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5cd143c | Have you ever heard about Venus, how worthy and dangers its presents?. They are worthy and dangers at the same time, because no humans have land on venus and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what the explorers experiend on earth. The other reason is astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. These are the example of how worthy and dangerous it is at the same time.
The first reason is no humans have land on venus, since no spacecraft survived the land for more than a few hours. Accoding to the article "maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." At the same time numerous factors constribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us. This is the reason why Venus is worth to study and dangets at the same time.
The next reason is the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what the explorer on earth.The reason is these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encouter on Earth; such as environemt would crush ever submarine accustomed to diving the deepest part of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Accoding to the article "Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun." Aslo another reason is beyond hight pressure heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
The last reason is astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet. The reason is long ago, Venus was probably cover largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Accoding to the article "The planet has a surface of rocky sediments and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." The arthur stated that "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consederation given the long frames of space travel. This is the last reason why it is worth to study venus and dangers at the same time.
These are the example of how challange exploring venus is and it is a worthy prusuite despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
5cdd3f5 | The idea of being able to calculate someone's exact emotions based on simply looking at their face seems almost impossible, but doctors seem to be proving that wrong. People may ask themselves, how can you know what can be going on in someone's brain when you cannot see through their head? Dr. Huang and his colleagues are experts in figuring out new ways for humans and computers to communicate. In fact, Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe have recently innovated a new computer software. This new fantastic innovation can potentially solve problems and help many people.
This new software has been used on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the Mona Lisa, and there has been actual results that produce accurate persentages.This type of computer software could be installed everywhere, from your work, to your home, and even to you school. Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." I believe that this new invention could be very helpful to teachers and principals in all schools. For instance, if a student is too shy to ask questions about a lesson they do not understand, the software could pick up confusion from the kid's face and notify the teacher.
Dr. Huang also says, "Then it could motify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Not only does the new software detect emotions, but can make modifications towards a lecture as well. This innovation has the porential to do the tasks of a human being and beyond. Now a days, adults do not seem to understand what a child or teenager goes through, but the invention can help those adults assist a person in academic and emotional needs.
As for learning, the software can help excell and challenge students in a new way. This could teach students many new things related to anatomy, psychology, and even art. It would bring so much new information to the table and further technology even more. This could even open up a new field of work for those students interested in the innovation.
In conclusion, a new invention like this would do wonders for the human population. Everyone would get a better understanding of what they feel and what others feel as well. There is nothing better than getting a chance to learn more about yourself. This new software could change the way we look at others, ourselves, and even the world. | 4 |
5cddf0d | Cars have been used almost everywhere around the world to help us with our daily lives, like getting us to get to any where we want in a short amount of time. Though there are many beneifts to having a car,there is a price to pay, such as greenhouse gas. Many of us have been so accustomed to having a car, that not having one seems like it will make life complicated as it is. However that is not necessarily true, because just like there are benefits to having a car, there are benefits to limiting car usage.
For example, in Vauban, Gemany 70 percent of the family's in the community do not own any vehicle as a result of street parking, driveways and home garages being generallly forbidden, and 57 percent have sold their car to move there. A benefit that has come from cars being banned is some like Heidrun Wlater, a media trainer and mother of two, felt much happier without a car as oppossed to when she had a car she always felt tense.
However, Vauban is not the only commmunity that has used a movement called "smart planning", which is the separation of suburban life from auto use. The trend is growing in Europe, in the United States, as well as other places. Experts say that the method is an effort to greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. In places like Europe, passengar cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. While places in the United States that has a high car usuage number is responsible for 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to greenhouse gas emmisions, the usuage of cars is causing smog in places, such as Paris, where driving has been ban due to days of having a near-record pollution. However, with the exception of usuage for plug-in cars, hybird, and cars carrying three or more passengars. According to Reuters, research shows that Paris has more smog than other European capital. As a result of the ban, car traffic was down 60 percent in the capital. Furthermore, many delivery companies lost revenue. However, the benefit to ban of the usuage of cars is the smog cleared up enough for the ruling French party to lift off the ban on odd-number plates on Tuesday.
Moreover, just like in Europe, in the United States, President Obama wishes to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produce. The United States is well-known for its car culture. However, research has shown that Americans are buying less cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as the years go by. Part of the reason for this outcome is the result of the recession, which led to Americans not being able to buy new cars and unemployed did not need the use of the car since they were not going to work anyways. If the pattern of the usage of cars continues the way it's going many sociologist belive it will have a beneficial use on the reduction of carbon emissions and the environment.
In conclusion, though having a car seems to make life easier. It has a negative effect on our environment. Furthermore, there are benefits to not having a car, such as being less stressed, reducing greenhouse gas emission, and creating a better environment. | 4 |
5cdea24 | The use of technology indicated in a classroom of students is valuable. It'd be very useful to a teacher. Their job would be easier since they'd comprehend their students better.They'd know more well how to explain everything they need to.
First, what if a student was mad because they got irritated that they didn't understand anything...but they also don't want to ask for help? If the teacher realizes, he/szhe would be more patient/flexible and try to help. Not yell and embarass them or anything. The student wouln't get such a low score because of the effort that was given.
Then, a student's grandma, etc. could've died, or that person could be the victim olf a bully. That person would be extremely sad.It just plainly wouldn't be their day. Also, they would'nt like to get bugged in their feelings moments. A teacher noticing could prevent terrible things like suicide.
Next, a student can also be a little too hype. They could get seperated from their friends for focus. Plus the teacher could even blame someone else for them being talkative. Less conflict would evolve. In paragraph 1 for example, it gave us the exact percentage of each emotion felt by the Mona Lisa.
Finally, I conclude this technology can help us read others better. We'd save all the questions w'd make. Time is valuable, and so are our peers. | 3 |
5cdef55 | Dear State Senator,
I feel a need to adress that changing election by popular vote for the president of the United States over keeping electoral votes is, in my opinion, better for the people because it brings the U.S's people together in many ways.
The people of the U.S deserve to make great decisions like these, on account of the fact that us, the people, make most of what we have in America today, and though we work hard and may have fights sometimes, we still make choices together,voting being one of them, and this unifies us even more. Allowing this will bring a sense of unification . We already consider doing selfless acts just to make peace. Example: Our taxes pay doctors', polices', etc. salaries. We at least deserve to decide who enforces laws.
Another thing, to begin this reasoning let this question be asked: What is the government doing right now, this very moment? Who really knows, for sure? Not us. The people of the U.S really haven't an honest clue what's really going on behind the government, so it wouldn't be too wise for us to entrust the government into completely making every decision, decisions in which we could perfectly make ourselves. So it not only gives us, the people, a sense of unification, it also gives a sense of direction so that we feel that we are not being blindly controlled by the government.
To commence the third reasoning let another question be asked: First, say for example that you work a double-shift, full-time, day and night just to keep food on your childrens' and wifes' plate, clothes on their backs, and a roof over their heads. When the bills roll in, your paycheck isn't won't arrive for weeks and you still haven't enough to pay, so you may have to work overtime if possible or pick up another job. No one gets rich off the government clearly, and yet we work so hard to just make it. Now here's the question: Doesn't it all feel worth it when the paycheck come in? Okay now for the deeper question: What is the sense or feeling you specifically get when you see you happy families' faces? Now for the point: Our work pays off. We work for the government (at least most of us does) together, whether to put bread on the table or otherwise. Now wouldnt it give us that sense of freedom that us hard workers get to make great decisions like these? It would. All of these things bring us together more than we might even think, whether its families, friends, or just us as a nation.
To conclude all of the reasonings of arguing to change election to popular vote for the president of the U.S which are the sensation of unification, direction, and freedom, I'd be obliged to state that this is just one thing that finally unifies and brings the U.S's people together. Those three senses that this gives us is a seemingly small, yet great difference. And even though most don't realize it, it's definitely there. | 3 |
5ce6e6e | over the years cars have become a necessity in first world countries, they are used every day and alot of people wouldnt even have a job if it was not for cars. although these new innovations in technology are overly useful they sould not be used in excess because they could damage our evironment, save people money, and even make people stressed.
Cars are one of the main pollutants in the earth. as a mater of fact the first world countries are trying to convince the less developed countries to use less cars because of all the damage they have already caused. accroding to source 2 "after days of poluttion paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" here you can clearely see how much of an impact cars have on the evironment. what is also interesting is that just after five days the smog cleared enough for the "french party to recind the ban for odd numbered plated" although it isnt a good thing that the french did not keep this law, it is astonishing to see how just limiting cars has such a good effect on the environment another reason why people shouldnt use cars so often is because they are very expensive to maintain. many americans spend a large portion of their income filling their cars gas thank. surprizingly accoring to source 4 americans are no longer bying as much cars due to the recession. this just proves the point that cars generate so much expense that most every day americans cant even afford one. if people drove there cars less there would be a significant increase in the amount of money they gain each month. | 3 |
5cebc1a | The "Face" was not made by aliens. I know this for three reasons. One, it's just a natural form. Two, they have yet to be actually seen. Three, they should have found us by now. Here's how I know.
The "Face" is simply a natural form. One, it looks just like a mesa. It most likely has been there by just nature in some form. Two, there are no specific details from being "hand made." It the aliens created it don't you think they would make it more detailed. It is just unreasonable for it to be made by aliens.
If there are aliens why have we yet to see them. One, in all the images there is absolutely no sign of them. We have so many images with zero sign of them. Two, with all our high technology we would've found them by now. We are able to create so many crazy things, but not see a simple alien? That to me is insane.
At least they wouldve found us. One, with all the suff we got goin on in
space don't you think the would've noticed us by now. Two, if they can do all these supernatural things in space and on Earth like the so-called crop circles dont you think they would stop the hiding? If the do all these things why can't they just show us who the credit goes to?
The "Face" was not made by aliens. I know this for the reasons above. The "Face" is a natural form. We have yet to see these aliens. Also, at the least they wouldve found us. Therefore, I know aliens are not real and that thing is a mesa. | 3 |
5ceec09 | Car's? everyone has one right? or at least knows someone that has one. Do you ever think if car's are bad for the world? When i was younger i always wanted to have a car. Do my own thing and go where ever i wanted. Then growing up i heard all the bad things about them. How they hurt are environment. How the creat so much smog. They harm us everyday. That's why i think we should limit the car usage.
limited are car usage right like how will beable to do what we have to. They might say i'm crazy for not wanting people to drive car's but in actuality i'm just trying to help and make the world a better place for the kids of the next generation. In a article i read "paris bans driving due to smog" "by robert duffer" He tells all about how car's were making so much smog that on monday paris enforced a partial ban to clear there air of the global city. That everyone had to leave there car at home or get a ticket of 31 dollars. Almost 4000 drivers were fined and twenty seven had there car impounded.
Even in other places like germay it's ether a car or house. Everyone would take the house thats somewhere to lay your head every night were your kids make memories that you will forever cherish. Car's there isnt know really point to them but just to drive and get somehwere. You can take a bike or even walk while at the same time helping the world and helping your self. I'm not saying stop using car's there so bad you will die if you use a car no. I'm just saying use your car when you really need to.
If something is close by you just have a nice walk and enjoy the air the beauty of being outside. If your going somewhere far? take a bus it might cost a dollar or two but just think about it. You dont have to drive your not using your car and your saving the world little by liite. Even encourage your friend's and family memeber's to do what your doing. maybe by 2040 we would have a whole new world.
We would be feeling better, breathing better. There is a endless possibilites to how better we could be. Have you ever thought about being a supr hero? or helping people? for one you can stop using your car so much. Then you would be everyone super hero, even mine. | 3 |
5cefbf4 | Would you like to join a program where you can explore and see different places? If so, you should join the " Seagoing Cowboys" program. You should join this program becasue you can go to new and different places, you can help save people, and it will make you into a better person.
To begin with, you can go to new and different places. Some people may argue that going new places doesnt really do anything its not very special. However, you can explore different places and it's really fun and adventurous. The
author states," Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affecteed by the world." The author also states," But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. "i'm grateful for the opportunity," he says." This proves going different places is fun.
Additionally, you can help save people. Some people may argue that doing something for a person just wastes your time. However, doing something for someone you can probaly help save their lives. The author states," To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined togehter to form UNRRA. UNRRA hired "Seagoing Boys" to take care of the horses, young cows and mules that were shipped overseas." The author also states," By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips- the most of any Seagoing Cowboy." This proves helping save people makes you a better person and makes you start doing helpful things.
Additionally, you can become a better person. Some people may argue that they want to stay the same person because being someone else is not the real you. However, becoming someone different can help others in a time they need you the most. The author states," Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared Luke for hard work, but not for the dangers at sea."
The author also states," And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years." This proves that being a good and caring person is very awesome.
Joining the "Seagoing Cowboys" program would be awesome because you can go to new and different places, help save people, and you can become a better person. If you had the chance, would you join "Seagoing Cowboys"? | 4 |
5cf885b | The use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotions of students in a class room is valuable. The Facial Action Coding System uses science and math to predict what emotion you are experincing. This means, that one, if a student is acting up in class or falling behind you can figure issue that student is having by using this sowftware, acting up or falling behind could be an emotional issue, and two knowing what your students are feeling may help you better teach them.
Most students do not tell teachers why they act up or why they are falling behind. Most teachers always try to help their student, but they cannot help without knowing whats wrong. The Fatial Action Coding System allows teachers to know what students are feeling during their time of need, and it also could better enable a teacher to help them over come their problems. This technology calculates "six basic emotions, happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness" these emotions are always expressed when a student is falling behind, upset, or mis behaving. If a teacher better understands the emotion a student is feeling it could help that teacher help that student overcome what is happening in their life.
Knowing what a student is feeling when a new lesson is taught could better help a teacher teach the lesson it could also even improve a class no one likes. Most students love some classes or hate some classes, but there is almost never an inbetween. If the classes students hate could get tested on with what emotion each indevidual is feeling while taking that class, could better help make the class better. Using the Facial Action Coding System you can get acurate readings for why students dislike a class emotion wise becuase the software precisly computes a "3-D computer model" of your face including all "44 major muscles" that tell your emotion.
In conclusion I belive that the technology is valuable to classrooms. It could better help how students act in a class and it could help the teacher teach the class in a way that students like and love it. This technology could revolutionize a classroom experince, teachers will finally know the "why" behind why you like a class. It is all based on emotion and knowing someones emotions could help solve so many everyday problems teachers have with students. | 4 |
5cfbd1d | Near the French and Swiss bordars a new district on the outskirts of Freiburg streetparking ,driveways,and home garges are fobidden . A person that would like a car would have to pay 40,000 for a parking space ,along with a home . 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent of them sold there car to move down here .
This could be a growing trend to seperate suburban life from auto use as a movement called "smart planning ". Which could help in the future .
Not driving can clean up the air for the global city and wont take to much pollution in Paris . In paris people with any kind of veichle that contains a motor with evan -numbered license plates had to levae their cars at home or have to deal with a 22-euro fine . It would apply the next day to the odd-number license plates too. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined . People would have their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine . Congestion was down 60 percent in Frence ,after five days of intensifying smog it started to trap car emissions .
In bogota they had a big hit with car-free day .It was three straight year when cars got banned. With only buses and taxis were premitted for the day without cars .
Recent studies show that Americans have been buying lesser cars driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by .
A study showed that less then 23 percent of youmg people decreased.
In conculsion these are my examples of advantages of limiting driving . | 2 |
5cfcdf9 | The title seems to say it all, exploring Venus would be a challahnge. Throughout this entire passage numerous facts about how dangerous and unmanagable this explorition has been and would be is elaborated on. But all of the cons are swifly overpowered by the pros given by the author.
All of paragraph 8 suggjests that exploration would be worth it despite the many hardships it would take. The author explains this need to understand venus saying "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value...because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equall intimidating endeavors... should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" (8.1-3).
This direct quote exemplifies the authors view on why this exploration is necessary.
This is true, the exploration of Venus is pertinent, not only to fuel our curiosity, but to better understand our own planet. As stated in paragrph 4 "If our sister planet...it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (3.1-4). This provides an explanation on why exploration to this near-by planet has credability.
If Venus' surface, feature's , and once life forms are so similar to our own; exploration is necessary in order to avoid detrimental mistakes. Venus is now uninhabitable even for spacecrafts sent in the past. If scientists understood the downfall of Venus, it may help prevent the downfall of our own beloved planet, Earth. | 3 |
5d01e15 | Many people in the United States are becoming more and more aware of the advantages of limiting car usage. Many don't find this important or feel uncomfortable adapting new customs but it is very important to limit car usage. Limiting car usage contributes to many factors in cities and can also help the environment.
