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The auther's support on the studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers are too dangerus. Venus is too harmful to humans and/or anything that touches the planet.
Many people sent numerous spacecrafts to Venus but, were unsecessful and they didn't last for a few hours. The issue helps understand why nothing has touched Venus in over Three decades. The carbon dioxide that's like a blanket on Vense is almost 97% The planet's clouds are highly corrosive silfuric acid in it's atmosphere, temeratures are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 times greater then on Earth.
NASA are manking idea's on sending humans to Venus to study it. Sending humans to the planet is too dangerus and harmful for them, even the spacecrafts that they send to Venus. Taking samples from the planet like rock, gas, would become a risk to their lives. NASA is looking back at old taht were used in the 1800s and played an important role in 1940s during World War ll.
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In the article, Driverless Cars are coming, both aspects of these cars are presented, whether you are for them or against them is another opinion, but I think that these cars wont't seem as nice as they say in the article.
In the article, paragraph two, it states that Google has made cars that could drive on their own since 2009, but they still haven't made them completely driverless. But have they tested these cars with everything that a human driver has to get through daily? More than likely no. It says nothing like that in the
article at all. Why does this matter? Human drivers have to be alert at all times for anything. They have to pay attention to what they are doing on the road, people on the side walks, cars around them, street signs, traffic lights, weather, even animals crossing the road, and much more. Are these cars going to be able to do all that as a human would? Maybe, but then again, maybe not. If you think about it, they said that some states won't allow them to test drive these cars because of the safety of others. What if the car decides that the driver need to take over, but the driver is destracted, even if the car gets their attention, and the driver looses control and causes an accident. Will the car know what to do in an accident? In paragraph seven, it says that the car can't drive by itself and needs the driver to take over when they come to work zones and other accidents. With these cars, the people driving them are probably not going to pay as much attention as they really need and as much as we think that they really will, and this may cause problems within itself. These cars could start to form bad habits for humans as drivers.
Making these cars avaliable to humans could cause more problems than help. We have to think of the safety of the people around the car and about the people that are going to be in the car. If the car malfunctions, what will happen to the people around and in the car? These cars could be considered more of a danger to people more than helping the people. We need to worry more about how it will affect people just as much as how it will help them too. If it does more harm than good, what is the point of making the car in the first place.
In paragraph nine, it talks about how laws will need to be changed for these cars. What will this mean for the people that don't own these cars? Will they still have to follow the rules of the road today, or will they have to now have to follow the rules that were made for the other cars? Not everyone will be able to get one of these cars staight off the market as soon as they come out, we will still have some of the same cars that we have today later, and won't be able to get rid of all these cars fast enough that are drove on the roads today.
Next, who are they trying to sell these cars too? Are they selling them to the people that have more money, or are they also going to try and sell them to middle class and lower class people? How expensive are these cars going to be for us to drive, or by in that matter? Will people with larger families be able to by one that is big enough for their entire family, or will they have to buy mulitple just so that their family can do something together?
In conclusion, I honestly think having these cars could just be another idea that is wasted because it will only benefit a few people and
not everyone. These cars could be a safety hazard to others on the streets and sidewalks if the car maulfuntions, and even can harm the people inside of the car. I think that we need to worry about the safety and efficiency of the car more than what it can do for the people in the future. We should worry about what will happen to the people now, more than what it will be like in the future. Either way, I think that this isn't the greatest idea ever, and that it shouldn't be allowed unless it will help more people and not just a few here and there.
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Exploring venus, Venus is sometimes called the evening star it is the brightest points of light in the dark sky, It makes it simple for amateur stargazer to spot it this nickname for it is misleading, venus is actually a planet in the solar system, venus is second over from the sun, Venus is very easy to spot it is a safe vantage point of earth it has a very challenging place to look at more closely. venus reffered to as a twin from the earth venus is actually one of the closes that means size and density, our planetary neighbor knows that that it oribit the sun at diffrent speeds.
A atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets venus. A even more challanging is the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere. On our planet's surface the tempature can average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and that is really hot, The atmospheric pressure can be 90 times greater than what we can experience on our planet. The conditions are more extreme than we can encounter, Venus is the hottest surface tempature of any planet in the world, Mercury is closer to the sun high pressure and heat can geology and present additional impediments like erupting colcanoes every where earthquakes and some lightning probes seeking to land on surface.
Nasa has particularly idea to send human to study and discover venus. The possible solution to the hostile condition is the surface of venus we would allow scientists to float above. Dream like there is a blimp-like car floating 30 miles roiling to venusian landscape. Our jet planes can travel higher and they can fly over many storms and a vehicle hovering up there would not be a good idea.
Nasa is working on other approaches to get to venus some simplieifed the chaos of venus surface and have lasted for a long time in such conditions just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comaprison systems that use mechanical part can be more resistant to pressure and heat in the atmophere.
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I think having a "driverless cars" will be a good idea. Thats because I see more good in the things it can do than bad. Here i will list out a couple of why there should driverless cars.
The first reason I see why its good because the manufacturers has test the driverless cars. The result of it was that the car drove more than half a million miles with out crashing. Which is said in pharagraph two. This clearly means it is capable of being a driverless car becasue it could travel so far with out an accident.
Next the driverless cars also has a bunch of features that will help it to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. The car features that the car will or more likely have is sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and lastly a inertial motion sensor. Becasue of all of those the statement that says it can mimic a human at the wheel could be or is true. This information was found in pharagraph four.
Lastly the senors can cause the car to apply the brakes and reduce power from the engine which allows a better responce and control compared to a human driver. Thats not the only thing the car can control. The car can also steer and accelerate by themselves. The catch the car will notify the driver when the road needs human skills. Meaning it will need a driver to actually take control when it is going through work zones and
around accidents.Due to that program the driver still needs to stay alert, aware the surroundings, focus on the road and is ready to take over at any moment when a situation appears. To notify the driver the seats of the car will vibrate when it about to back up into an object. To announce the driver when to take over the driverless car will have flashing lights on the windshield or have a heads up display.
Those are the reasons why i believe driverless cars is a good thing. Due to all the alarm systems telling the driver when to take over this might prevent texting a driving. Also that is a step forward to becoming more advanced. So as time goes on automakers or known as the manufacturers will continue to fix problems that the car might have making it better and safer. Sooner or later it will be a perfect highly advance car in the future. The first step is always the hardest because no one knows what it will do.
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The Impact of Emotional Expressions
Many of us whether in elemenatary, middle school, highschool, or even college can relate to the emotions we feel throughout the entire day of school. Many emotions tend to spark when we're learning a new lesson in class. It can range from happiness, sadness to confusion, frustration and etc. But, it isn't always visible to your friends, family and much less your teacher. So, by having the "Facial Action Coding System" we can really improve what the students are truly feeling when learning new teachings. It can really come into value when a student is feeling frustrated in class, it can improve grade point averages, and just the simple act of knowing how a person is really feeling can make a situation of learning much more efficent and valuable.
First and foremost, the "Facial Action Coding System" is a system that can be trusted into scanning and analyzing what students are truly emotionally expressing. They have had the experience of composing and making results for even paintings, and not just basic human behavior. For example, in the article it starts off with the analyzations of the different expressions being produced by Leonardo's Da Vinci's, "Mona Lisa"."She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". This calculated emotional information from the new computer software can really dictate what even the Mona Lisa is feeling. By sighting this, students from all over the world can use this technological advancement to improve their emotional state while also being able to undertand.
Furthermore, the facial code recognition can specifically detect human emotions simply by muscle movement. In the text, it starts to give information on how a person's smile can be dipicted as being fake or not. "Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a fake smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using zygomatic major". This specified information can also help in a classroom for when a student is trying to fake their emotions. By being able to differeniate whether a student is doing so or not, it can further help teachers with how they're teaching a lesson. For example, if a student is actually enjoying a lesson it can then be concluded by the teacher that it should make the lesson more understandable yet more energetic.
Lastly, having this type of facial technology can help in classes where showing facial expressions are essentiel in even passing a class. In the reading, it states how drama classes can be improved and be much more efficient when having the ability of having a facial code system to depict their certain emotions. "Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them....A renowed drama couch, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage".
All in all, the Facial Action Coding System comes into value in many forms when being used in a school classroom in any certain grade level. Students from all over the world can be more understood and comprehended when they're not undertanding a lesson, when they're not enjoying a lesson, or simply want to be able to pass a course. Their facial expressions can be detected simply by their muscle movements as stated and tested by many universities and science collaborations who have been able to study these advancements. Facial expressions are universal, and should always come in importance when people are feeling a certain type of way. Human emotions can be complexed and even misunderstood at times. But, with this facial code, people can come together and be more sympthatic and empathatic with one another from all over the globe.
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Computers can do many things for us. The idea that a computer can read your emotions is amazing, although I do not belive it is true. I will believe it when I see it.
In paragraph 8 it says " But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways ising the zygomatic major and different muscle, the risorius." however this may be true for most people; there has to be someone out there in our world of 7 billion that smiles there smiles with their zygomatic muscle or their risorius muscle. Everyone has diffrent emotions and everyone shows them diffrently. The muscles in our face does say a lot about the emotions we are feeling. I do belive to understand ones emotions it has to be very clear someone is sad, with tears, or you know the person well, In paragraph 5 the artical states " For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on their face."
In paragraph 3 it brings up "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, suprised, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness" but there are way more than 6 emotions that can be reconized. This is why I believe computures can not read your emotions.
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The text "Driveless Cars Are Coming" provides views on cars who self navigate an would cut the use of fuel in half!!! Many foressers like Sergey brin Google cofounder provide ideals such as Public transportaion that'll opperate very flexible an fudamentally change the world. Yet the world hasn't witnessed a car that automatically drives its self , But Many can't deal with the complicated factors of handing traffic or make drivers pull in an out of driveways. Cost is a key factor in making smarter vehicles find a effecient way of combining affordable an reliable roads for the vehicles.
Autnomous cars are increasing in probabilty that'll one day by the years 2020 top name manufactuers sucah as Mercedes-Bens,Audi and Nissian. Roads in my opinion are the biggest concern how can you drive a "Smart Vehicle" if the roads contain damage or self awareness that the driver has to have if the vehicle can't process the information. Many laws an driving manners will have to change also covering for liability on consumers. The world would have to competely transition to autonomous car in order to handle the change from human observing behind the wheel instead of Machine. Slowly but surely this innovative move will become something better for the world cutting in fuel cost an vehicle crashes.
Many of the differnt parts of the world will benefit from this innovation an help transportation be easy for others an less stresstful. "Driveless Cars Are Coming" has been in a very informational passage regarding the many factors of drivers safety,diffuculty an drivers!!! Many technology will be implied into the vehicles that'll help them function great. But also roads could be blocked or accidents can happen where the driver is forced to drive an that kinda loses the ideal of a car driving itself. Cars will always be changing in the future an become more an more innovative an more eccnomy friendly to the world.
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The "Face on Mars" is a landform seen in photographs of the surface of Mars. Some people believe that this landform is proof that alien life exists and that this landform was created by said aliens. However, there is plenty of information to disprove this. This information is found in the article, "Unmasking the Face on Mars."
The article, "Unmasking the Face on Mars," states, "Some people think that the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say some conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." This statement suggests that NASA would have no reason to hide evidence of alien life, as this would benefit NASA greatly. If NASA had discovered evidence of alien life, NASA would have presented it as such.
Later on, photographs were taken of the landform once again. However, the camera had to "peer through whispy clouds to see the Face." Because of this, some skeptics believed that alien markings were hidden by the haze, which is shown in the quote, "Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by the haze." In response to this, another picture was taken on a cloudless day, showing that the Face was nothing more than a natural land form.
This landform is similar to some of the landforms on Earth, as shown by the quote, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West." Another quote to prove that the Face is similar to formations on Earth is, "It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho...That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." This suggests that the Face could have been formed much in the same way as the Earth formation mentioned in the quote.
The fact that, in the photographs of the fornation, there is no evidence to prove alien life is also a factor to consider. A quote by Garvin shows why this is an important peice of information to consider. "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size...So, if there were any objets in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" This proves that because no evidence of alien life can be seen in the pictures, means that there is none. In these pictures, claims Garvin, you could discern objects easily and tell what they are. If so, NASA can easily confirm that this land formation is natural and that there is no evidence of alien life.
Thus, the Face on Mars is a natural land formation. If it was evidence of alien life, NASA would have presented the information as such. NASA would have then pursued the lead that proved alien life exsisted by attempting to find this alien life or more evidence to prove that alien life exsisted. NASA would have beneiftted greatly if the Face had been created by alien life forms. This formation is also very similar to some land formations found on Earth. If such formations are found natrually on Earth, could they not also be found naturally on other planets? This land formation on Mars is natrual, as similar land formations are found naturally on Earth and NASA finding proof of alien life would have benefitted them greatly. If these things are true, then the Face on Mars is a land form that occurred naturally, and we, the people of Earth, have yet to find evidence that alien life exsists in our univserse.
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Do you think the seagoing cowboys is a good job? Well I do and here are some reasons why. You can spend lots of time with diffrent animals you can also spend alot of time out on the clear sunny ocean, and most of important of all you are helping people. When you are out on the ocean you can have alot of fun and join very easily. To think of it I joined just from my freind inviting me to go to Europe on a cattle boat.
Spending alot of time with different animals on a ship is amazing. You get to feed, take care, and have alot of fun with them. Taking care of those young cows and mules can be alot of fun they can sometimes be funny and they can comfort you. Imagine if there was a really bad storm you will always have to cows and mules to keep you company. Would'nt you love being around lots of anmals?
When you get taken over seas to help people it feels good to know you are helping people in need. What if you were those people who needed help to get your countrie recovered from a bombing? You would want somebody or someone to help you recover. This is another reason why you should come and join the seagoing cowboys you can be someone who helps people in need of your assistance. This is another reason why you should join us.
Think of being on a cruse except with animals that is what it is like to be over the seas with the seagoing cowboys you can see the sunny clear ocean and there is plenty of fish. You will have a beutiful veiw of the nice pretty clear ocean. If your lucky enough you can even see the sight of diffrent fish. You can even get the chance to catch them if you wish. There is lots of diffrent things you can do over seas and we also get to help different countries.
In conclusion, you should join seagoing cowboys because you can have alot of fun if you enjoy being over sea with alot of animals see different fish help countries and be the best person you can be. Other things you can do are fencing,boxing,reading,vollyball, and baseball so if you enjoy these activities then you should consider joining the seagoing cowboys. When you are doing those activities it can pass the time if you are missing your family. These are reasons I think you should join the seagoing cowboys.
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If humans were to use this technology, who is to say we would not advance it, and take it much further. That could be problomatic. Reading someones facial features could be a good thing, but also a horrible mistake.
If we were to use FACS in a school setting, it could be used to show if someone is lying or cheating, because it would read their expressions. Then what would happen would be that students may try to cover the senser or camera to block the machine, making it outright pointless. Not to mention, it would be ripping the users confidentiality away from them as it may record what the user does to more easily tell their emotions. Now it recording the emotions is not bad, but the people who could get their hands on it are. It does state in the text " 'The facial expressions for each emotion are universal.' " This may be true, but if that is the case, why cant we just read emotions ourselevs, instead of making a robot do it for us.
There is nothing wrong with asking if someone is sad or mad, but there is someting wrong with telling them how they feel. If compaired to anyone who makes the same expressions, how are we to be certin that they are our emotions, and not someone elses. Yes we all frown, and we all smile, but; what if some of our ways to show our smile are different, then it may be computed incorrectly, causing someone or something to go wrong when using this program. This is why we should not use FACS in any place. It just rips away our own thoughts, replacing them with a genric persons emotions.
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present. It is very dangerous to study Venus but at the same it's very important for us. According the the article on first paragraph, it said that "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it ha proved a very challenging place to examine closely". This quote show that it may seem pritty easy but for those people who really know about the study of astronomy it is vary challenging. It may be a life threatning for those who study Venus but they take the challenge found all about it, so that people who live on Earth know what is going on with our planet.
