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98245fe | Can technology really sense emotion? Can your computer tell if you're happy or sad? These are some of the questions that Facial Action Coding System is attempting to answer. Using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is vaulable. It can be used to keep students engaged, active and eager to learn. Adjusting a learning program to what a student finds appealing will help them have a positive connotation with learning.
Using programs like the Facial Action Coding System to read students emotional expressions is a very vaulable tool. It can help keep students engaged and active. In todays schools, it doesn't even come as a suprise when you hear that a student fell asleep in class. Students who are not engaged in a learning activity tend to fall asleep or do something that is non-productive. This causes them to miss out on a possibly important lesson. In paragraph six Dr. Huang notes "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." Using a computer to detect when a student is becoming bored is a vaulable tool because it can change the lesson, prevent the student from loosing interest and missing out on a lesson. With a program able to identify when a student becomes bored or uninterested, more students will stay on task and become engaged in the lesson.
In modern schools, technology is being intergrated at an incresing rate. At Fishers High School every student is required to have a learning device such as a laptop or iPad. More classes are beginning to take teaching online. Without having a real instructor, students can easily become bored or distracted.
In paragraph six, Dr. Huang is quoted saying "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Dr. Huang is referring to the Facial Action Coding System being able to detect student emotion to gear the lesson towards what is more appealing to them. This is a vaulable tool because it will help students become more engaged with what their are learning.
The use of Facial Action Coding System to read emotions can be a vaulable tool in a classroom. It can help students stay focus and on task. Having a program that can change the lesson to keep students involved and alert will make them more unlikely to fall asleep or become distracted. This emotion detecting technology has potential to revolutionize online teaching. | 4 |
982dfcd | Florida State Senator,
I have read many articles that either fight for or against the decision to replace the Electoral College with election by popular vote for the presedent of the United States. After reading these articles, I have come to the conclusion that the Electorial College should indeed be replaced. I understand that the Electoral College was created by our nation's fathers but nontheless, election by popular vote would give our people of the United States more control over who is chosen for the President of our amazing country.
Most citizens think it is unfair for for them because they dont even really have the oppurtunity to vote directly for the next president of the United States as said in paragraph 10 of Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president... Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors in the first place? It depends on the state. Sometimes state coventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Can voters control who their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes."
If we didn't have Electoral College, we wouldn't have to go through all the confusion in making sure we're voting for the correct electors. People wouldn't accidentally choose the wrong one. If we had the option to choose our president by popular vote, everything would go much smoother with no confusion at all. People would be able to vote for the president they actually want with no problems and everyone would be happy.
As Bradford Plumer said in his article Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, paragraph 13, "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." And again, i seriously consider switching to election by popular vote.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerly, Concerned Citizen | 3 |
982f413 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Simile" the author describes how a new technology called the facial action coding system enables computers to identify human emotions.
First, The author in the story "making Mona Lisa Smile" is telling us that a Dr. Huang is making a computer that shows emotional. It says that the computer has the ability to see how happy you are and sad and angry and all the emtionals in side your body all at once. It says that Dr. Huang was working with Dr. paul Eckman the creator of the Facs (facial action coding system). It says they both were working on a computer that could see the emitionals of other people.
Second, In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it talks about how they would process the computers 3-D constructs. It said in the artice that the human had 44 major muscles and it said in the midel must move like human muscles to see how they feel or react to this.
It says that Dr. Huang "relies on the work of psychologist,". It said that the two doctors had "classified six basic emotions and that is happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facual muscles". it says for "example your frontails pars lateralis muscke (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when your surpised: your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger".
Third, it is talking about how the muscles of the 44 major muscles react to the emitions in the article of "Making Mona Lisa Simle,". It says that Dr. Huang observes that artist such as Da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convery specific emotions. It says that Dr. Huang's emotion algorithns are a different soft of "Da vinci code"! it aslo says that the new computer software stores siilar anatomical information as electronic code. It says that Dr. Huang's computer might have found out how computers can see how your feelings are.
In conclusion, This story about "Making Mona Lisa smile," is trying to discuss that you can tell peoples feelings on a computer by getting an electroinc code. This story is also taling about how Da vinci was a artist that studyed emitional feelings with people that want a picuture of how they felt feelings. It said that the two doctors figured out that most artist study people for there feelings and to show how they felt about it. The studys show that you can see how a person feels on the computer by a code that goes their electric. | 1 |
98330f5 | Today we will talking about The challenge of Exploring Venus, what's is venus, where is ubicate venus and why is important talk or learn about this subject or who discovered this mean.
Venus is a planet in our solar system and is the second planet from our sun and occasionally the closest in distance too Earth, Venus, and Mars , in this palnet the scientist can't explore this planet because is so far away from the Heart , and this have some differences, for example; one of these is the speed mean that sometimes we are closer too mars and other times to Venus.
Venus maybe this issue explains why or not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades, scientist said that the atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus, also this planet has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerul earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
We know that Venus is a planet in our solar system but that we really don't know and scientist wants to know is know about if in that planet probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, human wants to conquer some of those planets to live in the future, that's the reason why the scientist are discussing about that, or if the rich peolpe can build some skyscraper or some building for rich people go to travel in Venus.
NASA is working to know more about Venus, another example is if the electricity can works there, or how we can get it,
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, more importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.
Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has values, 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.
