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490415c | The studying of Venus is a worthy pursuit dispite the dangers it presents. All misson before now has been "umanned and good for no reason". With the landings not being able to stand longer a few hours. These reasons explain why earth hasn't been sending spaceships to visit venus. Venus's thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, clounds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid and over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and pressure 90 times greater than Earth its self. These conditions are very extreme and unsuvivable for humans, But with recent soulution the author has supported the trip is worth a try.
Venus is the most Earth like planet in the solar system, Venus was proably once covered in rocky sediment and familiar features like valley, craters and moutains. This can be a very big step for science and lead to so many helpful studies. Humans curiosty can lead to many equally intimidating endeavors.
NASA has came up with a great idea and a possible soultion to float in a blimp-like vehicle hovering about 30 miles above venus. From this spot the condition won't be easy, but humans can survive though it. Insight is also limited and samples cannot be gathered, but seeking scientists would conduct these challenges working with innovatins that allows tools/machiens to last long enough to contibute to meaningfully to better out knowledge of venus. Some simplified electronics made of silicon caride have tested in venus simulators and have passed to be succesful for three weeks in venus;s extreme conditions. Also they have been with the thought of adding in devices making calculations by using gears and lever that require no eletricity.
In conclusion, Venus is the closet planet to earth in all of the sloar system. This means that this is a chance to gain greater and meaning full knowlege. This was an fail misson being of venus's extreme conditions and has been for 30 years. With new solutions human can get closer than ever to venus for many studies. The solution have new gadgets and devices to help out on these trip. This presenting and supporting the authors idea of venus being worthy of the pursuit of danger. | 3 |
49080ed | Although Venus is a very dangerous planet, the author in this article "In The Challenge of Exploring Venus", makes it well known that scientists are still up for the challenge of exploring this intimidating planet. For over 30 years now, scientists have been researching, studying, and observing the planet and all of it's functions, in order to find a way to safely study it. Because of it's extreme weather conditons, it has been almost impossible to do that. Attempts have been made, sedning unmanned spaceships to Venus aound 30 years ago, but not one of them lasted more than a few hours, according to the article.
The author says, "Venus is the closest planet to Earth, in terms of density and size." He makes a point here by telling us that Venus is pretty similar to Earth. He goes on to describe it's landforms as, "valleys, mountains, and craters." As he descirbes it, it sounds a lot like Earth. The auhtor believes that it is a worthy pursuit studying Venus, despite it's dangers, because, "not only because of the human insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." Here, he is explaining that us humans have a curiosity to explore, but also, we have a desire to learn more about the features of this mysterious planet, and see if it is one day habitable, in some form.
Farther along in the article, the author provides us with details about new research and trials that NASA is performing for Venus exploration. He tells us about a new kind od electronic device that can withstand three weeks of Venus's conditions. "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 three weeks in such conditions." Proceding that, he explains to us how a new mechanical computer, made of levers and gears, has been constructed and is expected to be able to be more resistant to Venus's conditions.
Throughout this article, the author gives us readers many great details and insights on the exploration of Venus. A great point he makes towards the end is, "Our travels on Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." By saying this, he gets his point across that it is a very worthy pursuit to continue exploring Venus. We will gather new information as humans, and gather new information about Venus. | 4 |
490a3ed | People should join the Seagoing Cowboys.
Reasons for what i`m saying. The reason people should join the Seagoing Cowboys is so you can help the people in the middle of world war II because they have no shelter, food, or animals and their families
Another reason is that people should join the Seagoing Cowboys is so you can have a different view to other people and have a different pase to life. Also you can meet different people that you can make friends with and talk to other people about their life and why they joined the Seagoing Cowboys. You could also play games like baseball, and volleyball. You could also play table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and game like those while on the seas.
Last reason that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is so you can have views that you would probally never see. You can also see other cultures and views you wouldnt see on a plane.
Everyone needs to help out one another. They could make new friends that they would have never made before. | 2 |
490a973 | You´re in chemistry and you have no idea what the teacher it talking about. This is the third time this week going over chemical equations and the fact that you still don´t understand it, is embarassing. So you don´t ask for help. What if the teacher knew based soley on your facial expressions? Using the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom would be valuable to students who are unconfident in asking questions and to students who really care about their education.
Well known, some students struggle with verbal communication. They are shy, socially underdeveloped, or just uncomfortable with holding a conversation. If there was a device like the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) in classrooms, it would help teachers know who understands and who doesn´t. Who still needs help and who doesn´t. This could be the difference between passing or failing.
Students go through a lot with life-changing tests, and pressures to be successful in life. With the FACS, teachers will be able to sense when a student is unwilling or not trying; teachers will know to not waste valuable time on them. These types of attitudes are contagious especially in a classroom. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, we unconciously imitate eachother´s facial expressions and moods. This means other students won´t want to learn either.
In conclusion, having the FACS in classrooms would be helpful to students and educators. Some teachers lack patience while some students lack confidence. Having a device that could sort all that out and make room for real learning, would be grand. | 3 |
490d612 | Dear State Senator,
I believe that the Electoral College should be kept and not changed. With the Electoral College, the presidential candidates can not have trans-regional appeal. The Electoral College also reduces the risk of a run-off election, where no candidate wins a majority of the votes. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral college vote is also less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. This system also encourages voters in toss-up states to be more thoughtful with their vote. The Electoral college also helps in balancing out the weight that large states with a large population lose.
With the Electoral College, no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. This not only makes the votes more fair, but it also encourages the presidential candidate to be desirable to all regions, not just one that that the candidate knows will vote for him. A candidate with only regional apeal would likely cause residents of the other regions to feel that their votes do not count.
The Electoral College reduces the risk that no candidate wins a majority of the votes and instead, usually produces a clear winner. An example of this, as stated by Richard Posner in his arguement in defending the Electoral college, is when Nixon and Clinton were elected. Both had only 43 percent plurality of popular votes, while winnning a majority in the Electoral College. The Electoral College also avoids creating pressure when no candidate wins a majority of the votes.
As said by Posner, voters in toss-up states who know they are going to decide the election are likely to pay close attention to the campaign and will be more thoughtful with their vote. They also will have received the most information and attention from the candidates. It also makes sense that the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.
The weight in the political balance that large states with a large population lose is blanced by the Electoral College. An example ,given by Posner, is that the popular vote in Florida was very close in 2012, but Obama, who won the vote, got 29 electoral votes. The same margin in a smaller state would result in the winner getting alot less votes. This causes large states to get more sttention from candidates than a small state does.
In coclusion, I would like to say that keeping the Electoral College is a great choice. It will make presidential elections more fair and balanced than purely relying on a popular vote. The Electoral College produces more thoughtful votes, which inturn will result in the best candidate for the people to have as president. | 4 |
4910896 | I believe that the new technology which is called the Facial Action Coding System is a good idea that will help value students in a classroom . The Facial Action Coding System can help determine the way you feeling , reliezes that you might need help on a lesson that you are not comprehending very well , also it knows when something is bothering you .
When on a computer the Facial Action Coding System determines the way you feeling when the computer constructed 3-D face model revolves around all fourty four major muscles in a human face . When you show emotion towards the computer and have a movement of one or more muscles it is called a action unit which helps the com puter bring all your emotions together and be able to seperte them into they percentages . For example your frontalis pars lateralis muscle ( above your eyes) raises your eyebrows which means your surprised . Your orbicularis oris ( around your mouth) tightens your lips that shows your angry . There many muscles in a human face that has a variety of different ways to show their emotions .
The new technology can also relieze when something is bothering you . For example when your friend ask " whats wrong ? " and you say nothing your friend dictated that you were lying so his/her mouth would stretch sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle , the risorius hich means dont lie . Also it can tell when you are putting on a fake smile and actually hurting inside . The computer is actually showing empathy by feeling someone elses emotional state . Theory of emotion , moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may even help produce them .
When struggling on a lesson on the computer the Facial Action Coding System will notice . However " a classroom computer could relieze when a student is becoming confused or bored , then it will modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor ." The same technology can make computer - animated faces more expressive - fro video games or video surgery . But also on the other note the new technology couldnt be the best idea due to the fact that some people are going through some stuff and school is a way to clear they mind and going on a computer at school with the new technology would remind them .
Many people dont relieze when their closest friends are going through something and the new technology would him .
I stated that Facial Action Coding System helped you determine your feelings , if something or someone is bothering you or if your struggling on a lesson . After reading about the new trchnology it can help you . | 4 |
491120f | Driverless cars are coming. With all of the new technology, driverless cars are definetly a high requested divice. Both positive, and negitive features come along with a driverless car. I belive driverless cars is something we should not have, due to the loss of high quality attention, when driving a reugular car.
IPhones, Galaxies, tablets, radios, are just a few reasons why drivers get so distracted in the driver seat. A regular car, is controled completely by the driver, but how can they do that well texting, and having the radio playing as loud as its able? As guessed, they cant. Thats where the smart car comes in, the only thing the drivers need to do is be ready when there control is needed. What if there is an accident ahead, and the lights are flashing to alert the driver, but the driver is looking out the window, and misses the light? who takes control when the seat is vibrating but the driver is bouncing up and down to the new song on the radio? Who turns the wheel, when there is contruction dead ahead, and the car is telling the driver to take control, but he cant hear over the person he is talking to on the cell phone? Even with the smartest car, you arent garrenteed to be the smartest driver.
On that note, the driverless car doesnt seem like a very good idea. Even with the smartest car, you still have the everyday electronics distracting the drivers from doing their jobs. Wether its a regualar car, or a driverless car, its dangerous either way when trusting the driver behind the wheel. | 2 |
4916699 | Limiting car usage can be very benifical in many ways such as , enviromental , finantialy , economicly.
Car usage plays a big roll in todays society. People use there vehicles everyday to get around . But if we change that the whole world could beneifit from it . The author says " 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". Which means by cutting all these greenhouse gases down we could be saving the planet and creating a better world for the generations to come .
Rush hour would never be a problem again if cars where not an opotion anymore. The evidence says that " President obama's ambitious goals to curb the united states' greenhouse gas emissions, enveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in american behavior : recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by ". This can result in good out comes for people all across the world.
In conclusion , by everybody stepping up and making a change in the way we use transportation the world could turn out to be a better place to live in health and economic whise . By limiting car usage our country and transportation can evolve as we know it . | 3 |
491c3fb | The usage of cars around the whole world has been the main reason why the earth is facing with air pollution problems and day by day our ozone layer is breaking. To solve this problem we can limit the usage of cars or any type of moving vehicle that can harm us and use other efficient ways to get to places.
There have been places in this world where they have started to move to make a difference in the earth. For example in source one "Vauban's streets are completely "car-free" except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs..." in Vauban, Germany there are alot of suburban communities who have giving up using cars or have sold their cars to make their houses where they live. Not only have they be making car free streets but also have taken out parking spaces so that people can reduce the usage of cars. This change can be either economicaly better for everyone but can also be useful for people to start thinking to go outside more. In Bogota, Colombia they have created a program that is set to spread to all the Colombians to hike, bike, skate and also take the bus to their jobs, it is a car-free day like stated in this statement from source 3 "It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines." This improvement campaign began in the mid-1990s.
In other countires like in source two "after days or near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial ban to clear the air of the global city" this was due to the large amount of smog that cars give out to the layers of air. The citizens of Paris would also have to pay a fine. Source two also states that "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitlas... [last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particular matter (PM) per cubic mater compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found." this is the reason why Paris has started to make a change. They are many other solutions to changing the cars we us today to others like electrical cars where you only have to charge them and you can use them it would not harm our ecosystem in any way. Driving a car not only affects our earth but can be very stressful for the driver because he or she would have to face in their every day life traffic jams, but looking for other ways to get to your destination would separate you from having to go through that everyday.
One of the biggest produces of this problem is the United States of the America where all of the cars we know have been created and is also one the most more advanced countries. In source four is states that "President Obamas's ambitious goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled las week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior: recent studies suugest that Americans are buying fewer cars, drivinf less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." as hard as this sounds if we dont get to moving we will soon die little by little. We also lower down the percentage of car accidents if we reduce the usage of cars, the level of mortality would not decrease so fast.
In conclusion, you have learned that driving a car is very harmful for the planet and if we dont start making a change our earth would be more polluted then how it is now. Start making a change and think smart. | 3 |
491d01e | The Seagoing Cowboys they take care of the horses, Young cows , and mules that were shipped overseas. The countries were left in ruins after the war.
To help the countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together. The countries formed together the UNRRA ; the UNRRA hired the Seagoing Cowboys. The Seagoing Cowboys hepl people that were affected by the World War ll.
When you join you travel almost all over the world. You can go to places and see things you never seen before. Working as a Seagoing Cowboy takes hard work. You can aslo find time to have fun on board, especially on retun trips after the animals had been unloaded. If you want you can also play sports such as baseball, Vollyball games Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reand and whittling.
If you join youcan have fun and a adventure like you never had before. Also help thousands of people that are in need. Doing these things can help you open the world to yourself. It's a opportunity to help people of other countries ajnd their needs. You will be surprised of how many people you help and the great thngs the will happen and be seen.
I think you should become a Seagoing Cowboy to have the experince as Luke Bomberger. He worked hard and had lots of fun. You can meet new people too. Seagoing Cowboys can change Peoples lives of what happened to them. You can exlpore somethng new everyday.
This can be alot of fun. All you hve to do is become a Seagoing Cowboy. Then start you exciting adventure. You will aslo find some artifacts and memories that will treasure you forever. You can also see lots of animals and help them too. This can be a Opportunity of a lifetime. | 3 |
4923deb | In the artical "Driverless Cars Are Coming." the author presents both positive and negitive aspects of driverless cars. Some positive aspects that are shown are that, no one would have to drive anymore, the cars would drive themselfs. some negitive aspects are, they are not "safe" yet, and when they are safe there will still be at least one accadent and who will be charged? The owner or the manufacturer? I think that self driving cars would be a good thing for society because there would be less accadents and a lot of hours would be saved becuse trafic would move much more smoother due to the lack of car accadents. There would be down sides to such as what if the car randomly breaks down as the passenger is asleep, or if the driver sees that there is going to be an accadent and does not have good reaction time or the skills needed to drive the car? Other than that the car would be very bennafical to scociety. | 2 |
4925668 | Have you ever though that "driving" in a driveless car could be very useless? Most people today think that when there's a traffic jam that they cannot be patient, nor drive as slow as everyone else does. Adults and children today can drive themselves, what's the point in having a driveless car. Using a type of car can actaully be dangerous not only to teens but every for old people, they like the old fashion way of driving a car.
Teens in this generation like to speed and like to have the freedom of driving how ever they want to until something bad happens and isn't sure what to do when they get in a car crash. Teen like the big and high tech stuff but whta if they don't know how to work that type of car? How would teens now react to a car that is driveless, they'd probably like it because they then can be on thier phone 24/7 and not pay attention to the road like they do today.
Adults like the new technology that has been coming out this year, but older people like grandma's and grandpa's like the old school way of driving a car. It would be way to much to drive a different car that has a whole bunch of new technology that wouldn't make them comfortable nor would they probably feel safe. Older lady's sometimes go out by themselves and just getting into a car like one today is somethimes hard becuase they could have some problems and that they have to take treatment for or they just in general aren't able to move fast enough.
Sensors in the cars could sometime be damaged or every ruined by rain or if the batter dies out on someone in the car. How would you be able to apply breaks on the car if you don't know if the car if front of you is gonna stop, will there be another sensor so you can see the car in front so the car knows. The car will basically be a computer working for you and then what if you're not sure if you could every be able to drive agin, you won't feel the need to because of these drivelss cars.
In conclusion, driveless care aren't a good way to make new cars. The ones today are fine, yeah they may be old but why make it easier on adults and teens that like the new technology and like the idea of something with a new type of car. Elderly and teens don't need to be driving driveless cars because it just wouldn't be safe with buliding new technology and making it harder to control and not knowing what to do if there was an accident. | 3 |
492ece5 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College is an anachronism. It belongs in the past and should not decide who are president is going to be anymore because its not who the majority of people really want to be leading,it could cause a tie,and its unfair to voters.