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the danger. In paragraph 2, it said that "Each previous mission ws unmanned, and for good reason, since no respacecrafe survived the landing for more than a few hours, Maybe this issue explains why not single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous facfors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despte its proximily to us". This whole quote shows us how dangerous it is that no spacecrafe survive the landing for more thana few hours. However they still give their life to face the challenge for human to study. If no one on earth were to study about our planet then alot of people on earth has to face the disaster.
In paragraph 3 it tells us about the percentage of carbon dioxide blankets Venus, and the challenging of a Venus atmosphere.
In the article, it said that "On the planet's surface, temperatures averge over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experiece on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth". This show that they are facing more greater challengies. I think that not alot of people on earth are brave enough to challenge themself where it could cause their life. Therefore alot of poeple need to understand the concept of how it's like to challenge of the thing we are afride of.
The author also stated in paragraph 6 about the risk and important of studying Venus. It said that "More importantly, researchers cannot take simples of rock, gas, or anyting else, from a distance, Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. This quote show us that the researchers has to go up close to study Venus, in order to find the information all facts about the Venus. It also said that "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow ourmachines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus". This quote also show that they are also working on machine, not only finding facts about Venus.
Therefore studying Venus is important but at the same time it's very dangerous. Alot of people has to face the challenge to finds alot of facts about the Venus. I also think that it's very impoetant to study abot Venus because if we don't know alot about our planet then there will be alot of disster in our earth. It also said it in the last paragraph 8 " Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". This quote is telling us that not only for our planet to be save but also to lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.
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The face of Mars is not created by aliens or an alien artifact it is a natural landscape.
When scientist first saw the face they were probably shocked but scientists figured it was just another martian mesa they are common around Cydonia Cydonia is the place where they found the face. Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrieved at the Red Planet in September 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended. On April 5, 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbitier Camera (MOC) eam snapped a picture of the face it was ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousans of people were waiting for the image when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealed the face of Mars was just another natural landscape and there was no alien monument. What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa they are common landscapes around the American West "it reminded me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," said Garvin.
That is why the face of Mars is a natural landscape it is a butte or mesa.
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Studying Venus has the good and the bad. You find out so much about your planet and others. Like whybdonthey call Venus an "Evening Star" when its actually a planet. With Venus being provern a very challenging place to examine, ist hard to find out more abiut it. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite that dangers.
One of the big dangers studying Venus is the temperature. Venus is the hottes planet in our solar system. The planets temperature averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than then on our planet. The conditions are way more extreme then what we've encounter on Earth. In addition to the heat there's erupting valcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.
We could be living on Venus. Venus has the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus used to be covered with oceans that could've supported various forms of life. Even today Venus has rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus is an opttion for a planetary visit.
There are solutions for the temperature. NASA's solution is to let scientist float above the fray. A vehicle hovering 30 miles above the Venusian landscape. It would be like airplanes flying over storms, but in this case its a blimp-like vehicle flying over the 800 degree surface. The vehicle would be thirty-plus miles above the surface. Solar power would be plentful anc radiation would not exceed Earth levels, survivable but not easy conditions.
Trying to meet the challenge by Venus has value. Human curiosity will most likely lead us to many intimidating endeavors. With the dangers studing Venus, helps us incase we need to move to another planet. Studying Venus is dangerous but, it has its perks.
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Venus
Venus is the closest planet to earth and in terms of density and size. Venus is a very interesting place that scientists are always trying to find a way to discover new things about Venus, but that the planet is so inhospitable. Astronomers are so amazed by Venus because Venus may be the most earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus can have some features that the earth has and that it's our nearest option for a planetary visit. Venus can be a challenge to us because we human have curiosity what that planet can offer to us.
Venus has some smiliar and difference to earth because they both have different speed on the way they orbit the sun. Venus can be a challenge to us because it can be hard for us to get there. In that the degree temperature on Venus surface is over 800 degrees faherenheit and that atomsperic pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our planet. Even though that Mercury is closer to our sun Venus has the hottest surface temperature. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to send humans to study Venus so they can answers to there questions that they have.
To study Venus, it has risks because researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore scientists are trying to find ways to get a close up look or to get things from there to take back to earth, but in order to do that there are risks. Researchers are trying to build machines that can last long, at least to get some information about Venus. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration are simplifing some electronics and trying to look back to an old technology called mechanical computers. Venus has gained value to humans because we are so curious when we find out something new and we just need answers in order for us to stop being curious.
The whole main thing is that humans always face new challenges and with those challenges we try to overcome it. Venus made humans curious because there are some smiliarties and differences about earth. But in order to try to find answers there can be risks. Humans always tries to find ways to get answer, facing new obstacles, building new stuff, or just predicting things. Venus is a new challenge for us, but with the right techniques we well find answers.
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If I was a scientist I would convience them that the face in the ground was just a natural landform in many ways. Some people around the world think things like this would be great to brag about. In this sitiuation We're trying to convience people and tell them that aliens has nothing to do with this.
In this article, it says that it isn't alien related. Reasons that I would conclude is, as scientists research it is just a landform. Scientists also says that its just another Martian mesa. It's related to the red planet Cydonia. As the one scientist took it among himself and took the picture alot of times just to get a great angle of it everyone was waiting for it. Even web surfers this was a huge impact on the people believing that it was a alien.
As I read more not all the people were ok with the problem. Seems that scientists had found more. If I were a scientist I would gather evidence and all my documents from things that were related to this previous sitiuation.
I would also show them pictures back then of the planet. It would be amazing because as a scientist you should always check for yourself. If you did a previous report on that planet or subject I think you should bring your old evidence and documents out to make things come together to understand better.
In this article, I've learned alot about what scientists go through and they they busy life is. It was exciting reading about this and exploring something like this.
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The human face that was founded on mars by NASA's Viking 1 sapcecraft. They believe it was created by aliens,but are aliens real? How can they say it was created by aliens when we dont know that aliens are real. In my opinion it has to be the normal land formation, Mars has a lot of rocks and i know there is a lot of stuff in Mars that look like things in our planet. I do believe that it looks like a human face but Mars has sand storms and gets hit by craters all the time and that may be the reason why there is a face on mars.
As we can see in the pictures in 1976, the face looks better then the other pictures. In 2001, the face is gone because of the snadstorm that they had and covered the face. They have no proof that aliens had something to deal withit. They had no foot prints , no sign of an alien, and It looks like to me that t was created by it self. NASA's has no right to say that the face was created by aliens if they have no sign or proof that it was. They don't have proof that aliens are real. That only leads to one conclusion which is that the face on Mars is a land formation.
Therefore, Is the face on Mars created by aliens or is a land formation? The pivtures explain nothing but that it is a land formation. Why? Their is no evidence that it was created by aliens nor anything else. The only way that it would've been created by aliens if NASA's had proof that there were some type of tracks of aliens. They didn't have anything so it leads to one solution. IT has to be created by sand storms and craters.
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The process of the election of the president of the United States is somewhat ambigous. The Electoral College basically controls the shifts between the competion, in a way that some rare cases in which a candidate loss the presidential election because of the amount of votes the Electoral college. The Electoral College should be abolished, not only is it unfair but irrational.
The Electoral College basically chooses for the people in some of the pass elections. The process of the voting in The Electoral College consists of five hundred and thirty eight electors, but only the majority of two hundred seventy electoral votes are required to elect the President. The Electoral College has a method to over rule by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes a winner. When the people in general vote for a candidate they sometimes vote for a slate of numerous democratic or republican electors. We as the people not all the time but it happens, get puzzled when voting. When it comes to applying what you know about your future President some of the voting body doesnt know what candidate to decide on, since some times the candidates have similar campaign goals.
Some states called Swing States contain the people that pay really close attention to the candidates campaigns. The voters that pertain to these states want to really listen to what their prefered candidate has to offer, as well as the the opponents campaign. Now people really need to have an actual choice over who their countrys leader is, for some people they are fine with the Electoral College taking their vote and only think of it as a vote.
In conclusion, I think that we the people need our votes to count as well and even more then the Electoral College just for the reason that we are voting for the person who will lead our country for four terms. In the end the Electoral College needs to be abolished for our vote to count.
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the autor suggestds that we should explore venus, personally i think it not a good idea but the author really does not support it and gives great examples to why we shouldt go out a study this beautifle planet called venus. on paragraph 3 the author really gives us great exam-les of the problems of exploring this planet one great exaple that i think will convince people from not going is that the authomosphere of venus is really thick and it is 97 percent carbon dioxcide which is bad for us , and also the temprature on average is 800 degrees which is pretty hot. As i saw read this part i noticed that the author isnt really against studiyng this planet he supports it.
On paragrapgh 4 he tells us that venus is simaller to earth becasue they have terrains just like ours, valleys,mountains ,and craters. The author also shares with us and writes that Nasa's possible solution to exploring or studying this amazing planet without having to touch the surface is float above the fray use an aircraft that is like blimp. This will only help them see the surface but they wont be able to collect rocks or soil which will be harder for them. One way Nasa is already working to be able to collect rocks is by using the computer used during World War 1 called mechanical computers. they can make calculation by usinf levers and gears. that way when they are up ther and send robots these can last longer and take data in, casue the modern computer tend to be fragile to heat. And in venus there is alot of heat. i believ the author really gave good details to why it is a good idea to studybthis amazing planet and really supported it now will see what time will show us. if we are the right thing like the aouthor writes "we should meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
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''Take me to your leader,'' is what aliens would say if they existed. However, they don't, and the face on Mars is just a natural landform. Just like Earth, Mars has natural landforms, as well as the other planets. The face on Mars is just a natural landform beacuse, there is no evidence provided that aliens built it. Also, the Face is just a mesa, like we have here on Earth.
Evevidence plays a big role in the science field. So without evevidence being provided, there is know reason to believe aliens built the Face. Now you're proabley thinking mabey NASA is just hiding all evevidence, however wouldn't finding alien life forms help NASA, why would they hide such big news. Buliding and sending things and people into space cost a lot of money, so if NASA finds aliens, that can help pay to discover more of space.So without evevidence that aliens built the Face, it is just natural landform. There are other ways to show that the Face is a natural landform.
Mesa are common landforms
around the American West, as explained in paragraph 12 in the article ''Unmasking the Face on Mars'', the Face is actually just a mesa. Since the Face is a mesa and there are mesa on Earth, and no alien lifeforms have been discoverd on Earth, just gives another reason as to why I know aliens did not build it. Natural ladforms occur often in our solor system. Like on Earth we have the Grand Caynon, and Saturn has the rings. This just goes to show that the Face is just anthor landform.
In conclusion, aliens did not make the Face. I know this beacuse there is no evidence that supports thet aliens built it. Also Mesa are common here on Earth. So overall, the Face is just anthor landform in history.
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Have you ever wondered about the Seagoing Cowboys? I would love to join the Seagoing Cowboys because you get to take care of animals such as horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped overseas. The Seagoing Cowboys is alot of fun because on the way back you get to play fun games like Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whttling, and more games.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because you would have alot of fun and traveling. When you go to places you have never visited before its alot of fun like going to Europe, China, and Greece. You get to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean there you will get to see whales and dolphines swimming in the ocean.
You will have some bumps and bruises along the way but I bet you can fight through it like Luke and Don did. I also bet you will have as much fun as them too and get to know what more places feel like.
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In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile," the new technology called " Facial Action Coding System," would identify human emotions. In the first paragraph the author is telling you about Mona Lisa and what the doctors are trying to tell others. The software is almost like yourself talking to a person and knowing their emotions, but in a computer. Dr. Paul Eckman and Dr. Huang are working together to see how to work and use the latest innovation.
Some are asking questions like " Can we actually calculate emotions?" or " How can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express our emotions?" I as of the rest of the curious world would want to see how this new technolgy works. Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman are working to make this to only bring smiles to someones face each day as shown is paragraph six. Dr. Huang believes that students doing homwork on a computer usually become more bored while doing something boring on a computer, so Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman want to have a computer know about your feelings like people do.
As shown in paragraph eight muscles show that some actions might show others that you either have a forced smile or an genuine one. So letting computers know how you feel and helping you genuinly smile would help your day and help Both Drs. know they had helped sombody have a better day. When you smile to show "Mona Lisa Smile" to the computer it will show an add appearing on your screen and then a similar afterwards. If you frown the ad will be different after the first one proving that you aren't happy.
The new software could help others become more energectic and happier on most days other than frowning and having an awful day. Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman are proving to the world that increasing happiness will help other feel better on a daily basis and want to do more.
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I am against the devleopment of smart cars. Although the development of smart cars has advanced greatly, people cannot relax with these "driveless" cars and still would have to drive around work zones and accidents. I am also against driveless cars because the laws dealing with car accidents would have to be revised. When the technology of these smart cars fail and people get injured or killed, the law has to decide if the accident was the fault of the manufacturer or the driver.
Drivers cannot sit back and relax in these "driveless" cars because these smart cars still require the skills of human hands to navigate around work zones and accidents. This means that smart cars would require the attention of humans. So drivers can not relax with these smart cars and wait for their turn to drive because these smart cars would still require human skills to drive.
The laws would have to be revised around accidents involving driveless cars. Although precautions are made to prevent smart cars from having an accident such as sensors, the possibility of people getting into accidents in these smart cars is not entirely gone. Even if these driveless cars are proved to be
more reliably safe in the future, laws would have to be revised and new laws would have to be created for accidents involving these driveless cars. When the technology of these smart cars fails and people are injured or killed, the laws would have to make the decision if the manufacturer or the driver was at fault.
Drivers cannot not relax in these "driveless" cars because these smart cars still require the skills of humans to navigate around work zones and accidents. These smart cars still need the attention of humans, meaning people woudl need to wait for their turn to drive. Laws would also be revised adn new laws woudl have to be created in order to decide if the manufacturer or the driver is at fault in accidents involving these driveless cars. I am against these smart driveless cars because these smart cars are not entirely safe nor reliable.
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The face on Mars is just a natural formation. It wasn't built by any aliens. Natural formations like the face are commonly seen in that area of Mars. The formation does not completely resemble a face; there are many flaws. NASA would tell the public if they had any solid evidence that suggests it was built by aliens.
Rock formations like the face are common in that area of mars and it is very possible that they could look like a face. There are a lot of rock formations on Mars. Out of all those formations, one of them is probably going to resemble a face.
The rock formation doesn't resemble a face perfectly. There are flaws that suggests it is just a natural formation. If it was an alien built formation, there would be a lot less flaws. They wouldn't waste all that time making it and leave so many flaws.
NASA would definetely tell the public if there was any sign that an alien civilazation built it. NASA would have to tell us that they discovered a civilazation. They get their money from us. NASA would get a lot of funding to explore the face if there was any sign of any civilazation and that is what NASA is all about, exploring.
The face is just a natural formation. No aliens built the face. There are many of these types of rock formations in that area. The formation has a lot of flaws that don't resemble a face. NASA would tell the public if it was built by aliens.
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this story is about how hard it is about how hard it is to study about Venus.venus is onr of the most hottest planet in our solar system. We are going to need better technology to get to Venus.
I think that Venus would be really hard to study becayse how hot it is and how big it is . Venus clouds are made up of acid .Venus is really dense and nothing would be able to stand a chance on landing there.
the author is suggesting that the planet Venus is a dangerous thing to study. " On the planets surface, tempature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atomosphereic pressure is 90 times greater thanwhat we experience on our own plant." Our planet can't get that high in tempature wise.
the hole artical is about how we are going to study Venus
and how we are going to get there .The clouds are made up of acid and the planet is really dense.
and that it will crush a sumerine that go down to the dense part of the ocean.
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Driveress cars are in our future because of all the scientific innovations and new Technology, we will be able to work through all of the issues and problems. These cars could save countless lives and add to the safety of people going from place to place on their daily routine.