We talked about Venus, we know now that human wants no only have more information they want explore and live there, also they want or we wants to know wha't there or if there exist life, but we don't know if Venus got inhabitants is not our planet and we need to leave it, but if we are capable to conquer, our next planet to live in the future would be Mars or also Venus. | 1 |
983602b | Studying Venus can be a good thing to do, you will learn more about the planet and why it is our sister planet to us. You will have a lot of information and reasonings on why it's that planet or why is it close to the sun. The text gives you a lot of information about venus and why it is called that. As it states "long ago when venus was covered with nothing but the ocean", they could of had human life on that planet. You can study venus and maybe found out if there was any human life their besides the oceans that were their. You can be the one who goes to space and can take a look at venus and if it's safe you can probably visit the planet. I suggest that it is a good idea to study venus, you might have a chance to visit the planet venus. | 1 |
983df9c | In the most recent years, people have invented things that they have been planning for years. This article explains how the new system, the Facial Action Coding System, can read a person's emotions by only looking at the muscle movement of the face. This system can not only read one emotion of a person, but read all of their emotions. This will also be a way to know if someone has a real or false smile on. Lastly, it will be able to detect if a student is confused about a lesson in their class. With all of this information and the new technology that has been introduced to the world, this system might be able to accurately read somone's emotions.
The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a system created by Doctor Paul Eckman that can detect a person's emotions. In the painting of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Eckman has found out that Mona Lisa is portraying six emotions: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, and fear. These six emotions could probably not have been detected by a person looking at another person. This system is very modern and with all of the new technology that is in our world, the FACS could be accurate. Most people are not capable of sensing how a person feels. There are times when people have the biggest smile on their face, but they are hiding the fact that they are sad and broken on the inside. Hopefully this new invention will help doctors and psychiatrists with their blank-faced patients.
According to this article, the system will be able to tell if a person has a false or real smile on. This will be helpful especially during political debates. When one person is rallying against the other, one of them will be yelling at the other and the other will look like they are listening, but they are not. Researches can differentiate between a real smile and a fake smile. If a person has a real smile on, their muscles at their cheek bones will lift the corners of the mouth. On the other hand, if the mouth is stretched sideways by the muscles by the cheek bones and another muscle, a person will have on a false smile.
Since the technology has developed greatly over the years, scientists might be able to create a system that will detect when a student is confused about a lesson. Some students do not say anything when they do not understand what the teacher is teaching them. This system will help the teacher to know when one of their students is struggling in their class. Also, it will allow the teacher to be notified when a student is bored or not paying attention. Not only will it benefit the teachers, but the students as well.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System will benefit many people. It will be able to read the emotions of people in paintings, people in general, students in class, and whether or not a person shows a real or false smile. This system will also help psychiatrists to know their patient's state of emotion and hopefully treat them with the right solutions and advice. Since new tecnologies are improved, this new system will be a big and famous invention. | 4 |
9841c2a | I say we should keep the Electoral collage. The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress & election of the president by popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral Collage consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Under the 23rd amedment of the constitution, the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors & treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral Collage. But what's wrong w/ the Electoral Collage, under the electoral collage system, voters vote not for a president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. But in defense of the electoral collage: 5 reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the persident.1)
CERTAINTY OF OUTCOME
-A dispute over the outcome of an electoral collage vore is possible-it happend in 2000-but it's less likey than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning canidate's share of the electoral collage invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote.2)
EVERYONE'S PRESIDENT
-The electoral collage requires a presidental canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region(south,northeast,etc.) Has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the south, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his pularity in states that he knows he will win. This is a desriable result because a canidate w/ only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president.3)
SWING STATES
-The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates-as we saw in [2012's] election-to focus thier campagin efforts on the toss-up states....Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attation to he campagin-to really listen to the competing canidates-knowing that thet are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average (& for futher reason that thwy will have received the most information & attention from the canidates), and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.4)
BIG STATES
-The electoral collage restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-appotionment of the senate decreed in the constituion....The popular vote was very close in florida [in 2012]; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by rhe same margin in wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes. So, other things be equal, a large state gets more attention from presidntial candidates in as campagin than small sate does....5)
AVOID RUN-OFF ELECTIONS
-The electoral collage avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate recives a majority of the votes casts. For example, Nixon in 1968 & Clinton in 1992 bath had only 43% pularity of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the electoral collage (301 & 370 electoral votes,respectively). There is pressure for run-off elections when no canidate wins a majority of the votes casts; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by electoral collage, which invariably produces a clear winner....It can be argued that the electoral collage method of selecting the presindent may turn off potential voters voters for a canidate who has no hope for carrying their state-democrats in texas,for example,or republicans in california. Knowing thier vote will have no effect,they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. But thats why i believe we should stay w/ the electoral collage because we have used this method for so long & yes there were a few hiccups here & there but not every system we use is perfect & for how long we've bee using this one i say why change now!? | 3 |
9844f20 | Even though we have found face marks on mars doen't mean there is life form on mars. I mean that there have been images on earth the same exact way on mars. The image could have happen from the planet doing something or how the ground was form.
The only reason it could have been formed was from the weather on planet because we have not found alien life form on mars or any other planet. It could mean that mars is just like earth because it has some wierd unational design in the crust or on the surface. In the article "Unmasking The Face on Mars they said that what they have found is that the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-Landforms common around the American West."
The scientist have already study and sone test and even scamed the whole planet for alien life form and there was non because they didn't make it.
I am not saying that I don't believe in aliens,I am just saying that aliens did not form this face into the surface of mars. I saying is that the landform shaped it self into a shape of a face. I still believe that there is aliens out there but I have yet to find them. Once again Aliens did not make this object on mars.
Even though scientist have found face marks on mars doesn't mean aliens made it. That land could have done something to make it. The only reason I say that because it hapens on earth too. It happens in the American West and it is very common for it. Scientist have not found alien form on Mars. I am sure we will still keep looking at mars to find other forms like it and we will keep looking for alians too. Even though you see picture of different forms on mars or other planet don't freak out or say it is aliens,just go look for facts and eviedence first and talk to some scientist and have them look at it. The face was not formed by alians. | 3 |
9846f0c | Dear State Senator
In my opinion we should abolish the electoral college because it's not fair to the people who vote, they vote on the president they want but aren't actually voting for them? Thats crazy we should be able to vote on who we want and it should be counted for. it makes everything much more complicated than it is. As it shows in these documents what would happen if a president won not because of popular vote but the amount of electoral votes.
