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4bfbfae | Have you ever wanted to ride the waves? Well, I did. I was a seagoing cowboy. My name is Luke. I think you will like seagoing Cowboys because you can visit cool places, have fun with other crew mates, and see cool things. Here is why you can see cool places.
When you are a seagoing cowboy, that means that you get to move cattle around on a boat and visit neat places. When I was a seagoing cowboy, I went to places like China and Greece. It was pretty cool, and I think you would like it if you try it. Now, I will tell you how to have fun with other crew mates.
After you drop the cattle off, you have some free space. To use that free space, me and my crew mates did a lot of fun activities. We boxed, we played baseball and volleyball, as well as table-tennis tournaments. It was really fun. Now is why you will see cool things.
When you are visiting places like China and Greece, you get to see cool things in those places. In Greece I saw the Acropolis. I also visited Venice, Italy, and went on a gondola ride. It was wonderful. I will now start to end.
While being a seagoing cowboy, you can see neat places. As well as neat places, cool structures. And, you can always have fun while doing this. I think that you should be a seagoing cowboy, it'll be the most fun you've ever had. | 3 |
4c03596 | People are finally opening their eyes to the world around them, and realizing the way things are, could be changed. The automotive world is steadily declining, in an attempt to help our world, and it's not all that bad. Less cars are being bought, less emissions are being released into the atmosphere, and people are seeing the advantages of limited car usage.
"Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders." (Derived from the source, "
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
")This place is called Vauban, it's a suburb in which 70% of families don't own cars, and 57% actually sold their car to move here. Car ownership is allowed here, there are only two places to park however, and both are very expensive. People in this city alone have not only reduced greenhouse gas emissions, they've helped the world by giving a new perspective on living, and they've even made themselves feel better in the process. Heidrun Walter said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Advantages of a car reduced community didn't just stop here, other places around the world are seeking out the benefits of limiting car use, and adopting some of the same aspects of this experiment.
"After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." The smog was horrible, people were even comparing it to Bejing. The city of Paris was engulfed in the choking air caused by the cars that conjested the streets. "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms or particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London..." Paris generally had more smog than a number of European capitals. However, the ban worked exceptionally well. The smog had cleared enough in one weekend for the ban to be lifted the following Tuesday. Imagine if every community were to try something like this, just imagine how clean the air would be. Not only would the world be healthier, we'd be healthier ourselves if we just limited car usage even a miniscule amount.
Not only is the world becoming healthier as a whole an advantage to lower car use, all the way down to our communities would become better also. "The day without cars is an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s." People go a whole day without using cars, with the exception of buses or taxis, and those that do use cars get fined. The citizens bike and hike and enjoy life without breathing in the smog that usually plagues the air. This event has caused some major improvements to the city. "It has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city, according to Mockus, the city's mayor." Also, "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." This entire city has reaped the benefits of just one day without cars. Citizens here have not only began to improve themselves, but have also improved the world around them.
In conclusion, the advantages of limited car usage are finally being noticed throughout the world. Cities are experimenting and gathering results of not only better health in people in these communities, but even better living in the long run. Cities are becoming denser to make walking easier, sports centers and better sidewalks are blooming into city living, and people are even feeling better themselves from these experiments. Throughout the world limting the use of cars is spreading, and every where it goes people are seeing an upside. The more people that try to limit car usage, the better it will be, for the world, and for us as people. | 5 |
4c03f8b | I think its valuable and there are a lot of reasons why I think that. One reason why I think that is because it can tell you how other students feel. Like one example the Facial Action Coding System can tell the type of mood.
Another reason why I think the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for use students they can problaby read a lot of the facial expressions, in the text it said" And how can a computer recognize the the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel!"
Another reason why I think its valuable is because it also said about the FACS , that some guy named Eckman, creator of FACS in the passage said that "Eckman has classified six basic emotions: happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and sadness- and then assiciated each with characteristic movements of the ficial muscles." Thats another reason why I think that.
Well these are why I think the FACS is valuable in a classroom. To me the they could also read any person expressions, emotions or feelings. | 2 |
4c06773 | I think the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because that picture of mona lisa smile it had some hard proof on what it does and what it would do.
In paragraph 4 it gives good details on why it should be used it states that "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal observes Dr. Huang. " eventhough individual often show varying degrees of expression"(like not smiling as broadly). Using video imgery, the new emotion-recogition software track these facial movement - in a real face or in the painted face of mona lisa. By weighting the different units , the software can even identify mixed emotion (as in da vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion).
Now see that up there was really everything that caught my eye. it gave perfect everything. The claim for the value of using technology to read students emotional expressions.
But the real reason why i think that it would be good is because you can see if somebody having a good or bad day. now if its good then good but if its bad then you can know to leave them alone.
And then it also states in paragraph 9 that making a happy face can make you feel slightly happy.:"moving your fanial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help prodce them. ("putting on a happy face " actually works !) may happen beacuse we unconsciously imitate another person facial expressions. Its just all beautful to me we need one. | 2 |
4c06862 | How do you think the human race will be able to collect knowledge of Venus? Studying Venus is important and should be studied. Venus is often referred as Eath's "twin" because it contains the closest density and size along with the closest to us as well.
Humans have sent multiple spacecrafts to Venus but failed to do so because of Venus's harsh environments leading to only last a few hours.
How harsh do you think the environment is on Venus? Humanity has failed to study Venus becuase of how thick the atmosphere going to almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. The environment worsen's becuase the avergae temperature of this planets surface reaches over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the pressure the atmospheric has is 90 times greate than what we have ever experienced on our planet.
How long do you think the harsh environments of Venus will last? Our sisiter planet maybe a challenge to observe, then why do we continue to attempt to collect research? Astronomers are breath taken by the fact that Venus may have actually been Earth-like. They believe that Venus may have actually been covered with large oceans and contained various life forms like Earth. Astronomers have noticed that Venus contains familiar chracteristics like Earth, for example valleys, mountains, and craters.
What type of technology do you think we'll contain in the future to be able to safely collect research of Venus? NASA has a solution that may help. Their idea is to float 30 or so miles above Venus's landscape and collect data there, but the temperatures would still be very heigh at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth. Researchers howover say that rock, gas, and anything else would be able to be collected with this idea.
What year do you think we'll be able to inhabite Venus? Nasa took this into consideration so they began to create simplified
electronics made of silicon carbide. This material has been tested in a simulation chamber recreating Venus's chaotic surface and resulted to last 3 weeks in this condition. Humanity should keep trying to complete this challenge becuase who know what we'll find. | 4 |
4c08e39 | I was in the Seagoing Cowboy program and you guys should to. I experianced adventures and many unique places, but it is more then just adventures it opened up the world to me and it could to the same for you. While we were on the boat we played volleyball, boxing, whittling, table tennis, fencing, baseball, and we also did some reading to help pass the time. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean and a month to get to China. It seems long but you have a lot of activities you can do. like on our way I cared for the animals to keep me busy. Before I joined this program I worked a two part-time job and did not know where my life was going to take me until my friends asked me to go on this amazing adventure. After that I just fellt so opened up. Thats why I think you should come to the Seagoing Cowboy program it would be fun and fun and fun and you would have the time of your life and it could open up the world to you and remember it is more then just activities and adventures! i know i had fun so you probably will to! | 2 |
4c12021 | Have you ever wondered how to appeal to everyone in a classrom as a teacher? There is a new type of technology where a computer can alter a lesson on individual laptops to appeal to peoples emotions. This technology would be a great thing to have in schools so students would not get so bored watching something they dont want to watch.
Students have a ton of emotions that run through their heads everyday and most of them have mood swings. This technology can tell a teacher if a students is having a terrible day. This could help teachers out to fix their lesson plans for that day to appeal to their students emotions to make them more happier to be there learning. Although it will take a lot of money to incorporate thhat new technology into every classroom it still would be a very helpful tool to use.
This technology is an exceptional piece to use to help out teachers in a big way so they could appeal to their students way easier. Because teachers want what is best for their students and it would help them a lot more if they had this new technology. Having this technology could get kids to learn more and have fun doing it because the teacher's lesson plan is appealing towards the students. | 3 |
4c133e4 | Throughout Americas history, people have always owned cars. They use them to travel into the city or long distances. But now it looks as if the tides may be turning for automobiles. Studies have shown that car ownership and average miles driven by citizens have decreased dramatically in the past ten years. Not only is the the case for the United States, but all around the world.
Cars every year release emissions that are harmful to the enviroment. The emissions pollute crowded cities, which makes it dangerous for citizens to live there. In Paris, days of near-record pollutuion made the city partially ban driving for two days. Even number license plates wouldn't drive on one chosen day and odd numbered the next. If the citzens did not comply to this, they were fined twenty two euros. Four thousand drivers had to pay that fine for not leaving their vehicles at home. The other citizens that did comply with the city helped dramtically reduce the smog in Paris. And during the partial driving ban, congestion was down nearly sixty percent.
The decrease in automobile use is not only being used to decrease pollution, people also say that not driving a vehicle helps reduce stress. Heidrun Walter of Vauban, Germany said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". She lives in Germany's experimental suburb that is "car free". Automobiles are not banned in this area, per say. But if you want to own a vehicle in this neighborhood, you must buy a parking spot for 40,000 dollars and a home. This neighboorhood is helping shape the way for a future wihtout cars.
One of the main benefits that would directly improve the qaulity of life for humans by decreasing car usage would be exercise. Obesity in the world, especially in America, has been an evergrowing problem in the past twenty years. People have become so busy in their lives where exercise is not one of their top priorities. Without the use of automobiles, citizens would have to either walk, bike, skate, or jog to their destination. This way they would exercise while traveling, wherever that may be.
Overall, the world is preparing for an inspirational future without cars. This would help the world in many areas like Paris or Hong Kong for decreasing pollution or help America with the battle against obesity. No one can predict the future, whether it contains automobiles or not. But the world is certainly becoming less dependant on them, who knows, one day they may become obsolete. | 3 |
4c1784e | The Untied states of america have some of the most interesting history in the world from their food,people to the govrnment. They have a system of govrnment called a representative democery in this system they elect people to represent your groups need and want,but the thing that makes them intereseting isn't the way they run their country it is the way that they elect their representatives.
They use what is called The electoral college to elect their leader this system has it's problems, for an example the people aren't voting for who will be their leader other wise know as the president,but for the people who will vote for the president. Even though this system has it's down side it also helps them in a lot of ways. this stops you form having a popular vote meaning more then just two parties can send their rep.
Do you know the saying if it is not broken don't fix it well the Electoral college is that system america has use this system for so long and they aren't the type of people for change that fast, farther more the Electoral college is only used for the president compare the two system by looking at their other branchs their all doing pretty bad right now. Thats why if it ain't broke don't fix it. | 2 |
4c17fcf | Though Venus could be very dangerous doesn't mean it shouldn't be explored, like the author is trying to say. The temperatures are very deadly and very dangerous to be around but nothing is impossible.
It could be possible to try and make sometype of ships to travel to Venus but then again there might not be a way in getting much evidence that anybody actually made it up there and came back to Earth alive. It's very unsafe and peoples skin is just very sensitive to heat. Like the auther said, "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." There isn't much you can do to fight back very high temperatures over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
The challenges are only going to make people wonder more about Venu until it is actually explored. Until then nothing is impossible and there will be creative people out there that find a way in making the trip to Venus one to remember. Nothing should be limited by the dangers and doubts of meeting goals. | 2 |
4c1ae2c | The new techonolgy called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a valuable tool for reading students emotions in classroms or elsewhere for many reasons. Since the system is to detect and go into depth of a persons emotion, accurate results will come out. There are multiple ways that this system can help teachers in determining how a student feels. These things such as knowing if the student is confused about a topic or if they are in a bad mood or not. The Facial Action Coding System would be of value for these reasons.
First off, this techology can classify the six main human emotions. Those which are sadness, happiness, anger, disgust, fear, and being surprised. Scientists have used the Mona Lisa picture as a way to help their research. As you know, Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, Mona Lisa, is a painting that relays many emotion's or face's in the picture. We are not able to tell if she is smiling or not, if she is angry or not, if she is happy or not, and etc... The system was able to detect the emotions of the painting, so if used on students', teachers will know what a student feels when a student puts on an undetectable face.
Furthermore, the use of thistechnology in classrooms will benefit how each student can learn. In the article, it states "For example if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This will help students who may be having more trouble in certain subjects in classrooms, by adjusting to their learning style. That way the student may be able to understand more about what they are learning in the way they think. Since teachers cannot always detect how students feel about their teaching, the FACS can help and describe their expressions on certain lessons that are being taught.
Another reason as to why this is a valued source of technology for a student is because it can affect the way a classroom atmosphere will be. If everyone is happy, the class will also be happy. It says in the article that "... moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." If students put on a happy face then that will affect how they feel. Same with having a sad, mad, or surprised face. With this technology, since it is able to detect emotions by the facial structure, students can change their facial structure so that it may affect their actual emotion. This technology can also prove if a student is lying about something. Certain muscles in the face, if they are stretched, can determine if a person is being truthful or not. "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful" In classroom's, this technology can be used to help solve problem's occuring in class and be able to figure out the truth. Not only that, "'Most human communication is nonverbal incuding emotional communication'" this technology is also a great way for nonverbal communication between students when they are not able to verbally or physically communicate.
Overall, the Facial Action CIoding System is a great value of techonology used to determine a students' emotional expression. It can help adjust to a students learning type, help better atomosphere's, and better a person's emotion. It may also help a student if they are not in a good mood, and may need help from a friend or teacher but not be able to say it, but instead show it. This technology can help a lot for students in many of those ways. | 4 |
4c1b568 | What do you think is more fun going to defernt contries or spending time with aniamals or if niether of those is fun enough how about playing difernt games in your free time when your a Seagoing Cowboy you do all of those.The Seagoing Coyboys program is really fun. If you like to try things new then this is for you. You get to meat new people, also you get to see new things. If you love animals, such as horses,young cows, and mules you get to take care of them too. The thing is though you take all of these over sea. You will have so much fun and you will never be bored from working or injoying time with other people.
If you are a small-town boy or girl like I was its way better then working at banks or what ever you do for a living , this is way better. I loved helping people but if that wasnt enough then I also got to See Europe and China. Try new foods, see new art and meet new poeple. Also taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. If you wouldent enjoy that then we got toured an excavated castle in crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. That was one of my favorite times and I had so much fun. Not only do we do all that we had enough free time to play games such as, baseball and volleyball, table-tennis, fencing,boxing,reding, and whittling to pass the time that we had. Like I said you always have something to do and plenty of people to enjoy it with.
But it wasent all ways fun and games it opened the world for me. It made me aware of how lucky were are. Seeing all those other states or contries have what we dont. How much we take for grante. Next time i will be the person telling you to come with me to Europe on a cattle boat. Dont miss you time to go. I am very greatful for this opportunity and when its your turn dont miss out. | 3 |
4c20541 | The electoral college system is better than the popular vote system because every citizen should have a say in who is running the country they are living in. Also, if not everyone has a say in who their president is there would probably be claims of discrimination towards the government for not letting those people vote. There would,as well, not be a standard that could be set that everyone agrees on because the people excluded would not accept it. Popular vote hasnt worked in the past and it wont work now either.
If we chose the popular vote system it would never work out because there would always be people,mostly the ones excluded from voting, that would disagree with the system in general and the standard set on who can or can't vote. For example,in colonial times only white men who owned land could vote and I am sure that the african americans and the women and even the white men who didn't own land were not too happy with that standard. Of course if we had the popular vote system today,the standard would definitely have to be changed but the people who are excluded wouldn't like the system at all.
In the electoral college system everyone who would like to gets a say in who is running their country and pretty much nobody has a problem with it. It is also much easier to count the vote's of 586 votes from the electoral college than like half a billion from cictizens in america. Another two reasons that the electoral colege system is better than the popular vote system.
In the colonial times there were slaves and only 1 out of every 4 votes from slaves counted and that was very discriminative but it was how it was back then but think,if we adopt the popular vote system, what would happen if only white and black people could vote or only white men. There would be udder chaos in America and there would be wrongful deaths and crimes. I would get mad too if i was put in a spot where i was not allowed to vote but some people would take it to the extreme and it probably wouldn't stop until the standard was amended.
In conclusion, the popular vote system is all around a bad idea and it would cause nothing but bad times. Keep the voting system the same because everyone seem's to like it so dont fix it if it's not broken. That is why we should not change or fix the voting system in America. | 2 |
4c262b2 | Studying other planets can be very helpful. It can provide us with so much information that we might need. In " the challenge of Exploring Venus," the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. The author says that not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us to many equally endeavors.
Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and sometimes the closest in distance. Each time humans would sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world, it would not survive the landing for more than a few hours. This this might be the issue why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus. As stated in the article, "Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us". So, despite all the challenges contributed to Venus, it's worth of studying.
As the article states,
Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus could have probably support various forms of life, because long ago Venus was covered largely with oceans. The article states, " The planet has
a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters". Until today Venus still has some features that are similar to Earth. Going to study Venus is not an easy condition but survivable for humans. It's survivable for humans, because at thirty-plus miles above the surface, as to temperture or air pressure, would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Also, solar power would be plentiful and the radition would not exceed Earth levels. Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering from far above the planet would not help, it would provide limited insight on the ground conditions. It would provide us with limited insight on ground because most forms of light cannot penetrate through the dense atmosphere. What's more important is that scientists cannot take rocks or samples of gas from a distance that far. As the article states, " Scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." So, studying Venus from a far distance is not going to help, they need to get closer despite the risk.
Studying other planets should not be limited in distance because of danger and doubts. We should expand our studying dispite the dangers. Studying Venus is worthy pursuit because it might provide some features that are similar to Earth. | 4 |
4c28b83 | Every day people wake up, get ready, and go to work or school. The way they get there can vary but for the most part, people drive cars. That's about to change. Helping the enviroment and becoming more relaxed are advanatages for limiting car usage.
By reducing car usage, emmitions produced from automobiles can be reduced and help the enviroment. When cars reslease gas into the air, it causes smog which traps the gases and inhibits them from being able to escape the atomosphere. In largely congested cities smog can be as harmful as 147 micrograms of particulate matter as seen in Paris, France (paragraph 17). Paris enfored a partial driving ban due the amount of smog and just after one day of reduced driving, the smog clears enough so they didn't have to enforce the ban another day (paragraph 19). Passenger cars are resonsible for 12 percent of greeenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in the United States. (paragraph 5). This staggering statistic can open your eyes to how much cars really effect the envrioment. If just once a week you didn't use your car, you could reduce greenhouse gases drastically. In the United States today, recent studies have shown that Americans are buying fewer cars, and are driving less. (paragraph 29). Since 1995, the number of miles driven per person dropped almost 9 percent (paragraph 32). With lesser people buying and driving new cars, gas emissions could change drastically within a few years and could help our evrioment exonentialy.
When you do not drive a car to from places every day, you become a more relaxed person. In Vauban, Germany- residents have given up cars almost all together, only 30 percent of residents owning cars. In this Suburban town, it seems comman for mothers to own a minivan to ship children back and forth all throughout town; Heidrun Walter feels other wise. She has given up her automobile to get around town and "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Walter states. (paragraph 3). For the past three years in Bogota, Colombia they take a day out of the year where only taxis and buses are permitted, the Day Without Cars. Even when dark clouds circled around the city and rain splattered down onto the heads of people, they didn't revert back to their cars. A businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza states that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." (paragraph 24). This day has become so popular, two other cities in Columbia joined in as well the celebrate the day where people do not use their cars. People do not need to meet with other people in order to go to work or hangout with friends anymore; they can be in their own homes using the technology they access see their friends and continue to do their work.(paragraph 35). Without having to commute to an office, people feel less stressed and more relaxed being able to do their work in the comfort of their own home.
People used to accossicate cars as the best way to get from place A to B without thinking about the consequences it can have on the planet or on yourself. You have to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. What can you do to help change the world?
WOW WHAT A FUCKING WASTE OF MY TIME!!! | 4 |
4c2ae3a | Do you know that venus has similar features like earth? Venus is called the¨Evening Star,¨ because it is one of the brightest light in the sky. Also, did you know that venus is the second planet for the sun. Venus is like eath is has the same surface, mountans and much more.
This is to say that venus and earth used to look just alike back in the day but ass the years went by earth became more and more detailed,unlike venus In The Story¨ The Challenge of Exploring Venus¨, It states that ¨ Today venus still has some features that are analagous to those on earth."Without that being said venus and earth were once sisters until the other planets.
However, NASA has thought about sending humans to venus to study the planet,because no one else will. The text states ¨NASA´s is the possible solution to hostle conditions on the surface of venus wouls allow scientists to float above the fray¨. Which means the NASA want to be the first to send the humans up to study on the planet without landing on it.
Which means to make this happen the would need to figure out how the would make it up here in the text it says ¨ However peering at venus at aship obiting or hovering safely far abave the planet can provide only lines in sight.
In Conclusion, venus and earth are alike in many way but venus has unknown things thta NASA wants to discover and bring back to earth | 2 |
4c2c258 | In a cowboy who road waves Luke Bomberger just finished highschool and is managing two jobs for himself to get money for some reason and then his friend offers him to ot to Europe with him and know world war two has ended in Europe and many counries were left in ruins and the 44 nations joined together to make the UNRRA(united nation srelief and rehabillitation administration) and the UNRRA hired the seagoing coyboys
to ship cattle over to countries in need Don and Luke sighed up.They recieved there orders to report to New Orleans by August 14 the day the pacific war ended and then they got there semans papers and boared the SS Charles W.Wooster and they headed toward Greece with cargo of 335 horses plus hay and oats to feed them on the way there. Luke tuned 18 and was know old enough to join the military when my draft board came
was on the cattle boat trip and they said i would just keep doing that for my service by the time i was discharged i had gone on 9 trips already in two years i had gone on 9 trips the trips were unbelieveable all the
sights thta i came across it was crazy at wha i saw
the men who i was with we also played games when we were coming back to america wed play tennis,boxing,fencing,baseball, volleyball and many other types of sports aswell.But being a seagoing cowboy had much more to it it opened my eyes to a vast world and it made me more aware of other peopl and countries and there needs .And that
awareness stuck with him and he hosted a number international students and exchange vistors for many years. | 1 |
4c300a4 | The technology in today's world just keeps getting crazier and crazier! What do you think about Driverless Cars? Driverless Cars shouldn't be developed. The thought of this idea just sounds dangerous. Driverless cars shouldn't be develeoped for many reasons such as; saftyness, expenses, and lazyness.
Safetyness is a big issue when it comes to cars. Just think about all of the rules that we have today reguarding safety with cars. Driverless Cars could cause accidents and many new laws to be made just because of the safety issues. As stated in paragraph 7, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless." By saying this, who knows if they ever will really have a completey Driverless Car. Without being completely driverless, something could go wrong at any time and that isn't a good or safe thing.
The expenses of cars today are outrageus, but think about the cost for a Driverless Car. The prices of a driverless car will cost the inventors and the buyers. The inventors have to pay billions of dollars to complete a car that functions all by itself, which is going to be very expensive. All of the parts and technology are already high in todays vehicles, so a Driverless Car is definitely going to be high in price. The money being put into Driverless Cars could be going into more important things.
Driverless Cars will cause a lot of lazyness in today's world. Many people already text and do other things while driving, so imagine what they would if they didn't have to drive at all. The population of texting in driving would increse. People would probably fall asleep while driving, which can result in car accidents. This invention also involves people being lazy because they wont even have to learn how to drive anymore. The less people don't know about driving the lazier they can be, because they won't have to do anything when it comes time to drive.
Driverless Cars shouldn't be made due to safetyness, expenses, and lazyness. The car could mess up and cause an accident at any time, which isn't safe. Expenses for the Driverless Car would be very pricey and a waste. Lazyness will increase, because people won't have to learn to drive. | 4 |
4c33872 | Computer technology is evolig every year and its begining to change the way the clssrooms are held as well. From books to computers, emails, grading systems etc. Recently there has been something else in place in schools too. Facial Action Coding System, which enalbes computers to identify human emotions. In schools the computer can scan your facial expressions and make the activity your doing more intresting.
There are universal signs of emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprised, and disgust. Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements. They tested this on the Mona Lisa and it could detect her mood in the painting. It calculated that her facres was showing 4 different moods just by her face. Imagine what it can do for schools in the world.
I believe it is a great idesa to have these software emotion-recognition in schools because it can give students a better way to learn. If the computer can see that a student is annoyed by what they are doing it changes the way the activity is going to get the students more interested in what they are learning. The more the student gets interested the more that he/she learns just by actually paying attention. The computer can also help make grading easier as well. When a teacher is grading the computer can see that he/she is surprised at all the grades in the system. | 3 |
4c3e4c6 | Good Morning, the topic on today lesson would be how do the author support the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger in exploring Venus? However, we will find examples to support our claim by using deatils from the text. Lastly, we will discover more about Venus.
The author support the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger in exploring Venus by stating" How astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, venus was probably covered largely coved with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. The planet has a rocky sediment suface that includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary vistit, a crucial consideration given the long time frame of space travel. However, it states how in another project looking backinto technology called mechanical computers wasnt so great at the beganning but as year went on the U.S.A develop in new technology which give people the chance to go out of space to explore the planets.
Lastly,I can support my claim by say that the title " The challenge of exploring Venus are least because we have better enquitment the would give us an better chance in not getting hurt or stuck on the planet ; so the author support the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger in exploring Venus by stating that with better tools that can help the rocket take all the pressure, heat,and other forces that comes with going outta space adn all this comes in play wiht having better explorement with less deaths and other causes that could happen while taking that journey. | 2 |
4c3e6ba | Limiting car usage will have many advantages. Not only will it reduce pollution ,but it will also incourage a more healthy lifestyle. Also limiting car usage may help ween us off of our dependence on foreign oil. Car usage has caused a lot of problems economically, environmentally, and physically for the United States.
To start off, car usage is very bad for our environment. The number one cause of air pollution in the U.S. is transportation. So, if we found a cleaner and more environmentally-friendly way of transportation that help a lot. One way would be to reduce car usage. It would be much better if once or twice a week people would ride their bike or walk to work or where ever they are going. I understand that some people live to far away from where ever they are going to ride a bike or walk ,but if you carpool with people who are also going to the same place you save on gas money and you will also be helping the environment.
In addition to helping the environment, limiting car usage will also promote a healthier life style. With the united state's obesity rates sky-rocketing we could use all the healthy lifestyle promoting we can get. By limiting car usage we can encourage people to walk and bike to where ever they are going. Which will influence people to add a little excersise into their daily routine.
Along with promoting a healthier lifestyle, limiting car usage can also help the U.S. withone major problem. Over the years the U.S. has had many great presidents,but almost all of them have promised the same thing, that they will reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But nothing has happened. I believe that limiting car usage will help us in reducing the United states' dependence on foreign oil because if we aren't driving our cars as often we won't need as much oil.
In conclusion, the advantages to limiting car usage are that it will reduce pollution, promote a healthier lifestyle, and it will reduce our dependence on foreign oil. So next time you go to drive your car just think, is it really that far? | 4 |
4c41929 | Dear Senator,
The Electoral College is very outdated and confusing. Most American voters believe their votes elect the president even though they really don't. In truth, American voters are electing electors that instead go to the District of Columbia and vote the new president instead. As infuriating as this sounds, seeing as most Americans want a direct vote so a president is elected by popular vote, it's not entirely bad, but it isn't the best election system. The Electoral college is a system that should stay.
Most Americans that are angered and upset when they realize their vote doesn't have as much say as they though are usually the ones who fight to abolish the Electoral College. While this is true, it is also accurate, most people don't even know that they aren't even voting for the president, and their vote is only electing their state's electors. As upsetting as that is, it's mostly just like choosing a new senator or representative to represent the state. This is the same idea, our state votes for a number of people to vote for us. If we win the democratic side, democrats will vote for the democrat (they rarely betray us) candidate.
While the winner-takes-all system is unfair to those who do not agree with the side the state chose overall, it provides a clear system to clearly elect a new president. Candidates always try to persuade states, oftening visiting them to sway them to vote for electors that will go to elect them instead. Looking on the results, it's safe to say the Electoral College, as upsetting as it can be, is a voting system that should stay until we can find a better one. Abolishing the system might make it more of a direct vote, but the Electoral College is organized.
Sincerely,
A student. | 3 |
4c4f8f8 | Dear Senator:
Many people say that electoral college is a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. Even though I agree with this position in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. Despite the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree; I belive that retaining the Electoral College is what is best for non-liberal or conservative reasons.
The Elecotoral College avoids the problem of electons in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. For instance, one of my sources told me" In 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College.
The Elecotoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal- apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. For example, another source" In 2012, the popular vote was very close in Florida; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in Wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes." Large states gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does.
I do hope that you agree with me when i say that we should retain the Elecotoral College. | 2 |
4c51970 | Dear mr senator i'm writing you today to ask for changing electoral college votes to popular vote. Becasuse elcltoral votes we not really voting for the person we want and winner-take-all system doesn't work.
on electon day you may not be voting for the candidate you think your voting for. I think thats not right, not knowing who we are really voting for. Like it says in the article Does the elctoral college work?, states that "when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for candidates electors". like seriously who are these "
electors
" decicated and loyal to vote for the candidate we thought we were voting for. we should get a staraightforward vote to the president only, we dont need someone chooseing for us. also there's always others saying its eaiser, it'll be better i understand and see where they coming from but the american people the real voters want a voice. also the winner-take-all system is just like not fair. like it says in the article, "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including rhode island and south carolina and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad". how are voters supposed to vote an cant even see who or why to vote for the candidate. also a situation could arise the state could almost be half an half and a candidate has slighty more votes than the other the whole electoral votes goes to him/she, the others who voted are left dumbfounded like where did my votes go, thats not fair to the american people.
Mr. senator im asking you today just to please put this in considerationg cause electoral votes are not letting us vote for the candidate we want and the winner-take-all system doesn't work. | 3 |
4c5ca34 | Dear State Senator,
My name is PROPER_NAME, and I beleive that America should change to a popular voting system. I believe this because nobody wants to have someone else to vote for them. With the pop. vote system, everyone will be able to voice their opinion, instead of X amount of senators deciding who they like. To me, it seems unfair to let 5 people decide what thousands of other people want. If you would, please let me present my evidence for a pop. voting system.
To vote, you must be 18,an adult. When your an adult, you dont have parents anymore to decide what is "best" for you. Having representatives "represent" the people, they are being the parents who try and control their childs life! We fought a war to become independent and let the people decide what they want, yet this "land of the free" is becoming less free every day. Letting the people vote will give us back a major part of the American dream.
Another reason is the ratio of citizens to representatives. In California, it is 35,000,000 being "represented for" by 55 people, who could be biased people who are can be choosen by "the states central party comittee, and even the
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES THEMSLEVES
". That is like asking your closest friends( or sombody you payed, in the presidential candidate's case) if you or the lonely kid at school to vote who is most popular. That seems very messed up to me.
Finally, the 5 people that vote could be anti anything! In 1960, racists in the louisiana legislature( some of the "special" people who vote for who is a representative) tryed to instill new representatives who would oppose JFK. What if a woman ran for presedent, than a bunch of states instilled sexist representatives to ruin her chance of winning? What if another african american trys to run, but is shot down by newly apointed racist representatives? I sure an heck dont want me or my state to be represented by 27 racist/sexist "representatives".
All in all, our current system as major problems. People are not able to voice their opinion. Insted, we are letting a handfull of representatives speak their opinion,and say its what us normal people want. Not to mention, these are people that cant be apointed due to bias. Finally, the representatives that the biased people choose, in special groups of 55-3 people representing millions, can be anti whatever,or just not like the person for a stupid reason( for example "I dont like his haircut, its to short/he looks like a pedophile"). If you would, please consider my idea of a truly free america, or even spread my word to the people.Thank you for your time.
Sincearly, PROPER_NAME | 3 |
4c6248a | There are both positive and negatives things about driverless cars. Some positive things are that it would be easier for people to do different things while they are driving. Some negatives are that it can be dangerous. I am completely against driverless cars.
I am against driverless cars, because it may be top expensive for most people to buy. Also the tools and equipment you may need for it may be expensive to buy it. Why buy the expensive tools, when you can spend your money on more important things.
The second reason, is because the human driver has to be alert at all times. I think the car should be able to go through certain obstacles on the road on its own. Some obstacles are through work zones, and around accidents. It may be to dangerous for the road, because certain people may feel like they can do anything. They may feel like the car can do it, and then they wont be alert.
Also if we had driverless cars some of the driving laws would have to be changed. Most driving laws focus on keeping the driver, the passenger, pedestrians safe. For example, in most states its illegal to test computer driven cars. If the car fails would it be the manufacturer's fault, because they should be able to make sure the car is safe.