Each and every day people are getting up early and driving on a few hours asleep, which causes them to be less aware and cautious behind the wheel of a car,this is called drousy driving. People die from drousy driving each day and some people do it without noticing the dangers of not getting enough sleep. No one thinks about how just closing your eyes for a milisecond to a few seconds can kill someone, you could unconsciencely merge into the oppositre lane and harm someone. Drousy driving is not only dangerous for the person driving but for others around them and the people in the car with you. This is more prevelent with teenagers because they wake up, go to school, go to work and/or Athletics Practice, finish homework , sleep, and wake up and do it all over again. On average teenagers get 4-6 hours of sleep when they actually should get 8 hours of sleep to be healthy. An inexperienced sleepy teenage driver is just a bad combination, that could be avoided by the driverless cars. We would not have to worry about people falling asleep at the wheel because the car would be driving itself and whether the driver was asleep of not would not matter.
In general, with driverless cars there would be less accidents relating to distracted driving because these cars are able to brake themself before hitting things and function all on their own with little to no aide of a human driver. And sometimes the aide of a distracted driver can be as good as none.
Lots of accidents could be prevented by driverless cars because HUmans are not always the most observant to aware people. These Driverless "Smart cars"
could drive themselves and be more aware of surroundings then a fatigued person driving,therefore preventing more accidents.
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Driverless cars should not be on the road. This is because if the alerts for the driver falter, stop working completely, or fails to alert the driver of a specific situation it can put them at risk. If the sensors do not work in the car or on the air you could be lead into a direct path of danger. Driverless cars give more security for people to think they can take higher risks, diverting their attention from the road ahead, and if damage to the car or passengers occur the driver would face financial risk.
It is made aware in paragraph two that these smart cars would "alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." But what if these alerts fail to work? If the driver is distracted it would put them in immideate risk of injury. Relating directly, the cars would have sensors to read specific directions and road conditions from its surroundings. If those sensors are inactive or broken at even one place it could result in injury to many people, leading you into a path of danger.
In paragraph 9 it states that most driving laws are focused on keeping everyone safe, and that saftey is best achieved with alert drivers. With the false sense of security driverless cars would bring drivers would feel they are able to take more risks such as texting, making calls, or sleeping. If they were to do this they would be succeptible to injury or trouble with the law. If the driver were to become disctracted leading to an accident they would be held financially responsible.
Because of this multitude of reasons driverless cars are a huge danger to passengers, pedistrians, and drivers alike. Driverless cars should not be on the road in order to keep everyone as safe as possible.
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The idea of driverless cars have been around for a very long time. They have been seen in movies and heard about in books and now they are real fuctioning aspects of daily lives. Driverless cars are not necessary for everyday people but they are safe and make life a little easier which is the purpose of technology. Researches such as google are beginning to explore the ideas of driverless cars and this is a good thing because they would offer a certain sense of safety and comfort for many users.
Many people would argue that these cars are unsafe on the road and would cause hazardous situation. In all actuality driverless cars are safe to be in and around. Many driverless cars offer safety features such as GM creating driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into and object. The concept of the driverless car is not completely driverless yet because all of these type of cars
force their driver to stay alert at any scene by notifying them when the road ahead requires human driving skills. Developers are also considering using cameras in driverless cars to watch drivers to make sure they are staying focused on the road. The idea of a driverless may seem scary and dangerous but manufacturers are making sure to put as many safety features as possible to keep the roads safe for everyone.
Driverless cars a cool concept that everyone will want to know about. These cars have many sensors that allow them to remain driverless on the road. While still acknowledging safety, driverless cars give drivers security on the road by allowing drivers to remain focused but more relaxed. That is why researchers should continue exploring the idea of driverless cars and how they would positively effect the world.
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In this article, they are explaining how technololgy is helping find emtions in pictures. In my opinion, I think it would neat to be able to think what a person is feeling in a pictue. They came up with this new software called Facial Action Coding System, that has promising application for a variety of industries. The Facial Action Coding detects exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emtion. I personally think this tool would be vauble in all types of ways.
One of my first reasonings for this vauble tool is it could help teachers at school. A student could be looking down and not doing work, something could be wrong with him, and she could easily find out what the problem is by using this tool.
Maybe even a friend is super happy or even super sad but doesn't want to talk to you about it , with this tool you'll understand and find out.
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Theres lots of reasons why you should join the program but i'm going to give you the best reasons. As you can see from the artical/passage you can tell that Luke was helping animalsover seas from WWII. The text states, "UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of: The horses, young cows and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke and Don signed up."
That was just the first reason and if you don't understand it i was trying to say you could help ship and save many animals lives. Now the next reason that might change your mind and help you began to slowly realise that you should join is going to different places. In the artical is states that Luke actually went to greece when he turned the age of 18. Which he even had free time on his hand and had fun doing his job
There is also fun on the ship when the animals get off and you have a little bit of time to play around. The author states, "Luke also found time to have fun on board (When the animals got off the ship of course) the cowboys played baseball and volleyball and such."
Now this job is not as easy as it seems and it can be dangerous, as you can clearly see that the text states, "Luke was on night watch and slide on something, luckily he did not fall in to the atlantic but he still could not work do to the broken ribs." As you can see its not that easy and can be dangerous if you're not careful and check your surroundings.
But by the end its all worth is, im sure luke felt good about himself once the job was finished and done. Touring around different citys, helping feed animals. Its amazing and something new and those are just some of the reasons why you should join the program and if you do good luck and have fun seeing different parts of the world
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In this story the author talks about the many diffcultes we would have on studying Venus. The Author also has some good points on what we could do to study venus even though it may be hard to accomplish for the reasearchers.
Now venus has a thick atmosphere that is 97 percent carbon and has clouds that are highly corrosive of sulfuric acid. And on the surfuce of venus the temperature averages above 800 degrees. The environment could crush a submarine and liquefy many metals.
Venus would be worth studing because it's the most like earth. Now with studying venus we would need a ship that could hover over the plant but it wouldn't give us much insight. Reasearchers cannot take the samples that they need. Reasearchers are working to make innovations to are machines so they can last longer on venus and gain the knowledge of Venus. The need to make are Mechanical parts more resistant to pressure,heat and other forces.
So it would be great if we could study Venus it would be worth it even with the dangers. If we can make are systems more reliable in dangerous situations. and we sould be able to explore on eartha nd beyond without worring about the dangers we can face our the doubts we may have we should try to meet the edges of innovation and imagination.
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The Facial Action Coding System:
This tecnhology works for identify the exactly humans emotions,this show the feeling even when they trying to hide the emotions.
This new application make a model of the face and calculate the emotions. the app have six basic emotions: Happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness also this tecnhology can identify mixed expretions and give us a percentage and created nimated faces more expressive.
for example the mona lisa created by Leonardo da Vinci's. they caculate the emotions to comproved if the app is good, also they practice with students in a classroom.
This innovatios was created by Prof. Thomas Huang, of the beckman institute for advanced science at the university of illinois and working in collaboration with Prof. NIcu Sebe of the University
of Amsterdam.
The FACS help in other areas like the science because the application can see the factions and understood more about the humans and how we can have mixed emotions.
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Venus is the second planet it also is the hottest planet which is never be touched i a spaceship since 3 decades. It is sometimes called "Evening Star' becuase it is one on the brightest points of the light in the sky. It was often told that the planet Venus was the twin of Earth because they have the same size, they often send numerous of spaceships to Venus to see if it would work out because when they would send some it would always burn through.
Venus is a thick atmosphere of almost 90% of carbon dioxide in Venus. NASA's is doing investigations on how they can gp put some spaceships on the planet without buring down, so they are using high technlogy to go check the hot planet Venus. Scientist are working on approaching to study on Venus so they can be able to let people know more information about it.
Finally. Venus is a planet close to the sun, its even the hottest planet ever. Nobody wants to go to Venus because its hot and you can die by going into Venus and knowing that scientists don't want to go put a foot on the planet because they're scared they going to die or anything bad is going to happened.
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Emotions the things that make us feel happy,sad,angryand scared. But they also show our humanity its difficult for people to understand one another and harder to know how one feels. But a new techology called facial action coding system enables computer to identify human emotions. I think its not right to determin if someone is happy or sad by using a machine. If a simple person can't figure out what emotions someone is feeling then i dont see why they'll trust a coding system that uses 44 muscle found in your face. To see if your feeling whatever emotion your feeling based on how your muscles where being used at the time of the scanning.
For classroom use i see zero ways this can improve anything for students. Because students are emotionally unstable and there moods can switch at any given time. The artical also said something about imagine being infront of your computer and seeing an add the way you react to the add will make it so you don't see it anymore. I think its useless for a coding system to try and calculate how someone feels. The artical gives a great example
"you can tell how your friend is feeling simply by looking at there face"
this little fact made me think that both a human and computer can see your face and how both might say your sad or mad because of the way your face looks right then and there. But nether a computer nor human can trully know what that person feels inside of them.
I dont see how anyone thought this coding system could benifit anyone let alone students. this coding system that can read human emotions might be fun but serves no use for a school. it might be really good for things like seeing how kids react to new toys or cereal before you make a product go on the shelves of stores. besides that this coding system is useless in my eyes.
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Could it be an alian? The Face that appear on Mars is not an alian or a creature its a natural landform. The photos that were taken showed like an Egyptian Pharaoh or a fave called the Face. The scientis at NASA made a research about it.
First on 1976, the Vinking's photo was taken. In that photo it showed that there was a face on Mars. You might think that it was an alian or that their is life on Mars. The photo didn't showed so many details. The camera did't have good quality, you couldn't tell what it really was.
Later on, on 2001 another photo was taken. This time the camera had a better quality. Each pixel was 1.56 meters compare to the old photo that it was 43 meters per pixel. You could see the Face three times bigger. The details where much more clear.
Eventually taking all those photos, the scientist finally came out with an answer. Garvin was saying that," 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!" All those things he listed were natural landforms on Earth. So as the Face on Mars. The picture shows a Martian like butte or mesa.
After all the research Garvin says, " That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." By saying that its pretty clear that is was any of what you may be thinking. Before all the research I though it was an alian or a creture too . Now there is nothing to worry about is just a natural landform just like Earth have some too.
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Limiting car usuage will give us many benefits. A projects such as Vauban and BOGOTA were completed to show us the multitude of advantages recieved from it.
Reducing car usuage would be excellent for our enviorment. Research shows us that "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenshouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"(Rosenthal). Our world is very materialistic and sometimes we forget that to even have life, we must have the enviorment. "Cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities"(Rosenthal). Therefore, limiting the amount of cars would allow us to have more efficent green houses, and more land area for plants.
Money is also a huge factor here. The government spends hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in the transportation department. By lowering the number of cars on the road, the less wear and tear is done to them. This would be beneficial in many departements because then we would have more money for the things we need but cannot afford in our area and or country. Infact, "80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transportation"(Rosenthal).
Driving also causes stress. Traffic jams, new or confusing road signs, attitudes of passengers, are all distributions of stress, especially when you get lost! If the amount of driving we did by ourselves was cut back, we could also cut back stress. BOGOTA helps to prove this, and even says that violaters of no car day were "fined $25(Selsky).
Lastly, if we do not put a stop to so much driving, our personal health may be in risk. According to souce 4, "the car industry is the second largest in the world." This means that the air is constantly being pulluted with exhuast. Which also means that what's in your lungs at this very moment, could be a lot more than just oxygen. It's very scary to think that the same chemicals it takes to run your car, might just be what's floating around in your body. This could lead to multiple health problems and future diseases. Therefore, this issue needs to be taken control of immediately.
In conclusion, reducing car usuage would be an amazing thing to do for oursleves and the people around us. We would save our air and bodies from being polluted, we would save money, and save time not stressing out. Who doesn't want these things? Limiting car usuage would be a fantastic idea.
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Ever wondered how your peers feel like but don't know, well now you do! Due to new technology by Dr. Paul Eckman, you can now tell how someone is feeling. But is this new technology useful? And is it reliable? Well let me inform you about it.
Is this new technology FACS (Facial Action Coding System) actually useful? Yes it is, what if "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored", well as stated in paragraph 6, the computer "... could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This technology could contribute to the teacher, in multiple ways.
Well according to Dr Eckman, he has programmed the system to classify "six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness..." These six basic emotions are then "associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". These muscles are Frontalis pars lateralis (above your eyes) which raise your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger.
Well now that you no about this new technology, you might be able to figure out how someone is feeling, just by the facial expressions that they show. And yes it is useful, and actually reliable.
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With the new Facial Action Coding System (FACS), old boundries can now be broken. This new system allows special computers to recognize the emotions a peson is expressing. The software is so advanced that it can even depict if someone's presented emotions are real or forced. Dr. Thomas Huang, who invented FACS, agruges that this technology would be a great improvement in classrooms, and he is right. By using a Facial Action Coding System, it would help engage students in their acedemics and allow them to reach a new level of potential.
If the FACS was in classroom, their computers would have the capacity to detect when a student is bored, confused, or frusterated. Having technology that could read students' emotions would allow the computers to detect if students were bored, not challenged, or struggling, which would make the computer "then modify the lesson," predicts Dr. Huang, to be more interesting, advanced, or activate helpful tools. This would be a major improvement in schools. If FACS was implimented in schools, students would be less likely to get bored, left behind, or stressed.
If the Facial Action Coding System when into affect, and student no longer felt bored, stressed, or left behind, think of how that would change students' potential! Students would have improved GPAs and grades. They would be less likely to fall short in classes, and therefore take more advanced classes. It is even likely that more students would not drop out of high school, and more would get into college, and with better scholarships.
"Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,” states Dr. Huang. “So computers need to understand that, too.” If computers in high schools were able to understand their users' feelings, the students would have greatly improved learning experiences. When there is an increase in educational tools that help students, they will be more likely to succeed. If students' had the oppurtunity to benefit from FACS in high schools, their impact on society could be so much greater.
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Dear Mr. Senator,
I'm writing you this letter to discuss that we should keep the Electoral College. I think we should keep it because it's only a fair enough way of voting it is more consistant than others because if we voted by popular vote it wouldn't be much fair because as soon as most people found out there was a black president running they were against it the thought it was the worst idea ever. Instead of giving Mr. Obama the chance he deserved most people were against him. So if it wasn't for the Electoral College Mr. Barck Obama wouldn't have gotten the chance he deserved. Romeney also could've won but that's not the way Electoral College works when voting you are actually voting for a slate of electors and they chose the president.
The electoral collage some people might call it unfair or a disaster factor because it's not the people chosing the president it's the electors. The popular vote just chooses which person is more well liked not who people think will make the country a better place and so far no one is doing so. The Electoral college has a slate of trusted electors that has a certain party's nominee and the trust is rarely ever betrayed. Despite the Electoral College's lack of democratic process it's certainty of outcome is good as for example Obama's winning he received 61.7 percent of the elctoral vote compared to 51.3 percent of the popular vote.
The Electoral College also should be kept because it prevents Run-Off Elections elections when no canidate receives majority of the votes. This why I think we should keep the Electoral College and not change over to the popular voting method.
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So, in the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to indentify human emotions. My job is to carefully read the article and decide wehter or not this technology is useful.
After reading the article I really could'nt decide. When reading about the FACS the first thing that came to my mind was to use this technology on the faces of celeberties. Why? Well it's because it would be fun to do so. In my opinion that's what it's most useful for in classrooms. Sure the teacher could use this technology to teach students about how advanced the humans have become but..
Imagine being a teacher and then one day you introduce the FACS to your students. What do you think the first thing they do would be? I think the first thing they would do is take selfies and let the FACS analyze thier face. Then they laugh at the results. See they are doing it for fun.
This reminds me of disecting frogs in biology. Some students think it's useful for your education while some other students think it's a waste of time, a waste of life for the frogs and that disecting them in the first place is already digusting. But do they do this for fun. NO they don't. They do it to learn about the oragns of the frogs and the purpose of each organ. But is disecting frogs valuable? Yes in my opinion.
So, no I don't think it's classroom valuable to use FACS. But that dosen't mean that you should not let them try it. Here's what the teachers should do. They show the students a picture of someones face. Lets just say for example Mona Lisa. The students will stare at the picture for about a minute carefully looking at every part of Mona Lisa's face. Then the students will decide Mona Lisa's emotion by rating her happiness, sadness, anger, digust or any other kind of emotions. Then after that the teacher uses the FACS on Mona Lisa's face to see if the results for Mona Lisa's emotions from the technology is the same as the results from the students. Human vs Technology there you go.