Is it that their scared of having a tie of votes? If that were to happen the election could go to the House of Reprsentatives, where state delegations vote on the president. What if the people dont like their elector? What if the elector chose one president because they wanted to? There are alot of questions to answer whenit comes to the Electota College,it makes everything easier and fair if we vote directly and the candidate with the most popular vote wins.
from: Emily | 2 |
9847730 | Dear Senator
The Electoral College was created by our Founding Fathers. They put this in the Constitution to make electing the President of the United States fair and equal to all the citizens in the United States. The Electoral College should not be changed no matter what. To go against the Constitution would be to go against the nation, for we were built on the leadership of our Founding Fathers and the guidance of the Constitution. This Contitstution was created so that the people have more power than the government. So I strongly believe that the Electoral College should stay the same. It is the governmet that needs to change. There is nothing wrong with the Electoral College, it is just the ones that run it. So if there should be any change, it should be the government that should change, not the Electoral College!
The Ectoral College is a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and by the popular vote of the citizens. When the voting starts the electors come to a meeting place and vote on who they want as President. After the meeting, there has to be a majority of two hundred seventy electoral votes for the election of the president. The electoral College is as I have said it before is fair and equal to all the citizens in the United States. To take this away now would be a catastraphe, because that would mean that all the other presidents in the past would not have even been our Presidents, the history behind them would be rubish and not even true. Some states may have a "winner-take-all" sort of thing but they are together and voting together as on state. Some of them may vote for the other one but the majority of them is for one person. Some of the states believe that it is not even worth it to have a "winner-take-all", because they think it is unfair. Then after the presidential election comes the "Certificate of Ascertainment" which is a list of all those who ran for President and there respective electors.
The electoral college has been around ever since the Constitution was created. It may be unfair now, but if there would have been any changes to the Constitution it would have been done then instead of now. The Electoral College was probably a great idea when the the Constitution fisrt started out. Then the years have gone by and now we want change. Well I see that the Electoral College can be unfair but it is also fair in it's own right. Because of the fiasco in the year of two thousand about the abolishment of the Electoral College, it has left a scare in our nation about the government, because you guys are giving out the information on the candidates to late or not at all. That SUCKS, for most states because they may not even get one advertisment about the candidates any where or even a commercial on T.V. If the vote for the abolishment of the Electoral College does happen, then there is nothing that I can do about it, but you can still change your ways. You can make it fair and not irrational. Even send the "Certificate of Ascertainment" earlier than you have done before now. This is a nation of freedom and peace, how are you trying to keep the peace with other countries if you can not even keep the peace within your own?
The government is the real problem, not the Electoral College. It may be unfair, because the majority of the people may have chosen one person while the electors may choose the other. Then when they add it together it is there vote that counts more than the peoples. If the government had only done the right thing and elected what the people wanted, then no one would have a problem with the Electoral College. It is stupid that the government is listening to what we have to say but not hearing it completly. The Constitution is a document of equality for the people. Not the government. If our nations democracy is a democracy then they should listen more to what the people have to say and not what the government has to say. If the government would do this then things would run more smoothly within our country and there would be less conflict.
This nation is a nation of freedom and peace. Not for a bunch of people who are power hungry. The Electoral College is fair and equal, it is the government that is not. If the government would only change for the better then there would be no problem. This nation is still young compared to all the other countries. They have gotten all there issues taken care of, but we have not. The reason is that some of the officials are power hungry and do things to take care of themselves and not others, but some are not and they want to make this country better. Those are the ones that should stay and not the power hungry ones. They make it fair. So I strongly belive that the Electoral College should stay the same, and that the government should be the one to change.
Frome PROPER_NAME | 4 |
984c897 | Scientists believe Venus is dangers and some think Venus is the "most earth-like planet in our solar system. Some dangers is " not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades." The author makes it clear that there is both good and bad about Venus. Some of the things that readers can notice is that there's a lot of intresting facts about Venus and how little scientist actually know about Venus. Venus is the second planet from the sun and occasionally orbit the sun a different speeds. If Venus is the most earth-like planet then why do scientist find it so hard to find out more about venus. A reason is "800 degrees fanrecheit atmosphere preseure is 90 times greater." Venus is the nearest option for a planetary visit. If " hostile conditions on surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." Many researches are working on innovations that would allow machines to last long enough to contribute knowledge of venus. It would be so cool if scientist and researches could one day come up with an innovation to be able to find more about venus. If venus is actually a second earth-like there can probally be another earth. So yes, venus is worth studying despite the dangers it represents. | 2 |
984e996 | Something big is beginning. Cars are starting to be a questionable need. Of course we need them in some situations. But the sales of cars are declining. People are becoming more united as one. The way it should be. If we worked together, we could accomplish many things. But besides that, cars give off emission that gets trapped in our atmosphere. We need to conserve the ozone layer. Without it, skin cancer is sure to hit hard with the UV rays beating down on us. I believe that cars are becoming outdated. We still need them, but do we really need so many? So many giving off harmful gases and destroying our home? The smog must be clouding our perception of things because we aren't thinking straight. We're destroying our planet because of money. I get off topic because the truth is here and this essay is a way to spread the truth. United as one. We can do anything. We're all equal. Nobody is better than anyone else. No country is better than any other. Anyone's beliefs do not overpower anyone else's. So yeah, cars aren't so bad, but they're not all that good either. We drive past others every day not wondering where they're going. Don't you want to know what you're doing? Yes. You! We're all the same person.