There are some positive things about this driverless car, but i wouldnt really trust it. It may be to expensive, and to dangerous. Nobody shold have to deal with the feeling that there car may injure them. | 3 |
4c6a800 | The authors claim to keep studing venus is a very good claim that is supported by evidence. The author gave some facts about venous and how beutiful and bright venus is. The author said venus is the closest planet in size and sometimes in distance to the earth.
Although some may say that all missions to go to venus are failed and its dangerous venus is the most fit planet to live on besides the earth and we could servive on venous. So the author believes that we should plan for the future and study venous so we have a second plan after earth venous is also a very interesting planet that has mountains and caves and scientist believe that there could have been life and oceans prevous to earth. So the authors claim is good and we should keep researching this interesting plant venous so we can learn more. | 2 |
4c6b4ce | Do you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy? You should because there are lots of cool places to see. Also you can have a fun time on board. Third you get to help others in need. So listen to what I have to say.
First you get to see a lot of unique places. In the passage it states that Luke(or I) got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. He also visited an excavated castle in Crete. I also marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. I loved it So I know you will. You should also go to help others that need help.
You will get to help others in need if you become a Seagoing Cowboy. First, in the passage it states that I had to feed and water the animals atleast two or three times a day. Second, if you are eighteen you could get drafted. That's another way to help. In the passage it stated that I could get drafted, so they told him to stay there and keep working with the Seagoing Cowboys. Third you also get to help work with the Seagpoing Cow boys. If you are a good worker and kind this would be a great job. If you like the Seagoing Cowboys you will like the fun.
In the passage it states that I had fun on board. One reason is they would play volley ball, baseball,and table tennis. Also, the Seagoing Cowboys did fencing and boxing. Except if you are layed back and calm you can read! You have a lot of fun things you can do on board.
In conclusion, you get help. You get to have fun. Last but not least you ge to see a lot of amazing places! So, to sum it all up... you will have a blast if you become a Seagoing Cowboy. | 3 |
4c6b885 | Simply think of a future in which a computer program is able to adjust itself to the needs of a student, a home-body, anyone, just by looking at their face. Imagine how powerful and monumental a change like that could be. There would be easier design of virtual lessons to individualize to each student, there's home computer use, such as playing calming music when the computer detects stress, and then there's better facial representation in things such as movies or video games, as our understanding of the expression of emotion and emotion itself grows. Although there are some concerns regarding it, the Facial Action Coding System can be slightly modified at worst if such concerns are not settled, and there are plenty of solution and measures to unwarrant such concerns.
In order for the a student to successfully learn through a lecture or a class, the number one way to ensure their overall growth as a student is maintain their engagement in whatever activity they're partaking in. One way virtual classes can become more interactive and individualized from person to person is with the Facial Action Coding System, a system that's capable of reading a person emotion through a complex algorithm and outputting a near exact description of their emotion. This kind of program could create a whole new level of interactivity in lessons by allowing a computer to be able to detect whether the student is engaged or bored, and adjusting the lesson accordingly.
Not only that, but such a technology would also lead the way into a whole new level of interaction between computers and their users. For example, the Facial Action Coding System could lead the way in paving a path to more support from a computer. For instance, the use of such a program could allow a computer to detect the users emotion and be able to compensate or assist in stabilizing it, such as playing calming music when it detects its user is getting too stressed.
Lastly a computer with this amount of power would allow the gaming and movie industry to flourish, as a greater understanding and interpretation of emotion will lead to more advanced and more realistic CGI, allowing for more realistic representation and depiction of human faces, and more importantly, their emotion. This innovation could lead to a whole new level of realism and graphical enhancement for both games and movies alike.
Although the Facial Action Coding System provides a large number of benefits, that's not to say there aren't many concerns related to it. One large one is likely the rising concern of granting the computer to much power over us in fear of some cataclysmic event. However, such an event will likely never occur, due to the simplicity of a solution in order to prevent it. Such a solution is as follows, simply put in place a safety feature to disable such a system, so as to prevent it from getting out of hand if the case arises.
The Facial Action Coding System is overall an incredible advancement in the terms of video games, movies, and computer enhancement in general. Allowing for more individualization from person to person on how the computer is able to respond to their emotion, from individualized lessons similar to a human teacher, to more enhanced visual representation and expression of emotion in video games and movies. | 4 |
4c6fd57 | Have you ever wanted to be a Seagoing Cowboy?
What is that you ask; a Seagoing Cowboy is a person that hepls countries that have been demolished from wars.
The Seagoing Cowboys give the countries food supplies, animals, and much more!
If you decide you would like to become a Seagoing Cowboy, you will get to see astonashing sights in many different places of our fantastic world.
You can be a watchman or simply just take care of the animals.
On the ship you will never grow lonesome because there are many other people on the ship as well.
They play games such as baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and these games will make time go as quick as a blink of an eye.
This may sound like a jack-around job, but it's not.
You may NOT boondoggle your work, be tenacious to your fellow co-workers, or take a break when you are not told to do so. The only exeptiontion is using the bathroom.
You might encounter some surreal moments, but don't worry it happens to the best of us.
You will be payed, but your pay determains on how hard you work.
If you get sea sick this is probably not the best job for you because we do a great amount of traveling on the water.
If you can get over your sea sickness, then you will be able to see tons of amazing sights.
Back to the working part; the animals you will be around will be horses, young cows, and mules.
If you have experience with hard work then this is the perfect job for you.
The job may seem difficult at first, but your fellow co-workers will be there for you.
You will be fed breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Since you will be working so hard during the day, there will be a refriderator on the bottom floor that you are welcome to at any point during the day.
There will be a break time at approxamatley twelve-thirty, where we all get together, play cards, and eat lunch.
After lunch we will continue our work until seven-thirty; thats when we will have dinner.
You will be awaken at four o'clock a. m. every morning and be fed breakfast.
After breakfast we will go clean the cattle stalls on the second floor.
If you think this isn't the job for you please tell other people in your neighborhood, nearby restraunts, convent stores, or if you want your kids to have a job they will be watched carefully.
The teens must be over eightteen years of age.
This is a great program, and we hope we have a ginormaous amount of people abording this ship is two weeks.
If the job doesn't work out for you please give me a one-week notice that you will be deciding to leave.
We will not be mad; just glad you decided to give it a try. I thank you ahead of time if you are joing our program. Please, DON'T DELAY! | 3 |
4c75b0f | The author supports this idea by giving us multiple details about venus. Venus is a planet in our solar system and it is the second planet from our sun. It is proved that Venus is a challenging place to examine closely because it has a lot of stuff that humans can not experience. Venus is a challenging planet for human to study closely because there are stuff that are extremely dangerous for humans and that humans can not do such as: Venus is not always close to Earth, the temperature and atmosphere is greater than what we experienced in Earth and it's danger to get to Venus.
Venus moves a lot from us or we move a lot from venus. There are differences from Venus and us what I mean with that is that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. In paragraph 2, the authors said humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and that there is not a single spaceship that has survived the landing for more than a few hours and has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
The temperature and atmosphere in Venus is greater than in Earth. Humans can not survived or experienced this because they would problably died. In paragraph three, it says that in venus is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxiude and that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience in Earth. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. These things makes it more challenging for humans.
Trying to get to Venus is very dangerous for humans since we don't have resistents tools to go there and survived. In paragraph 5 , it says that the Nasa is working in possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus and they tought and allowed scientists to float above the fray. Like imagine a jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, it is still dangerous but it is survivable for humans.
In conclusion, Venus is a very challenging planet for humans to study because there are a lot of barriers that stop humans from getting more closer. | 3 |
4c772de | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents by saying Venus may have some life on the planet, " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." The author also stated that Venus is often reffered as Earth's twin. In terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. It's hard to actually identify if Earth and Venus are similar because no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours, but Venus does have some features that are familiar to Earth , as stated on paragraph 4,"The planet has a surface of rocky sediemnts and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and creators. Not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
The dangers of expolring Venus is true challenge for a few reasons. The temperatures are crazy hot on paragraph 3 it states, " The temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." Which is why Venus is the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Not only that but the pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything a humans ecounter on Earth.
NASA will not give up they are working on other approaches to studying Venus. On paragraph 7 it states, " Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested n a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." They are also looking into old technology called "mechanical computers" that was first invused in the 1800's, and were used in World War ll. Since our new technolgy doesnt last in harsh conditons they had to think of something else. Those are the dangers and problems we have to go through to learn more about Venus. | 3 |
4c822ee | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" I do not think the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit very well. He also supports it a little and instead focuses on the dangers of the planet. Some of the dangers he says is that no spacecraft has even lasted a few hours on Venus, and that tempratures are around 800 degrees. The planet has to harsh of an atmosphere for us to visit.
The author almost seems like he should be supporting not going to Venus. In the third paragraph he talks about how deadly of an enviroment it is. He says that the atmosphere is made of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and that the clouds are made of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. These things alone would make it nearly impossible for any type of life to exist, so why explore a place where its imposible for anything to have ever lived there. With 97 percent carbon dioxide it could have been a possibility for plant life, but he then adds that on the surface it is over 800 degrees Fahenheit. With that kind of heat its impossible to survive.
To make things worse the author is not just talking about an unmaned spacecraft visit, he is talking about humans visiting it. With the atmospheric pressure around 90 times greater than Earth, we would die before we even reached the surface. Even if you were to get to the surface the there are still many obsticals to overcome. Life for example volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and lightning strikes.
One of the only times the author supports his idea is in paragraph 4. The author says "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may 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." While that may sound interesting that is a huge probably. They are basing this off the fact that Venus has some of the same features of Earth like valleys and mountains. That is to big of a risk to take because it could cost millions of dollars and even a life if we sent a human there.
In paragraph 5 the author talks about ideas that could be used to send humans there like a blimp. To me that just sounds to risky because you can do all the testing you want but it only takes one small mistake for everything to go south. The value of Venus that he talks about is insight gained and because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. The values he talks about here are simply not enough. The risks by far outweights the rewards.
That was why to me the author did not support his idea well enouth. To me he gave more dangers that he did rewards. Plus risking a human life is not to be taken lightly, you need to be 100% certain that they will survive. With tempratures above 800 degrees and an atmospheric preassure 90 times greater than Earth I don't see how anyone could survive. Even when a drone does not survive how is a human supposed to? That is why the author did not support the idea well enough. | 5 |
4c8547d | I am a scientist and I belivie that the Face on mars wasn't created by an alien. Looking at pictures I can see that the Face dosen't look like a human at all. In 1976 the Face was funny looking and later on in the years the Face blured out. It looks like a natural landform because people think just because it has eyes and a nose.
According to the arictle states the scientist belived the Face was an alien artifact. But I think how would you that it's an alien the world has so many different fetures, and creatures everywhere you may never know. Even though know ones probaly every seen an alien before. It may have been the shape or form they way the ground grew, and it just turn out to look like a face.
Then the found out on April 5,1998 that Micheal Mailn snapped a picture ten times finding out it was just a natural landform. I wounder why they thought that it was an alien. They got a camera on board to see if another may have poped up scientist checking it. If they would find one then it would be proof ,because now they have a camera on board to see.
I think that the rule of thumb is great because you can't discren things in to image 3 times bigger. It may look like something that it's not and apper wrong to look like an creature. What the picture actually shows is Martian equivalent butte and it and the Amercian West landforms are both in comman. It's a lava dome that takes form of a islated mesa looking ,and having same hieght of the Face on Mars.
I think that you shouldn't asume that something or someone is what it isn't. You always get facts and debate and reason more. And find out if your reascreah may have been wrong going thur the process. There mistake in the long run was making the image bigger than what it is was. I knew that it was a landform Face;because I don't belive in things like,vampires,zombie. Unsupernatural things unless there is facts clues evidence. | 2 |
4c86695 | When I joined the Seagoing Cowboys program I realized thing i hadn't before like how much people from other places needed help. Or that it could be so much fun.
I think you should also join the Seagoing Cowboys program also. You'll get to see China, Greece, Italy, and many other place like that. Not only that but also help people. You also could make the traveling fun like when all the animals have been unloaded you could play baseball, and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. And to pass time you could have table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling and games.
In conclusion you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Because it could open up a whole new world for you. You could find things about yourself you never knew about. You could make new friends and have a lot of fun. You could visit places you never been or always wanted to go. You also will find out about people from other countries and their needs. | 2 |
4c8d894 | What is the electoral college? is when the people voten for meeting the President and Vice President of the college, is a process, not a place and is a election of the president by a popular vote of qualified. The opinion of people is that is a good form of meeting a President and Vice President the reason for is good an electoral college is because having of discussion the work and your can see from who vote.
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More people say that no have a problem if have or no have a President or Vice president,this is no good because a President take decission importants and the Vice President help to President to take this decission. For this have take good decission in the moment of the vote. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
The conclution of this is that know of discussion of work and know for you one vote and this acording whint this. | 1 |
4c92a42 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author descrides the exploration and study of Venus as a worth while pursute and advancement in the Scientific field. Venus itself being a planet that is untouchable to humans or anything of this world most certainly holds many mysteries that would be amazing if where solved, but, besides that should we be putting any of our hard earned money, limite time, or reasources that could be used else where into the study of some uninhabitable planet. The author "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" never made a clear reason as to why we should care throughout his entire article.
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author shows a clear, all out passion torwards the study of the molten planet. While having passion is important so is having a valid reason as to why others should care but instead the closest to any sort of valid reason we get is "to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight gained on the planet itself, but also human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors,"(paragraph 8, The Challenege of Exploring Venus). Human curiosity is an amazing thing and it's an outstanding ability that we posses, not to mention some of the worlds greatests discoveries started of as just someone being curious about something but ultimately this exploration is proving to be incredibly expensive and without significant results. We have people dying everyday from things such as deseases or injuries and many of the reasources that are poured into finding out whatis on Venus, if there actually is anything at all, could be use more effectively for a different cause.
In conclusion the author of the given article has done an outstanding job at not showing how this is useful or worth anything all. While, yes, the author gave us a clear description of the troubles they where facing in their task none of these struggle seem to be worth what we are paying to possible find nothing useful. I personally would love to find out what is on Venus but in the long run there much more pressing matters at hand and many areas of our current world that have yet to be discovered. We should be focusing on discovering those areas, animals, bacteria, elements, and so many other wonders we have yet to find on our own world first, before we go looking at the others just for sake of curiosity. | 4 |
4c93ae4 | While many conspiracy theorists would have you to believe that the Face is alien artifact, it is actually just a natural land formation. The Face is nothing more than just another Martian mesa. These Martian mesas are actually common around Cydonia the only difference in the Face is the unusal shadows.
NASA would have no reason to try and cover up any evidence proving there was an acient civilization on Mars. If the Face truly was an acient alien artifact, the news of this discovery would actually benfit NASA and might help them get a bigger budget. Why wouldn't NASA tell the public about such an amazing discovery that might truly benifit them?
NASA even spent a lot of hard work and money to pass over the Face and prove to the public that this was nothing more than a natural landform.
Many scientist have proven time and time again that the Face is just a simple butte or mesa, which are actually common landforms around the American West. Detailed photos were even taken that prove this fact, the so called Face is a simple Martian mesa.
Even though many people including myself would like to believe this an acient alien artifact, there are just too many facts proving this theory wrong. From the detailed photos to the words of many scientists this theroy is simply wrong, and it's time the public expects the facts. The so called Face is not an alien artifact but mearly a simple Martian mesa. | 3 |
4ca8ff0 | There are many reasons you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys Program". This program is for people that go out to sea's and gets anything afloat on the sea after place's are in ruins and help clean the place up. This program is very improtant. Here are some examples why you should join.
One reason why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys Program" is because, not only them but, you could be helping people affected in world war 2. In paragraph 2 it talks about how world war 2 left europe in ruins and the UNRRA need people's help to clean the place up and go out to sea's to get cows or anything that is afloat in the sea. The second reason you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys Program" is because you get to have adventure's and go to different countries you have never been to! In paragraph 5 it says"Besides helping people, I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China." It could be a once in a lifetime thing! The third reason you should join this program is because not only do you work all the time, you get to play games with your friends like volleyball and tennis, and much more! In paragraph 8 it says "The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis turnaments, fencing, boxing,reading,whitting,and games also help pass the time." So, over the waiting time to get to the place you are heading you get to have fun.
The "Seagoing Cowboys Program" can be very fun and helpful. Those can be some examples why you would want to join. The "Seagoing Cowboys Program" is a very important program you could be helping a country in need of help. | 3 |
4caa6f2 | Driverless cars will be a great innovation in the automobile insustry, because driverless cars will be safer, more convenient, and possibly more fuel efficient.