Abolishing the electoral college has been a thing people have wanted gone for some time. Because of the electoral college the popular vote has not effected who becomes president. According to the article,(The Indivisible Electoral College),over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election tha the one we have now. this means many people would rather switch out the electoral college with a direct vote. With the electoral college still up voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose again.
Perhaps the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in an election. According to the article,(The Indivisible Electoral College),if the election was a tie it will be thrown to the House of Representatives,where state delegations vote on the president.This mean that people would still have no say in the matter of choosing a president.
At the most basic level the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winnner take system in each state canidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning in. According to the article,during the 2000 campaign,seventeen states didnt see canidates at all. This means voters didnt even have a chance to vote.
The electoral college should be ruled out in the future because its not who people really want to lead,it could result in a tie, andits unfair to voters. If its removed then there would be better leaders in the future. | 4 |
492fb37 | After reading "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, it is a smart decision to say that it is valuable to use the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. I support this claim for a few reasons. The reasons I support using this enhanced technology in a classroom environment is because it could help students become less confused about the concept they are learning, it could be used in a school counselor's office to help students identify their emotions and what they're feeling, and lastly, it can keep students focused and ready to learn in the classroom.
It would be valuable to use the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom for students because this technology could possibly help students become less confused about the concept they are learning. Throughout the world, many students are in pretty challenging classes, and most of the time, they are smart. Some of the things in these classes however, are not always easy. Many students struggle with the concepts they learn and are often confused. With this new face reading and emotion detecting technology, the scanner will be able to detect the students facial structure and what they show will predict these emotions. Imagine a student learning something and he/she gets confused. This happens all the time, and most students show a face that shows they do not understand what's going on. This face may look something like a furrowed brow or a side smirk with the mouth. Whatever it may be, the student is confused, and needs help. The Facial Action Coding System will be able to detect this, and the teacher will see the results, then will be able to clear up the student's confusion over the concept. Problem solved! This especially would help with students that are not as outgoing as others and are reserved in class and are not comfortable to ask for help in front of the whole class.
Another reason that the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable for students in a classroom is because in places like a counselor's office, it would help the student to identify their own emotions. A lot of students, especially after something has happened in their life that has impacted them in a negative way, need to talk to someone. Their emotions need to be expressed, and this new technology would help students identify these emotions. Picture a student walking into a counselor's office that is having a rough day. The student sits down and explains that he/she is having trouble identifying what they are feeling, or they don't know how to feel about what has happened. The counselor would talk to the student, then for extra assistance, use the Facial Action Coding System. The system would then give the emotions for how the student is feeling, so now the student will know, and maybe feel better. If not, at least the emotions are now recognized/identified.
Lastly, this Facial Recognition will be able to tell if a student in class is bored. It can also tell how many of the other students are bored. This can tell the teacher that maybe how they are teaching the material is not the most beneficial way to the students. In many cases, the students are bored with what they are learning, so they may put their head down or even have a bland look on their face. When students are bored, they tend to give up and not pay attention at all, and they are not motivated to learn anything. Therefore, they do not comprehend the material like they need to. This can help teachers know that they need to change up their lesson plan to keep the students occupied and attentive with the material, so they understand it better. This will then have the potential to raise grades and be more successful with the classes they are taking.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System would be a valuable source to use with students in a classroom for these reasons I have previously mentioned. This new technology would be very beneficial in an environment at a school. It has proved the emotions of the Mona Lisa painting, which many people are confused about, so it clearly has a lot of potential! This will allow students to learn in the most beneficial way possible, and will cause them to be more successful in the classroom, and in the future. | 4 |
4932307 | Studying Venus is worthy despite,because Venus could also be like earth. Venus can have water as earth does. Vanus is greater then what we experience.Mars,and Venus can all be alike Earth. In this next i will be supporting my claim.
Exploring Venus would be excellent for us. We could have an other world to live on.The author states that "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." The author also states that "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." These quotes will support my claim.
One day people will find Venus as earth.Venus will be like earth one day,so as mars. The planet Venus once has water, but it has rocky sediment,valleys, and mountains. The challenge for Venus to become the next earth will be hard. I choose the best quotes to support my claim that studying Venus is despite. | 2 |
4932595 | Facial Acting Coding System
In the article "Making Mona LIsa Smile" Nick D'Alto talls about a new technology named "Facial Acting Coding System", this type of new technology will identify your students emotions it will tell you if your studetns are happy, sad, angry or in fear. Teachers should be aware if students are understanding our class, if they are enjoying it and most important we shoould know if students are having raugh times in school or out of school.
In all schools there is studetns who half the time do not understand a lesson given by a teacher or electronic, students are embearrased to raise there hand and ask for help, students will rather miss the whole lesson and not understand than raise there hand and ask for the help they need. If we have the new "Facial Action Coding System" this would help studetns by grades, they would understand the subject and will be able to do their homework, test and quizzes with out a problem. so that means better grades.
Studenys will get bored during a class, when they get bored they will most likely not pay attention and wont do anything. If this technology were to be in classrooms this will help the teachers know when they are not focusing no moe, this would help teachers be better during a lesson. This will benefit the studetns from not paying attention.
Many teachers do not know there studetns. They do not know when students are going through something, if you look onlined the suicide percent is high because of bullying, bullying happens in every school. This technology will stop familys from loosing there kids to suicide. Teachers would be aware of studetns emotions and will get to know thre studetns more.
In conclusion this new technology will help all schools, teachers and stusdetns. | 4 |
49373d9 | I truthfully believe this is not created by aliens. Even if the artifact was created by aliens we have no proof of actually seeing them. NASA denies that there is not any other logical proof of aliens, but NASA's budget really wishes there was an ancient civilization. It would mean great publicity and further exploration into science. As a scientist learning about this you may believe anything within earshot. Whatever could seem logical, could not really be what is really right. Confusing as this argument sounds, I really believe that aliens never would have made this artifact. Could something like this happen? Do they really exsist?
Nature is different on mars, how is this effective? Mars has different climates and weather storms that we don't experience on earth. Maybe, the "face" is a weathered rock and when shadows cross over it it really looks like a face. Does that seem truthful enough to you? Or even believable? Sometimes when we look at clouds they can be different shapes as what we think they look like. To you, this is artifact that needs further examination. If we could excavate it from Mars we could further our studies on what truly made this rock really look like a face. How could this happen, you may ask? The cost of getting another spaceship to Mars and having a crew does cost alot of money, I understand. NASA made the last possible missions come true, would we be putting the people in that spaceship in danger?
Mars really isn't that safe, that may be why people dont life on Mars without a suit and oxygen tank. Because something bad could really happen up there, and we need contact with earth to tell whats going on. That may put people in danger sending the crew up there. We can only think and hope that the artifact was created by aliens. The face on Mars is an icon for magazines and movies like "The Martian" and books like "The Lunar Chronicles". A single dicovered thing can turn sellers into money-makers easliy. All these fanatsy in books and movies, really can make us believe what we believe.
Pictures say that shadows make it look like a face. To me the artifact looks like a giant rock, with holes in it. When the shadows of clouds do come along it looks like a face. We may reallly never know who, what, or how this confusing landmark was made. The whole solar system moves around the sun, sometimes they said that they couldnt find Cydonia. Its stuck behind the cloud storms, but this face is really a natural landform on Mars. Now pictures can be photoshopped can't they? If this really was a face why does it look the way it does? From early pictures they turned out blurry and you cant really see the face. I still dont see the face.
Some say the camera doesnt lie, well in this case it may. If aliens were there making these faces wouldnt there be more? it would be a culture to them, or a ceremonial thing. We may never know. All these questions have no answer to them. What is really happening on Mars? Why were the artifacts made, but its really something we will never understand.
If aliens did make the artifact where are they? Wouldnt we see something about them or some weird signals coming from them? Aliens dont really exsist, as much as the subject wraps around our brains, it really leaves us clueless on what we know and what we dont know. Since we really have no proof, I believe that aliens did not make this artifact, found on Mars. I could be wrong to some people, but i believe my claim is true. There really may be a civilization on Mars if we could really think about it and further our studies. But for now i believe this artifact is really just a weathered rock on the face of Mars. | 3 |
4938e41 | Wow! This program is really fun. You guys should really join it. You will have a great time exploring the whole world!
All people in the world should join the program. You get to explore lots of different things. If you dont join then you will miss out on all of the fun. Your life will be changed forever. You can hang out with your friends if they wan to come with you. We can go to Europe,Greece,and even Antartica!
You can do what you love to do. We can go sightseeing wherever we are. But it might take a few days to even weekes to get to where we are going. When you are in different countries you can help out people in need. That will make you not just worry about yourself but other people and their needs. You can play sports in some of the empty animal cages where they were housed until they got to where they needed to be. It is much more than an adventure. There are a few dangers when your out at sea. There could be a severe thunder storm. You could also be thrown overboard if you hit a really big wave. But other than that you will have a great time with the crew. You might get to talk with your families every once in a while. If you have service.
Pleas come and join our program. You will have a fantastic time. This will be one of your greatest adventures! Come and have some fun sightseeing and going to different countries! | 2 |
493f79e | There are many reasons why people should swich to cars to walking. Switching from cars to walking helps the enviroment with polution, also it makes you look better so you can get the ladies. America is at an all time low on population coming from cars because many people are ihnto walking to work instead of driving because driving is very dangerous and also they are really hard to afford.
Many people dont want to come out of their ccomfort zone and switch to a bike or switch to walkinjg because it might not be cool to them and their parents and not cool to their friends when carpooling is much more efficent andmuch more cheaper than any other alternative all you have to do is call your friends up and say HEY bring me to work now please.
"The days without cars is part of an improvement camoaighn that began in bogota in the mid 1990s. It has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city, according to Mockus, the citys mayor." Andrew Selsky. | 2 |
4941b2b | I am very much for the use and development of driverless cars.
It is the only a very sensable and useful step of the progression in technology.
Tomas Edison, inventer of the lightblub, once said, "I did not fail at creating the lightblub 300 times, I just found out how to not make a lightbulb 300 times."
I am using this same understanding against this prompt that was given to me through the State Education Deparment.
Even with the possible risks of developing these self-driven cars, there is still a need to do so in order for the progession of development.
There is a general desire for cars, and this desire creates a extremely large billion dollar market.
Understanding that this market is avalible for retail there will be a most unsquiset interest to develop such market.
This neccessity has already been partically filled by our good friends at Google and, unexpectedly, BMW.
However, the inautorable question still remains unanswered.
Is this need justified?
Of course it is justified, espeicially since the job has yet to be asserted correctly and efficiently. There might be copious amount of insidents on the road in conjested areas such as contruction, but someone might just need to fail three hundred times in order to succeed.
These provoking accidents will be an issue, but they are issues in the future in which will be asserted in the future.
There are as many pros and there is cons in this senario.
the word technology is vaugely defined as something that helps humans.
All we have done in the past million years is creating a atmosphere of better living.
Once these engineers take driving out the picture, it will make life esaier and more efficient.
Some people take a twenty minute drive to school or work every single day, and, assuming they drive back to their ressidense, that is a astounding forty minutes of nothingness that could be put to a more efficient outcome.
It is clear that a few accidents to ingender prefection will be unanswerably accepted if the media does not twist the tale.
This outcome will be certain if we like it or not, because of the excesive demand i explained in paragraph two. However, I will reiterate it becuase of how undeniable the circumstance is.
If humans fight it or not the progession of such driverless cars will be produced.
I am for this exposer and will support it completely in its faults unlike the story of what Peter did to Jesus. | 3 |
494c3eb | Do you really think that there is a face on mars? Think about it, is that really logical? I am going to explain to you why this idea is not logical. I think that the face on mars is just the background for a couple of reasons. These are my reasons.
First, it is impossible for there to be aleins because there is no water. Every living organism needs water. Another reason why it cannot be aliens is that when they did a close up they didnt find anything. The camera was special because it caught even the smallest of things. For example, if there was some sort of shack, this camera's lens could spot it, as said in paragraph 11. Another reason why i think that this could just be a coincidence is that every planet has oddly shaped landmarks. For example, earth has rocks hat are all placed in a circle in Ireland.
In conclusion, this why I think that this face on mars is just a coincidence and a landmark. These reasons are why you should believe my theory. Thinking that it is some kind of alien landmark is a uneducated idea. These are my reasons. | 2 |
494d653 | The author strongly believes that our Earth "twin" planet, should have more attention than what it has. As in more research over it and more resources to gain from it. The author also suggests that more attention should be forward to Venus "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?". The author later on spoke about NASA having thoughts of sending humans to Venus because of the benefit that they'll gain from it including the advances from the machines that they have been working on.
Not just that the author also belivies that Venus should aso have care for,
it's a planet that is close to similiar as Earth.
It's temperature average is over 800 degrees fahrenheight and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than our experience in Earth. Other than the author knowing research for their argument, the author persuasion tolwards traveling and studying Venus also describes the perspective of it "Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". The author is trying to prove that besides the risks and dangers the studying of Vneus she be reconsidered. | 2 |
4953269 | Driverless cars are a good idea. Not only do they save on fuel but they are also able to respond to danger alot faster than a human being can. It also makes driving on the roads safer and there will be fewer accidents. Driverless cars are something that should be developed.
In today's world there are many car accidents that happen because of human mistakes. Some car accidents are cause by people who are busy on their cellphones or completely drunk. There are many things that can distract a human being from driving. With driverless cars, people won't have to worry about car accidents so much. The car which is the driver doesn't drink or text. The car doesn't get distracted at all. It focuses on what it is supposed to do which means that the people inside the car can do what they like without having to worry about causing an accident.
Driverless cars are safer and can follow the laws that there are for driving so people don't have to worry about getting a speeding ticket or going to jail because they broke the law.
Driverless cars is something that should be created. It is safer and doesn't get distracted like human beings do. It also responds to danger quicker than a human. These cars will follow the laws and speed limits and use less fuel. There would be less accidents and less people having to pay for the accident. Driverless cars are already being devloped and I believe that they should continue to be developed. | 3 |
495585f | Every teacher should use this in their class room because the teacher could see what each student is feeling inside. Also the teacher could see if the student is learning,listening, or even liking what the subject is. It says "moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them''. I think that is very true and hopefully it would make people more happy and not feel like they are nothing.
If people could make enough of the Facial Action Coding System for the schools all around the world. I think that would make a big difference on people not lieing about how the feel. It would help people be better with computers if the computers understand howthe person if feeling.
It would me a great game too. You try to make the other person try to guess your emotion and the computer would tell you if they got it right or not. I think this would be really good to get out to schools to show them how to see different emotions about people and like i said before, it would make a great game. | 2 |
49597fd | Are driverless cars going to use half the fuel we use today? Are these cars safe for travel? The dirverless car is said to fundamentally change the world. The first driverless care was created by Google in 2009. This car has traveled over a million miles to different places with no crashes. Even though the car is called "driverless" it techniqually is not. The driver would still have to take control of the car when traveling through traffic, passing an accident, or traveling through road work. Even though the driverless car has sensors, anitlock breaks, and driver assistance is it safe?
My position on the driverless car is undecided. I believe that this car has outstanding safety features but it also has some down falls. The outstanding features that this car has include getting the drivers attention if need and driving assistance found in the car. The car is to get the drivers attention if the road ahead requires human skills. For example the drivers seat can vibrate or flashing lights found on the windshield can aleart the driver that they need to take control of the car. The down falls of this car to me would be the ability to not be able to see something aorund the car. The driverless car has many sensors, which is good until they break. If one breaks and the driver does not know then the car could wreck and hurt others or the driver. Also another down fall is the cost of the car. If something breaks on the car the price of that part will be very expensive. I for see only people with higher incomes having these cars.