First of all, limiting car usage contributes to the way cities, towns, or suburbs are. For example; The first article "Car-Free Cities" shows an example of a suburb in Germany where people have given up their cars. This suburb; Vauban, Germany, has been a success and even 57 percent of the people living there have sold their cars in order to live there, while 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars. A media trainer, Heidrn Walter, said "When I had a car I was always tense. I', much happier this way," and it's not only her that feels this way, many otheer people in this suburb have experienced and enjoyed the no-car-feeling. Also, this article states that a low-car suburban life makes suburbs more compact and accessible to public transportation, with less space for parking. This makes living there a lot more easier and comfortable.
Second, limiting car usage helps the environment. According to the first article; "Car-Free-Cities" says that "Passenger cars are responcible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States" and that "emissions from an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities." These two facts show how bad cars are for the environment, and not only that, but also, cars polute the air horribly. For example, in the second article "Paris bans driving due to smog" said that "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This smog has affected a lot of cities as well and now one of the main goals people have is to promote alternative transportation due to this.
To conclude, there are many advantages of limiting car usage and and not limiting is hurting the world. Everyone should be more conciderate of their environment and limit their car usage. | 4 |
5d0602f | Luke should not be a sea going cowboy.This is why in paragraph 2 he said when he went over seas world war ll was begining, if he was caught by any air troopers they would have bombed the boat he was on and it would have sinked into that deep blue ocean. For example when he was on the boat he had an hourly role call acording to the story he fell and cracked his ribs if the metal pole did'nt stop him he would have went over board and eaten by a shark but he was fine he had to take a break for a couple of days. Why he should'nt go over seas to be a sea going cowboy is that you can get hurt a lot and get sea sick but the most important thing is that if he keeps up what he is doing he will get really hurt do his job any more. In paragrah4 when he was discharged he had made nine trips across the world
acording to the paragraph. | 1 |
5d0887b | Venus is often referred to as "Earth's twin". It is the most relatable planet in our solar system to earth. It is around the same size and has almost the same density. Venus has the hottest surface of any planet in the solar system which makes it hard for the people at NASA to study it. Many years ago venus wasn't extremly hot and had many oceans which could of allowed more life to live there.
Over a decade ago NASA sent a a rocket to venus. After it being to on and them only being able to be there for a few hours they came back. NASA haven't tried to send anything thing else up to venus because they would only be able to be there for a couple hours. The surface is so hot they might not even be able to be there for that long.
NASA is thinking about sending a rocket to venus which then they would have a vehichle flow above the planet to try to study more about it. They would be around 30 miles above venus studying to micrscopes or othe devices which let them see the planet easier. With them being 30 miles above the surfave it would still be extremly hot at 170 degrees Fahrenheit.
NASA is also trying to find other way to study venus. For example they are making electronics made of silicon carbide and test them to see if it can hangle the heat and other challenges it might face. In the article the author explains that the electronics they need to study venus would be nothing like the computers people use here on earth. Studying venus is really hard and figuring out the right way to do it is the hardest part.
In conclusion we are trying to figure out how to study venus. We are coming up with multiple options that have to be perfect before we try. The author of the article gives many examples after every statment. He also gives facts which makes the reads believe what he is saying. For everything he says he has an explanation for. | 3 |
5d09d49 | Autonomous cares have been dreamt of for several generations now. Theyve gone through multiple changes and theories but we've just now found one solution that may be the key to the next generations of cars. In 2009 tech company Google revealed that it was working on a self driven car. However, despite this being in the works for over 9 years it still has its faults so some are sceptical about its rise to being the new standard. I however see differently.
Many people believe that these autonomous cars are highly dangerous to the public. This is not true, The self riven car from Google has only witnessed one crash in its lifespan. That crash was caused by another driver. Given this information it is true that car should have been able to have a counter menouver to this. So if everyone were to be using a car like this on the otherhand there would be no need for these types of menouvers to take place.
Now, others will think the cars to be completely impractical in todays society, but this is in fact false. The autonomous vehichles will only consume roughly half the fuel we do today, meaning we will cut back on our dependence for fossil fules such as gasoline. Since they dont require a driver in most situatiuons it will allow the driver to multitask while in the car which will be a great benefit given todays busy world. Better still is that they come equiped with high grade sensors to sense oncoming dangers and can move or speed up if it needs to without having the attention of the person inside it.
So am i for the autonomous cars? i absolutely am. With the cut of fossil fuels and the safety thats provided when in one who would want them to stop? They will make everyday life more simplistic and much more safe. | 4 |
5d147d6 | Having the new technolgy would help every teacher and school around the world. By being able to tell how a student feels the teacher can change the way they would teach the classes or the way they would a explain a lesson. The computer would tell the teacher how the students are feeling. It would be valuable to have that type of technolgy in class room becuase it would make teachers jobs less complicated.
Using the new technology would hellep teacher understand the students in knowing how they feel whithout having to ask them. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". In this example Dr. Huang explains what the cumputer is able to do it. By telling how a student is feeling this can help teachers be the teacher not having to ask every student how they feel. The computer would do it for the teacher. By having the computer know how the student feels the teaacher can focus more on exlpaing the lesson better and making it easier to understand for students to understand.
"This could modify the lesson,like an effective human instuctor"
Dr. Huang elpaians that the computer can change it is teaching the lesson like a teacher would it also states that it would do it as effective as a human instructor would. That means having that technolgy would help improve schools teach improve classes and the way people are being tought. | 3 |
5d14dde | Have you ever wondered what other planets are like? Have you ever gotten the questioned yourself about these other planets like... Have scientists found other lifeforms? Have scientists found resorces on other planets like they have on Earth? well then if thats the case let me explain you why "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents." There could possibily be other life forms on other planets and even Venus, how there's life forms on Earth, typicaily Humans, Animals and even Bacteria like Algy and Fungi, In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" In paragraph 4 it says "Venus could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Another reason why Venus is worth studying is, like the Sun its the hottest thing in our solar system, what if Venus is not as hot as the Sun but what if Venus is hot for anything to be on there, in the article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" In paragraph 3 it says "Venus tempreture average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.", or what if it relates to Earth in many ways? In the article in paragraph 4 it says "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans" This is all the evidence on why Venus is worth discovering dispite the dangers while, Scientists may have discovered a bit of Venus and a bit of Mars unfortionatly for now some of those planets remain a mystery while some are on the very peak of changing from the unknown to the discoverable. | 3 |
5d1930b | "Against Driverless Cars"
In the future we will need our own cars it's not neccesary to have that types of cars or traportations car like those kind. Everybody needs their own traportation to go to work,store,hospital,etc. For some reason it would be a good idea because it would save fuel because they will only used half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more far flexibility.
But,instead why don't they do they same cars now days people used and do it as the driveless cars it would be the same only thing that would be differnt is that everybody would have one it would be much easier and it wouldn't be public they would have to ride with other peopl or go all squish together because it's full.
Driverless Cars can be dangerous,How? well it couold cause accidents it can lose it's control anything can happen because their are that 100% reliable,plus google cars aren't truly driverless;they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of drivewaysor dealing with complicated traffic issues.
My opinion is no. I don't want for the future to have public cars like those. | 2 |
5d23658 | The Facial Action Coding System is a system that will construct a 3-D computer model of the face and use muscle movements to figure out what you are communicating emotionally. With that being said, will this information given by the system be valuable in a classroom? Here are my reasons why I believe it would be valuable to both the students and teacher in the classroom.
In a classroom, you have a wide range of personalities. Students may feel shy or uncomfortable asking questions. If a teacher asks how well the class is dealing with the subject, a student may say they are dealing well with the subject when they really are not. Dr. Huang says is,"Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication...So computers need to understand that, too." A teacher in a classroom can understand verbal communication but maybe only slight emotional communication. Having a Facial Action Coding System (FACS) in your computer can help it to understand the majority of what a student may really be feeling about the subject.
A lot of times today classrooms are packed with students, also giving a wide range of abilities. This range of ability doesn't allow teachers time to help the struggling students. In paragraph six Dr. Huang 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." If we had this technology, it could help students to keep up with the rest of their class by changing how the lesson is taught depending on the individual.
This technology would have the capability to figure out more easily the emotions of a student and be able to relay that back to the teacher. A teacher may think that a class is enjoying the subject based on what they say or what they act like, when in actual fact this may not be the case. According to the text, "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." This technology can understand if students are not relating well with the style of teaching that is available and then make this information available to the teacher. The teacher can then look at what the students really feel like in their class, and then adapt the style or structure of class to facilitate more engagement and interaction from the students.
Therefore I believe that the use of this new technology would be valuable. FACS would be able to help struggling students do better than they are in their subjects by changing the lesson depending on their emotions. It would be able to modify the lesson for a student so that they may more easily understand. It would be able to help teachers to understand how their students feel in the classroom and so they can more easily facilitate the students different learning styles. This system would help the whole classroom function more effectively. | 4 |
5d286e5 | I agree with using technology to read sudents emotional expressions. It could prevent students from being bored in a class. If we had computers to tell us when were bored and upset it would make our mood change. It would probably change the way you act everyday. You would get tired of seeing you be in a updet mood all the time so you would want to change that. The computers would try giving you entertaining ads or funny ads. They would make it to make you not bored in class and not so tired. They are just trying to make your day a little bit easier. In the passage it said that it looks at the muscles you are using to see what mood you are in. They compared it to the Mona Lisa painting becuase she is barely smiling but looks kind of upset. She could have many moods.
I think it would be really valuable and useful. It would put kids in a better mood than they were. If the computer makes the day a little bit better why not do it. It cant harm anyone it's just trying to show that computers can help kids with bad attitutudes. They are making school computers do this so when kids get to school in an updet mood it can make there day better and they wont be upset all day.
In conclusion i think that the computers would be really useful. There would not be a lot of issues it should run smoothly. Kids are not going to like the idea because they will think that someone is spying on them when it is really just being used to see if your in a bad mood or not. I think they should add these to school computer s and see what kids think of them. Take a vote and see if kids like the idea or completely hate it but, i agree and think they should use them. | 3 |
5d2bbfe | Would you be willing to join the exquisite Seagoing program? To help the many countaries that were in ruins,the 44 nations made the UNRRA.The UNRRA stands for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation, but our program is going to help them too. We have a myriad amount of exuberant people that are ready to explore the world. Our program takes you all around the world to help countries that don't have food, see beautiful sights you've never seen before, and to learn all about the places we'll go.
We will be like a spaceship zooming all over the world. We will be the altruistic people in the world ready to make our mark. The Seagoing Cowboy program is one of the best programs of all time. If you can't believe that, then I guess you better join the club then. Our club need to help so many people that are suffering.
Well, I guess you better be signing up now. You are allowed to sign up at any time. You are also welcome to take the bus we will be providing for people to ride on. I can't wait to go on the best trips, especially the trips that we can see what was left from Worl War II. We can put the remainings of World World II in a couple of mueseums. When we put the remainings in the muesuems, everybody can see what great deeds we did and then we can bring food and make food to the people that suffer. | 2 |
5d30afd | In this article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the author talks about the aspects of driverless cars. To me driverless cars can be a bad thing. Just think about a car running on its own without a driver. That's basically impossible and also scary. I feel like cars should always have a driver inside them.
Driverless cars can sometimes be a danger to people. If the car was completly driverless then it wouldn't need human skills. A driverless car shouldn't be able to use human skill. It should be able to do everything when needed to. The driver must remain alert when in a driverless car. They must keep their hands near the steering wheeling at all times to be ready to take control.
Drivers would get bored just sitting around waiting for the car to alert them. Why would anyone want to buy a driverless car isn't in full control? People shouldn't make driverless cars becasue it could probably hurt someone. What happens if the technology fails? Whose fault would it be if it does fail? In case of an accident, there should be laws. Where would they sell these cars.
If the technology ever fails I feel like it would be the drivers fault. It would be their fault simply because they were so eager to try out the driverless car. They thought it would be so perfect to try it out. But then it would the inventor's fault because they were the ones that invented it. They should've made sure everythng was fine and working properly before they someone buy it. There shoudn't be any problems with the driverless car if you're gonna buld it. Make sure everything works perfectly then have people buy it.
There it is. The reasons why there shoud not be driverless cars. People could get in accidents id they're not focus on the alerts. They could be bored while waiting for something to pop up. The technology could probably fail while they're in the car on the road. New laws would be needed for these cars. | 3 |
5d31922 | Is Facial Action Coding System, a program desgined to accurately predict a persons emotions from their face, valuable to use on students?
Being able to know what students are feeling could be important. A computer that is able to actively track your emotions and edit the lessons accordingly is a good thing. This technology is the next step in helping students learn and understand more, and become better at skills they once struggled with.
Students that struggle often don't speak up during class, and consequetly suffer on test and homework that follows. If a computer can identify a confused student and reteach the subject or concept, it can make a world of difference. Many students who doesn't learn a concept early in school and never learn it will struggle later on. The principle of learning is that a student is taught one level at time, each time building off of the previous level. The basic principles of level one are often reapplied in a more complex form in the next level or levels. If a student never understands the first concept they will fail at understanding the more complex versions of it. If this can be identified from level one, the student can be very much more successful and happy later on.
Facial Action Coding System is a brilliant solution to helping out students and improving the learning enviroment. If introduced to schools it can raise standarized test scores, improve the emotional enviroment. This technology will allow students to lead more successful and happy lives. | 3 |
5d33141 | Authors that present a well-developed, convincing argument can have a large influence on their reader's thoughts. In the passage, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author explains the different reasons as to why Earth, as a whole, should further study the planet of Venus, alotting all its difficulties. While the kinks of being able to go to Venus are still being worked out, this author gives insight as to why this barren planet is still important.
The first idea the author had was related to the atmosphere of Venus. "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the coulds of higly corrosive sufuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." In Paragraph 3, the author does not give a higly convincing argument. Humans need oxygen to live, so how is it expected for them to survive on a planet that has little to no oxygen? It is not possible to change the chemical makeup of an entire planet. The argument displayed by the author is not credible in any way and does not give any reason as to why one would want to continure research in this area.
The next problem that Earth faces in studying Venus is that temperatures on this planet exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature found nowhere on Earth. This temperature is beyond the maximun limit that human can edure, which leaves behind the compelling factor of wanting to study more of this sister planet. The author also states, ". . . and the atmospheric pressure is 9 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme that anything humans encounter on Earth." If the conditions of Venus are so bad, why should we be expected to study more of this planet. Similar to the carbon dioxide in the air, there is no way to change the temperature and pressure of an entire planet. Once again, the argument given by this author is not convincing.
The author uses an idea proposed by NASA for humans to study Venus. They say that they could use hovering vehcles such as a blimp to fly over the planet, somewhere around 30 miles high. While 30 miles is a long way abover the planet, the temperature would still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, which is not ideal for reseachers. "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." If studying a planet is as difficult as the author is saying here, then Venus should be abandoned because even if NASA was able to study it, there is obviously no way that the planet will ever be suitable to live on. The author's arguments so far have all been a lost cause.
The author does explain that Venus may have been previously similar to Earth-like conditions, including oceans to support forms of life. He states that it has similar features to Earth such as valleys, mountains, and craters. While this may be too, Venus has come a long way in that it is no longer able to sustain life. Even if it previously was similar to Earth, that means that it has gotten worse over time, which says that from here on, it will continue to grow worse.
Proven by the author, Venus's conditions are far too extreme for the technology we have today. This planet is increasingly too dangerous to be explored, therefore the research toward it should be abandoned, and pushed more toward studying other plants, or even other solar systems in order to find another sutiable planet for humans to comfortably live on. | 5 |
5d33f39 | Technology is often pushed furiously in society today,especially when it
concerns students in the classroom. When it comes down to Dr. Huang's innovation, FACS (Facial Action Coding System) which is shown and detailed in Nick D'Alto's article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" , which shows in the article FACS has been shown to have the power to determine one's facial expressions and determine their mood. People are left in awe of the creation and many would like to see the extent of its power, which leaves people wondering whether FACS should be used in the classroom or not. Although the use of FACS in classrooms might be difficult to implement in classrooms at first, it would be a great boon to have use of such technology in class, due to the advantages provided.
If FACS were to be used in classrooms, the applications and advantages provided would be numerous. One of the examples that was given in the article by Dr. Huang, was how facs could be used to alter the speed of a curiculum and provide feedback
from the students by analyzing their emotions and expressions, by doing this the machine is able to determine whether the student or students are interested in the subject, or if they are confused or not. The data then provided adjustments could be made to the lesson to better fit the students education and help them learn
better, as you can see from the statement Dr. Huang 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 intstructor." . . . "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," ".
From what the text shows, you can see the power of the FACS being able to determine and effectivily teach students based off facial expressions which give insight into whether a student understands the lesson being taught or if the student just does not understand the material nor care as a result of being bored. The use of the facial recognition software would speed up the process of student's educations and would be more effective since it was specifically engineered for the purpose of analyzing patterns in human faces, versus using one instructor to relying on verbal feedback to properly understand the needs of his or her students. If the FACS were to be used it would help students who need help due to the facs being able to read students emotions which are valuable since it affects their attituted towards learning and as a result of their skill. Students who feel confused, angered, nonchalant, or fearful of a subject are less likely to be able to suceed in that subject, by removing and helping qualm those emotions the FACS is able to sucessfully impact the qualtiy of said students educations.