Driverless cars would make the world a lot safer, when dealing with automobiles. People die everyday in car accidents. With driverless cars, at first, of course, there will be complications regarding the sensing and accident prevention. After so long, with yearly upgrades and constant innovation, driverless cars' software should excel to the point of perfection, without any accident occurance. In paragraph 5, the test states, "Sensors are nothing new, of course. in the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes. Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." This example shows that sensoring software ability is increasing, and as time goes by technologists learn more and more. Over time sensors will get better and better to the point where driverless cars are 100% safe.
Driverless cars are more convenient than cars with drivers. Cars with drivers require full attention from the driver. There are many cases, involving possibly injury, or even just fatigue, where a driver is forced into a position of either finding alternate transportation, or driving under dangerous circumstances. If a driver owns a driverless car, or has the accessability to a driverless "taxi", then whether fatigue, injured, or intoxicated, the driver, or now passenger, can safely be transported to their destination, without the result of an accident. Many people against the idea of driverless cars would claim that a driver must still be alert with a driverless car. This statement would be true, as of now, but if driverless cars are introduced now, within the next ten years, driverless cars will be so dominantly present, drivers would never have to touch the wheel. If every car on a street is computer controlled, the computer systems could recognize another attempting to leave a parking lot and simply leave the car space to do so. Through more innovations, obstacles like those stated in paragraph 7, would be easily manuvered.
Driverless cars are more fuel efficient than cars with drivers. Many times today, people drive their cars with a "heavy foot." Acceleration uses gas in a car that could be saved with coasting. If are car is ran by a computer, acceleration and coasting time would be monitored, and done the most efficiently possible. In paragraph 1, the text states, "The cars [Google cofounder Sergey Brin] forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis..." This example shows that, driverless taxis and cars are far more fuel efficient. If a driverless car owner uses only half the fuel of a driver required car owner, then the driverless car owner is saving a tremendously more amount of money on fuel.
Driverless cars will be a great innovation in the automobile insustry, because driverless cars will be safer, more convenient, and possibly more fuel efficient. | 5 |
4cacca6 | Could you ever imagine being in class and actually being genuinely interested or entertained? I know I couldn't. However, it might just be possible for the teacher to read you emotions and adjust the lesson for you. I am going to give you two reasons why I believe that using technology to read emotional expression of students in a classroom is highly valuable.
One reason this is valuable is so students do not get bored. One of the things that makes school not so fun for kinds is how uniteresting the lesson is. In paragraph 6 of an article tited "Making Mona Lisa Smile," Dr, Huangs says " A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." With this technology you would never have to worry about another super boring lesson.
Another reason why this is valueable technology for classroom use is because teachers can see how the student is feeling about the lesson. In paragraph 6, it also states " Imagine a computer knows when you're happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a web as appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if your frown, the next ad will be different." This could also be applied to a teacher. If the teacher sees that the lesson is making the students happy they can go on teaching the way they are teaching.
Now, I have given you two reasons why using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This technology will definetly bring up the grades of students if they are throuroughly intertained, interested, and happy with what they are learning. | 3 |
4caf5f9 | Have you ever thought that maybe a president didnt win because of popular votes or electoral college? I have and of course it was unfair.
first and foremost, votes come close to almost wins a lot. but in my opinion all wins are fair game. if u lose at something that big then its no one elses falt. you have to be a great leader and thrive hard enough. if not then u shouldnt be able to blame electoral college for it or even popularaity votes.
to keep moving, both votes are supposed to be in your favor. so if u still lose from one or the other you probably just sucked. you have to actually try for president. you cant just expect to win because of elctoral college or popularity. you should plan on an even distribution.
to wrap up, i believe that you can not base a win or lose in electoral college. you shouldnt depend on either but should be able to use both. if you blame your loss on the system then you suck. | 1 |
4cba575 | Driverless cars. A helpful thing for our future, or the destruction of it? Google, the BMW, and more have been trying to create affective driverless cars for everyone to help shape our future for the better. It's been debated for a while, especially with accidents and saftey but in the end it's really just about what's best for us all.
Though not all of the fifty states in America agree with it, Google and other companies have been trying to create and improve our future with something useful; Driverless cars. They've created a car that can steer, break and accelerate on it's own therfore, virtually calling it driverless but, the assistance of a human is still very much needed. In order to make the idea more fun and appealing they've placed entertainment technologies into the cars, which can be very useful at times, but the most important and useful thing about these new cars is their saftey.
Thousands of people all around the world get into automobile accidents everyday. But what if over half, if not more, of all those accidents could be avoided? When it comes to driving, safety is the most important thing there is. With the new driverless cars, that's no longer a big problem. With it's abbility to sense and see everything arround you, it's able to break or accelerate if needed and they have warnings that they give you to help keep you from hurting yourself or inncocent pedestrians and when it's your turn at the wheel it signals you to do so with a special feature, some cars' different than others.
Although it's not completely driverless yet, they're slowly progressing towards that bright future. Just imagine a day where you can wake up and almost never have to worry about anyone getting in a crash again. This eveloution is bringing forth a saffer and more prosperous future for all of us and not all states agree with these terms but i'm sure they will. We all have the same goal, wanting a safer enviornment for us to live in. Their evolving creation of driverless cars is slowly, but surely, helping us get there. | 3 |
4cbcf7f | What has the world come to? Technology is improving each and every day. People are comming up with new inventions such as: iwatches, wireless headphones, and many more amazing gadgets. It crazy how much the world relies on technology now and days. For the most, part people use technology everywheer they go. In the artical, "Driverless Cars Are Comming" , it states pros amd cons of having this invention. I believe that driverless cars can be dangerous! It can also lead to more car accidents. With the driverless cars humans would have no control over the car. This comes to show that the developement of these cars would not be safe for the people across the world.
The idea of driverless cars would not be safe because people would not pay attention to the roads as much. As stated in the article, "This means the human river must remain alert and be ready to take over when this situation occurs." This specific quote shows that driverless cars can be extremely dangerous. People in the drivers seat would have to be alert at all times. Sometimes, people are doing other things in the drivers seat such as: falling asleep, on the phone, or just completely not paying attention to the road. These things that were just listed are some of the main reason why there are so many car accidents that occur on the side of the road.
In reality, there are certain laws that apply when people are driving. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best avhieved with alert drivers." This quote comes to further prove my point that the idea of driverless cars would not be a good thing. The passage also says, "in most states is is illegal even to test computer-driven cars." It is illegal for inventions like driverless cars to be tested. So ... What's the point ? "Why would anyone want a driveerless car that still needs a driver?"
This evidence comes to show that driverless car are not neccessary in the world and would just cause more problems.
In conclusion, the negative aspects presented in this passage further prove that driverless cars are not safe and are useless if a person is still need in the car just in case. | 3 |
4cc0953 | Someone made a Facial Action Coding System, this technology is supposed to be able to know exactly how someone is feeling just by scanning that persons face. Is this technology valuable? Everybody in this world is different, not one person being the same as one another. That means that everybody feels different emotions about all different things. See where I'm going with this? It is pretty simple, how can something (A computer) Just know by reading your facial excpressions that you are angry, happy, sad,motivated, stressed, ext.? Every human experiences different emotions. Yes, some of them are the same emotions but if you put 100 people in the same room and told them something that was designed to make people angry would all 100 of those people feel the exact same way and have the same amount of anger towards it? I do not belive so. Some of the people would be mad, some would be happy, excited, and some simply might just not care. I'm highly pro-technology but, I do not believe that with the 7 Billion different people on this Earth, one piece of technology could be capable of acuratly telling us the exact emotions someone is feeling at that moment. Not just by scanning someone's facial expressions at least. So to end this pointless Istep rant, No do not believe that this technology is valuable. | 2 |
4cd668a | Luke Bomberger is one of the best seagoing cowboys to ever live he traveled the most trips wich is nine. Im convincing you to be a seagoing cowboy because you would get to travel on boat and take care of animals. If you really like all of those things you get to do being a seagoing cowboy is the job for you. A lot of people love doing this so I think that you would love it to you can even get your friends to do it with you. Some of the places you get to go to is China, and across the Atlantic Ocean.
It takes about two weeks to travel the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern coast of the United States. It takes about a month to travel to China. You have to get stalls that you can put your animals into so you can feed them and wash them. Once you drop your animals off you can start to get back on the boat and sail back. The fun part is of sailing back is you get to do fun things such as table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games to help pass time. Also it is great to get outside and adventure and open up the world to yourself.
I am trying to encourage you to become a seagoing cowboy because if you like to travel and be on a boat with animals then this is the job for you. If you do become a seagoing cowboy remember its a lot of responsibility that you have to take care of. When the job is over you get to play games on your way home. Right when you get back you dont have to get more animals and go straight back to the job. If you want you can spend time with your family and chill out. This is a seagoing cowboy convincing you to become a seagoing cowboy. | 3 |
4cd774a | The "Face of Mars" isn't really a face. It only looks like one. It's because of the land and the shadows it gets, from different angles. It may look more like a face at other angles, and it also maybe just looks like a big blob of land. So it's not a face. Also if anyone was able to create that it'd be impossible because no human being could live there. There's no oxygen there. So it'd be impossible if someone created that, there on the planet Mars.
Yes, when they did first discover the "Face on Mars" everyone thought it was a face on Mars, but over the years it became a whole lot easier to see. At first the photo taken in 1976, was a very blurry picture, not high quality on that first one. Then the second one, taken in 1998, it sort of still looked like a face, but not as much as the first photo. Then the last one taken in 2001, you could see and tell that it wasn't a face. It was just the way you would look at it. At different angles. So it is really all your say, not mine.
It only looks like a face because of the shadows and the landform. The huge rock formation has given everyone the illusion of it having eyes, nose and a mouth. When none of that stuff is really there, in the first place It just looks like it's there, but in reality it's not. Nothing is there except for rock formations and a whole bunch of different landforms. There's also one weird and unusual shadow that made the rock formation look something like an Egyptain Pharaoh.
It just all depends on if you still think it looks like a face. It's all your opinion, not mine. Ihave no say in what you think it looks like. We don't see everything in the same way, no one does. So if you think it looks a face still then to you it's a face. But to me it's just some landform that looked a lot like a face when the first photo that was taken in 1976, it looked a lot like a face. But then over the years we took more pictures an dit turns out just to be some landforms and shadows. | 3 |
4cdd49b | In the article, "Making Mona Lisa smile", by Nick D'Alto, the author explain how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers software to detect human emotions. The use of this technology can help teachers recognize their students feelings or emotions in order to help them in the areas they need help in. The author states, "the new-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa". The new technology can help teachers recognize if the contents being taught in class is boring or confusing for the students and it will help the teacher to clarify or modify the lesson or determine a way to help the students understand the materials.
The system can help teachers identify their students emotions through their facial expression.
Many experts are developing ways to recognize and percieve mixed emotions and subtle facial movements we use to express how we feel through technology. This new technology can be very effective in classrooms all over the world. It will help enhance students learning in classroom also it will be useful for the teacher as well.
In the article, the author states, "A classroom computer could recould recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored", Dr Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor".
Many teachers can use this new technology to boost their student knowledge and make learning fun for the students.
Teachers can also use this new technology to promote their students growth. They can use this new technology to determine the areas they can help their students in by using this new technology to detect how they feel about the contents being taught in class. Many students don't ask questions or ask for help even if they need it.
"Most humans communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication", notes Dr. Huang. "So computers need to understand that too", states Dr. Huang. By using this new technology, teachers can recognize nonverbal and emotional communication in order to find a way to help their students.
The new technology can enhance students enthusiasm. It can build their confidence in learning through their achievements in school. It will helps students with their performance in school and their grades. Teachers using this technology to detect how their students feel about the lessons being taught in class and finding a way to help them with their studies can help students achieve high scores on their test. The technology is very valuable in classroom.
In conclusion, the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is very useful and valuable. It can help teachers to recognize how their students feel about the materials being taught in class in order to help them better understand it. It can also help teacher clarify topics to students and help them achieve a high score on their tests. The new technology can make learning fun for students. In addition, the new technology can help students build their confidence in learning by helping teachers detect their emotions using this new technology. | 4 |
4ce2007 | Facial Action Coding System is a new piece of software that allows people to identify emotions using only a photo, this is revolutionary because it allows scientists to get an idea of what is going on in the photos, kind of like how it would have been like to live in the time period when the photo took place. This essay will be about why technology like that is groundbreaking and why we need more techology like it. In the first paragraph, the reader is introduced to how the Mona Lisa was used as a test in order to discover what emotion she was displaying when the photograph was painted.
The reason that technology like this will be important in helping us in the future, is because of history, while most people would assume that this is unimportant and we don't need to scan photos of historical events and people because we already know all there is to know, but infact it's the exact opposite, because we can now scan faces, we are able to go a deeper into history instead of assuming what happened, we are able to go farther into history than we have ever gone before. An example of this is with war photos such as photos taken during the Civil War, if scientists were to scan the photos of people in the war, we would be able to better understand the person in the photo, such as if they were scared or angry, if the loss of a fellow soldier, maybe a friend, made them afraid, or if it made them angry and want to avenge their fallen friend, This example I just provided is very possible, evidence for this is in paragraph 4 where Dr. Huang states "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" which means that no matter what, emotions show up the same regardless of anything.
This technology could also be used with teachers. Teachers would be able to scan their students to figure out what bores them and what excites them so that they can get the students to pay attention. Getting a student's attention is always very important because if the teacher doesn't have the student's full undivided attention, then the student can't learn the lesson the teacher is trying to teach, and if the student can't pay attention, then he cannot learn, and if the student can't learn what they are being taught, then the student will fail their test which could lead to failing the entire semester.
Facial scanning technology has come a long way, but it still isn't finished, in the later future we should see major improvements to it altogether. In conclusion, facial scanning technology is a tool that in the future, history will use heavily in order to further understand people of the past and how they felt. In the close future, teachers will be able to scan student's faces to reveal how they feel about the subject they are learning, and how it could improve rather than staying the exact same. Finally, in the present, we are able to determine minor feelings and responses from faces but it still needs a lot of work before it can fully be complete. | 4 |
4ce9b89 | Everywhere we go, we always see different types of cars from different compaines. Some car uses different type of gas that would coast more or less money on what they own. Reading these four soures, all these country are trying to help there pollution and envoriment by cutting out days that they can use their cars.
In Germany street parking,driveways and home garages are forbidden to the new disctict. People who have cars are only allowed to park into two places, such as the park and large garages at the edge. Owners has to buy spaces for $40,000, along with a home. Only 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold there car to move into."When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way" said Heidrum Walter. There have been efforts in the two past decades to make cities denser, and better for them to walk but now people are taking the suburbs. Now stores has apporach for people to walk there by the walking distance instead of going to the malls along some higways. Autombiles are the linchpin of suburbs where middle class familes from Chicago to Shanghai tends to make their homes. While there have been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking to places.
Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air for global city. On every Mondays motorists with even and odds numbered license plates were order to leave thier cars at home or suffer $31 of fine. Diesl fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. The congestion was doen 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of investgion. Cold nights and even warm days the weather caused the layer of air to trap car emission. Comanies complained lost revenue while exceptions for plug in cars, such as Hybrids. The same thing happens on the Tuesday for the odds number, depending on the lisnces plate. In Bogota Colombia people hike, bike, and even skate to the places they needed to be at Carlos Arturo said ''It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution''. The days without cars is a part of an improvement campaign.
If you can tell giving the enviorment a brake by not taking cars to random places and help save our commuties and envorment can be a huge change. Instead of driving why not bike or skate to the place you wanted to be at. To inprove this condiction people should read all these good ideas to think twice before something bad happens to our enviorment . | 2 |
4cea9bb | The Face on Mars has many conspiracies, but believing it was created by aliens is ridiculous. There is no proven fact or discovery that aliens exist. I would have to disagree with that, and just believe it is a natural landform. There has many research done and work to figure out what the Face on Mars is, and saying it was created by aliens puts that hard work to shame.
The Face on Mars is a qustionable conspiracy. However, I believe The Face on Mars is a natural landform because we have no evidence of alien lifeform. In the article it states, "MichaelMalin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper that the original Viking photos. Thosands of anxious web surfers waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform". Based on this evidence I can state their was no sight of any aliens. I believe there are other natural reasons as to why their is an object that looks like a face on Mars. Pictures were taken as well to show proof that their isn't any alien lifeform on Mars. It also states in the article that the Face on Mars is more equivalent to a butte or a mesa which are natural landforms. Although people may have wondered if there was lifeform on Mars, technology wasn't as advanced back then. As years went on, technology became greater, and we were able to use that technolgy to see if there was signs of life.