If I decided to be for the car I would like all of the safety features found on the car. I would feel safe while traveling in this car because of the features. The driverless car would be a good family car and would also help save money. By saving money this could allow a family to do other things with each other instead of using it on a car. I think the driverless car is a great idea for the new generation but I feel that the older generations will turn this car down due to unkown facts about the new car.
If I decided to be against the car I would have an unsafe feeling about the car. The dirverless car has many sensors and safety features but what happens when those break while driving. If they break while driving will the car wreck? Will it aleart the driver? How do you know when a sensor has gone out? All of these questions are left unanswered. This car could be a huge distraction to the driver and other people around that car. This could cause accidents, death, and severly injure people. I would rather be in a car where I am in control and I don't have to worry about my car taking care of me.
The driverless cars created today have magnificent safety features but are they safe? The cars safety features include sensors, antilock breaks, and drivers assistance. The first car was made by Google in 2009 and has traveled many miles without a crash. I believe that there is good things about this car and bad things. A good thing about this car is all the new technological safety features put in this car to keep everyone in the car safe and everyone around the car safe. A bad thing about this car is what happens when the sensors break. Does the car tell you? Are you suposed to check before you get in the car? Do the sensors even break? There are many questions left unanswered to me and that makes me be against this car being allowed on the road. | 4 |
495a06b | i think technology that reads facial expressions of emotions of students in the classroom is not valuble. if a student is happy, sad, angry, etc they know what to do to make it change.
technology isnt always right anyways so if the computer reads that someone is happy and they are actually sad then nobody could help that student out. also if a student is confused they have to figure it out on there own or ask someone for help they know how to do that on there own and if there board then they can figure out what to do to get movin and to be happy instead of being board the hole time.
lets say we want to have computers to show the emotions that might be a bad thing like if your opening a present you got and you dont like it that could hurt that persons feeligs and make them sad. so no i do not think its a good thing to have computers tell our emotions. | 2 |
495bc06 | As an American citizen, I am aware that cars are a big form of transportation. For me that is my way of getting everywhere. But I never really thought about the consequences of driving a car or even that there may be advantages to not driving one. Other countries have realized that their are advantages and are working on promoting citizens to use other types of transportation. Through out the world many countries are pushing for "car-free" areas and eventually "car-free" countries. Many of these countries are trying different strategies to accomplish this goal. Some examples would be Paris, where they only permit certain cars to drive each day depending on their license plate number, as found in source 2, parts of Germany are creating "car-free" communities and if you want to have a car you must pay 40,000 dollars in order to park in a parking garage in the front of the community, according to source 1, even Cities in Colombia promote what they call a Day Without Cars, as said in source 3. Even though here in the United States we haven't enforced any laws against driving, some citizens are choosing to not to drive. These countries are creating these new lifestyles in order to prevent air pollution, take away the stress of driving on the roads, and to bring the communities closer together.
As many people may already know, cars release greenhouse gasses that are harmful to our enviroment. As said in source 1, "Passenger cars are responsible for up to 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions into the enviroment." Parts of Germany are working to solve this issue by creating "car-free" communities. Some of these communities house up to 5500 residents. This change is getting a positive reaction, with more people moving into these commmunities than predicted. This is a movement called "smart planning" which is a trend that is growing and sreading into many parts of Europe, some parts of the United States and elsewhere.
Paris however is trying a different strategy that doesnt require people moving into completely new areas. They are now enforcing laws permitting certain cars to drive on their designated days. For example, on Mondays drivers who's cars have even-numbered license plates must leave their cars at home and find a different form of transportation for that day or else they will be fined 22-euros($31). So far 4,000 drivers have been fined. Paris's goal is also to cut down the emission of harmful gasses into the enviroment but mainly trying to reduce smog. Since deisel fuel is a large contributor and the majority of the vehicles in Paris run on diesel fuel they are cutting down the number days you are allowed to drive.
Colombia is also using Paris' strategy, but their "car-free" days are limited to once every year. Colombia has been using this stategy for 3 years and each year getting a better turnout of people participating. Violators who choose to drive on this day known as the Day Without Cars day, are fined $25. Their goal is to promote alternative transportation, interaction between citizens, limit individuals stress levels, and reduce smog. Heidrun Walter, a citizen in Colombia quoted, "When I drive my car I'm always tense. I'm much happier when I'm not behind the wheel." Haidrun is just one of many citizens who have expressed their interest in this new method.
After looking at the consequences of driving a car, and seeing the multiple advantages of not having one has changed my perspective on things. I know the feeling of being stressed when driving and I've always thought, if I could I would choose a different form of transportation. After seeing other countries promoting their citizens to choose alternative forms of transportation, I now hope the United States will enforce something similar. Not only do you help the enviroment but it is safer for yourself and everyone around you. Living a lifestyle with no air pollution, stress, or traffic jams will be safer and more efficient. Hopefully every other citizens perspective on this will change, if it hasn't already. I'm lookinf forward to seeing you walking next to me on the sidewalk. | 4 |
495da32 | There are many reasons why I think that the face on Mars just a natral land formation. One reason is that where the face is formed there are ofther Martian mesa. That is what made the land look like a face and the shadowing was just right and it makes the eyes, nose and mouth.
My second argument is this. After the MGS had taken the first photo of the face they still needed better pictures. So there was a picture taken on April 5, 1998 that was ten times sharper than the origonal picture. Revealeing that the face is a natural landform. There is no connection of aliens to the face. People still did not want to belive it isn't a real face. This brings me to my final argument about the Mars face.
My last argument is proof. The MGS got close enough to take a second picture. This time the team used the camaras absolute maximum resolution. Which means that you can see pretty much anything that would be around the face. Things like airplains on the ground, shacks, buildings, pyramids, etc. What the picture actully showed was that the face is a landformation. It showed that the face was an equivalent of a butte or mesa. These are a few reasons why I think that the Mars face is just a landformation. | 3 |
495e8d0 | limiting car usage would be great for all of us around the world. It would be good for us to function regurlaly without a car. It would show us how people a long time ago got to different places by waliking or public transportation. I think by all of us not using cars will make us see how grateful we are for having cars. By us not having a cars it would help with our air pollution,help us get daily excercise,and help us spend less money on technology.
Although cars are a great benefit to our lives it can harm us as well. For example in Paris they had a near record breaking smog problem due to all the cars. The people of paris thought that diesel was the problem. Paris has more air pollution than any other European capitals. In recent recorded data paris had "147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in brussels and 79.9 in london" (paragraph 17 line 2-4). This shows that cars have a big advantage in our society today and a big part of our health as well.
Not having a car is good for us because it gives us daily excercise. By walking or riding a bike to work or school is good for our bodies. It allows us to take a breath of fresh air and enjoy nature and clear our minds. By walking to work it allows to take away stress and focus on what you are going to do that day. Not having a vehicle is good for us and makes us take advantage of life.
Lastly not having a car saves money. Being carless saves us money on gas and oil changes. If your car breaks down;thats extra money you have to spend on for car parts. If you got into a car accident you would have to pay for not only your car ,but the other persons car as well. You could save tons of money for yourself and your family by not having a vehicle. Not having a car quickly improves your health and your pockets.
This lifestyle will be healthy for all of us and shows us all we maybe missing out on. We as people rely to much on technology and put our everything into these devices. By us doing this it will improve our way of living. | 2 |
4963bde | The first reason is because i probabably less challenging to the people the vote reguraly because they can do i on their opinion and nobody elses. This is because how the votes are scored normally is how the people voed and how many they each have this type of voting process works where they have their opinion on what each person thinks instead of just voting. As you can see using this type of voting is a lot easier for people so it not as is as just putting and vote you can use your opinionss as well as voting.
The Second source states that how and why is the Electoral College the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. This is probably because of how much they want this system to work instead of all different types of votes they can just have it all as one as a whole which would make it a whole lot easier on all the people that do vote. Then when they do vote they know how to express why they are voting and how they are voting to see how much easier it i to vote this way. As you can see voing this way could help he cause of opinion could help people and cause people to change their ideas in many different ways.
To end , The Electoral College is alot easier because it helps with easier voting and lets people state things instead of making it complicated you can make it easier and give a good explaination of why and how it makes it easier on the people that will vote with the new Electoral College to make things easier on their part for many reasons. | 2 |
4967255 | I think that is should be used. One reason is should is because you will be abale to know if the student is doing good. Another reason is how the muscles work in a face. The last reason is how can we make it better. All this reaons will help with the students.
The new software will help in many ways. One way is it will tell use if a student is okay. This will tell if they are making a fake smile to say that are fine, they really not. They could be having problems in there house or something like that.
The software can tell witch muscle is being used. That is how it know if its a fake smile or are a reall smile. This will tech the students a face muscle. It will help tham later on how to tell a reall smile or a fake smile.
Can the software upgrade? The students will proabley try to make it better. During the project they will learn stuff about the software. Later they will know what to do if it breaks or when they will creat a software.
I say that is a good idea to have tha soft ware. It helps the students learn stuff. it teach them about muscles they have in the face. It will give them experence on softwares. I think is a good ides to have one. | 3 |
4972301 | Yes, the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable, because many student will come into the classroom with sad face and nobody will know what is wrong with them but with the Facial Action Coding System, everybody will know what is wrong with a person if he/she is sad in class, And is not everybody that feel happy everyday but with this kind of technology we will be able to know what is wrong with them and we will make sure they feel happy.
In paragraph 5 the author say that in fact, we humans perform this same impressive "caculation" everyday. For instance, you can probably tell how your friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. But some people can tell how a person feel but only the person friend and that is not good but with the Facial Action Coding System evrybody will be able to tell how a person feel not only the person friend.
In paragraph 6 it say that a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored and that will make the teacher find something that will u feel happy and keep u busy. But without the Facial Action Coding System the teacher will not be able to know what is wrong with a student is either they are confused or bored she won't be able to tell becuase she can't know how the student feel but with the computer the teacher can see if the students are happy or not and they are not happy she will be able to find a way to make them happy.
So the Facial Action Coding System will be valuable in classroom so the teacher can know the feeling of his student. | 3 |
4973b27 | Dear senator,
As you know the Electoral College is a process, not a place. But do you think many other people know that. They might get a hint if you can change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. In my opinion that would make me happier if the person I voted for came on tv everyday telling me new things. I wouldn't want someone I had no say in do that. because the person you voted for you obvioulsy had a reason to vote for them, in my persepctive of this, other people will catch on and find the good in the best one. The guy with the most votes wins.
The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, "the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of electoral votes by congress".
With that said, me being at the age of fourteen, I won't get the chance to go with the electors and vote for who I want, but being able to have the popular vote selected, I feel in a way as if im a huge part in the voting thats being held. Therefore having the Electoral College consist of 538 electors. I still woudl feel a part of the voting.
Each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own froup of electors. These elcetors are ususually chosen by the canidates political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilites are.
I feel as if popoular votes will benefit the region in many ways. But starting on the residents of other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised- to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their intrests, that he really insnt their president. If I wee presidnet i would want everyone to feel welcome and wanting to listen to what I have to say. Not saying that they would all like my decisons but I would want them invloved, I beileve every president should want their citizens involved and do be able to stay up to date. Statistics show that it has been argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a canidate who has no hope of carrying their state. " The founding fathers esatblished it in the Constitution aas a comprimise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens".
Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Aboloshing the electoral college. A toll taken in 2000 shortly after Al Gore, the popular vote had overcome the electoral vote. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose presidency. So if everyone make san effort to get involved and do their part, they can have the president they want. If they don't do their paert they shouldn't have a say in it. Thank you for your time.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
497870f | Imagine you are woke up and you are running late for work, now in my case if I was running late to work I would hop in my car and get going as fast as I could to try and get to work on time. But if you have a Driverless Car does that mean that the car would only go the speed limit so you could not hurry up to get to work? If you got rearended by a car car drivng on the highway and started spinning out of control would the Drtiverless Car let you take control of the wheel to try and save yourself? These are both valid questions to ask before you take a step into the furture with Driverless Cars.
Many people will argue that Driverless Cars would be very helpful the todays busy and nonstop world, but if the elements were out of your control would you feel safe with your life in the hands of a car? I believe that the best way to be safe on the road would be to have a driver in control of the vehicle. Human error will always be a factor in driving but trusting that humans have been trained and have some experience behind the wheel will always over power the risk of taking the chance of a machine keeping families safe while drivng.
The manufacturers of the Driverless Cars would also have a heavy weight on their shoulders becuase if the Drivreless Cars gets into an accident who's fault is it? There would have to be careful expamination of the product and what happened during the crash. If the crash were to be the manufaturers fault then the company that the car was produced at could be sued millions of dollars due to many crashes.
In conclusion the Driverless Car to me would be a poor decsion for people to buy becuase there are many unknown factors tht deal with this product. the Driverless car has not proven yet that it is safe enough to be out on the roads and to keep people safe. | 3 |
497b7e7 | Dear, State Senator
Some people in the America are worried about the voting for the president. Some people are in favor of keeping the Electoral College, and other are in favor of channging the voting system to popular vote. Going in favor of Electoral College has only one good favor like in Source 1 it says that "The Cerificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent oyur state at the meeting of the electors in Decemeber of the election year."
In the Electoral College there is somthing a bit unfair, if on of the presidential cadidate went after the bigger city's like Florida,Texas,or California (as showed in the picture in Source 3) the would have a big lead in the race for one of the cadidates. If one of the presidential cadidates got all three of them then it would be like a win-win for them. After they got those three it would be that hard to go after which ever state he want to get to vote for him.
Even though Electoral College is a good way popular vote would give a clear vote on who would win the presidential election. If we went with popular vote it would just matter on the people's vote on who they woluld want in the White House. If there is a tie, then the should find one person off the streets and ask them who would they want to win the presidential election. All they would have to do is give him a piece of paper with both names and he would pick one. If the state went to popular votes then Obama and Romney would most likely had a closer race then what it was. In Source 2 it says "According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct electin to the kind we have know."
But know that you know some people in America don't like the Electoral College and saw what they had to say mabye just mabye you will consider changing how we the people ofAmerica vote to choose who we want in the White House. | 2 |
497e049 | "Unmasking the Face on Mars". NASA took a photo of Mars and what they found would change the world. NASA on 1976 took a photo of Mars, nothing odd right except this odd looking thing that looked like a face. Many scientist thought it was just a land mass that happen to look like a face but the people around the world though of it as an aliens doing.
This idea is wrong in many levels for instant years later they took another photo and it shows that is was nothing but a butte or mesa, but this still did not stop people thinking other wise. What more do they want, we showed them prove and photos that it was just a normal land mass nothing more. The people weren't statisfied though they thought it was just a cover up, yet NASA would be better off if there was , so why would they hide it if they would be better with it.
The idea that the face on Mars was aliens is nothing but nonsense. We really should be doing other things than trying to prove this as true. Does this say that their is not any other beings in the universe no, but this is just a normal land mass found on Mars nothing more nothing less, Or MABEY this is what they want us to think, nahh. | 2 |
498a10e | From what I've read, I believe that the Face is a natural landform. There are three reasons that I think this, and I'll explain them all in this essay.
My first reason for believing the Face is a natural landform is that if NASA knew anything about aliens or artifacts, then they would probably tell us. In paragraph 5, the author states, "defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." It's their job, and they would get paid more if they discovered something about aliens.
My next reason is that even if the first photo taken of the Face looked like an alien artifact, the second photo proved that wrong by having a much higher quality.. According to the author in paragraph 11, "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," which proves that the Face isn't an alien structure or artifact.
My last reason is that the Face is a mesa, just like the kind we have on Earth. In paragraph 12, the text states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West," showing how the Face is just a normal landform with strange shadows.