Great minds think alike huh? Well...shouldn't we address the real problem then? Money is a piece of paper. Material. Why do we need it. We PAY for food and water. The things we need to survive. I can understand why we do. But what if we worked manually for a good cause then got payed in food and supplies for that? It could work. We don't aknowledge eachother. It's like we're scared of eachother. I don't why. We're all animals trying to achieve happiness. We can do it. If people stop boxing in their beliefs and limit themselves. The mind once stretched to new ideas, will never return to its original dimensions. Expand your mind. I'm not saying do drugs. Just be more open-minded as we all go home at the end of the day and wonder what everybody else is doing. How do they live? The same as you. Our body is an extension to our soul and our mind is what puts energy out there. Imagine this, your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are seeds. Decide what you want to grow and let it be put out into the physical world.
I don't care what I make on this writing test because, maybe, just maybe my thoughts will be heard by someone who thinks the same. Studies show, there is an increasing talk about something you'd hear in a prophecy type of movie. Indigo children are being born every day into this life the government has set up for us. These children have a keen learning ability and natural IQ of 140. They won't like this new world we are forced to abide by. I, an indigo child, awoken by my own thoughts and the ignorance of this world, must say that through all the things going on out there. There is a change coming to balance out the world again. I'm about done with this because my hand is starting to cramp up. But how can a 16 year old who grew up in Fort Walton Beach, FL, know all this? It's a big world out there and there's a lot to see and I don't plan on leading a government based life. I'm going to live my life the way I want. Money in my pocket or not. I advise you do the same, and find inner peace. Meditate and be spiritual. Not religion-wise. You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. Goodbye. And have a great day. | 1 |
984fbbb | In this artical the author discribes how computers are able to reconize human emtions. In my opinion I think that using tecnology that read peoples emotions in classrooms is invaluable becasue it takes away your privetsey away. I think that because in the aritical it show that the teacher can tell if you are unmotivated or bored and the teacher can change the way that the assinment is worded to make it more interesting.
So if that ever happed I bet someone would just put tapeor some other object to cover the camera so the it can not tell what the peron is doing. Their is always a way to stop some thing on the internet. Also in the artical it tell us that we are going to able to communicate with our computers and I think that that is very wierd, and if we did that I would take away our communication skill with other people even more than it is now.
Having that tecnology would be benifical in other thing instead of a classroom like for the police for interigating other people, in court to see if other people are lying. So the tecnology does have some benifits but I disagree it being used in a classroom for the teacher to see what you are doing. That is the reason that I disagree with having tecnology that reads human emotions in classrooms. | 2 |
9851276 | One of the reasons is that there could be very sick poeple you go by and it might make you sick and sad to see that poeple are sick. Or it could be dead bodies floating in the ocean which might smell bad and make you sick to your stomach. Also feading farm life That will make you STINKY and smell bad. Also where does the "waste" goanyway do they throw it off the edge of the ship? or leave it there?
I would not want to live there for two weeks it would be smelly nasty gross and disgusting.
The ride would be long also I would be very homesick i would miss my family my friends and pets. Also what happens if you crash you you float out to see or get rescued or drown or live on to tell the tale? What would happen to the animals? would THEY drown or THEY float away or They survive or you could get eaten by sharks!
Or get impaled by a storms debrie or get very very SICK! or even worse someone kills you. Now I wouldnt want to be on THAT boat.
For my second to final papagraph I would 1 Not want to get sick. 2 I would not wanna get killed. 3 I would not want to get impaled by debrie. 5 I would not want to get eaten alive. 6 I would not want to see sick or dead poeple on my trip 7 I would not want to crash and get stranded 8 I would not like o drown 9 I would miss my family friends and pets. 10 I would not like to eat rotten or smelly food or drinks.
What would happen if you have to eat the animals then no more food for the poeple who need it and it would be cruel and you cant drink plain ocean water it needs to be distilled and run out of water faster. And if you fall over board you could get left behind or get saved and live to tell the tale or get thrown overboard or get eaten by animals or if the animals die then they get thrown over board and it would be wierd and gross seing animals being pulled along by the current.
So in conclusion I would not want to join the "Sea Cowboys"
or any thing envolving the sea i get very seasick easily around oceananic trips around large oceans/or large lakes. I also have had abd experiences with lakes and even channels. So i know that i would not want to go out on a two week trip on a boat...over a ocean.....where i could die. | 1 |
9852c3d | Hello! My name is Luke and Iam taking part in the "Seagoing Cowboys Program." It is amazing to see how awesome God's nature can be. It feels really good to go to different places and see cool things but know that you are serving God by helping others.
I joined the program for many reasons. I joined because I have a really good friend named Don Reist. He talked to me about how they do things there and how much fun it is. So I thought, if I went and was serving people and helping them survive, would it be good for me, and then I knew that God was calling me to do this and I wanted to do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, so I said, "Yes."
Once I got there, I heard that there were 44 nations and that we were going to form UNRRA, wich meant, (the United Nations Relief nd Rehabilation Administration). Don and I had signed up for the "Seagoing Cowboys," where you take care all of the animals. It wasnt what I had expected, but it was still something that I could serve God for.
I had served for many years and I am very happy that I chose to do this. If I haden't then I would be stuck working a bank and grocery store. So that is my story and my many reasons why you should join our group and make the world a better place!
In conclusion, I think that you should totally join. If you are thinking about it then that is just fine. Just think quik! | 2 |
9853a17 | "Driverless Cars Are Coming" is a great article and makes a lot of great points about this product. My opinion on driverless cars is I think it's a great idea. Also there could be a down side to this product as well.