All in all, by using FACS to analyze the emotions of students and their facial expressions, the instructor of the software it's self can make adjustments to better fit the students mind and ease the negative emotions that directly impact student's ability to learn. With the corelations between emotions and ability to learn, it is a no brainer that having technology analyze emotions of the students to better augment the lesson to their needs. | 4 |
5d34717 | So, what do you think the Face in the ground was created by? In my opinion, the Face was created by a natural landforms on mars. Resesachers of NASA have done serious reseach over the years just to tell how the Face was created. Pictures have been taking from differnt cameras over the years just to continue the long search on the Face. From, 1976 to 2001, the evidence in the picture has changed everytime.
The article states, " As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, " he added. " So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" What the article is saying that there might have some kind of landform that created the Face. People are still curios til this very day on how the Face was formed or created. So, in my opinion the Face was created by a natural landform on Mars.
Some people think it's created by aliens. When there seems to be no type of life form on Mars. The
Face has changed over the processes in the picture. In my arguementive essay, I still haven't changed my theisis about how the Face was created. Through out the article, it tells you on how they processed the long journey to take the photo and make it clear on what it is. | 2 |
5d3b183 | The use of Facial Action Coding System is useful and valuable to read the emotional expressions of students because it will benefit and help teachers in classrooms understand what the student is truly feeling and what is going on in their mind.
This technology system will be "able to detect exactly how other people are feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotions." Many students in class have anxiety of speaking infront of many people, fear of being wrong, and not asking questions when they don't know what is going on. They will know when and how to help students through the help of the system.
Another reason why Facial Action Coding System will improve classroom environments and the learning skills of all the students is the system will let teachers know when the student is angry because when the "orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens you lips to show anger."(3)
If a student is angry, the system will detect it and the teachers will know as well. Anger can indicate many things in a student. Something may not be okay at home or in their family. The student may have too much going on in their life. When this happens, students tend to hide their emotions and not ask for help, when in reality they do. The system would automatically give intail on the emotion to the teacher so they can offer help, guidance and support to the student and let them know that a teacher is there for them.
Students would not learn anything if they are too distracted or too tired. If there is a technology to read students' emotional expressions, it would benefit teachers because the system will notice the emotions they might be feeling like "happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and saddness..." (3). If the teacher knows what the students true feelings are, for example boredom, This Facial Action Coding System would help teachers know "...when a student is becoming confused or bored... then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."(6)
The use of Facial Action Coding System is valuable because it helps teachers understand the feelings of their students and help their students based on their feelings. This system will improve the learning environment and decrease the levels of stress and anxiety will the help of teachers. | 4 |
5d3b6f8 | Driverless cars would be very usefull, epecially in this generation because of all the teenagers now a days using their phones while driving, and causing accidents. A driverless car would help that problem. A driverless car would help all people ranging from all ages. The diverless car also pays closer attention to the road thatn any individual would. A driverless car in general would help people of older age as well.
The driverless car would prevent teenageers and from getting into accidents. Teenages now a days don't know how to stay off their phones so that causes accidents, with a driverless car the car does the driving for you all you have to do is sit there and pay attention every once in a while. The driverless car would protect the driver, especialy when they are not paying any attention to the road.
With all that being said, the driverless car would pay closer attention to the road. Say there might be a deer in the middle of road and the driver isn't paying any attention. The car would sense it and would stop automatically. Say somehting just pops up out of nowhere, the car would know and would sense it. What the car does is it senses it and it reduces power from the engine as it is applying the breaks. That is how that works, and as technology advances this will advance as well and only get better.
My final reasoning is very simple. The driverless car would help out elders who may not have the eye sight that they may have had when they where thirty years old. Also people who loose their hearing, they wouldn't be able to hear certian things that might be going on around them. So the driverless car would help elders get around town a lot better than having to pay a lot of money for a driver or car sevice. Some elders do no pay attention to what is going on, so as long as they would have a driverless car I think they would be good to go.
With all that being said I am all for having driverless cars. They would help prevent accidents epecially with teenagers who are constantly on their phones. The car pays closer attention to the rather than and iduvidual. And finally the car would help elders get around rather than them having to pay alot of money to have a driver or alwasy use a car service. Just in general I feel a driverless car would be great for everyone now a days. | 4 |
5d43879 | Well I do believe in supernatural life form, but i don't think that aliens would do things like this. Personally based on my opinion is that it could've been just the way it looks. Like how it resembles a human face, has eyes, a nose, the head shape, could be just the way it devoloped over decades and centuries over time. This does'nt mean that it work of an unknown species. Its just a natural landform that has developed the shape of a human face over time. But i can also see how other would think that. yes, I admit it is an odd thing to see, but theres a million different stories of how this particular piece became known to all the human race. So us scientists, at NASA are going to find the real story behind this unfounded clue. Also do promise that the story that we get will be the truth, and also be shared to the public people of the United States. This clue has a million questions, and a million accusations. But what i think over my years of research is that there was no alien lifeform that created the face of mars. Just alot of great odd things happen. It just seems to be that this is one of them. But us scientists at NASA promise to find the real truth, tell the real truth, and plan to make it known to the human race. | 2 |
5d47af5 | Even though the idea of a driverless car is ludicrous, humans continue to test it out. Sergery Brin has contemplated the car for awhile and has been attempting to maunfacture the vehicle. With an idea that very extravagant, the plan itself would take a long process and an expensive amount of money. Though the driverless cars are being built, the vehicles aren't completely driverless and still has more work to be accomplished. Bin has been asked and has thought of the what the driverless car can do, but many people are conflicted about the safety of the car.
Over the years technology continues to develop and the driverless cars are now the newer way to entertain the hum race. Google has assisted in making the car and has made it to where the human driver has to be caution. The scientists and manufactured the car to help reduce the percentage of car accidents. The car has been built to help the driver when they are in danger or when they are accelerating, about to brake, etc. When they are about to give the control to the human driver, they signal an alarm of some sort and the driver is then given the wheel. If there is a speed limit over twnety-five mile per hour, the driver will have to keep their hands on the wheel and this will help the driver keep alert.
Though the car is built to help on the road and help the drivers, the car can't help with everything. Drivers could happen to fall asleep or be very bored when the car is driving itself and would then cause an issue. If the situation of there being a car accident occurs, someone wouldn't know whether to press charges against the driver or against the manufacturer. The situation of pressing charges to whoever could cause a disruption amongst the people and the businesses.
Though the driverless car is in the process of being built, there are new ideas, situations, and ways that the car could do for the human race and the community. With only a few states to test the cars, the tests are limited to see what the cars can drive through. the question of the acr being completely driverless is still unanswered. There are new discoveries that we have yet to find out about the car when it is done and has been thoroughly been tested. Technology has yet to advance with the driverless car. | 2 |
5d47f5c | Technology to read the emotinoal expressions of students in a classroom would be very valuable but also very not likely to happen anytime soon. While I believe it's a great idea to keep kids on track and keep them actually working; I don't believe it would work as easily in the real world.
There are many problems with the Facial Action Coding System. The first thing would be as stated in paragraph 7, "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." This shows that a normal PC can't handle the algorithms. Without this program working on a normal PC schools are going to have to buy certain computers and pay people to maintain them. It's overall not practical or convenient enough. I believe in the near future it will be very pracitical and will be used to help many kids that wouldn't have graduated before graduate.
I believe the Facial Acton Coding System would be very helpful to get kids that dont try and aren't engaged, engaged in their school work. If you can make learning fun for a kid when they're upset or frustrated, it'll make it much eaiser for them to learn. Using these machines so they manipulate your work and change it to fit how you are emotionally will get kids to try harder and get engaged. I also believe the percentage of kids failing and dropping out would change once the coding system is integrated.
Overall I believe the Facial Action Coding System is a very great idea. It'll improve our schools and our country as a whole. But as previously said I dont think we are technologically advanced enough to start using these algorithms and programs, but I believe in the next 10 years we'll start to see this program in schools being used to help the children. | 4 |
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You can create great memories while on your boat ! Think of all the memories other people will be creating. Why would you not want to be a part of that? You could sign up with a friend or even make new friends along the way! You could tell your family great stories of honor and travel that you would have experienced. Think of how left out you would feel you feel if you did not join this amazing program!
Creating memories is not the only thing this program has to offer! With this program you can even visit unique and famous places. You could visit China, Italy or even see the Panama Canal by joining this program. Just think of all the amazing sights you will see if join this program. You could be taking gondola rides in Venice, Italy! This program has so many exciting things to offer. Just think of all the endless possibilities you would have if you joined the program!
Last but defenitily not least this program also offers you free time during your visit in an exciting town or city. You would have time to tour fascinating places or even tour the local area. You would have time to yourself for enjoyment. This program would offer enough time to go sightseeing or to take in the beautiful city or town that you are visiting. Do not go off and get hired for some other traveling business or program that gives you no time to enjoy your stay. Do not work at a place that takes you to horrible non-exciting places, go the happy and sensible route, join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
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The Seagoing Cowboys can offer so many things that are all amazing and are very benefitial! You should join this program because it has so much to offer and sitting in a run down town while working for another business or program is not going to make you happy so come to the best of the best and gain a whole lot of new memories that will last a lifetime by joining the Seagoing Cowboys! | 4 |
5d4a2bf | The temperature in Venus is over 800 degress, and the atmosphere is 900 times greater than what we have in Earth. The temperature in Venus is dangerous for people to visit. It can cause death or other bad symptoms for your body. Other than all the dangerous things that Venus can cause, is that Venus is the most alike planet. Venus used to be only coverd in oceans. Venus is one of the best planets. Mercury is very close to the sun but it's not the hottest planet, and Venus is not close to the sun but it still has a very high temperature. Both planets are beautiful to visit and also are beautiful to look at. Venus still has those feautures where it kinda look like Earth's feautures. It just looks like it has rocky mountains, and greyish but still looks pretty to look at. If you are planning to visit Venus, you can not step into the planet and feel it. The best way to avoid dangerous situations is looking only at the planet. The air pressure is similar to Earth. On paragraph 3 it says "These conditions are far extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals" and on paragraph 5 it say's "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degress fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. In conclusion there is still a lot to say about Venus that NASA is still working on, and there would be many more things to say about it. | 1 |
5d52409 | Lets face the facts the face on Mars is nothing more than clever illusion. The face that you have no doubt seen on mars isn't proof of alein life it just doesn't make logical sense. The higher quality photos don't even show the face, and why would NASA cover up somthing that would help them with their budget issues. Its clearly just rock formation just like ones we have on earth.
First of all the first picture was just a lucky happenstance. When NASA went back in to get a higher quality photo, it wasn't there. The face was just a product of clouds and outdated equipment. "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution." (P10) The best quality photo, and it looked less like a face and more like a pile of broken dreams.
Some hardcore conspiracy theorists might say NASA was trying to pull a wool over our eyes and cover up the existents of extraterestrial life with fake pictures. But why would NASA cover somthing as earth shattering as aliens, the publicity alone would help push the government to extend their budget." Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." (P5) Why would litteral rocket scientists cover up something that would help the massively.
Thirdly it's just like rock formations we have on earth. In the article one scientist even says it looks just like a butte we have on Earth. " It reminds me of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho" (P12) We are all losing our heads over somthing that we could drive to Idaho in a matter of hours to see.
Overall only crazy conspiracy nuts could ignore the facts to this degree. Its was a one time photo that happened almost 40 years ago. People need to quit ignoring the facts and see whats right in front of them. The face on Mars is just a natural land form that, under the right conditions, can look like a face. | 4 |
5d56c67 | Driverless cars are on an uproar in discussion. There are pros and cons to these cars; pros being that in the text it says, "the cars use half the amount of fuel of today's taxis and buses in the world and that 2020 car companies plan to have these cars being able to drive on 90 percent autopilot".This shows that the cars would be safe. But what about the other 10 percent? That 10 percent are the cons of these cars. What if the technology fails and the driver is not aware or alert, that is a likely accident or injury bound to happen. But in my argument overall, I am for driverless cars.
With driverless cars, air polution percentage would drop a tremendous ammount. Also if technology in the ar weere to fail, then the driver should be aware of the situation and take over the wheel manuelly. and if an accident were to happen I feel as if the fault should be towards the owner of the vehicle. I say this because in the text it says, " Manufactuers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road". So this means that if the driver is not paying attention to the road then its automaticallly the owners fault.
Adding the feature seat vibrations and the announcing of when the driver needs to take over would be a good addition to let the driver be notified to take over manuelly. And, to ensure safety when I refer back to the text it says "special touch sensors make surethat the driver keeps hold of the wheel". This provides assurance that the driver should be aware of their surroundings. Also in the article it expresses how the driverless cars have driven millions of miles total without an accident.
sensors in the cars have been added to make sure that the driver andthe people around them can be safe as possible . The satelite on top of the car signals to show the surroundings. so in my conclusions the cars | 3 |
5d5933d | Candidate what do you think of when I say that word well If I had to guess a said president. President that when each party selects a president that the people trust to help this Nation. candidates focuse their campaign on efforts onthe toss up state. In the article they said Nixonin 1968 and Clintin in 1992 both had only a43 percent plurality of the popular votes. No c candidate win majority.
Did you know that under 23rdAmendment of the constistution the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college. That what the article told me in paragraph4. Every candidate that is running for president has his or her own group of electors. the majority of 270 electoral votes is rerequired to elect the president. Everyone has to vote if want somebody that own your side. If don't then your voice will never be heard so you have speak up and vote. For who should be president of the state. So voting is a big deal so you make sure that you be heard. | 1 |
5d5f23d | Driverless Cars Are Coming is a short article that depicts the use of computerized cars that are being made. The cars are supposed to be safe and trustworthy. One part of the article describes a public-transport taxi system that would take people from place to place, navigating through other driverless cars. The idea of this self controlling, moving car can be very advantageous to people, using less fuel, prevent or stop car accident, and take people to their destination at ease. However, there are issues with the automated automobile. How will driverless cars adapt with cars with actual drivers? How will everyone acquire the self-driving car when they could cost fortunes? Also who is blamed if and when prevented accidents aren't prevented? Lastly what about car computer hacking?
The idea of the self driving car is courageous, but it will not work for our society. First, driverless cars can drive at ease when other driverless cars are in uniform with the other cars, but when one car has someone drivng the car then the driverless cars aren't able to predict the outcome the real driver will make. Assuming the driverless cars would communicate with one another, they could all drive together in uniform, predicting eachother's movements thorugh the streets. Then one car, in a situation in which is being driven by someone, cannot be in communication with the driverless cars and the driverless car tries to predict one's movement. The driver actually goes the opposite way predicted, crashing into the other car. This is not something that can easily be avoided without other people owning the driverless car. This leads to the next point.
Driverless cars are very mechanical, probably costing much more than one's average car price. Then everyone is told to adapt to the change and buy this self-propelling car, but they are much too costly. Without the car, people could get into accidents with the driverless car. No complete safety would be acquired until every single car within the set area is a driverless car.
If an area with all driverless cars is made, what happens when the self driving cars do finally mess up and crash into another driverless car? Who should be blamed? The creators of the car? The person inside the vehicle that should have taken over and tried to drive for themselves, assuming they even know how to drive with little to no practice? One could also easily hack into the cars computer also. Computer hacking is already a very regular thing in the United States, so what stops people from hacking into cars and purposefully causing accidents? These types of issues that are very hard to deal with could not be easily dealt with.
Blame for driverless cars could be impossible in some cases.
In conclusion, the idea of driverless cars cannot be comepletely viable for safety of passengers and safety of citizens on the side of the street. There is no way driverless cars could be able to completely predict a real drivers movements. The cars could be hard for everyone to buy and adapt to. Last, you cannot find true blame for a driverless cars action when there is not anyone to blame. The driverless cars will not work in a society that is not ready for it. | 4 |
5d628ad | Driving a car is one of the fun but must dangerous things to do. Car usage is one of the most common issues the wolrd is trying to address. Seeing so many cars driving around is not as much fun as it were in the late 50s. Car usage is causing so much damage in our environment. Usage of cars can lead to air pollution. Air polluion is the most dangerous type of pollution that can kill thousand's of people in just few minutes. Limiting in car usage can make a reduction in air pollution.
Owning a personal car is not the only way you can get from point A to point B. There are other ways and means someone could use to get around doing your day to-day businesses, EX: trains, cabs, buses, etc. If most people start to use the other means of transportations I just listed, there will be some in crease on our employment rate. | 2 |
5d64786 | Do I believe that using technology to read students expressions valuable? Well their are pros and cons to this technology.