In conclusion, there are probably many other arguments that prove that the Face is just a natural landform, but the reasons above are the most convincing ones I found in this article. | 3 |
498d8cc | Cars. Mostly everyone has been in a car, had a car or most definetly seen a car. They're part of our culture, so deeply engrained that we buy our homes and plan our lives around the commutes we use to go about our lives but recently, cities around the world have been questioning our dependance and need for cars, especially considering the damage they do to our environment. However, the environment doesn't concern the man or woman that is trying to get to work, so what are the other benefits of not having a car? Well, closer locations, a peaceful life style and a close knit community are also elements that come with a world where cars aren't the norm.
For those who think practically, not having a car is a hassel but the thing is that cities that have already implemented this change. Locations are put closer together so that you may only need a car to get to the next city and even then alternate transportations are put in place to help with that. For example Vauban, Germany has completely given up their cars, except for a few placed in choice parking spaces at the edges of the town. Inside the community people ride their bicycles and there are shops placed at close intervals | 2 |
4991728 | The thought of limting car usage may sound ridiculous or even out right absurd to some, however, what if one car not driving could save your city or even country? Emissions from cars have been weathering away at the Earth's atmosphere and trapping health threatening green house gasses. Goverments have taken notice of this and are developing programs to curve the increasingly large amount of emissions and other air pollutants that come from cars.
In the source,"In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," it tells the tale of Vauban, Germany and other places that have similar programs to limit or ban car usage in suburban homesteads. As a result of the new rule, nearly 70 percent of the families who live in Vauban, though its completely legal, do not own a car and an additional 57 percant sold theirs to move into the square mile of suburbian life. Since the completion of the suburb in 2006, this trend has grown and spread out across Europe and America. These are great things to hear considering that 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from the tailpipe of the passenger cars that occupy Europe. Additionally, the greenhouse gasses in the United States can reach as much as 50 percent in heavily automobile trodden areas like Detroit, Los Angeles and New York. These cities may have their rescue soon enough as the Enviromental Protection Agency has pushed for legislative action to aid their fellow Americans.
In another European landmark, Paris has joined the fight to battle the smog that glooms over the fantasmic city. Although the city looks like it is a paradise, it actually has a smog predicament comparable to that of Shanghai which is notorious for its near cancerous smog problem. To combat this arising problem in Paris, city officials have instituted rules and bans against the pollutants. Motorists with even numbered license plates will alternate with odd numbered motorists every day and the city will provide free transportation Monday through Friday to those banned on that day. Not only has it help impede the incoming smog, it has also cleared traffic congestion up to 60 percent! This is also a benifit in the smog battle since motorists aren't idling and producing emissions when at a standstill. This idea has also been shared to other places around the world that are trying to battle their own emissions.
The struggle for clean air is even in our own back yard. President Obama has even addressed it himself last week as it came out that Americans are buying less cars and driving the ones they already have less. Now this may sound a bit astounding considering that Americans have a passion for cars. In Detroit,, Michigan, companies who are internationally known for their cars have their base of operations lacted in the sprawlng urban playground. The first mass produced automobile, the Ford Model-T, was even crafted right here in the United States! However, there is still a noticeable decline in the use of cars in American lives. This isn't all bad though, some of Americas cities are falling into a danger that other cities across the globe have already fallen for; smog and greenhouse gas pollution.
There are numerous studies on the health risks of air pollutants that can back up the reasoning of countless goverments and cities that want to undo their own demise. In the final source titled, "The End Of Car Culture", the passage states that," Many Sociologists believe it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions..." This statement comes after the news of declines in Americans driving their own cars. This atop of new drivers not wanting their licenses and prefer public transit are unknowingly an aid to fighting the global emission dilema.
The advantages of limiting car usage has both positives and its negatives. The negative only affects one person, usually, and the positives have an affect on everyone else's health and the global enviroment and make countless other minute differences in the world. The global effort to inhibit the production of smog. greenhouse gas emissions, and any other pollutant that makes the quality of air unfavorable has really come along way in the past few decades since its realization. So why not hang up the keys once in a while and take a bus to the store or walk to work. | 5 |
499367b | Driverless cars are a danger.
Driverless cars are something new they are trying too bring to society. I am 100% against driverless cars. Driverless cars are a danger to everyone on the road, they should not be aloud to operate the roads. Accordoing to local studies scientist are finding new things wrong with driverless cars everyday.
One example why driverless cars are a bad idea is, in paragraph eight it states that, "why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver". If its a driverless car why is it that they still need a driver, I'll tell you why, they dont trust there automatic driving system enough that they need someone in the car just in case of failure. Another example is, in paragraph ten it states, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved" that means they are assuming, they dont know the truth, they are just saying that so it makes you wait to see what they have planed, that way you want one even more when it releases, even if its not safe. Furthermore it's still illegel in some states to even test these vehicles, in paragraph nine it states, "lawmakers know that safety is best achived with alert drivers" that in california, Nevada, Florida, and the Disrtict of Cloumbia have led limted use of semi auto cars.
In conclusion I am 100% not for driverless cars as they could be a danger to society. Driverless cars could help criminals, bring more crash danger, and what is a driverless car with a driver that just shows they are not ready for the public. Also driverless cars will have to much imformation, be to expensive, a mechanic will not no how to fix them as they are all computer made. Driverless cars will also be electric and that means more coal will have to be burned from the power plant witch causes more polution resulting in a bigger problem to socitey, if the worl had a decsion I hope that I don't live in a world where driverless cars are released to the public. | 3 |
4993cfc | Driverless cars should not be used on the road yet, or anytime soon. Driverless cars are way to damngerous, and could take up a lot of money. The main thing most people would be worried about is the fact there not really in control of what goes on with the vehicle they purchased. There could be many costly bills, many law suits, for something you didn't do, but what your driverless vehicle did. This could lead to too much then we neen when we could all do what the vehicle is made for, which is for us to drive not to drive by itself.
Even though many people have already started investing in the idea for driverless cars, they could be putting themselves in a bigger hole then they thought. The money there putting up could go to waste cause more then likely people would want to drive there own car. This meaning there investing in something that nobody would probleby not want. The big name companies such as Toyata, and Chevy could lose alot of money, when they was making more doing it the normal way. If your in the car driving what you bought you would feel better about your car.
The driverless cars could come with maufunctions that could lead to law suits. Things like your brakes, your steering wheel and even wheels could mess up and you're not there to see who did it or not, cause the car is driverless. Such as if someone was to his your car and the car was messed up, how would you know who did it. Little things like that could change someones whole perspective on the vehicle. Which could make the people take back the car and get a normal one, which means the big name companies would lose money.
Not only would we have to wait to even get the car, you would have to be careful with the laws too. Laws such as keeping people focused on the road. Such as if someone hit the car your not driving who would be respansible. If no one was there in either of the cars no one would win the law suit. Many states its already illegal such as California, Nevada, Florida, and Columbia. Once other states realize the damages, they'll change there minds too, and make new laws for cars, Which will make them fustrated and ban cars from many places. In that case if that happens the big name companies will lose a lot of customers and long time assumers, then eventually lose all there money they invested.
This could lead to too much then we neen when we could all do what the vehicle is made for, which is for us to drive not to drive itself. The driverless vehicle is not safe enough to be on streets yet. Nobody would know who's responsible for the mistake of a (driverless car) nondriver. There will be lots of laws banning them and running car buissness down the drain. There would be many things wrong with the routes, such as if there was a car acctident, and the car had to reroute it couldn't. Meaning we should stick to what we have been doing since cars have been first invented, which is driving them ourselves. | 4 |
49942e7 | Exploring planet Venus is dangerest because its a planet that is most people die from and if u ever go there u will die before u even go there. Its important to not give up your life to go there and its to important to just stay in the planet Earth. Scientests says planet Venus is not good and it could harm you and kill you so if that right about what the the scientest says u gotta believe it.The temperatures are very high its average ver 800 or more temperatures. Theses conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encount on Earth. "If his sister planet is inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" because scientists wanna know why planet Venus is so strong and to much het and can kill much people and its to important to know why its not safe to be at planet Venus. systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other surfaces. | 1 |
4999445 | In the excerpt of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus'' the author mainly talks about how planet Venus is referred as planet Earth's twin and, says how it would be effective, great, and worthy enough to be able to learn more and explore Venus. While the author despites the dangers of visiting and exploring Venus he thinks that its worthy enough that if we study enough and are able to prepare our selfs for a rough adventure, we would be able to break through and show the world that anything is possible.
Venus is worthy enough to explore and learn more about because of all the possiblities we are might being able to have such as, new resources, experiencing new life forms, different elements for the periotic tabe, and so much more. Being able to find these things we would be able to change our life styles here on planet Earth. It would be very benefical for everyone by helping change the way people live and help reduce polution and transportation using the resources we find on Venus.
In the excerpt the author states in the fourth paragraph ''Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it way well once have been 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.'' This is to show that since we have more people interested and fasenated enough to want to help make going to Venus possible it would be much easier to get more information and experiments into our hands to make the trip possible.
All though there is many dangers out there that we may not know about, we should be majorly prepared for the expoditon that we would have some of our brave poeple do.
Venus is a Earth-like planet so our people would be trained to be able to know what to do in certin situations and coming along obstical courses
such as what are listed in the fourth paragraph '' Valleys, mountins, and craters.''
For being well prepared for the first time, the expodition would have not been easy, but it would have been acomplished. After acomplishing the first trip to Venus, we will be more prepared and be able to take on the things we were not able to take on the first time. Over time we would be super familiar with Venus we would most likely be able to have human living life form settling on Venus like we do Earth.
In conclusion, being able to acomplish this tremendous goal we would be able to strive on for more coming in our way and find different paths to make our life style, our planet and our enviorement much more succesful. These new things will lead us on into more in the universe and having humans be more succsesful than ever. | 4 |
499a9c1 | The technology used in the article shouldn't be used to read students emotional expressions. They shouldn't because if a student is very sad or upset even angry you'll want to know why and probably ask them why they feel that way.
Some students might want to talk about it, but most probably wouldn't so it might make them even more upset or angry and sad if you ask whats wrong and they dont want to talk about it. Also if it a personal issue the student is having and they tell you what's wrong and you can't help them they might feel like they're doing something wrong and get sad or depressed becasue you can't help them. Also if this was used to read the emotinal expressions of students in the classroom I feel like it would be a distraction and take time out of the students learing to figure out how every student is feeling based on the facial expressions. Another thing could be what of the technology making this possible is wrong, so you walk up to a student and ask them why they're so happy but they are actually really sad. What if the student just changes their apperance to make them look a different way when they are read for their emotion. The last thing is what are the teachers going to do with the imfomation on how they think their students are feeling based on a facial expression. Maybe in a college where you want to be a consuler or something along those lines it would be a good thing to have to teach you how to read others emotions better, but it would be useless in a middle or high school classroom and just cause distractions.
This shows why I dont think the technology would be good in the classroom. Becasue the technology could be wrong. Students could change their apparence to seem a different way. And it's useless to the teachers to have this information. | 3 |
499bad0 | Limitation to car usage has had great benefits. People will have better safety, and people are happier and less tense without the usage of a car. Life with no cars are spreading to places such as, Germany, and Bogota. People will tell you how great their lifes have been without the usage of a car.
"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Said Heidrun Walter mother of 2, who lives in the Vauban's community. The Vauban community in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in Europe. Bogota, Colombia have limited their car usage as well. Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car free-day they have in Bogota. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode his bike to work. They've even had people come to watch the event. Like the mayor of Paraguay who said, "These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders."
"Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shif," said Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Dexel University. Now a days people don't need to drive somewhere to go meet people. They just use the internet, and the use of cell phones have increased in communicating with people. With these changes, people who have stopped car commuting in the United States, may find less reason to resume the habit. But in places such as New York, with new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tools reflect these new priorities. "Pedestrian, bicyle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emmissions and improve safety."
In conclusion, life with no cars would be beneficial. You'll be provided with better safety, and wont be as tense and alot happier than you were before. You'll be able to see what life is really all about. A better life. | 3 |
499c208 | Many places around the world are limiting the usage of cars. If more places created regulations like these, it may drastically change the environment, for the better.
Vauban, a suburb in Germany, made conditions in the neighborhood almost impossible to own a car. While it may seem like an annoyance, many of the residents are happier this way. According to Heidrun Walter, a resident of Vauban, "When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way." While many people may see having to give up or not use their can an annoyance, if they get used to it they might find that not using their cars may be a good thing.
Instead of having to hear car engines and honking horns, they can take a relaxing walk or even a bike ride somewhere.
Limiting car usage would also be very helpful in cleaning up the environment. In "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" the author states, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in car-intensive areas in the United States." Limiting the amount people can drive their cars could reduce a hefty amount of pollution in our air. In France, they limitied the amount of people who were allowed to drive for two days. Paris has more pollution in their air then most European cities, but putting regulations on who could drive significantly reduced the amount of smog in just a few days, according to Robert Duffer.
Putting regulations on car usage can also make the area you live in a much nicer place. In Colombia, a few cities have an annual "Day Without Cars", where citizens are fined for using their cars. As a result, things like restaurants and malls have been being built. They are repairing more sidewalks and building new bicycle paths. Parks are being used more often. The communities would be much nicer places with out the frequent use of cars.
Limiting the use of cars is a very good thing. It helps the environment, and it helps make the world a nicer place. | 4 |
49a6fc5 | In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because Venus is interesting, helpful, and it is safe. The passage tells about how the planet Venus can improve and is useful. Venus could be dangerous, but there are many more reasons that Venus is a good oppurtunity to research on. There are many new discoveries not yet found.
There are many interesting things about Venus. First of all, Venus is the second planet from our sun. In paragraph 2, it states," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Second of all, Venus atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. The conditions are far more extreme than what human encountered. Third of all, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. There might be additional volcanoes and powerful earthquakes. Last of all, Venus is called the " Evening Star."
Venus is a helpful planet because of its characteritics. First of all, often Venus is refered to as Earths "twin". By stating that its saying that the planet Venus is just like the planet Earth. Second of all, If Venus is the same as Earth, then it would be possibe for people to visit and see the place. In paragraph 3 It states that," A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus." Third of all, it has higher carbon dioxide, so it is helpful for us. Last of all, Venus might be useful to us someday in the future.
The planet Venus is a safe place because of all the facts that is stated in the passage. First of all, If Earth is a safe place for us, then Venus would be too. Even the astronomers are fascinated of how much both the planets are alike. Second of all, Venus could someday be our second home or a place where we can visit. In the passage it states, "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." Third of all, Venus is safe because the NASA has been doing experiments and testing on stuffs. NASA has been experimenting it on with inventions. Last of all, scientists even seek to conduct a thorough mission about Venus. By doing that scientists can understand more aboout the planet.
In conclusion, Venus is interesting, helpful, amd safe. Venus has been tested out and has been experimented on. By the experiments people can tell whether its safe or not. After finishing the passage, Venus is an environment which everyone would enjoy. | 3 |
49b0696 | dear,citizens
I would like to talk to you about car-free cities it is about 70 percent of vaubans families do not own cars and another thing about this article is tat 57 percent sold a car to move to german and that in 2006, the united states was to seperate suburban life from the auto as a componenet of traveling and another word for hat is smart planning. and a most important fact is that 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in europe is up to 50 percent in some car -intensive areas in the united states .and in 1950 percent in the town of levittown are still exert a strong appeal.
next, in paris ban driving due to smog and it talks about almost 4,000 drivers were fined,according to an international news agency headquartered in london. And the gas prices for diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in france, compared with 114 in brussels and that 79.7 in london reuters found. and the next reasn is that 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western europe, according to reuters. and that it was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permmited for the day without cars in this capital city of 7 milllion. the goal is that to promote aletrnative transporation and reduce smog. and faced of a fine of $25 fines. and in april in 2013 the number, of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below he peak and equal to where the country was in january 1995. because, cash- strapped americans could not afford new cars now. and that now that they recoverd is under way. the next few years will be telling. what most intrigues me is that rates of cars ownersip per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn. next reason is that a study last ear found that driing by young people decresased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. and that at an initial stage begginning to happen or they develop. and that a famous street in paris and that car traffic | 1 |
49b3030 | Do you know why you should be in the Seagoing Cowboy program? There are a whole tons of ideas why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. Maybe you should be a Seagoing Cowboy.
