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5b36e7d | I think having driverless cars is a great idea. I support it alot because it will make road trips very easier and more exciting for the driver. If taking a long road trip, the driver will be able to sleep as well as the passengers. But the con about that, is that the driver might have issues trusting the driverless car. If the driver dont trust the car, he/she might stay awake as the car have a long trip to where ever the destination is located. Another con will be how might the driverless car react upon other driverless cars. Will the sensors be too hype from every car causing a traffic jam, slow traffic, or maybe an accident. Thats why i also support the driverless cars to let the driver take control at certain points while driving. Eventhough the driver would have to still keep watch of the rode, thats what he or she have to do anyway. So as of right now, ill just say that driverless cars would be good for drivers who like to text while driving and maybe talking on the phone while driving. That is what i think about driverless cars untill they can approve the use of the cars to sleep in while driving. | 2 |
5b3b31a | I think that the Facial Action Coding System used to read the emotion and expressions in students in a classroom is valuable because it can be used for many different things such as potentionaly making people feel better, helps tell when people are not being truthful and can tell when a student becomes confused of bored.
First of all, this technology to read the emotions and expressions of a students in a classroom is valuable because, even know sometimes you fake emotions it many still be able to make you feel that way. For example the author stated in paragraph 9 that " Theory Of Emotion, moving you facial muscles not only expresses emotion, but may be able to produce them." What this is saying is that the muscles that you use in your face to fake an emotion can actually make you feel that emotion.
Secoundly, this technolgy could also help and be valuable not just in a classroom but also outside such as the police department. The reason why is because your facial expressions can make other people tell if you are not being truthful and not telling the truth. The author states this in paragragh 8 saying " To an expert, faces don't lie: these muscle clues are somtimes used to spot when a "smiling" polaticion or celebrity isn't being truthful." What this is saying is this new technology could help tell when someone is lying about cheating on a test or homework. And this doesnt just go for inside school or classrooms this could go for the police to. To tell if someone isnt being truthful about something and which part they arent being truthful about.
Finally, the last thing I have to support for this is could help teacher relize when a student is confused or bored in a classroom. How the author explains this is in paragragh 6. It states that " A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored." What this means is that how the students facial expressions react to what pops up on the computer can show when the student is interested in what is happening or confuse, and bored. And the author also stated "Then it could modify the lesson, like and effective human instructor. The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgerys". What this is saying is a computer can tell when you are bored or confused and help to keep you fouced and intertained more by making the lesson more expressive and also making it more interesting for the student.
In conclusion, I believe what I have stated above proves that this technolgy can help in many ways such as potentionaly making people feel better, helps tell when people are not being truthful and can tell when a student becomes confused of bored. And that this will help many students and teachers in a classroom. | 4 |
5b3d385 | limiting car usage is popular talk amongst most leaders and politicians. there are many advantages to shortining the usage of cars throughout not just countries but the whole world.
The use of cars cause many accidents and even deaths.
some cars and most trucks are polutting the atmoshpere.
Cars can also cause people to be lazy and not get enogh physical activity.
cars do provide a quicker way of transportation for those who cant or dont have a train to ride.
Car accidents is the leading death toll amongst americans. Even though source#4 states that"As of april 2013, the numbers of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. Part of the explanation certainaly lies in the recession, because americans cant afford new cars".
Even france started to join the banning of cars to a certain exstent. Source #2 says" congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france, after five days of intensifying smog...[The smog] rivaled beijing, china, which is one of the most polluted cities in the world". Smog is caused by to much car pollution with cold weather.
i believe that unless you are in the country side you should not drive. if you are going a short distance you can take a city bus, train or even just do it old fashioned and walk/ride a bike. If you are going long distances take a train. This would cause less acciddents and it would raise health for people.
If you dont have a train or any public transportation near your area i would recommend buying a car that you actually need. not just buying something to show off around town. if you need a truck then get one but if you are just trying to get from point a to point b then i would recommend a hybrid. something that uses either all electricity or even most elecrticity and some gas.
limiting car usage is popular talk amongst most leaders and politicians. there are many advantages to shortining the usage of cars throughout not just countries but the whole world. This talk could end up changing the world for a better most likely. it could help save moey and boost the economy. some people wanna hang on to their cars so bad that in paris even numbered lincense plates were ordered to leave their cars at home our suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and even some people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. | 3 |
5b3f4c8 | A seagoing Cowboy is an amazing opportunity in life, but what is a seagoing cowboy and what are the perks of doing this? Get ready for this wild ride.
In 1945, World War two was over in Europe, but many people had nothing left. Then, 44 nations joined together to make he UNRRA ( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.) The Organization decided to hire "Seagoing Cowboys." Seagoing Cowboys were used to take care of Horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. The Cowboys had a important job and sometimes you got special perks of being a Seagoing Cowboy.
If you are over the age of eighteen and were being drafted for the military, this could count as you military service and don't forget about all the fun you can on board. After all the animals were unloaded many of the cowboys played sports, like baseball and volleyball where the animals used to live. There was also fencing, table tennis, boxing, reading, and whittling, and many other games. While you were working you could see Europe and China. But you could also take a gondola ride in Venice, or see the Acropolis in Greece and that is pretty cool.
In Conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboys has its perks. So go out there and going the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
5b437eb | Venus is ideal for humaninty, if Earth became not ideal for humaninty anymore. The previous article about Venus " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a good article to read, because it describes Venus and it's dangers and it's benfits. It may be mistaken that it is unhabitable for humanity, but there is a possiblity for humanity to live on other planet. There is reasons for saying those things about Venus. This is an other aticle to explain why Venus is habitable for humanity.
"Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin" Paragraph 2, is perfect arguement to start with, because as you can see venus is already considered as twin of Earth. It's natural geographic is similar to Earth's, so it already proves Venus could had a possibility of having oceans, lake, and bodies of water in the past. The density and size is same to Earth too so we will have vaguely same space as Earth. Venus is too hot to survive so we can do blimp-like vehicle above venus and still stay in their gravity and have people survive in the atmosphere above the fray. We could send people over there to research first before doing anything, If they makes people feels safer about living on Venus.
There is reason for saying those things about Venus, the reason for saying those things are that we are currently overpopulating Earth we currently have over 7 Billion people living. We need more room for more people in the future and im concered if we dont move to other planet, Earth will be crowded. It already is crowded in some areas of Earth, like New York, California, New Delhi, and more. "Our travels on earth and beyond should be not limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edge of imagination and innovation." Is a good statment to make to encourage people to explore Venus more. There is some people who hope that we will move to other planet. | 2 |
5b4da4a | Using new technology to "calculate" peoples emotions will be a new and very advanced way to comunicate wiht others. For example, someone could just scan a person's face and tell if they're worth talking to or not. Also , some people may not want to be scaned and get told their emotions. The only people that should get this kind of technology is either , police , therapists or, people who willreally use them to study people.
Most people will not wants to be scanned by this new type of technology because , will probably not know what its used for. For example, the person may be scanned without their consent or the person can be a lot older and could make a big deal about it. Also, someone may not approve of this software being used by anyone because it will be to advanced or not good enough. The FACS software is going to be the new way to read a persons facial expressions.
FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can "constuct a 3-D computer model of the face and read all 44 major muscles. Movement by one or more muscles is called an "action unit", this new type of software cannot be used by a normal home PC becuase of it complex algorithims. | 2 |
5b54ba3 | The driverless car seems like an interesting invention that could possibly keep drivers safe and form good habits, but what if it just makes the problem worse?
The driverless car is new to us and it might give us a hand on the road. There is also the possibility that the cars malfunction or don't respond to commands. These cars are part of the age of technology and we all know that it's not always helpful.
Smart cars take a long time to assemble and adjust to. With all of the sensors, motion sensors, and a GPS, there hass to be something on the car that hasn't been looked over. The GPS has to update to be aware of it's own surroundings. That may seem like a handy feature but GPS's aren't always right and this could lead to trouble.
The sensors in the car are able to detect danger on the roads but they can only detect a certain distance away. In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels to detect out-of-control skids and rollovers. They have advanced to be able to signal the brakes when this happens. These operations stilll need improvements though.
The big problem nowadays is texting and driving. The roads are a lot more dangerous with people constantly getting distracted on the road and this has caused many injuries and deaths. Now how would a car that can operate itself, help to get rid of these habits? The answer is, they don't! Allowing drivers to take it easy on the roads and be lazy isn't going to help anything. Adding alarms to the car can lower accindent rates but people shouldn't need to be alarmed of danger. Driver's should be watching the roads like a hawk does it's prey. Adding safety features can only do so much to keep someone safe. What is needed most is a feature that can break these habits of bad drivers. "Some manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver."
That's actually a good thing to make sure people behave right when driving. If the driver forms better habits, then we wont have a thing to worry about. Sensors to detect pedestrians and other cars coming provide better transportation and lower accident rates. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe." With these new advancements to personal transport, we are making the world a little safer.
That doesn't mean that we saved the world from the apocalypse or anything. | 4 |
5b5745a | In the article "The Challenge od Exploring Venus," the author states that NASA has a compelling idea to send humans to Venus to study it." Their solution to surving the harsh environment would be to float above the fray. Avoiding the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of thier way.
In paragraph 6 it states that," Researchers cannot take sample of rock,gas or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to uderstand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite therisks." Meeaning that if they want to be able to study Venus from the ground they would have to build something to allow them to safetly gather samples and information first hand.
In paragraph 7 the author mentions that looking back to world war ll they could use mechanical computers instead of using eletcronic ones. The mechanical computers could be made to widthstand the damage of acid,heat and pressure. To test the mechanical computers they can put it through the series of test that they can create in the test chambers to see if they can widthstand it.
In conclusion if we wanted to get a closer look at Venus then we would have to send scientist to venus in specially made space crafts to be able to widthstand the dangers of the sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. n | 2 |
5b65fad | Im jacori and I am writing this essay to to inform you on my argument for driverless cars. I believe the idea of developing driverless cars was a brilliant idea. I think it will benefit younger adults or teens the most because it guides you and keeps you rolling. Also I think it would help nervous drivers and a person that learning how to drive. This could help some people become better and more focus drivers.
Based off my information in the first paragraph I do believe that the driverless cars will be very helpful and could save a lot of lives. The reason this is important is because it can prevent a variety of accidents and that will cause safer driving. Like stated in the passage, the laws they make focus on keeping drivers safe, passengers, and drivers, but the imagine being able to get to work and back fast and safe for the next two years, that what it will be like to have a driverless car.
Driverless cars can help prevent car accidents in all states, especially teenagers that drink or smoke, it can be a last minute life saver. Based of statistics we have hundreds of accidents all over the world within a spand of a week . These driverless cars can be a solution to that and they can initiate you to want to take more family road trips and have some family fun. Therfore, driverless cars should be invented as soon as possible before it simply just becomes to late.
The brilliance of the idea just lingers over my head like a lightbulb. You will be avle to drive more miles too because you won't be so tired from steering the wheel or pushing the gas pedal. If this invention is a success I think it will go down in history as the plan of a true genious. Also it will help you while driving through traffic so you will be more comfortable on the highway or expressway. According to the brillance of the idea and the appeal of saftey, I believe in the development of driverless cars. | 3 |
5b6c75f | The author thinks that it is a good idea for us humans to study our earth and to see why we can;t love on those planets.
The author thinks that studying venvus is worth studying because you get to know a lot about why you can't live up there and how dangours it can be just to live up there. "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar syatem."(paragraph 3). The reason why the author thinks that we should study our planets is becuase maybe one day us humans will be able to live up there. But then again we wont be able to beause of how hot it is up there and also how much gracvity is up there. this is an example of why we can't live up there
"thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degress fahrenheit." (paragragh 5)
I would say that the author has a good reason why people should study theplanet venus abdut at the same time I don't think that it is safe enogh becuase of all the risks that you would be taking and because of how hot it is up there. Like we are not used to those types of tempertures. | 2 |
5b74243 | Imagine a city empty of cars and the sounds of bicycles and the sound of chattering children drown out the sound of the occasional motor, This is the city of Vauban. This "experimental" district on the ouskirts of Freiburg. Elisabeth Rosenthal, author of
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars stated "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district...Vauban's streets are completely "car-free" except the main thotoughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs. Car ownership is allowed but there are 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."
This action has inspired some other areas to do the same, As said by Rosenthal, "Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in Europe, The United States and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called "smart planning."". Now these have been a bit more of pre-emptive measures against Pollution and economic inflation there are those who have taken actions after the fact, Robert Duffer, author of
Paris bans driving due to smog has said "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Now here is where Paris decided to do something silly. "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-eruo fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." as stated by Duffer. Now alot of people may not of heard about this or thought it was a joke, Duffer wrote "Almost 4,000 drivers were fined... 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine." To the people who had heard of this such as companies who their main function is driving from place to place had complained, "Delivery Companies complained of lost revenue, while exceptions for plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers." said by Duffer. All of these exceptions that were given out sound as though they are personal transport vehicles that the passengers could just as easily take the public transport. | 1 |
5b79a2b | New software has been develpoed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The new software, the Facial Acion Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries.
The use of the new technology called Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
The author says,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Facial Action Coding System is valuable in classroom as, if a child doesn't understand anything what the teacher is teaching, the teacher will get to know that the child is confused or not understanding something by just looking at the computer.
The author says,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." So, when the teacher will know that the student is confused or bored, he/she could teach the lesson in a better way, and also the computer could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.
I would conclude by saying that, this new technology is very useful in a classroom because it helps the students understand everything that teacher is trying to expalin and helps them learning better. | 3 |
5b800b1 | Was the face created by aliens? According to the text, Mar Global Surveyor arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1976, eighteen years after the viking mission ended. The Face is just a natural land form because NASA has not identified who could have done it,they only have images and the Face is in the ground whickh makes it a land form.
NASA does not see these faces all the time. Why is this "landfrom" one of a kind? Mars has been a planet for years and only has one Face. Which proves that, aliens could have created this. Maybe it is a self portrait, or a sign. The picture of the face was first taken on April 5, 1998. This gives the aliens plenty of times to create the face. On Mar the landforms are remotly the same because of the climate effects everything in a similar way.
NASA believes aliens are real. If NASA has found evidence that aliens may be real, then why don't they think aliens created this? Aliens could be capable of doing this. The Face could be an alien artifact. Maybe there are more underground built by aliens that you can not see.
This is a landform because NASA only has images. Images cn be deciving , I know from experience. This may look like a face, but is not. Sometimes things are not what they seem. In 2001 they had image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 metere per pixel in 1976.
The Face is in the ground. Being attched to the ground, not made by man is a land form. An alien is not a man even if the face is man created. It is simplily just a landform that looks like something that it is not. On Mars there are other land forms, but they just don't look like a face. The lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa is about the same height as the Face on Mars. This is not made made which makes it a lanform.
NASA has not identifed who could've made the Face. If NASA takes pictures of Mars then they should have pictures of the "makers". Therofore this is a landform or else they would have a picture of who could've created the Face .The Face is located at 41 degree angl north martin latitude. No prof of anyone making it. Must be a land mark because lack of evidense
The Face is a natural landform becuse they only have images, it is connected to the ground, and they have not identifed who could've made it. The lack of evidense has caused me to beileve this. It is a landform on Mars and a pretty cool looking one. | 3 |
5b81dcf | A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System is described by the author of the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile". This system enables computers to identify six of the human emotions. This technology should be used to read the emotional expresiions of students in a classroom, because it is a very valuable technology.
Firstly, we should have this technology because it would help explain how people would be feeling on a certain subject, lifestyle or in everyday life. "Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness." Since Dr. Eckman has programmed these emotions we can better understand how someone is feeling without having to ask him; each emotion inflicts a facial muscle movement which is recognised and is catagorized as an emotion.
In addiotion, we should have these identifiers because it could help students learn better. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This software could help someone who is easily distracted. This technology could find a way to help with this person, and the coding system could produce a lesson that this person can listen to and understand it because it was made for them.
Also, the Facial Action Coding System can help teachers and staff. Some students do not show what they are feeling. If this technology can figure out facial expressions then the teachers will know who is having a bad day, the teacher could then talk to this person privately and see how they are doing. "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotuions, but also may even help produce them." Since studies show that if a student smiles they could have a better day. The teacher could recognise that someone is feeeling down so they could say a funny joke and sprout an emotion into a particualr student.