In conclusion, I believe aliens did not create the Face on Mars. I believe this because there is not any proof or reseach to show that aliens do exist. The face on Mars is just a natural landform, and there has work done for many years to show it. | 3 |
4ceefe6 | Does anyone remeber when Google came up with the smart glasses that can do anything? It was said to be the next revolutionary smart item and everyone will either want it, or have it. Well, as it turns out, not even half of America bought these state-of-the-art glasses. Just as the Google glasses did not succeed, I believe the same thing will happen to driveless cars. Not only will they be extremely expensive to manufacture and buy, but they are also completely unecessary. There are already smart phones that can read fingerprints and buy anything just with a press of a button--correction: the press of a screen. Also, the cars can even possibly be labeled as unsafe. Anyone could go anywhere because there is no specific driver; nobody is in control. Children could drive off to anywhere they pleased if they felt like doing so. Also, as stated in the passage, who will pay for damages and possible hospital bills if there are accidents? It couldn't be the driver's fault, because they weren't even controlling the car. It couldn't be the manufacturers fault, because the car worked perfectly for testing, right? Driveless cars may be fascinating, but they are not a good idea for an improved way of driving.
First of all, these vehicles will be extremely expensive. The United States is already trillions of dollars in debt due to many wars and payments, and yet we still keep spending billions of dollars that we do not have. Not only will the cars cost a lot of money to make, but having to remake every single road so that these smart cars can drive on them will cost even more. The amount of construction workers that would have to be paid would shoot numbers through the roof! Exactly how much would these cars even cost? Guaranteed, the cost of buying these cars will not be equivalent to the average Toyota Camry or Honda Civic. The car may use half the fuel needed for regular cars, but they will cost a lot more than gas.
Secondly, these cars are not necessary. They are new! They are exciting! They are the most ridiculous idea to have been considered. So many machines do the work for people and this can result in a fat America. The United States has already been depicted as the most unhealthy country. If these cars can drive themselves, anyone could go anywhere without a driver. If this is correct, then it is possible for a child to possibly drive to the next state if they felt like it. Criminals wouldn't need a getwaway driver if all they had to do is hop in the car and press a button. This is an unsafe possibility. Although the driverless car may seem fun for people who want a new way to be transported, it is completely unecessary and lazy.
Finally, the idea of driverless cars may contradict with the law. As stated in the article, there may be some conflict between manufacturers and consumers when it comes to accidents and road problems. If there was an accident between two smart cars, who would pay for the damage? It is difficult to point fingers when both cars are driverless and are not controlled by a person. Will the manufacturers have a warranty for the car? Will each driver have to pay for damages themselves as if they just broke a cell phone? Does a separate insurance come with the car? These are questions that need to be answered if manufactureres want their ideas to sell.
In conclusion, driverless cars are not a good idea because they cost money that is not there, they are unecessary and may even be dubbed as unsafe, and the idea contradicts with many laws in different states. Just as the Google glasses was a bit too much, the driverless cars would meet the same unfortunate fate. | 5 |
4cefbe8 | Dear Senator of Florida,
I am a 15 year old concerned citizen and I would like to address a serious problem. Our country's process of electing our president, the Electoral College. I beleive there are certain aspects of this process which are both good, and bad, but still need to be revised. To fix this unfair system of election, we just need to change a few details of it, in particular, the states' "winner-take-all" system.
Of course there are people who agree with this method of voting, but i am not one of them, and neither is Bradford Plumer. In Bradford's excerpt from "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong", He explains to us the injustice of the electors that we vote for. Most of the time electors stay with their party's candidate, but sometimes they can be persuaded to switch sides. How would you like it if you and the majority of your state voted for a certain president through your states electors, and they went and stabbed you in the back(figuratively) and voted for the other president. You have just been cheated out of your vote! That doesnt sound very democratic to me.
People do actually believe in this system of voting though, hard to believe, I know, but Richard A. Posner's "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" gives us a pretty good reason of why they should. Richard explains to us the method of how a larger state with a large population, which would have a larger popular vote, has more weight than a smaller state with a smaller population and a smaller popular vote. He also tells us how there will always be an outcome, no matter what. Like how Obama recieved 61.7% of the electoral vote and 51.3% of the popular vote. Cutting it a bit close there? Enough of that percentage of popular votes lost during the "winner-take-all' method could change the election of the president.
So dont you see? "Winner-take-all" method just gained someone more votes than they deserved! Essentially robbing the other candidate of his votes! Once again Bradford Plumer hit the nail on the head with his description of the "winner-take-all" method. He understands the system and we are lucky enough he explains it to us in such easy terms. Instead of a candidate making his rounds to each of the states and raising his popularity, he ignores certain states that he knows he will get all of the votes for because he already owns a majority, 50%. It could be as little as 51% for him to gain all the votes of that state, and depending on the population of that state, lost more voters for the other candidate than an entire 's sum could give him. So candidates spend time in only a select few states trying to win the vote. Wouldn't this make you feel left out? Unimportant? Nothing but just a blip in the course of your country's history? I wouldnt want that feeling.
All ready a few states such as Maine and Nebraska have realized the stupidity of this system and have decided to change their voting method. This is why I write to you as our senator to help our state correct this process so we can fairly and justly choose our president, but what do I know, Im only 15. | 4 |
4cf20cf | Using cars creates admissions that damages our ozone layer. Communities around the world know this and are doing something to relax the damage being done. They are doing temporary bans on cars along side with other cities, and trying to make cars with much lower emissions.
Using cars in major cities makes it so noisy but also makes it very bad for the environment, and ourselfs. When you live in a major city like for example New York City, people choose to walk rather than drive cars. Not only is this healthier for us but it is much more healthy for the rest of the environment.
In suburban Germany there is a town that has banned cars from the street completely and has most people riding bikes and walking. Most of these people dont really car so much about having to walk or ride a bike. In Colombia they had one day where they banned cars and in their city of 7 million people, most people walked or rode bikes. Germany and Paraguay arent the only nationd that are taking a part of this, other nations like France, and other eurpoean countries are joining in. President Obama has also pushed for cars with lower emissions and higher gas mileage. This will help save people money if they dont really have it, and help save the amount of gas used and emissions caused.
With all this in mind it would be useful to lower gas emissions or even to stop using cars in general. It will be healthy for us and the environent. We dont even have to get rid over cars completly either, we can just switch over to electric. Theses are easy solutions to our problem, and also giving us and advantage in the world we live in. | 3 |
4cf4eb1 | I think that having electorals college is a great idea for our counries because they also help the voters with thier votes also because all the other people have candidate which makess it easy for electors who democrafts in texas because they know this will not have any effect in them otherwise they wouldnt vote but the electors need good reasons why the voters should vote for them so you would need to have specific facts and good source and why would you make a great president or why you think your better than the other elector all this questions and more you have to persuade them in any possible way but with truth no lies like if you promise the world for better oppportunities you have to prove to them youre actually willing to do this and be part of thier lives by changing the way they live not only that but you have to accomplish your goals . At the end whoever has more votes is the winner the people who voted for you are especting the best out of you bascally thier putting all thier trust in you, someone they have no clue who you are and why are the exact reason your thier or what your goals are, | 1 |
4cf5c8c | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents many positive aspects of driverless cars that should be noticed. The pros greatly outway the cons in the agument of whether driverless cars are beneficial or not. Every con that was mentioned in the article was over the topics of laws, liability, and how "driverless" the cars really were. These arguements are extremely miniscule when placed next to the big picture.
Throughout the article, the author points out the most important fact of driverless cars; they are a safer option to driving. In a world where accidents happen all the time, it is our job to lessen the frequency of these accidents. In paragraphy 2, the author expresses that cars that were developed by Google in 2009 were able to drive for more than half a million miles without a crash, which is groundbreaking. If this innovation makes it so that people are just slightly more safe and protected, then it should be used. Businesses and companies have already been putting time and money into these feats in automation, so there is no harm in them finishing their work. In paragraph 10, it is said that many companies have already predicted when they will be able to distribute driverless cars, so let's promote these companies and their word.
There are no consequences to developing these technologies, only consequences in not doing anything. It would be a shame to see something that could benefit every single person and their safety go to waste or not be sought out. Anyone that cares about the safety of themsleves and others should want this innovation implymented into society. There is nothing in the world that should be more important to a good parent than the safety of their child. | 3 |
4cf846a | A new type technology was invented called Facil Action Coding System, this enables computers to identify human emotions. We have 44 major muscles in our face and by using a 3-D computer model it will help the computer better see your emotions. It's belived that by using computer codes to help see emotions can help at school. It could also help us with our personal life.
Psychologist Dr. Paul Eckman creator of FACS had six major emotions. '' Movement of one or more muscels is called an ''action unit''. The six major emotions are happy,surprise,anger,disdust,fear,and sadnees. When you are feeling sad, your face muscels change and when the computer see that change they know u are feeling sad.
When you are on the computer and your computer knows that you dont like an ad it will change to something differnt.''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.''. This can help the teacher by helping sudents or pick up the pace so students dont get bored or confused. And most comunacation is non-verbal and by emotions.
This tecnology can also help us with our personal life as well as school. We can usually see if one of our friend is happy or sad we do this every day. So why do we need a computer to this for us. Well if we dont know the person we mught say something wrong. And with the help of tecnology we can better understand it. BY making the a little move on how you feel it can change your emotion.
The theory of emotions states that just smiling makes you happy and changes your whole mood. A drama coach says '' he had is actors reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of cresting these emotions on stage.'' Emotions have a way of changing techology helps us grow and help us. | 3 |
4cfae34 | Everywhere we go we see everyone's face and facial expressions. They could either be good or bad. But what if you had a computer to tell what emotion they were going through if you did not know?
Prof. Thomas Huang and his partner have created an algorithm to depict what emotion a person is having. This technology is very valuable because we have never seen something like this before, it can even read emotions on a persons face from a painting. It uses all 44 major muscles in your face and depending on what muscles a person is using, they can depict what emotion you are going through. For example the author states in paragraph 3 that, "your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrow when you're surprised; your orbicularis ori (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger".
In conclusion, this technology could end up being the next big thing just because of the simple fact that it is very new and could be used later on as part of something bigger. This technology could even end up changing how we think as humans and the way the world works today. | 1 |
4d00492 | Dear Senator,
Concerning the topic of the merits and demerits of the Electoral College, herein abbreviated as EC. The Electoral College, through which our president and vice presidents currently are selected, is an institution that concerns many people in the United States. Some claim that the Electoral College is "an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner." (Posner) Though the lack of control over the president of the United States' election is disconcerting, the Electoral College, as you are aware is beneficial to elections, for example, it allows disputes to be settled over ties and complications in the popular voting process to be reduced, and minimises the amount of votes necessary for tallying, the Electoral College also provides accurate representation to citizens in certain areas. However, is this appropriate? Can the single justification for the disconnection from citizens of a nation to their president be justified on convenience? From what most sources suggest, the Electoral College is a safety system, in place to minimize the risk of complications arising from the voting process. The use of the Electoral College in this manner is unsettling to the American voter, and poses many risks for the basis of the United States. Therefore, the Electoral College should not be allowed to continue in its current manner.
Foremost, the EC as a method of back-up to reduce risk of complications in popular voting is inappropriate. In theory, the EC is not invalid; however, the way in which it is implemented is prone to error, or lack thereof, for reasons that harms the voter's representation. As each citizen votes, he/she votes for an EC slate, with each party selecting a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee. Richard Posner in his publication "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President," states that, "it is entirely possible the the winner of the electoral vote will nto win the national popular vote." However, Posner, immediately states thereafter, "yet, that has happened very rarely." Posner is correct in this case that this phenomena does happen rarely. The reason for this happening rarely is the fact that the EC adopts a "winner-take-all" voting scheme, where the majority candidate wins all of the EC votes for a specific state. To understand how this is a poor way of electing a president, a view into one's ethicality is necessary. The president of the United States is meant to represent the largest amount of the population, inevitably, there will be many that are unhappy with their president. Representing the largest amount of the US population requires that the candidate in question, theoretically, receives the most votes by popular polling. An informed American studies the resolutions and principles of potential candidates, and makes an informed decision as to which one represents their resolutions and principles. Upon deciding which candidate suits their needs, this example citizen casts his/her vote. This vote is a marker which signifies that a certain candadate will, if elected, represent this voter most. Should more than 50% of Americans decide that a certain candidate suits them best, that candidate will represent the largest amount of the American population. The EC, in comparison, awards the full amount of votes possible to the winner of the majority of electors. If 55% of the electors vote one way, and 45% in the opposite direction, the 55% will take precedence, and win the total possible votes for that state. Unfortunately, certain citizens who would have been represented accurately by popular polling may be deprived of the representation by the EC. The disconnect between the American citizen and the president of the United States is detrimental to the whole nation, including the executive body.
The Electoral College is criticized to have disconnected the United States citizen from his/her presidential candidates. However, this has been justified with the claim that "the EC saves the complications of polling the entire American population." There are inherent risks with polling the entire population: the fact that there are too many votes to keep an accurate count of. Keeping accurate track of said votes, however, is the responsibility of the current president, who, even during the end of his term, must represent the people who voted for him in providing them with a way to elect their president of choice. In this case, "practical" justification signifies the lack of interest in allowing the United States citizen to vote. A dispute of outcome in popular vote is high, the possibility of dispute in the EC is less, due to less electors being polled. The EC attempts to provide an accurate representation of the population, ensuring that the candidate selected is a candidate that suits most of each region, not one in specific. Unfortunately, despite efforts, this system is not accurate. Posner states in his publication that, "the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election," morally, his reasoning is spot-on. An uneducated voter is dangerous to the society he/she lives in, regardless of country. By contrast, the United States guarantees every citizen a right to vote for his/her representatives; pursuant to this mandate, a person of great power cannot be allowed to arbitrate that "only educated voters should decide the election," simply because an educated voter is not defined, and cannot be defined.
Large states also play a role in the EC's inaccuracies. While one may argue that larger states have more citizens, therefore, a candidate chosen by popular vote represents those citizens, regardless of their geographic location, smaller states, argue, conversely, that states, as defined entities, should have the power to have equal representation in congress, and the EC. Reflecting back to the resolution of mal-apportionment of the Senate, two senators were granted to each state, regardless of size. The Electoral College, however, does not apportion this representation evenly for smaller states. Popular vote, obviously, depends on the population of a certain state for a candidate to be elected. The EC also depends on a state's population. Smaller states who do not have many EC votes arguably should have a chance for an equal vote, as the Senate provides for in the United States congress. The EC does not represent this opposite side to representation.
Understanding the root of this argument is crucial to being able to make a difference. Where accuracy is possible, it should be achieved, where accuracy is seemingly impossible, it should be striven for. Allowing the EC to continue in its current manner is inaccurate, by any standard, and sacrifices accuracy and representation for convenience of election. The EC should, when properly instituted, regard itself as a body where the people are further supplemented in their popular representation, not opposed. Senator, I have left the personal remarks to the ending of this letter, but would like to stress my discontent with the EC as it stands today. I understand there are practical limitations that cannot be met, I understand that the EC may be more convenient when it comes to hiring employees to track votes, and co-ordinate the process as a whole, but it is something that must be done, and striven for, in the most accurate way possible. You, Senator, were elected by popluar vote because the population chose you as the candidate that best suited our interests, and were most likely to defend our interests in the face of opposition. Where we have benefitted you from voting as we have, we request you now represent us in the election of our presidential candidate that best suits our interests nationally. For the reasons provided theretofore, we strongly urge a negation of the Electoral college in favour of a more accurate voting method.
Yours,
PROPER_NAME | 6 |
4d03639 | The author supports the idea of studying Venus is worthy pusuit despite the dangers it presents by giving us details on why it is worthy on of studying Venus even to despite the dangers. It also gives us how the features on how Venus looks just like Earth. It also shows how other life forms could have live there a long time ago.
The article states that Venus is our sister planet in our solar sytem. The aticle states that astronmers are fascinated by Venus beacause it may well once have been the most Earth like palnet in our solar system. In the article states that a long time ago Venus was probably coverd by largley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. The article says just like Earth, Venus still has somes features that are analogous to those on Earth. Venus has a suface of roky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.
This shows why it is worth the risk to be evaluate the planet Venus even though it persents danger. | 2 |
4d03cc1 | Limiting your car use could be a great way to enjoy nature and life. Walking is a great way to work out. Even riding a bike around your city, or town is a great way to work out. Some advantages of not using a car is that you don't have to worry about getting in to a car wreck, you don't have to smoke up your area with all the carbon dioxide that comes out of your car, and you actually work out for once. Limiting your car usage will have you not in a hurry. Heidrun Walter said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". She feels that not using a car would make her feel better.