A public-transportation taxi system that use half the fuel of today's taxis would be a great idea. It would be great for the environment, as well as us as people. This system woul for sure change the world. The Google cars that work independantly have driven half a million miles withough a collision. Which is great because there goes a lot of injured people and totalled cars that people need as transportation. At the same time, these cars still need a human to operate them under certain conditions such as, puling in and out of places, driving through construction places or car accidents. The idea of the cars running on a track is a grea tidea as well, but there is just no time to fix all these roads to make our cars driverless. Also the cost of this would be too expensive. Also if the car could opperate on its own, I would think that the driver would be even more careless than they already are and would pay even less attention. If the car would still need the driver to be alert in case of needing to take over, drivers would just be more tempted to look away and do other things while driving, and then if the car needed the driver to take over they will have already crashed because the driver was distracted by something else. In my opinion driverless cars is a goof idea in some ways, but in other ways they are dangerous. They are nice to have, but only if you are able to be responsible with them. You need to be able to have self dicipline to be able to operate a car like this and stay alert even if the car is driving for you. Anything can happen in a split second. A plus side to them would be if you are someone that works in the city and always has to sit and wait in rush hour, then this would be a good car for you to have. The car would drive for you in this mess, so you wouldn't get so tired of it. But something that I would worry about personally is trusting the car to do it's job. It is a machine, it could malfunction and make a mistake. Like if it doesn't stop when the rest of the traffic does and it rear-ends someone. Or it doesn't go when the rest of the traffic does and someone rear-ends you. It could be dangerous, and the car messing up like that would't be the buyers fault, it is just still something I would worry about as a driver of a driverless car.
The points made in this article are very helpful to understand the progress being made with driverless cars. They would definitely benefit us in the future, and make car pileups a thing of the past. | 2 |
98569e1 | Limiting car usage has many advantages. Such as putting a lot less pollution in the air and having your stress level go down letting you spend time with your family and friends. When we put pollution in the air it ruins our beautiful ecosystem. When driving a car you have to stress about how much gas you have or you stress about if you are going over the speed limit.
The first advantage to not having cars is we limit the amount of pollution in the air. Did you know that in Europe you cause up to twelve percent of its greenhouse gas, and in the US you cause up to fifty percent of that gas, that just goes in the air causing the air that we breath to become polluted. Some ways to prevent this is to car-pool with someone or just to walk there and not drive, you get to help the envirnment and you get your daily workout as well. Some countries have taking the role of taxing anyone who wants to use a car. Like in France, who has a tax policy that makes people choose diesel intead of regular gasoline. France has over sixty-seven percent of cars that run on diesel fuel. Paris has banned the use of cars do to the huge amount of smog they are having.
The second advantage for limiting the usage of cars is lowering your stress level and being able to spend time with family and friends. To help with this some countries have programs that provide people with bikes and other forms of transportation in order for people to get to work. When people don't drive cars and walk with their kids to drop them off at school then go to work it keeps the traffic and all the stress that comes with it down to an all time low. When summer time comes around teens can organize what they do and who they hang out with based on where they are and how far they want to walk to get there.
So limiting the usage of cars has many significant advantages like less pollution and being able to spend time with family and friends while lowering your stress level. So before you get in your car and drive to wherever you are going just take a second and think, can I walk there instead. | 4 |
985e46a | The evolution of cars have mostly been focussed towards design and fuel efficientcy for many years, rather than a way to have a car that helps the driver drive. Cars are a big part of Many people's lives so it would make sense to improve on the machine thats most people use daily. The safty of this technology may scare some people at first nomous but the car compnay will assure the safety of the consumers. This innovative technology may not be accepted at first, but many experts already projected a time when this will be seen as common.
These cars can help with accedent prevention because the LIDAR tecnology can react quicker than humans can. Another example of this car showing more safety is that it will stay to the regulate speed instead of going over it. Not only does this work for safety but it can also be more efficient by going on the fastest route with its built in GPS.
Although the benefits are there, people will continue to be scared of this technology. This technology was not possible in the past, so many people weren't aware of it. This could be the reason why some are against the idea of autonomous cars.
Most people do not like change and this could be the reason why some are against this idea of a self driving car. Even though some people are resistant to change at first, many time they will give in and in turn, like the change. People may be scared of deciding who is at fault for an accedent, but the technology malfunctioning is just unlikely. Google has shown this by sending their own autonomous car that had gotton into only one accedent. That one accedent may sound scarey, but it wasn't the autonomous car's fault. Human error is many times more likely than the technology failing and the law will insure that the companies include safety features with the car
Although this new idea may be frightening at first, many experts already project a time when this technology will be common. Many people may not like this concept and many will simply not have it. Having this available for public use does not mean that everyone has to get one of these cars, it is just better for people who do want them. Once the safety measure are shown to be profficient enough, there will be no reason to not have this technology on the streets. | 4 |
9862595 | Driverless cars to me are not such a bad idea; however it is also not the brightest idea as well. Me personally I wouldn't want to drive a driverless car because I would not feel safe. Technology is something big in our generation, and even though I love it, I would not want to be in a car I couldn't control myself.
The first reason I am against driverless cars is because of mine, and others safety. People these days are very lazy. Technology does almost everything for us nowadays. If driverless cars become very popular I feel there will be more accidents. People will be texting and driving , and not paying attention to the road. Another big issue for me is falling asleep! Not having to put in so much work when driving the car will make it rather difficult to stay awake. "Traffic laws are written with the assumption that only safe cars has a human driver in control at all times." Driving a car where you have to do all the work is already hard to stay awake while doing , so why make the job easier by having your car do it for you ?
Some people may be for the driveless cars but in most states they're illegal. Some states are premitted to using semi-autonomous cars, such as : California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. Driverless cars are not relaible and if they were good cars and one-hundred precent safe they'd be legalized everywhere. Anything can go wrong with driving a driverless car. What if something goes wrong with the car its self; or when its system shuts down and doesnt notify you for all the things that it would if it were on.
Driverless cars are not the best idea ,it may seem cool but if it doesn't forsure keep everyone safe and is not even legalized in all 50 states , it is a bad idea. This is why I am , and will always be against driverless cars. | 3 |
9867a99 | Dear Senator, I'm writting you a letter because I think that we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the united states than keeping the Electoral College. The reason why I think that we should change to popular voting is because every one will be able to have a say in who becomes president.