In the final analysis, we should have the Facial Action Coding System in school because it will help students feel better and learn better. If a student does not want to go to school then they probably do not want to learn either. If this system can make someone's day then students would want to come to school, and teachers would then have students who want to learn. "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is a great article and the technology that is included in the article may be the next big thing. The first step for the coding system is to use the technology to read the emotional expression of student in classrooms. This technology can help a student throughout their school work. It can also help the teachers to teach more passionatly to students who want to learn and are not forced to come to school, but come voluntarily. | 5 |
5b82f85 | Venus is Earth's sister planet. But along with being our sister planet, Venus has the highest recorded temperature of any planet in our solar system. Along with having the highest temperature recorded, Venus also has an atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than the atmospheric pressure on Earth. Clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid also coat Venus's atmosphere, making it difficult to even make it through the outer layers of Venus's atmosphere. So why would Earth's scientists still want to vist Venus?
According to the article, Venus is the planet that is most similar to Earth, well at least it used to be. The author tells the reader about how Venus was probably covered in oceans that could have supported life, similar to Earth. The planet also has many other land forms that are similar to the ones we have here on Earth, such as, valleys, rocks, and craters. The author proceeds to say that "the value of returning to Venus is indisputable." Although there are many dangers of sending vessels back to Venus, the author states that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, otherwise known as NASA, is working on ways to send astronauts to Venus. The author also tells the reader that solar power on Venus would be abundant, and that radiation levels would be similar to those on Earth. He goes on to say that the temperature would be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, not an ideal temperature for astronauts traveling to Venus, but it is survivable.
While traveling to Venus may take Earths scientists years to figure out, and be very costly, the information we could learn would be invaluable. Although Earth's scientists may be faced with many problems while trying to get astronauts to Venus, from the information provided in the article you could infer that he strongly believes that it is possible, and not only believes that we could travel to Venus but encourages it. | 3 |
5b8791b | Car usage in different parts of the world are becoming non-existant. In Vauban, Germany they have given up cars in hope of having a more suburban lifestyle. Street parking, driveways, and home garages are generally forbidden in this area on the outskirts of Fieburg. Vauban's streets are completly car free. Car ownership however is not forbidden but there are only two places to park in large garages on the edge of the developement. A media trainer and mother of two spoke about her details of this new rule, she stated she is much happier without a car. This will give children around a better enviroment to grow up in because everyone without cars will be outside playing, excercising, and riding bikes. In this new approach to they are making stores in walking distance from your home so you dont even need to use any type of transportation.
Paris also limits driving cars due to bad pollution. People were fined for driving on the roads with a 22-euro fine. These cold nights and warmer days were causing a warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was to blame since France has a tax policy that favors disel over gasoline. Delivery compaines complained about the stopage of veichles and lost revenue, but due to no one driving around the smog cleared the air.
in Bogota, Colombia they expirenced car-free day where everyone walked, hiked, road bikes, or took buses to work. Thsi was the third straight year where cars have been banned and buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars. The goal of this is to reduce smog in the air.
"The rain hasnt stopped people from participating" says the Mayor of Bogota
A bussiness man said its a great oppurtunity and lower air pollution. People in other countries have also stated that Bogota is creating a revolutionary change and this is crossing boarders. | 1 |
5b8ecef | As time goes on technology improves day by day, we live in a world where technology plays a big role in our lives. Whoever woud have known that technology would get so advanced that even computers can read our emotions. Yeah that's right, a new software called Facial Action Coding System is able to detect our emotions by creating a 3D model of our face and recording our 44 muscle movements. This type of software should be allowed in schools to help teachers identify students who struggle in their classes.
The Facial Action Coding System has promising results and was able to detect Mono Lisa's emotions, "She's 83 perecent happy, 9 perecent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry" (D'Alto 1). This was a test conducted by Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe. These are two professers that develop better ways for human and computers to comminicate. With the help of these professors the software FACS can detect "happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness" (D'Alto 3). In other words it can detect emotions and that could be very useful in classrooms.
Another point why I believe this software is valuale in a classroom is because in paragraph 6 Dr. Huang said " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" (D'Alto 6). This is a very helpful tool because students are very shy, scared, and nervous when it comes to speaking up or asking questions, Dr. Haung pointed out that "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communucation" (D'Alto 6). What is being said is that people do not comminicate verbaly or emotionaly and they want computers to know that. With FACS software's in classrooms it can help identefy and improve students education.
Last but not least in paragraph 8 it was said that "faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful" (D'Alto 8). What this is saying is that their facial recognition software never fails to detect when someone is lying and that faces do not lie. This could be used to identify if a student is being honest or is lying about what they have done.
In conclusion there are many benifits allowing Facial Action Coding System in classrooms. This software can detect students emotions, when teachers can not. FACS can also notice when someone is not being honest and this could be used to test students to see if they are trustworthy or not. I see nothing but positive outcomes of this software and I look forward to seeing this in future classrooms. | 4 |
5b8f591 | The author suggests that visiting venus is worth it despite the dangers for mutilple reasons. Venus is one the closest planets so it would be the easiest to travel to. geographicaly venus it is very simular to earth. Venus has also supposedly had life on it just like planet Earth.
Venus is very close to Earth's size and sometimes the same distance to is paragraph 2 the author states "sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times Venus" because of this we have sent many space probes to the suface of Venus, But never more than a few hours at a time. It is a hard planet to study no matter how close it is.
Venus has a lot of geographical simularities to Earth. Valleys, mountains, craters all like the ones we see here at Earth. all these simularities suggest that at some point Venus also had giant oceans and most likely had some form of biological life.
To this day NASA has been working to explore this planet. Using the technology that we have to improve our chances in finding something on Venus. in paragraph 6 it states that " NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the suface
of venus would allow to float above the fray." which is essentially a big blimp that floats above the Venusian clouds. the author suggest that studying this planet is a worthy pursuit despite all of the danger, and it has. we've learned a lot about its atmosphere, the geographic simularities between Venus and Earth, and we have developed better technology trying to explore its surface. so in spite of the dangers we have gotten a lot of infomation out of venus. | 3 |
5b94668 | The electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors , the metting of the electors where they vote for presidents and vice president,and counting of the electoral votes by congress. You should always keep electoral votes. Would you know for sure who would win ?. .Electoral college is the best way to manage who would be the best. To see who would win out of the two people. Why wouldnt we use electoral colllege it helps us know that when two people thats running for a spot and they get the same percentage for popular vote you can use electorial vote to see which one each state , country, or city like.
The electorial college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes by the cast. for example when president obama and romney went against each other for president both of them had 51.3 percent so the electoral vote that change it all president obama got 61.3 percent electoral votes compared to 51.3 percent of the pouplar vote. This is the best way for people to know who really winning and won. I think its best for us to use the electoral vote. Its granteed to help with the prsident and the people to know who is really winning.
The electorial college help you pick your candidate as well. This is for the president to know who would be working for him or her. The best thing for you to do is keep electorial vote it helps with eveything that you need help with. It also help the president out to .You wouldnt want to go without a president do you.
The electorial college is a helpful thing it is really needed. I wouldnt take electoral college out. When you cant see who really is winning what you going to do then without it. Are you going to choose for yourself. But then the people is going to be mad and thats not fair. Maybe some people dont like the opne presidemt and the other people do.
The eletoral college will tell one of the two people running for president if they would win. And it would help to see who the candidate is. Voters in presidential elections are people whi want to express a political perference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. so therefore you need the electorial vote to decide whether the person really win or not. | 3 |
5b9aed4 | If we limit our car usage throughout the year we can cut the rate of carbon dioxiod we produce by 1/2! That will save uor trees, animals, and even our own lifes in the future. Also the ablity to save as many fossil fuels we have remaining cause everyone knows we are starting to run completly out and can not creat any more. By doing this we save time and energy and creat a healthy envirnment.
If we slowly progress the fact that we are only using our automobiles 345/360 days a year will cut back our usage for fossile fuels by 15%. This whole thing is point less how they have us in here for two days im missing my education. We could have finished this in one day and had the rest of the week to get back on the track of learning. I've missed both days of weight lifting, algebra, and my world history that i do not want to fail again! If their are any people actually gonna sit down and take the time to read this then
DO NOT DO THIS NEXT YEAR
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They are giving us cold lunches. ham and cheese and an apple, I am 16 years old and my body needs proper food. I wouldnt be complaining if they served actual breakfast. but because of Michelle Obama and her healthy diet rule they surve us 1 poptart in the moring. How does the school board expect us to last from 7:05-12:15 on a pop tart? then expect us to get A's, we are more focused on lunch than anything else. I am about done so if you have the time to read this even though this does not count. Bring PROPER_NAME a big Mac from mc donalds, SCHOOL_NAME, (idk area code but its in LOCATION_NAME) | 1 |
5ba4509 | Driverless cars could arguably change the future. Google has been working with semi-autonomous cars since 2009, and these new innovations could potentially solve an environmental crisis here on Earth. Unfortunately, many people think that if a car drove itself, it would be a danger to others on the road and to the driver as well. In many states, even testing these cars is banned. Are driverless cars dangerous enough to merit controversy?
It's no doubt that driverless cars would be beneficial to our environment since they use half the fuel of a regular vehicle, and there is no reason why we should ever be so afraid of change that we won't permit the research of a potentionally world-changing invention. Surely testing driverless cars is not without it's dangers, but the benefits that we would reap as a result are nothing less than a necessity, especially since the driver is always in control of the vehicle. Google is working on a car that will drive itself and also alert the driver if the car was about to wreck. If America is about promoting anything, it's saftey, and it's no lie that anything this monumental would be set in stone without the proper precautions being taken.
America is taking part in an advancing technological revolution, but the earth is deteriorating as a result. The constant burning of fossil fuels and the invading of natural resources for materialistic goods are pushing our planet to the brink. In times like these, we need to seize opportunity and take action before our only home in the cosmos is reduced to a regurgitated wasteland of the earth's unusable resources. With driverless cars in our near future, we'll be able to create a fully-autonomous public transportation taxi system with no need for personal cars. It's important for us to care about and care for the planet because if we don't, who will? | 3 |
5ba51c8 | I never thought that I would end up being a Seagoing Cowboy, but I am and I'm glad. In this writing I'm gonna tell you why you should try to be a Seagoing Cowboy.
The first reason why I think you should join is because you get to help people. Going to those different countries made it so much more clear of their needs. Their country was left in ruins. They need everything that we do or more.
The second reason why you should join the program is because you get to take care of animals. When I got asigned to that job it kind of reminded me of my aunt Katie's farm. I would go over there when I was a boy and help out.
The last reason I think you should join the program is because you get to travel! Yeah there are some dangers like when the captain slide down a slippery ladder and cracked his ribs but the sights make up for it. I remeber when I got to see Europe and China, so pretty. I also saw the Acropolis in Greece and that topped it all.
That's why I think whoever is reading this should join the program and become a Seagoing Cowboy. You get to help people, see the world, and take care of loving animals. Just think maybe you'll see me there. | 3 |
5baa53b | Everyone has their own idea of the future. No one truly knows what the future holds, but many have their own personal ideas such as self driven cars. Self driven cars can be made to help humans drive in a more efficient way. The idea of self driven cars is a good idea
because car owners would be able to travel further distances without worring about car accidents, having driverless cars would decrease the amount of car crashes throughout the year, and car owners would no longer have to be concerned with keeping their eyes on the road.
Everyday people drive on the highway whether its to get to work, visit family, or even just to get away. Sometimes these distances are alot furhter than the average person can drive, and driving would be alot cheaper than choosing to spend money on plane tickets. If we allowed car owners to have driverless cars then the risk of accidents would decrease on the highways. Drivers on the highway for long periods of times get tired of driving after a while. These drivers have a chance of falling asleep on the road and getting into an accident.
If the we offer car owners an oppurtunity to have driverless cars then drivers would be able to rest while the cars drives.
A second reason car owners should have the oppurtunity to have driverless cars is because these cars would prevent less accidents over the year to. The amount of car crashes throughout the year would decrease becasue these cars would eliminate an irresponsible driver. For example if a person were to go to a bar and have too many drinks anf decide to drive these cars would be able to eliminate the drunk driver from an accident, and arrive at a destination safetly without driving recklessly. They would keep other drivers who are not driving irresponsibly safe as well.
My final reason I believe that driverless car would be a good idea is because car owners would be able to enjoy the view of a passanger. They would no longer have to worry about missing out on seeing anything when they travel down the highway. Car owners would be able to stay on their phones, interact with their friends or family, and even catch up on work. Car owners would not have to be distracted by keeping their eyes on the road anymore.
In conclusion, Driverless cars are a good technology advancment that could help humans in a more effiecient way because drivers would no longer have to be concered with keeping their eyes on the road, the number of car accidents throughout the year would decrease, and people would be able to travel in a much safer way on the highway. | 4 |
5bb00d7 | The artical is about the planet Venuse. It is also know as the Evening Star or the
Earths twin. Venuse is aover 800 degrees fahrenheite and a 97 precent carbon dioxcide blanket over it. The conditions of Venuse are so bad that they could crush a submarine.
The evedence that supportes this artical is when its talking about how NASA is getting involved. NASA has had an idea to send humans and study Venuse. it also talkes about how they have a blimp like vehicle hovering about 30 miles over Venuse. It talkes about if they sent any vehicle to Venuse it would have to avoid the harsh ground.
Scientst are furthering there study on Venuse because they are fascinated by it. The reason there so interested on it is because it is the most earth like planet in our solor system. The planet has vallys, mountains, and creaters which give it that earth look. It has frequent lightning strikes, powerfull earthquakes, and valcanic eruptions.
When the auther is talking about Venuse he thinks that its still a good idea to study it nomatter what the dangers are. He thinks that our traves from eartth and beyond shouldnt be limited just beause of how bad the danger is or how bad the conditions. that we should be able to exspand to meet the varry edges of our imagination.
In conclusion we should be alowed to let our imaginations run willed. NASA looking ito sending man kind to Venuse. It is the planet that is the ost earth like is several ways. NASA has been studies Venuse for a while now and have found evidene of erth like structures on it. | 2 |
5bb3e5f | The author that studying Venus or Evening Star he poin is a venus is a pursuit despite the dangers and my opinion is maybe yes and maybe no why?
Because venus have a really good poins but in the same time not
For example: Venus is the closest planet to Earth, Have 97 percent carbon dioxide The temperatures average over 800 degrees F, and the atnospheric pressure is 90 times, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system These contidions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth that's are ones of why venus in not a persuit despite the dangers.
Another examples is: Venus have been the most Earth-Like planet in our solar system, Venus can sometime be our nearest option for a planetary visit that'a are ones good why venus is despite the dangers.
so this terms the NASA send humans to go and study venus and them resul is venus good for despite the dangers or not
and the result are good find more things and them resolve the problems the NASA say not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. | 2 |
5bbf0ed | Dear our state Senator,
I am writing to you for not only myself but for the citizens of our state. I do not agree with The Electoral College and I think that our way of voting for president should be based off of popular vote. I know our state and our country has been using electoral college as our way of voting for a very long time throughout our nations history. But Electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrrational. and i'll tell you whats wrong with the electoral college.
As you may know we do not directly vote for our president. we vote for our electors who will (hopefully) vote for the president we want. when the time comes for voting the state legislature are technically responsible for picking our electors. We the people are not always in control of who they vote for and the electors could always defy our will. We do not always control who they vote for. So is it really fair if we vote for an elector who doesnt even support us and our say in who we want to lead our country?
Another reason why i do not agree with the electoral college is for the smaller states. they do not have as much of a say in who runs our country like we do. luckily we are one of the biggest states along with california. but in smaller states they almost have no say at all. they dont even see campaigns because no one running for office pays attention to the smaller states. For instance, The campaign in 2000 seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all.
One of the biggest faults in the electoral college even though it is very unlikely but not impossible is a tie. As you already know if there was a tie the election would be thrown to the house of representatives,where state delegations vote on the president. because each state casts only one vote, the houses selections would hardly even show the will of the people. the people would barely have any say whatsoever. does that seem fair to you?