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Hello, my name is Luke Bomberger i am part of the Seagoing Cowboys Program.
But before i tell you what i really want to talk about im going to tell you a little about myself. Before i was a Seagoing Cowboy, traveling across oceans! and stuff like that, i was a normal teenager. I was working two part-time jobs,i was working in a grocery store and a bank. When i graduted from highschool, my friend Don Reist invited me on a cattle boat to Europe, i couldnt say no because i knew it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Lets stick to the topic now, being a Seagoing Cowboys is like being a super hero for instance, when you travel on a boat with animals your taking them to safer places. But you weren't just helping animals your also helping people as well. Your also traveling to diffrent places in Europe examples are like Greece,Panama,China and your also traveling across the biggest oceans in the world. But whats most important is that your helping people and making the world a better place. So come on join the Seagoing Cowboys Program it might be one of the best decisions you made yet.
Sincerly,
Luke Bomberger
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Technology has become a large part of our daily lives. We rely on it for communitcation, information, and various different things. Now, scientist want to bring computers that can read our facial expressions into the classrooms. People believe this technology will shape our future as students and this is why they are wrong.
Bringing computers that read our facial expressions into classrooms is an invasion of privacy for students. If a computer is able to see our expressions while we are reading articles or doing video surgery, this means that our computers are recording our every move.
"Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements - in a real face." This quote from the article states that our computers are watching us to see if we are pleased or unsatisfied with what we are looking at. They believe this new technology is a great idea but they do not realize people can hack into these systems. When hackers get into these systems, they can watch you and what you do, which is invasion of privacy.
We already have amazing technology that we use on a day to day basis. In my opinion, there is no reason why students should need a computer to read their facial expressions inside of the the classroom.
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Our, planet Earth has created landforms in weird shapes and sizes. Could Mars have been capable to sculpture the "Face on Mars?" I definitley think so. The "Face on Mars," was not created by aliens. Here are my reasons why.
My first reason is that the face might just be an illusion. According to the article, the "Face on Mars," is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter. This is a cloudy time of year. The sun could be making the unusual shadows giving you the illusion. Also the height of the so called "nose," could be making shadows that form the "eyes," tricking theorist, thinking it looks like a face.
My second reason is that there was no form of life seen near this landform. Building the Face could have taken years and years. NASA would probably have witnessed an alien or aliens during the process of construction. No tools or artifacts were left behind. As said in the passage, " No alien monument at all."
My last and final reason is that the Face is just another martian equivalent of a bette or mesa. They are very common around the America West. This could have been the case for Mars.
Jim Garvin from the passage says that the Face reminds him of Middle Butte that is the same height as the face.
You might think there is no way Mars could have created the face so percise and accurately. Its is possible that a meterorite could have hit Mar's surface and coincidentally made it look like a face. Earth does have landforms that are odd as well which can go the same for Mars.
Those were my reaons why the Face is just another natural landform. As you can see that "Face on Mars,"
was not built by aliens. Conspiracy theorist are in a misunderstanding. Aliens may not have been capable to create a human face. Just rethink all the real life facts and dont jump to any conclusions.
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I am against driverless cars because they could cause confusion and delay. They can also be one of the most dangerous things that man kind has made. The safety of the cars are a problem.
First, there are people in the world that are smart and can hack into almost anything. What if someone hacked you car and was able to control where you car goes? Either they are out to kill you or just mess with you. Hackers like that could have you car crash into something to either kill you or to target somthing else. They could have your car plung straight into a body of water. But there are the hackers that can mess with you. They can keep you car from turning on or even mess with where you want the car to drive to. What if terrorists got a hold of our car systems? I dont think the world needs anymore wars.
Next, what if its not he hackers but the car itself? The car can simply have something wrong with it. The car could probibly have somehting wrong with its technology, and It could malfunction and either kill you or just not work any more. when you are driving and your car suddenly stops driving in the middle of a highway, what would you do?
Lastly, " who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer? You were the one that was driving it you could of done something to the car. But then again, the car company could of made a mistake in the technology resulting in your accident. Each side of the conflict would think that it wasnt there fault, and it could go back and forth in court.
In conclusion, driverless cars are not a good idea in the future. All they cause is confusion, danger, and delay. Driverless cars are just another cayotic thing the world has to deal with if it started to become a bother.
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Here are some reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys, You get to visit many places like Greece, Europe, and China. People would also have a fun and relaxing time on the boat. Luke found time time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. Cowboys got to play baseball,volleyball games, They also did Table tennis turnoments, writing, fencing,boxing,reading and whittling. It was more than an adventure for Luke too It opened up the world for him. ''It made me aware of people and other contries and their needs.''Luke said. That awarness stayed with him too. It took about two weeks to get there but it will be a very fun trip to go to snd relax,play games and do many fun things like visiting places you have never been to before like,, Anceint Greece, the tempels there and many more fantatic places that you would enjoy plus there is things to do before you get there. You have read about Seagoing Cowboys this was mainley about Luke and what he did it would be a very fun exoeriment too. He does many things before he gets to get across the Atlantic Ocean but it was worth it it would be fun for family and friends The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy, he says. What helps you though before you go you can help yourself by gelping out around a farm becuase there are many animals on board you can prepare yourself for hard work with the animals. You watch the animals clean the animals, and feed the animals too. But you do have to watch out becuase when it gets dark and you cant see when the waves pick up it will push you around and so Luke broke one of his rib cages becuase he was being pushed around so he couldn' work and help out at all.
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Driverless cars are benifitial for some people. Not all agree on the dvelopments of driverless cars. Now of days, there is not much to expect with new technology. The invention of highly technological cars are high tech and can help with many world problems. Here is an explantion for people that are for the development of these cars.
The driverless cars are very impressive and a good idea if people want better safety on the road. If there was to be any drunk drivers on the road, which should not be driving to begin with, people would want to stay away from that person for the benefits of their own safety. With the driverless cars, the driver that is antoxicated and the other drivers on the road, would all be able to get home safely. The only problem with the driverless car would be driver having to park on their own, as said in the passage. The second example for why driverless cars are great would be a mother driving with her infant. In case of any emergencies, the mother could trust the smart car on steering for one second while she grabbed something for her child. Some people would call it laziness, but it could be very benefitial for a parent.
Understandably, there are reasons why people are against the development for these smart cars. For instance, the smart car mentioned in the passage that BMW made in 2013, that could drive on its own a certain speed. While also only being able to drive when the drivers hands are on the steering wheel. It sounds like a useless product if it is a driverless car. Secondly, why people are against it, is because it sounds like laziness. High tech cars became more popular with sensors in the 1980's as said in the passage. Before, people could walk to their destination and stay healthy. Now there are cars that don't need a driver. Those are some reasons why people are against the development of driverless cars.
In the end, driverless cars can solve many problems in todays world. From drunk driving to helping passagengers, driverless cars can help a lot. Although people who do not want smart cars to develop more, have reasonable reasons why they don't support it, many do support it. It can help a lot with road safety. Concluding that there are good reasons for the development for driverless vehicles.
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Dear Mr. Senator,
I think that we should keep the electoral college. It provides winner take all method, it avoids run-off elections, and there is a certainty of outcome. I feel that the electoral college is not anachorism because it belongs in the present to.
First of all the electoral college should stay because it provides a winner take all method. The winner take all method is getting a swing state. A swing state is good to win because people in toss up states pay close attention to the election. They actually listen to the canidtes and what they are speking about. They are known to be the most thoughtful voters on average.
Secondly the electoral college should stay because it avoids run off elections. The electoral college makes sure that no canidate recieves a maajority of the votes cast. If no one wins a majority of the votes cast then it would add pressure to the election because it would greatly complicate the presidential election which is reduced by the electoral college. If it wasnt for the electoral college then half of the people like democrats of texas and republicans in california wouldnt vote because their votes dont count.
Third of all the electoral college should stay because it provides a certainty of outcome. A dispute over an outcome is possible but not certain that you would win. But on the other hand a dispute over the popular vote is more likely to win. The reason for that is that a winning canidates share of electoral votes exceeds his share of popular votes. A tie is possible due to the total number of votes being 538 but it is very unlikely.
In conclusion I think that the electoral college should stay because it provides a winner take all method, it avoids run off elections, and it provides a certainty of outcome. I hope that the electoral college stays in the election process forever.
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This software is not valuable to others. The software seems pointless because why would you want to know a certain percent of how happy someone is? People can tell the emotions of people without using this software whatsoever.
In paragraph five the author says "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on their face" which is totally true but you can also tell how your friends are feeling by talking to them face to face and not "calculating" their emotions on computers.
In paragraph six it is said "while it shows just how much computers can do" but some computers can mess up a persons emotion and take it in a completely different direction by making someone think the person is unhappy but they could've been having the time of their life.
Why would anyone need to know exactly how happy someone is? People can show emotions through many differnt ways and not just through their face but through communication, body language, the tone of voice they have.
In a classroom setting children do not need to use this because a part of growing up kids shouldn't be exposed to too much technology. Children shouldn't learn how to read others feelings/ emotions through a computer. What good would come from that? Learning how to profile others is a good trait of having. Forensic scientists don't even use this software so why should we?
Overall this new software does not seem valuable to students, teens, or adults. It just shows how attached we are to technology. Yes, good things can come from technology but also pointless things can too. People need to live in the moment and not turn to their computer every second they have. We should be more worried about more important events going on in this world before calculating how happy the whole world is.
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The Facial Action Coding System is a new descoverage of the scientifics. This new descoverage can help in some situation. It can help in many situations with the acception of the person. Fothermore it could be and not helpfull used in school. FACS can be used in school for knowladge.
In school can be used for give a lesson,because it will give examples of muscles on your face, for example on of them can be orbiculris. It can teach the kids that good to show they emotions and how they show them and how they muscles act when they do them. Fothermore it can show the students that they muscles not only express emotions they can make them to. Also this can help with students that have problems in they houses and they try to hide they problems, It can be also used for bullying to see why kids are quiet and scared. This experiment it can be help in differents part of the country no only in schools, it can help for example in hospitals, to see how the people that can't move they face or have a muscles problems can tell how they feeling. It's always important to know how other person feel about, because if they sad or angry make them laugh so they can have a big smile in they faces.
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Vroom! Beep! They everywhere. Cars. People use them everyday to get back and forth to work, school, and other places needed. You may think you need them in everyday life , but their are advantages to limiting car usage in a town.
One advantage to limit car usage is that its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. Cars release gasses and toxins with odors into the air that we breath. No one really wants to breath in toxins and bad air that can possibly cause heath problems .
Riding a bike can reduce air pollution . It also can take away stress and help with weight loss or burning calories if you are trying to stay healthy and fit.
Another advantage is not having to pay gas and worrying about gas prices. Money for paying for gas canadd up ove time. That money can be used towards something else important such as bills . Gas also goes back to the pollution problem. Not driving a car and having to pay for gas can reduce that problem.
And last, Limiting driving can limit traffic . No one likes to sit in traffics for hours after a long day at work or at school.
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Hi im going to tell an argument from lukes point of view using deatails from the artical.
Here are some reasons why you should come. First you should come beacause it might be the only time you will get to go to help other people from World War ll, so that would be a great opportunity to come.
Another reason is you would get to see out side of you country,and you would get to see other countrys. Also you would see what culture and gods they worship. You might even learn new things like how to grow carrots, or watermelon.
One more reason is you can even have fun on board. Like when you are coming back the animals would be unloaded and you would get to pet them and maby some animals like fetch. You could even play volleyball, or baseball in the empty hold wear animals had been. They also had tournements like baseball,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also help pass time.
Well that is it I gave you three reasons why you should participate in the seagoing cowboys program. I hope this will make your dicisean easyer. Thankyou.
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This "face" is just a natural landform. These things happen a lot, you can get a lot of diffrent shapes and sizes from natural landform this one on mars just happens to look like a really realistic face. Plus the "face" has changed alot from 1976 to 2001 and we saw the face change with no alien near by changing it and not cause of the camera but because this natural landform is getting older and soon you won't ever be able to tell it was there. There will be other natural landforms and might look like a face. The spacecraft circling the planet would've caught an alien near by . Also it looked alot more like a face in 1976 because the landform is changing and moving so the "face" moves and changes with it. Then the team went out there to snap photos and all they got was a sharper view of the "face", and no one near by except them. There could be a lot of landform shapes, one could look like a animal or something. These landforms can look like a lot of things and be natural landform and can be creating without aliens. So far we haven't had any proof of aliens ethier. I believe if aliens were real we would find some by now cause we have spacecrafts around certain planets and we've been to the moon and still nothing. Maybe in the future we could find aliens but not now and it's been a while since the "face" has been created and we have no proof of aliens and we didn't back then ethier.
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In the time we live in today everybody or almost everybody has a car. That's how a lot of us get around. People that were raised in the twenty first centry thinks that there's something wrong with buses or taxies. I truly believe that there's nothing wrong with taking cars off the road for a day or so. Maybe we should try it.
Saving the planet by doing something minor wouldnt hurt anyone. "It's a good oportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." This is absolutely true because our enviroment is already gettin clogged up with bad air pollutions. Also, people stress about getting some where on time."The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." Maybe, the United States should consider it as a campaign as of trying to teach younger kids that everything isn't just about having a car. Taking another transportation that doesn't consider your car will help you realize that you can go out and explore outside of your car. Cars shouldn't really be your frist priority.
Municipal authorities from other countries camt to Bogota to see the event and were enthusiastic. "These people are generating a revolutionary change." Limiting car usage is like everyone who smokes cigaretts stop for a limited amount of time. Its a wonderful thing to do especially when its cutting down on bad pollutions in the air. "80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to the highways and only 20 percent to other transport." This is real selfish of the United States , this lets me know that even though we have our own transportation they dont really want to take care of the other transportations we have because they feel as if their not important to us. As far as I know a lot of people still rides buses,taxies,or even walk because they dont have cars. We should definetly take a day to leave our cars at home and get around by other transportations.
Cars aren't bad to have. They actually help in a lot of ways. We could always use a time to save the planet from pollution , accidents anything thats possible to happen in a car. Especially, if its going to help in the future or even help in the present. That time should start now .
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This technology could be the next big thing.
In the article they tell us how "using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition sofware tracks these facial movments-In a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa.
By weighing the different units, the sofware can even identify mixed emotions."
It also gives examples of the what the pros are, such as "a classroom computer coud recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." this was predicted by Dr.
Huang.
this would help many teachers figure out were exactly thier students are in thier classes and were they are confused just as the quote states.
It even gives insight onto just how powrful the program is with "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."
With all the teen suicides and pressure from work and such this could be really benaficial twards getting to the scource and asking if thry are alright.
Again this code could be really great for students, giving us more insight into what they need and dont understand and then developing farthur into that.
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Hello I am a scientist at NASA disscusing the fase on Mars with you because you think it was created by aliens, but in the text it says "There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at jet propulsion lab when the face appeared on their monitors. But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."
There is no face on Mars it is just a bunch of rocks and shadows making the face. In fact it's just a mesa on mars with shadows common enough. It even said in the text "Michal Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."
All in all there is no alien life on mars and that the face was just a mesa. Michal Malin was the first to find that out and showed it to all the web surfers. I hope you found what you were looking for because there is no face or alien life forms on mars.
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Dear State Senator,
MONTH_DAY_YEAR
In this essay I will be explaining why the Electoral College shouldn't be kept,and why we should do a popular vote instead to determine the president of the United States.
In my opinion we should do a popular vote because we U.S. citizens know what we want. The Electoral College may know what they want for themselves as a unit but honestly I think that the United States should stick to a popular vote. In an article I read called "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong" by Bradford Plumer it states that state legislatures can technically be picking electors that will always defy the will of the people. I notice this to be very unfair because if electors are always going to defy what we say and want why should we vote. Isn't one of America's #1 catch phrases "
power to the people
" well in this case it seems to be "
power to the Electoral Collage
". In this article it also states that in many cases "
faithless
" electors have ocassionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please! So if the electors can choose for whomever they please why can't we. I also think that the Electoral College is unfair because of the winner-take-all system. Candidates don't have to spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning in. While they go to the states that they know they have a absolute chance of winning in and take those winning votes. So in this case I have to agree with Bob Dole: Abolish the Electoral College!