The way that technology is able to do this in the first place is beacuse of Dr. Huang and Dr. Eckman. They created a machine that tracks the movement of your muscles. Such as a sign of anger is your orbicularis oris which is around you mouth when it tightens that is a sign of anger. Also when above your eyes raises your eyebrows when you are suprised. Each face is compared to a face with no face expression to compare and find the signs to identify the expression.The computer could also adjust the lesson for you so you are not bored. A regular PC coudnt handle such confusing algorithms but they can write down sample instructions to encode your emotions.
The cons of The MOna Lisa, is that alot of times people dont want others to know their feelings. They would rather keep it to them selves. Using The Mona Lisa could be breaking their privacy.
All of around I would say that The Mona Lisa is valuable. Its such a good thing to have around for the most part. Being able to adjust a lesson to the way someone feels can help students to be more interested and better learners. Also knowing the way a student feels can prevent and solve a lot of problems. Lots of prombles in school could be prevented if a teacher knew ahaead of time of the problem or how another student really felt about a problem So yes once again The Mona Lisa is valuable. | 2 |
5d65b58 | In the article, my postion on driverless cars is that they need to be more attentive and cautious. Some careless drivers dont pay attention when it comes to driving.It may be a car that we will have that might not let us drive at all even when your in situations. However, we still need to be attentive at all times when it comes to driving. The negative aspects of this article is that there is no point is having a driver in a driverless car. Drivers would still want to drive
Drivers cant sit all day when it comes to riding in those driverless car. It's like they are the passengers inside the car and letting the driverless car take over. In the article it says, "A human driver in a safe car, is in control at all times" and always attentive when on the road for their safety. Even if the new traffic law does pass through, it still wouldnt do any good for the drivers in the driverless cars.
People still need cars that they can drive. There would be no point in letting a car drive for you. if that happens, people could be just taking the bus to wherever their destination is. People shouldn't want those cars because they are pointless and could be dangerous. You see it on movies and television but people don't know what it really feels like in real life when you let a car take over. It will all just be too weird.
I also disapprove because the only time the driver will be able to touch the wheel is when there is construction work, pulling out of a driveway, or in complicated traffic. It's a very pointless car to have. Why put in a lot of money in something that isnt even worth it? The article says, "Google cars aren't truly driverless," It might as well be. Drivers will only be able to touch the wheel, so does that mean that they will be in control or will the driverless car still be in control but just having the drivers hands on the wheel?
In conclusion, I dont agree with these new driverless cars. Especially when a new traffic law passes by, it wont be worth the wait. These cars are pointless and wont be worth your time. Sure they can do a lot of things a normal car can do but, the one main thing that they cant do is have a driver in control. | 3 |
5d68fc2 | Wouldn't you like to take a break from having to drive all time? Well maybe now you can because the driverless car period is in the near future. Though the car wouldn't be completely driverless, it'd still give you a small break from having to do all the driving. Safety is alway the number one priority, and a smart car will deliver that. There are plenty of benefits in the making of a smart car.
Think about all the sensors that would need to go into a smart car. Doesn't that make you feel safer just thinking about having sensors that detect and tell you when you're in danger? So far, a smart car can only steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Also, they're all designed to notify the driver when there is a work zone or anaccident ahead so the driver can know to take control. GM has seats that vibrate when the car is in danger of being backed into an object. There are other options of danger warnings being considered as well. Such as, flashing lights on a windshield and other heads up displays.
Yes, a smart car is not yet completely driverless. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have plans to have cars drive on their own by 2020. Smart cars would fundamentally change the world. According to the article, Google cofounder Sergey Brin "envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system" that would use half the gas of today's taxis and also offer way more flexibilty than a bus.
Of course we run into the agument of why would anyone buy a driverless car that would still partially require a driver. And the question of: wouldn't it get boring waiting until they need to drive? Sure, but think about not having to drive 100% of the time in a fun, new way. Some manufacturers are even hoping to have in-car entertainment and information systems. Those systems would use heads-up displays that could be instantly turned off when the driver needs to take control.
In conclusion, think about all the benefits of a smart car. At the same time though, think about the downfalls. A smart car would be safe and fun for you and your family. Some would argue otherwise, that a smart car is just as dangerous and it'd get boring. Finally, these cars are our future because there are car manufacturers that already have plans in motion. | 3 |
5d6a802 | Driverless cars are the way of the future. Driverless cars could be more than just a way of transportation: they could be cheaper, safer, and more entertaining. With new innovations and improvements that modern day technology provides, driverless vehicles could become the only mode of on-land transportion that is needed.
Driverless cars are cheaper than the cars of modern society. The cofounder of Google, Sergey Brin, imagines a future in which driverless cars replace today's taxi system. Brin forsees driverless cars that "would use half the fuel of today's taxis." Brin also envisions that the driverless cars would provide "far more flexibility than a bus." In the past, the sensors needed for these driverless cars "was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred millions dollars." Now these sensors have become cheaper and easier to access.
These driverless cars of the future would be a safer option in adition to being cheaper. The driverless cars have sensors all around the car, including the roof, the rear wheels, "a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor." These sensors provide angles and points of view that the driver can not see. The sensors created using modern technology "ha[ve] become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers." With these new sensors that will just continue to become more advanced, less accidents will happen on the road.
The driverless cars are not only cheaper and safer, but they can provide a more entertaining and fun way to driver on the road. Although one would think that driverless cars that would still require a driver may become "bored waiting for their turn to drive," Dr. Werner Huber has come up with a solution. Dr. Werner Huber, who is a project manager at BMW, has come up with a way "to interpret the driving fun in a new way." Driverless cars could provide entertain for not only the driver, but the whole family. Movies could display and the front overhead and then simply go out of view when the driver needs tend to the road. "The in-car system is actually a safety feature" and can be more safe than "drivers trying to text with a cell phone."
Cars that do not require a driver are the future of today's society. These cars of the future give a cheaper, safer, and more enertaining alternative to the regular driving of the 21st century. The driverless cars will continue to make advances with today's improving technolody and those cars will pave the way to a brighter, better future. | 4 |
5d6b525 | Dear Mr. Senator,
Over the course of American history the US has always had an Electoral College, which was designed for untrustworthy ballot counting during the 18th century. Today the world is in the 21st century and therefore the Electoral College is outdated on a several century basis. The Electoral College should be abolished because it is outdated and creates politicians that only care about the larger states. Even though America is a Republic the vast majority of people believe it is a Democracy, and that they elect the elected politicians as a people, but in truth elect people to elect politicians for them.
To commence, the Electoral College has no need for presense because it is simply outdated. The Electoral College was made for people to elect people to elect a president, which in its intirety is completly unfair, also it was made when a smaller population was present and the ballot counters where unreliable without the use of electronic counters. Now, one can argue that age has nothing to do with the election process because the close ties rarely happen- the most recent one in 2000 and before that 1888- but a close tie is not the reason. Today the world lives in a modern era where we know how many people voted for a specific candidate but still we use the electoral colleg to see who wins what state. For example, Al Gore, the presidential candidate in 2000, "won the popular vote but lost the presidency"(9), now how is that fair? It is fair because of the Electoral College, where the popular vote isn't always the winner. Clearly, the Electoral College is outdated and should be abolished.
Furthermore, the Electoral College creates politicians that care not about the country but the large states, which have the most votes. A presidential canditate may forget about small states such as Rhode Island and South Carolina and focus on larger ones, like California or Texas, that foster larger amounts of votes. For example, "during the 2000 election seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina"(13), but all the big states did. This is because politicians want to win and not focus on what needs to be done and only say what people want to hear. But once again there is always an argument; people can argue that the Electoral College wins by region, which explains why some states don't see the candidates, or that big sates allows for political balance. "So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does"(21).
In conclusion, the Electoral College should be abolished because it is outdated and creates politicians that only care about the larger states. The US has outdated politics that have no need in todays society, why should the people depend on this outdated system? Also, the politicians only want to win the large states because of this system that does not always coincide with the popular vote. Overall, the Electoral College needs to be abolished.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME | 4 |
5d719ea | Driveless cars sound cool and fun but they also sound like they could be dangours. There might be some people who might take this driveless car for advantage, there are some people who would use it so that they wouldn't have to drive.
Driveless cars seem cool and fun because of what the article says the article says that the drivesless car steer, accelorate, they also brake themselfs. By this means the car is an awesome car because it does all of these things for you. But the wireless car may seem dangerous because what if you get in a car accident and the car doesnt break, and the peron who was driving wasnt paying attention to the road. This car is also awesome because if your car turns into an accident the drivers seat vibrates and gives the driver signs that something is wrong. When the car is baking up and its about to hit something the car gives the driver a heads up of what is about to happen.
People should be carefull if they buy or get this car because if they buy it and think its okay just for the car to drive on its own and not to pay attention to the road.They shouls always becarfull when using the car especailly when they have a kid in the back or a passanger.The driverless car is a good car because it worns the driver when it is about to hit something.The car also gives the driver signs to when its the drivers turn to take over the wheel. | 3 |
5d78a33 | I agree that using the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom is valuable. New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries. First of all, it can reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored. It could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication.
Secondly, The facial expressin for each emotion are universal. Using video imagery, the new emotion recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real face or in painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions.
Finally, Dr. Huang observes that artist such as da Vinci studied human anatomy help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code.
As you can see, the Facial Acton Coding System helps in the classroom. | 1 |
5d7a8a8 | In the world today many products that companies come out with includes innovative technology that enters the homes of millions world wide. It is technology that in the past, was only imagined on tv shows and movie screens. Driveless cars are one of those technologies that has been imagined time and time again but it has yet to actually become a fully functioning reality. Although, it should be and with companies like google and tesla already at the forefornt of this innovation it dosen't seem too far fetched that in a few years
people might just see one of those driveerless cars on the road and It would probaly benefit us as a society.
The idea of a driveless car isn't new
in fact " In the lat 1950s, general motors created a concept car" for it. and even though it wasn't really the car that was smarter and more of the roads the idea was still there. The only diffrences between the idea of driverless cars then and now is that the cars weren't nearly as smart as cars now in which many have computers and then they most likely weren't thinking about the idea of climate change which now is a huge consideration. Not only would driverless cars make it easier on the driver, but
it would also make it easier on the enviorment. because the car would most likely need massive amounts of energy they would also most likely be complety electric or a hybrid saving the money of the driver since they aren't spending it on gas and cutting back fuel emmisions.
Many critics of the car would say it is unsafe to have on the road because the computer wouldn't be able to understand the traffic laws however " Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver" but If the laws were altered to include driverless cars then the only issue would be faliure of the technology. However, if the cars are designed properly that would most likely be at or below the rate of human error. which means it could prevent major accidents from happening speciffically those occuring due to drunk driving.
There is still a lot of time before driverless cars are realesed and is considered safe to use in america. But the idea of the future where the driver isn't actually required to do anything is excitiing. It will one less inovation that is only imagined and not reality. | 4 |
5d7b1e1 | Dear State Senator jan,28 2015
I'm not in favor of keeping the electoral college or changing the election by popular vote for the president of the united states because i've been informed that when we vote for our candidate, we are actually voting for our candidate's electors. the electoral college is a process, not a place. Our founding fathers had established this in the constitution as a comprise between election of the president. as said the electoral college consists of 538 electors. each candidate running for president has his or her own group of electors. 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. The electorals are generally chosen by the candidates political party, but varys by the state laws on what their responsibility are. Presidental election are held every 4 years on the tuesday after the first monday in november. we help choose our state electors when we vote for our president. most states have a "winner takes all" system that awards all electors the the winnig candidate. After the election, our state governor prepares a " Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your sate with the electors too. so when we vote for our candidiate, then we are really votiong their electors. It should be that we just vote for our candidate and that be just that. the electors do the vote for their candidate, with our votes that we put for our candidate.
Richard Nixion, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO all the one the that they agree on. And its that answer i had in the begining. To be against the electoral college. They want to abolish the electoral college. But they are not alone. In 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote, but lost the presidency. over 60 percent would perfer the direct election. Whats with the electoral college you may ask? Voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. I want to know who picks the electors in the first place? It really depends on the state who decides. One other thing about the electoral college is that they are unfair to voters. During 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all. and voters in 25 of the largest media market didn't get to see not even a single campaign ad. So it is official. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.
The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non democratic method of selecting a president that is to be by declaring the candidiate who was givien the most popular votes the winner. There is said ti be five reasons for retaining the electoral college. 1. Certainty of Cutcome, 2. Everyone's President, 3. Swing States, 4. Big States, 5. Avoid Run-Off Elections. its an arguement that the electoral college method of selecting the president may be turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. Democrats in texas, for example or Republicans in california. 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.
So as you can see the reason of what i had put down, the electoral college is one that im not in favor of because it being not fair. and the fact that we are voting for the elector, not the candidates who are running for president. wish that you can see it from my point of view. Thank you for your time from: PROPER_NAME | 2 |
5d7b9ba | The Face on Mars was site to see and i think its a site to behold. Still there are some people that think the Face on Mars was created by Aliens,but its not. Conspiracy theorists might say this but i don't believe it, but my colleague does. So, I created this special report to show my friend that the Face is just a landform.
First off, the technology back in 1976 wasn't very good. The 1976 photo of the Face looks very blurry from the looks of it.When tech got an upgrade in 1998, the image wasn't as blurry as the first photo. Then, in 2001, NASA took a another photo of the Face when the conditions on Mars were just right and proved it was a landform.
Second, Mesa and Buttes are area of raised land, so I bet that since the area here is higher than any other area, it could create a shadow over it.The Face is located in the north Martian latitude where it was winter, which is a cloudy time of year for the Red planet. The camera on the MGS had to try and see through the clouds to see. NASA said it was not easy to target Cydonia(the region where Face on Mars is located) because the MGS is a mapping spacecraft that looks straight down and ca't move anywhere else.
Lastly, NASA had to be in the perfect spot to take a picture. In 2001, the MGS was able to get close enough to get a look at Face. Jim Garvin's team had to center the craft to get a good enough angle on the Face. To prove for sure that it was a landform, Garvin used the camera's maximum resolution to get the best pictures. Garvin said that you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were any objects in the photo, you would see them.
I think that is enough evidence to show my friend that the Face on Mars is a landform.Sadly, I wish it was truly created by Martians. That would be an interesting find if I do say so myself. | 3 |
5d7c618 | Intro-The technology would be valuable because it would allow students to focus on their assingments. This technology could keep students on task and allow for them to have a learning environment that they could thirve in. This technology could also create a better world in general by enhancing the future generations knowledge.
Body 1-Technolgy has become a everyday thing in our lives and has created many distractions for students. With this new technology students could continue focusing on what's important, their school work. This would make students grades improve and allow them to have a better oppurtunity in the real world. Occording to the text, the technology would also allow "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This means the technology could adjust itself to learn how the student works, instead of the other way around. Also "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," meaning that the technology would work for each student around the world.
Body 2- This technology would also create a better living environment across the globe. This is because computers could explain lessons to students in ways a human couldn't. The computer could analzye the students face, see any confusion, and change the lesson plan into what the individual student needs. This is all plausible because the text omits that the technology "could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This could make jobs easier for teachers, and increase the future generations knowledge by teaching them more than a human could.
Conclusion- This technology could seriosly improve schools for the better and allow them to forever change how we learn. Students could be individually taught, and they would always learn because the computer would still know if the student is confused or not. This could create worldwide peace because students could fully grasp from histories mistakes and continue to forever make the world a better place. | 3 |
5d7fc91 | Technology has come so far in the past decade. Once thought to be an idea straight out of science firction has now become a reality. Using the technology to read emotions could be beneficial in the classroom. It could tell when a student is sad and needs help, or angry and needs to be stopped before something bad happens. Either way use possible use for this technology are endless.
The techology would be useful in the classoom, epecailly in high school where all sorts of emotions are runnung wild. " Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear,
and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of facial muscles". ( paragraph 3 Nick D'Alto). Eckman's technology uses 3-D modles of the human face and can calculate which expression it has by using the facial muscle groups. Each different emotions uses a different muslce in the face, so the computer would be able to see which emotion is paired with what mucle group. This would be extremly beneficial in school, because schools are now becoming more advanced with each student having their own personal laptop. The software could be pre-insatlled on the computer before being handed out, and moniter the students emotion when using it.
The technology of being able to read emotions could also help a student when learning. Now that schools are becoming more personal, some teachers are even doing their classes online. " if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different" ( paragraph 6). The internet changes to you emotion, and according to Dr. Huang schooling will to. The face reading software could detect when a student is bored or confused, then the lesson could be modified. Changing the lesson when the student is confused or bored could really help the student pass the class. When people are bored or confused, nothing sticks they just forget, so the purpose of reading emotions could be very benefical in school.