Those are the reasons why i and many other citizens do not agree with the elecotral college. its unfair to us , the people, and smaller states. America is known for being the country of freedom and choice, but if we the people barely have say in who runs our country, are we really elligble to be called that? thats why i think we should use popular vote as our way of electing our president. | 4 |
5bc33ea | Yeee Hahhhh this is your buddy Luke Bomberger here telling you that it would be a wonderful experience that you became one of the Seagoing Cowboys. If you think think this is boloni stop reading, but if you think this would be better than a Cantalope tided to a near by cactuse keep on reading. Anyways I am going to tell you reasons why this would be a great apportunity for you.
First thing I'm going to tell you about is that you get great education learning about all kinds of things. You can learn about pets if you wants to take care of one or more. You can learn about the seas if you want to travel around the world on a sea boat. You can also learn about the famous enough wars like World War ll .
Second thing I'm going to tell you about is we get special offers to go places to deliver letters, and rewards for doing a good job.
If people are hurt or sick we ar eat he ones to help, and be their for them. If that happens will you be there. | 2 |
5bc5aff | I think teaching how to do this to students is a very good idea. Because if we teach this to students we can tell if a person is having a dad day and you can help them out or not. You could also tell if someone is happy or sad. You could tell if they are havin g a dad day and you could try and make them have a good day. You could tell if someone was having suicidle thoughts or is just joking. If you see someone that is happy you could try and keep them happy all day. The author also tells you could not do this with your home PC because it coundn't handle the complex algorithms that you would need for this to work. He tells you what muscles to look for that are bieng used if you try this on a lab partner. He tells you what muscles that are needed for a genuine smile and what muscles to look for on a forced smile. Like in a real smile the person would be using Zygomatic major(muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth. But in a false smile the person would be using the muscles called the Zygomatic muscle and the risorius muscle also. | 2 |
5bc984d | Driverless cars would not be a good idea for our society to convert to. A car without a driver would be more dangerous. It would also not be as mentally stimulating as actually driving is. It would lead to laziness. There would also be more accidents.
Driverless cars would be detrimental to our society. Cars without dirvers would not be safe and would lead to more accidents. Without an actual thinking human behind the wheel, anything could go worong. There could be a system malfunction that could result in the deaths of many people. Driverless cars would also not be as mentally healthy as driving a real car is. Driverless cars would not be mentally stimulating at all. Sure, the car may be able to provide entertainment for the driver, but that is nothing compared to the mental benefit of driving. Driving requires you to think about your actions, whereas simply being entertained does not. Not driving your own car would also lead to more laziness. If humans stop having the energy to just drive their own car, then what comes next? We stop walking and breathing on our own too? Driverless cars would just push us closer to doing nothing for ourselves and relying on technology completely.
Driverless cars are something that our society needs to avoid. They would cause many more injuries and accidents than our current cars do. They would not be mentally healthy. They would urge our society to become even more dependent on technology than we already are. Overall, driverless cars would just be detrimental. | 3 |
5bca159 | Do you own a car? Have you ever driven one? Many people would answer yes to these questions, and would agree that cars , in fact, are very useful. But have you ever thought of the adavantages that would occur if we limited car usage? While cars are very useful, they also have lots of negative side affects that come along with it. Cars accumulate lots of pollution in the enviroment and stress to humans. Also less cars, results in less traffic, which means you will be wasting less of you're life waiting to get somewhere and actually being there in the moment. Whether you realize it or not Americans are already starting to cut down on car uasge. In the article "The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it even states "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."
The world has been struggling with pollution for quite some time now and has been trying to come up with ways to cut it down. So why not start with where it derives from the most? Cars. Pollution by cars got so bad in Paris that they had to use license plate numbers to decide what cars could drive on certain days! But what did happen was "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." (Duffer). That is amazing! Just five days of less car usage and the smog went down 60 precent. Pollution would drop in great precentages if we just cut down car usage a bit. Pollution will always be harmful to the world, but steps should be taken to harm the world as little as possible.
Stress is something everyone experiences, but it is safe to say that everyone could do with less of it. Cars cause lots of stress to humans. A city in Germany does not allow cars and a women from the city says "When I had a car I was always tense." (Rosenthal). She is much more relaxed now and does not need to worry about all the stress that comes along with owning a car. Another person from Bogota, Columbia, where they have a car-free day, says "Its a good opportunity to take away stress..." (Selsky). People all around the world are reporting that their lives are a lot less stress free when they do not own cars. Stress is something that can be very damaging to a human when in large amounts and just cutting down on driving takes away lots of that stress.
Everyone has been stuck in traffic from time to time, and for some people in small cities, five minutes could be a long time to be stuck in traffic. But for some people in big cities like New York City and Los Angelos, people waste hours stuck in traffic! When you accumulate all those hours stuck in traffic, that is a lot of your time wasted in just waiting to get from desitination A, to destination B. Those hours could be spent on actually being there in the moment at the destination you want to be at. "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009....." (Rosenthal), many people now-a-days just want to get to the place that they are going to, as fast as possible; whether that be by car-pooling, taking the bus, or biking. Car usage is already decreasing, but that advantage should be taken that people want to live in the moment more and car usage should be even more cut down.
Car usage may never be completely taken away, but it defintley can be lowered. The advantages and benefits of just less car usage is astonishing. Less pollution to help the world, less stress to help the people, and letting people live life in the moment more are all advantages the derive from cutting down on the usage of cars. It may be diffcult to let go of something many people hold on to so dearest, but it is a change the will benefit us. While cars may have its pros, its cons outweigh it in the end. | 5 |
5bca2c3 | My opinion is that we be able to vote saying the most popular votes win because why would we give are opinion and stating it if it doesn't matter? Well according to the 1st source the electorial college process consists of a selection if the electors wich is were they go and have a big meeting of the electors and who is gonna win President or vice president, They look over the counting electoral votes by the congress. I think having the most popular would be better because then most people wont get mad or cause problems because they got to say who they want so its not picked by other people stating that there opinion doesn't matter when really it does. people get to pick who they want by why pick it if you dont pick he most popular vote ,because what if we dont like what you pick ?
under the electoral college you vote for a state of electors witch meaning you would be voting for the state and the electoral college would vote for president you wouldn't , voters in hawaii and ohio were 3,687 voters had voted the other way. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe. at the most basic level the eletroral college are unfair to voters because the winner takes all. what do they mean by winner takes all ? why cant they share half and half its not fair that all the other people running trying to protect and help are country and do all these things dont get any sort of winner thing, to me that is unfair we have people that wanna help and protect us and you say winner takes all i think we should at least share with the other people running. they say in the paragraph 'everyone's president a solid regional favorite such as romney was in the south has no incentive to compaign heavily in those states for he gains no electioral votes by increasing his plurality instates that he knows he will win wich meaning he is saying he knows he will win , so thats my opinion we should have the most popular votes win to see who will be president and vice prsident. | 2 |
5bcf37f | Dear Senator, i am not in favor of keeping the Electoral College. I would much rather have the presidency based on the popular vote. With the Electoral College, voters aren't even voting for the presidential canidate, they are voting for a slate of voters. This slate of voters will then go put the number of electoral votes that the state has in. For example, in Florida, the voting slate is twenty-nine. So which ever canidate wins the popular vote in Florida, receives twenty-nine electoral votes. The popular vote method would take longer, because more votes would have to be counted and added, but I truely beleive it would be more effective.
In 2012, Obama received 61.7% of electoral votes but only 51.3% of popular. Either way he would have won, but the popular vote is more of what the actual citezens want. in 2000, Al Gore dominated the individual popular vote, but when the electoral votes were counted, Gore came up short with 266, wheras Bush had 271. So you can see that if the popular vote was what counted (as it should be), Gore would have won the election.
During the election campaign, some states may not even see the canidates. For example in the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates. The reason behind this is because of "swing states". Canidates don't want to waste time in states that they have no chance of winning. Instead, they focus only on the tight runs in the "swing states". Voters in twenty-five of the largest media markets didn't see the first campaign ad during the whole election.
In conclusion, the Electoral College is over-rated, and somewhat inaccurate. The reason I say that it is somewhat inaccurate, is because the people are voting for the presidential canidate that they want to have in office. Instead, they are actually voting for votes. Sounds a little weird but it is true. In reality, the popular vote makes little difference, and that should change. | 3 |
5bcf9b0 | I think that we should keep the Electoral College but we could also change election by popular vote because there could be problems over the outcome of an Electoral College, the reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. A candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president. Voters in toss-up are more likely to pay close intention to the campaign, knowing that they are going to decide the election. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the vote cast. It also restores some weight in the political balance. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast. The Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electoral. Most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. Your states Certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. Voters can expect close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. Under the electoral college system, voters don't vote for the president, but for electors, who in turn elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. The person who picks the electors in the first place depends on the state.
The argument against the electoral college is what we might call disaster factor. If there is a tie in the electoral vote, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. Because each state casts only one vote. the electoral college is unfair to voters, because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, they only focus on the right races in the swing states. But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote the party's nominee, but it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. The Elecotral college is widely regarded as an person or a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present, it's a non- demogratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receive most popular votes the winner.
So i think we should keep electoral college because it's a process not a place. "The founding faters established it in the constitution as compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens" (Source 1 paragraph 1). | 1 |
5bd2501 | Driveless Cars are the new future. I think that driveless cars will be very helpful and fun for everyone in the world. I think they would be helpful, entertaining, and useful. Although cars now are very useful, I believe that the Driveless Cars will be even more useful for the future.
Driveless Cars would be helpful to us because it could possibly cause us less accidents. Everyday there is an accident at least somewhere. The causes to some of these accidents could be texting, drinking and driving, not paying attention, or just bad roads. But the major one that we have is the texting and driving. There is over 50% that someone is either texting or on the phone with someone and they get in an accident. Drivless cars you don't have to do anything really. Yes you still have to pay attention but you can glance down a time or two. Also these cars will alarm you when to take over the car. They alarm you when it's bad traffic or if theres an accident ahead. It also has you take over once you are pulling in or out of a driveway. I think that it is very helpful for that because it'll most likley decrease the amount of accidents we could have a day.
Driveless cars just seem like it would be fun. Who wouldnt want a car that can go off on its own and need you to take control over only sometimes? You can actually enjoy yourself and look around. You are still paying attention to the road but just not as much as when you are driving. When you are driving you have to be focused on the road and other drivers at the same time. The driverless cars do that for you. They also watch you. They make sure that you still pay attention to the road. The car also gives you a second to prepare yourself for when you are about to take over. I think that it would just be enjoy able and fun to have a Driverless car.
Nobody likes to fill up their car and use money. Everybody hates how many times a week they have to stop and get gas. The driverless car uses half the fuel of todays taxis. They also offer a lot more flexibility than a bus. In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming" Sergey Brin says "He believes such cars fundamentally change the world." (paragraph 1). This could be saving your money and very useful. Sergey Brin also predicts that he can see these Driverless Cars into a Public transport taxi system. That would be really useful to the world and again save a lot of our money.
In conclusion I think that the Driverless Cars would be Helpful, entertaining, and useful to our world. I think that it could really change our world and have a big impact on it. Although cars now are very useful, I believe that the Driveless Cars will be even more useful for the future. | 4 |
5bd28b9 | Reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys program are so many! Take Luke for a example, He got to explore and see Europe and Luke crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and crossed the Pacific Ocean twice!
Also,Luke didn't just have fun for himself,he also helped people who were affected by World War II. The group that helped those runied countries and affected people were UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration).Where Luke comes in is when the UNRRA needed people to take care of horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas the UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to do that job. After hearing about that Luke and his friend Don signed up. Also its not boring on the ship full of animals because the cowboys could do the following;baseball,vollyball,table-tenis,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling and games. Luke went on many amazing places such as the Acropolis in Greece,taking a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,Luke toured the excavated castle Crete,and marvled at the Panama Canal on his way to China,plus that was his only favorite places not all the places he went so you can imagine all of the places you could go!
There so many possibilites you can do with this wonderful job. You can make new friends and see all new places you could never imagine,and even start a new and exciting life. | 2 |
5bdbe50 | Stepping foot in venus would be a wrong idea without many research of how to do that. I think that the author used enough information to support the idea of Venus being a dangerous site. The author uses information to prove that Venus is a dangerous site by giving description,making observations,and doing research.
The author uses research information by proving that venus is a dangerous site .Text evidence that supports this is in the text it says,"Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."This shows that the author explains from studies that no one ever step foot into Venus ."Another piece of evidence that supports that the author uses research information to prove that Venus is in the text in paragraph 3 it 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 shows that the author is trying to talk about how hot the planet venus is and it can hurt us humans to be there,because nowhere in Earth is as hot as Venus.
The author also uses description to prove that Venus is a dangerous planet. The author does that by talking about the weather ,and observations that they found. Text vidence that supports this is in the text it says,"Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes ,powerful earthquakes ,and frequent lightning strikes to probe seeking to land on it's surface."This shows that the author is proving the fact that the weather in Venus is more severe than any other planet in the solar system. Another piece of evidence that supports that is in the text it says,"Modern computers are enormously powerful ,flexible ,and quick ,but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions."This shows that the author gave a point by finding out about observations of how powerful ,well-advanced technology can not survive in a place like Venus.
This is why I think the author used an abundant amount of information to prove that Venus is a dangerous planet that people can study ,because of it's geological study of weather,and it's conditions .This shows that the author proved his/her point that Venus is the most dangerous planet that people could explore .The author does this by giving information,making observations,and giving description to help the reader understand how dangerous this planet is . | 4 |
5bdedc7 | The face on mars was first found by the spacecraft called Viking one and was cirling mars when it found the face. alot of people belive it is a real artifact. NASA has took more pictures to prove that it is infact not an artifact. People belive there just covering it up so pople wont know about it. But that is not true it would benifit NASA if it were an true artifact.
The face on mars is just a lndform because of the pictures we took we could not see and form of building structure. one thing that brings me to this conclusion is the rocks and shadows made it look and seem very real. The text states "...formed by shadows...". Tv and other things are what is drawing the attention to the matter andthey are whats broadcasting to the world that it is real. The text states " It starred in a hollywood film , appeared in books , magazines, radio talk shows..."
This brings me to the conclusion that infact it is not real but was made real by televison and other things. People just dontt wanna listen to the since behind it. If it where in fact real it would benifit NASA. | 2 |
5be08a8 | Driverless cars are here! They may not be at your local car dealership,but that's because there are a few concerns with safety issues and other things. I think driverless cars maybe the next big thing, but some people disagree with me. I will tell you why.
Safety issues might be the biggest problem with driverless cars. What if the car decides just to run a red light & the passenger gets injured or killed? What if the car goes past the speed limit & will not slow down? What if the car just decides to drive itself? These are all safety concerns people may have about driverless cars, but little do they know, all of these things can happen in a regular vehicle and not just driverless cars.
Another concern might be roads. If driverless cars need their own special roads where will they be built? how much will it cost? What if a non driverless car gets onto a driverless car road? I'm pretty sure if google is able to manufacture a driverless car all of these issues will be a piece of cake to deal with.
In conclusion i think driverless cars are going to take a big toll on the world. A good toll. Even though there might be a lot of concerns and issues now with driverless cars, i believe that by 2020 (4 years from now) everything will be very reliable and safe enough for people to actually buy & drive them rather than just test them. | 2 |
5be2475 | It is possible that schools and their administrators want to know if their way of running the school and the activites they choose to do are in the best interest of their students. Children tend to not want to say much or tell the teachers how they really feel about a homework assignment or how boring their class really is. With the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System teachers and administrators can view how the students really feel about the way things are devised. This technology can perceive and recognize the subtle facial movements of humans based off a still image of the person. The Facial Action Coding System could be valuable to read students' emotional expresions in the classroom and help schools become more sufficient.
In the article the author says "if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow." Some type of software is seeing what one takes interest in and making it a priority to stay consistent. School could be the same way. If the Facial Action Coding System sees that during a specific activity or certain topic students are engaged and very pleased with the task, it could help the school follow up with those types of tasks more often. The author quotes Dr. Hang by saying "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." What Dr. Hang is initially saying is, if the computers have the asset of detecting if students are confused or having trouble the new technology could transfer that to teachers. He also says " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human intstructor." Sometimes students have trouble asking the teacher for assistance. Or some things just may be too hard for them, but they will never say anything. With the help of the Facial Action Coding System, lessons can change to where as it approaches each student differently. This could possibly provide a boost to essential test scores for a school. However, not to say that the software could potentially read the emotions of others wrong, because in some cases humans tend to have a look on their face that contradicts their actual emotion. Not to mention the software is compared against a neutral face. That means that the software is going off of a blank expression extracting a emotion from it. But, that's what makes the Facial Action Coding System so unique and valuable because students often have blank expressions protrayed on their face anyhow.