If you are a Seagoing Cowboy you'll help some countries to recover their food supplies, animals, and more. Maybe you'll be able to take care of horses, young cows, muled, and other animals. Are you an animal lover? If you are then probbaly you'll take care of animals. I took care of animals on a ship before. Taking care of animals during the crossings kept me busy.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy benefited me! "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."
You'll go places you might not ever go in your life time. I got to see Europe and China! If I wasn't for the Seagoning Cowboy program I probbaly wouldn't have seen Europe and China.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. It opened up the world to me! I'm grateful for the opportunity of being a Seagoing Cowboy.The Seagoing Cowboy program made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs!
So if you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy sign up here to help countries in needs. Also helping take care of animals. Probbaly seeing places you'll never go if you're not a Seagoing Cowboy.Also to open the world for you as it opened the world to me! If you're interested then sign up today! What are you waiting for? Sign up today! | 3 |
49b386d | I believe that the Facial Action Coding Sydtem could work. From what I read, it is pretty high tech and they know what they are doing. If they ad these to classrooms to tell how boring or fun they are and how to make them better I think some kids would actually want to go to class. There are three things I think really make this possible,and they are muscle scanning, used for interigation, and making class better.
This first reason is very good. The muscles in faces can really tell the actual expression of an individual or even an entire class. In paragraph 3, line 2, the author says, "All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles." This means it uses 44 different muscles in the face to figure out someones emotions. This can be very accurate it seems like, if you have an investigation and you have 44 pieces of evidence, how likely are you going to be right? Very likely.
That brings me to my next example, interigation. imagine you have 8 people who have been caught and there was a murder. If you ask all 8 of them I garantee you will figure out who murdered the person. In paragraph 7, line 12, the text states, "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." This can tell you if a person is lying or not, along with a couple other factors. Lets say someone is being asked a couple questions, if they asked the person if he broke into a house recently they can tell if his stress levels are high.
Then we can also make class better with this facial scan. If they put this into a classroom more kids would want to go to class because it can make class better. But it can also have some down sides. Some teachers might use it to be more serious and less fun. Then kids wouldn't want to go to school and just stay home. But if the classroom is more fun and less stressful the kids won't learn as much. In paragraph 6 line, the texts says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" this means they can have the computer tell them what they are doing wrong and change it to where the classroom is fun but you also get alot of learning in.
This is why I think it could work. this is a very smart idea for the future and I think that most people would like this idea too. It can really change the future and these are three ways I think its a good idea. | 4 |
49b6cee | Advantage of limits on car usage and life goes on without car,car free cities in german suburb. these articles talks about how car is aint realy needed being use how now day peole and the article in german suburd,life goes on without cars discuss people given up on they car. there are only two places to park they have too it either you park at the edge of the development garage or buy a space for 40,000 along with home. As a result, 70 percent of vaubans families do not own cars 57 percent sold they cars just to move there. and source 2 paris bans driving due to smog. after all record pollution ,paris enforcced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. monday a motorists with even-number license plates were ordered to leave their cars at the home or suffer a 22-euro. these same would apply to odd-numbered plats wellof course. doing the time of peroid 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters. source 3 car free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota .everyone in bogota took they day off car. | 1 |
49b9771 | I am against driverless cars because the fact that people like to be in control. People who drive them will not know as much or have much experence behind the wheel of a car. If the car had happened to stop working properly then who would be to blame if there was an accident on the road? People driving would want the ones who manufactured the car or created it to take responsiblity for the scene that was caused. It could take many lives and cause much damage to the community if there were something that had went wrong with the driverless cars. A lot of the people's money would have to go into the accidents caused,like hospital bills and damages of the car. I would prefer driving because of the fact that you would have something to do, it's something people can learn about. Once people think that the cars can drive on its own and need little effort in driving they will not pay as much attention to what is happening on the road. Also another concern of mine is cost, most people can not afford something like this so up to date in technology. Would there still be cars that don't need someone to drive them? I just think that it would cost to much for the people and cause problems involving with technology and community. Is this really what we want in the near future? | 2 |
49bc040 | Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The reason why I say this is because
Scientists keep on finding more way to study and to go to Venus. The excerpt explains that scientists are looking into making vehicles hovering over Veuns so that they could avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of the way. Many of the researchers are working on the innovations that would allow the machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to there knowledge of venus.
Scientists are seeking to confuct the mission to understand venus therefore they would need to get up close and personal despite all the risks. The conditions are as far more ectreme than anything humans enconutered on the earth; such as environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts and the scientists are willing to take risks to find more things about Venus. Veuns is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers | 2 |
49c3efc | Driverless Cars Are Coming
"I can drive with no hands!" I can just imagine my baby brother saying that in a couple decades. The future is just a little bit ahead, and driverless cars are going to be the biggest thing since the wheel and just a flash. Driverless cars would be a postive, efficent, and a improvment in the world, because there would be less accidents, a smoother and quicker navagating system, and could make America on top because of our technoglicial advances: such as a driverless car.
First off, how many car accidents happen every minute around the world? I bet a lot. And why are there so many car accidents? Problaby because there not many of smart driver being asisted while on the road in traffic. Just imagine if that could be prevented.
There would not be so many inccidents and accidents.
Secondly, there would be smoother and quick navagating through the cities. there would be so much traffic either. Everyone would be able to get to where they want to go without waiting in a long line on the highway for hours. And if its a smart cars driving people would get lost and stranded places as much. Having a driverless car could be more efficent for older people too. They would be able to go places their self with out riding the bus, and waiting and catching rides from other people.
Lastly, if America could make these driverless cars, we would be the top country of the world, having such advanced advantages against other countries. | 3 |
49c9e5a | Dear state senator,
I dont think it is very fair that you tell people there vote counts but what a lot of people dont know is that it doesn't. Instead it consists of 538 electoral voters who use the majority rule to elect the president. There are millions of voters who are just wasting there time on election day voting on who they think should be president. Did you know over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election over a electoral college. 60 percent!
That's majority rule right there and you still havn't done anything about it. When people vote they are voting for the president not for a slate of electors. Not only is that false advertising but it's wrong. Vote for president Obama the signs say but do they really mean it? I guess not.
Just think if you were a voter and you thought it counted. i think you should change from the electoral college to the popular vote. Look what the electoral college has made for presidents over the past century. George Bush went to war with irag and Afghanistan making us far into dept. Then they voted for Obama who is taking over 20 TRILLION DOLLARS from China, and how does he expect to pay them back?
Very simple, he is just gonna brush it off like nothing is happening and wait for re-election and pass the dept off to the new president. So, if popular vote was now going on i think the public would be better at deciding whether or not one person deserves to be president more then the other. Ill let you decide.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME. | 2 |
49cfbaf | Imagine this you're in a very populated city. Lets say New York, New York, U.S.A, London, England or any densily populated city for that matter. Now aside from the sounds of car horns blairing and the sounds of the thousands of people around you there is one thing that would most likely stand out the most to people; the smell of car emissions mixed with the food street venders sell. Now they may not be a huge surprise but think about this, a city or suburb without cars. Now some may say that limiting the use of cars is a terrible idea and would hurt the working call citizens, but it may be better then you think. The reasons why these "car-free" places might not be so bad is it helps reduse the growing percent of greenhouse gas emissions that cars give off. You wouldn't have to deal with smog, and there wouldn't be as much noise pollution as there is with cars. Yeah these points may not seem like they are worth not having a car but there are comminties that actully don't allow cars because of those reasons. So maybe after this you may think a little differently about your car and may think about moving to one of these places that have alread choosen to go "car-free".
First off, probably like most people around the world you love your car, bt do you ever think about the car emission you admit into the air just driving to worl and back home. Now that does seem bad but, as shown in paragraph 5 of,
"In German Suburb, Life Goeson Without Cars", an essay by Elisabeth Rosenthal, she writes that experts say the passsenger cars alone are reponsible for about 12 percent in Europe, and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the U.S for greenhouse gas emissions. Now 12 percent doesnt seem like a lot compared to the 50 percent but that is still a lot of greehouse gases getting put in our atmosphere year after year.
Now think about this idea of a "car-free" suburb or city again. An example of this kin of place would be the city of Vauban, Germany. Now in Vauban drive ways and home garages are forbidden; now car ownership is allowed but there are about two places to park. Now that place to park is a large garagw at the edge of the developement where as well as buying your house you have to buy a parking space for $40,000. Now because of this 70 percent of the families don't have cars and 57 percent of them sold their car to move there. Since there aren't car used here the air is much cleaner and because of not having little to no cars there they don't pollute the air.
Secondly, another reason to think about moving to one of the places is that there isn't any noise pollution from cars. Beause of the lack of car noiseses these suburbs and cites let you hear nature a little better and also allow a kind of peaceful feeling making these p;aces probably a lot more chill and "sleepy" in a since. making them good for people who don't want to live in a noisy city but don't want to live in the middle of no where.
Lastly, another good reason to move to these little areas would be that there is no smog there to make it harder to breath. A real world example of this would be from the informative essay, "
Paris bans driving due to smog"
, by Robert Duffer. Which basically states that due to near-record pollution Paris put a ban on driving to try and clear the air in the city. Now to help inforce the ban the put a 22-euro fine($31) if you where driving on a day your licsens plate was not allowed to drive. Now because some people did follow the ban nearly 4,000 people were fined and 27 people had cars impounded because of the reaction to the fine. Now because of this some companies complained about lost renvenue and the transit of free of charge according to the BBC. And because of these efforts the smog cleared enought that the ban was lifted. Now that probably isn't very convinet but in car-free areas they don't have to deal with making it eariser to get to work on more accessible public transportation options like a bus or a bicycle.
Now think about this idea about car-free places one more time knowing what the benifits are compared to the risks you get. Maybe noe you just might look at these places a little more carefully and acually think about making a switch to live there in this greenhouse gas free, noise free, and smog free zone. | 4 |
49db5d5 | LIMITING CAR USAGE
Car Usage is more in U.S. because of transports,jobs,moving from one place to other,etc. We should use the cars but carefully because it can occur an accidents. We should reduce the use of car. Nowadays there are so many collisions occurs on highway roads in U.S.If we reduce the use of cars than we can save a lot of money and reduce the pollution. Reduce in cars usage can save money and reduce pollution.
There are Multiple resources to support the idea to reduce the cars use and to save money. For Example,
"
In German suburb,Life goes on without cars
"
,by
Elisabeth
Rosenthal ,From the
New York Times ,It examines that,"70 percent of vauban's Families in Germany do not own the cars,and 57 percent sold a car to move here".
Heidrun Walter said that,"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". A media trainer and mother of two,as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor. Vauban's streets are completely "car-free". Car Ownership was allowed,but there are only two places to park-Large garages at the edge of the development,where a car-owner buys a space,for
$40,000 ,along with a home.
In
"Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"
,by
Andrew selsky ,It states that In BOGOTA,Colombia,"It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day without cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines". It also examines that the turnout was large,despite gray clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on bogota."It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"said businessman
Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two seat bicycle with his wife. The without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in bogota in the mid-1990s.
In
"Paris bans driving due to smog"
,by
Robert Duffer ,examines that,"Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city". On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro($31).the same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. Diesel fuel was blamed,since France has...[a]tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in france,compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe,according to reuters. Paris typically has more smog than othe european capitals. The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
In conclusion,Reduced of car usage can save money and reduce pollution. Limiting of car usage is great idea. The resources above tells about how was the life of other countries without car. The Resouces above have proved that reduce in car use can save a lot things for life. | 2 |
49e0d87 | Why is the world upgrading so fast? Living in a world that is upgrading by the day is like watching your son or daughter grow up from day one. Most people around the world want to upgrade one thing at a time and other people want to upgrade a hundred things everyday. What is the point of having driverless smarter cars? There isn't one. There are so many teens around the world that just can't wait until the day they get that special with there picture on it. Their licence. Yes, teens can be dangerous on the road;but still. I bet, when your was a tennager, you couldn't wait for that special day. Now, what teenager wants to grow up to not getting a licence and just being driven around by a driverless car? Nobody does.
We all know that guys who have nice lifted trucks or jeeps, they like to have fun with them. With driverless smarter cars you can't do none of that. What if something inside the car broke all the sudden and you couldn't do anything about it because it is a driverless car? "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacture?"(parragraph 9). Now, when there is a wreck on a highway or backroad, the world doesn't freak out about it. If the world started to buy driverless smarter cars and something like that happened because of the car malfunctining, the one who was injured will probably sew and world would stop buying them becuase they are scared it will happen to them. That wouldn't be good for that certain buissness.
The world shouldn't be upgrading as fast as it is now. Before, the world was upgrading but not as fast. The world should have kept it that way. At the rate we're going, by 2020, factories won't even make steering wheels anymore; because the world doesn't need them. "Mercedes-Benz, Audi,and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020"(parragraph 10). If anything, cruise control is enough. I mean, nobody wants to drive a thousand miles while pushing on a gas pedal. Who can trust a driverless car and sleep while it drives you a thousand miles away? Not a whole lot. "Telsa has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time'(parragraph 10).
Driverless cars are pointless. Who wants to be killed because of a car that drives itself when you could've just driven yourself and avoided what happened? Not me. In conclusion, if people around the world feel that they have a driverless car, then go for it. | 4 |
49e51c4 | I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you join the program you can take care of animals,play games on your free time,and go to new or exciting places. When I was a Seagoing Cowboy I did those things. Being a Seagoing Cowboy means that you would have to be on a cattle-boat going to different places.
On the cattle-boat I had to take care of some animals. I took care of horses,young cows (calfs),and mules. Sometimes, I have to check on the animals every hour as a night watchman. I have to feed the animals two or three times a day. I had to clean the animal stalls too.
On the trip, I would get free time. When I get free time I found some fun things to do. I did these things:table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,and whittling. Other Cowboys played baseball and volleyball I played those too.
While sailing I went to lots of places. I went to places like Venice,Italy and China. Going places is part of being a Seagoing Cowboy. I went to places in Europe too.
In summary, I took care of animals,played games,and went to different places all around the world. It takes some work to be a Seagoing Cowboy but,it is worth it. I'm glad that my friend asked me to go to Europe with him as a Seagoing Cowboy. I didn't just get to feed cattle the whole time I went to places all around the world. | 3 |
49e78be | I think that using a computer do detect when a student is confused or bored would help make the assignment either more challenging if the student is bored, or easier to understand when the student is confused.
In the story it states that the computer can detect when someone is happy, sad, angry, or disgusted. So why not try to make it to where the computer can also detect if the assignment the teacher gives is too hard or too easy. For some student if it is too hard they won't do it because they dont understand it. If the assignment is too easy then the student won't be challenged to use their brains. The computer should be able to detect the emotions of bordom or lack of interest and rearange the assignment to make it more interesting while still teaching what the teacher assigned.
In conclusion I would agree that the use of technology that can detect emotions would be valuable, because it would benifit both the student and the teacher. It would help the teacher know what the students understand and what they need help with. It would also help the students understand what they are leaning better. | 2 |
49ef06a | I think that the Electoral College is a bad way of picking a president, because as Americans , we have the freedom of speech and that should include voting as well. the Electoral College system works and for some states it "fits the shoe," for example California, they have 55 representatives .
The Electoral College allows the electoral votes to be given out by the voters and the population in that state may never actually honestly choose who they want in office . in other cases itthe presidential canidates have more intrest in the bigger states such as Florida. that could boost in the jobs, and advanteges in the bigger states.
In defense of the Electoral College , it can be a faster way to elect a new president , it also allows people to lose intrest since their votes don't effect much in the long run. the votes of the people should effect who should be in office because with what I know about the Electoral College, it could break a country. It takes away freedom of speech. But helps the canidate(s) from your state , which can possibly help your state in the long run .
The popular votes allows you to choose who you want to be in office and if the person you voted for lost , at least you had your vote. You can easily have had you vote given to someone and they could have had cheated you out .