I also think its wrong that voters can't always control who their voting for because we all the freedom to our own opinions and in the process of the Electoral Collage they are basically just throwing all opinions in the trash. They obviously don't care and I see this as completely irrational and unfair. I know that may use the Elecotoral Collage as a way to keep everyone calm but I think if they were to let the people vote they wouldn't have to be worried about us not being calm because that's us getting what we want and therefore why are we going to complain. I also consider the Electoral Collage electors high class. So in this case they are going to want to vote for the benefit of them, I think this is unfair to the lower-income families because if the electors choose a president that is going to want to take all the benefits away from lower-income families how are they going to live? How are they going to survive."Remember "
power to the people".
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME
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Have you ever heard of Seagoing Cowboys? Well a i'm a Seagoing Cowboy, I help out people that have fell in the ruins. I have shiped a lot of horses, young cows, and mules over the Alantic and sometimes the Pacific. We ship the animals over the sea to help a lot of people. You should join the UNRRA to help other people out, to change their lives.
We think all cowboys should join the UNRRA so we could make people have a better life then be poor. When you help people out you feel extrodinary. Some people say once you help some out you make you day.
I have been to across the Atlantic ocean 16 times and i have been across Pacific once. I still want to go but I have cracked ribs from an accident but it is worth helping others. I feel so great on helping other.
It is a one in a lifetime expireience it takes a month to get to China. It might take a while but it is like you never left because you still feed the cows and horses. The plus to this is you to explore preety places in China and Europe. You get to expirence something you probably have never expirenced before.
These are some reasons why to be a Seagoing Cowboy. I belive that you have a great time. Dont mis this chance because if you do you wont expirence any thing that i did. Helping other people out is something everybody should do for a iving. Helping at least someone could make a hugmungas change.
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Dear State Senator,
I think that we should change the election by popular vote for the President of the United States instead of keeping the electoral college. The reasons I think that we should have it changed to the popular vote is because I think the people should be able to choose who should be our next president instead of having the electoral college also voting for the president of the United States.
Its not only me senator, but also these important men of our country all agree with me that we need to abolish the electoral college! These men are Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerse.''The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor.'' I just find all of this unfair because its not just the United states giving there opinion on who should be there next leader but some other men who have favortism for the opponets also vote too! One example of how i think the electoral college voters are unfair is back in the election of President Obama and Mr. Romney the electoral voters had 29 electoral votes for Obama and Romney only had 3. So, that election could have been more fair if we didnt have so much favortism for one person to another. When we could have had a fair vote from the people and had the opinions on who should be there next President.
Now, in the defese of the electoral college it does help situations in which no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast which can be very helpful when examples happen like Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 when they both had only 43 percent of the popular votes and the electoral college helped not make those elections as complicated. But, they still had a say so on who should be president and who shouldnt be president. I think that question should be answered by our own people!
Thank you so much State Senator for reading my opinion on the electoral college versus the popular vote for the President of the United States. I hope you understand where my opinion is coming from, in just saying that we need our citizens voting for who there next leader should be and not just the electoral college putting in there favortised vote!
Love,
Renee Edwards
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"The Face on Mars". Many pepole think that its more than what it is. They think that we're hiding something. That maybe what we found was something that we didn't want you to know. However, I can assure you that if their was anything going on in the solar system, that we would tell you because, well thats our job. Our job is to analyze the solar system and keep the public informed on anything that is happening outside of earth that normal citizens couldn't see for themselves. If their was life or anything else on the moon of Mars we would have seen it by now. Also, we would benefit from their being something special about the moon of Mars. Another thing believe it or not we wouldn't keep something that could change the way that we live to ourselves.
We would have seen something extrodinary by now. The picture that was taken in April of 2001 would have shown you anything else that sat nearby "The Face". Also in an earlier picture they determined that the mouth, nose, and eyes on "The Face" were shadows. They were not built into a structure the way that they would have been if indeed the structure was built by other forms of life. This also just popped up, if say someone or somethign did build it then it would have progressed. It wouldn't have just came to in one of our pictures. However, if say an asteroid had hit the planet, then it could have caused the same thing that had happened here.
On another note, anyone that knows anything about NASA knows that we get funding from the government. When we get funded from the government obviously they need people to check things out. The people that check things out are obviously going to get paid because that is their job. So if we're going to get paid more and more money to try to find life on the moon of mars then why wouldn't we want their to be life on the moon. The funding that NASA gets isn't little. Some people would have the oppertunity to make allot of money. It would also give NASA a chance to get people interested in what they do for a living.
The whole point of our jobs is to go to school to learn how to see things that happen in space beyond what we already know. We want to help and make a difference and keep people informed on what else is out there. So if we found something again we would want you all to know about it because we could teach you something. So many people think that our job is stupid and useless because all we do is stare at the stars. This would be a good way to show everyone that what we do is real. We really do see things that the rest of the world didn't know about. Most kids don't want to be an astronomer anymore they want to be doctors or lawyers. So showing them that what we do is important would be a good thing for the kids. We alll want whats good for the kids so why wouldn't we tell them?
Life on the moon of Mars. It sounds plausable. It sounds amazing. So many good things could come from the fact that there is life on mars that it is unreal. However I can assure you that there is nothing there. "The Face on Mars", it's just a natural land formation that we took a picture of over the years. Nothing more , nothing less.
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FACS
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Nick D'Alto goes into great depth about how a new computer system, Facial Action Coding Sytem, can revolutionize multiple industries. He began to describe the famous Mona Lisa drawing and how they were able to calculate her facial expressions with the new facial recognition system. He then broadens the topic by explaining how the computer system actually works. After going into even greater detail about the computer process, he begins to describe the many benefits that the Facial Action Coding System will bring. After reading this article, one can agree that the Facial Action Coding System should be implemented into classrooms to read student's emotional expressions for various reasons.
First of all, the use of Facial Action Coding System could enhance the education levels being taught in classrooms by individually designing lessons for students. At one point in "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Prof. Thomas Huang states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto 6). By modifying the lesson to the students' needs, this can improve testing scores in classrooms, ensuring that most students will easily learn more based on their facial expressions.
Secondly, the Facial Action Coding System can help with discipline areas among schools. In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Prof. Thomas Huang explains how muscles contribute to a large portion of reading facial expressions. At one point he claims, "To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity aren't being truthful" (D'Alto, 8). By pointing the idea out of spotting false facial expressions, the Facial Action Coding System can be used in schools and other places to help detect people who may be lying or trying to hide the truth. Instead of adults trying to pry kids open and "spill the beans", they can simply use the computer system to recognize certain facial expressions and then start from there.
Overall, there are many benefits to the Facial Action Coding System, and although some may be more beneficial than others, they each take part in bettering academics and schools in general. By personalizing lessons and helping with disciplinary actions, schools can loosen their grips from a tight load of work on their shoulders and allow the Facial Action Coding System to "lend a hand". One can really see how incorporating this system will not only benefit the staff and faculty of schools, but also the many children striving for excellence in academics and character.
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Presidential elections are a big part of the American culture. They decide who will be president for the next 4 years, who will be the one making all the choices. But is our way of chosing that person right? We use electoral colleges to decide for president. Some people believe that we shouldn't have electoral colleges, and that we should let the peoples' vote be the one to decide. But electoral colleges are a good way of deciding our future president for many reasons, it allows for a certainty of outcome, avoid run-off elections, and balance out the distribution of votes.
Electoral colleges will allow for a certainty of an outcome. The amount of elctoral college votes are 538; this allows for us to see a clear diffrence in the votes for each party, as oppose to a people votes where you have hundreds of millions of people voting making it impossible to see a clear difference unless you have a blow out. The outcome of a tie is possible but according to the third source "A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes-538-is an even number, but it is highly unlikely..." Also most states use a winner-take-all system where the majority of the votes in a state would win the electoral votes of that state providing a voice for the people. This this shows that having electoral votes decide the president is a good idea because it marks a clear winner.
Having electoral college votes will also allow us to avoid run-off elections. Run-off elections are when no part receives a majroity of the votes. Electoral colleges help avoid that because of the fact that they are distributed evenly and mark a clear winner. ''Run-off elections add a huge amount of burden on the candidates, but some of the pressure is reduced by the electoral colleges'' states the third source.
The distribution of votes is balanced out evenly thanks to electoral collleges. If a sttate is larger then they will have more electoral votes than a smaller state. For example the third passage states that "The popular vote was very close in Florida [in 2012]; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in Wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes." This shows how the state that is larger in population gets more votes pleasing more people.
The elcetoral college is a great way to determine the future president for many reasons. Some being that it allows for a clearer outcome, avoids run-off elections, and distributes the votes evenly among the states population.
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i disgress using value of technology to read students emotional expresstion ,in the modern the technology its very prosperity,the social devemplmant well, we can invent something using we life to be the convenience, its also confine the someing. like the article.
and i think the facial actial action coding system maybe good maybe bad.
from the "makig mona lisa smile" we can read to 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry, that it is we want,i think it is very precise,maybe we can find than more expressions but l think taht not we want ,the famous drawed it syomby the history, i think the author drawing this he never this can have so many emotion, further say the emotional expression to value for person the emotional it is not very good , we dont prohibition this technology just for the student its is not very.
i read to the paragraph 6, i read to the dr. huang say a" classroom computer could recogize when a student is becoming confused or bored"that good we can using the technology to the good way ,is not demolition the classic,we can using to home pc to convenience,like we can down some simple insttructions that"encode"different emotions,fact its a good idea,they difference between a genuine smile and a forced one,lift the corners of your mouth.
for the 9 say "we unconsciously imitate another person facil expressions. i greass it.
so i this system have benfitie and bay way just lets we hao to use it
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Luke Bombherger is a cowboy who rode his waves in a seagoing cowboys program, Luke joined the seagoing cowboy program because someone invited Luke to come on a cattle boat ride with them. Luke knew that the cattle boat ride was an opporitunity of a lifetime. The UNRRA hired Luke to help with the world war two.
Luke had made nine trips that was more trips than any other seagoing cowboy has made. The seagoing cowboys had just left on August 14, but then they arrived to Greece and Luke was 18. Luke was 18 when they arrived to Greece but then they got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles
W. Wooster, and they headed for Greece ahnd when they got to Greece it was the August 14 and Luke was 18. The cattle boat trip was such a unbeleiveable opportunity for a small town boy. Luke joined the seagoing cowboy's and was excepted to the seagoing cowboy's because help wanted to help during World War two and it was such a big opportunity for Luke he wnted to get it.
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A Face To Remember
A distinctly human face, nearly two miles in length, stretches across an arid, barren landscape. This came to be known as "the face on Mars. It is a highly debated topic, being that some believe it was made by intelligent lifeforms, and others believe it to be a naturally formed landform. The latter is, beyond the shadow of a doubt, correct, the reasons range from picture evidence, to the same landforms forming on Earth, to the fact that it would help NASA's budget immensely if life were to be discovered on other planets.
To begin with, concrete photos have been released to the public that clearly show that the "face" is merely shadows cast onto a natural landform. Since the beginning of its discovery in 1976, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah." Guess what? They were right, because in 2001, Mars Global Surveyor brought back a photo of the mesa that was in the "...absolute maximum resolution," and it perfectly showed the mesa for what it was; a naturally formed chunk of land.
Another thing distinct about this landform is that we have similair, proven-to-be natural landforms on Earth. To quote Garvin, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." This means it is an undeniable truth that these kind of things can form naturally. Of course because something can, usually means that it will, so, without denial, this landform is proven to be real, and able to form.
The final fact of the matter is that NASA would get an enormous amount of funding if they could prove there to be life among the stars. So the truth is, "...defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." This discovery would lead to a piqued interest in space, and a need to conduct further research, meaning people would begin to give more donations to this new, interesting cause. In the end NASA would benefit, and the point is proven wrong.
Over all, consiracy theorist seemingly wish to stir the masses, and make distrust flourish, but most times their theories are easily dissproven. The theory of the face on Mars was simple, and very wrong. The topic of solid photographs seems not to be enough, but the similair landmarks being on Earth, and the way it would positively effect NASA's budget should be. After all, there may still be life on Mars, for this is but a bump on a planet.
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Driverless cars are in the future. Google's cofounder, "envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars for a public-transport taxi system." Sergey Brin "believes such cars would fundamentally change the world."
Driverless cars have been a vision of the future for some time. According to the text "Television and movies have long been facinated with cars that could drive themselves." The movie industry has made self-driving cars a dream for the future of technology. But engineers are making them a reality. An example from the text states that, "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than a million miles with a crash." But Google's car are not completely driverless yet, they alert the driver to take over in certain conditions like, pulling in and out of driveways and navigating through roadwork.
Driverless cars are slowly becoming a part of the future. These cars are already being made and tested. Driverless cars have pros and cons. For example, driverless cars could be a good thing for people that have disabilities and normally could not drive, these cars give them the option to go out and finally drive. But, these cars also have cons, the car could malfunction, and the driver wasn't alerted to take over. Who would be to blame,if there was an accident, the driver or the manufacturer? These "smart cars" might not be as smart as people think they should be. Today, in most states, it is illegal to test drive a "computer-driven car". According to the text, there are only four states that allow "semi-autonomous cars" to be driven on roads.
Driverless cars are for sure a thing to be seen in the future. Manufacturers, engineers, and automakers are continuing to collaborate and brainstorm on how to make these cars more of a reality, and to fix any problems with the driverless cars that have already been made and that are being tested. These self-driving cars will definitely change the world. But will it be for the good? That is what these automakers are trying to do, make a car to help people in everyday life.
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Although alot of people and states think that driveless cars are a bad idea. I think that they could be a great addition to our lives. Driveless cars can help when you are busy with your children, they are handly when you have to much to handle/do, and can assist you on long trips.
Driveless cars can come in handy when you have children. Driving while you have children can sometimes be hasel. When you have a baby things get harder. Babies need to be changed, fead, and or need some attention. With the drivless car you can fead, change, and give your new one some attention. Little ones are not the only ones that you have to worry about. Sometimes the older ones can be a big handfull. Kids can get upset or angry at one another and do things that might not be acceptable. With the driveless care you can talk and help your kids get along.
Cars that drive themselves can be a great thing when you have a busy life. We all have those days where you have to go from one place to the next, pick up coffee for the people at work, drive the kids to soccer pratice, band rehersal, pick up groceries, finish your work that you brought home from work, help make copies for the kids school play/fundraiser or just have to much on your plate for that day. Think of all the things you can do while your car is driving itself. You can finsh the work you brought home while on the way to the kids soccer practice. Your kids will not be upset with you because you dont have the time to take them to their after school activites because your getting your stuff done at the same time that you are on the road. You know that you hate to disapoint your kids and with a driveless car you wont have to.
Lastly but not certainly not the least. The driveless car can assisnt you on those long trips that we take in the car becasue we cant or do not want to spend money on plane tickets. Those vacations that we take in the car can be so much easier. This car drives its self so you dont have to worry about you falling asleep on the road and having something horriable happen to you or and your family. Drivers do get tired after a few hours of non-stop driving. Think of all the famliy bonding moments you and your family can have when you have one less thing to worry about. Think of the safty because you arent going to fall asleep on the road.
A car that drives its self could be a great addition to our lifes. It can help when you have a new born or just have kids that are starting to learn from right and wrong., It can be a great stress reliever when you have to much to jugle for the day, and it can make long family trips so much easier and fun. However for know we have to drive ourself to the destination that we desire but hopefully technology will catch up and allow us to acess these wonderfull automobiles
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I feel like it would be a good idea to have one of these in schools because, it can one tell how a student is feeling on any certian day. Along with that it can possibly predict how a student or a teacher will react to something that happens in the school or what another person says.
It can also help the students with their work if the computer can tell that a student is struggling with their assignement, it can give them easier question but still get the point across for the class. I also backed this from the article because it mentions that a classroom computer can recognize when a student is becoing confused or bored.