All in all, the Facial Action Coding System could be a great value to assist instructors in reading students emotions in the classroom. Not only could it give a stepping stone to major test scores, but it could assist school becoming students best interest. | 4 |
5be496b | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," we're introduced to the idea of Venus being like Earths "twin" in terms of density, size, and distance. The author shows us that Venus is a dangerous place, but that it is worthy of studying because Astronomers have the idea of Venus being the most Earth-like planet in the solar system, Venus is probably the hottest planet on earth, but in the
past it was probably covered by large oceans and various froms of life, just like planet earth. Scientists have the hope of Venus being a place esxplored by humans some day in the future and maybe with new technology that would be possible.
On my point of view, Venus is worthy the studying not only beause it is the closest to Earth but also because when Earth is destroyed by humans Venus can be the new Earth, hopefully humans will change their minds when Earth is destroyed and they won't want the new Earth to be destroyed. If scientists are succesfull in sending humans to study Venus, probably in a future th planet can be saved, it won't be as hot as it is now and it won't be as dangerous. Althought because of the dangerous it is at this point Venus won't be able to get reached and studied.
In conclussion Venus is a dangerous but studying worthy planet that may or may not be explored by humans in a distant future, Venus itself can possibly be discovered with advanced technology, it's surface it too hot for the technology we have now but hopefully Scientist will discover something to explore and get to know earth's twin, who knows maybe in a far away future we may be living in Venus, and hopefully humans will change for good. | 3 |
5be5515 | As we advance in technology, this helps us to accomodate to our everyday needs/wants. One of the things companys are trying to advance, is cars. Dealerships and other companys are trying to solve the problem of smarter cars, or computer-driven cars. In my own opinion, I see this as a bad idea. These smarter cars, are practically just computers. Computers fail and mess up all the time, these cars will have maulfunctions do to this problem. If there was an accident, it would be hard to determine if it was the "driver's" fault, or the company's. Another thing that could go wrong with these cars is if these types of cars drive themselves, there will be people that will not pay attention to the things around them, which results in accidents.
Even though there are so many advances in these smarter cars already, there are still so many things that need to be improved if we are ever going to have these in the future. In the article, it talks about all the advances such as sensors, cameras, BMW cars driving at 25 mph on their own, vibrations that go off if your in danger, etc. Yet, what about all the things left to discover and fix about these cars? Since these smarter cars are just computers, what is going to happen when a piece of the "computer" messes up and your on the road? The driver won't know. This would result in many accidents.
With all these accidents that could happen driving one of these cars, whose fault would it be? The owner of the car isn't really driving this car, the company designed this car to drive itself and to be safe. In my opinion, these cars could cause a lot of court orders and hearings. The company of these smarter cars would have to have some sort of agreement plan set up, or they would be getting sued all the time. Nobody will want to take blame for all these accidents that may happen, because you really won't know whose fault it is.
If smarter cars do pass law obligations and make the market, what are drivers going to do? All they will have to do is sit in the car and watch as it drives itself. Using the phone and driving is already a huge issue right now, this results in many fatal accidents already. There is always going to be those drivers that will not pay attention to their smarter cars while driving, they could be using their phones or doing anything. This would be another major risk factor for selling this type of automobile. Many collisions and crashes could result from thinking your car can handle driving on its own, when the person "driving" still needs to pay attention to everything going on.
Even though technology keeps advancing, we need to learn to use these advances in good, positve, safe ways. This type of automobile may or may not be in this category. As of now according to the article, we have companies already figuring out the pros/cons of computer-driven cars. If this advancment is going to work out in the future, these trial and errors are the way to figure everything out. In my own opinion, I still think smarter cars will turn out bad in the end, yet with the technology advancing like it is, there is no way of telling. | 4 |
5be63fc | To state senator i'm argue is that we should keep the Electoral College because it's a place where we vote on President and Vice President,and the place where we count the votes,and the Electioral College process consists of the selection of the electors. Reason number one is it's the place where we vote on President and Vice President because it's in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress. And election of All the soon President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Reason number two is the place where we count the votes is because a majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the President. And when we vote for our candidate we are actually voting for your candidate's electors. And each of the candidate running for President in our state has his or her own group of electors. And reason number three is the Electional College process consists of the selction of the electors and that is my thrid reason is because were states's entitled allotment of electors equal the number of members in it's congressional delegation:and one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for you senators. And this are all my three reasons why we should keep the Electoral College. | 1 |
5be652c | Have you ever wandered about self-driving cars? I believe that they should be the next step in the automobile industry. Some reasons why self-driving cars should be part of the future is because of the traffic jam assistance, in car entertainment, and the safety of the self-driving vehicle. How does a car assist you in a traffic jam?
In the self-driving cars vehicle manufactors have built it to be able to drive in conditions below 25mph. When a person is in a traffic jam they begin to get bored and eventually sleepy. Instead of a person now continuisly have to push and release the gas the car now does that for you. Also when the car is driving the person is required to keep their hands on the steering wheel at all times. This feature also alows the car to react if the driver falls asleep. Wouldent in-car entertainment just be another distraction to the driver?
Most people would say that having something else to watch while behind the wheel is a distraction to driving. For this in-car entertainment the feature would only be avalible for the driver when the car is in traffic jam assist mode and would instantly shut off when the driver needs to take over the car. How is all these gagets safe for the driver and all other drivers?
The safety of these self-driving cars has been checked over and over. More and more sensors are being put into the car to make it able to detect other cars and to stop/go when needed. Although one arguement about safety has been brought up about not having a human driver controlling the car at all times.
Have you wandered what a self-driving car would be like? I believe that self driving cars should be the next step for the automobile industry. Some reasons why it should be the future of cars is because of traffic jam assistance, in car entertainment, and the safety of the self-driving cars. What would it be like to have a self-driving car? | 3 |
5bef364 | In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile ", the author explains this new technology and decribes how it works. The technology would have many benefits. Which include: students focusing more, getting more involved, and even doing better in school. The new technology can have major avdcantages for not only the students but the administration as well.
By using the Facial Action Coding System the studetns will tend to be more focused on something that cathes their eye. If the new technology can tell when one is getting more or distracted it can change up to lesson plan. " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." The lesson can be changed into something not only benefitical but entertaining for the students. Holding the attention of every student is a hard task for one teacher so with this new system it can help hold the attention. Even when the teacher has attention of some students some dont focus on the same situation. holding the attention is a major factor in a school setting and with the help of the sytem learning can change. Every student has a different learning style.
It can also help on how much the stdents interact. The students will learn at their pace with their required style of teaching the new sytem will provude them therefore leading to better understanding of the task at hand. The students will start participaiting more abd ecen start sharing their thoughts on the siblect. Plus the new exciting way of learning will make them want to show how mch they learned with the new Facial Action coding System.
Lastly, if the students are focusing more on their new and improved learing techniques then they will also get more of their homework done. The new technology will hold the attention of the audience and teach the topic better. This system will help the teachers get every childs attention rather than some. Every teacher teache at her pace her technique they think is best for us but sometimes their way is not the right way for every student.
The new Facial Action Coding System has many advantages that school administration should take into consideration. It will help kids lern, feel proud enough to interact, and even give them boost of confidence to get better grades. | 3 |
5bf3e0d | Venus started to form life just like Earth, many years ago, according to the text. The author supports this idea by giving examples and how can life can be formed in Venus. The author also gave information about how powerful earthquakes and lightning strikes can provoke Venus. The author also goes on by
saying how Venus was probably covered with oceans and could've had forms of life. And, life on Venus are very limited because forms of light don't happen very often according to the text. Also, I forgot to mention that technonlogy in Venus are powerful aswell, and also runs real quck/fast.
In the text it states,'' Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking the to land on its surface.'' This is basically saying that Venus has very powerful weathers that is most likely to kill you if you live in Venus. In the text in paragraph 4 it states,'' Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.'' This sentence is basically saying that Venus could have been just like Earth. What I'm saying is that Venus could have been having human life, like for example, human can actually live in Venus for the rest of their lifes if they know how to live in extreme conditions. And finally, in paragraph 5, it states,'' Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.'' Basically what this sentence is saying is that Venus is so hot that possible Venus might have the weather temperature just like Earth. Humans can live there but might be dangerous because the weather in Venus is so powerful and can kill you and growing food may be hard at times.
If you love bad weather and tend to challenge yourself on extreme living conditons, then Venus is the right place for you. What I'm basically saying is that if you love challenging yourself and how far you can become at extrme living conditions then Venus is the right place for you. Or, if you love technology and you want your modern phone, computer, etc to run fast, then Venus is the place for you. In paragraph 7, it states, '' Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme pysical conditions.'' Basically, if you make mechanical parts can be made more resistant. If you challenge yourself (I'm not saying that you/one should live in Venus, that's your option) or our human mentality may lead in exploring Earth because our human brains may cause us to explore more Earth, until all Earth Edges. Like for example, nobody lives in Antartica and its off limits, we aren't allowed to visit Antartica and it's not owned by anyone. But, we as humans we are curious creatures that would like know everything or explore more Earth, or not just Earth but other planets. | 3 |
5bf3f75 | Where do i stand on the development of Driverless Cars? Eh, they could be useful. But then again, still very dangerous. You have to be a very responsible person to handle one of these vehicles though. My concern is the individual driving the vehicle, or maybe another person whose very smart but jealous of the person who has this cool new car.
The person driving can't expect the car to just drive it automatically home from work or something. What if a person falls asleep behind the wheel because they thinks its fine for just one time? There are some things that do not need to be created for human usage because some people dont know how to handle things, which ruin it for others.
Now the crazy jealous techno Wiz. Your neighbo,r or somebody could hack into your car's system and make it do things you dont want. They could probably control where you're going, make you randomly crash, drive you off the highway, ANYthing. People are crazy, and know how to hack into just about anything they set their minds to. The car ITSELF might have a malfunction & end up killing you.
In conclusion, I dont belive the driverless cars are a good idea anymore. We have enough technology that should keep us content. The people creating this should be using the money for more important things. | 3 |
5bf57f0 | Would driverless cars be successful or destructive to society?
Driverless cars would be an good idea.
They could possibly lower car crashes in the country.
Driverless cars could also be an bad idea.
They could put people's lives at risk. The driverless car could save someone's life or it could risk it.
This invention would be a good use to a drunk driver.
Instead of the drunk driver driving and possibly killing themself or others, the driverless car can drive him or her home with no one harmed in the process.
Its also a good use to those who text and drive because it will alert them to stop texting and to pay attention to the road.
Although the car is driving on it's own, you still have control over what the car does.
This allows you to take over if you feel the need too.
The driverless automobile has many qualifications to it, other than driving on its own.
In the passage it says that the car willl alert the human driver when it needs him or her to take over.
This is good because instead of letting him or her get into an accident, it'll notify them before anything occurs.
The automobiles also have cameras watching the driver to make sure they are also paying attention to the roads.
Driverless cars can be turned off if the human driver would prefer to drive.
The designers for the driverless car are focusing on the safety of the drivers.
Although the driverless car is a good idea, its also a bad one.
The driverless car could have an technology fail. If this would too ocur, the manufacture would be at fault because they didn't do their job correctly. The manufacturer is supposed to make sure that no one will be harmed using their product. The manufacturer should check for malfuctions in their system before selling their car.
This automobile could be very useful in the future.
The manufactures should carefully plan this out carefully.
The car could save many lives. There is a lot of good qualifications that comes with the car but there's also a few bad ones too.
This car could either build society or ruin society. | 2 |
5bf836e | The nasa is woirking on other approaches to studyng venus, for example some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venu's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.
A thick atmostphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venu's atmostphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmostpheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.
This is a challenge about Explring Venus. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of destiny and size, and occasionally the closestin distance to. The national Aeronauticsand space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. They want to learn about Venus, and Mars. | 1 |
5bf8a20 | The author suggest that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents becuase the author thinks that they are "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans".
In the text it states that "since no spacecraft survived the landing for mote then a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity us." and what i think the author means that venus would be a very challenging planet for humans to study despite that its proximity to us.
The second thing that the author states is that "such an enviorment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest part of oceans and would liquefy many metals." meaning that the temprature in venus is so hot that it would liquefy so many metals. The author says that " tempratures would stillbe toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that sea level on earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. not east conditions, but survivable for humans."
The last thing that the text says is that " Our travelers on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imaginations and innovations." meaning that when humans go to venus and they should expand the very edges of there imaginations and innovations, that they will discover wonders about Venus. | 3 |
5bfc916 | So all of this has been going on for awhile now on the news with all the gossip and rummors being spread its lead you to beleive there is life on mars. The question is is there really life on mars. The images shown from 1976 could eassily convince someone there is life on mars being that a single human has not ever been to mars before.
This dosn't necasarily mean anything though. Then they took an other picture of the so called face on mars in 1998 it came in clearer now becouse we had created new technolgy that lets us take better pictures. Then finally as techonolgy as we know it has become greater it takes better pictures now so in 2001 N.A.S.A took an other photo of the mysterios face. It turns out its not even a face it was just a land form.
With the new technology there was no dobt it was just a landform "so, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks,you could see what they are!" As stated in paragraph 11. It is just a landform like land forms we have on our planet we have the grand canyon for instance it just so happens mars has some landforms of its own and it just happens to be a landform clasified as a mesa landform common in part of the american west. So dont let hollywood get to you with there myths and spooky tales the real evidence prooves its just a land form.
It is fun though to dream of it as a sing there is other life beyond us but for right now it is just a landform on mars. If your still not conviced let me explain more the reason that we had not came across the landform as soon as we had discovered mars is becouse we don't cover that area that often but it is shurley not aliens. Look at the time capsale at the beginning of the arcticle from 1976 to 2001 it clarifies more so you can see the image better it just is a peice of land perhaps the image that was taken was just clouds casting a shadow that made it apear as a face. I hope i have cleared any thoughts you have had other wise about this so now yo know it is just a simple lanform that was once dreamed as a face. | 3 |
5c00e80 | Everyone has a role in the community: such as citizens , mayors , senators , or even presidents. These high roles are selected by the citizens within the community. Some people have a technique of who they vote for but everyone follow the same system, the Electoral College. "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." - souce 1 . The Electoral College gives citizens that meet the criteria a chase to vote.
The Electoral College is a system use for citizens to pick who they would like to make and force the laws. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congess."- Source 1. It's many steps to picking a president. You have to pick candidates and those candidates have their share of electors, which are chosen by a political party under certain qualifications. "The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are . . . ." -source 1.
The Electoral College has many flaws that can happen but is unlikely to happen. The citizens really don't vote for the president, they put they trust in an electors hand to choose the right President. "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed). . ."-Source 3. Its unlikely for the trust to be betrayed but it has happened during the Gore vs. Bush campaign in 2000. The Electoral College, despite its lack of democratic history, have five practical reasons for retaining- Certainty of Outcome, the President chosen becomes everyone president, some states are swing states, some are big states, and they try to avoid run-off elections.
"At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters."-source 2. While others may want to get rid of the Electoral College due to the unfairness it brings, others may feel different and would like to keep it going due to it given the citizens a choice. "You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates's electors."-Source 1.
"Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political prefereance rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. . . ."-source 3. The electoral college should continue to help citizens vote for campaign runners role in the community because it provides the citizens a choice and also a voice. A vote may not change a election but every vote will count and make a difference. | 3 |
5c04c45 | The Facial Action Coding System is an invasion of privacy and should not be used in classrooms or on students. Students should chose when and to who they reveal their emotions, and this system deprives them of that freedom.
As stated in by Nick D'Alto, most human communication is not verbal. Meaning that people express their emotions by their looks or their actions, but they chose when to do this. The Facial Action Coding System takes away this freedom from students, they do not have the choice when to express what they are feeling if anyone can just use a face scanning system on them. " Imagine being able to detect exaclty how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions (D'Alto 1)," this first sentence perfectly shows how it takes away peoples freedom of when they want to express certian emotions tocertian people.