If the Electoral College is kept going then there should be some changes to how it is done. For example , the small states have less say in what happens compaired to the bigger states like California and Florida . It should balance out so that it can be fair but also equaled out. | 3 |
49f24e5 | The idea of a driverless car has always been the goal set for future technology. This is seen in the constant stream of futuristic movies or shows. However, those only convey the positive and idealistic aspects of such vehicles. The ignorance of the negative information associated with them causes a personal disbelief in the cars. Driverless cars should not be developed due to the overwhelming evidence including that development/testing is against the law in the majority of the world due to the idea of possible malfunctions or irresponsible road behavior from the passengers.
A vast majority of people agree that testing should not occur due to possible danger. The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" speaks about how traffic laws are currently written to include human control of the vehicle in Paragraph 9. Furthermore, it talks about how limited the allowance of testing is. With a large scale rejection of such ideas it is wise to consider the fact that there is not just assumptions made by everyone. The article blatantly puts down the states who did not follow suit in allowing the tests. There was not any consideration of the majority possibly deciding this based on solid fact and the issues not yet addressed by the companies manufacturing the vehicles. So, the legality of the driverless cars is merely one point amongst a plethora of other issues.
One contribution to the rejection of testing is the possible malfunctions that could happen. All throughout the article the accidents in the future were expected. which is why the companies wish for the human assistance to be alert to "take over". However, when observing that statement closely the accident would be caused by the car itself due to the fact that it drove in such way. The weather could be an out of control factor involved and if the car does not drive in a way that considers that, then the fault is on the car. The same can be said for a car collision. If all of the vehicles in the world are driven by themselves, then it would be the cars that caused the collision. Paragraph 7 touches on the liability issues of situations similar to those mentioned. The issues surrounding the driverless cars are preventable by not producing them at all. That way there is no room for error when it comes to the safety of those on the road.
The manufacturers of the vehicle contradict themselves when it comes to the passengers involved. Paragraph 8 discusses making the driving fun by entertaining them. Whereas Paragraph 7 is about the driver taking over and the different functions to make them aware. The key to having the person aware of the dangerous situation is to not have them distracted in the first place. Plus that prevents any accidents if flaws in the warning system should occur. The reason there is a long lasting trust in human judgement on the road is that the people have a chance to take action quick enough. If they were not previously paying attention due to the driverless car then that chance is wasted by them attempting to figure out what the situation is in the first place. Eliminate the possibilty of that irresponsible lack of attention by having the person drive to begin with.
Driverless cars would allow too many flaws in the system and legality issues that prevent them for obtaining the title of a safter option. The manufacturers are attempting to make a car that is easier and requires less effort, but in doing so there is a plethora of issues that accompany it. The question of who is legally to blame for issues would waste time and money. During the process of development, the producers are accepting accidents as a given fact instead of trying to produce a flawless car. They are also focusing on the idea of a "entertaining car" instead of one that keeps the passengers alert for possible accidents. Therefore, there are too many arguments for safety against the vehicles to even consider mass producing them. The driverless cars are much safer on the big screen than in reality. | 5 |
49f2f88 | The author gives several points as to why exploring Venus is a good move scientifically. For one, it could provide some information regarding how our planets were formed. Venus is the sister planet to Earth, and as the passage says, it could've once had the capabilities of sustaining life, and exploring it might give some insight on what caused it to become so uninhabitable. The fact that all previous attempts to land spacecraft on Venus, well, didn't work, designing a machine that is able to withstand the harsh conditions that Venus presents is pretty challenging, but
NASA claims it can be done. They say having a vehicle floating abouve the chaos that is Venus' atmosphere would be feasable. we'd also have to take a step back in the technology department. Mechanical computers, which were a huge help in WWll, don't require electronics, but use gears and levers to make calculations. Another possibility is simplified electronics, made from silicon carbide. The simplified devices have been tested in conditions similar to Venus, and lasted for three weeks.
So while exploring Venus will prove to be a great challenge, it can be done. | 3 |
49f49a3 | Using technology to read
the emotional expressions of students is valuable. We now have technology that can prove what we are feeling. In the article it states the steps of how we can find out our emotions. Also Dr.Haung said that a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. If they know what the students are feeling then the teachers know what do .
First it begins with a 3-D computer model of the face. It say's in the artical that all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles. After all of that , they can determine the emotion of the student. Also by just looking at there faces we can determine there emotions.
If we use this type of technology we can help students out. If students have probelms, the computer can help out. If the teacher's know what the studetn's are feeling then they can help out. The teacher's could sit down with them and talk to them. Also the computer can give the teacher new ways to teach in class.
Finally the computer's can be helpful to find out
other things , besides emotions. By doing this, scientest can find out what other things ccomputer's can
do for us. Finding what peope are feeling is very helpful . It gives us a llittle bit of information of what the person is thinking. From that information we can do something about there emotions.
Using this type of technology is very helpful. It helps us find out about our emotions. Also other's emotions .
This help's scientest know what, other things we can do with this type of technology. This technology can help us in many ways , besides find out what people are feeling. It's great that we know that computer's can help us out , not just by using the internet
but in many other ways. | 3 |
49fb6be | Dear State Senator,
This letter of argument is to emphasize why we should not keep the Electoral College and change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. There are very reasonable arguments for both claims as to if we should keep or abolish the Electoral College. Primarily, the Electoral College is the selection of electors by popular vote to represent their supported party in the official presidential election. There is a total of 538 Electoral College electors and it only takes the majority, 270 votes, to elect the president. It is not fair that the general population does not get an independent vote.
It is not the ordinary people who get to choose the president they want; it is dependent upon which party the elector chooses. Voters don't have control over who their electors vote for. As said in the second article, Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000 against Bush however, Gore lost the electoral vote resulting in the loss of the presidential election. In the past, there have been voters who refused to vote for their party's candidate and voted for whomever. There is also the concern of a tie in the electoral vote.
If that were to happen then there would certainly be no chance that the popular vote would have an impact on the selection of the president because it would now be in the hands of the House of Representatives. The Electoral College is unfair to voters; they do not get the final choice as to where their vote goes. They are not voting for the presidential candidate they want. The voters are voting for a slate of electors. However, there are some benefits to having an Electoral College such as larger states getting more attention from presidential candidates than smaller states and it also avoids Run-Off elections which is when no candidate recieves a majority of the votes.
State Senator, please realize that this is not fair or justifiable. There may be an upside to the Electoral College, however, it is in my strongest opinion based on factual content that this is not a fair method and it should be abolished. Being empathetic for the ordinary voters of the United States would provide clarity for your opinion on the situation. Imagine if you were a general voter who did not get an official vote in the presidential election; you would feel cheated also. This is why I ask you to strongly consider these legitimate words. | 4 |
49fc55b | Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion? I think the technology computers that reads students emotional expressions is valuable because it describes your mood depending on how you feel. In the text it states, if you smile when a web ad appears on your sreen, a similar ad might follow. If you frown, the next ad will be different. This is showing how the Facial Action Coding System works on different emotions. By the way, did making a happy face in this experiment also make you feel slightly happy? According to the text it states, Facial feedback theory of emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. This is explaining how the Facial Action Coding System proccess works with your facial muscles and it produces the type emotions or mood your in. "Putting on a haapy face" actually works. According to the text it states, The Facial Action Coding System indicates the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. This is explaing that if you try to over do your smile or over do a emotion it can tell if your not being serious or not. This is why i think the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for students because its good experience for different emotions your in gives you feedback on how you feel. | 2 |
49ff6fb | Dear state senator,The Electoral College is an American process that is unfair and is getting over on people every election by possibly voting for people that whould not like the President whe're voting for to be in office. If I'm American and my country is having an Presidential election i would like to vote for the President that i think is suitable to be in office but to know that i cuold possibly be voting for people who are not going to choose my selection is displeas ing.
Some people say that the Electoral College restores some of the weight in political balance that large states (by population) lose by the virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution. But by saying that they're basically saying that they dont trust the Citizens in big state's to know what they're doing when voting for a President. Buy changing the election to popular vote you're letting the people know that theire vote realy does count instead of us basically voting for the people that are going to vote for us. A strong reason why i favor the abolishment of the Electoral College is because the president is chosen by the people (citizens of america) instead another group of people chosing for you i mean its like they think those are the only people in the united states. | 2 |
4a03b92 | You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program becuase you get to see new places, you will fell good about yourself becuase your helping other countries, and will have the best expirence of your life.
For example I got to ride a gondola in Venice, Italy. I also saw the Acropolis in Greece. You are also helping people in the process of having fun. You can make a difference by joining the program and helping out countries who were in World WAR 2 and dont have food supplies, animals, and more things to help them live. You get to have fun, especially when the ship returns, after the animals have been unloaded. We played baseball, Table-tennis, fencing, boxing, and alot more games to help time pass. You might think that its boring and it would be really long rides, but you have alot of fun, and you will get awarded those long ride by seing something you have never seen like the excavated castle, China, and Europe.
If you join and help it can open up the world like it did to me, "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." That is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
4a04ad6 | Dear state senator,
I belive that the people should get the popular vote and that the Electoral College should not be kept because it doesn't exactly help the people. They get who they want even if the people voted differently,which seems extremely unfair to the people. It has also been declared that the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational (14), so why would we want to keep it?
The people should get the popular vote because if the people wanted the elecltors candidate they would have voted for them instead of voting for the other competitor. Some people don't even vote because they know that even if they did vote the popular vote wouldn't win compared to the electoral college (23). It's also who they wanted not what the electors wanted, and it would make the people happier if they got who they wanted and there wouldn't be a lot people trying to vote out the president.
The people should also get the vote because wouldn't it make sense if the people did get who they voted for anyways? Because if who they elected won and turned out to be a bad president then they wouldn't have anyone to blame because it'd be there fault for not voting on a different competitor.
Why would the electors even try to ask the people to vote if they're just going to decide the final vote anyways? They shouldn't because everyone knows or should know that the Electoral College does not benefit them in anyway unless the are voting for the same person that the electors are. | 2 |
4a0930a | Dear State Senator,
I am in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States and I know I'm not alone on this one. "Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their life time agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electorial college!" That's not enough well, "Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." 60 percent is more than a half, now it says over 60 percent which would be past 60 percent. Remember the disaster factor , it is unfair to voters, and what if there is a tie in the electoral vote.
First of all, lets just take it into thought that it is unfair to voters. How? Well, "Beacuse of the system winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" state." In 2000, the campaign that was going on, well 17 states did not see the candidates at all. Also, including Rhode Island and South Carolina. What about the fact that, "Voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." Not even one. Some might say that it doesn't matter if they have a campaign ad or not, believe me, I've heard it before. Having a campiagn ad shows people what you want to do, how you want to help, how you want to make a change, ect... I don't understand how unfair it can be to people.
Second of all, what would happen if there was a tie in the electoral vote? Well then, the election would be passed to the House Of Representatives, state delegation vote on the president. "Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represnt 35 million voters." The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe.
Third of all, lets just go back to memory lane and revisit the
Disaster Factor . This was the single best argument against the electoral college. "The Americans people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century;the system allows for much worse." State legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors. "In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please...." Want that to happen again now?
Thank you for reading and understanding my point. You have an opinion and I respect that, but I also have one too. Sometimes they just need to be heard. So lets just say that it s unfair to voters, there could be a tie, and lets not forget the Disaster Factor. "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Have a good day.
Thank you for your time. | 4 |
4a0a356 | People are saying that aliens are creating human faces on mars. The face that you see in the pictures is nothing but a landform with shadows the make it appear as a face. Stories about aliens creating this are just theories. Unless it is one-hundred percent proven, it is just a theory. A story that cannot be proven.
I am very aware that it looks hand made and it quite possibly could have been. I don´t know about aliens though.
When people from NASA find things like this, they do research and test the possibilities. Something like the face on mars is nothing but a natural land formation, or an accident from a dust storm. Scientists have compared it to landforms here on Earth and have confirmed that it is possible for something like that to form by natural occurances. "That´s a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars" (Unmasking the Face on Mars, 12). | 2 |
4a0bbf4 | I want you! as one of my seagoing cowboy's, Why? because It's a good cause for other people of course but that's not the only thing you can do being a seagoing cowboy.
If you join the seagoing cowboys then not only are you helping people but your also gonna have fun in the procces, Like sightseeing. When you join the seagoing cowboys you get to travel to all kinds of places like china, italy, ireland, everywhere that's been damaged or low on resources you get to go there.
Secondly after you join and finish your first mission on the way back you get to have a fantastic time in the animal stalls (you also get to transport animals but thats next paragraph) just hanging around playing fencing, table tennis, basketball, volleyball, boxing, reading, and whittling but that's all they we could think of down in the stalls. But I bet if you joined maybe you could think of a way to spice things up down in the stall's don't you think.
Finally If you join our seariding cowboys then you also get to take care of all the animals that were transporting for other countries that lost practically everything to ruthless attacks in world war II and the pacific war. It's also a benefit to you guys who loves all animals, hey you can even say they love it when you play and mooooove around with them.
But what I'm saying is that joining the seagoing cowboy isnt that bad but the exact opposit infact I went to many places and still find everything around me interesting and new like the adventure will never stop. Man I really hope I get to see you sometime onboard our seagoing cowboys ship I bet we'll have a great time hanging around. | 4 |
4a12dd2 | Later on in our future we will have driveless cars. Many automakers are continuing their work on the assumption of driveless cars. Some people believe this is a bad idea because they think it is not safe for our roads. Some states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars, but i am with the driveless cars.
I am with drivless cars becuase the sensors they use has become more advanced within the last ten years. There still is further improvements in sensors, computer hardware, and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more driving task on their own. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. Also safety is a big concern and that's why the in-car system is actually a safety feature. The in-car system is displays that can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over, something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. Manfacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. So while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.
Driveless cars are our future and i am with with driveless cars. Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. A few automakers plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. We grow closer and closer to the driveless cars everyday. | 3 |
4a16419 | Imagine turning on the news to hear that a piece of equipment NASA sent to Venus melted within hours of making contact with the ground. That would be crazy, right? As it turns out, countless probes looking to land on Venus's surface have melted on contact. The author, however, still supports the exploration of Venus because the planet used to be similar to Earth and it's exploration could be scientifically productive.
The landscape of Venus is very similar to that of Earth's. Even featuring spaces in which there used to be oceans, Venus could very well have been almost the same as Earth. From what the text tells us, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth," (The Challenge, 4). Venus could give us clues as to how Earth might decay, since it used to be so similar, so why not study it a little?
It seems like we haven't quite made it onto Venus's surface yet, but studying these methods are still very scientifically beneficial. For example, we can now infer that modern technology likely wouldn't make it as far as old, mechanical technology. The author concludes, "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate [than, say, a mechanical computer] when it comes to extreme physical conditions," (9). The study of Venus is opening our minds to new problems that may even arise on another, or even our own planet.
Although it seems difficult to get there, the travel and study of Venus could be very useful and beneficial to us on Earth. That being said, to Venus! | 4 |
4a18904 | In many classrooms around the globe, students are struggling to keep up with their work due to either confusion or boredom. If students aren't getting their work done, that leaves them at risk of getting left behind in a certain subject. This is why I believe that the use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
Just like in paragrapgh six, I believe that "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 could definitely help somebody with the determination to learn to stay on track of their work with that subject. Although, people who disagree with my claim may say something along the lines of, "But what if it accidentally predicts the wrong emotion?" And although I definitely agree with this claim, we cannot just forget the fact that a computer will make mistakes sometimes, and this is why I think that , with some serious upgrading, this computer technology could make something amazing and help others along the way.