Another reason I think it woud be a good idea to have these in classrooms is, there are some students that learn better on a computer and this will help them if they do not understand a subject. There is also other students that can not learn if most of there course is online and to difficult for them. So this system could possibly tell a teacher or another staff member that this student does not work well on a computer.
These are my reasons to as why I feel like it would be a good idea to have the Facial Action Coding System in a school. I feel like it can benefit some students off the jump and, I also feel like it can help some students get to where they need to be if they are struggling.
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Dear Senator,
I'd like to take some of your time to shed some light on the matter of having popular vote for the president of the United states."We the people " ,That stands strong in our society and I'd like it to stay that way.Majority of the people,Thats what its about.Over 60% have voted to have popular vote to elect our president.Thats over half,and numbers speak.Yes,The electoral college has its good but over all bad,There is so much trust put into each states electors and some voters dont even know it.
The number one fault in the electoral college is the electors themselfs.Most voters get confused and have no idea how the electoral college works,better yet that we vote for our electors.The electors we do vote for by chossing the canidate by popualor vote,sometimes dont vote for their party .(The majority of the states residents) ,That means who the people wanted they arent even promised the vote for.
I understand the good in the electoral college though.It helps keep states from tieing ,and causing chaos.But,We the people do not have our justice in that manner.If the winning vote is casted by state the legislatures are techinally responsible for picking the eletors in favor of the vote.Then when it comes time to fairly make their votes for us,the people who voted ,They can change their minds if they like an vote for the least liked canidate running for office by Florida is they wanted too! Thats ridicoulous and has no justice.The winner takes all system is very faulty and unfair.
I'm sorry if I have wasted any of your time but I felt this matter is important to the USA."We the people",Anyone past middle school can tell you where the beggining of that sentence came from.If we want to keep America fair and keep our pride in our country we should most defaintly start electing our presidents by popular vote,instead of relying on an out dated system that has many faults and injustce as I have pointed out.Thank you for your time.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME
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Driverless cars are the future of the world.
They undoubtedly will overall help the constant struggles drivers face in todays economy.
Driverless cars would have a postive impact on the world like coping with chaotic gas prices, having advanced technology to travel places without the assistance from humans, and by having fun while also safe heads up displays for entertainment purposes to help cope with the stress of driving.
The increasing and decreasing of gas prices throughout the whole world is a rather chaotic and dissapointing time.
Many people spend a lot of money on gas which sometimes is needed very frequently.
With the help of driverless cars, the conservation of fuel will save the average gas consumer money.
Driverless cars are able to use considerably less fuel than taxis today.
This is one of the many solutions that society needs without having any other major changes occur.
There has been a major increase in sensors in todays cars.
With the updated sensors throughout the years, it has been easy for car companies to put that technology to use.
Many cars have sensors embedded within them which can help alert the driver the possibility of danger.
Driverless cars with updated sensory can allow the car to speed up or brake when needed, sense other cars and objects around it, and many other major increases in technology.
With the help of these sensors, the world is one step closer to having driverless cars.
All that is needed now is technology and sensors that can help detect construction and other interferences so that it is able to control and drive without the assistance of a human.
Lastly, watching movies, texting, talking on the phone, etc., have always been huge no no's while driving.
With driverless cars, there is a possibility of many different options with heads up display.
Many manufacturers are beginning to look into heads up displays that can serve as entertainment systems or that will allow you to use your cellular device on, but automatically shuts off in the case of an emergency or when the driver needs to take over.
This major and otherwise impressive improvement to cars will help people deal with the increasing bordom that comes with driving.
With all of these changes and improvements in technology, it is easy to see the reality of driverless cars in the future.
First, driverless cars will help with the insane gas prices that are in todays economy by taking half the gas that a normal car would normally need.
Second, with the improvement in technology, driverless cars will be able to go to and from places without the assistance of humans.
Lastly, the addition of heads up display entertainment and allowance of cell phones being shut down when assistance is needed from humans will help people to cope with the stress and bordom of driving and will also add safety to the equation which is most important.
These are all the more reasons why smart cars will have a positive impact on our society in the future.
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"Hmmmm, i think it would be great to have others in the Seagoing Cowboys program." Luke Bomberger is apart of the Seagoing Cowboys program and thinks it would be great if new faces would join the program as well. So Luke is thinking about how he'd get the message out to people so they could probably be in the program. ''I should talk to the others and see what they think." Luke said, so he spreads the word to the other guys and they all think it's a great idea. Luke was amazed everyone was wanting others to join the program also. All of a sudden luke thought to himself ''We'll be getting back on board in three more days. So he told the guys that they need to get the word out to as many people as they could instantainiously. So they thought of a plan then one of the guys blurted out and said, 'since were on land right now we could probably find a radio station around here." So the other guys gave him a high five and telling him that's an brilliant idea. So the guys took a map and started roaming around seeing if they could find a radio station. And about two hours later of searching they finally found a little radio station in the middle of no where. So Luke lead the the group of gentlemen in the little radio station and spoted an old man drinking coffe just sitting there. So as soon as Luke said 'Excuse me sir?.'' The old man jumped up instantainioulsy and said, 'AHHH! who are you and what do you want?". So all the gentlemen introduced theirselfs and told the old man how trhey needed to let others know about their program and how they needed his help. So the old man responded with, "What's in it for me?" the gentlemen thought for a moment and one said, 'Oh i know, if you let us use your thingy majigger here you can leave this boring job and come with us." So the old man thought for a moment and then said "Deal". So the old man turned on his machine to have all the guys on the radio then he counted down "3...2...1...and action." So Luke spoke first and said ''Gentlemen and gentlemen come one come all to be apart of the Seagoing Cowboys program." then he gave out all the infomation then in less in two minutes the radio station started to get dozens of phone calls and all the men that called were excepted and flew out to where all the other men were. Three day later it was time to take off and get ready to start sailing so Lucas did a head count. The program started out with 24 members but when Lucas was done counting the program had 148 members in all. Lucas was happy with the success and progress that was made, so everyone got settled in and started to sail.
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worhty pursuit despite the dangers it presents by explaining to the reader about how dangerous it is and how man kind hasn't been able to explor it using spacerafts to land on Venus. In the text in paragraph two it explains that "Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped worls...each mission was unmanned...no spacecraft survived the landing for than a few hours."this eplains that exploring venus is a dangerous missin that man kind will do anything it takes to be able to explore it.
The author supports his idea of exploring venus by giving reasons on why it is good to explore it and by giving reasons on how hard it is to explore venus without good use of technology and understandment on the planet,in paragraph two the author explains on how no spacecraft has survived on venus for more then a few hours, on paragraph four the author explains that "if our sister planet is inhospitable...why do scientists discuss further visits to its surface...Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it once have been the most earth like planet in our sloar system." this is an explination on that exploring venus is dangerous but it may help us learn more about if there was another earth before us.
In the text the author claims that venus could have been a earth-like planet of the solar system long ago reaserchers or scientists and astronomers are fascinated by venus and wanting to explore venus do to the fact that it seems there was human life in venus long ago, in paragraph four the author explains that "Long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." this is and example of what scientists would like to explore about venus to discover or learn that it could be possible that venus was once earth before ours.
Throughout the whole article the author explains and gives many reasons on why exploring venus is a good idea on the fact that we could learn from it, The author also states on how venus is dangerous to explore because we dont have the right technology to be save enough to land on it. even though venus is every dangerous to go to and explore with the right technology we could learn things we have not discovered about our planet, exploring a planet that could have been like ours a long time ago could give us many more things to learn about and discover.
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Driveless cars, good or bad? Technology can malfuction espically when there is a lot of it in one object such as a car. This idea could be a very big and bright part of our future or cause more and more accidents every year.
Many of the kids our age have a cell phone of some type. We love and charish them so much but they never have a lifetime warrenty contract. That is because they just cannot last that long. Apple puts out an update to update phones but very few people know the risk of that, that risk is the udates all have little viruses that can destroy your phone. The technology often slows down the longer you have the phone, updated or not. This then causes several problems in the future for the operater.
If cars were made to rely on solely technology and nothing else we could run into problems that our phones bring us too. The car often has a contract with it too but it is not a very long contract usually. If the technology started to malfunction while someone was in the car it could very well end up horribly for both the people in the car and the other drivers around them. If the technolgy starts to slow down like how the technology in our phones does after sometime it will definitly lead to disaster for us. There is no saying what can happen to the technology while you are operating the vehicle.
Technology can malfunction espescially when there is so much of it one object such as a car. The idea of a driveless car is a very interesting idea but certianly spells disaster. If these cars are not proccesed and tested as many times as any man can count than they need to be tested more. If these do get produced than there needs to be yearky check ups on them to make sure that the cars are still in tip top shape or the car could have bulit in notifiacations to let you know when you need something checked out.
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Car usage has been around for as long as i have known. Vehicals like cars include lots of gas and transportation for people to interact and get around freely without moving their legs. Including, reasons for faster more smoother transportation throughout the day. Limiting the usage of cars has not been experienced as far as this generation has known. Also, providing better ways by limiting car usage to protect and have a more stable cleaner environment.
To begin with, limiting car usage would be harder most people are very laxidasical as they gain older as years go by. A person lets say at the age of 40 or 50 would not feel the need to walk to work or ride a bike to a grocery store due to the logic that the older we get the more we begin to feel more pain. Which is the cause of why they use their cars to travel to more places. Which is why limiting car usage would be unheard of. People of that age should feel the need to go out and get more excersise and look at the world from a different perspective than to look at the world from inside a moving vehical. In the artical it states from some people of the community they included that everything was much better not having a vehical to drive with she stated that it made her tense.
Additinally, limiting car usage would be extravegant for the environment. The environment is something that should be protected. Cars generate from gas and gas is very bad for the environment and the atmosphere as well as some cars that were to over heat are bad as well. They do have cars that generate only from battery usage which people find doesnt damage the environment as much. It still does damage the environment just as well.
Finally, reasons why they should limit the car usage in our community would be more space in the society we wouldnt have cars poluting us every where we turn or travel. When you walk out side you see cars and more vehicals it would be nice to explore the world without the view covered by cars. Bicycles to get out there more and see the world not trapped behind a car door and window. Feeling happier and free without having the smell of gas linger where you work or when you go to the grocery store. In the artical it states that there was only 2 areas to park cars if you had them and the parking would not be in everyones way but somewhere clean as well.
In concusion the usage of cars would be a great idea for the comunity because of the more space people will have, few people from the overweight side of the society and a less poluted environment to surround yourself in.
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The venus is the temperature atmosphere is sometime challenging
at the clouds of highly
sulfuric. The temperature
is hottest way for solar system,the venus like volcanoes and powerful earthquakes.The earth is like planet in our solar system,today venus still the something in the feature.The hovering is safely for planet because most forms light cannot be atmosphere,the venus would be needed to get
up close and personal despite the risks for the people in the world.The heat is more than the system,the technology called mechanical computers these devices since 1800s and played in the important think role in the 1940s during World War ll.
The earth proved
a very challenging in the place more closely in the life.The sun is different speed in the some time, that is meaning sometimes is close to Venus and the sometimes close to Mars.The mission it was good reason for few time but since no spacecraft.The atmosphere almosst 97 percent carbon dioxiide blankets Venus. That is very much in the life because most people the can died for the this one.The venus is challenging over and over time.The world is so temperatures because is much variable in the life,that makes staying the something is venus and earth.The more importantly is researchers cannot take the simples of rock and gas,
or anything else, from a distance.The temperature is gas actually because if the gas not be in the world we can't no what is heat and cold come from.Is important temperature,earth, gas,rock, planet, solar system, venus because the had works for the feature if the not had all this in the life we can't no peaple can't be in the life, the can't died or be sick.The degrees is 170 fehrenheit ,but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth.Is was not easy to conditions, but survivable for humans.However the venus it safely at the hours time,but the can be dengerous for sometimes.Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth -like planet in our solar system.
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The author supports his idea by adding tons of pro-Venus exploration details throughout the passage. Multiple reasons where given such as comparing Venus to Earth, looking back at the two planets history, and also shared natural events. All are things that push us to keep observing Venus even with difficult conditions.
In the fourth paragraph of the article, the author talks about how Venus may have once been covered in majestic oceans, and most likely able to support numerous forms of life. The author uses this to explain why astronomers are so intrigued by Venus. Even if Venus is inhospitable right now NASA would still like to explore the surface grab samples and bring them back to be tested.
Paragraph two elaborates mostly on comparing the planets Stating, "Often referred to as Earth's "twin" Venus is the closest planent to Earth in terms of density and size." Connections and inferences can be made from this statement on how Earth and Venus might be similar. While in the 8th paragraph the author claims, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Meaning technology should grow enough to keep us hungry for exploring Venus.
In conclusion The author wants us to keep trying to explore venus no matter the dangerous obstacle. He shows this by adding plenty of positive and interesting facts about the relationship between Earth and Venus.
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In 1988 a Viking 1 took a, slightly disturbing, picture. Of a face! Viking 1 found a landform that happends to look like an Egyptian Pharoah. This face was found and started major controversy.
Some people had thought that it was fake and others thought that it was just a coincidence. The massive sand storms just created a face. That's all that they thought. But can that be true?
The face on Mars really hit it off on Earth. Everyone was talking about it. " The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows-even haunted grocery story chechout lines for 25 years!" Some people believe that this face was created by aliens; it is a sign of life on Mars. But, "few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact." That is just crazy, but scientists are backing it up. There is no proof for it to be alien made.
Certain people still say that "it's aliens, aliens are making these faces!" That is not true without the evidence. Which, there is none. There are ablolutly zero facts that aliens would be able to make a face. Or that there are aliens. No facts. No aliens. If there were aliens how would they even make a face?
This has to be just a natural landform that formed when a massive sandstorm hit. It is just a coincidence. Nothing freaky or wierd, just a face in the sand. It's natural, not an alien. According to the text, "What the picture actually shwos is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." See, nothing wierd going on on Mars. Or at least that we know of.
So, in conclusion, this artifact of mars is real. This is, because, there are no facts to prove otherwise. If there were facts than it would be ruled an alien artifact. Which would be pretty cool, but it isn't real. And we shouldn't be pretending like it is real. Scientists are backing this up here they are saying that it can't be an alien artifact. It's impossible as of right now. There is no evidence that an alien has made this face in the sand.
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Fifty years ago, a car was the American dream. Every household in the country needed a bright, shiny vehicle in their driveway. Times have changed since then, with new increases in technology, a global consumption crisis, and a bigger population than ever. In the past half-decade a new breed of vehicles has dominated the agenda of some car manufacturers and interested parties. The self-driving car has made its way into the hopes of the next generation of drivers. Cutting edge companies like Google, Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi have already taken leaps and bounds to the self-driving car, or autonomous vehicle. But is this technology safe for the general public? Though autonomous vechicle's are still very new and experimental they are the future of driving.
Every year thousands of people are killed by driver related accidents. This
includes drunk driving, text-while-driving, and other distractions. After all drivers are people too and everybody makes mistakes. But what if it did not have to be like that? Computers are far more reliable than humans and never get fatigued or tired after long hours on the road. These same computers are the brain of new self-driving cars and they fail exponentially less than people do. A common critique of self-driving cars is the trust of computers but statistics show that they should have nothing to be worried about.
Many times when people hear about self-driving cars they think of vehicles that have no passengers, and while Google does possess such technology that approach is not the use. The cars can also operate with the driver instead of dominating all driving. This is already shown in Tesla's Model S and Model X which have semi-autonomous driving, able to steer, accelerate, and even park, this is also shown in the passage. BMW's i3 and i8 can also assist drivers with driving, not nessesarily dominating the driver. Driverless cars do not have to mean that only the computers are in control. which was a main focus of BMW as mentioned in the passage.
While driverless cars are still way in the works, their benefits are undenyable with new semi-driverless cars on the road everyday and more lenient state regulations the future of driverless cars are bright
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Venus is a planet that for a fact humans could not live on because of the gases in the atmosphere. Scientist continue to study Venus to gain more human knowledge of the planet. The conditions of the planet are not survivable for humans because the planet does not hold enough oxygen for humans to live and the temperature of the planet is extremely high for a human. The pressure of Venus is pretty flabergasting if it would crush a submarine. Studying Venus is a good thing to gain knowledge about even if there are dangers that comes with it.