Every human has naturaul rights, and in America everyone has the right to freedom of speech. But part of that right to speech is having the choice not to speak. The Facial action Coding System would take away people's freedom of facial expression or emotion. People should have the right to chose to who and when they express their emotions, and this system takes away these rights. | 3 |
5c0836b | Exploring Venus
The author supports the idea about study the planet Venus because this article talks about that Venus is a planet that was like the Earth ithasa surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. But Venus has the hottest surface temperature of our solar system even if Mercury is closer to our sun. The National Aeronaustics and Space Administration (NASA) is thinking about to send humans to Venus, many researchers are working on innovation that would allow our machines to have knowledge of Venus. Venus is the closest in distance and neighbor of the Earth and Mars even that, the pressure is 90 times greater than the any preassure of the Earth and that Venus's temperature is around of the 170 degrees but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth.
In conclusion, scientist are trying to innovate the technology to support the conditions that Venus has, and study more of it, like what kinds of thinks human can find in the planet, or some resources that we don't have, the curiosity of human should not stop by the danger that is outside of our knowledge. | 2 |
5c0cf35 | Can't fake out your teacher of a lesson anymore. This new technology called "Facial Action Coding System" can read your emotions through muscles in your face. This technology can enchance lessons being taught to students, and also help tell if a student is struggling with emotional issues. This technology can modify lessons for each individual student and could possibly help the teen rates of depression or other mental disorders.
This tech could be put in classrooms and read every students face while the teacher presents the lesson. As Dr. Huang states in the article "A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Facial muscles will move in the different patterns depending on how that person is feeling. This could give the teacher signals that he or she needs to change it up and get the class's attention back. Additionally this could also alert the teacher that a student is struggling.
If a student is struggling with depression or anxiety, which are some of the leading issues with teenagers in present day, the computer system could detect it and put someone's attention to it. The human eye can only tell so much from looking at someone facial expression. As the article informs "... we humans can perfrom the same impressive "calculation" every day.... Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." We can only perferm so much, but FACS uses video imagey to track facial motions. Each emotional uses different muscle combinations to express themselves. Although this technology is a great step, how much does this require to become practical?
This tech could cost school systems thousands of dollars and doesn't make up for when the student is at home. The article makes a remark about this topic by saying "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." If it can not decode that then how will it decode a human's face. The human face is much more complex than a painting. This shows that the technology has great potential, but still requires some improvements.
FACS can assist teachers in lessons and help call out students in need. It isn't perfect though and requires more steps to become easy to access, but it has major potential to benefit our lively-hoods in the future. You better start practcing your fake smile or get ready to learn more easily, because FACS will be in use soon. | 4 |
5c0dcf4 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", it describes how this new technology called the "Facial Action Coding System" can identify human emotions and how it's is a very useful piece of technology. I have to agree, this new technology can be very helpful to many people.
For example, in paragraph six line six to eight it says "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 not only can know how students are feeling about a certain lesson or problem in class, but can also ajust it's way of learning to a way that is best understandable for the students. Once sadisfied, and the computer reads that the student is "happy" with it, they'll finally be able to learn more and get a lot of their work done. Not only is this a really spectacular piece of technology, but a very useful one at that.
Reads a persons emotions, modified lessons to fit a student's understanding; once satisfied or "feeling happy" with it, a student can then work easier along with getting a lot more work done. I mean, does this not sound very useful and benificial to many people, to many students. This new piece of technology is going to help many students, and I for one would love to use the "Facial Action Coding System". | 2 |
5c0e7d0 | Driverless cars are more expensive and require more attention than what they are worth in and of themselves. Driverless cars will be expensive to manufacture, which will be handed to the consumer in that driverless cars will be more expensive than regular cars. Since driverless cars still require an operator to monitor the enviornment, a person might as well just be driving the vehicle.
Driverless cars either require smarter roads, which will be extremely expensive to upgrade current roads and the cost of that would ultimately be handed down to taxpayers, or require expensive engineering which the cost of would be passed down to consumers.
Driverless vehicles still would require an operator which poses several issues. Drivers could become bored, and even if they had entertainment systems build into the car, drivers would then be distracted from the vehicle's environment in the case where the driver needed to take control of the vehicle. Even if the entertainment systems could shut themselves off in a moment's notice, drivers may not be in a state of mind that is prepared to operate a vehicle in an emergency situation.
The legal challenges facing driverless cars are also not worth fighting. Multitudes of laws would need to be changed in order for driverless cars to be legal. And even if some states legalized driverless cars, then there would be practical issues for consumers. Drivers would not be able to cross state lines if some states legalized driverless cars while others did not. Also, if a driverless car manages to get into an accident, then the quesstion of who would be liable for the accident would pose legal issues. And in the case where one driverless car got into another driverless car, then the law would be especially ambiguous as to who is at fault for such an accident.
In conclusion, driverless cars are more expensive, both in the engineering or upgrading of roads, than what the cars themselves are worth. Driverless cars still require a driver for special cases, such as navigating around accidents or a hazordous environment, which would also require that the driver stay alert and aware of the environment. Driverless cars lastly pose multitudes of legal issues, as laws would need to be changed and written in order for driverless cars to become legal. Driverless cars that require a driver are not worth being driverless. | 4 |
5c17dfa | Would you like to explore another planet? If so, which one? The author of this artical talks about exploring Venus. He explains what its like there and gives us facts like how it can be the closest planet to Earth time to time but it's really hot there and hard to explore. His reasons for exploring Venus is the closest planet to earth and is earth like and its a challenge that we should take no matter the risk. I dont think that he explained good enough on why its worth it.
The author of the artical, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tells us that "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This means that because its close and Earths "twin" its its worh exploring no matter the challenge it brings.
The author also says "Our travels on Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." When he says this he thinks that we should explore Venus no matter the dangers but in the artical he listed the dangers. He says Venus has a "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet." If it's 90 times grater than what we experience on earth is it worth studying? He tells us that they sent nemerous spaccrafts to Venus but nun of them survieved longer than a few ours. If your spaceships cant land there and survive why send a human there risking lives?
In conclusion he told us some good facts about Venus like how its called Eaths twin, can be closest to earth sometimes, almost same size and same density,and that its 800 degrees Fahrenheit but i dont think his reasons explained good enough on why we should risk exploring there but he did have some good ideals on what they can do to explore Venus like hover over it 30 plus miles studying it. | 3 |
5c1f480 | The ability for a computer to be able to detect emotion by the twitch of a muscle is incredible and seems almost impossible.
For a computer to detect percentages of emotions, such as with the Mona Lisa (who is supposedly 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry), is even more impressive.
This type of break-through technology can be very useful in the near future to help in the medical field or the law field, but in a classroom?
There is no value in using this technology in the classroom to calculate the emotions that students are feeling. Not only is it an unnecessary cost added to the already minute educational budget, but it is also an invasion of privacy.
The budget for education in America is absurdly small and it won't be going up any time soon.
This would mean an increase on taxes which no one would like.
Anyone that has been in a school knows the quality of the computers.
They are cheap, slow, and just overall trashy.
The fact that schools can't afford to get better computers shows a lot about the budget.
Most people have a computer that performs much better than the school computers.
The author says ,"Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode the Mona Lisa's smile" (D'Alto 7).
This would mean that not only would schools need to purchase brand new computers that have the high capility to run these algorithms, but you would also need to purchase the software which can actually do the facial decoding.
This would be an outrageous cost because of the limited avaliability of this technology to the public.
It simply wouldn't be possible to include this epic technology in classrooms.
While the having the actually money to acquire the new computers and software is already a huge problem in itself, the privacy of students is an even bigger one.
In order to detect emotions on someone or something's face, you would need a camera.
Hypothetically even if we did have the budget to get all the required technology, we would still need to have a camera capturing every movement of student.
Dr. Huang claims, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto 6).
In order for the computer to recognize when a student is becoming confused, the camera must be turned on a filming the student work.
This footage would then be sent to the software where it would then thoroughly analyze the little movements and twitches of the student's face.
This itself is a very serious invasion of privacy, not to mention the possibility of the software being hacked and footage being retrieved from the cameras.
The whole operation of installing and using this software is a law suit waiting to happen.
Technology is incredible and can be use in a variety of different, effective ways.
Dr. Huang's innovation of a computer that can actually detect the facial emotions of a person is absolutely surreal.
It seems almost futuristic.
When this technology is used in an appropriate setting (like a hospital or a court room) the possibilties are endless.
If used in a school where the software would be recording and taking pictures of students and thoroughly analyzing these images, it is not only a blow to the education budget and to our wallets, but it is a serious invasion of privacy and a lawsuit waiting to happen.
For use in a school, the negatives heavily outweigh the positives so for now, we should just let our teachers do the lesson modifying. | 4 |
5c267f8 | If you like animals and traveling, then this is the program for you!
The Seagoing Cowboys go from country to country helping them restore their crops and animals. And while your on the boat, you get to look after animals such as horses, cows, and even mules!
You should join their program because, you would learn how to cope with hard labor, AND you would be helping your country. Being a part of this group is a once-in-a-life-time experience, and you don't want to pass it up.
The pros of being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you would get to see fascinating places you probably wouldn't see otherwise. Such as Greese, New Orleans,and even oceans like the Atlantic or the Pacific. And you could also make a lot of friends on the way.
The cons of being a part of this would be that you might not be able to see your family very often. You might miss the family holidays, like Christmas and Thanksgiving, but you can still talk to them over the phone and communicate with letters.
Along with the fun and games, there is always danger. The seas could get rough, and you could get hurt, but the professionals on the job will try to keep you as safe as possible, for as long as possible.
So, if you are an outgoing, traveling, helping hand, animal lover type of person, then THIS is the program for you. So join now, this once-in-a-life-time opportunity won't last forever! | 3 |
5c27966 | I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You should join because you could be helping the lives of the lives of thousands of innocent people whose homes where destroyed in the wars. One of the interesting things of joining the program is that you can see a amazing sights from all around the world.
It is an unbelieveable opportunity for a small-town boy. Helping these people you can get the benefit of going to China and Europe and their famous landmarks. If you go to Italy there is a chance you could ride in a gondola in Venice,Italy. When i was in Crete is saw an excavated castle. On your way to China you can marvel your eyes at the Panama Canal. If your not in the mood for sight seeing you can go downstairs with some of you co-workers and play some baseball,volleyball,fencing,boxing,reading,whittiling,and Table-tennis to help pass the time while on board.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me.
It opened up the world to me and was vey grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of peolple in other countries and their needs. That awareness stayed with me for along time. It lead my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. If you had any job or chore working on a farm then this job will be great for you.
When your on night watchman duty be careful when it rains. Because when I was on night watchman duty it was raining cats and dogs. I was climbing down a ladder when my foot slipped and I fell in my side. I nearly slid stright off the deck. But before i could fall i grabbed on to a piece of metal before i could fall off. I couldn't work for a few days because of a few cracked ribs. But if you do join just know that your co-workers are there to help you with injuries.
In conclusion, I think that you should join our Seagoing Cowboy program.
Not only will you be helping us by joining but you will also help innocent lives of people who were harmed in the war. | 4 |
5c2e1c3 | Facial Action Coding System is a system in a computer that takes human faces and tells the emotions of that person, made from Professor Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all forty four major muscels in the nodel must move like human muscels. They tested this system on the Mona Lisa painting who was created by artist Leonardo da Vinci. The system shows that the Mona Lisa is eighty-three percent happy, nine percent disgusted, six percent fearful, and two percent angry. However, they are trying to use this technology to read students' emotional expressions, which I am strongly against for the fowling reasons.
Students should have the right to tell rather how they feel or not. As a student in high school, facial expressions are key to what kids are thinking. If students do not want to say what that student feels they should be able to keep it to themselves. All students should have the right to defend themselves with their thoughts. The movement towards that technology to get students emotional expressions will start making a fight between students.
To add to, this system is a very expensive system where schools do not have the money for. Schools need to focus more on getting more help for their students, not finding out their emotional expressions. However, having this system can help students who are in need of guidance, but the students would rather talk to a counslor than a computer. Schools should put more of that money into new books or new activites for the students so the students can say well educated and socially active.
To sum it up, the Facial Action Coding Sytem is a system in which a computer reads a humans face. They should not use this on studenets for privacy of the student, and financial issues. This is a brlliant idea towards pictures of people as in the Mona Lisa, not in students. Students have the right to go to a guidance counsler for issues if they have any, but a student should not get he or she face read unless of student conncent. | 4 |
5c371c1 | In these 3 sources they're talking about electoral college, I beileve electoral college is a good and smart way to handle elections. AN electoral college is a process made by the founding fathers and they estabilshed it in the constitution. Some people planned on abolishing it, I think thats and i'll show you why.
First,I beileve they should not abolish it because its so origanal and whats the reason it needs to be abolished. They're probably planning on making a new system or doing it for a personal matter. Either way, its all depending if the congress and the president himself to agree on this. Overall abolishing a this from the constitution where its been for too long is wrong. Even though this method is not democratic its still not right to abolish this from the constitution.
And, I also know why they are some reasons why they wouldn't want this method to be here. In source 2 it stated "voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of the electors". Everything depends on the state because it decides most of the voting standards of the whole state. This method can also defy the will of the people, sounds anti-republican and just wierd for legislatures to screw with the votes you jotted down. This practictly almost made JFK not a president apparently he got lucky. Richard Nixon voted aand validated his predidency.
In a nutshell, electoral college has its upsides and downsides and is still up today. I beileve its an easy thing to say it all depends on opinion and beilefs. | 2 |
5c38fae | Have you ever wanted to visit other planets? In this essay, I am going to talk about visiting Venus,the dangers, nd what the author supports.
In paragraph 1, Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star" because it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. This name is misleading to many people because some people think that Venus is a star yet it is a planet. Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin." Venus is closet to earth in terms of dennsity and size. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus is a very challenging place to examine more closely because of the atmosphere.
In paragraph 2, it states that many humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus but they have all failed to last more than a few because of the harsh environment on Venus. Not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. According to the article, Venus is a challenging planet for Humans to study despite being a "twin" to earth.
In paragraph 3, it states that there is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets Venus and the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid on Venus. The tempearture too is not friendly to humans. In paragraph 3, it is stated Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in the solar system which means even humans can't be on that planet and this king of heat can even melt metal.
Even though Venus is inhospitable, scientists are still discussing further visits to Venus's surface. According to the article, long ago,Venus was probably covered by large oceans and could have supported various forms of life. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.
In conclusion, The author supports this idea because
at the end of the article, the author says"Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" which means the author strongly wants NASA and other scientistst to come up with some kind of way to navigate and know more about the planet Venus.
Venus is still a
hostile planet to send humans to. NASA is still persisting on sending humans there which is putting their lives in danger. NASA still wants to send people there because they are not the ones going. They don't know much about the planet and they don't know if there is some kind of people or creatures that live there. | 2 |
5c39595 | Imagine what it would be like to use technology to identify human emotions? The article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile" informs us of a new method that might be beneficial for teachers. Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System) has used improved technology to help establish a connection between computers and how they are able to detect human emotions. Another man, by the name of Prof. Thomas Huang, has developed a software, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe. Using computers to help read the emotional expressions of students could be very valuable for teaching and improving education all around the world.
Before learning about the benifits of how computers can detect emotions, it's significant to grasp how the system works. The process begins when a computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. All forty-four major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Dr. Eckman has classified six basic emotions which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness. Moreover, each of the emotions, he claims, are associated with characteristic movements of facial muscles.
On the other hand, Dr. Huang claims that computers can even detect emotional communication when it is nonverbal. "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." His claim seems appealing because it's important for teachers to help their students succeed. However, students periodically become unfocused, confused, and tired throughout the school day. Thats where advanced computers come into play.
Overall, it would be in the best interest of teachers and community schools to upgrage to advanced methods of teaching, involving computers that detect human emotions. Not only would it be beneficial to students, but it would also improve the knowledge of generations and generations. The general public would be brilliant and could do incredible things. They would be able to cure what are now considered uncurable diseases, improve the standard of living, and find answers to environmental problems such as global warming. | 2 |
5c3d2e8 | Have you ever thought of living onanother planet ? well scientists are studying venus. venus is earths twin. It states that "longe ago , venus was probaly covered with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." This means that venus had similar features of eath long ago. this one reason why we should study venus.
Another reason is that veanus has a similar surface. It states that " the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar featuers such as valleys, mountains, and craters." This means that the author is trying to study venus because it has familiar features. NASA are working on different ways to study venus. It states that " some simlified electronics made electronics ...and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." this means they are testing electronics to with stand venus's condictions. If electronics could gather the information for us then thiers no reason for us to not study venus. this is why studying venus is a worthy pusuit despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
5c3d868 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by stating that Venus once had a ocean cover on it. Also that Venus once maybe had a kind of life form on it.