My claim with this essay was that I agreed with the fact to let FACS into schools to help those having issues. I believe that this program could help many in need. | 3 |
4a1a43f | Reading someones facial expression may be effective sometimes but that does not mean that they are actually feeling a certain emotion like anger and confusion for example, but they could be feeling extremely happy. In the article, the author stated that Dr. Huang used a picture of Mona Lisa to test the new emotion-recognition software but the software may not be effective because they tested it on a painted photo and not a real living person. Also, da Vinci could have exagerrated Mona Lisas facial expression for the sake of the painting so they may not be accurate.
Using this software in a classroom may not be effective because if a student is making a certain face that does not mean that they are bored or confused, it could just be how their face naturally looks. The software can also mis read their face and even glitch. The use of this program would require the use of a camera through the computer and that is not always safe. Hackers could be trying to hack their computer and steal personal information from the person or even their identity.
In conclusion, this software is not valuable for classroom use because students have other things that they need other then a facial coding system. If the student knows that the camera is active then that could even become a distraction to them so they use of this software is not needed. | 3 |
4a1beff | The author does support this idea because in the article it talks about how even thogh it is going to be a challange it is dueable and you can survive under these condicions. Even if they will be lots problemes it will be safe but it wont be easy due to tempetur diffences and diffent radiation levels.It is also the brightest point in the sky and is the plant to have the most similarites to the earth.The arthor also knows that they have diffent tempetures and it is not safe to travle by foot the author still aproves about this idea about going to venus.
Even if some oceans liquefys many metals they can make and invent new types of metal to help go into oceans and also even though it is no safe to go on foot veicles like jets cat go above storms and rocky floors. Also solor power will be plentiful for powering every thing because of how bight it is on venus.It is also a good idea because people are upgrading and making old parts better by making the resist mor and last more time in these conditions.
The tempurtes in venus is an average of 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than the earth but even with these temeptures you can still be able to survive and they are also more extreme than anything we encountered on earth.The author also says that us humans should not be scared of taking risks and should expand to meet very edges of imagination and innovation.They are also working on making thins like cellphones and tablets more resistant to be able to be used on venus or outher places.
The authors opinion is that it is a good idea even if it is not easy and every thing is alot diffent you can still be able to survive on venus.Some diffences are tempture,weather,terrians and every thing is similar but more deadly on venus than on earth .There might be alsot of bad things but every thing can have a souloution like with stoms you can use somthing like a jut and be able to go above the storms and moutains and in the water you can make strong more resistant metals to go under water.So what the author said is we should not be sacred to take risk and should just go for it and try and maby it will all be fine and go well. | 3 |
4a1ccd9 | Why would the author ignore the dangers of venus ?
The author believes that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
Because of how hot it is it's very dangerous .
The author says,
" Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system ." The author has believed that the ,"Conditions aren't easy but humans can survive in venus ." The author wants to explore it no matter how dangerous venus is it's like earth and if so they want to see if there is people living on venus and if there like us since humans could live there.
Reseachers can't take gas or rock samples from venus so that is why no matter how dangerous venus it's so interesting for the author.
The astronomers are planning visit so they can see the different things on venus or the earth like things on venus. The dangers of venus aren't dangerous to astronomers they are just challeneges.
Why is venus called the evening star? Well it is as know as that because it is one of the brightest points of light. Or the twin of earth.
Venus and earth are just like each other same density, size, the closest distance. They both could have humans living on both planets.
That is why the author believes that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite it's dangers it presents. | 2 |
4a210f9 | Hi,I am Luke.I want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.Oh,you want reasons why you should join.Well during the adventure I got to sight see.And I got hard work. to do which was fun.And when the animals are unloaded we play fun games.And I will tell you about it.So I sugest you to be a seagoing cowboy.
I got hard work but it was fun.Two weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean and from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China can give you hard work.The animals had to be fed and watered two or three times a day.Bales of hay and bag of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship.And the stalls needed to be cleaned.All of these things was hard work.
During that trip I got to sight see.I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special.So was taking a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,a city with streets of water.And I have also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panana Canal on his way to China.It was great seeing them.
And I got to play games with the others when the animals were unloaded.I played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals were housed.Table tenis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also helped past the time when I was onboard.All of these things are fun when I was onboard.
These are the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.I hope these three reasons convince you to join.So this is why you should join this program. | 3 |
4a2249a | Although the school system has advanced quite far in recent history, there are still plenty of clear problems with the way children receive their education. Many students are constantly stressed out and are not truly learning the material because of it. Additionally, each student may have a different learning style, so it is not helpful to teach them in large groups with the same methods. The recent innovation of FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can be utilized by schools to vastly improve the way children are educated.
Many issues with the education system could be improved upon, if not completely eradicated, with the use of facial recognition technology within classrooms. As mentioned in paragraph 6 in the article, FACS can be used to recognize when a student is confused. Schools could take advantage of this technology to notify teachers when a student is struggling with material, and help them get back on track. This would allow teachers to adapt their teaching style to best suit each student. Furthermore, all different ages of students today are constantly stressed out with the massive workload that is forced upon them each day. One of the many consequences of this is that the students may not actually be learning the material beceause of how focused they are on the responsibilities they have for other classes. A facial recognition system such as FACS could be programmed to detect when a student's facial expression demonstrates stress, and notify the school so they can proactively help the student cope with this stress before the situation worsens. This will help the student relax and focus better.
The potential of this technology is huge, as it could be used to improve every student's life, both inside and outside of school. If schools were to have the ability to help students with any material they don't understand the first time and asist them in coping with or eliminating stress, it would make the experience of going to school much more enjoyable. This would motivate students to do their best to be successful in school, which would drastically improve their life, as well as society in general. If all schools manage to overcome the technical and monetary difficulties of implementing FACS in teaching, it would benefit everybody in many ways. | 4 |
4a23085 | Have you ever dreamed about exploring space? I know I have when wierd shapes or forms appear on things and places in our solar system people believe it aliens or a foriegn species that we know nothing about. Like in 1976 a global surveyor named the Viking snapped a photo of a landform that look likes a face on the planet called Cydonia. Humans always argue among each other over the fact whether it was made by aleins or just a natural landform. It's and natural landform beacause it could of been caused from a piece of another planet branching of and crashing, or regular elements acting apon the planet itself.
Our solar system is huge there is alot of planets, and more uknown things humans do not know about. Many things can be floating around in outer space from other planet bigger or smaller. The peice of that planet or object broke off of could had of entered Cydonia atmosphere, and caused that landform to exist.
Many things have difrent ways of cleansing, and many other different ways of doing things. We do not know if the planet Cyndia caused the unsual lamdform itself from amy kid of element storms and much more.
The planet Cyndia is very rare with the landform it has own it there could be many more planets and unknown things that have rare landforms about them in the big solar system, | 2 |
4a2334e | The Electoral College is a fundamental way of electeing the us persident. It's been in the us for over 200+ years so why change it now. It work for the founding fathers George Wsahington, Thomas Jefferson, And Benjamin Franklin. Like they old Quote "if it ani't broke don't fix it."
Some of the reasons people want to elminate the Electoral College is because the way it works. For example if you live in texas and want to vote for a John Kerry you'd actualy vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to kerry. Who knows if they win the statewide election and go to congress with kerry. And what if "this so called electors" don't even have or hold an public office, who are they in the first place and how do they get picked. Many people congressional men and women want the Eletoral college gone because of the close calls it's had to make and some think those pick favored or didn't favor the country.
Like the 2000 fiasco which was one of the biggest election crisis of the century. And not to mention the 1960 of John F Kennedy which many segregationists replaced democratic electors with new ones who would oppose Kennedy. And yet same even oppose their own party's candidate for some they choose. Some states even send two slates with in them it happened in Hawaii in the same election. Thankfully Vice Persident Richard Nixion only validated only his opponent's electors, made sure to do so without giving up a percent.
But still people say a state like California whos population is apromximently 35 million people and 2 senates get to have the say over them that's what may make it difficult. Rhode island aswell because they only have a minimal population so they are not off so bad like others. And what about the now large amount of illeagal emmagints whom can't get a vote because of citizenship. They need it to vote and the ones who can offten don't know who they're voting for. At most basic level it seems unfair because of the winner-take-all system.
I say keep it because if the Electoral College vote ties then then the US House of Rep. and the Senate choose the winners. The House The Persident and the Senate the Vice Persident. You are the one who choose those who govern you not them so therefore choose whom you want and give them the benefit of the doubt. | 2 |
4a2adc3 | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursiot despite the dangers very well. He mentions that Venus's conditons are survivable for humans. Additionally,he mentions that NASA and other scientists are working to build machines that can last Venus's chaos. Furthermore, he claims that studying Venus, despite its risks, is worth it doing.
The author mentions that Venus's conditons are survivable for humans. The text states, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, tempatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenhiet...., solar power would be plentiful and radiatioon would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditins, but survivable for humans." (Par. 5) The text in the article explains that the tempature on Venus would still be bad for humans but with machinery, and solar power we can still survive it.
The author mentions that NASA and other scientists are working to build machines that can last Venus's chaos. The text states, "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions...looking back at old technology called mechanical computers." (Par. 7) The text in the article explains that NASA is testing certain materials that would be used for the exploration. Additonally, they are lookng back at old technology called mechanical computers.
The author claims that studying Venus, despite its risks, is worth doing. The text states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value...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." (Par. 8) The text in the article explains that dangers of the Earth and beyond should not limit our curiosity. And how much value there is to trying.
In conclusion, the author strongly supports his idea of studying Venus. | 3 |
4a2dcc3 | This author supported the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by showing many details and giving good examples of how it would be possible. From information we could gain from exploring Venus to humans curosity, the author gives clear evidence that exploring Venus is going to happen. The author throughout the text keeps the readers attention by giving physical attributes about Venus and explaining how NASA is involved in finding a way for humans to survive at least 30 miles above the surface.
In this text the author covers many different facts about venus itself and how we can explore it. For example in paragraph 3 the author starts by giving us specific details to get a picture of venus in our head. The author did this by making the statement that, "Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide that blankets it. The author also compares Venus to other things we might know like the "evening star," or earths "twin." This helps the reader undertand that the author really wants to make a point that Venus isn't uncommon to most people. Jumping back to paragraph 4, the author tells us about Vesus's features and possibly its past features. They explained that Venus at one time probably was capable of supporting life because of signs of oceans and features still there like mountains, valleys and craters.
In conclusion the author in my opinion did a very good job supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The author used clear examples and ideas that kept my attention reading the text. One day maybe we will be able to survive on Venus as long as people like this author can inspire people to take actions. | 3 |
4a2e401 | Have you ever actually wondered if aliens exist? i bet you have well,everyone has there own definition on a alien. But who really is to say they arent from here on out ill telll you why i think aliens created such a face.
first there were alien markings. from what i know about aliens there very smart. if aliens are smart why not blame it on them. and even in paragraph 8 i qoute it sais "alien markings were hidden by a haze" why wouldnt an alien make a face if they have nearly as much intelligence then yes. id have to say the aliens mine as well have done it.
second in the photo from 1998 the photo is very clear it is a face but in the photo from 2001 it is cracked and doesnt nearly look the same maybe a alien could have drew that or really anything not that i have evidence but im just saying if it looks like that. that looks like the creation of a non human. but who really knows.
but you also have to think this a is a nother planet so why wouldnt it be a aliens creation.
so through all ive said what i mean is through a humans creation we are very intelligent, and if aliens are anything like us id say they would have a great chance of creating that. this is another planet so i mean if they did and they lived thier then i mean thats were they live thats there house thier art. over the years the face got different if started to fade. maybe if it was aliens they were trying to tell us something.
but id also like to know your opinion.
aliens or just something there to intrest. | 1 |
4a35d90 | In the article " The challenge of Exploring Venus" the author supports the possibility of the exploration of venus despite it's concerns. Venus is a planet in our solar sytem that we haven't been able to examine closely, but are
striving toward. Some believe Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, some do not. However the author supports this idea beacuse it is the most earth like, there was possible life in the past, and it is the nearest option for planetary visits.
In addition, venus might have been earth like so this gives a reason to support this idea. In the article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it says, Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Venus has various similarities to Earth such as valleys, mountains and craters. This makes us beiliove that thier could possibly be a chance to reconstruct it and make it availible for human life.
Furthermore, there could have been life on Venus in the past, so this is another reason someone would support exploring Venus. In the article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it says, Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."
The possibility that there was life on venus drive people like this author and scientist to want to know more and find away to reguvinate Venus. If it is possible then there will be more possibilities for the human race.
To continue with, it could benefit scientist and also give another safety net for space travlers. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author says,"Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit." It also says,"The options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive." The author sees all of the possibilities that can be made with Venus in our control.
To conclude, the author supports this idea beacuse it is the most earth like, there was possible life in the past, and it is the nearest option for planetary visits.
Some may argue that the author contridicted himself for bringing in the negatives about exploring Venus. However, he took in consideration of all the negatives and positive to make his conclusion that Venus is worth the challenges. | 3 |
4a3a4a4 | I have an opinion that I know others will agree with extremely. By popular vote, we should change the election process to The People voting directly. According to my knowledge, the Electoral College isn't fair to voters. I know that many people such as, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFC-CIO agree with me on this. For instance, in the second passage on the first paragraph, it says that and much more. "They're not alone [Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter...]; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore - thanks to the quirks of the Electoral College - won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." Suggesting by what this satement says, a lot of people disagree with our system of election. We should be able to vote directly ourselves and not have electors do it for us. How do we know we can trust them? Yes, they're a part of our government, but that doesn't mean a thing.
The Electoral College was originally founded to be exactly what it is today; a vote that is held in Congress that is made by popular vote by citizens. But it has changed more than you think. In article one in the 6th paragraph, it tells exactly how the Electoral College is run. "The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemeber. You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors." This paragraph is saying that the person you vote for is basically supposed to be voted for by his electors. In the second article, what the author is saying is that even though this certain person will get popular vote, they won't agree with it and they'll go against the votors decisions. This isn't the right thing, obviously. I'm sure that no one knows for a fact that's true though. Even though, this is still a messed up way to vote. This country is about freedom and the right to do what we'd like, as long as it's rational. This is not rational. We need to be able to vote independentley.
There are many things wrong with this aspect of our government. Even though people don't think much of it, we're being treated unfairly. In the second article, in paragraph 2, Plumer (the author) makes a very good point. "Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors in the first place? It depends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes." This makes us realize that we don't know who, for a fact, the electors are. It also shows that we don't know who the electors will vote for. Usually, they would probably vote for the person that were made to vote for.
None of us know what goes on in the Electoral College. We don't know if they vote for who we tell them to vote for. We don't know if they practically cheat us from getting the president we want. In article one, paragraph 8, there is something that the governor does that maybe is supposed to reassure us. "After the presidential election, your governor prepares a "Cerificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors." This is just them saying who was all voted for and who all ran. It also says who the electors were. They give us this probably just to notify us but maybe it's also an idea to make us think that Electoral College is proud to help us get who we want. As I have said through this whole letter, we deserve to directly vote for our President. This isn't fair to us or the person we want elected. | 5 |
4a3b0dc | What is Venus and how can we konw what it is? A Venus is sometime called the "Evening Star" and it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. The studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because of how it said in page 2 "the Earth, Venus, Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds." The plant Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. In space terms humans is ometimes right around the corner in space ters humans have sent numerus spaceraft to land on this cloud draped world. In Venus there are thing that we need because in page 3 it said " On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit."
Why are we trying to go to Venus? We are trying to go to Venus there are thing that need to have. In page 5 it said " Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." It's trying to said it that how can we go there and can we live in that plane. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth. The time have come that we need to see what is out there and see if we can make it happen and try to make a different for everybody. | 2 |
4a3d281 | Automatic cars. They've been invented like everyother automatic thing in the world just to make humans more lazy. There can be nothing good about automatic cars. What if they run out of batter down a four lane highway? What if they run out of gas? What exactly will the cars be run on? No matter what there will always be risks.