Cars are just a waste, I see that in the future there is going to be like a lot of over weight people. No one hardly work out nowadays. Just get in the car and go somewhere instead of walking around the block. It's going to be the real version of "Wal-E" where the earth is full of trash and everyone is going to live on a spaceship and their all over weight.
Being in a car will pollute your city so fast if everyone around had a car. As it says in the article, "[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world". It is that way because a whole lot of people live there and almost everyone has a car over there in the two cities. Using a car will only make things better for the people and for the environment.
"BOGOTA, Colombia... millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets o fthis capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." This excerpt from the article explains some of the advantages of not using a car. All of them sound joyful. Hiking, Biking, Skating and no traffic jams? This sounds like a field day in the city. What could go wrong with all of these delightful activites goin on?
The excerpt clearly says that without cars you could have multiple and multiple things to do besides being lazy. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," - Carlos Arturo Plaza. Less stress and lower air pollution, I think that's the best combination of all. New york even has a bike-sharing program so you could ride your bike all over its city. Wow ! sounds like a deal to me.
Not using a car is a great way to be yourself and do something with your life and to help others. No one likes pollution, and no one wants to be out of shape. As said by Carlos, he's stress free from cars. There's multiple sources out there that you could join and be apart of without having a car. The United States people are not using cars as much now, and all over the world people are starting programs to stop car usage. Without cars I believe that the world would be a better and healthier place. | 4 |
4d04b46 | The technology emotional expression is helpful because now that we have that we can look back at old pictures and wonder. What was Abraham so mad about? Or why was George Washington so happy but sad about? This experiment can change the way we look at history.
This experiment can help us more understand the past. Like the Mona Lisa nobody knew she had all that emotion in her when she took that picture. Because her smile was so big it stood out. When really she was happy but had all these other emotions in her that we didn't know she had.
This can help students by doing projects on the person they picked and they can research a pciture and then use the experiment to discover their emotions at the time. This new experiment can change alot of wrong discovers that were made in the past. Now we can know more with the new emotional expressions.
It can also be used to tell if some one is lying or telling the truth. It's so many celebrities that put on a fake smile to the press when really there's something going on behind closed doors. This new thing can help people that have problems because we can see how they really feel. Say if we used this in the school year book and we use it on a student that does abd in school or is always in trouble. we could actually look at the emotional expression and see that he has a lot of anger in him and could cause harm.
I'm glad that this was made cause it can make a lot of change. It can help in schools, businesses, police departments, etc. It's a lot of people out here that put on a fake smile but would really go and shoot up a school or could commit suicide. But now that we have this we can stop thought incidents from happeing. | 3 |
4d0565e | I feel like we should change the votes and make it into a popular vote for the president of the United States. In a electoral vote is most worrying of a tie. Its also unfair to most people. Also electoral college systems voters don't vote for the president. People always get confused with the voting which makes electoral voting a struggle.
One of the main reasons is that people worry about electoral votes ending in a tie. In the article it states that if it does end in a tie, then the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives. This is where state delegations vote on the president. Also the Senate would choose the vice-president.
Another reason, it is unfair to most people. Now it all counts as to one vote for the whole state. If most people vote for the president the like its only going to get one vote for the state. In the article it states that this type of vote the currently have is a "winner takes all' vote. Which in the thoughts of most people is unreasonable and also unfair.
Also, in the electoral college system, people don't vote for the president. A very few of it elects the president. The problem with this is who are the electors, who picks them and it states that it can be anyone that is not holding the office. So most of the voters get confused about the electors and they may vote the wrong candidate.
In conclusion, those are the reason why the electoral system are wrong. It's unfair to most people, it might end in a tie and the voting is confusing. This should be a contest of who gets more votes, not by the states vote. | 3 |
4d0b93b | If i was to be voted for president i would like to be voted by Electoral College because , electoral college is not voted for the presidents it is voted for the electors , who in turn elect the president . In conclusion , each candidate running for president in your state has thier own group of electors. There are somethings wrong with the electoral college like , american people dont consider themselves lucky with any election that happens. Americans are not grateful cause they might not have wanted the same president or wanted different electors. If you wanted to be president and you had good electors people all over the world would vote for you just because the electors you got. Americans vote for you to get the electors , i believe that is not good for our state because the electors of the president can switch the statements of one another. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The electoral is Abolish !
in 1968 , a shift of 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election. In 1976, there would be a tie of 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voter in Hawaii . At the most basic level the electoral college is unfair ! The electoral is Abolish ! | 2 |
4d0c575 | Dear state senator i am writing to you because i would like to try a different way to select the president by using the popular. most states have a "winner-take-all" that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. the electoral college is just a process where election of the president by vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. the electoral college process consists of the selction of the electors the meetin of the electors where tey vote for president and vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress.
when using the electoral college system to vote you voters vote not for president,but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president. the single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor, the american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century ; the system allows for much worse. at the most basic level the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state. the electoral college is unfair,outdated, and irrational. the most basic arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. and the arguments agianst direct elections are spurious at best. its hard to say this but bob dole was right :abolish the electoral college!
The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, | 2 |
4d2c117 | The claim for my draft will be about i agree on it. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Using video imagery the new emotion- recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in the painting face of Mona Lisa. In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day.
For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crows-feet around your eyes. My evidence is in the text. We have thing mostly like this because we have videos, phones ,and other things it would be different if they would bring this to market but there would be tons of compention. Sum it up we have cameras we have stuff that helps up with every day life i just dont think that we really need a computer or whatever it is to tell us how were feeling because over time we will just find out on our own.
But there are benifits like if u had a picture of a historic figure like the "Mona Lisa" it would be interresting to see how she was that day was she sad or mad,depressed,lonely. All these things have a effect on us but do we really want a computer to tell us how were feeling | 1 |
4d2c60f | Car usage in the United States has gone down by nine percent since 2005. But we are not the only ones who have limited ourselves to decrease air pollution. Large cities around the world like Paris and Vauban have insistuted car free days to help keep the air clean. Carpooling or even riding a bicycle has become more and more popular. People are no longer desiring to live in suburban areas, they want to be near the city. They are becoming more active and less stressed. Limited car usage has caused people venture away from their normal actvities and try new things.
Driving deprives you of the beauty of civilization. Weather it be that your missing the lights and crowded sidewalks full of random people in a huge city or small town full of trees and land marks, you are missin tout. You can not enjoy the air and sounds or all of the sights in your car through the windows. One Columbian ,Carlos Arturo, states that car free days are a good opportunity to take away stress. Taking a breahe of fresh air every now and again is exremely nessicary but we what will we do when we have polluted the air so much that there is no more fresh air left to take in?
Limited car usage would also encorage people to be more active. They would have to walk eberywhere they wanted to go. This would possibly decrease America's obesity rates.
"Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city," is says in paragraph 28 of source three: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota. Having a healthy nation would help with so much more than anone could imagine. | 3 |
4d2fe46 | I think you should keep the Electoral College because its a process that consist of the selection of the electors. It has 538 electors so it gives many people a chance to run. I really like the idea of that i want you to keep using this process. Each candidate thats running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. You help choose your state's electors when you vote for president. Most states have a "winner-take-all". Maine and Nebraska have a variation of "proportional representation"
The popular vote doesnt work because when they did it they had one the popular vote but lost the presidency. The popular vote winner could again lose the presidency but the electoral college still has is defenders. The popular vote can let peopel pick who they want but the electoral college chooses people for you to select from that they know and have a feeling would do a good job and be a good president. People can vote all over the world not knowing what that person is thinking about doing to this world. For all we know he or she could be thinking about destroying us and making a whole knew other part of a different world .
The Electoral College is widely regareded as an anachronism. but each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vte for he party's nominee. certainty of outcome is like percentage . the winner takes all basically. | 2 |
4d361cf | Technology is expanding at an alarming rate. One year the car is just becoming an idea and decades later they already have plans on making that same idea better. When the car was first made people were skeptic about how it would work and how people could afford them, now many people own cars and people are proffessionals on how they work. Over the course of the cars history many things have been added and many things have been changed, Adding new and additional features such as a driverless feature seems like a great idea once it is perfected. Tests need to be made so that the car can perform every task over and over again without a mistake. Basically I'm saying the driverless car feature has to be perfect in every way before these cars are put out on the market. Completely driverless cars would revolutionize the world in a great way due to the facts that someone could get a ride if they are in an emergency situation, unable to drive, or just need to multitask on the way to work! Being in a completely driverless car would make life easier for people to get from point a to point b or anywhere else.
Before driverless cars should become legal many different safety tests should be made. Making sure that the car is one hundred percent safe is the number one priority and should be taken seriously. If all future requirements for this car are made then these cars could be a start to something phenominal. | 2 |
4d3c72c | There are many advantages in limiting the amount of car usage. Many people seem to believe that if you do not drive everywhere, you can preserve the land and it is proven to reduce stress. Another advantage would be that the government wouldn't have to spend as much money on highways and other transport. There is a lot less congestion, and polution without the use of cars. These are all good examples of how ruducing the use of cars could be very good for the environment.
To expand on the theory that a car-free cities are a lot better for the environment, we can say they preserve lands and cause stress levels to be reduced. In the first article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars", Heidrun Walter is quoted explaioning that he is "much happier" without a car in his life. He also states that when he did have a car, he was "alway tense". This seems to show stress levels going down, but that is only one example. In addition to stress levels, land preservation was also brought up. It is stated that without cars, roads and suburbs would be nicer and better for walking. Without cars, cities are also considered denser. Researchers are trying to conduct an experiment with a no car city and see how different and "better" life would be, to get more facts about it.
Next, this car-free world could help save the government money. Studies shouw that in recent years, eighty percent of appropriations have gone to fixing and preserving highways for cars to continue driving on them safely. In additon to that eighty percent, twenty percent was provided for all the other ways for transportation, for example, buses. Without cars, we would be saving the government eighty percent of their money, holding on to the idea that areas would be kept in good shape without cars driving on them! Thats crazy!
Lastly, polution is a HUGE factor in this idea. Without cars, we would have a lot less polution and smog. In France, they have a few car-free cities and they states that without cars, sixty percent of smog levels went down in only 5 days! Fuel is blaimed for a lot of polution dailey and without cars, we could have a cleaner air and city in only a few days!
In conclusion, car-free cities could be a very good idea for some cities. We can make the air better, having less smog, spend less money, and have nicer land. These are only a few of the advantages to having a carless city. Even the limition of cars could help the environment in all these ways, you don't have to cut them out completely! | 4 |
4d3f08e | Gas prices. Car notes. Parking fines. These are all expensive things you have to pay for when you consider owning a car. Most family get rid of their cars because of having to pay these high prices in order to keep their cars.
There are a couple of car free cities;for example German Suburbs is car free because of expensive fees they would have to pay just to have a space to park in,."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."These families would have to spend $40,000 along just to park their car in a large garage,it makes it easy for them to make the decision not to own a car because prices are so high. Having to buy a parking space for that much and still having to buy a home along with the $40,000 can cause a lot of stress on family providers because they have to basically spend all their money on one high priced item;a CAR!
You can become much happier without a car knowing that you don't have to spend all your money on this one item that could break down on you at anything,"As a result,70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here.". For example, this mother of two is much happier without owning a car,"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."The mother of two became much happier because she no longer had to pay these high fines,fees,gas prices,and car notes that others had to pay for. It was other was to get around that you didn't have to bother coming out of pocket for such as,"Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday. This was a big help to limiting car usage.
Studies show that the percentage of driving has dropped tremendously from 2005 to 2013. Most of the reason for the driving percentage dropping was gas prices;It began to get to high,President Obama tried to do something about it as much as he could."President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions,unveiled."Fewer cars were seen on the roads driving,"recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars,driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."It caused people to not drive their cars and take public transortation or not go anywhere at all. It got to the point where"cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars."
Some of the advantages to limiting car usage are just what us as Americans want/need to hear because its really expensive. It's not just about buying a car and running it off of air;your car takes gas,car notes,needs servicing every once in a while it's not easy owning a car. Studies show how much the driving percentaged dropped keeps dropping because of high expensive prices that we have to pay to own a car. | 3 |
4d4448d | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", many points are made as to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In this essay, I will explain each one and why it is reasonable enough to still try to understand Venus.
First, there are many dangers on the planet Venus. In the text it says "A thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus." This fact would make it almost impossible to breath on the planet Venus. It also says "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet" This explains that Venus is unhabitable. However, scientists are still discussing further visits to the surface. In the text it explains "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Long ago, Venus probably had the ability to support life, seeing as many scientists believe it once had oceans just like Earth. The text states "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." This explains that despite Venus's dangers, it could still be partly habitable if further discoveries are made. NASA is working on finding ways to study Venus. The text says "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." This is explaining alternative ways scientists can study Venus without worrying about the dangers.
In conclusion, Venus is still considered a worthy pursuit despite it's dangers because scientists think it was once similar to Earth and still has the chance to, one day, be habitable and support life. | 3 |
4d44646 | Twently five years ago something funny happened around Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the plannet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2 when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a regions red planet called Cydonia.
The face of mars is an all natural landform Its a huge rock formation which resembles a human head ... formed by shawdow giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth. The face of mars is a natural landform there was no alien monument after all.
Research shows The Face of mars is a natural landform there was no alien monument. As said is research what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa - Landforms common around the American West. ''It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.'' Thats a lava dome that takes the of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars .
As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size , so if there was more to it than the fact its just the Face of mars . If there were objects in the picture like airplanes on the ground or Pryamids or even small shakes you would be able to see what they were . | 2 |
4d48ec6 | People always say that the future of technology is here. The cartoons of rockets blasting off into space have become a reality allowing astronauts to walk on the moon. Cell phones allow users to call, message, and interact with others from relatively anywhere. Cars have been designed to reach speeds well over one-hundred miles-per-hour. In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents postive aspects of driveless cars to demostrate reasons why support for the development of autonomous vehicles is needed.
Autonomous cars are a breakthough technology, and just like any other new invention, there is a demand for improvement. The development of these driverless cars will make the lives of the passenger easier, will make roads safer, and make road trips enjoyable. Cars are expected to be, "capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." This ability for these machines to run on their own will mean less work for the person sitting in the drivers seat. Of course, anyone in these cars will have to be alert enough to take over whenever something unusual is happening on the road, but that is minimal compared to the work of actually driving. A major part of these vehicles is the, "LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." This sensor, which is placed on the roof, is alert at all times and can take in information of any 3-D object in a cars surrounding area for a relief of a sense of danger. These cars, "allowing far better response and control than a human driver," are making the roads safer. The sensors and technology in these cars and so fast to act because of their programming that a human could not manage to keep up. Manufacturers are working on "bringing in-car entertainment" which will make the experience in one of these driverless cars even more enjoyable. The vehicle is coded to alert the driver and shut off all entertainment systems when it is in a position in which the driver must regain control. This feature is safer to the driver because when someone is looking at their phon, they are not paying attention to the road, but in an autonomous vehicle there is always someone or something in attention.
Support for the development of autonomous vehicle is needed to change the future of driving. The workload of the dirver for a roadtrip in minimized to a point where they are in control a very small percentage of the time. Roads become safer due to the sensors and code in the cars which allow them to react faster than humans. Just as importantly, road trips will now be enjoyable to passangers with the entertainment that can be provided when not having your own foot on the gas. The possibility for improvement is endless, and with autonomous cars driving their way into our economy, the future si finally here. | 4 |
4d49830 | In the article, The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author amkes serval arguements attempting to persaude the reader that a maned mission to venus would be worth while the NASA to undertake. I personnally am not move by their arguement as they have not pointed out what is to be gained in this mission outside of a deadman on Venus.
In the closing paragraph of the article they write, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiousity will likly lead out many intimidating endeavors." I ask the writer of this, what useful insight is there to be gained by this endeavor. I also think why focus Venus instead of mars, which in comparison is much more accepting host of humans. From both prior knoweledge and what was what written in this article, Venus is a literal hellscape with the only thing to be gained being death of any one foolish enough to be sent there. Even with this article's idea for blimp above the planet, I remaing unconvinced that there is any benefit in the slightest.
In conclusion, I find the Idea there is any reason, resourece, or revolation that Venus can offer humanity in the slightest. | 2 |
4d4b577 | In the artical, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus"
the author feels that Venus is a "worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents", meaning no matter how dangerous Venus really is, he/she thinks it would still be a good idea to explore or even just get a better understanding of Venus.