In the article it says that "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray" what that means is that we can build a blimp like vechicle to move ontop of Venus to gather rocks, or even dirt to take back and study. In the article it says that Venus and Mars are our sister planets. Venus also has a tempature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit which makes it really difficult to get to. but scientist think that Venus is worth the risks.
Venus being called the "Evening Star" is misleading because Venus is actually a planet. Its just really bright that even amature stargazers can spot it. Also scientists want to study Venus becuase its the cloest planet to Earths density, and size. And they want to know if it is abke to hold life on its surface again.
Venus is worth the pursuit because theyre so many benefits to finding out what Venus brings to us. Making Venus livable will make an huge stamp on the histoy of space science. | 2 |
5c45f3a | Venus the sister planet of earth is planet very similar to ours and is worh going to. What if venus held life before,according to the text theis is very possible. Sientist are very excited about the things that could be found on Venus and are coming up with ideas to go to Venus. The author explains this topic well has lots of good points. In this essay and I will be stating why venus is worth going to and all the dangers that come alog with it.
The first challenge the author staes is that the scientist have to make the mission safe andproductive. Acording to the article the 800 degree flesh bubbling heat astrnaughts would have to endure is a huge problem for safety. The intence heat paired with the acid rain is something that doesent seem real. Many people dont know but acording to the text the gravity on Venus is 90 times more then what we feel here on Earth. This problem would have to be met with a type of suite in wich is the best we have ever made. If we want to send people to Venus these problems will have to be made with lots of people and tested many times. Acording to paragraph 7 we also would need to come up with materials that will still function properly under all the elements.
The benifitsd the author staes we will have are a very great understanding of what Venus is made of and if anything ever lived on it. The reason we should know whats on venus is for resources and for another planet to have people on. If we find that Venus has a great deal of more usefull resources we can use them. If we find that other being lived on this planet we can try and figure out what happned and learn new ideas that we can use. This would be a great leap in the understanding of planets and help our scientist study them better.
In conclusion the author staed the benifits and dangers good but can still add more details like what other space centers are interested in helping or is it just NASA. The article was written well and had good structure. The auther gives shows data for example when the text staed the avarage tempertate on Venus is 800 degrees on the surface in paragraph 3. Overall this article seccusfully supports the idea of if Venus is woth visiting. | 3 |
5c54427 | With the aging of time comes the advent of new technology. One specific development in this modern era is none other than computer-driven cars. This progression, however, has indubitably raised the question: should we have them or not? While computer-driven cars may cause responsibility issues in times of accidents, ultimately society will experience a higher degree of safety and convenience; thus, it is only neccessary that they be implemented and replace what defines driving today.
Computer-driven or "driverless" cars undoubtedly provide more safety to all drivers and pedestrians than cars driven completely by humans. Currently, there are my types of people with the priviledge of driving, whether they be old, young, or even disabled. While the fact that this priviledge is accessible to many seems great, this could lead to disaster; young drivers have more of a tendency
to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol and old or disabled drivers may be oblivious to anything on the road. However, with the advent of driverless cars, those who may not be as strong in driving do minimal work to get to where they want. In paragraph 7, it claims that the "BMW announced the development of Traffic Jam Assistant," which is a car that can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph. Also, these driverless cars can even "steer, accelerate, and brake themselves . . ." Lastly, features such as "flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-ups displays" are under consideration. With all these new aspects entwined, any type of driver would benefit simply due to the fact that do not have to do as much of the driving anymore. Ultimately, this would indubitably lead to increased safety in society, as both drivers and pedestrians no longer have to worry about performing careless mistakes that would inevitably cause major issues on the road.
Not only would driverless cars increase the level of safety on the road and benefit every civilian, but also they would provide much convenience. In paragraph one, it addresses this notion with "He (Brin) envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system." Today, in many over-populated countries such as China, the amount of transportation on the road is so extreme to the point where car-owners can only drive on specific days of the week. However, with this system of driverless cars, everyone has a guaranteed opportunity to ride in a car everyday. Additionally, this adds convenience to environmental groups and activists due to the fact that, as mentioned in paragraph one: "The cars
he(Brin) forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." Now, with these driverless cars, protecting the environment would become an intrinsic phenomenon. Thus, with the implementation of driverless cars, there would be an undoubtable increase in the level of convenience to society.
It still must be acknowledged, however, that these driverless cars can cause responsibility issues when there is an accident (mentioned in paragraph 9). While this may be the case, it is, in the end, trivial; with new system features mentioned in paragraphs 6 and 7, very seldom will one see accidents. Additionally, this problem of responsibility could be avoided in the first place with the implementation of a recording device in every driverless transport. By doing so, it will reveal if it was the fault of technology or the driver that caused an accident. In the end, this concern of liability and responsiblity is outweighed by its own trivialness and the fact that driverless cars offer much more (safety and convenience).
Driverless cars should be industrialized and ultizied in society in the near future because of the fact they offer maximum degrees of both safety and convience to many members of society. While there lies the concern that driverless cars will cause responsiblity issues when there are accidents involving it, one must consider the fact that these accidents in the first place are seldom to occur; furthermore, this concern can easily be avoided altogether with new methods such as videotaping both the inside and the technology itself to determine what caused the accident.The progression of time has led to the taking of many steps for technology; it is technology such as driverless cars that we must welcome. | 6 |
5c57d50 | It would be an amazing oppurtunity to be able to go and be a Seagoing Cowboy, I mean imagine all the things you could see, and places you could go. You may never have this kind of oppurtunity again, so why not take it. All you have to do is feed some cattle a couple times a day, clean some stalls, and if your the night watchman, all you do is check on the cattle once every hour then report back to the captain.
After you drop off the cattle or shipment at its desired location you can go look around and do some sight seeing. No matter where you are i bet you can see some amazing things, even if your not much of a sightseer i bet you'll end up seeing something that you've never seen before.
Then on your way back home on the ship, you and your crew mates can play games and sports where the cattle or shipment used to be to pass the time. Being a Seagoing Cowboy may not seem very fun, but it can be if you make the most out of it. | 2 |
5c5ba80 | The author explains venus very well. he describes the atmospher on the planet and the tempreratures on the planet as well. it would be very difficulet to land there because it is very hot. i have seen images from the planet and the ground is very valcanic looking and you cant see very well cause of the atmospher. The planet gets very hot during the day and very cold there during the night as well. its kinda neet to look up at night on planet earth and see all the stars and planets out there. I have seen venus a couple of times and the author is right it is very bright. The reason we cant land their the author sates that it has sulfiric asid for the atmospher and the author is right. A prob was sent there and it only lasted a few hours. The author done a good job at studying veuns and its a good idea to pursuit it. | 1 |
5c657d7 | Driverless cars
I think driverless cars will be an accident waiting to happen. I think they will just become an danger to people. Sergey Brin is talking about driveless cars, but for a start they arent even driveless at all.
They have a lot to look into before making these cars legal like road condition, an accident, or work areas for the county to do work. There still has to be someone toughing the steering wheel to make the car even move. Before these cars can even become worthy of driving elder people or driving at all it needs to pass a saftey corse or something i think to be able to get on the market.
If these people making these car think about all the promblems that can occur, saftey for the people riding inside the car, and other people around the outside of the car, and make sure that car works like its suppose to before sales start. I think it wouldnt be a bad think to do, but as of right now its just to dangers to trust something that has failed or could poosibly die from. | 2 |
5c66671 | Dear, senator
I'm writing you this letter to address and give you my opinion onthe argument about keeping the clectoral college or changing to election by popular vote fhor the president of the United States.
I feel that we should remove the electoral college because it seems like we do not use all of the votes to have everyone's input on the election. The electoral college consist of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. My question is "Why not use all of the electors votes instead of using only anout 55% of them?". We say that every vote counts but if we are not using all of the electoral votes then that means we are just contradicting our statement.
From articles I have read, Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the resident. Let's say if you lived in Texas, for instance , and wanted to vote for Kerry, you would vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. Voters can not always control whom their vote for and sometimes voters get confused about the electors and choose the wrong canidate. Some people may say that electoral votes should be kept so that it would make it easier for them but i feel thatelectoral votes are confusing and should be removed from a process of electing the president.
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
5c72d6d | Is it possible to make a driverless car the garuntees one hundred percent safetey for the passengers?
The peoples focus should not be on driverless cars. The idea of a car being able to drive around with us having no control over it should greatly scare everyone. There is no telling if the car will malfunction, breakdown, or have any other problems only a dirver could recongize. We will have control over the vehical, but if any problems occur with it it will still be our fault. A car that could drive itself can cuase many hazardous problems for anyone around it, or possibly boring for the people in it.
There are laws that are meant to keep people who are allowed to drive cars safe. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passnegers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers," says the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming." This quote is saying that drivers who are more alert are lesser prone to accidents, and breaking drivng laws. How can a driver be alert if cars drive themsleves in the future? "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars." It is true that in most states it illegal to test drive cars for safety reasons and concerns. These states are trying to keep the people safe, and do so by not allowing self-driven cars. There are facts that prove that selfdriven cars are not a bad idea, and people have been working on imorving them for years.
Some people are really looking forward into the future where there are driverless cars. Google has been working since 2009 to create such a car that would change the world. Google has been testing out such cars to see what they can do to improve them. "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash," accordining to the article 'Driverless Cars Are Coming.' They have even packed the car with sensors to help detect problems. Other companies are also in the race to create the first working driverless car, and some have seen very good success rates. There are others who have seen the negative side of having these cars around.
Now, the driverless cars sound easy to work. People can just lay back and enjoy a peaceful ride. The truth is that that is not completly correct. The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" states, "The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over." That means we still have to be in alert for situations the car can not handle. Who would want to sit in a car having to stare at the road, but not do anything to enjoy the ride? Nobody should have to be subjected to that. These new driverless cars do not sound very dirverless or fun to be in.
Cars that can drive themsleves don't sound very safe, or even fun to be in. These cars have been worked on for many years now, and there is no telling when one will be finished. Most states have already passed laws fobidding to even test these cars. So, why should the people be allowed to even drive one? There is a good reason behind this; it is becasue they want to keep us safe. These cars could have problems that we can not detect becasue we are not in control of them.
We should carefully evalutae these cars before we ever decided to get into one. | 4 |
5c73459 | Dear senator i think that we should cape the electoral college process because, if it is not broken don't fix it. Also this process is a part of our founding fathers history it was established to compromise between election of the president. Thats way we should cape the electoral college process.
The electoral college has 538 electors but the president needs to have 270 electoral votes to become the president. The 23 amendment of the contitution allows columbia 3 electors and treated like a state for purpose of the electoral college. When you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates electors. Every candidate running for president in your state has his or her own goup of electors. Some states have a winner take all system, which gives all the electors a award to the winning presidential candidate.
After the presidential election the governor prepares a "certificate of ascertainment" listing the candidates who ran for president. The certificate of ascertainment declares the winning presidential candidate in my state will represent your state at the meeting of electors. Abolishing the electoral college no said Bob Dole and Jimmy Carter they agreed. They are not alone according to a Gallup poll in 2000 taken after Al Gore thanks to the quirks of the electoral college won the popular vote but lost the presidency over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now.
The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. There is pressure for running off election when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast that pressure which would complicate the presidential election process is reduced by the electoral college which produces a clear winner. | 2 |
5c740dd | I believe that we, the people, should elect our presidens by popular vote. Altough all 48 presidents have been elected by Electoral College, I think its time for some change.
In the second source, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumber, he states that voters vote not for the president but for a slate of eletors. These electors are just simply pledged to whom the voters vote for. The people have no control who their electors really vote for.
Now others like in our third source, "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" written by Richard A. Posner, believe that when we vote for that slate of electors, we can "trust" that they will vote for the president the people voted for. In my opinon, I urge you to ask yourself. Can you really trust these electors? How do we know they will vote for the president the people really want? How do we know they won't ignore our votes? How can we trust these electors? Just like what Bradford Plumber said, "Consider that state legislatures are technically resposible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people."
To some, the electoral college is unfair because of the winner-take-all system in each state. Candidates usually only go to "swing" states. "Swing" sates are states with tight races. This, if fact, is not fair at all because some states don't even get to see the candidates. In our second source, it clearly states that in he 2000 campaigne, 17 states didn't see the candidates at all.
In the third source, it states, "....Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaigne... They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters...". I completely disagee with this because what mathematial, tangible, or hard core evidense is there to physically prove that the people in toss-up sates are more thoughful that the people who aren't. I think that candidates should go to states that have more people that are the opposite party.
So with this said, I think Electoral College should be no more and we should elect our presidents by popular vote. Thank you and have a wonderful day. | 4 |
5c752fb | Venus is the planet closest to Earth. Also the second planet from our sun. Venus have a lot of dangous thing. Theis different things Venus and Earth don't have the same.
Venus is like Earth "Twin," but not that much. There are some different they both have. Like in paragragh three, it says ''Venus has the hottests surface temperature of any planet in our solar system., even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Also the temperature average is over 800 defrees Fahnrenheit. In Venus there is diferent weather then us, there's powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning. Venus has some personal despite risks.
Another thing they both have some features that are analogous to those on earth. Like in paragragh four says, the planet has a "surface of rocky sediment." Also both are included familiar features like bot have valleys, mountains,and craters.
There's are many other diferent things both planet dont have. But Earth is beyond no danger. | 1 |
5c7531b | Our economy would show an unbelievable positive change if we can put presure in our goverments taking iniciative on: Increase the sidewalks and reduce the roads, every year americans must invest 80 percent of appropiations, by law, in highways, constructing them or fixing old roads, and only 20 percent to other transport when we should do the totally opposite and increase sidewalks and bycicle paths.
Automobile drivers also have to waiste money every day in fuel, gasoline or diesel. One of the world's economy bosts is the minery and seeking of petroleum wich is destroying our soil and habitats without doubt two examples could be the minery in the Argentinia's Patagonny where many animals habitat is being destroyed by the humans and also the tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Our neighborhood's should of display an augment of the buildings, like Malls or main grocery stores, reducing the parking lots to build new stores or department stores.
The County's Hall should also increase the license plate's fine. And make an encouragement plan to use the Public Transportation which is very important to the ones who can't aford a car.
Despite we would have more money after applying all this changes we could invest it in our Children's public education, the base of our future.
The best way to help our green environment is to reduce the Greenhouse Gas emissions from car's tailpipes. We are getting slowly exposed to a terrible future where everyone can get skin cancer, UV Rays burn our eyes and make us feel more tired, pulmonar cancer because of the air pollution, and other diseases. The toxic gas emited by cars every day is fading our protective Ozone Layer, this is the main cause of the extreme wheather changes that our planet is suffering. China's terrible smog is the quintisscence of the World's future if we don't change our transportation's habits.
Finally if we bost a plan to limit the car usage we can ascertain that everyone would be fitter walking and biking to work and school and we would have the lowest percentage of Car accidents, which is tragically today's main cause of death.
We must make all this simple changes Today for the best future for our society. | 3 |
5c7a06d | In the article"A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" Luke helped people in WW l l. When you help others they will help you back. It is nesessary to what it important to others. Some people thinks its funny to watch other contenets to bein war. I don't like to see our allies in war whille we stayed and watched.
When you help others they will help you back in what way they can. It could be anything like helping you with building somethin or perhaps makeing dinner and hangging out. All i kmow is it would be the right thing to do. You could be the one who wants to do them a favor or they do you a favor and you want to help them in a way.
Its important to do what is nesessary. People do what is nesessary for their familys or friends. Mabey even pets. If you don't you might be making a bad choose in what you will do in the future.
When Luke helped people he is doing the right thing. People from WW l l gave their lives to save the place of thins they loved. Even I would give my life for anyone and everyone I cared for. This time he wanted to help them with animals, food, and whatever eals they needed. He played an very important role for the people of Europe.