Learning more information about Venus would allow the study of Venus to become easier for explorers. The author supports the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because he talks about the good things and bad things that you can encounter when it comes to Venus. He gives a significant amount of details for the reader to use when they want to know something about Venus. He also allows the reader to know that there are many challenges that comes when facing the planet Venus. When the author says 97 percent carbon dioxide lets the reader know that it is basically impossible for a human to live there.
The author helps the reader understand mostly why humans could not and would not want to live there. The planet surface averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 times greater than our planet Earth's. The environment of the planet could liqufy metals and could crush a submarine. Although Venus sounds fun to study I dont think it would qualify for the living conditions for humans because of the lack of amounts of oxygen, and thats is what we need.
In the last ten to twenty years, researchers have been trying to find a planet that humans could possibly live on. Venus would not qualify for humans to live on because of the high amounts of gases and high amounts of pressure. Even though the anothor believes that humans could possibly live on Venus I think humans could not. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is worthy by stating facts and adding detail with them.
Gaining knowledge about venus comes with good and bad information your going to encounter, especially if your a researcher. The author did a great job of using information and backing it up with details. I think studying Venus is a good thing to know more information about but it comes with a lot of dangers that humans could not handle just because we are humans. The physical conditions of human would be a lot worse just thinking about if we lived on Venus.
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With the new year here people are curious about what new technologies are just around the corner.
One of these new technologies are self driving cars!
I believe driverless cars are an amazing idea that will pave the way for the future of automotives.
The possibilites are endless with driverless cars. One benefit that could come from this is lest DUI's worldwide!
No more will careless intoxicated drivers roam our streets and take our loved ones lives.
The smart car will be able to take them home safely. The article states the cars "would use half the fuel of today's taxis" it also states that they offer "far more flecibility than a bus."
As many people do you might be curious on how this works. The car is pretty much loaded down with sensors to navigate the winding highways and curvy back roads.
The article stated that sensors are nothing knew but have been improving for decades.
Sensors will be placed on the car's roof and it will have a GPS reciever along with many other breaking sensors.
Along with the many, many benefits of self-driving cars comes failure and accidents.
For people who like to go to bars must still have a designated driver for now.
The smart cars will be able to alert people when the humans need to take over.
Such inncidents may occur when a road block is ahead or a traffic jam.
Some people might wonder what happens if the car goes haywire and wreck.
With the advanced technology we have the possibilites of this happening are slim but still very possible.
The cars are not a full proof plan for it to work all the time which is why the driver must be alert and ready to take the wheel at any time.
I hope that in the very distant future automatic driving cars are an everyday thing.
The possibilites are amazing with the things we could do with them on a national and global level.
All we have to do is keep driving forward!
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Dear Steve Southerland,
Believe it or not there's people in our country who go out and vote and dont even know that there's something called the Electoral College , much less know what it is! The Electoral College is a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens established by the founding fasthers in our constitution. There's been a debate going on in our country for years over weather or not we should keep the Electoral College or do away with the whole thing. Everybody has the right to voice their personal opions on the subject and im writing you to voice my opion. Sure yeah, i bet you get millions of letters like these coming into your office everyday. But I think you would really enjoy mine considering the fact the fact that your reading this so there must not be anything exciting going on in that big office of yours.
My personal opion intake on it is all is to get rid of it. People in America need to wake up and realize what is really going on in the world around them today." The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism a non-democratix method of selecting a president thatr ought to be overruled." America is suppose to be a country the people run, a democracy. Many people seem to think that when they go to the polls their voting for our president when in reality their not. Instead what they're voting for is actually a slate of electors. Downside to that is that voters cant always contol whom their electors vote for. "The single best argument aginst the elctoral college is what we might call the disaster factor."
What does Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole,The U.s Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO all have in common? They all agree on abolishing the Electoral College! They're not alone according to a Gallup poll taken in 2000, over 60% of voters would perfer a direct election. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
From,
Wewahitchka High School Student
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Facial Action Coding System is a good idea to have on all school computers and laptops. It was help the students with projects or even there work. It could also be good for a teacher to help teach there students how to do a problem they may not understand the problem. It is a very smart idea that they came up with and I think we should use it and not put it to waste. This could be a very good thing for students and them getting better education.
By bringing this into our schools for students it could help them with there work to help make them understand something better. In the arctle Dr. Hung talks about how if they put this on a computer it could recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored with the problems or with whatever is going on, on the screen. If a math teacher gave you problems to try on the computer over something you just learned that day, your faces that you make while you are doing the work could help the teacher. It could help by letting the teacher know what problems the student made a confused faced on to let the teacher know what to go over with that student. In the article Dr.Hunag also talks about somethimg very simliar to what I said the sentence brefore. In his notes he talked about the computer being like a human instructor. So if you made a confused face while doing a problem instead of letting the teacher know it would just give you easier problems. I think this is the best idea for the use of this new technology. Some students are smarted or learn faster than others so if the computers know that this person is more confused than the others, it could give them easier problems.
Think about all the things you can do with this new technology, you do use it to help you with problems on homework or even studing. This is a very useful tool for school and helping kids get a better education and I tink every school should have something like this for there students. If it was in my school I would for sure go and try this new technology to see how cool it really is.
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The Facial Action Coding System is a good technology but then again not. The software comes with alot of features but it could be a failure. Nobody could just guess someones emotions by looking at there face I dont think a computer sofware couldn't either. It possibly could find the emotions of someone but the results could be wrong because you never know what or how a person is feeling on the inside or outside. Most people don't express there feelings anyway so a computer sofware couldn't find it unless it has the best DNA sofware or best way to find how someones feeling on the inside. The Facial Action Coding System could be a failure in way of just having bad results if someones angry or depressed the software could determine that there happy or surprised. In the Mona Lisa picture she does look a little happy but thats one the inside it says it could find mixed emotions but she could be just smiling for the painting, Also in the instructions it gives you directions to smile or look happy. Maybe the software just tells your on the instructions to smile, so that the software could give you the results as your happy because of the directions of making you smile. The emotion software just gives you ways to smile maybe for you to smile so they can give you results as your happy or excited. In conclussion the Facial Action Coding System could be a failure and doesn't really work.
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The evening star, the closest to us, the one with famliar features, our nearest option for a planetary visit, what are the options for making a mission safe and scientifically productive?
Venus also known as the evening start, is actually a planet and it is
simple to see from the distant, it has proved a very challenging place where it can be examinaded closely by, Austronomers are insteresded by Venus because it has been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and has famliar things such as mountains, valleys and cratear. There have been made many studies to work with Venus, NASA is woking in another approches to studying venus, for example some especific old eletronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such coinditions, NASA has also a particulary compelling idea for sending human to study Venus. NASAs posible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Striving to meet this venus challenge our travels and beyond should not be limited by dangers and boubts but should be expanded to meet every edge of imaginantion and innovations.
in conculsion the challenge of exploring venus article show us that Venus is not a bad planet to study and there are many posibilities for humans to go there it has not easy conditions but survivable for humans, studies have been alredy made and Venus is an earth-like planet what makes the studies more clear.
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This article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto revolves around this idea of using a computer to read people's experssion and emotions. It can tell how much precent you are happy, sad, surprise, andger, fear, etc. It can just tell the basic emotions. This type of technology usage is not valuable to read the emotionla expressions of students in a classroom. It's just going to be a waste of money and resouces.
By using this technology in classrooms, it is useless. It can not read in deatail of how the students are actually feelings, it cannot tell in dept of emotions. In paragraph three it states "Eckman has calssified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness, and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". Here one can see that these computers only reads basic emotions. These basic emotions can be read by humans. We have our fellow humans to be able to tell how we feel, more than a computer.
Begining of paragraph 5 states "we humans perform this same impressive "calculations everyday" and "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face". I think that techonology has already been a huge part of our lifes and we don't need a computer to read our emotions. I think if we have that in a classroom then it will ruin the interactions between classmates. Iphones, the internet, computers, video games has all been a huge part of society. People are addicted like it is drugs. Addictions to phones has become worse in recent studeis. People take their phones EVERYWHERE, to the bathroom, to bed, to school, to church, to parties, etc. It has become social network online. Kids barley go outside and play anymore, teens don't hang out much; all because of this small device. I think it is not of value to have a computer in a class that reads emotional expression.
While having a technology that read peoples emotional expressions would futher ruin the interactions between humans, It will be very costly to make such devics and put them in every classrooms. It would just be a waste of money and resources. In the article it says "the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles" it also says "your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile". The process of this techonology sounds like it will be expensive to build such a high tech decoding. The article also says our PC's is not complex to handle this new techonology. So this new techonology must have complex algoriths to be able to decode a smile. Which will be expensive to make.
I think this type of techonology is not of value to have in a classroom to read students emotional expressions. The technology will ruin interactions between fellow classmats and it will be expensive to put in every classroom. There needs to be more connections between students, a device like that would make connecting with others worse. This type of technology should not be in classrooms.
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Technology cannot read emotinal expresseions because they are not acctually there and they are not humans .Technology is an electronic that is programed to do certain things. It is not to show u if that person is happy,sad,mad etc... You could figue it out by just looking and reding that person.
Some people may have different oppinions of what emotion the picture has but technology will not tell u what emotion something is you would have to figure it out on your own. As stated in the article "In fact,we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance ,you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. So that shows that a person can tell if something is wrong with a friend or whoever else most likely .
In conclusion,Technology will not give you answers on how someone feels and their emotions. Only another person can tell if you are or not by the way you look ,or if that person tells u that they are sad,mad,happy nervous etc...
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Benefits of Researching a New planet
Whould you send someone to explore venus with even if we don't have the technology necessary?The author of the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" has made some good point about why we should send if not but machines to explore Venus.The author believes that it would be beneficial for us to explor Venus using the technology that we have right now and the new technology that it has recently been invented for example:The mechamical computers,The new Idea that NASA has come up to and considering Venus as a moving planet.
First of all the author explains the old use of old technology called mechanical computer.This computers played an important role during the 1940s Word War two by making calculations using gears and levers, no electronics were needed for this computers. The author explains why the computer could be very useful to explore Venus by saying that this computer are very powerful,flexible, and quick. The only problem would be that the computers are very delicated when is put to extreme conditions.
Secondly the author mentions an idea that NASA has come up to that could really help the explorationg of Venus.The author mentions the idea of NASA of making a vehicle that could help the exploration of Venus by Hovering the surface of Venus.The author explains that Venus has a very high temperature but the vehicle would hover 30 miles overand avoid the bad ground. This idea that NASA has come up to its a good way for humans to visit and explore Venus.
Lastly the author believes tha Venus is not to different from earth and in the right conditions, humans could be living in Venus. The author mentions how scientists believed that Venus is the planet with the more like earth and how it could posibly at one time had oceans. Research on Venus could also explain that Venus at one point could have and maintain life forms. This is why it would be worthy for humans to explore Venus becuase it could posibly be the next earth.
In conclution the author brought many points of why we sould keep on exploring Venus from technology to even a new planet.The author has a very good understanding about the exploration Venus and believed that it would be a good investment to explore it.
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Car usage could easily help detoriate waste and pollutants from our air. If every person in the United States were to limit the use of their driving then most of he worlds pullution and green house gases would vanish. In Beijing, China, it's a common, everyday precedure to put on a medical mask to prevent "dirty" air into getting into their lungs with ease. If every single person on the planet were to reduce the amount of driving they had to do, if they started driving hybrids, if they began using cars that ran on vegetable oil or electricity, we could practically erase the damage that has been done to our ecosystem via pollution. It would take a while but I don't see why we couldn't attempt to make Earth a little greener.
According to paragraph 41 in article four, a quote, stated "A study last year found that driving by young people has decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009...." meaning that they had either carpooled or used a friendlier alternative to cars and the gaseous fumes they emit. If people were to start riding bicycles we could drastically change not only our planet and the ecosystem, but we could also fix our health.
Most American's rarely excercise and it's a common thing to be mildy obese to extremely and deadly overweight. We could easily begin a new generation of healthier teens and adults if we were to introduce healthy lifestyle habits whilst still at a young age.
Article one shows that a new study that has been developed has created a new town with fewer drivers and everything is available when you walk outside. Vauban, Germany has led a research team to see the impact that driving motor vehicles has on society. There are 5,500 people living in this "rectangular square" mile that "may be the most advanced expirement in low-car suburban life" if they could do it, why can't we?
Paris has temporarily banned driving due to smog. Article 2 has said that their French citizens would be fined 22-euro ($31) for driving/being in a car! Congestion had died down around 60% and it's said that the smog had rivaled Beijing, China, known as "one of the most polluted cities in the world." Diesel fuel has a large role to play in this, but maybe if one day we could find other resources to fuel our driving needs, we could restore this beautiful planet and its atmosphere to what it once was.
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Have you seen the "Face on Mars"? If so, do you believe it is natural or created by alien activity? Many people believe the face is evidence of alien life however this is probably not the case. The Mars Global Surveyor ,a mapping spacecraft, has passed over the area few times. However the few times it has passed over there has been no evidence of any form of alien civilization. This led us to believe it is just a natural landform.
This all began when NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was orbiting Mars. Viking 1 was snapping photos of possible landing sites for his sibling Viking 2. In the midst of doing so Viking 1 spotted what looked like a human face. This was extraordinary because it was on planet Mars! When the images were leaked it led the public to believe that this is evidence of life outside of Earth's atmosphere.
This might not be the case however. NASA believes that the face is just a natural landform similiar to a butte or mesa on that of Earth. There was a lot more evidence pointing towards the side of NASA but that didn't put peoples hopes down. Some of the public hoped and believed this was in some shape or form, evidence of extraterrestriel life.
The pictures of the "Face on Mars" that NASA had were actually kind of foggy. They were foggy because the Mars Global Surveyor had to get the photos through clouds. This then led people to believe that NASA was hiding something in the fog. They thought they were hiding the evidence of life. NASA, however wanted to show them this was not the case.
NASA then ,a few years later, passed over the face on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia, and rolled the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. NASA eventually captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. This photo cleared up a lot of confusion.
As NASA studied the photograph, they came to realize that the Face was in fact caused by natural means. They then leaked the image to the public and cleared up confusion there too. However, there will always be that group of nay sayers. This group still wanted to believe that the "Face on Mars" was evidence of alien life. They still might believe that to this day.
The "Face on Mars" has caused a lot of confusion and mystery in the world. Many believed it was natural from the beginning and others not so much. Some have even grown to believe it was natural other than caused by aliens. Of course there are people still on both sides and as of right now we will never completely know the truth. We will know the truth when we go to Mars. Until then everyone will hold their peace and glorify at the mysterious "Face on Mars".
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Venus is very dangerous and volcanic but this article has opened my eyes to the woderful planet. Despite the dangers and challenges that Venus presents I would have to agree with the author, for we could one day benefit from knowing more about this red planet. Regardless of all the challenges that come with it, getting to know the surface and history of this close planet could better pevent ours from turning into a replica.
A couple of statements that fascinated me about Venus is that it has the hottest surface tempurature in our solar system with an average temperature of over 800 degrees Farenheit. That is truly mind-boggling seeing as how Mercury is the closest planet to our sun, not Venus. To make matters worse the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expirence on Earth, therefore, making it very hard to explore the surface. Even just getting close to the surface you would have to deal with eruptions, earthquakes, and lightning strikes.
The risk is incredible but the information provided from this planet may very well save us all one day. As stated, Venus was the most Earth-like planet in our soar system meaning the same thing could happen to us eventually. Even though Venus could have substained life in the past, now is very unlikely. How could we find out more about this interesting planet if we cannot go near it?
As of right now, technologically speeking, we are far to inadvanced to send anything to the surface, let alone humans. The safest possibility to even get close would be to float in a structure roughly 30 miles above the surface. Even at that distance the temperature would still stand at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level.