With the Electoral College, if you want to vote for a certain president, you are actually voting for electors who are pledged to a certain candidate and would place a vote for the candidate they pledged to to make them president.
The pont is, those electors can be bad people looking for power. Besides, it wouldn't be a fair game if the Electoral College did that. So in order to make it equal, I would like to switch to a popular vote election. But eiither way, a president is still chosen.
"The single best argument against the Electorala College is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people.
Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succceeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.) In the same vein, "faithless" electors ahve occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. . . Oh, and what if a state sends two slates of electors to Congress? It happened in Hawaii in 1960. Luckily, Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the Senate, validated only his opponent's electors, but he made sure to do so "without establishinga precedent." What if it happened again?" Excerpt from "The Indefendable Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong" from Mother Jones By Bradford Plumer. | 2 |
98685fe | Exploring Venus might seem dangerous for some people, but others believe Venus is a worthy puruit despite the dangers it presents. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author supports the main idea of the article which is "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents". There are many ways he supports his main idea, Three in which are very interesting.
First, Venus has many Earth-like features that might make it seem that life used to exist on Venus. For example in paragraph 4, the author says, "long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". He also says, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediments and includes familiar features such as vallys, mountains, and craters". This is important because we could find lots of information about living organisms on Venus. These two quotes also help us understand why its important to explore Venus no matter how dangerous it may seem.
Second, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. The researchers would have to get close to Venus in order to get valuable information. In paragraph 6 the author says, "Scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges". This quote helps uderstand that in order to get valuable information of Venus, we have to take risks and learn how to overcome challenges. If we graduly keep working on how to overcome challenges, we can infer that it might be easier to go to Venus and get valuable information despite the risks.
Lastly, humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Paragraph 8 says, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". This quote helps us understand that it is a worthy pursuit to explore Venus despite the dangers because it is important for us to expand the very edges of immagination and innovation. Although curiosity may lead to great challenges, it is important for us to overcome them.
In conclusion, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. He also uses three supporting details. First, Venus has many Earth-like features that might make it seem that life used to exist on Venus. Second, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Lastly, humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. These three supporting details help us uderstand the reasoning of the author and what he believes. | 4 |
986ba2f | I firmly believe that technology like this would greatly improve schools all across the nation. Statistics show that students who tend to be more bored or confused in class, dont do so well in school.
The passage stated that "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated with each characteristic movements of the facial muscles" (D'Alto paragraph 3). That explains how incredibly smart the FACS machine is. If it can recognize the emotions of a painting that was made hundreds of years ago, then it can definetly tell the emotions of the students in todays age.
Another great reason why this machine would be greatly appreciated is because it could improve your daily mood. The passage stated that "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on you screen, a similar might follow. But if you frown, the next add will be different" (D'Alto paragraph 6). With that statement, it shows that the FACS machine will be able to collect you emotions and then show you something different to improve that current emotion.
So in conclusion, I believe that this technology can greatly improve schools anywhere in the world. If something so small can simply just improve youre mindset, by just scanning you face; it is definetly needed in our schools. | 3 |
986dd49 | The advantages of limiting car usage is that many people needs a car for certain reasons and some may not because they would rather walk, take the bus, or may ride their bikes. Having a car may come in handy to some people because they are organize to have summer jobs and have social life around where they can walk and take public transportation or may even car pool with friends. People who do live in cities often take the bus, walk, and cabs if needed to.
Not all have cars in big cities because it cost more for gas and some probably can't drive. Since driving is becoming more big in life more teenagers and young adults are driving more often. Living in the suburbs you'll will need to drive because everything isn't close by each other it's more distance so maybe you'll probably have to walk or may ride a bike to get where your trying to go.
"With all these changes people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habbit." Well because they may feel that having something to do with a car may cost them alot. Not alot of people can afford cars and what the car needs for it to work properly instuff. People who did have a car were always intense because they never knew what can happen with the car.
Transportantion for America is a fast growing coalition of hundreds of groups in the United States. They want people in the community that live in the suburbs to pay more because using a car cost more than living in cities in that when your living in the cities you really wouldn't have that much to do because it's walking distance.
If your living on an island you probably wouldn't need a car that much because everything is like near or to close. Having a car on a island isn't really much needed to be honest you would barely use it which would be a waste of money for half of the stuff you may use to get on the car. | 2 |
986ea58 | Would you say that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers? Studying Venus can become a little difficult for people due to the dangers of the planet. Scientists are discovering further visits to the surface of this planet. The author does support the idea very well by saying that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The reasons for me supporting the idea is because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system which has fascinated astronomers, and it can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.
One reason is it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. For example, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. This means that Venus still has some features that are analogous to the planet Earth. Furthermore, Venus can sometimes be oue nearest option for a planetary visit,a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.
In conclusion, Venus is a worthy pursuit despit the dangers of this planet. My only reason is that it may well have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Sometimes it can be our nearest option for a planetary visit instead of the other planets. The returning of Venus seems indisputable from a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. | 3 |
98702c4 | Did you know that there is a progarm called the Seagoing Cowboys?
The Seagoing Cowboys is a program for cowboys that ride the waves caring for animals.
They care for animals that live on a land that just got destroyed.
There are a bunch of stories about their history.
They have been on the most dangerous assignments.
First of all, there is a reason that you should join.
That reason is to save a lot of animals.
Another reason that you should join this program is that this is right after World War 2, so animals need foof and water.
There is an organization called the
UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) and there is only so much that group can do.
On the other hand, about this Seagoing Cowboys program, you can go anywhere in the world like Europe or China.
You have to make sure that you have enough supplies on the boat to care for the animals.
LIke if u have horses, then you would have hay and oats.
You can also take as many animals as your ship can hold.
One of the boats had 335 horse and still had enough hay and oats to feed them.