This shows my reason of Lukes point of view. You should help others when you have a chance and not just sit and watched. I would have volenteered myself to help others in need. He wanted to see the world and have fun al along to help others. This is my argument of the story. | 2 |
5c7e6f9 | What I think bout this is that really, it can either goes both ways but manily the technology would work more because of the different types of machine that are working to figure things out, like for example it could tell you weather or not if you are nervous or not, if you are lying or not. The techmology now days are so much helpful to figure certain stuff out like what the weather goona be like throught out the week or just stuff like that. Now on the other hand you can figure stuff out on your on because you can feel certain stuff that is wrong with ya like, for Example you can wake up and just know today is not my day...I mean come on now like you just know if someone talks to you the wrong way you are gonna pop off or if someone looks at you the wrong way you are gonna flip out about it and start going off. You can know or not if you are not feeling it today because really its a mind set thing...You have to process you mind to certain and be like you know this is not the right thing to do you just know it. So like I said it can go both ways .I hope you enjoy this | 1 |
5c80a5e | The author supports the idea on how studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, by includng how Venus is a challenging planet. Due to how no spacecrtaft has survived the landing on Venus for then a few hours. This includes on how a spacraft hasn´t touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
Another example on how the dangers of Venus creates challanges for others is that Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide covers Venus. What is even more challenging is how Venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid spreading through it´s atmosphere. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet in our solar system which averages to 800 degrees fahrenheit.
Venus has been through many stages throughout the years. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may have been an earth like planet in the solar system. A long time ago Venus was covered with oceans and rocky mountains Venus also supported various forms of life just like Earth today.
Venus is sometimes named the ¨Evening Star.¨ Venus is named this because Venus is one of the most brightest points of light in the night sky making it super easy for an amture stargazer to spot in the sky. However this name didn´t match up because Venus is a planet and not a star. Venus is to simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has created a very challenging place to examine more closely due to the dangers it has.
Researchers can not take samples of rocks, gas, or anthing else from a distance of Venus. Therfore scientists seeking a conduct through mission need to undestand Venus, they would need to get up and personal. For exaple NASA is working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaninfully to our knowldege of venus. | 1 |
5c80ce4 | I think that we should use facial recognition in school. There are many possibilities to what we could use the technology for. We can (like the article says) use it to let computers help us when we are confused. It can also help companies to get their ads out there. We can us it in animation
Computers can help us when we are confused by offering help or changing the lesson. If a computer can see if we are confused then everyone will be helped. Students will be able to know how to do what they don't get. Teachers will be able to see what they need to teach better for the whole class.
Companies can get their ads out there easier based on a person's reaction to the ad. If we smile at an ad we like then the computer will know to give us ads similar to that. If we look upset at an ad then the computer knows we don't want to see it. Finally companiies will have more profit because we see what we like.
Animators can use actual faces to give emotions to digital ones. It would make watching animated shows much more enjoyable. It would really help the animation industry.
In conclusion the expression recognition system could greatly helpmm us all. Teachers and students will be able to give/recieve help. The population will see the ads they want to see. And finally animators will be able to make animations more lively. | 2 |
5c80df3 | Have you ever thought of being a Seagoing Cowboy. Well you should Luke was once asked do you want to go to Europe on a cattle boat he could not waste the oppurtunity of a lifetime.
Some reasons you should join this is because you will have a lot of fun. Especially if you love animals maybe you are a farmer and you love animals just join the Seagoing Cowboys. Or maybe you just want to have a little adventure a Seagoing Cowboy would be a great idea. Some people may say it is to dangerous and bla bla bla. It does not matter what other people think what matters is your opinion if you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy go for it. Do not waste the oppurtuniy of your lifetime. If you want to go on an adventure Seagoing Cowboy is perfect because Luke once went and they visited China it took a long time but they still went and Luke said it was great.
Some details that Luck gave in the article were pretty amazing. You could actually imagine it in yor head. The way he described everything. So you should not waste an oppurtunity of a lifetime it is advetures,fun,you get to vist a lot of places. If you love animals you get to be with animals. It may take a long time to get to the destination the ship is going but you could take something along to do or play with the animals. You just have to feed them and clean them or else they are going to get all stinky and unhealthy and the ship will smell bad. Some other details that can support Lukes claim is that in the article it said that the cowboys play baseball and volleyball when the animals are unloaded they play in the empty holds where the animals were. They would also play Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling. In the aricle Luke also said that Seagoing is more than an adventure.
To conclude, this is why you should take the oppurtunity of a lifetime and be a Seagoing Cowboy. If you like animals there is animals if you like adventures there is adventure. There is something there for every boy to enjoy and have a good time. While there you may want to open up your brain and think of the things you have done in life and think if this was one of the things you ever imagined doing. | 2 |
5c83688 | There are many advantages to limiting car usage. By reducing the usage of cars we can lower the air pollution in our cities. If the number of cars on the road is lower than usual, then the number of traffic jams and car crashes will be decreased. Driving is a huge responsibility and worrying about protecting your life, the passengers in your cars life, and other drivers on the road's life can be very stressful at times. Lowering the usage of cars can limit that stress.
Polloution is bad and it destroys the Earth. When we drive, our tailpipes give off greenhouse emmissions that ravage the o-zone layer of our atmoshphere. After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. The congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog. By reducing our car usage, we can make our world a more clean and less polluted place.
Traffic jams are annoying and frustrating. Car crashes are dangers and life altering. You can avoide both of these terrible things by limiting how often you drive your car. Everytime you sit down in that drivers seat and turn the car on, there is a chance of getting stuck in traffic or into a wreck. There is no better way to avoid this than walking, taking a bus, or biking where ever you need to go. In a program that was set to spread to other countries, millions of columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses yesterday, leaving the streets of Bogota, Colombia free of traffic jams.
Driving can put a tremendous amount of stress on a person. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza. You don't have to live with all of that stress. Just limit yout car usage and you will live a happier life.
In conclusion, there are so many advantages to limiting car usage. You can lower air pollution. Driving less reduces the chances of you getting in a traffic jam or worse, a car accident. Last but most certainly not least, driving less reduces stress. | 3 |
5c88de8 | With all this talk about greenhouse gasses, you think to yourself "What can i do to change all of this?". It's not as hard as you think. Some cities in foreign countries and this one are actually giving up their licence (short term or long term) so that the can walk, bike, carpool, or take public transportation rather than taking their own car. This is a great thing, especially with global warming and such. Some advantages of limiting car usuage can be: a less stressful and safe life, a reduction in harmful gasses, and a healthier lifestyle.
When you walk around your town (depending on the size of it) you see a lot of cars. You have to walk around on the sidewalks and worry about the fact that a small mistake by a driver can end your life. But in a city that has no cars driving around, you don't have to worry about that at all. You can not worry about how much the gas prices are because you may be car pooling or taking the bus. In "
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal, she asked a citizen on what she thought of the no car law, she said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." (line 3), she saw how having no fast-moving hunks of metal can be a very stressless situation. A community that doesn't have this stress can worry about other things now.
It's often talked about in the news. Greenhouse gasses. Global warming. We hear about all the time and how it's affected by emissions of cars. How could we avoid it? Simple, we stop driving around so much. Cars in Europe are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and we in the United States make up 50 percent of it (Elisabeth Rosenthal, line 5). It's especially bad in Paris, where the gasses are so bad that there was 5 days of smog, only rivaled by Beijing, China the most polluted city in the world (Robert Duffer, line 14), which it's so bad in Beijing the citizens of the city have to wear masks covering their noses and mouths to protect themselves from the harmful gasses. It's horrible that people have to live in such horrible conditions.
If you gave up driving to everywhere you go, you wouldn't just help the world with greenhouse gasses, you'd also be helping yourself. People nowadays sit at home watching TV and snacking. But do you know how much walking and biking could do to help the health of people. This would be the case if there was a limitation on driving cars. Getting exersize is also a great stress-reliever. Also it helps with the nasty smog that's been mentioned. People wouldn't be breathing in harmful gasses if there was a limitation or ban to car usage in most contries. Air pollution effects all of us as human beings.
Most of us can't think of a society without cars, but it's very possible. We can, however, make a society exactly like that to some extent. Running around screaming about global warming won't do much unless you take action. Not only will it help the Earth to have better air, it can help lead a more stress-free, safe life and a healthier one that'll only need you to walk or bike to some places. | 4 |
5c8f28d | Giving up a car can be difficult. But if you all knew more about cars, perhaps you all would stop using them. Or at least limiting the usage of your car. Lowering the pollution rate in the world would defenetlly be an advantage. There would br more space for other things to be built. And besides, cars are a one of the many ways people die.
Cars are so mediocre for our environment. . "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." The percentage is lower in Europe due to the fact that Europeans drive less that the people in United States do. The Environmental Protection Agency are promoting "car reduced" communities in the United States. Beijing, China, is on eof the most polluted cities in the entire world. Many countries and cities are enforcing a partial driving ban to get rid of the air pollution. Places like France, Paris, London and even Bogota, Colombia. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said Carlose Arturo, a businessman. Studies in America show that as each year goes by, less and less Americansare buying or driving cars. Studies also show fewer licenses are getting distributed each year.
Driving fewer cars means that roads really aren't useful anymore. So, that leaves room for other things to be built. Things like parks, restaurants, shopping centers, and it woould be great for promoting or expanding companies. "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hourrestrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."
Finally, cars are one of the many ways people die. Statistics show that car crashes are more likely to happen than getting in a plane crash or any other type of collision. Especially for teens who have just got their license. Many peopole die from car crashes, just think about all the losses we could prevent from happening. Just because that person didn't mean anything to you doesn't mean they weren't loved by someone else.
In conclusion, you should see the many things we could avoid with cars. The many advantages we would have without cars. We would have less pollution, more space for other things to be built, and the lives of your loved ones. Even if you choose not to stop driving your car, at least limit the usage of it, or you coud car-pool. | 3 |
5c8f827 | In the artical "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I am against the development of these care. The driverless cars wil make everyone lazyier and more carefree then what we already are in this world. Drviers today are already getting into to many accidents while driving, beacsue they are not paying attention to what is going on around them or they are intoxicated or they get distracted to easy. We all need to learn how to keep our eyes on the road at all times whilout depending on something or someone to do it for us. I believe that we should stick to the cars we already have and just pay more attention to whats going on around us.
The driverless car is not completely driverless now so who is to say it will be in the future. The driverless car is smart and tells you when you're about to back into something or someone and they also help you know when danger is coming up. The driverless cars do not however drive you safely to where you need or want to be, they still require to have teh drivers full attention at all times for when there is danger up ahead or a work zone. They are not completely driverless if that was the casse then we wouldn't have to pay attention still to what is going on around us and the cars wouldn't need warnning lights on the dashboard, or vibrating seats, or any camera's or sensers to indacat us with what is going on around us at that very moment. Honestly in my best option i don't think we have the best technology yet to even begain on trying to creat driverless cars like we see in movies. We have been trying to creat the same cars we see in the movies beacsue we like the idea about not having to physically drive anywhere ourselves and we would much rather have a machine or other factor do it for us. Since 2009 Google has been working on ideas to creat these said Driverless Cars and we have yet to fully suceed in creating one that doesnt require anyone to drive them at any point in time, we should just messing around with technology and what we think may or may not happen in the future and focuse on what is happening right now in our lives and what we have came across adn descoverd right now.
In conclusion to everything i have said and pointed out, everyone is entitles to their own opinion and what they think is true or not true and what should happen in the near future. But to me we should just stick to everything that we know and what we are learning now rather then chaniging the way things are with todays world and when we have far more advanced technology them possible try to figure out if we should have Driverless Cars or what we shold do. | 4 |
5c90619 | My opinion is that i think there are no other life forms on any planet but planet Earth. I also think it's just an natural landform.
In 1976, the technolohy wasn't good, so you could be staring at any thing from that photo. In the artical it says "few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact". Those scientists did a lot of research on that photo so if they say its not an alien artifact i believe them.
In 1998, when the MGS took another photo of the "Face" . You can see there is no face on the planet is wasn't an alien monument on it. It is just a natural landform.
2001, the MGS took another photo of the "Face" and it revealed an extrodinary photo. By this time the technology has gotten way better. You can see that the photo shows an "Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa". Those are common landforms around the America West.
Inconclusion, the 1998 and the 2001 photos show its just and natural landform. It isn't made by aliens it's not an alien monument. | 3 |
5c94970 | Has televison and movies been showing us the future this whole time? Why showing us the future you may ask well there has been talk about driveless car or self driven? Google has had self driven car since 2009 their car have driven more than half of million miles with out any crashes. Now how will this benifit us and cause problems to other people. What will be the main source that keeps the car running such gasoline,solar power,electric. Self driven car will cost moe than you're normal avarge car that uses gasoline.
There is good thing about the self driven car, but do these changes really matter? If all of us decide to switch over that the self driven car will it run on gasoline like the car that we have today. If they didn't that would destroy other countires that sell potrolium and that would lead them to lower the price and workers won't get paid as much and many work will end up losing their job. Self driven cars aren't all that self driven because they need to be driven when there is construction or a accident. Most big states don't allow the self driven car. Beaucse if someone gets injured or even killed who will be the one taking the responsibility the drive or the manufacture?
Google has not put a exact price for the self driving car but what i think they are going to be around 50k U.S dollars that with it being solar power and self driven. Maybe Google will partner up with big car companies and make something work like Chevy or Kia. I have many questions about the car like the miles it get on the highway and how many miles it gets in the city. What technology will the car have how many people can fit in the car and whats its top speed. All of these questions you and I have we will just have to wait and see when Google decids to release more information about the self driven car. | 2 |
5c964d3 | Based on this article, this new technology is to read how a person is feeling.this new machine seems like an good idea why because you get to see how people really are on the inside. but at the same time that can be a violate of people's privacy.some peope don't like sharing their emotional feeling for a reason. in the article it states mona lisa was"83% happy, 9% disgusted
, 6% fearful, 2% angry. with that being she might've didnt want people to know she was angry. In this case i don think it should be use on students. If they don't want to share they don't have too.
But it is a pretty good new technology it would have better use in a diffferent case.Being able to have a computer that can tell you if your happy or sad its one of the greatest things to be invented. A person facial expression tells alot about that person. You can have the biggest smile on your face but on the inside you can be pouring your eyes out. It's all based on emotiotions and how you're feeling.
With all this being said and evidence comig from the text this machine is to read emotions, and tell weather or not your hapy,sad,fustrated etc... | 2 |
5c9a0e0 | Mars has always been a big part in our curiosity for outer space. We are always secretly hoping that there is some form of life out there other than down here. I do believe that this face is a natural landform because the picture quality back then was not all too great, this place is known for it's "Martian mesa's", and they only unveiled it to the general public for attention and hopefully more money in their funding.
I believe that this "face" so to speak is actually just another lanform on the terrain that is Mars. I believe that it is a landform becase as you can see the picture quality in 1976 is much more different than the quality of the picture in 2001. That said, Mars is known for it's powerful windstorms, so the earth could have shifted over time. That just makes it even more of a landform though.
I also believe that this so called "face" is not an actual face because the scientists stated that in the region of Cydonia it was common to find what they call "Martain mesas" which means it just so happens to be another freaky concidence instead of some actual huge martian face. Not even the actual scientists believed that it was an actual martian. They did think so for a short while and they're honestly dumb. In my opinion, until the day where some other form of life comes down to Earth, there is no such way there could be martian life.
I believe that this isn't an actual face also because NASA unveiled it to the general public just for attention and possibly some money. Let's face it, NASA doesn't get very much funding. I'm guessing that they unveiled it to the public for attention saying "look at me, look at me I'm some important Martian face and you should give the people who found me more money so they can find other things like me with better equipment." Which in my opinion it's just plain sad. Don't get me wrong I support NASA all the way, but when they have to do something like this just to get fame and perchance a little bit of money, it's a little sad.
We all know that with more fame comes more money (let's not talk about Kanye West shall we?) There are people like Selena Gomez and Donald Trump who have so much money from all the fame they're getting. When in reality they aren't contributing much to society except for the fact that they are just spewing a lot of junk out of their mouths. Whereto people working at places such as NASA have not very much funding and are still attempting to change the world, which is really really beautiul.
