familiar features such as valley and mountains. In paragraph 7 it states that NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus and they're making simplified electonics to test more of Venus's surface but the devices that are being made only last about 3 weeks because of the heat and the conditons of the surface. | 2 |
48fdee7 | I personally agree and disagree with this idea. First, i agree because it seems like a really good idea, it will make driving more fun and exicting. Not all people like to drive all the time so why not have a car do your job in driving for you? Its a cool thing to show off, Lots of people are fasinated with this car. Their cars has driven half a million miles without a crash, but you can never be sure when one is bound to happen. It would change the world though. People wil be facscinated with this car and would want to try it out.
I also disagree because, this can be a very dangerous thing to do. You never know what could happen having the car drive itself. It could mess up without warning and bad things could happen such as crashes and wrong turns. The sensor they put inside the car could lose itsself and not see people walking across the street, then now you have an accident. You always want to make sure you and your peers or pedestrians are safe. You just cannot make sure of that with a driver-less car. If a negative thing would happen while driving this car, it would create a bad look on the people who made the cars because, they've said so many positive things about the effects of this car, what it can and cant do, so people are depending on the manufactures to keep their word.
I just disagree because, the world is crazy and you never know what could happen. People could get hurt such as pedestrians, other drivers could lose their car due to accidents, manufacturers could lose their job due to an unhappy customer. It seem too dangerous. This car has its pro's and con's. It could be a fun entertaining thing to do, but you should also worry about your safety. | 3 |
48ff14c | I think that u guys should join the Seagoing Cowboys because we help the people who was in world war II and need our help. One reason I think u should join is to help people in need. One more reason is that way we could help them gane trust and gane happyness again. This sows why I think that it would be a good for u to join the Seagoing Cowboys and help the people in need like the Europians.
The Seagoing Cowboys are people how help and work hard to get what they need to live and we get them food a things like that. This is why I think that u should help.
The reason I joined was to help people in need. I hope u do the same as what I did an did and I hope you do it for a long time .This is why it is important to help the people in need. | 1 |
49023dc | The Seagoing Cowboys are a groupe of cowboys that haft to work on ship. take care of the animals and shipping them to countrys that need cattle. The UNRRA needs more Seagoing Cowboys these are the reason why you should be one.
As a Seagoing Cowboy you would get to see new plases and meet new people. Help people that dose not have cattle the Seagoing Cowboys deliver young cows, horses, and mules. Having fun after the animals are gone they play basketball, vollyball, table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, and reading to past the time on the boat.
Luke loves being a Seagoing Cowboy they give people cattle. The cattle boat trips were unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy. One benefit was seeing Europe and China. But the Acropolis in Greece was special,he says. Helping on aunt Kates farm help prepare him. Everyone of the Sea going Cowboys gets to play games like basketball and vollyball.
These are the reason why you need to be a Seagoing Cowboy to help people that neeeds cattle, food and work horses, and mules. Jone the Seagoing Cowboys you will make a diffrents for the people. | 2 |
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