For the record, one more reason that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to go site seeing when ever you want.
You could go see a national landmark while you are on the job.
I remember this one person that was a Seagoing Cowboy, he went to Greece.
The toughest part of this job was going over a bunch of water and getting the animals back to where they belonged.
It would be so cool to be a Seagoing Cowboy.
To sum up my findings, I thought that this passage was a great example o fa job to do if you love animals.
I hope people consider this job.
For th future, do whta you think is right and never give up if you wnat to go sme where.
You should always follow your dreams even if you don't want to, cause one day that dream might come true. | 3 |
9870786 | i think that it could be used in class rooms so that way teachers and other students know what kind of mood the student is in so that way when they go to talk to someone they dont talk to somebody that is mad and the student that is mad say something rude to the person that is trying to be nice and just see how there day is going and i also think it can be usefule for students that are sad so that was school counseilers can talk to them and maybe see what is going on with the student maybe they are being bullied or maybe they just have some personal things going on at home so all around i just think that it can be usefule i mean im sure there would be times its not usefule because maybe people dont want to share there emotions with teachers but not only teachers but other students maybe they dont like people knowing there busness because i know a lot of people thats like that, that holds everything in and never talkes about there problems because they are scared or they dont want people to jude them witch i could understand that cause thats almost all anybody dose is juge and think that they are better or that they are perfict but there not but i do think that it can be usefulle. | 2 |
9878caf | I'm here to tell you that the face on mars is not the face to a martian, but there is always both sides to a situation like this. I'm a scientist and there are some explanation to why this face exsict on both sides. My side is that the face on mars could be seen wrong, it could be a pile of rocks, and there is many wierd things on this planet with weird shapes, it cant always be martians or aliens.
So to start this off it could be a alien but there is a strong possibility that its not either. First the face is way to larg to be an actual face, it say it the artical the it is measured in meters, thats almost impossible. It also says in the artical that the face on mars was just an illusion caused by the shadowing on the rocks to make it look like a face. If you look furter into the artical it says that everytime they went across the planet that it looked exactly the same.
It is a real debate on whether the face is real or not. There is also strong evidence on both sides, but NASA has alot of proof that it isn't an alien, they could be hiding it or they can be wrong. | 2 |
987afbf | When I was reading this article, it brought to my attention that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
It says that " venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. I think the author supports the idea because, he talks about how he got so many reasons why the mission was successful or not, this also has a reputation.
This was very previous when i decided to support this idea.
Although, this author is very intelligent and experienced alot of things, i will support him in many reasons because The National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration has one part compelling idea for sending humans to study venus, he thinks its so good that now he telling people to check it out. If he had gave up on this support that he had, Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying uo and out of their way.
I agree with him on alot of things that hes done that's why i support him, he tries to provide healthier weapons and materials that would be safe to use. When he intervented this it says that many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to distribute the forceful interaction to our capability of the since of Venus. I support him because he makes it recognizable to see his point of view on this.
It must be scary to live up in Venus or mars. | 1 |
98837a5 | In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present.The uses many great suporting details to suppert the idea.The nature of Venus was very intense.
One way the author support the idea is that he/she talk about the temperature on the planet Venus.In the passage,the author uses "On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 fahrenhiet,and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greter han what we experience on our own planets."The author uses that to explain how hot it is at veus and how much the pressure is compare to earth.The author also stated that "such an environment would crush even s submarine accustomed to driving to the deepest part of out ocens and would liquefy many metals.'The quote explain that anything metals or not would get destroyed on the surface of venus.
The author also support the idea by comparing how venus used to look like to the venus today.In the passage it say "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth." The quote show the defference of Venus long time ago and today.There wouldnt had been a challenge if the old venus still exist today.In the text is says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains,and craters."The quote explain some of the features that Venus have compare to earth still.
In conclusion,the author details on supporting the idea was fantastic because he/she give great details about venus.Even tho it was dangerous at venus,scientist are still trying to discover more arts of venus and get more explanation on the surface of venus. | 3 |
9885293 | In America, cars have been an integral part of our culture; from the Model T. Ford to the Mustang cars have cemented themselves into our mindset. But currrently cars are starting to cause a lot of problems to people such as: car accidents, pollution, and just leaving areas to crowdy. One of the main problems that cars globally cause is smog emission which is caused by the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions and can cause difficulty in breathing, lung cancer and rampant air pollution. However, in other parts of the world people are limiting car usage to almost banning them all out completly in certain areas in order to be more environmentally freindly and reducing air pollution. By limiting car usage in America people can benefit from less pollution, a more positive community impact and alternative vehicles in place of cars.
In North America, pollution has been a major problem for citizens in many ways. Besides power plants, the second main source of pollution are cars, as they release harmful chemicals and gases like smog which can cause congestion and when too much and inhaled on a daily basis, can lead to lung cancer. By limiting car usage people can benefit more to the people; for example in Paris,France a partial driving ban was enforced in order to clear the air of smog after days of near-record pollution. By doing this congestion was brought down by 60 percent helping to majorly clear the air and make breathing better for people.
In Vauban, Germany residents of the area have been called suburban pioneers due to gibving up their cars. By doing this people were able to be more happy and enjoy life more. For example, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," this aids the argument that by banning or limiting car usage people are able to be much calmer and benefit more. In Bogota, Colombia during "Car-free day" for the first time two colombian cities joined Bogota in this unique event. there more parks and sports centers for people were placed, the sidewalk were smoothe and more business and commercial areas were opened up for people. This further shows that pweople can benfit greatly without having cars.
Throughout the world wherever cars have been limited or banned there has always been one constant, new alternative transportation. In China in order to help reduce the absurd amount of smog and air pollution, chinese citizens resorted to using bikes leading to a drop in smog levels. By limiting cars and replacing them with alternative transportation people can be much safer from more dangerous situations, such as car acsidents hurting people, keeping dunk drivers away from the steering wheel, and being able to save more money from not buying a car. Though some alternate vehicles are not fast enoguh for example bikes, this has been remedied in some areas by allowing free public transit from buses and taxi services.