As humans, we already have the ability to tell what emotion a person is feeling just by looking at their face. But as humans, we also have the ability to lie about our emotions, and sometimes, we are fooled by false emotions. However, Eckman's program can detect and read through forced emotions. Forced emotions uses differerent muscles than the natural emotons. " To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful". ( paragraph 8) At school, this technolgy could be used to read past a persons fake smile, and determine wheather the student needs help and support. When we smile naturally we use the Zygomatic Major that lift the corners of our mouth, and the Obicularis Oculi ake the crows feet in our eye brows. When we do a force smile, we still use the Zygomatic major but the mouth is stretched sideways and we use another muscle, the Risorius. In a time where all sorts of drama occur, false emotoins are sure to sprout up. So the ability to read emotions would be viable in school.
Technology has always helped us from time to time. We use technology to get around places, manufacturing goods or escaping danger. But the technology to read human emtion truly is something special, and this technology would be valaubale to the classroom. | 4 |
5d83c70 | Dear senator,
I think keeping the electoral college is pointless. What is the point of having us vote if the electoral college are the ones who get too decide based on our votes. I defend the idea of allowing the popular vote to decide who our president is. I am in agreement with Bob Dole so he says, "Abolish the electoral college!" Like stated in the article, the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
As read i the passage, "knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote..." Which brings be back to why the electoral college is irrelevant. The more we feel our vote doesn't count the less were going to care. If majority of us want a democratic president or a republican president, let that be our decision. For all we know the electoral college could just be in favor for a republican president rather than a democratic president and vice versa.
The electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states, as stated in the article. We voters dont even vote for our president, we vote for a slate of elector, who actually elect the president. SO then again our vote doesn't even matter, which makes us upcoming voters not even want to vote. Knowing that my vote doesn't really count. All in all keeping the electoral college is pointless, its unfair, and just needs to be left alone. | 3 |
5d843d0 | The idea of having a teacher that changes its lesson for a student who is nodding off in class is intiment. Think of all the more your student can be learning by 1 piece of technology. At the University of Illinois, history is being made.
Prof. Thomas Huang inovated the FACS, or the Facial Action Coding System, to litterally read peoples faces and tell how they're feeling. How cool is that! Not only will we be able to know how people are feeling but the teachers are able to change their lesson just for one kid that shows that they're confused or bored and help them and the whole class right then and there. it says in the article,"According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but it also may even help produce them,"(paragraph 9, Making Mona Lisa Smile, D'Alto). Not only when you slap on a happy face makes it look like youre happy or having a good time but it'll eventually make you feel alot better too. | 2 |
5d86b93 | Using this technology to read emotional expressions on students in a classrooom is not valuabe, because students and pretty much every human has a right to and does require their own personal space.
Personal space is something that might be broken by trying to aquire students feelings and emotions through a laptop. Hypothetically speaking , when your friend is upset you can see this emotion clear as day, and if you ask them what's wrong and you don't get a response, you may ask around to see if anyone knows, but hopefully you'd never try and put their face into a computer and try to read their emotions.
Another value to the everyday human that would be broken is privacy. The Mona Lisa might have been able to be read because it was a painting of what a young lady was feeling like eons ago, so it couldn't tell you if it wanted to be read or not, but a human being should have the right to express their emotions out loud or keep it to themselves, depending on how they feel about. Using a computer to tell their emotions just totally breaks all the rules to privacy, especially when it's being performed by a teacher or other students, which in hand would also waste time in the classroom.
I say time would be wasted in the classroom, because the paragraph states that in order for the computer to know how you're feeling, it first has to make a 3-D model of your face, and then it has to do its calculations on forty-four of your facial muscles. This generally is not a one, two, three done process. This process takes time to scan everything needed and then produce results, which means instead of using your time in class to learn and prepare for standardized tests, you're worried and focusing on scaning someones emotions which can change within the next hour.
All together I believe that gettinf technology to read emotions in classrooms would be a waste of time and money, and most importantly a violation against human rights. If you want to help your friend who's upset in school, then try to talk to them or give them space, but besides that, lets give the fancy emotional technology to the doctors and people in that field of work and keep school school. | 3 |
5d86e9b | Is the Face just a natural landform? Yes, the Face on Mars is just a gigantic rock formed by shawdows. In paragraph 5, it say it's a rock that resembled a head. It shows an illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth making it look like something it actually is not. NASA has all the evidence to prove that their isn't a face on the planet Mars, but just a regular landform.
Some people were unsatisfied and some was with the conclusion NASA came up with involving the Face on Mars. Others thought perhaps the alien markings were hidden by haze. In paragraph 9, Garvin stated, " it's not that easy to target Cydonia." He also said, "In fact, it's hard work." People were so ungrateful with the answers that were given to them, so NASA had to go through too much trouble to hit them with more evidence again.
In Conclusion, I would like to say that Nasa was 100 percent right when they said it was only a landform. There was three pictures taken from years 1976-2001. With the years 1976 and 1998, people absolutely believed that their was a face on our planet Mars, but by 2001, more people was convinced there was no face on Mars, but a landform like NASA have been telling them. In paragraph 7, its says there was no alien monument after all. The picture shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. A butte/mesa is landforms common around the American West. As much as people may think Mars have a face on it, we all know that it does not. the question everyone wanted to know is, Is the Face just a natural landform? It took citizens 25 years to finally say yes to the question. Even though Unmasking the Face on Mars was very disappointing, people eventually got over it. | 3 |
5d911ab | Driveless cars are coming. Whether you will buy or support this new idea or not is your choice. I think driveless cars are going to be the new thing everyone will enjoy. Getting around will be easier, and everyday life will seem a little less chaotic. Even though you may get bored and want to drive, you may now text without your life being at stake as it says in the last sentence of paragraph eight. The question that may pop up in a lot of consumers mind is what if something goes wrong wit the system of the driveless car? Manufacters not only want the people to be safe but want their product to sell as well as the story quotes in paragraph 8, last line. Why sell something messed up to the people to have them get seriously injuried and then no one buy it because of its bad reviews? Therefore, I believe manufacters would test and secure its driveless car product for safety before putting it out there on the market. When running late for work or school, you can easy just have your car start and drive as you are preparing for a meeting, answering missed calls or texts, or simply applying today's makeup for school. This also gives you a chance to sleep in later and be more rested. There are so many teens and adults who lose lives because of people who slip a text and look down from the wheel for five seconds. This could stop with driveless cars. With the growing software and media over the years, engineers have managed to do the impossible that we only see on television in the movies as it says in paragraph two. As it states in paragraph nine, "most driving laws focus on keepng drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawakers know that safety is achieved with alert drivers." The driveless car law would not pass if this was going to fail or become reckless. We grow closer to driveless cars each waking day. In paragraph ten, it is said that Tesla has projected a release for a car capable for driving autopilot ninety percent of the time. You would still have to pay attention to the road but at least you would have more time to yourself. In 2020, Nissan, Audi, and Mercedes Benz plan to have cars that can drive themselves wihtout the work of a human. Imagine a world where there would be less accidents because of texting or new drivers scared on the road. Please take this new idea into consideration, and think. Our technolgy is already so sophisicated now, what would it be like after driveless cars making our world more organized and better? | 4 |
5d930e4 | People have poluted there self by there on hand, as we call it by there on cars. Cars are poluting our communities for a long time. this has lead to global warming but germans have found way out of it."Street parking,driveways and home garages are generally forbiden in this experimental enw districts on the outskirt of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders."as we call it "car free" street.
Paris has th most smog around the europe capitals. By the information given by "Robert Duffer, from the Chicago Tribune."That "[last] week paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter(PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brusseles and 79.7 in London, reuters found."So what paris did about the smog "...the with even-numered licences plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or a 22-euro fine (31$)."People still tried do drive the car about"4,000 drivers were fined".
As other countries are trying U.S is trying to goverment dose`nt have to do much people are buying less cars and driving less according to "The End Fo Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal from, the New Nork Times."Even President is involve in all of polution stuff "President Obama`s amtious goals to curb the United States`greenhouse gas emissisions, unlveil last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:recent studies suggest that American." | 2 |
5d99b40 | The Face on Mars is a very mysterious thing, but it's only been caught on camera, clearly, once, but that was in the 1970s. The cameras in 1976 were not very clear, as you see they have a 43 meter span per pixel, which makes the picture a whole lot more blurry. Even though it's been seen all over the world as an unknown landform or an alien artifact, the evidence has been seen through, and the face, is, well, not really a face at all.
The Face on Mars was a very popular symbol for the alien conspirators, because they thought that the picture gave solid proof of aliens clearly doing work on the planet Mars. Yet there's a problem, that picture was taken in the 1970s, and if you remember, the cameras weren't all that great. And there have been multiple other pictures taken of the same landformation, like in 1998, and 2001. Yet the picture doesn't depict an Egyption face staring back at you, but a standard, normal, everyday, Mars mesa. The pictures of the face in 1998 showed clearly that the face wasn't quite a face, with a camera 10 times sharper than the original Viking camera, yet the public wasn't satisfied saying how the camera couldn't spot the face out because it was a cloudy time of the year for Mars. Furthermore 3 years later they took more pictures of the exact place of the original siting of the mysterious and erriy face, but once again the cameras do not lie as it unvieled the same blan rock formation, but the press couldn't argue this time. The cameras' span was 1.56 meters per pixel compared to the Viking's 46 meters per pixel, and the planet of Mars was as clear as the eye could see at that time, but there was no unnatural objects to be seen. Yes, it is hard to prove that the famous mesa isn't man-made, you would have to be on the planet to do that, yet the facts and research is all here and it's time to let go.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars has been very iconic on what it has done to the people, and the world as a whole. It's been analyzed and researched over, over, and over again. And it all comes down to the cold hard facts, which all points to the intriging rock of 1976 of being just a rock formation that was, well, lets just say, for now... misunderstood. | 3 |
5d9d627 | To State Senator, Electoral college. What a complex process it has become. I am writing to you today to explain to you why the Electoral College should be held. As you know, this is a process which starts off by a meeting of the electors to discuss and vote for the President and the Vice President of United States, then counting the electoral votes by the Congress. The Electoral College isnt a small thing, it consists of 538 electors. It requires at least 270 votes to elect the President.
Every candidate running has his/her own group of electors. Most states have as its called "winner-take-all" system. Which basically, gives all the electors the opportunity to the winning presidential candidate. When the president is elected, the governor sets up a "Certificate of Ascertainment". Which concludes a list of names of all the candidates who ran for President. The certificate is then sent to Congress and the National Archives as apart of the presidential election and history.
It has come to my attention that there has been a majority of people who do not agree with the Electoral College and wish for it to be abolished. A source says and I quote, " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, who in turn elect the president." Although, this source only has ONE argument against the Electoral College, which is called the disastor factor. It explains that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest mistake in a century, and how it couldve been worse. In all honesty, if it was going to be as worse... then it wouldve. But it did not so why they spend so much time stressing about something that does not exist.
It also mentions that if a tie were to happen in the electoral votes, the election would be thrown out of the House of Representatives and the state delegations vote for the president. IF a tie were to appear, i doubt very much that it will happen because the people campaign for the president they want in the White house, so they persuade people causing one to have most votes. But in all worst cases, that is why there is a Vice-President. The Vice-President serves a purpose and should be treated like so.
There are 5 reasons to keep out Electoral College: Certainty of Outcome, Everyone's President, Swing states, Big states, and Avoid run off elections. Certainty of outcome includes that yes, anything is possible, a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College, but it is very less likely than a popular vote. The winning candidates share of the college go past his share of popular vote. Everyone's President inlcudes that the college requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal. Meaning that if it has no region, the electoral votes are already enough votes to select the president.
Swing states consists of the winner-take-all system as mentioned earlier. Voters are more likely to pay attention to the campaign in toss-up states, to really understand what is hapeneing even though they already know what their final desicions is. The most humble and heartfelt voters should be the ones to decide the election. And of course the big states. In other words, the larger the state equals the more attention from presidential candidates in a campiagn than a smaller state. An example, would be that Florida recieved 29 electoral votes for the current president, rather than Wyoming which only got 3. And finally to conclude, the Avoid run-off elections. The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate is favorited. There of course is pressure in run off when no candidate wins a majority of cast votes.
To end this letter sent to you, State senator. I have explained to you the process of the electoral votes. I also explaind the reasons why you should keep the Electoral College held. Please rethink this over and consider the best option...To keep held the Electoral College. Best wishes. | 3 |
5da212a | In a world where technology is rapidly advancing by the day, it is no surprise that the develoment of self-driving cars is taking place.
At the same time, it is also no surprise that there are hurdles that must be jumped over in order to devleop these machines.
In spite of the roadblocks the development process may encounter, it is important that self-driving cars become a reality.
When thinking about inventions, one must think, why are these things invented in the first place?
The answer is simple: convenience.
For almost any invention that can be thought of, it can be concluded that the main purpose of the invention is to make our lives easier.
The car is a percect example of this. It makes long distance travel easier and much quicker than on foot or by horse.
However, the act of driving a car is a dangerous one.
A person is basically driving a 2,000 pound hunk of metal that is hurdling at fast speeds down a road.
Frankly, there is nothing safe about that idea.
However, if cars were self-automated, automobile travel would be much safer, as it takes the human error out of the equation, reducing accidents and mishaps on the road.
Though the car would be self-driving, a human would be needed in case of an emergency situation, in which the car would not be able to function properly.
As stated in the 7th paragraph of the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" , BMW has already tried its hand at self-automated cars, and have developed a system in which the car drives itself, but requires a person's hands to be on the wheel at all times, in case of an emergency.
This way, the driver would not be totally at the mercy of the computer system in the car in the time of emergency where human intervention is necessary.
Some may say that if self-driving cars were to be a common finding in life, roads and driving laws would need to be changed considerably.
For example, in most states (save for California, Nevada, Florida, and Washington D.C.), testing self-driving cars is not even legal.
These people are right, but it is not a reason to deter the development of these machines.
When the automobile first came to market at the turn of the 20th century, roads fit for automobile travel and driving laws in general did not exist, as there had not been cars before that.
Nowadays, we have highly sophisticated driving laws and road systems.
This shows that it is not impossible to create new laws to deal with new technology as it is invented, and subsequently integrated into modern society.
Car companies such as Tesla, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz have plans to release self-driving cars in the future. However, it is important that the development of self-driving cars continues, as it is a vital and necessary step in technological progression that should occur.
Not only would it make driving a safer and less stressful act, it is just a logical progression as far as technology and innovation is concerned.
It would usher in a new era of innovation, that could only make our lives better.
After all, is that not the point of any invention? | 5 |
5da3ae6 | Countries like France, Columbia, Germany and USA have took part in reducing greenhouse gasses by reducing if not excluding vehicle transportation. Stats have shown less amounts of carbon in the air and less congestion in imense cities like Paris, France and Bogota, Columbia.
Source two states that Paris typically has more smog then other cities in Europe like Brussels and London. They're taking action by allowing even-numbered license plates to drive one day and have the odd-numbered license plates leave their cars at home and the same would apply to even-numbered plates the following day. Anyone against that restriction would be given a 22-euro fine or 31 dollar fine. That method decreased smog and congestion by 60 percent.
Source three talks about the country of Bogota, Columbia. This town or city has took a big step into reducing gas emisions where not only they participate but other local towns and cities as well. They contribute by leaving their cars home all day for one day to reduce the amount of carbon and smog in the air which helps the enviroment. People hiked, biked, skated or took the bus to work. violaters faced a 25 dollar fine. Not only does this benifit the environment but it helps people conversate more with each other. " it's a good opportunity to take stress and lower air pollution," says businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza.
As it is said in source one, " As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here." The small suburb town of Vauban, Germany is home to 5,500 residents were its perimeter is just a rectangular square mile. It is seperated away from all city life where people get around by walking to nearby stores. It may be the most advanced expirement in low-car suburban life. Developed countries or developing countries should think about all the gasses that go into the air and damage the surroundings and take part in to reduce the harmful greenhouse gasses. | 4 |
5dae838 | The face can speak more than words. Most communication is nonverbal, its emtional communication. Although we can fake a smile or fake an emotion some people might not catch on, well with new technology computers can now read our emotions. Dr. Huang, has come up with new software allowing computers to read and understand a person's facial expresions. This software allows a new connection to be made with humans and computers; and help each other communicate better. This new technology is a great idea for making our future with technology more enjoyable.
With technology on the uprise in todays age, it is becoming more of a neccessity in our everyday lives. Most schools teach with electronics, many jobs rely on technology, and the average person spends half their day on their phone. This software can make our experiences more enjoyable on electronics, for example "if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different.". This makes the time spent on computers more enjoyable as we will see more things we like. Not only is it a good idea for consumers, its also a great way for bussinesses to advertise.
In schools it can be hard for kids to enjoy lessons or subjects if they don't undertsand them. If we have computers that could detect the students emotion, then that would better the students learning experience. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." , understanding the students emotions could help their education. As this computer could read if a student is confused or bored, it can just as esaily make the lesson understanable or interactive. With this type of technology it could change the way education is handled all together.