The author goes into detail on how Venus is one of the closest plants to us, and is even the most earth like plant. They say Venus has vallys, mountins, craters, and even might have had water many years ago. They say how we haven't touch or landed on Venus in a few decades because the atmospher is so dangerous, and he/she wants us to try to be able to have life there on Venus.
The author says that venus is often refered to as earths twin, all because of the fetures it has, he/she then goes on to say that each and every previous misson was unmanned, and for a good reason, because no spacecraft survives a landing on mars for even a few hours. He/she says that Venus has a thick atmosphere that is almost 97% carbon, that just covers venus like a blanket, and that the temperature average on venus is over 800 degrees fahrenheit with a atmospheric pressur about 90 times greater that on earth. those conditions are much more extreame, and would take much more advanced technology.
So the author says that he/she thinks that exploring venus and being able to have life on venus again would be great, if we can get the technology that is required to be able to get up there and actually be able to land for more then a few hours. He/she also thinks that it would be great to be able to have life on Venus or have that as a back up eath. They go on to give us many deatils on how Venus is unsafe for our technology at the moment, and how hard it would be to get there and stay for a long time, but they also go to say a good start would be being able to just get samples of the gas or the rocks on Venus and jsut move on from that point on. | 3 |
4d4f171 | Cars are pretty cool right, I mean I love cars the car that Im aiming for is a 1967 Chevy Impala (black of course) but I do now that cars can be very hazardess and cause harm to people and the envirnment. Scientist and car companies are trying to find different ways of soloving he poluting problem for cars like running off of sunlight or water. Recent studies suggest tht Americans are buing fewer cars, driving less and, getting fewer licenses as each rear goes by, I dont know if thats good news to the people but im a teenager I want to start driving soon, I have work to go to, movies to see, friend to hangout with,
PLACES TO TRAVEL
!!! Just saying. Anyway back to the less driving thing, witth the driving decreasing it has left researchers pondering a fundamental question: Has America passed peak driving?
The United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of tthe world's prime car cultures. It is the birthplace of the Model T; the home od Detroit; the place where Wilson Pickett immortalized " Mustang Sally"..... I don't really know any of the advantages of using a car less all I know is that for some people its a way of live, its way they get to work every day, they way get to far away places, where they sttay and sleep, first dates, first kisses, taking friends to see movies, road trips, I cant really name reasons why there bad to use but I can name reason why they are..... | 1 |
4d4fce0 | I think that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform.
Faces on the Earth in common to happend because of lava. "The Martian is simlar around the America West". It can also be a "lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa adout the some height as the Face on Mars" according to the last paragraph.
But we never found lava on Mars? Well we will look for it and how do you think it got on there. And if there is not lava of Mars? Then its might just be a natural land form like mountains on Earth. What if people lived there and got covered in dust like material? I don't think there could be humans of Mars because of the lack of oxygen,food,water and bactreia so there in on way peopel could live on Mars.
These are some reasons that I think that the Face on mars is just a natural landform. | 2 |
4d5baca | Venus is a very interesting planet .Venus sometimes called the Evening star is one of the most brightest light in the sky. Some people believe that Venus is a star but it is a planet in our solar system,Venus is also the second planet from the sun. Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size.
One resaon is becuase some Astronmers are fasanating by Venus. They also believe that Venus have been one of the earth like planet. They believe thast Venus had largely oceans and that there have had been life before that we don't know about.Another reason why NASA wants to go to venus is becuase they saw that venus had a surface of rocky sediment and it seem like valleys and mountains seem to be there.
This makes NASA even more interesting in going there. Going to Venus can be very dangerous in the excerpt it says that the
regular temperature of a planet is 800 degrees fahrenheit and Venus is 90 times greater. Thse conditions are far more extreme than anything humas encounter on earth but they are still willing to take risk.
The Astronmers are willing to take the risk of trying to go to Venus to find answers to there questions. This is a big challenge for NASA.Hopefully one day they would have the resources to go to Venus. | 2 |
4d5dd3b | The Challenge of Exploring Venos the author suggestions of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it present beause, it's been more than three decades that a spaceship has landed on Venus. Going to the Venus and exploring it is a very good challenge but then again it would be a waist of whole bunch of things if we sent a space ship and itdont last long. Spaceships be at risk then sending it to Venus because, its the closest planet to us and yet the most hottest planet. "On the planet , tempertures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet. There are some features on Venus that are that same one that you can find on our planet. "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar feature such as valeys, mountains, and craters. The challange of going to venus is a mission .
The going to Venus challenge is something you realy want to think about. There can be lost in money and in time. Studys have showed that spaceships can make it there but can't really make it back beause of the conditions in Venus. "Venusian geology and weather presents additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightnig strickes to probs seeking to land on its surface". Venus is a mission because theres a lot of things to worry about. Venus is a whole nother planet with a bunch of diffrent things on it to be discovered.
The Challenge of Exploring Venus is a great idea because a bunch of new things can be discovered. But the question is do we have the right tools, the right spaceship, and the right technology to make it there and back? Yes its easy to say we are going to Venus but can we make it back? Going to Venus is worth it there a lot of things to be discovered. The author needs to add more on how this could be acomplished. What it takes for this to happen? | 3 |
4d605cc | Do you think the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of any people is valuable? Well in my personal opinion I belive that is it valuable. Getting to know how people feel or what people are going through could be a whole lot better. Example there could be friend's that look happy from out but in thier inner sole they feel empty and if then we use the technology to detect how their actaully feeling then we can help and change their whole mood.
The use if technology to read emotional expressions of students is vauble becaus we can see when students are paying attention in class or they are fooling around. There could be many good reason in which it's good to use technology and read emotional expressions of students. " A classroom computer could recoginze when a student is becoming confused or bored". Technology is reading the kids feelings and seeing if he needs help or needs to get into action.
Therefor technology feeling readers are in good use to help people who are not feeling well or who want to change up their mood. Technology feeling readers should be around and see how people are doing. If people are showing a worried face or any type of face then they can do something to help that person.
In conclusion feeling readers should be around. If it helps you it can help other people who need it. It can help in different occuison and even help the judge, police to see if the person face can shoe if he's gulity or not. It can help anyone. | 3 |
4d62d2c | My position on driverless cars is I think that the idea of getting into a car and your not controlling it is very dangerous. What if the car brake and you cant control it.?And I feel that someone can get heart or even worser Die from a driverless car.
In the article it says, The driverless car can steer, acclerate, and brake themselves. I feel that people should not trust these new cars cause the car can easily brake or you bump something and the car go out of control.
In 2013, BMW announced the development of ''Traffic Jam Assistant.''. And It says that it's a special touch sensor that make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. Now I like that idea that it's a button that you could push to keep the driver to control the wheel. I like that idea because if the driver fall asleep the wheel will keep control. I can honestly say the driverless car will be a very risky decision to choose. It's okay because the car can atleast steer for you if you need to answer a phone call or eat a snack.
In paragraph 8 in the article it says, Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? If the driver is sick or has a broken leg or something the car can go to the store or wherever the person want the car to go. But then again how is the car going to get the items or whatever the person needs its difficult. But I believe that the cars they have now are perfectly fine they dont't need to be making cars that will probally get us injured. | 2 |
4d63446 | In the arcticle Driverless cars we are told about how cars are evolving are humans are needed much less they they are now to drive a car.
my position on driverless cars is that cars should just be left alone.
We dont need all of this fancy stuff for our cars, well we can make our cars look good but we dont need things like parkiing assistance or driving assistance, or ever assistance on car repairs.
cars should just stay the same we dont need all of this fancy stuff just to drive a car.
Driverless cars are not really needed that much becouse people are still learning how to drive, or they are older adults and they already know how to drive.
There are some good things about the cars and then there are some bad things about the cars.
One good thing about the carfs is that they can drive themselves so for like old people like like to ride in cars they can go on a nice joy ride even though they cant really drive anymore.
Another good thing about the cars is that there is a sensor in the seats that will vibrate when you are near or very close to let you know that there is danger near.
Some bad things about the car is that when you are coming up to a work zone or it is a zery traterous road the car will not drive by itsself instead the car will tell you that you will need to drive right now until they are passed the danger then the car will drive itsself again.
Another bad thing about the smart cars is that when there is a car problem such as the engire is failing and the car wont start the car will not be able to tell you what is wrond what you need to do to fix it.
You will half to figure it out all by yourself.
the conclusion that i have come up with is that yes smart cars can be very helpful sometimes exspecially when they are needede the most.
But if there is a problem or a danger ahead the car wont try to help you instead you will half to get away from the danger or fix whatever is messed up by yourself.
The car could helpm us in the future but before any of that happens its going to need a few modification before the car is affective and helpful. when the car has been upgraded i think that it will be a lot safer and the car will be a ton more helpful then what it is now. | 2 |
4d6a8a9 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author explains reasons why the human race should study the planet Venus. The author presents ways how NASA for example, is trying to gain knowlegde of thr planet and thinking of ways to make that happen. With saying the planet is very interesting the author provides counter arguements on why people shouldn't study Venuns, and that's because of thr many dangers it has. Even if the planet is dangerous, the author still suggests that studying the planet is worth the time, and it's presented by saying how alike Venus was like Earth, the very different atmospere it has, and finally how studying the planet can lead to new innovations for our own planet, Earth.
The first way the author suggests why Venus is interesting to study, is by saying desribing the different kind of atmospere it has. By starting of the author goes right into their idea by saying how the tempertures, pressures, and what we would call natural disasters are much different then the conditions on Earth. For example in paragrapgh 3 when the author say "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system", it makes the readers curious because they want to know why the conditions are very different. The author may include the dangers of the planet, but says them in a way the readers enage more curiousity on the planet. Which is why the author suggests the planet is worth studying because of it's difference.
Despite the conditions of the planet Venus now, the author also includes that Venus was once similar to our own planet. In the article in paragraph 4 the author states that Venus is like "Our sister planet" and also that "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system", and because of this he/she presents their ideas well it's just makes the idead of studying the planet more important. In the rest of the paragraph the author includes that Venus was onced covered in oceans and had various forms of life just like our own planet. By including this detail readers can see that studying the planet isn't only important because of the many differences it has, but because if it was once like our own planet, how would the planet just drastically change?
Finally the last deatil the author includes to suggest that Venus is worth the time to study it, is by saying how many researchers are working on new innovations that would allow our own technology to last longer here on Earth. In the last few paragraphs mainly are about how NASA is working on new technology to be able to last long enough the dangerours planet, but in paragraph 7 the author implies that by gaining new information on Earth's sister planet helps the human race improve their daily lives when he/she states "Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces". By making new technology to last long enough on the inhospitable planet, scientists can learn to make better technology to last longer on Earth.
So by including the details of how Venus has such different conditions, how it was once similar to the planet Earth, and how studying the planet can lead to new inventions for our planet, the author supports his idea that studying Venus is worth the pursuit. The author suggests that the details are not only fascinating, but also important in in learning how planets drastacially change. Because Venus now has a very hot and dangerous atmosphere, understanding that it was once like Earth, helps scientists know more about Earth. If Venus did have oceans and life, scientists can make new technology to better take of Earth so it doesn't end up dangerours and hot like Venus. The author suggusts that stuyding Venus is worth the pursuit because researchers or scientists can learn better ways on how to take care of Earth. | 4 |
4d6ac79 | Dear Senator,
The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The system has been around for milleniums from our founding fathers and the Constitution in the 1700s to present day America, it is critical that we update our system to a more realistic process where the citizens have more say in the leader we choose to lead us. I am in favor in abolishing the Electoral College becasue most of the power should be held in the hand of the citizens and the popular vote should have more regards than the vote in Congress. I am not in favor in keeping the Electoral College because under the college system, voters don't vote for the president but for a slate elector, who in turn "elect the president", the process is unfair to voters, and over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election rather than the kind we have now.
When people go out of thier way to vote, they vote because they want to have a say in their potentially future. They vote for who they believe would lead our society and modern day world in the right direction. They would like to think that one vote could make a difference in a election, but with the Electoral College voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than vote who they actulally want to be president. Under the Electoral College voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors, who in return elect the president. In reality the people are not voting for the president they are putting their trust in somebody they vote to vote for the person they have choose to lead. Democrats in Texas for example knowing their vote will have no effect in the election they become less interested in the campaign than they would if the president was choosen diectly by popular votes and that is unfair to the people.
The process is unfair to the people because of the "winner takes all" system in each state the canidates dont take time in states in which they know have no chances of gaining them any power, they stay in states that are more benefically to them. The canidates mostly focus on the tight races ocuring in the "swing states" in 2000 many states didnt even get to see the candiates because they were "little, irrlevent, and worthless" states. I'm sure many people in those sates such as South Carolina and Rhode Island had a lot of input to add in the 2000 campagin but because they were little minority states they werent focused on as much as the other larger staes. This is very unfair and judgementally to these states because the Electoral College is based on involuntary effects, the inhabitants of North Caiolina or Rhode Island cannot control where they choose to live, they might have to live in the certain geograpic location because of finaces or religous persecution. They may want to have a say in the election but cant because of their living arrangements.
Many might contradict that the Electoral College is benefical because it has more of a certain outcome but with that certainty comes many votes and state votes that were disregarded. The Electoral College is unfair in many different aspects we need to update our system of election, becasue like everything else in the world has an expiration date. Their is an expiration date on almost all of our food and beverages, an expiration date on salvery, an expiration date on our life, and so now we need an expiration date on the Electoral College. | 5 |
4d6b8ea | Are self-driving car the next advancement in car technology? Self-driving cars are the future of transportation. Self-driving cars can be easier for the driver, safer for the passengers and pedestrians, and make smarter choices for drivers.
Self-driving cars easier on the drivers. When somebody drivers for long periods of times it puts strain on the eyes and mind. With this strain on the driver they could not be as sharp or fast reacting as they should be while driving. A self-driving car would take the strain off of their eyes and mind keeping them alert and focused when the time to drive comes. Like a GPS the self-driving car could choose the fasted path to when you want to go. The car would recieve information as a GPS or phone would and take the path with the least time spent driving.
These cars would be able to make smarter choices for drivers. The car would be able to detect crashes or other road hazard and stop or avoid these things.
The car would also warn the driver when there are hazards ahead that they may not be able to see with their eyes. When an ambulance or police car is coming these cars would know to move out of the way to make room for them before the driver even knows that they are coming.
These new cars would be safer. If somebody tried to hijack a persons car the car
could stop or freeze similar to a kill switch so they couldnt steal it. Without the humans driving most of the time there would be no human error such as going too fast or not seeing an animal, human, or an exit. Depending on the terrain the car could judge how fast to go when to brake or where different hazards are in the road that the human could not see.
Yes, there are several drawbacks to the car. It could malfunction on the operator and not work how its supposed to. There are many risks to this but there is a risk in anyhting we do. Before the car is realsed to the pulbic there would be many tests it would go through to work out most of the errors in the system. The cost is another factor to consider, but like any new product the price will drop over time and be more affordable to the public.
Self-driving cars are the future. They are safer for everybody. They have the ability to make smart choices that the driver could not make. They are even easier to use than your traditional car. Overall yes, self-driving cars are good and can be benificial to every day life for drivers and even other people not in the car. | 4 |
4d6bbea | Teaching in a classroom setting is something that has been happening sucessfully for centuries now, dating way way back before technology was even being thought about. This goes to show technolgoy is not needed, but maybe sonetimes helpful. In a classroom setting peices of technology such has things like computers can be super helpful when doing things such as writing an essay, and acessing information online, however when taken too advancely it can become more of a joke, and a distraction to students. That's where the Facial Action Coding System comes into play. The Facial Action Coding System theoretically seems to be a good idea but in reality it's an expensive toy. There are many other proven effective ways to teach in a classroom, and somethings are boring to learn about but you still have to know them, so just sit still, relax, and learn.
The first thing you notice when walking into a classroom is usually the students who are choosing not to spend their time wisely rather than the students who are. This is because students who choose be off task are often distracted by technolgy and gaming which is a lot more noticable to the human eye. These students are taking advantage of technology provided and using it for bad. So why would we put the Facial Action Coding System in schools when it is expensive and would be used as a toy? That's right, we wouldnt. When used for other purposes we also risk crashing which is another thing that would take up more time rather than taking that time for the students to be taught.
Everybody learns in differnt ways for example take the idea of studying for a spelling test. Some kids learn by writing it down multiple times, some kids learn by hearing it being spelled, others learn best by repeating it. There are so many way for kids to learn so by adding the Facial Action Coding System into schools you're assessing kids on how much they enjoy what they are learning about, and not how much information they are actually gaining. Which bring me to my next point.