In conclusion, I feel that if there was a way to study Venus close up without all the provided risks and more, then we should invest. Many great things could come from any planet alone but this one is just amazing. Do you think Venus is worth it?
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Each year more people are killed by driving accidents then the combined deaths of murder and accidents involved with firearms.
Many of these deaths and associated accidents are caused by driver error such as reckless driving, speeding, texting while driving, and driving under the influence. As a result, many traffic regulations, such as the institution of specific rules of the road, police enforcement of safe and sober driving, and required safety features, such as airbags and seat-belts, have helped to reduce accidents and mortality rates on the road. Yet, these mortality rates are still high due to the human trait of being able to fail due to biological reasons (fatigue, anger) and psychological and cognitive reasons (driving under the influence due to a false belief that "alchohol does not affect me that badly" or that "I do not need a seat-belt, I likely will not get into an accident). Henceforth, the addition of automated driving systems into cars are of extreme benefit due to their ability to negate these human tendencies and traits as well as adding a degree of redunency to driving.
First off, automated driving systems are usefully as they can negate the negative effects of human biology such as fatigue and rage. As demonstrated on paragraph seven, the article explains how care manufacturers are considereing the implementation of cameras which can monitor drivers. While the article implies that these cameras are to be use to detec whether or not the driver is even looking at the road, it is not wistful thinking to believe that this technology can be improved apon to detect facial features (such as opening and closing of the eyes, swaying of the head) to detect fatigue or other features (angry expression) to detect drivers who are tired or experiencing road rage. The car from this point could take measures, such as suggesting the driver to stop at a gas station to get coffee or to pull over to calm down, and thus prevent the driver letting his or her biological symptoms affect his or her ability to drive safely.
Additionally, these automated cars can also be used to stop drivers from preforming reckless things while driving due to their stupity, ignorance, or inmaturism, by forcing the driver to comply with driving law in or for he or she to driving. One example of this forced compliance could be that an automated car could demand a breathilizer test to be preformed in conjuction with the use of a key in order to start up the car, ensuring that only sober drivers can operate a vehicle. Additionally, the car can also perform a similar action by requireing the driver and passengers (which could be detected by sensors and cameras) to have their seatbelts on before driving. Finally, a car can either force a driver to pull over if it detects that the driver is driving recklessly or alert athorities so that they can stop the driver before he or she has the chance to hurt someone else. Henceforth, the computer systems in car can help a driver not to cause an accident by either their physical and/or cognitive state or by their irresponsibility.
Finally, automated cars increase safety due to the concept of redundency. Since there are two capable operators in the vehicles, (that being the human driver and the car itself) one can take over in case the other fails, such as the car taking over if the driver falls asleep or the driver taking control if one sensors has a malfunction. This redunency improves safety as both systems have to fail instead of just one in order for an accident to occur. This redundency is why commercial aircraft have an extremely low likelyhood of failure, as the plane has both human redundency (two pilots in case one becomes incapacitated) and mechanical redendency (auto-pilot kicks in if both pilots become temporarily unable to address all the issues occuring in flight as well as back up systems in case something like electronics or pneumatics fail).
Henceforth, through a combination of redundency and the ability to help drivers protect themselfs from their own faults, whether they be physical, emoutional, or mental, the automation of cars will make the act of driving a much safer endeavor. While some may state that automated cars can never reach the intuition and agility of a natural driver, automated systems should and would not replace human drivers but instead suplement them as in the case with commercial aircraft. Henceforth, when the risks and the benefits of automation in driving are weighed, one can come to the conclusion that automation is driving will inevitably make the endeavor much safer.
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Dear state senator, the people of the state want to choose the president by a popular vote of qualified for what president they want.
The electoral vote college is more like a process that mean it's of 538 electors , if more than the half vote for the president he is elected, but the people of the state want the popular vote because they want to choose their president.
Each candidate going for president has hes own group and the people of the states choose want side they want to be in, and what candidate they want to choose to be the next president, every 4 years they choose new candidates and presidents, in the electoral college the citizens dont vote for their president they vote for the ones who going to be the electors.
The electoral college is outdated, unfair,and is not democratic, thats why the people of the state want the popular vote.
thank you for your time to read this letter.
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This article is a great article for people that are interested in this kind of stuff, it tells great details and has facts about the whole system. The whole entire article is talking about how good the Facial Action Coding System is great and works fantastically. But even though we dont have the same one used for the Mona Lisa Painting, the article can still give us tips on how to make a face and recogize it in the mirror.
It could be used to read wheather a student is confused on a question or bored. Which could really help the teacher understand what is wrong with the student, or even help the student without asking them. All computers need to have a Facial Action Coding System to help everyone because if anyone were to know everything it would be a computer.
Humans make the same exact calculations as the computer does. we can just look at someone and know if they are feeling a way. A lot of us have trouble doing that though so that could help out a lot of the kids that dont understand how someone is feeling, or help them know how they're feeling. The system is a really good thing for this society and could really help out a lot of people.
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There are many advantages when it comes to limiting car usage. These advantages aren't just for the environment's safety, but your safety as well. These advantages include less problems with our environment, and with our society.
When it comes to greenhouse gasses, remember that there is carbon monoxide, which is a greenhouse gas, coming out from the tailpipe of the cars. In Europe, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and in some car-intensive areas in the United States, they make up to 50 percent of greenhouse gasses that polute. It is important to reduce the amount of gasses that enter the air through cars, so limiting car usage would help to limit the amount of gasses that have entered the atmosphere.
Another problem that is issued with car usage is traffic safety. There have been many car accidents and crashes in the United States, as well as many other areas in the world. It would be safer if people walked, biked, hiked, skated, or even took buses to places that they would need to go. Limiting car usage would also greatly reduce the number of accidents. It would also lower stress as well for people who are easily tense and stressed. If you are riding a bike or walking, you don't necessarily want to hear the sound of motors and engines. If they limit the amount of car usage, there would be less tension and more relaxation to those who would chose not to use a car. Also, riding bikes, walking, skating, or hiking can be a great workout for outdoorsmen who want to do something active, instead of sitting in the car getting from point A to point B.
Limiting the number of cars, or the ammount of times that we spend in our vehicles daily would cause great improvements in the economy and society. This could help preserve the environment and the safety of people as well. It all comes down to less car usage and spending more time walking, or even doing excercise.
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The author says that NASA's possible solution would be allowing scientists to float above the fray like how airplanes and jets float above storms. As they say in paragraph 5 "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landcape." NASA says the it wouldn't be as hot but it would still be 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Its not very easy but humans will still be able to survive.
Personally I think its still dangerous because 170 degrees Fahrenheit is still really hot, the tempature on earth isn't that high. Also the passage says in paragraph 6 "Researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else." The passage says that because if NASA is going to have them floating above the premises they wont be able to conduct experiments because, they won't be able to take anything. Also because if just floating above the premises is 170 degrees Fahrenheit then when you get further down it'll be hotter so that means that if they try to grab a rock it could burn through gloves and possibly leave them with serious burns.
But NASA is working on other approaches because in pargraph 7 the passage says "Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." The author says in paragraph 8 " Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
In paragraph 2 it shows that they have tried numerous times to send little spacecrafts to Venus but they have only been there for a few hours which is dangerous because if a spacecraft only stays there for a few hours imagine how long a human could stay there without over heating or coming back with serious health issues.
The author says in paragraph 2 "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."But there are numerous factors to why Venus is a challenging planet for humans to study as they explain it in third paragraph.
In pargraph 3 the passage says "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus' atmosphere." Which makes it a whole lot dangerous for humans to travel there to conduct experiments. But thats why they haven't sent anything there since three decades because they wanna make sure no one gets hurt.
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People have been saying there are aliens around for a long time.They take little things and say there some type of sign from these other creatures.So when they said it was a face on mars of course they think it came from aliens.But it could be just another mesa that looks like a face.
The face on mars is just a illusion of shadows.It makes you see eyes the nose and even a mouth.It looks like a Egyptain Pharaoh but its really just a trick on the eyes.For example when your in a dark room and you see shapes on the wall or your looking at clouds in the sky and you see faces.Its all just an illusion.
We have seen thing like this before too but on earth.Mesa is a common landform in west American.The one on Mars is common to the Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho.Its the same height as the one on Mars.There both just natural landforms.
When the face on Mars got its picture taken there was no alien monument just a natural landform.Then when she got in taken again it was a lot better and they made the pictures bigger.If there was anything other then rocks and shawdows we would have seen it.
The face is just like any other mesa but its on a different plant.If alien are real they could have made other thing but this was just nautural that made the face on Mars.
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The challenge if exploring venus is that you can learn alot of stuff. Like while venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth , it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely , Or maybe we should think of them as challenges as all in one team or group. Now each previous mission was unmanned, and fro good reason,since, no spacecraft survived the landing fro more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explain's why not a singel spaceship has touched down on venus un more than three decades. And numerous factore contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite it's promity to us.
Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuic acid in venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, Temperature's average over 800 degree's fahrenheit, And the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on own planet now you really have to study this stuff so you can know about it. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. theses devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in teh 1940s during world war ll .
Not easy conditions, but survivable fro humans. However, peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photograpy and videography ineffective. Most importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anythign else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to condut a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
My conclusion is thats you need to star doing research on the earth in where yall stay at and things about the world that you do not know about , Or go out on trips in see new things or meeet new people . If you explore the world you will get to do these things or research is good it give you alot of information.
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Hello everyone today you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Do you know why you sholud. If you don't know why here are some reasons.
Some reasons are you can see so many beautiful places such as Europe, Greece, and even China. Another reason is because you can explore some famous Oceans just like the Atlantic Ocean. And many other places you can see that you can't see working at a Grocery Store . that is what one man did before he became a Seagoing Cowboy. Then one week after the man took the job and loved it. Also if you love animals or even taking care of them then this is the job you want and need. You could explore the world without geting a plane ticket. That is all I have to say.
These are the reasons why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. now go sign up at your local Grocery Store.
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In the passage I learned about a new computer software that can read emotion and produce its emotional findings as a percentage. This new software reads a human face and constructs a 3-D model of the face. All 44 major muscles must move like real human muscles. The compuer relies on FACS or the Facial Action Coding System. The computer has classified six basic emotions- happiness,suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.- and then associated each emotion with charicteristic movements of the facial muscles. It then compares the exaimened face with one that shows no emotion to determine what emotions the exaimened face is showing. People from around the world are now finding different applications for this new technology.
The technology could be well suited for a use in the educational field. In paragraph 6 the author talks about how this software could be used in schools. He then goes on to compare it to being ''Like an effective human instructor.'' So this software could be installed into a classroom computer. Then as the lesson is being taught to students it would analyze the students expressions and proceed to modify the lesson. The way it could modify the lesson is to make it more hands on and interactive.
Do I feel as if this new technology could be the wrong use for its properties?Yes, I do feel that way because humans are humans. As such they crave interaction between one another, I don't feel like adding a classroom computer in place of a human instructor would be a good idea.
As far as its pros versus its cons go, it would be a well placed application for the software. As I said before it could modify a computer based lesson for the subject in which it is teaching. I don't think it will ever beat out the enjoyment of doing something with your hands in a classroom lab with the safety and security of a teacher lead course. Yes, I agree that we are moving in a direction of computers being in place of instructors. But, I do not agree that we are moving so quickly in that direction that computers will take away the enjoyment of have a casual relaxing conversation with a teacher.
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The disputes about the Face being an alien creation rather than a landform are preposterous. Alien life is a common conspirasy theory, but this one proves just that: a theory. The Face cannot possibly be an alien creation because there is no evidence of alien life ever existing, the landform it is compared to on Earth was certainly not created by aliens, and scientists have extensively studied it to prove that it is, indeed, a natural landform.
For starters, in order for the aliens to create this two-mile long "face", dimensioned straight from NASA, they must first exist. Unfortunately for the pro-alien believers, this has never been proven. Some say that NASA is keeping this monumental secret from us, but, as thoughtfully pointed out in the article, the existance of ancient alien life would benefit them immensely. In this case, there is no reason for them to hide anything.
Another thing worth mentioning is the strong resemblance to the landforms found right here in the United States. These mesas are common in the American West, says chief scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. There is no reason that they can't be common on the Red Planet, either. The article states that in Cydonia, the region where the Face is located is actually known to have mesas scattered frequently around the area. Unless Earth's mesas, too, were crafted by aliens, they both must be natural landforms.
The Face has been a topic of conversation since it was first photographed in 1976. When NASA first released the picture to the public, the caption stated: "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Then, after extensive research to prove that it was actually not an alien creation of sorts, NASA determined that the shadows were, indeed, the cause of the shapes of the Face. It was even photographed numerous times to prove this fact, and because they felt it was important to taxpayers, as the chief scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration Program noted.
Skeptics of the Face might say that it is all a well thought out trick to hide alien life ffrom the general public. However, as previously mentioned, NASA would benefit if this ancient civilization was real. Therefore, there is no logical reason they would keep this from us. The article states that when the very first picture of the Face was released: "the authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars." This shows us that they are wanting people to be interested, which would be much easier if there was an alien or two to report, but there is clearly not.
The landform labeled the Face is certainly an intriguing discovery, but not for the fact it was an acient alien monument. It is interesting because it connects us with the Red Planet considering we have landforms similar to it, and also the expert study that has gone into it to prove the suspicions incorrect.
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Technology in recent years has gone through many incredible advancements .In the past few years it has been making things that seemed impossible a reality. Things such as self driving automobiles. These wonders of technological beauty have the abilty to control and operate themselves without a driver. This is a truly marvelous feat that shows how far we as a society have come however this driverless cars should be seen as a mere fun idea. Driverless cars should not be used in our society as the will cause far to many proplems just so we can be lazy behind the wheel.
Making a driverless car is no simple feat it requires numours things to operate effectivly. One item that these cars require are senors and lots of them. Senors are used so that way the car can tell what is going on in
traffic. However what happens if one of these systems fail at one point on the road. That right a tragic accident will occur that could lead to the loss of lifes for no reason just because a stupid glitch occured.The senors may be tested to make sure they dont malfuntion, but so is everything in this era and yet gliches and mistakes still happen in all of our everyday technology.Our phones which are simple compared to a driverless car still have proplems all the time, and they have been tested and improved upon for far longer.
These driverless cars arent even truly driverless. Humans are still required to be behind the wheel to handle certain situations such as construction or road blocks.So whats the point of having one of these cars if at any point you can be thrust onto the wheel unprepared for what might be on the road at that given point.This fact truly ruins the convience of owning one of these cars as they fail to do their key function which is to operate on their own. These cars are also still only considered safe at 25mph which drastically reduces their overall usefullness to the consumer if they need to go anywhere at a reasonable pace.
Driverless cars also are not practical in todays time. Imagne how many new types of tech stores would have to be opened to keep the senors on these cars running properley. How many times a year would someone have to get these senors checked? More importantly how much would it cost to fix one of these cars? The awswer is that we dont no as these cars are untried and untested. These Cars also couldnt fit into our soceity where barley anybody will have the money to afford to keep one of these new cars.
Simply put driverless cars are intesting and facinating to watch. They are true marvels of the 21st century and show how far as a civilazation we have come. Thes smart cars truly are driving us into a new age of wonder and increbile ideas however the day when these cars are used in everyday life still lies far over the horizon.Driverless cars should not be implecated into our society because they are to impractical, expensive, and dangerous.
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I feel that the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not very valuable. Even though I feel that this new way of technology is pretty cool. I don't think that it is something that is really needed in a classroom.
In paragraph six Dr Huang predicts that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or boerd,- Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instuctor". This may help the instructor greatly with teaching, and being able to know how their students are feeling. But, I think that as a teacher you should be asking questions, and making sure that the material you are teaching is being understood by all your students. And if it is not, you should find a way to help your students understand. You shouldn't depend on technology when, it is your job to know when the students are becoming boerd or confused. So, that you can make your classroom a better learning environment for everyone in the classroom.
Sometimes even though it may not be the best thing to do, students like to keep in their emotion of how they are feeling and don't want the entire classroom to know it. This new way of technology could be a great addition to a classroom for experiments once in awhile, but shouldn't be a major part of the classroom.
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