Today's mainstream media is all about faking it until you make it, but with this new technology it won't be as easy to get away with. This software can tell a real smile from a fake smile, it's all about the muscle movements. If it can tell a fake from a real emotion then the media will really crack down on today's mainstream stars and politicians. "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebirty isn't being truthful.", this could be a turning point for the media.
With technology becoming more interactive we are going to find new ways to make our everyday life a little easier. Spotting real and fake emotions can be really difficult these days as we have actors and actresses everywhere. It can also be difficult in learning environments, and even our everyday life. This technology can really help us start to understand each other more and make a more personal connection with technology. This great idea can sprout many more technological advances, who knows what else is instore? | 4 |
5dc2e40 | Technology is improving more and more as time goes by, each year that goes by the technology we use gets smarter and smarter. Soon we may be in a world where everything consist of technology and requires technology. The future will be nothing like now or the past and the future generations will be born in futuristic society.
This text talks about driverless cars becoming a thing that'll soon change the ways of drving and how driving is. If there starts being cars that can drive without someone driving, maybe that'll prevent less car accidents and cassualties. Perhaps if there is cars that can drive by themselves when a person goes on a roadtrip they wouldn't have to worry about stopping to sleep and it would make getting from point A to point B a lot faster. Driverless cars seems like a brilliant ideal but there could many flaws about it.
I am for driverless cars because I believe that'll beneifit a alot of people. People who have disablities or are disabled from the waist down could actually be able to drive. Driverless cars could also help teens with driving and prevent teen car crashes from happening. Less drunk driving accidents would happen if there were driverless cars because if the cars drove by themselves that means a drunk person wouldn't be in control and there would be less deaths. driverless cars has its benifits but it also has its flaws.
The flaws of having driverless cars are that if something bad happened as said in the text who would be in the wrong for the accident, the driver or the manufactuerer? If something bad was to happen with the car, would the person be able to sue the manufacturer or would it be all on the person in the vehicle? If the weather got bad and the driverless cars wasn't progammed to be ready for the situation that could havoc. The manufacturer of the car would have to ensure that the car is smart enough and capable enough of driving through harsh weather conditions. Also how many people would actually have the money for a driverless car, assuming that it'll be expenisve.
In conclusion I do believe if maufacturers put in a lot of work and effort into driverless cars it'll be a success without a doubt. Driverless cars is a brilliant ideal and would actually benefit people. Driverless cars would be one of the first steps into a technology based world and society. The future will be here before we know it. | 3 |
5dcd034 | The Electoral college is unnecesary because the people of the United States do not always get to control what their state electors vote for. The state legislatures are the ones responsible for choosing the electors, not the people. Others may say that the electoral college works and that it should be here to stay. Many opinions are to be heard.
A reason that people may want the electoral college is stay in place would be that the electors would do all the dirty work for them and they won't have to cast two votes the year that the new president will be chosen. The electors also get benefits for representing the states vote. They may also want to take advantage that the electoral college is still running.
The main reason that the electoral college is unnecesary is because the voters do not get to choose who the candidates are for the electoral college, therefore not knowing who the electors are and also not knowing who the electors want to vote for. The reason that some electors choose the wrong president are because the people don't really get a say in who the electors will vote for. They may protest and make signs to show their state electors who they people want as their president and the electors might listen to them, but overall the decision is the electors. The state legislators are the ones responsibe for choosing the electors, not the people of the state. So the elector may be a democrat and the majority of the people in that particular state are republicans. Would that be fair that that state was to vote for the opposite person running for presidency when the people obviously want the other candidate?
Many people have a lot to say about this particular topic. some may say that the electoral college works. Some people may say that the electoral college is not worth the bother. Many opinions are out there about the electoral college. but i say that the electoral college is unfair,irrational, and outdated. | 2 |
5ddf42d | "Luke, I don't understand what you are trying to get me to do!" Bobby yelled at me.
"Bobby, don't you get it? I want you to join the sea cows with me!" I shouted back.
"Well what the point of it anyways? Isn't it basically just farming, but on the sea? Doesn't sound like anything special to me."
I had just explained how Ihad joined a group called the Seagoing Cowboys to my good friend Bobby. I was trying, and trying to convince him to join but, he wouldn't budge.
"Trust me Bobby, it is so much more than that. You'd get to go with me and many other great men, traveling from coast to coast, and sailong sea after sea. We get to explore so many fascinating places and see so many pieces of beautiful architecture." I told him.
"Well, I can see all of thoses things in America, can't I?" Bobby said in a tone dripping with sarcasam.
"No, there is so much more to see everywhere else in the world than what is to be seen here, in America." I said
"But, it's not only that, you'd get to help people that are affected by the war. Bobby, you like to help people, don't you?"
"Well, yes I do, but I'm not sure I am comfortable going over seas with a lot of smelly, messy animals." Bobby argued.
"Bobby, can't you just get past that? You would be able to help people in need, and not to mention the animals, but you are just going to pass that up because you don't want to be living in the same ship as these animals?"
I was quite furious at this point. He was being very stubborn, and I do not like to deal with stubborn people.
"You know what? You be as stubborn as you like. I don't care if you do not want to help people in need. You can be like that, because I've just realized you obviously aren't meant for this. You are not open-minded enough and that obviously isn't your fault." I said fuming, but also holding a hint of sarcasm in my tone.
At that point, I had already gotten up off of the bench we were sitting on and stormed off back to my home. He was obviously too set on his lifestyle to have a change that was probaly for the better anyways. If he wasn't going to participate in this opportunity of a lifetime, I'll just have to do it myself. | 2 |
5de1aa5 | The author supports hs idea by saying that Venus is a planet in or solar system, Venus is the second planet from our son, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size and the closest in distance too. Venus is sometimes right around the corner.
Numerous factors conrubute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. However NASA is working on another approaches to studying Venus. The concusion is that the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becaue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. | 2 |
5de25ca | Dear Florida State Senator,
The Electoral College needs to be disbanded. There are many reasons why the Electoral college needs to be stopped, but I will go over that later. How is it fair to Americans, if you say we have a vote that counts when we are just voting for a slate of people that might vote for someone we do not want. The voting process needs to be handled by the people, and who we want to run this country that we live in.
The voting process is just not fair to Americans. It's in the constitution that we have a right to vote and that we have the right to choose our president, but you people in the electoral college take away that right when we only get to vote for a slate of people. If elections were done by popular vote things might have been different in many ways. First off, in the 2000 election if it was done by popular vote, Bush would not have won and we would have had, Al Gore as president. The electoral college is just uncompletely fair to voters. Because, in some states they have a winner-take-all system, so the presidental candidates to spend time in those states to get their vote. Seventeen States did not see the presidental candidates at all in 2000 campaign, so what is the point in having voting in those states if we dont know who we are voting for and why we are voting for them? There is not a reason to vote when the electoral college votes fore us.
Yes, sometimes people do not know what they are voting for and why, but that is because we have no say, it is not up to the people who is going to the president of the country of we live, because the electoral college will not let us choose who we want. Many people, very important people, such as Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, and the U.S Chamber of commerece have agreed that we should abolish the Electoral College and give the people the vote and see who wins president then. If the people had a vote on who is president it would be very simplier, than the Electoral College when they have a tie, we would not have to bounce the decision, we could radomly choose one state and let them vote to see who the president is for 4 years. Yes, some may agrue that randomly choosing one state would somehow turn out to but a massive mistake, but there is a way to make sure that no state gets selected 2 times before the first time of any other state.
Many my agrue that, the Electoral college is there for our benefit. Tell me one benefit there is to having no vote as regular citizen. I get it that there are more people in some states than others, but that does not mean we all get the same number of electoral votes as the huge states such as, California, Florida, and Texas. So if we are not going to have the same votes number of votes no matter what why does it matter if we give the people the option and have them vote for who they want, it is because the Electoral College does not care who we want they choose the president on who they want. Also, if it is up to the Electoral College then why does it matter if the citizens vote, I mean of course we want to give our input of who we want, but it does not matter, because our state senators will go behind our back and vote for someone we do not want.
America, of course, has many more freedoms than other countries and we are not taking advantage of that, because we can not allow the people to vote for the President of the United States. The citizens do not want to vote for a slate of people, they want to vote for our president. So let me ask you as my Senator, what are you going to do about it? | 4 |
5de3eb1 | To whom it may concern,
I a citizen of the United States Of America would like to voice my opinion, on behalf of the Electoral college I think the Electoral college shall stay put. A while back 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 quallified citizens. which means the tradition have lasted for decades and it shall not end now it shall remain forever. If there is no more Electoral college it would not be fair because we would not be able to vote for the president we desire. Who knows who will become the president then! Not only will we not be able to vote for the president of the United States of America but we wont be able to vote for the vice president, governor, senates...
ETC
. That would not be fair, all that hard work and dedication that people put in to help the women stop sacrificing and vote and you all are going to put it to waste, you will not only dissapoint us but you will dissapoint the people who led women to vote. I dont think the founding fathers established the constitution for decerations I think the established it with a purpose.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the U.S. constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purpose of the
Electoral College. | 2 |
5de4838 | NASA discovered a mysterious picture twenty five years ago that changed how people looked at Mars forever.They were using viking 1 space craft as they were trying to find possible landing sites of his sister viking 2, while they were looking, they found a blurry human like face on a region called Cydonia.
NASA quickly showed it to the public to show how interesting Mars was. People quickly became obssesed
with "The face on Mars" and started making theories that Mars had or even that it has life on Mars. Because of the graphics of the viking 1 scientists weren't sure what it was exactly, some scientists believed it was actually alien evidence existence but the rest of them belived to be a mesa.
Everything was ruined in September 1977 when
global surveyor (MGS) came to Mars to take some photos at the "Face on Mars" to finally put an end to this. Finally when the aircraft arrived to Cydonia it took various pictures that had ten times sharper shots than the viking 1
so then when it was revealed it
was a natural landform on Mars so there was no alien life after all, but were not satisfied acoording to NASA "The face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98 a cloudy time of year on the red planet. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze. Because it took so long to locate Cydonia, it took them years to take pictures again. On April 8, 2001 it was a summer day where there was no clouds, they took an amazing picture showing what it was called "The human face" it was a mesa just like any other structure on mars.
After all everyone makes mistakes, even rocket scientists. | 3 |
5de5793 | What happens if earth ever becomes inhabitable? Well, often reffered to as "earths twin" Venus, might just come in handy. But there's a small problem. We only know a small amount about Venus from the numerous amounts of spacecraft we have sent there. Sadly they could not get much information before
Venus's heat runined them. No spacecaft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. So, what are the risks we need to take to find out more about Venus? Well the author of "The Challege of Exploring Venus" answers exactly that.
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" states that Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide along with the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The planets surface tempatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than earths. As you can see it is extremly diffiuclt to find out more about this planet without potentionaly getting hurt or sending a drone up there to get deystroyed.
NASA may have came up with a soulution though. The surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. It would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. It would still be hot but about 630 degrees cooler. The air pressure would be close to earths sea levels. But will all of this allow scientists to find out what they need to about "earths twin"?
Even with scientists being safe above the fray scientists still can't take picture or pick up samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Scientists are still trying to figure out a way that would allow them to do so. Researchers are working on innovations that would allow NASA's machines to last long enough to where they can find out what they need. They have some ideas for exaple, they are looking at simplified electronics made of silicon carbide and old technology used back in world war two. But they will do whatever they can to learn more about this amazing planet to see if its of any use to us.
Sometimes risks should be taken if the outcome could be greater. In this case it is. If scientists can learn more about this planet then they can find out if we can use it in the future. Everyone is willing to take this risks if it means we can potentionally find a new home in case we ever need it. | 4 |
5de8d76 | Fellow citizens have many advantages if they start limiting car usage. There are many other things a person can do to avoid driving their motor vehicle. Car pooling, public transportation, riding a bicycle, and walking are a few ways you can get to your destination. Car usage is a big problem because of all of the disadvantages it has. The good thing is that by limiting car usgae emissions will lower, we, the people, can conserve resources and improve safety.
Lowering emissions has to do with greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gas is any gaseous thing in the atomosphere that is capable of absorbing radiation. It traps and holds heat to the atmosphere. If we lower greenhouse gas then it will prevent the earth from global warming. In source one, the writter says "Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs and that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions tailpipes." This line states that automobiles is becoming a hug problem because it uses gas and it causes greenhouse gas emissisions.
Conserving resources is an important advantage to limiting car usage. Resouces are what people, plants and animals need. To conserve resources, air pollution can not be a problem but it is because of the dieselsl from cars. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced driving ban to clear the are of the global city." states, the narrator of source 2. This states that driving a vehicle that contains diesel engines has caused pollution and it has been banned to clear the air in the city. Air pollution is when harmful solid particles and gases mixed in the air. "pedestrian, bycycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation" are was to reduce air pollution, explains source 4.
Improving saftey is what earth needs to do. Safety is important and if car usage does not limit, people saftey will increase, and not in a good way. We can not continue living with the earth having problems because it will effect our safety. Air pollution will cause us to inhale dangerous particles and that will cause us, the people, to have a bad health.
In conclusion, there are many advantages to limiting car usage. There are many different ways from preventing bad things happening. If car usage increases then there will be many problems on earth. We can slowly make a change, avoiding car usage is hard but it must happen. | 3 |
5df9875 | Cars are a basic need for people today we use them to go from point A to point B in the fastest way posible. But one must ask themselves "do i really need the car?", "would i be better off without one?", how do you tell people that what they have depended on for movement could be hurting them. I believe that cars should have a limited usage in cities because cars affect our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas, they cause smog to form around cities, and cause us to move through life at the fastest pase posible. A limited car usage would change the way we see the world its beauty, its adventersm, and we would be able to save the world from our distruction.
There is a community in Germany called Vauban where people have given up their cars. 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, 57% sold their cars just to move to Vauban, "When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much hapier this way," media trainer and mother of two Heidrun Walter says in the artical "In German Subuerb, Life Goes On Without Cars,". Also the artical states that passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and responsible for up to 50% in the United States. Vauban houses up to 5,500 resident within a rectangular square mile, which makes it posibly the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life, stores are placed just a short walk away so that no car is needed.
Smog; a thick layer of black fog that hurts your lungs and can even kill you. Paris had to ban driving due to smog , cars with even numbered license plates would not be allowed to drive one day and the following day cars with odd numbered license plates would not be allowed to drive. 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters and 27 people had their cars impounded due to their reaction to the fine. This statement from the artical "Paris bans driving due to smog," show that cars are responsible for a gas that can kill people, and that people dont respond well to being told what to do. In one week the ban was lifted because the smog had cleared enough but not all the way, just a week of limited car usage cleared the skys imagin what a year of it would do.
Cars have us going the fastest we can and people have started to live that way through life. In Bogota they have a day free of cars every years like its a holiday. People left their keys on the counter and insted hiked, biked, skated and took the bus. Even in the rain people didnt use their cars, " The rain hasnt stopped people from participating," says Bogata Mayor Antanas Mockus. Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza says " Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,". The quotes from the artical " Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," show that with out cars people feel realeved of stress and are able to have a good time.
In conclusion limited car usage would help us presurve the world and create a enviroment that could help people aswell. Cars are one of the most used products in the world people might not want to give up their cars but eventually might have to. Smog and greenhouse gas are caused by car overuseage and hurt the enviroment and people. Limited car usage is posably the only answer to helping the world live longer aside from buying a hybrid car. | 4 |
5dfa3a4 | Some may think that the Face was created by aliens, but the true answer is that the Face is just a natural landform. In the text before the first paragraph the article states that, "New high resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa." Which shows factual evidence as to how the Face is just a natural landform that happens to look like a human face because of texture and shadowing. It is silly to think that an alien race would create something like the Face, because evidence shows it is just a landform.
NASA decribes the Face as a " huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth." The big reason why some may believe that the Face was created by aliens is because of all the film, books, magazines, and talk shows it has appeared in. All of the popularity attracts conspiracy theorists to make up some way to gain more attention to it. The theorists claim that NASA is hiding the "true" way it was made so they don't frighten citizens, but NASA exclaims that they wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars to fund their budget.
Even though a few scientest believe the Face was an alien artifact, photos show otherwise. On April 5, 1998 they snapped a picture and discovered it was simply a natural landform, not an alien monument. At first the photos weren't very convincing to either side, but once they were able to enhance technology the photo came out clearer. Which allowed scientests at NASA to examine it further and finally classify it.
Therefore, NASA came to the conclusion that "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mese-". It is fun to imagine that another life form made a shrine like thing to what looks like a human, but it is very unreasonable considering all the facts that were gathered. If one reviews over the facts they can see that; the Face is just a natural landform, populartity of the Face is what brought theorists to it, and all the evidence points to it being just a landform with a very exciting look to it. All in all, the Face is just a natural landform, nothing less and nothing more. | 4 |
5dfaa6a | Driverless cars have much potential to be a large part of the near future. Although right now in the present, these is still work to be done. Laws need to be revised. More work needs to be put in to how these cars react to treaffic jams and construction. Currently, these vehicles test drivers still require alertness to what exactly the vehicle is doing, although the sole fact we're this far along with what was once only an idea is amazing.