Not every kid is going to be excited about everything they learn. Yes, some books are boring, and who wants to learn about what cells are made of, and who cares who invented the lightbulb, but these are all things kids are going to learn anyways. Not everything is going to be fun. sometimes you just need the facts. Making kids excited about a topic all comes from the influences of other people being excited about a topic and feeling that positive energy around them. If a computer screen told you you were bored, it wouldn't make you less bored.
The Facial Action Coding System is not all bad. There are some good parts about it. In the pasage the author talks about how "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." To recognize when a student is confused is a powerful thing, because when more students are confused they don't always like to say it, however the Facial Action Coding System is an expesive way to tell if a student is confused. If a child is confused they should say something. This allows students to build up self-confidence. All in all the Facial Action Coding System has both pros and cons, however the cons over power the pros making this tool not valuable in a classroom setting. It is an expensive toy that should be used for other purposes. Not to say there is no good uses for the Facial Action Coding System, but it is just not valueable in a classroom setting. | 5 |
4d6c690 | Facial action coding system is a system that is able to tell emotions on the faces of anyone who gets scanned by it. They're classified by: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
For a student, a facial action coding system, to be able to tell your emotions is probably something that most students do not want. It would probably make most students uncomfortable for a machine to watch their faces to be able to tell what they're feeling. But in a teachers way of seeing this. It can prove valueable to help him or her out with the student and teach them in a certain way that makes the student feel happier or they figure out whats wrong with the student.
Some evidence for this is. "A classroom coputer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." They could then modify the lesson for the student and provide more focus in a certain area. Say the studnt was confused and the teacher never knew he was confused because he never really showed it to the teacher. Well this system can do that and be able to tell the teacher that he needs help.
In the end Facial Action Coding System is a great way to help out teachers and make their job a little easier to be able to improve their lessons and make the student smarter. But students like my self wouldn't want a machine to watch them, while im doing their work, and tell the teacher what they're feeling. It would make the student want to hide their emotions even more. Plus you wouldn't want the teacher to know what you're feeling because you could get in trouble if its something bad. | 3 |
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Car Free Cities-
Cities in Europe and parts of the United States have taken a new trend, car free cities, this may be weird but the amount of good that comes from not having cars is increible. Cars cause a greenhouse gases which are really bad for the environment.
Limiting car usage has many advantages and can help everyone.
A place known as Vauban, located in Germany has over 5,500 residents and only 30 percent of them own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move there. People said that they lived much better lives without a car in (source 1), smog and toxic car feums don't clog the city air allowing it to be free for people to walk outside and smell the fresh air. Some cities even enforce not to drive, such as Paris if you drive through certre areas you will be fined 22-euros ($31). Enough smog clear after people saw they were getting fined. There are some areas of the United States where greenhouse gas emissions are 50 percent, not only does this cause health related problems but also the it effects the environment, to help this the "Environmental Protection Agency is promoting"car reduced" communities, and legislators are starting to act." This means that bills will be past to have certin areas have cars reduced.
This increible idea really helps everyone and will help the future, some say its the end of the car culture. Different bills are being passed to help communities reduce emission of the gases that come from cars that effect the environment and certin health problems. Such as New York, they started a new bike-sharing program. Some people within the ages of 16-21 have started new proritys and have organized themselfs to not need the use of a car. This is a prolong goal to help the environment and people, to create a better future. "The excutive chairman of Ford Motor Company. has laid out a business plan for a world in which vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable."(source4) Even car companys see the cars are bad and want change for a brighter future.
Limiting car usage or even no cars at all only have pros and is a very good idea for people who like to plan a good future and live in the suburbs. Cars are bad for the environment and should be reduced to help out. | 3 |
4d6ebc9 | Join the Seagoing Cowboys today! Have an unreplacable experience where you will see places you've NEVER seen, learn to understand the difficulties of other countries, get GREAT characteristics. Read on to find out the AMAZING ADVENTURES and BENEFITS of a Seagoing Cowboy.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy, you will be able to see things you would only see in magazines. Places like; Milan, Venice, China, Rome, Greece, and many other extravagant sites. You will get to learn about peoples' cultures and environments in the process of this job. Since I've been a Seagoing Cowboy I have been to sites like Europe and China. Also experienced going to the Acropolis in Greece, it was mesmerizing.
Understanding what it is like on other countries is extremely hard to do when you're living in the same country your whole life so, venture out! Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy you will become grateful for what you have because you will become aware of how many people are without food, water, and shelters. Places like China punish people for having certain religious beliefs. You will get to know first hand how much people need the supplies you are giving to them.
This duty will give you characteristics like perserverance, selflessness, and courage. You could also inspire other people. You will gain perserverance by not quitting when people most need horses, young cows, and mules, among other things. To persevere when you have to clean out the horrorendous stalls where the animals stay. You will also gain selflessness when the ship is in the middle of an ocean and there is no lifeline to reach out to when a hurricane or storm comes. The courage comes from you going to foreign countries where there are harsh people that may kill you. You have the opportunity to inspire other personal to lend a hand to places around the world.
The experience is already unbelievable, but then you get to meet and know other people. It could be people that work there, or people from other countries. You never know when you will meet someone you grow fond of. You can play games with the people on the ship. You can enjoy playing; baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and card games.
Although you are risking your life, you are risking your life for a great cause, an incredable experience, and a chance to meet new people. You can visit places like Venice, understand the difficulties in other countries, gain excellent characteristics, and meet new persons. You get the reward of seeing needy people with a smile on their joyous faces because of the supplies you are giving them. The supplies they need to over come the effects of World War 2. Then with your help, they can eventually start to rebuild their country and civilization. This trip of a life time can only be described as unbelievable, shocking, and jaw-dropping. So, are you ready to join the Seagoing Cowboys? | 5 |
4d7d425 | The Earth is geting really closely to Mars,Venus. The Earth is right next thoes to plants. Also the plant Mars,Venus are on the side of plant Earth. The plant Venus is sometimes call "Evening Star," that is one of the brightest points of light in the night time.
The Plant Earth might have a twin plant venus and Plant Venus is also closest
to the Earth. Both of the Pants don't have the same size. Mars have other planetart neighbor like the sun at different speeds. the different speeds means that there closer to mars and different times to venus." These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other timees to Venus."2
NASA have one of the 3 "particularly compelling" there idea is to send humans to sutdy in the plants venus. NASA might solutisits to the hostile conditions on the surface. Think about blimp like vehichle hoveering 30 or more then miles. That's
what "The Challenge of Exploring venus" is about. | 1 |
4d80945 | To:Barack Obama
Hello dear president, my name is Nathan and I think it's already time to admit that the Electoral college system should always be part of our government.
The electoral college process was established by the founding fathers in order to settle an important compromise in our nation. This electoral process consists of regulating the way in which our nation will decide who will be the next president. Consisting of 538 electors, a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. This system allows the most experienced people to choose the future of the nation, and changing it to anything else would slowly cause the whole federal system to collapse. The electoral college method may not seem democratic in a modern sense, because it's actually very unique. This method turn off potential voters for a reason; The candidate that must be chosen is the most prepared one. There is so many factors related to the immense amout of security the college electoral process brings to our people that changing this precise system would be like deciding to turn off the country. Choosing an unprepared president will potentially cause the economy to break, civil wars involving every state, protests, and our nation's reputation to die. It was also revealed this year that in the states in which education is one of the main investments, nearly 90% of the people were in favor of the keeping the system the way it is. The electoral college method is professionalism at it's highest level, and any other different system is clearly inferior to it.
It's politically notable how the nation is reacting to this possible change with disappointment and sadness. I hope you as the leader of the people we all love, will understand the amount of value put in this constitution, and notice that changing it would be catastrophic.
-From: PROPER_NAME | 3 |
4d83c24 | The topic of driverless cars is something that has been talked about and thought of since the 1950's, but the pieces have never been fully put together. Driverless cars are not a good idea because of the ability for faulty accuse in an accident, vehicles are not truly driverless, and the privacy of the driver.
Accidents happen all the time and it is usually fairly easy to see who is at fault in the situation. That completely changes with Driverless cars. If they were to be manufactured and put on the road so many new laws would have to be made and old laws would have to be changed in order to cover liability in an accident. Technology does not always work out how its supposed to, no matter how hard the manufacturers want it to, so if something were to happen to the cars technology and an accident occured who would be at fault - the driver or it's manufacturer?
Driverless cars are not real. In order for a car to be completely driverless there should not be a driver in the front seat. With "Driverless" cars an alert driver has to take over when pulling in or pulling out of driveways or dealing with traffic issues. That is the complete opposite of what drivers want. Drivers do not want to deal with the traffic issues or the navigation through accidents, that is what most people hate about driving. So why would they want those to be their only priorities when driving? They don't.
So much of everyones lives today are always being watched ; most people want to get as much privacy as they can in their day-to-day lives. By using cameras in order to watch if the driver is paying attention or not is safe, but also an invasion of privacy. It is understandable why manufactuers would want to have the cameras, safety reasons, but really in all actuality the cameras and sensors would become something drivers become accustomed to and they will completely ignore it all together.
Driverless cars may be a thing of the future but it all comes down to the buyers. If drivers don't want to worry about whether or not their gonna be at fault in a accident, if they actually have to drive, or if they want their personal lives invaded ; they most likely won't buy the car. | 4 |
4d87a5d | When we see the famous painting of Mona Lisa we typically do not see it as an example for the Facial Action Coding System. This is a system that reads emmotions, but this painting along with this new technology helps humans understand how are we feeling.
This new technology is valuable in many cases and in classrooms in not the ecception because it can help students have a diffferent learning enviroment.
This is 2018 and we need changes, good changes. The way that we learn is changing really fast and now there are better methods to help students understand and learn, for example: apps, websites, homeschool ,ect. By the use of this new technology students can have the chance to have a better education by having the help of a program that can see your facial expression and determine if you might need another teaching method that can help you improve your learning skills. For example in paragraph 6 says: '' A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confuced or bored'' Dr. Huang Predicts .''Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'' this shows how effective this new technology can be to students that want to have a better education. With this program or technology students do not have to worry if the teacher do not know how to explain a specific subject in a different way that the student can understand. This new technolog is valuable because is prepared to have multiple ways to teach a subject so the student can understand it in a way that could help them memmorize the subject.
This technology called FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is going to change for good the way we all learn. With this new system we can all learn in a valuable and enjoyable way, thats the work of the system to have you enjoy learning. Are you ready to enjoy learnign with FACS? | 3 |
4d8bb17 | When you say that the face on mars is an alien artifact how do you know. Prove to me that it is. So you can't well quess what. I can prove to you that it is not an alien artifact. All I have to do is use knowledge that I have from the evidence.
In the story it says that people made a movie about the face on mars. It has also been put in many magazines. It has also been put in haunted grocerey store check out lines. All of that is just to draw attention. All though it did they just want you to think that because they wanted money.
Sence people thought that the face was an alien artifact N.A.S.A made photographing it a main priority. On a JPL website they revieled that the face was a landmark and nothing more. The face on mars was located at 41 degrees north martian latitude were it was winter. This was a cloudy time on the planet mars. It may have messed with the picture a little bit anyway.
Some mission controles prepared to look again. It's very hard to locate the face sence the camera scans the planet like a fax machine. They dont just come across it very often. They evan used a special camera that zooms in very close to the planet. They still saw that the planets face was nothing more than a landform.
In conclusion the face is nothing. There were no alien artifacts. So that should prove to you. That there were not aliens. It's nothing more than a simple landform. | 3 |
4d8d72c | In 1945 world war 2 just ended and a kid named Luke Boberger is about to have a once in a life time opportunity. Its 1945 at a high school graduation Luke is talking to his friend Don Reist until suddenly Don asked Luke if he wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat with him but Luke couldn`t say no to Don but world war 2 had ended and there is a lot of homes ,facrories,grocery stores,and malls destroyed and in ruins and need to recover there food and animals and so 44 nations had came together to form the UNRRA
(the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation.
So the UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to go to Europe and take care of the horses,young cows,and even mules that were coming from overseas so Luke and Don sighned up to help with the animals and Europe. So in August of 1945 Luke and Don got their orders to go to New Orleans. So on August 14 Luke and Don arrived in New Orleans the day the Pacific war was over both Luke and Don got their seaman`s papers and boarded in a ship called the SS Charles W. Wooster and was heading to Greece with a cargo filled with 335 horses plus a lot of hay and oats to feed the horses.
So before Luke got to Greece he turned 18 which means that means that Luke can be drafted into the military service. So after Luke and Don did there seagoing cowboys they both had some fun on the ship like where they housed the animals they played in there table-tennis, tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading. whittling,and games that also helped pass the time. | 1 |
4d8de47 | You should be in the Seagoing Cowboys because it's fun. It's very simple. You have alot of free time. You get to travel. You get to be with animals.
If you dont sign uo for it you made a big mistake. You get to play games like baseball, volleyball, and many more. You get to travel to places like Greece, China, and many more. If you like animals than this is the perfect job for you becaise they have plenty of animals. They got so much freetime they can go to places where the streets are filled with water.
Now you know what Seagoing Cowboys are maybe you should join them. I mean it kinda is the best job in the world because you get to do alot. I meam who dosen't like animals and different countries. If you don't sing up you must have a better job. So you should sign up because it is the best job you cold ever have. | 2 |
4d8fe01 | The author supports his idea of Venus being a worthy pursuit despiting the dangers by explaining how its the closest planet to us. Venus used to have oceans just like earth. Tare some details the author give us in the passage about enus being an worthy but dangerous planet to explore.
In paragragraph 2 he explains how its the closest planet to earth in terms to density and size. Its also closest in distance to us at certain times. Its dangerous because they sent several space craft and it only lasted a few Hours after it landed. Thats probably the reason why not a single spaceship has landed in more than three decades ago.
It would be hard to land there and stay ther because of the heat and the carbon dioxide. the atmosphere is almost 97 pecent carbon dioxide which would make it impossible to breathe in. The average temperature is over eight hundred degrees fahrenheit. the pressure is also ninety times greater than what we experience.
The scientitist wouldnt be able to take rock or gases off the planet so they would have to get close and take huge risk. NASA s working on studies for venus like they simplifie electronice and made silicone carbide that has been tested in chamber simulatin wich could last up to threee weeks. He thinks its because of human curiosity and will likelyy lead to many equally intimidating endeavors.
These are some of the examples of the author using details in the text showing why he beleives ecploring Venus is worthey other than all the danger. | 2 |
4d90197 | So the author was thing about he can visit Venus and how he can walk on Venus but Venus it is hot More importantly researchers cannot take samples of the rock gas or anything else from a distance and the author thing about makeing a fly car in space so they can see Venus and they will not give up becasue the work hard and they will do thing other people will not do.They tryed to send spacecraft and that did not work out for them and they see everything in space they can see the sun and the other plantes and they will not give up thay will find a way to land on Venus and they will find out what thing are on that plant and they will work dad and night if they have to and NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus and they
Striving to meet the challenge presrnted by Venus has value not only becasue of the insight to be gained on the planet itself but also becasue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors Modern computers are enormously powerful fleible and quick but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions by comparison systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure heat and other forces.These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to deepest parts of our oceans and world liquefy many metals. | 2 |
4d90b3e | In the article ''Unmasking the Face on Mars'' it shows enough evidence for the face to be another landform. In the next three paragraphs i will be telling you why the face is just another landform.
In history there have been many conspiracys about alot of things that have turned up to be nothing horrific or amazing. The scientist actually thought it was just another landform. As explained in paragraph twelve,''What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa-landforms common around the American west.''The article also says that the Snake River of Idaho can take the form of a isolated messa about the size of the Face on Mars. This paragraph surely by itself can tell people why the Face on Mars was just a landform.
In paragraph three it says ''it was a huge rock formation which resembales a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of a mouth,nose and ears. In paragraph eleven you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyrimids or even small shacks you could see what they were. Most people think aliens are not real. Now that scientist have better picture takers compared to the viking one and two.
The main reason i do not want you to believe that the Face on Mars ia a alien artifact is because the the article gives you the best reanson not to. In paragraph seven it says,''when Mars Surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time Micheal Malin and his Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.
I hope this argumentative essay will chang your mind about whether or not you believe that the Face on Mars was a landfom and not a alien artifact. Giving that you read this essay i think my three body paragraphs will do more than influence your posistion on the subject.
SINCERELY ''Nicholas'' | 4 |
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