In the end, this "face" is nothing but a silly little landform on the face of Mars. I still firmly believe it because the picture quality back then was not all too great, this place is known for it's "Martian mesa's", and they only unveiled it to the general public for attention and hopefully more money in their funding. This is the sad truth in this whole operation, but it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. They aren't fooling anyone when they say that this little scheme of theirs is actually some form of extratresstrial life. | 4 |
5ca7d85 | Cars are a luxury, but others take them for granted. Many people around the world operate cars every single day! Very few people around the world do not own a car, or have never operated one. In Vauban, Germany, residents of an upscale, high class community have decided to give up on cars. Vauban's steets are entirely "car-free" - except the in the city where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Don't get Germany wrong, you are allowed to own a car, but there's very few places to park the car you own. The only placed you can park are large garages at the end of your neighborhood or development, but parking isn't free here. You must buy a space for $40,000, along with the price of your home. 70 percent of Vauban's citizens do not own cars, and 57 percent alone sold their car to move there. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and a mother of two. Vauban, Germany completed in 2006, is an excellent example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States, and other places to separate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called "smart planning." - According to Elisabeth Rosenthal who wrote, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars."
Cars can either be a blessing or a mistake. Cars can tend to put out polluting gases, and endanger our earth. In Paris, all driving was banned due to smog. On a Monday, motorisits with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a $31 fine. The same would apply to the odd-numbered plates the following day. The car emissions were trapped by a warmer layer of air, because of cold nights and warm days. Congestion in Paris, France wa down 60 percent after just five-days of intensifying snog. This caused the smog to rival Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. That's pretty bad to be competing with China. The Monday where all cars were banned, the smog cleared enough for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates the following day.
Now, what about a car free day? In Bogota, Colombia, there was a car free day. Every citizen either had to hike, bike, skate, or take buses to work during this car-free day. This car free day caused the city to not have any traffic jams, and no accidents at all. This isn't just the first year that Colombia decided to do this, but it was the third! This day is specifically called, "Day Without Cars." 7 million citizens were expected to find a different way to go to the destinations they needed to reach, without their trusty cars. Bogota receives a vast amount of rain storms each day, but the turnout was still at large. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating," said Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus. Many citizens of Bogota said that this day takes away not only their stress, but also a ton of pollution. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he and his wife rode a two-seat bicycle.
Almost every single citizen in the United States of America owns or drives a car every single day. This has left researchers pondering a fundamental question: Has America passed the peak of driving? The United States is known for its broad expanses and suburban ideals, and has long been known for one of the world's prime car cultures. It is indeed the birthplace of Model T; the home of Detroit; the place where Wilson Pickett immortalized "Mustang Sally." Lately America's love addiction with motor vehicles seems to be settling down. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 8 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. Most of the explanation to this certainly comes from recession, because broke Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway. "What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn," said Michael Sivak, who studies the trend and who is a research professor at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute. "I think that means something more fundamental is going on," he also said. All of these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession need to find reasons NOT to resume the habit of driving and spending stupid amounts of money on gasoline. The state of New York has a new bike-sharing programs and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls refelct those new priorities, as do a proliferation of car-sharing programs across the nation. A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009.
Many people around the world have cut driving out of their life for many reasons. Some being; safety, money, and pollution. If you had to choose between driving or public transportation to make the littlest difference in your community, what would you choose? | 4 |
5caa2b6 | Driverless cars aren't really anything we are relying on for the future.Driverless cars are awed by many due to how they are portrayed.When actually, they have no reason to be focused on and worked on so much.They will ingrave more of a negative effect than a positive in society.Driverless cars are unessesary for the world we live in,considering there aren't
many problems about cars not being as reliant.
Driverless cars are depicted as a more flexible way of transportation and a gate for new generations of automobiles to arrive.You don't hear much about cars not being as reliant as they should be.Cars have the functions we use every single day and require average to little work to transmit.Roadblocks however are a big obstacle to both driverless cars and normal cars, since driverless cars fall victim to traffic jams or accidents.The idea for a driverless car is to be able to keep your eye on the road while the car keeps you safe,however this idea cannot be relied on heavily because any sort of accident or event that accurs on road will immediately put the individual in the car into the position of the driver transferring all of those responsibilities the car had at one point back to the driver rendering the cars idea of being driverless to useless.
There's also the fact that the fault of an accident would be a bit difficult to locate.Was it the cars fault for not being effective in its abilities?Or would it be the drivers fault for not being alert to any sort of situation?More laws will be nessesary to make sure we have restrictions for those using a driverless car.The ratio of positive effects these types of cars may have to the negative is very small.This generation has little to no problems with driving cars being too tedious or too troublesome.We don't need more amounts of problems entering this world but should focus on what is now. | 3 |
5caf763 | We should continue the development for these self driving cars. They could prove safer than regular human driven cars and could reudce the cost of fuel.
These self driven cars are equiped with scanners that have become advanced enough to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids and rollovers. The scanners can use the information to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine. Thus allowing for a far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone.
Not only can self driving help prevents accidents caused by human error it can also help with another serious problem. While these cars will most likely still run on the same fuel supply as regular cars. If development continues these cars may be able to run on half the fuel of a regular car which in turn could lower gas immesions into the air. Not only will the self driving car be more energy suffient it will also be a more partical means of transportation if development is to cotinue.
"The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." Its only a matter of time until the self driving car reaches it's full potential. As long as development continues and laws are passed allowing the use of these cars. We should be seeing a big change in how we drive our cars in the next couple of years.. | 3 |
5cb4ffd | Imagine going to outer space, and you land on Mars. When you get there you find a landform that you haven't seen before. This could be something big, but you know it isn't alive, so you have to assume it is a landform. When you go back and show everyone what you found people think it is an alien, but further investigations show it is a natural landform. This Face is a natural landform because no one has ever seen something like this before, no one has any proof that it is a human or alien, and NASA and the Mars Global Surveyor say it is a landform.
First of all, no one has seen anything like this before. The text states," There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors." This peice of evidence shows that the face is new to them, and they don't know what it is. Another piece of evidence is," Twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars." This, also, shows that NASA doesn't know what it is. If no one knows what it is then you can't say it is a human or alien without knowing the facts.
Secondly, no one has any proof that it could be an alien or a human. For instance, the text states," Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa." This piece of evidence shows that they can't figure out exactly what the face is. They are making aussumtions of what the face might be, but they aren't one-hundred percent sure of what it is. NASA would have to have proof to say it is an alien or not.
Lastly, when Mars Global Surveyor arrived at the Red Planet he found out the face was a natural landform. For example, the text states," Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform." This shows that once they got a clear picture of the face, the JPL found out it was just an ordinary landform. The text also states," What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West." This piece of evidence found in the text shows that NASA figured out that the face was a landform. Yes, the face did look like a human, but the NASA found out it was a landform when they closely examined the it.
In conclusion, the face that was thought to be an alien or a human was clearly a natural landform. First of all, it was never seen before, so no one could be sure of what it was. Secondly, people just assumed it was an alien or a human, and they had no proof that it was. Lastly, the Mars Global Surveyor found out the face was a natural landform. This evidence shows that face everyone thought was an alien was actually a natural landform. | 4 |
5cb6e56 | Car usage is decreasing all over the world quickly. Many people see that needing a car is no longer a priority to them anymore. Many communities are elminating cars in the neighborhood. And in certain areas of Germany, people are not even allowed to have cars. They sell them to live in the neighborhoods.
To begin with, limiting car usage is elminating air pollution in Bejing, and Paris and in the United States. In Paris, there has been heavy air smog and if ur caught driving in the streets you get fined 22-euros ($31). Thousands of people were fined according to the international news agency headquarters in London for driving there cars during the smog. Twenty seven(27) people had there cars impounded for their reacton to the fine they were given. Because of the air smog in Paris, people were not allowed to drive anywhere they had to take the public transit to get to their destionation. So reducing the car use in Paris help get rid of the smog faster.
Also, another reason elminating car usage is an advantage is less traffic back-ups. In Bogota, Colombia the citizens hiked,biked,skated and/or took the public buses to work which left the street empty of traffic jams. Since the mid-1990s, the city has had "A Day without cars" campagin. Over time, the city has seen over 118 miles of bicycle paths being created and most of Latin American citites. Parks and sports centers also have grown throughout the cities. The sidewalks been replaced by smoother ones, traffic jams have had a dramatic drop and also more restraunts and upscale shopping centers were built. So after all, elminating cars is not a bad thing.
In addition to, every year in the United States more and more people been buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses as each ongoing year goes by. So the question that reaks through everyones mind,"Has America passed the peak driving?" Well, we may not know that answer for sure but what we do know is there is alot of changes going on. Now we all know this country was the birth place for the very first Model T Ford, and where Wilson Pickett immortalized "Mustang Sally." We all have love affairs with cars in this country, but over the past year our love affairs have cooled down some. Statistics show that between 2001 and 2009, driving by young people decreased by 23 percent(23%). But when this generation "grows up" will the car rates start going back up because the parents have to take their children to soccer practice, school plays? This will remain an open question until that time. As of recently the number of miles driven per person has dropped nearly 9 percent(9%) below the peak and the same rate as it was in January of 1995. Part of this explaination is because people were unemployed and could not afford new cars.
According to Mimi Sheller, different things are converging. For example, she stated that the internet makes telecommunicating possible and easiar and makes peolpe feel more connected to others without driving around.
To conclude, there are a plethora of advantages of why limiting car usage is a great benefit to everyone and even the environment! The air pollution will be cut down by a major percent. | 4 |
5cc4dcc | In the article many positive and negative aspects are shown about driverless cars. From the details in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I am for the development of driverless cars. Although, people say these cars arn't the safest they are safe. Having these types of cars can also create a world that has less stress. I'm also for this because it's a new fun way for cars.
Many people can argue that these cars arn't the safest. These cars have sensors in them that make them safer then a normal car. These sensors notify the driver if they are ever needed.
The sensors also help you stay out out of danger. They will allow the driver to take over whenever its needed. If the drivers don't see the lights flashing it also vibrates the seat. The vibration of the seats will also help keep the driver awake and aware. This car can also prevent many car crashes that care caused by texting while driving. The car drives most of the time so the driver will have time to look down at there phone every once and a while. Texting and driving is still a bad thing to do but having these types of cars will prevent many crashes.
Having these types of cars can create less stress for the driver. The driver still has to remain aware of the road conditions, but doesn't have to be as alert. If your in a rush the car creates a route for you. Finding routes in croweded highways can be a difficult thing for people to do. Since the car drives for you most of the time you can awnser important calls or texts easily. If your stressed about driving this solves some of that problem. The cars have been driven more than half a million miles without a crash. Also if you are stressed about making it to the place on time you can take control of the car. Many of these ways can help make the driver less stressed.
This driverless car is also a new fun way a car functions. This car has a futuristic look that are appealing to a wide audience. Many people are fascinated by things that arn't the usual thing you would buy. If in the future everyone has these cars noone will feel bad about the type of car they have. Everyone will have the same car. Pyschologist say that many people would enjoy this car because it's new. If you ask many people they would say they like trying new things, this would be the car for them.
This article contains many positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. From reading this article I am for the development of these cars. They are safer then an average car in todays world. using these cars can make people less stresses. Also these cars are a new and different from the cars we see today. | 4 |
5cc564c | While many may argue for it, the Electoral College has proved to be an obselete way of electing the President. It is, essentially, an indirect way for voters to choose their candidates, by voting for electors whose loyalty is not guaranteed. The Electoral College vote can override the popular vote, as seen in the 2000 Presidential Election. Some say that the Electoral College is a system worth keeping, because it provides a certain outcome and avoids run-off elections, yet these arguments are founded on little reason.
Undoubtedly outdated, this system is a catastrophe in the works, the 2000 election only a glimpse of the chaos that could result from the Electoral College. The disaster factor is a strong argument against the Electoral College. Consider 1960, when Louisiana segregationists came close to replacing Democratic electors with ones who wouldn't support Kennedy (11). Also along those lines, electors are bound by nothing but obligation to vote for the candidate of their party, and sometimes change their decision upon voting. Even if it only happens occassionally, it is yet another fault in this system.
Not only is the Electoral College irrational, it is also simply unfair. Each state can only cast a single vote, so the one representative in Wyoming, who represents only 500 thousand, would have as much say as California's 55 representatives, who represent 35 million voters (12). Other sources say a tie would be unlikely. However, in 1979 in Ohio, it would have only taken a few thousand voters to vote the other way (12). Because of the "winner-take-all" system, certain states are left untouched by candidates who know they won't win them. In 2000, certain states didn't even see the candidates, and didn't air campaign ads, denying voters of a chance to further favor or unfavor them (13).
It is simple, the Electoral College system is a turn-off for many voters, especially after the incident in 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. Voters can be discouraged if they have no hope of carrying their state, like Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in Cali (23). Assuming that "Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election (23)" is rather incorrect. Single votes could absolutely sway an election, as mentioned earlier. Relying on the popular vote may make a tie more likely, but it would free voters from an obselete and untrustworthy system. Over 60 percent of voters oppose the Electoral College (9) which is enough to bring attention to these facts and, hopefully, address them before another controversial occurance.
The evidence is all layed out, mishaps and near-mishaps, an impending catastrophe all too possible for comfort, unfair to potential voters. The Electoral College doesn't deserve its defenders. 2000 proved it, the voters have spoken up, and it is indisputably irrational to continue to rely on it. The system has been around for a while, and it will stay in place for the next few years, most likely. However, because of the light now being shined on its faults, it could have a chance to be reformed for the better. | 5 |
5cc9f66 | What makes this a valueable tool to students? Can this tool be used on cell phones? Can we make this tool worldwide for all schools? what will the outcome of students emotional expressions if this tool is valuable?
What makes this a valuable tool to students? This would actually be wonderful tool in schools everywhere. A student can use this tool for many differnt reason in school. A student could have really big exam, test etc. the student may believe their ready. this would system would detect if the student is really ready or not.
Instead of going to computer lad, waiting on your teacher. A good way to keep this system in route. It should be an app on your celluar device to use this tool. with this being on your cell phone,it makes it easier way for a stuidents that has a friend thats always in differnt moods. With this tool we can detect that friends mood.
What will it take for this tool to make it worldwide? It will half to have many great response. this This tool should be used many other places than schools. It will be awesom for police officers, doctors etc. Once one school has great feedback. It make other school try it out.
The outcome of this system is wonderful. I done used this system over a millions times at school. It has actually worked great at othere school to. Now we have a great way of dectecting someone else emotions. | 3 |
5ccd665 | "Do really think the face on Mars was created by aliens?"Chloe said softly. "Yes", said Jeannie. "Jeannie how in the world could you believe that?" Exclaimed Chloe. "I have always been told that and I truly believe that!" said Jeannie. "Maybe one day you will know the truth ,or I could tell you about the truth now if you want?" "Sure lets hear it" softly said Jeannie.
"Well the face on Mars was created naturally because aliens are not real." Chloe quoted. "Yes they are" arrgued Jeannie. "If they are real then where is the proof." Shouted Chloe! "Well you see there really is no proof I just know the face could not have been made naturally." quitely said Jeannie. "Exactally, I have proof and you do not, so I think I am the right one in this arrgument." Fastly said Chloe. "Where is the proof then if you acctually have some?" Snobbily said Jeannie. "My proof is right here. You want me to read it out to you?" said Chloe. "Yeah go ahead", said Jeannie. "Okay, in the story "Unmasking the Face on Mars" paragraph 3 it states that the face is a huge rock formation and the eyes, nose, and mouth are formed from shadows." Claimed Chloe. "Well how is that proof?" asked Jeannie. "The scientist that wrote the story is the one who gave me the infomation from the book. You see the aliens could not just make a rock the shape of a face." Stated Chloe. "Oh I kinda understand where you are coming from Chloe, now to think about it, my story sounds kinda dumb." said Jeannie.
In the end Jeannie really starting understanding me and was less naive towards the world. She kinda realized the rock face was not made by aliens and she kinda led herself to the truth! So it all worked out and we are not arguing anymore about the face on Mars. Acctually in June on the sixteenth day of the 2016th year we are going to Mars to see the face. So I hope you and your people can get through arrguments like we accomplished. | 2 |
5ccfab5 | Our current voting system seems completely unfair and odd. Why should what the majority of the people want have to go through an electoral college first, we leave it to them to decide what people want. The electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of electors where they vote fot the president and vice president. It also includes the counting of electoral votes by congress.
To begin with, the Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required for a president to be elected. The number of electors in each state equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation. One for each member in the House of Representatives and plus two for the senators. Under the electoral college system voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.
Next, the electors can be anyone not holding oublic office. The disaster factor is the main reason why people don't like this system. The 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century. The state legislators are responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy what the people want. There have been many disasters in the history of the elections having to do with the Electoral College.
Also, the worst thing that could happen is if there was a tie. If there was the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives. | 2 |
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