These driverless cars are loaded with sensors and cameras to accuratley dictate it's surroundings and where it needs to go. However, in heavy traffic or contruction scenarios the driver may still need to take over. This is a good thing the car can alert the driver, but much more work needs to be put in to how these cars will operate in non-ideal conditions such as construction, traffic jams, and weather. Can these driverless vehicles accomplish such a thing? Yes, they can. Perhaps sooner than anyone anticipated. Considering it's been over half a million miles without a collision, I'd say these cars have a bright future.
As of 2013 BMW announced a "Traffic Jam Assistant" feature was in development. This feature will allow the car to make its way through tough spots in heavy traffic situations at speeds up to 25 miles an hour. This is a milestone in the race towards a truly independent driverless vehicle. Currently the driver is still required to keep his/her hands on the wheel in these scenarios to be prepared for the worst. However, this will not be the case for long. At the rate driverless cars are progressing, a fully pledged driverless vehicle will be a reality soon enough.
New laws will have to be put in place to deal with the legal aspect of these vehicles. Different situations will need to call for different charges and outcomes to determine whos fault it was. If the driverless vehicle warned the driver to take control, and said driver didn't, then the blame should fall to the driver. If the vehicle runs a stoplight, and the vehicle did not send any alert to the test driver, then blame should fall towards the company.
The future is closer than most realize. Tesla has already done amazing things with electric vehicles, and plan to have a driverless car that can remain independent 90 percent of the time out by this year! Other popular companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have driverless vehicles in development and claim to have them out by 2020. Who knows what we'll see in 10 short years? Maybe the idea of a driverless public transport system will be a reality. Or maybe most will have an affordable self driving car. Whatever the case, one thing remains certain. Driverless vehicles have a big future ahead of them, and we are no where near done hearing about them. | 4 |
5dfd5db | The author says that exploring and studing venus is worth because it ould represnet another plate where humans coud live but the conditions to go there are very dangeuous. Venus is actually one of the cloest to earth because it had everything earth does such as mounaisnand stiff . Bujt thre are several challenges to go there first of all the weather is 800 degress farenhight . We in earth are closer to mars in distitance . A spaceship hasn't toucehd venus in more than threee decates and scientist are working on ways to get our robots to go there and do some reachers and for the robots to actually last there since the temperatues arevery high . Venus has the hottest surface than any other lanet in our solar system. Venus has errupting volcanos and earthquakes and has lighting strickers frequently . My concution is that they should at least wait until they have really good technology andactually send a space shift of something similar so they can take studyines on venus and see if humans could last there of wha tother ersources they might have . | 1 |
5dfdf3a | Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin planet because of the many similarities between both planets. Although, Venus may be a great planet for humans to live in there are many limitations when it comes to the planets surface. Venus has been known to be a suitable planet for humans because its size and density are alike to those of Earth. Along with being the closest to Earth in distance Venus has also been very difficult to study. None the less Venus should continue to be studied in order to find more comparisons between both Earth and Venus.
As the author explains, Earth and Venus have many similarities that would have allowed for Venus to be hospitable. It is stated that " long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth." (paragraph 4) This section from the passage explains how Venus could have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Not only did Venus have oceans but it now has various surfaces that are alike to those on Earth. Venus has valleys, mountains, and craters that are easily compared to those on Earth. Demostrating how these planets can be compared helps the author support his claim by giving detail as to why NASA should continue studying Venus. Since both planets show many comparisons Venus could be considered our planetary visit however, not only are there various similarities but there are also numerous limitations as to why the planet Venus is inhabitable.
Although, both planets can sustain life there are various differences that demostrate why the planet Venus is incapable of doing so. As the author states in paragraph 3 there is a "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus." making it very difficult for any light to enter the planet. Not only will the planet be dark it will also have high temperatures reachign 800 degrees Fahrenheit. It is also stated that " Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." Many of these limitaions described by the author are similar to those we have on Earth however, they are "more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." (paragraph 3)
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus "
it is stated that although Venus has many dangerous aspects astronomers are still debating on future visits to its surface. Astronomers are doing all possible research to find a way to get to Venus and study it because, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited bby dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imaginations and innovation." (paragraph 8)
In general further studies on Venus could allow NASA to gather more knowledge and explore more planets that could be similar to Earth.
Overall, the author does a good job supporting his idea on why NASA should continue to study Venus despite the dangers it presents. The author fully explains the reasons why we should continue the studies by explaining the countless similarities both Earth and Venus contain. Not only does he explaint he reason why we should continue but he also describes the dangers that could be encountered while attempting to study
the planet. In the end the author states numerous solutions that could be used to hava a safe and scientifically productive misison. | 4 |
5e00d56 | The face is a natrual landscape. NASA claimed there was something the first time, but the next time, and time after that there was no face. The photograph was taken in later years with better technology, so thats evedince that there was nothing on the planet.
In paragraph seven sentence one it states that " Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." In paragraph seven sentence two it also states " Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natrual landform."
In conclusion there really is no face on Mars. In paragraph seven it also states " There was no alien monument after all." In paragraph twelve it states " That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." That is proof there is no Face on Mars. | 2 |
5e08943 | It first starts out by saying that we said it was an landform.......We went back to takew another picture where it wasent so cloudy adn foggy to prove to you guys there was no alien involed with this. It was all the landform making this face.we hade rolled the spacecraft 25 degress to center the face in the field
viewso we could get an really good look at this.we took another picture in 2001, we hade the image spand 1.56 meters comparerd to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
What the pictuer actuallu shows is the martian equivalent of a buttel or mesa landfroms common arounf the American West. Which this shows that landforms are often made.We stil think that this is
made up of landfrom today. There may still be people out there still thinking that it is made up by aliens but it is trully not. we have anlot of proff leading up to the the theory that it was an landform that made this face.
I would just like to end this on an postive note that we have done a lot of sutdy of this and have taken a lot of pictures so just to say this was made by an landformn. I hope i have changed your mind over this becasue i tried my bes. Just remiber that we have taken alot od pictures and study this a lot to finf the rite answr just for you. | 1 |
5e08e98 | I know the the reason that Luke joined the program because,according to the article in paragraph 1 it states , Luke's friend
Don Reist invited him to Europe on a cattle ship. Of course Luke could not say no to this offer when he knew it was an opportunnity of a life time.
When Luke arrived to New Orleans the day right after the Pacific war ended Stating in paragraph three. Luke already knew that this was a extordinary opportunity comeing forom him since he is just young man from a small town listed inparagraph 5. Luke knew from all the hard work he has done he was already nearly prepared for the work he would be doing on seas stated in paragraph 3,also he would be doing plenty of work from when animal needed to be feed at least 2-3 times a day plus thier stalls had to be cleaned. According to paragraph 8,
Luke would also have time with other people when the animals were boarded off they would play in thier stalls with volley balls or table tennis, boxing,fencing,reading and other game that passed time by.
Fianlly Luke knew bieng a Seagoing Cowboy would be a really great adventure. Being what he was helpin animals after war would surely open the world up to Luke himself. luke knew he was very greatful for the opportunity he had when it could been given to someone else. Luke stated in the article paragraph 9 ,"It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier needs", when they all needed help with thier lives Luke would come with supply and carry on to the one with the same problems unlike Luke , Luke had a nice life in his small town thats why he shared some with the world and helped many countries Luke gave his time and hard work to many's of hundred, one thing Luke surely did is that, Luke gave. | 2 |
5e0a4eb | Have you ever seen the face of mars, well if you haven't it's this 2 mile land form on mars and because its shadows and some other resons it looks like a pharose face.
See when the first picture of The Face was taken it only had 43 meters per pixel making all those little details to show it was just a bunch of rock unnoticable, plus the land was shaped right to make it look like a face . But in 2001 we used our most enhanced camera that had 1.56 meters per pixel. And I know the all the supersticios people who think it's "Alians" would say that nothing that I'm saying proves anything but with the new camera that we had if there would have been any housing, which there would have had to be to construct such a monument, thene we would have seen it.
Now that i have told my side of the story everyone can calm down. | 1 |
5e0add0 | Some people like to imagine the unreal, so when a mysterious face figure was spotted on Cydonia the public blew up. Outsiders, some of them at least, thought it had something to do with aliens and a conspiracy theory, but NASA didn't seem to agree and thought it was nothing but a landform and a picture taken at the right time.
Even thought the figure does seem quite mysterious doesn't mean it's and acient alien artifact. Becuase of technlogy and how cameras dont always capture what really there. For instance, ever taken a picture of a sunset and the colors didn't look the exact same as they did in person, well, this might be the same case. "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face." The camera might have taken the picture in a way that the human eye couldn't see. It might have added extra, or inhanced shadows making it look like a face. You'd also have to think about the angle the picture was taken in. Maybe in person from a different angle it looked like nothing but a rock, but when a picture is taken and the shadows have changed it looks like a real face with eyes, a nose and even a mouth.
Meanwhile back down on planet earth some people may be going insane and think that this has something do to with aliens and a conspiracy theory. There is no proof that the landform has anything to do with aliens except for its odd shape. Since there is no known life on Cydonia people don't know what type of strange weather or temperature changes they could've had that effected the shape of it. People tend to think what they want to believe and not look at the facts. They like to ignore whats really there and think what they want to think to create some type of excitment in their life. "It has starred ina Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows- even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years." Then when a small amount of people started to think this had something to do with aliens more people started to believe also, and thats when it went viral.
However, since no one has been down to see the strange landform nobody can confirm that it is either just a landform or an alien artifact. And it is a strange looking figure and sort of unexplainable so I can see why people first thought it had to do with a conspricy theory. But there are more reasons for it to be nothing but a landform rather than an artifact. The best thing to do is look at the facts and not believe what you want to believe just because it is exciting.
In conclusion, as exciting as it would be for this is odd looking figure to be, or have anything to do with aliens, it's nothing but a landform that looks like an alien face. And because of technolgy and peoples creative minds its features were inhanced and made to look real. You can think what you want and believe what you want, but look at the facts, it was nothing but a mere photographed mistake. | 5 |
5e0e50f | Just think about, you in a new place. Some where you have never been before. Just emagine how awesome that would be. What if you were visiting new places while helping those in need. It will truly save a life. This is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program.
Seagoing Cowboy program is amazing. Don't you want to be inspired to do good. Honestly helping someone would feel great. This program is also a great way to get in touch with nature on the sea. Plus the cattle that is on the boat and there is more from where that came from.
Do you see now on why this is such a great job? Helping someone is a great job to have. Even the places you go will be a great learning experience. Learning different cultures and lauguges is a great way to get closer into loving this job. It is truly a life changing experience and this is something you really dont want to pass up. | 2 |
5e16b0a | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents becasue people are intrested in how the solar system works today. Venus can be very intresting if it's something you like to learn about. As the Article says "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet." Knowing we couldn't go there maybe people lose intrest in the planet, but there's a lot more to learn about it. There are some positive things about the planet that you might know or maybe you could learn. Venus is one of the hottest plantes we haveand it could be very dangrous, but it also has some futures just like earth does.
Venus is the second planet from the sun and knowing that it's so close must mean that it really is hot. But also, as i have said it's really simmular to Earth. As is says in the article "It may have well been the most Earth-like planet." Also they have said that Venus has some feature that are just like earth "The planet has a suface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features like valleys, moutains, and craters." Knowing a little about Venus you have so much more to learn.
If your looking a Venus from a far because you can't go on it, and neither could the spaceships...you can't really get a good look at the ground or the planet itself. So there may be something else that's intresting about venus that we don't know yet. As I have read in the text it was saying that NASA is working on new ways to study venus. NASA has always found a way to create something that will last on the planets that we want to explore. Venus is intrestiong because it so hot even some of the objects they want to use they can't.
Reading about venus I have learned a lot, like venus is one of the brightestv points in the sky and when it gets dark you coould see it. Something new as the article says they are trying to figure out whats strong enough to last in venus's conditions. Today they use powerful computers, as it says in the article "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible and quick."
Today they are learing new ways and soon you'll know more about Venus. | 3 |
5e1ddbf | Being able to read someones elses emotions and expressions is not always the most valuable thing to do because people hide there imotions for a reason for example to be alone not to make other people fell sorry for them thats why alot of people hide there emotions and face expressions.
''Emphaty (feeling someone elses emotional state) may happen because we unconsiously imitate another persons facial expression. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions.''
The quote/piece from the passage shows us of much one of these new computer programs can tell about us and our emotions and expressions but this quote all so tells us how much science has advance in our world and how much we all need this type of science because all evebody talks about is science how we can make our world better useing more amd more science descovering new science and this step of emotion and expression regonition us huge because althought alpot of people are not in favor with it there alot of ways to use this new technology. foe example police can use it in solving interogation cases by detecting wether there laying or telling the truth by there face expression this technology can also be use by profesional guides consulors when there with there patients because that way they khow how there feeling and can help them better. In conclusion all this shows that this new technology of being able of telling your emotions and expressions is not the most valuable to some people but it can also be use to help people with there problems and that how science technology should be used. | 2 |
5e2079a | Can you always tell if a student is happy or sad by the way he/she looks? With the new technology invention, we can totally see if a student is happy/sad. The use of the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a class room. it can recognize emotions, it can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored in class and lastly, it can create emotional communication.
First, the system can recognize emotions. It is not always possible for teachers to make correct assumptions on how the students are feeling. For instance, if someone finds out about how a student is feeling, he/she will have "Some trouble describing each facial trait that conveys, happy, worried." With the use of the facial action code in a classroom, a teacher can precisely tell how a students is feeling. According to Dr. Huang, " The software is the latest innovation from prof. He relied on work from psychologists like Dr. Paul Eckman to classiy the six basic emotions." This totally means that Dr. Huang was able to co-operate with some psychologists to precisely identify the different basic emotions. Sometimes students often show some various degrees of expression (like not smiling as broadly). "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements." In this case, we can conclude that the new technology can precisely identify a student emotion. For this reason, the use of a Facial Action Coding System should be allowed in a classroom.
Secondly, this new technology can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored in class. Teachers can't always tell if a student is getting confused or bored in class. For instance, not all students in class like to speak up when they are getting confused or bored. With the use of Facial Action Coding System, a teacher can clearly see if a student is getting confused or bored. According to the article, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." After recognizing, "It could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." In this case, we can see that the Facial Coding System can recognize when a student is getting bored in class. For this reason, the use of Facial System is valuable because teachers can not always recognize when a student is getting bored in class.
Lastly, the Facial Coding System can create emotional communication. It is not always possible for your friends, teachers or a family member to know how you are feeling. Your friends might sometimes be able to tell due to how you look, but they can't deeply tell what's the problem with you. According to the article "Most humans communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. Computers need to understand that too." It also says in the article that the system can even indicate "The diference between a genuine smile and a forced one." These systems can also comuunicate by describing the type of smile you have on your face. For instance, in a false smile, "The mouth is stretched sideways using zygomatic major and different muscle." According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, "Moving your facila muscles not only expresses, emotions, but also may even help produce them." In this case, we can conclude that these systems are valuable and beneficial in classrooms. For this reason, the use of a Facial Coding System is valuable in a classroom.
In conclusion, the use of a Facial Action Coding System is beneficial in a classroom. The system can recognize emotions, it can tell if a student is getting confused or bored in class, and lastly. the system can create emotional communication. With this invention, a teacher does not always need to ask a student about how they are feeling; he/she can precisely tell by looking into the the Facial System. | 5 |
5e20c0f | If you were a teacher trying to teach a class with over 20 people with different emotions, how efficent would it be to know how all of them feeling? You can do that with FACS (Facial Action Coding System), created by Dr. Pail Eckman. This system classifys 6 basic emotions. It can sense happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. This is good for teacher who dont understand how their student are feeling about the assignment they assigned.
Dr. Huang, says in paragraph four, "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." He says, " even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." Using video imagery, the emotion-recongnition software tracks these facial movements on a real face or even a picture. The author uses an example of the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci. They used the emotion-recongnition on the painting and it showed how Mona Lisa was feeling. It not only looks at how your smiling or how your eye are placed, it also looks at the structure of ur face and how your muscles move.
This creation can help lots of teacher all around the world understand and help students learn more efficently. Every single student learns differently and using this system will help teacher use their teaching time wisely. When student dont understand somthing this system can scan your face and tell the teacher what needs to be fixed to help the student understand and enjoy what they are learning.
Instead of teachers trying to help one student at a time they can help multiple students at once.
You can also use FACS not only in school but other places too. You can use it in work and also in everyday life if you wanted too. In paragrah nine the author talks about a renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky. He had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. Just making different faces can revel a lot about the science of emotion.