Say you and your family are driving down the road in one of these automatic cars and maybe the road is icy. The car slides but no computer can drive like human driver. The car slides off the road into a ditch and kills every member of that family. Who is to blame? The car, or the manufacturer? The manufacturers of the car, if they want to sell the product make sure that the car is totally accident proof. And that is completely impossible. With drunk drivers to texting drivers. You never know what the person coming at you is doing. You can never predict what that driver is gonna do while they're coming at you. And it's not your fault. So why would anyone ever want something they don't have complete control over?
Another thing. We have automatic trains and subways cars yes. But, they are guided on a rail that is also watched over by a trained person. These automatic cars have no complete guide and just go off of gps? Sun flares cause gps and phones to go wack every now and then. So what happens when we have a sun flare and the car shuts down or malfunctions while its going say 50-60 mph? That could kill and entire family and some. Again, who is to blame for that? Who is to be at fault for something like that caused by nature? You can't do anything to prevent it. It's impossible.
How expensive will these be? Only the rich will have them. These aren't something that just everyone will be able to get there hands on. Like Hover Boards. They sell for around 700 dollars and they catch on fire. What kind of waste of money will it be if people go to pay for an expensive car and it malfunctions in the first day that they get it. many companies will lose alot of money and there isn't a thing they can do about it. There are too many risks to the automatic cars.
All though the risks are there, the grand theft auto crime rate would go down. I mean, how would one go about stealing an automatic car? How would the get away quickly if the car doesn't even go fast enough? Atleast police would have to worry about people trying run from them in one.
In the world of automotives, people have to be careful on what they buy. Is it safe for the family? Is it fun? Is it reliable? The risk is too high to have completely
automatic cars. There will always be something that could break, or just not work.
If they could make a car that is "automatic" but at the sametime can be controlled by a driver, then you have a product worth selling. At one moment if a mother needs to take care of her child, she could put the car into say something like an autopilot and take care of her child. But only for a short period of time would the thing work. Then if the roads are bad or say you need to be able to control the car from and accident then you could rely on the car and not have to worry about a thing. Yes it could still malfunction but, you are less likely to crash whne the roads are bad or someone is about to hit you.
There will never be a completely safe car but manufacturers have it down to where ford can automatically back up and parrellel park themselves with a camera. Cars will always be expensive, and cars will always be dangerous. | 4 |
4a3eac2 | Hi! This is Luke Bomberger, I think you should join the Saegoing Cowboys program. Not only is it fun, but you are aslo helping the people who's countries been destroyed by the war.
World War || is finally over in Europe, but left countries in ruins. To help
recove the loss such as food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations have joined together to form what is called a UNRRA. The UNRRA hired the "Seagoing Cowboys". Which me and my buddy, Don Reist, signed up for. In my opinon I think that the cattle-boat trip is an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy. You have some extra time too. I took a tour in a excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his back on the way to China. The thing that keeps you the most busy would have to be caring for the animals. They needed to be feed and watered three times a day, but I can't forget to clean the stalls either. I was prepared for this in thanks of my anut Katie, who owned a farm as I was growing up. I would work there as a child. On my second trip to sea, I was the watchman which meant I had to check on the animals every hour. I found so time to have fun. It was when the animals were unloaded. We played games like baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and lets not forget the games that help pass time. Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than a adventure to me. It opened up the world. I was very grateful for this opportunity. I am more aware now of people of other countries and their needs. That is why my and my family host numbers of international students and exchange visitors for many years. That you know why I think you should join. | 4 |
4a3ef9f | I think that driverless cars are definatley an option for transportation in the future for us. However, as much as it would decrease our pollution and fuel consumption, it would take far too long to settle out cases whenever accidents do happen. I think there would be more problems than that as well. With smart cars driving on the roads, there would most likely need to be smart roads for the cars to drive on. Lastly, the cost of a smart car, with all the technology that comes with it, would be far too expensive for the average citizen to purchase.
With new technology comes problems and errors in the technology. With cars driving on public roads at highway speeds, any problem could result in a big accident. If those problems were to occur, there would be piles upon piles or settlement cases needing to be worked out. Companies manufacturing these cars would be losing popularity and money when these accidents occur. Also, the question running through everyone's minds will be, "Who's fault is it?" People would be raging if they had to pay the bills of an accident if they were not even driving it.
As stated in the article, driverless cars will most likely need smart roads with built-in sensors in them, to operate. If that's the case, only major interstates and
highways will have smartcars. Unless the country gets enough money to make smart cars drive in every road in America. Which would probably cost billions and trillions of dollars. I do not think an country for that matter is ready for an expense like that. For me, it is just something i cannot see happening anytime soon.
In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it says that a driver will most likely need to be in the drivers seat in case of an emergency. However, how is it possible for a driver to be focused on what is going on if they are not physically driving the car. It does say in the artical that manufacturers could include montitors for the drivers to watch somthing while they sit in the driver's seat. But with all of this technology, how is an everday working man supposed to be able to afford one of these cars? I would expect one of these cars to cost twice as much as a brand new car today. I do not think it will be that popular if they are not cheap enough for anyone to buy.
As I mentioned above, there are many problems that could occur if these driverless smart cars would be put on the roads. The problem of who's fault is it would be the biggest. As for a problem for the cities and states, the cost of the roads would definately hurt them. Also for the everyday citizen, the cost of buying one of these cars would be a feat in itself. I do think driverless cars are something we should reach for, but I do think we should wait on that until all the the problems that come with it are settled. | 4 |
4a406d9 | My claim for this story is people are trying see how are people feeling in a picture and trying to hdie thir emotions. My quote from the story is "Imagine being able to dectect exactly how other people are feelings, even when they are trying to hide their emotions.
Mona Lisa is in the picture, she 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. At some schools there are some computers sofware that can recognize emotions but not all of them. Dr. Huang is terying to find better ways for humans and computers to communicate. they are suing alot of techology to find how are people emotions in the picture. I know when people lok at a picture people wanna know how are that person is feeling in that picture.
Dr. Huang is putting the computer constructs in 3D and trying to put 44 muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Eckman has classified six basic emotions like happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. when your in a picture your going to have some type of face expression. It all depends on what type of face that the person in the picture is looking like. Even your mouth can depend if your face expression is good or bad by tighting your lips to show anger.
When your round people you can tell their face expression just by the look of their face. A lot of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy. And their face expressions can depend on how their hair looks. If their hair looks all over the place its probably bad and if their hair looks all nice its probably happy.
My conclusion is to find someone feelsing is look ing at their face and their hai and how their face looks. Just like actors be doing reproduce smilling and frowning. Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions. | 1 |
4a40a03 | I think that driverless car will be pretty cool, but I don't know I would feel safe with them. Eventhrough, the human driver can take over when requires to, I still don't feel safe with a carmera being in the car and the car watching me. Also, if the car does start to break down and the signals don't go off, what will have to that humand driver and other passagers? Will ther be insurance for them? Will it happen to other cars? And what happens when other people found out what happened to the car the broke down and caused an accident? Because I doubt they are going to want to keep driving that driverless car. These are things the manufacturers have to watch out for and many others.
I am not say I don't like that idea of a driverless car, I am just saying that they need to put everyting that can happen into concerteration. Not everyone is going to want a driverless car. Some people are going to want to keep their human driven cars. But I do thing it can be done and it will be done, someday in the near future.
Therefore, driverless cars are not impossible, but I don't think that today is that day is the day. We need to research ever possiblity before it happens. We also need to get othe peoples oppinion on this, such as the elderly. So yes, I do think think driverless cars are a good idea, and hopefully one day soon they will be a part of this world. | 2 |
4a45fcd | In the artilce "The Challange of Exploring Venus" The author strongley supports his claim that humas should explore and study Venus despite its many dangers by using strong evidance and logic. Studying the planet may be dangerous but the author gives a fair amount of examples showing why it is important to solve the mysteries of Venus. The secrets of venus could be vary important because they could help us learn more about life on other planets and even seolve mysteries of our own planet.
Throughout the writing the author uses stong evidance to support his claim that we should explore and study the planet Venus. In paragraph four the author shows that Venus already has some similar geographical features of Earth and also says it used to possibly have even more similar traits. The author claims it has things such as mountains, craters, and vallys and could've used to have oceans too. They use some logic too and state that the conditions may not be easy on Venus, but are survivable in paragraph five.
The author continues to use logic and evidance in the writing in paragraph seven. In this paragraph it is stated that scientist have alreadey created some electronics that can last up to at least three weeks of the harsh venus conditions. This proves that we can at least send a robot to explore Venus to help us better understand Venus. In the last paragraph of the writing the author claims that if we solve the challange Venus has presented us we will only find more amazing things to find that will furthur our knowlage of our imaginations. Gaining knowlage of this planet will lead us into gaining even more challanges and endevours to solve.
Throughout the article "The Challange of Exploring Venus" the author supported his claim well that humans should explore and study Venus using strong evidance and logic. They showed how it could lead to us finfing out new things about life on other planets and even our own. They also proved that their is no good reason to not do it besides the fact that the conditions are slightely dangerous. | 4 |
4a46db3 | I disagree with this use of technology beacause i think we are relying too much on tech. Today we use so much technology that we are taking a test on a computer that used to be on paper! I worry that if we were to have a nationwide powersurge we'd be sitting ducks. but a couple decades earlier I think we could have been alright. When you are talking with someone you shouldn't rely on tech to tell you how they're feeling, personally I think it's inhumane. I should be able to look at someone and by they're expression (which the computer reads) I myself alone should be able to tell what they are feeling, and if not then you can ask them with your words like a human being would. We aren't robots we don't need to ask siri how are loved ones are feeling. It completely takes away the joys of bonding and in the case of mona lisa, the elegance of mystery. I personally love art and portraits because it's fun to try and figure out what they are thinking and then ask someone else what they think because that person might have a different idea. Using technology would take away peoples idea to different veiw points of the same portrait. I think we should rely on ourselves to figure out what mona lisa is thinking. Personally to me, she looks like a caring guardian kind of woman, maybe a mother or loved one. Going back the text says she was 83% happy, 9%disgusted, 6%fearful, and 2%angry. I say it's 100% up to you. In the case of the students what if the picture is taken when they blink? Or if they sneeze? Jane could be having a really sad day and the picture could be taken at the worng moment and say she was ecstatic. You can rely on tech for these readings you need to read them face to face. Ask them how they are feeling, don't just run up and snap a pic. In conclusion, use your words and ask how someone is feeling! | 4 |
4a481e0 | Facial action coding system is the future of reading emotions. I think that using this technology in classrooms would be very valuable. We could find what the students like. We could get everyones opinion easier. We could have unweighted test, kids wouldnt need to change their answers based on their friends. So i think that using this facial action coding system would be good for the school.
Using this system could help us learn what students like. For example if they play a series of ads we could moniter their facial expressions after each ad. Also we could find what the students like to read about, for example if the kids are reading some text they may smile when they think its good. Using this system would help alot to figure our students out.
Using this system woud also help us get information easier. we could get kids to use it but like alot of them at the same time and it would be easier than just having you question them one by one. The system would be more efficient and effective. They can record the data and run it in a chart to find what kids refer in a larger scale but it would be fater and more accurate than questioning them one by one without the system. The system would help out the school by letting them do this much faster.
If schools used the system then kids wouldnt have to lie. kids wouldnt really be able to lie cause the system can recongnize wha they are thinking and how they are feeling. Kids wouldnt change their answer becasue of what theryre friends picked. They cant really change their facial expressons at first. you react how you react You react how you feel.
In conclusion I think that using this system at schools would really help the school. it would help the students, it would help everyone. Students could be honest and it would be alot more accuarte. so system is a yes. | 3 |
4a4b42e | Driverless cars are not fully driverless, the car would be spying on people, and more laws would have to be made, therefore I am against the "driverless" cars. This world is already currapted with technology and do we really need more? Somethings, like cars, do not need to be touched with more tecnology. It's better if we just let some things be, like how they are. Also, they would need to come up with a new way of intertain the driver.
Driverless cars are not fully driverless. The humans in the car still need to remain alert of whats going on around them. They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. All of the "driverless" cars are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and accidents. None of the cars developed so far are fully driverless.
The "driverless" cars need a whole bunch of sensors. Such as a special touch sensors to make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. They need cameras on them to project things in 3D form. Also, manufactures are considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver. That is a vailation of privacy. So therefore, the car is spying on you while you drive.
For these new "driverless" cars new laws woould have to be made. There are already so many laws for alot of things. Who wants more laws? Traffic laws are already written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. If traffic laws change, still new laws will be needed in order to cover lability in case of an sccident. If technology fails and someone is injured, no one would no if it was the manufacturer or if it was the driver. | 3 |
4a4fd10 | Under the electorial college system, voters vote not for the President, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the President. If the people are indeed intitled to their opinion and they ahve the power how come the USA has yet to even talk about changing the electorial college process. If the people do infact get to vote for which ever President they want, then how come the people vote for someone to vote for them, not even considering that that person that they voted for just might defy the will of the people and choose the other candidate.
The single best argument against the elcetorial college is what one might call the disaster factor.''Back in 1960 segregationist in the Louisiane legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the new Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy.(So that a popular vote to Kennedy would not actually go to Kennedy)''Source 2. That saying the electorial college is very eassy to minipulate. ''Faithless'' electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and caste a deciding vote for whoever they plaese. What that just means is the people who voted for that pearson might as well just vote for the opposing side if the electors are going to do that.
In Addition what if a state sends two slates of electors to Congress again?''Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the Senate, validated only his opponent's electors, but he made sure to do so without establishing a precedent''Source 2. That could very well happen again, by mistake the stae could send two slates to congress and than we would be right back were we left off.
In Conclusion the electorial college should be no more instead of that we should be able to vote by popular voting . The people should have the power not the people voteing for someone to maybe or maybe not have the power for them. | 3 |
4a5db0a | It is a wounder to imagin how or who made the Face on Mars but there is more of a sicentific explanation to it than "aliens". It would be intresting to know how things like this happen on our plantes and why.
Conspiryacy theorists who say NASA is hiding something about life on Mars are wrong because defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilizaiton on Mars. It is also very simaler to a butte or mesa. Those are lava domes, like the ones in Western America. NASA has also found that the eyes, mouth, and nose are all just shadows.
Although it looks like a face, its really just a couinsidence. And even if aleins caved it out of the rock there is no way of telling it was them. It doesn' mean for sure that it wasn't carved in, but for now conspiryist can be at rest. | 3 |
4a6a1db | Is Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers of studying it ? Well in the text it is stated the ¨Venus is the second planet from our sun¨ and mostly it is referred as the Earth´s twin. So the author claim´s that it is a challenge to meet and presente by Venus having value, but the travel on earth should not be limtied by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the imagination and innocation.
So the author talks about how it is the closest planet to Earth in the terms of the size and density and of course the closest in the distance too they are like planetary neighbor. There are differnce because somethings it changes we are closer to Mars and sometime we are closer to Venus. There have been previous mission that was unmanned, but they were for good reasons. According to the text ¨snice no spacaft survived the landing for more than a few hours, and numerous factors contribute to Venus´s reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity for us.¨ so the author tells us why there have been many fails and why they are still studing for it.
The another thing is that how Venus is a thick atomsphere that is cloely by 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. That it is more hard for the clouds to have highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atomsphere. According to the author ¨ on the planet´s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet.¨ So this is more far extreme than something else humans encounter on here this earth so trying to move up there is going to be a little hard and diffult.
Last thing to support the idea of studing Venus is long time ago they said maybe there was ¨probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth today.¨
Also now that NASA has one idea that sending humans to study Venus though they said it will be challenging because of the temperature will be toasty that will be around 170 degress Fahrenheit. Also the pressure of the air would be closer to the sea level on Earth. They will use solar power and radiation that will not exceed Earth levels, but that will be survivable for humans. Also with many of there new teconology and new modern computers that are powerful, flexible, and quick, but becomes more delicate when it comes to extreme phyical conditions.
Overall the author made many supports and the idea of studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The author also stated that the travels on earth should not doubt but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovations and how they are making NASA working with a person to study on Venus and travel there and also the modern computers. | 4 |
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