FACS is the next big thing. Science has gone to a whole new level in helping our society. Using this system can help all kinds of people in different ways. I think this can help our world grow and learn new things. | 4 |
5e235b1 | Out of all the plants in the universe, I didn't think that there was going to be another "Earth." Many perople are scraed to travel out side of earth. I would also be scared. There is one " Earth-like " planet. Venus has very dangerous charateristics.
Venus is the closest plant to earth in terms of density, size, and in distance. Earth, Mars, and Venus all are planetary neighbors. Something Earth is closter to Mars or we are closer to Venus, it just depends on the different speed. Venus is sometimes around the corner, in space terms. We, humans, have sent plenty of spacecrafts to land on cloud-draped world. But none of the spacecrafts have survived the landing less than a day. We havent had a single spaceship land down on Venus in more three decades.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon diocide covers it. The clouds are th echallenging part because of te sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The temperature is an average of about over 800 dergrees in Fahrenheit. The atmospheric presurre is 90 times greater that what we experince here on Earth. This conditiond are very extreme for us humans can encounter on earth. It also hads the hottest surface of temperture than any plant in our solar system. The geology and weather shows us erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, and constant lightning that strikes to the land of the surface. Venus is a very Earth-like plant in our solar system. It is covered with largely oceance and that could suppoort different forms of life, like our plant. It has a very rocky sediment which includes features such as valleys mountians, and craters.
Venus has a lot of value. We should go out into the solar system and not be scare dof their dangers. I am sure that if Earth was empty and there were other things on Venus they would've been scared and would not want to come to Earth and do the things we are doing to Venus. | 1 |
5e27ec0 | Driverless Cars Are Coming!
Think of all the movies you seen about cars driving by themselves, well they're becoming real. I actually like the fact they're making driverless cars, just like at the beginning of the article, imagine a new future full of technology. By 2030 they'd probably have robots cooking home meals, and tubes passing through out the sky and connected to other tubes for transportation. People wouldn't have to use so much money spending on gas trying to fill their cars up.
Today's world we have better technology where these driverless cars are getting better. There are cars with the ability to start up without an key, just push a buttion. We have cars now that knows when a accident is about to occur, or when an padestrian is near. Imagine driving in your car, and you take your eyes off the road for just a second and a child is in the middle of the street. Driverless cars will break itself and prevent injury to you and the child. Even for emergency vehicles or construction work, it will alert you that it's near. Some cars have self parking, meaning you could get out your car and watch it park itself just by hitting a button. Without hitting other cars, reversing on it's on, and even controlling the headlights if it was to park into a place somewhere dark. It's amazing what our future is becoming!
I believe they have a car that could drive itself. Say you're going on a roadtrip, and the vacation spot takes 24 hours to get there. Your car would drive to that destination while you rest. If your driverless car sees a human, animal, or object in front it will stop it self, there's sensors all over the car to detect that. Some driverless cars have cameras, you would be able to see your blindspot if you were driving. If you wanted to back up into a spot put couldn't see, they will turn on the camera video and you could watch how close you get to an object. These cars even make loud noises or make your seat vibrate to alert you of being to close. If you have a text or call come in, instead of taking your eyes off the road to reach for your phone, they have voice command where you can say "answer imcoming call" or many other things. There have been over a million car accidents caused by the drivers or even the car itself, but with the driverless car your safety is garenteed. The driverless cars are much safer for the driver, passengers, and even the outsiders. This is why I'm not against the development of these cars. | 4 |
5e2a283 | The passage talks about all the positive and negative things that would make Venus be good to study because of some of theories of it being Earth like . The study of life on Venus would have many hard obstacles to overcome and look deeper into. "
A thick layer of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets Venus." That would be the biggest problem to try and fix because humans who take in too much Carbon Dioxide could potentially die. "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth." That whole sentence by it self sums up how much of a complication it would be to study Venus. Astronomers are fascinated by venus that they want to know if it was once a earth like plant long before. Everytime there are some good positives about the study of Venus there's always something negative following it. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." This a positive input to how to discover some kind of basic of life. " However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only a limited insight on the ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere,rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective." This is a barrier in research not being able to get full anwers is going to be hard to discover life. The study of Venus would make the scientist have to think harder and make more advance technology but they can do that until they get full answers on what they might come up on. | 3 |
5e2df05 | Greetings! I have heard that you think the Face on Mars, is a face that was created by aliens. I believe that this "face" is just a natural landform. I will support my claim why I think this, and maybe you will finally believe, that there are no such things as aliens.
There are many reasons why the Face is just a natural landform. On the second sentence paragraph, it says that we scientists have figured that the Face was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only that this one had unusual shadows, which made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah. The reason some people think it look like an alien, was because it looked like a real face, but it looks like a face, because the shadows formed on the rock give off illusions of eyes, nose, and mouth. On paragraph 7, it is said that Machael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture that is ten times sharper than the origninal Viking phots. Later on, thoughsands of anxious web surfers were waiting for the image to appear. When it finally did, the site revealed a natural landorm. People were not satisfied, because it was a cloudy day on Mars. The scientists decided to prove that it was just a landform, so when it was not cloudy, they took another picture. In the final paragraph, paragraph 12, it says that what the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a btte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. A man name Garvin says, "That's a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." The lava dome is most of Middle Butte in the Snake Riber Plaint of Idaho.
So, in conclusion, if you first thought that the Face on Mars was created by aliens, than I hope I have gave your enough information, and persuaded you that it is really just a natural landform. I am sorry if you thought it was made by aliens, but it wasn't. I hope that you could understand, and see that it was just the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. | 3 |
5e3312c | Venuse is a worthy pursuite despite the dangers because NASSA would get to find out about are twin planted but there are some challges and riskes, like spacecraft have only lasted a few hours or like a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide blackes venuse and Venus has the hottest surface temperature. These are just a few problems we are faceing to look in to are brother planted.
Venus has the hottest surface and its not even the closes planted to the sun. Venus is a very challging planted to study because the surrface is so hot it can mealt most mealts. Venus is the most earth like planted it has all of the same weather prblems like earthquakes,lighting striks and erupting valcanoes.
Also Venus has a thick carbon dioxide blaked around it. It covers 97 percent of Venus and it has hight levels of sulfuic acid in venus. On the plates surface it is over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest surface of all the plates inthe solar system .
NASA has made teast and simalshions and one lasted three weeks,but they have a idea to make a type of blimp to huver 30 miles up over the planted of Venus but it would still be 170 degrees but the air pressher would be cloes to the sea leales soo it would be good to try.
Thes are just a few reasons why Venus is a good planted to explore even knowing the dangers of doing it .there are more than enughe resons to stop trying but the planted is so closes and humons and still qureuse about the planted | 2 |
5e34d51 | Im writing to say that I think we should keep the Electoral College. i think its fair and that everyone should be used to it by now because we have been doing it for a long time. Everyone knows that when you are voting for your candidate you are actully vintg for your candidate's electors. Even though people think the "Winner-take-all" system is not fair i think it keeps everything in line. There are reasons why this system was created to prevent major problems from happening.
I think that it does not matter if Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and the AFL-CIO all want to Abolish the electoral college. Sure over 60 percent of votes would prefer a direct electionto the type of elction that we have now but I think it will just cause problmes. We would have to make new rules to when it comes to voting which could take a long time because we would have to have he approval of many people. Then everyone would have to learn these rules and the age to vote could be possibly changed. For everone to get used to these rules could cause many fights and arguements between peopl. The chances of a cadidat of winning could change alot.
Popular vote can increase the chances of there being a tie, causing a disater. Everyone should trust the electors. It is possible that the winner of the elctoral vote will not win th national popularf vote. even though that has happened rarely. Although it did happen once in the year 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was since 1888. With popular vote it is not certain what can happen.
For example the electione of 2012 Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. Therefore the electoral votes should not be abolished, popular votes will only cause problems. | 3 |
5e39a22 | Some futurists imagine a time in the future where nobody has cars. Everybody gets to where they need to be in self driving taxis. Now think, a car that can drive itself. That sounds absurd, unsafe, impossible. Well companies such as, Google, General Motors, and BMW, have been trying to make computer-driven cars since before 2000.
In my opinion, all of these companies are wasting their time. At this moment
traffic laws say the only safe car has a human, of age, driver controlling it. As a result states such as, California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, oppose even testing computer-driven car. Computer-driven cars are going to have to be approved by all the states and state driving laws will have to be changed.
Another reason I believe we should not have driverless cars is because of all the time and money it is going to take. First of all engineers and futurists have this far. In the late 1950's, General Motors created a car that could run on a special track.The track was filled with electrical cables and wires that sent radio signals to a reciever on the car. Engineers later tried something similiar, they used magnets with alternating polarity. Which is sort of like under traffic lights. These roads worked pretty well, but they would require tons of upgrading to all existing roads, and is way too expensive, it is not even feesible.
Since smart roads were out of the question engineers turned to smarter cars. To make cars smart enough to dive themselves they would need alot of sensors and computer hardware, video cameras, automotive radar sensors, and GPS recievers, embedded in the car itself. All of these sensors and automotive gadgets are going to be very costly and time consuming to install.
In 2013, BMW made a car that drives itself but has special touch sensor to make sure that the driver is still holding on to the steering wheel. The car can steer, accelerate, and brake itself but is designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skilld, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. So although the car is driving itself the driver must stay alert and be ready to take the wheel when needed.
If this is as far as technologuy has come who would want a driverless car thath still needs a driver? Why would one want to sit at the wheel and watch the car drive? Wouldn't that be boring? Some manufactures
hope to make it fun by putting in, in-car entertainment and information systems. If you have a television, game system, computer, or whatever entertainment is provided for you, how are you going to be prepared to take over the car when needed? Nowadays it is illegal to even talk on the phone while driving much less watch a television show or play a video game. So "in-car entertainment" sounds completely unsafe to me. Therefore I do not think we should use all our time and money to create a driverless car when you can easily drive yourself and family where ever you want to go. | 4 |
5e39f74 | They have many things that show that the landform is natrual. One reason that the landform could be real is by pointing out that back then the cameras were not as good with quality so the camera could make it look like that. Another reason could also br the weather in that time the weather could have a big part in the way it looks.
The angel of the camera could also make a big diffrence in the look of it. the angel of the light that was ln it also could mae the changed because it was the shadow that made the landform look like a human head. Back then the pixels of the photo were 43 meters compared to now which is 1.56 meters. The clouds could also change the look.
Many things could of changed it those are many reasons why it is real but people think diffrent ly and also have diffrent things formed in there head. | 2 |
5e3d59a | I don't think that this will help the student's learn any better. This is just a way for the goverment to know what you are doing at all times. Just like back in the day we didn't have all of this techonogy and we lived life without anything to stupid. If you would of done something you would of got hung.
Technology now a day's has changed everyone's life some for the better but most of it has made it worse. How you might say? It made it worse by us not paying attition to what's really happening in are live and how everything is changing.
The goverment wants us to be like this so we only see what they want us to see. There tring to dumb us down by doing all of this to us. Just like this test I'm taking now it don't help me out it only helps the school out and now there trying to say if I don't pass this one test that i can't move on. If this test really matter and if school really matter, why don't I learn how to do my taxes, why don't I learn how do make food so i can live on my own, why don't we all learn something that can help us all and not learn about oh back in the 626BC this happened, that's not what we need to be learning about you know back in the day it was so different. When I say its different I mean that it was better. There wasn't people eating soap, well there was if you did something bad you mom and dad would make you put a bar of soap in your mouth.
The goverment is trying to make us depend only on them. When they shut off all the technology they know whats going to happen they are going to try to do what Hilter did. This is my point and im not the only one who's see's all what your doing. Just like this test I know no one will really and truly read this. It's just going to be some robot that took someone's job. | 1 |
5e41d79 | Limiting car usage can have many beneficial outcomes for the environment around us. Avoiding car usage will drastically lower greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, cut pollution in big cities, and make rush-hour easier for human beings.
The first thing that decreasing car usage will do is that it will lower our greenhouse gas emissions. In Source 1: "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Rosenthal explained that because automobiles are very neccessary to middle-class families all around the world,"it is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes...". Without cars there wouldn't be so many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and global-warming could be evaded much easier. According to Source 4: "The End of Car Culture", by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Rosenthal again shows information which states that, because recent studies suggest Americans are using fewer cars, "President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior". With less and less Americans getting licenses and buying cars, greenhouses gases will start plummeting at a faster rate than ever before.
Also, lowering the use of cars will decrease pollution in big cities which are usually sorrounded by clouds of smoke. From the information in Source 2: "Paris bans driving due to smog", by Robert Duffer, Duffer said that because of the amount of congestion in the city of Paris, "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city". Paris could have easily avoided the ban on driving if they stopped using cars so much, which would in turn decrease the amount of pollution in the sky. There was a similar situation in Source 3: "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", by Andrew Selsky, where in Bogota, Colombia the government created a car-free day where no cars were used at all and people like Carlos Arturo Plaza, a businessman, said that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,". Another big city is lowering their amount of pollution as well just because they are using cars less.
In addition, an environment less reliant on automobiles creates easier traffic and a more relaxing road to travel upon. In Source 1, a media trainer and mother of two called Heidrun Walter, recalled that "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,". Now, more people won't have the same stress they had in the morning when they had to worry about the amount of cars on the road. In Source 4, Selsky explained that the new car-free day will be "leaving the sreets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams". Without the everyday clutter of cars, streets will easily be more open and easier to drive upon.
Although limiting car use seems a bit distant at the moment and very hard to accomplish all around the world, with less cars there will be less greenhouse gases, pollution, and traffic on the road. | 4 |
5e44275 | First , The author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers in present , because in the text it says " Numerous factors contriubute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humas to study, despites its proximity to us "
and another example is that it says " Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely " the author supports the idea really well in the story , evidence from the story that supports my claim an introduction is that, our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of the imagination and innovation. Inclusion , NASA has a particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, NASA's possible solution to the hostile condition on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray , the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters . Therefore , studying Venus is WORTHY , many researchers are working on innovations that would allow machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus, electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Finally , striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. | 3 |
5e47d03 | My position on driverless cars is, I'm totally against them, why well because they could cause an accident if the computers or sensors on the driverless cars fail or malfunction then that company that manufactured the driverless car will have a lawsuit coming out and if the driverless cars fail a lot then it will cause the company lots of money if anybody was hurt during the accident because of the malfunction of the driverless cars.
I also think that when they have driverless cars then will be also having machines or something that will be all machine operated and no human would do it then we will be to relient on things that don't require anyone to operate it and it might be also a hassle having to constantly maintain the sensors and every part that will make the car driverless and it also be time consuming because what would you do if it won't behave and work properly and you would might have to spend lots of money on the driverless car cause if the parts are foreign made then it will cost more money to ship and buy that part overseas.
And that it is why I'm totally against driverless cars they are dangerous and they can kill if the computers or sensors or whatever fails on the car in a accident and people will be to relient on it. | 3 |
5e48746 | Yes I am for technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom.
The reasonn why I said yes is because. Kids have changed, we dont like certain stuff, teachers think the kids are feeling good in class but on the inside could be the Devil and God fighting. The world is changing the future of America, and the schools should do something about it.
(Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions.) ''From the article''.
Us kids sit in a building for 7 hours and 30 minutes. There is no excuse for a kid to feel like he is forced to come to school. School should feel like home, it should be a place to go to get away from bad things in your life. Me personally, I dislike school, yeah we learn the material but not everybody learns the material. Some people come here just so they have food in their stomachs. Some kids come here for relationships. Some kids come to school for fun. Thats wrong. Kids should come to learn. Learn different ways learn life materials, learn how to work with people, learn how to be great citizens.
(''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,'' Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson like a effective human instuctor.) (From the Article).
I love my education . But I love my country more. The way I look at school is disgusting a descrace. The people that gave this stupid test. Should get fired. Istep shouldn't determine if I graduate. It shouldnt detemine if im smart or not. it shouldnt be based on a national level. It should be a state thing. You know why? Let me tell you why. The stuff i learn in Geometry and in English. Are not on ISTEP. This test is basically a test that we dont study for, and it really does suck that this test determines if I graduate. Its unfair.
Hopefully you take what I said to the heart and look at what America is in 5 to 10 years. Because this technology would change everything. Teachers would understand there students more. Teachers would grow that father/mother role to the students. Kids would feel more comfortable with there teachers knowing how they feal. Thank you for taking your time to reading my Essay. | 2 |
5e4b977 | The face on Mars is not an alien formation but just a simple play on eyes. The face just hides in the shadows on mars. One reason I think it is just a shadow is that in the comparison pictures from 1976 to 1998 and 2001 all look different. They all give a different look on the face. Another reason i think the face on Mars is fake is, if there were civilations on mars they would also on the 3D image. So if there are no homes or shelthers there, who made it? No one did. It is a natural formation. Just like the ones in the United States of America. In the U.S.A those types of formations form in the Midwest. The formation is actualy called a butte or mesa. People say it reminds them of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. This is why I think the face on Mars is just a natural formation and not the work of aliens. | 2 |
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