Throughout all of these benfits people can benfit more greatly but that's not enough. In 2012 during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford proposed a business plan in where partnering with the telecommunication industry to create cities where "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation trafic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."-"The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Through bright ideas like the advantages of limiting cars can be fully realized and brought to life in order to help and save more people from negative aftereffects. In America if people were to cut down on car use people could benefit from less pollution, a more positive community impact and alternative vehicles in place of cars. | 4 |
9888e23 | I strongly disagree they sound not use a computer to express how people feel, I think if a person wants you to know how they feel they will tell you. As the passive provides, "Empathy ( feeling someone ele's emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions" (Nick D'Alto). This showes the readers that really anyone can change there emotions and make you think they feel this way because we have the ability to change just how we feel, we have self control over it. people can creat a facial expression like how they do in acting when they computure reads your face. So if i person wants to express how they feel wth other they will tell you, but you dont need technolgy to have a person tell u how they feel." For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face" ( Nick D'Alto). This showing that a human eye can detect the emotion by a facial expression." Imagin a computer that knows when you're happy or sad" ( Nick D'Alto) First off that would be creepy but, most important can a computure change the way you feel by telling you how you feel? Wouldnt you know how you feel? " A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confusted or bored," DR . HUnang predicts. If you look at a students face you can tell by they way there face expression is that they are confused or bored. Plus you in school most likley your bored. If a student is confused they are also able to ask any questions. Most students feel stupid when they as what something is or what it means, but not asking doesnt help. So you can truly tell how people feel. | 3 |
988f23b | THere has been quite a lot of recent talk of which the national government should keep the Electoral COllege, or change to an election by popular vote for the president of the UNited states. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress"(Source 1: What is the Electoral College? by the office of the federal register). IT has been established by the founding fathers to make a compromise between popular vote and election vote in congress. Popular representation is a vote for qualified citizens to take an individual vote cast to the state which then is transfered to a representative whole. Thre are many good effects this popular representation has on the country, but the Denator should keep the Electoral College without a shout of a doubt.
one of the most important reasons we should keep the electoral college process is that in this process, states pay much more attention to the electors due to having swing states. the people who decide on our president should be most intrigued and the most concerning ones. "Voteres in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign - to really listen to the competeing candidates- knwing htat theu are going to decide the election(in defense of the electoral college: five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president, by richard a. posner, subtitle Swing States)". MAny voters that are in swing states, which are stated that cast the majority of votes in the system with higher amounts of population, therefore congress representatives.
another reason why the gov shouyld keep the elctoral college is because it resorts unwanted balance. "there is no pressure for run-off elections when no candidtate wins a mojority of the votes casy; that pressuire mwhich would greatly cvomplicate the presidental election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner" so what this quote from the passage is saying is that no candidate recieves a majority if the votes cast, due to each states fair rep of the population without being overwhlemded by the most populated states such as florida, california, and trexas. While you may believe that the popular representaion vote may be overwhelmingkly more accurate to the people wants , you are wrong. the electoral college is a processs in whic hgives the people wants in a state to an elector who then gives yiou an equal chance onf voting for what youo pleased. he may be the "biggest" or "smallest" amount of electoral votes, but as a state in a whole yu may recieve a big surprise that there is no clear winner as each [president may not be just familiat with one region such as the north east, or the southwest, etc.
so as you can see, the government should keep an electoral colllge process instead of the popular representation vote. it would be greatly appreciated to the United States People who may be under informed of how grest an oppurtunity for an idea such as this to vome up, or they might be over informed of fallicy iinformatio of our election process now. either way, theyu should know what a great process this is | 4 |
9898612 | In the pasage "Seagoing Cowboys." The article states that Luke said that "His friend
Don Reist invited him to go to europe in a cattel boat,Luke couldn't say no." He also said it was a opertunity of a laftime and that he couldn't pass it.Luke thought it was a really good opertunity so he took it and he was off to being a "Seagoing Cowboy" with his friend Don.They traveled great distances across the world.He traveled across the alantic more then any other person in the UNRRA because, he loved his job.
Also luke said that he got to help animals. Luke traveled around to china and a few other places to help them out because, a war had just endend.Luke was one the many people apart of "UNRRA" wich stands
for "United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaion. Luke loved his job he said
"besides helping people and geting to see europe and china was amazing.They took animals and people back so they could be safe and ok. They gave them medical treatment.
Luke really liked being a "Seagoing Cowboy" he is an insperation and he showed that helping people is in amazing thing to do. He also show that even being from a small town with enough heart and leadership you can achieve amazing goals.He also went across the alantic ocean a numerous amout of times.He did it the most out of all the "Seagoing Cowboys". He loved to help animals and people . At the end of the day he got the job done. Luke went on this huge adventure
all because he went with his friend on a cattle boat and he had an amazing adventure. | 3 |
989bfc1 | As we get older we want to travel to more places and get there faster, what if their was a quicker way without using cars. Certain places have been introducing a new concept, they calll themselves suburban pioneers. They live in places that have little or no cars, besides for the occassional bus, and all the stores that they would normally drive to are much closer now. Their are many benificial points to this new way of life such as a dramatic drop in greenhouse gasses, a stress free way to live, and also who doesn't desire to save a buck or two. If people start to limit the usuage of cars this planet might actually become a safer more joyful place to live.
In the past years greenhouse gasses have skyrocketed. The ozone layer is now trapping car exhaust fumes in earth and leading to what some might call global warming. Summer becomes hotter and longer, vice versa with winter. The U.S alone is to blame for up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emission. In europe it's 12 percent which is still quite a grave deal. Causes of not cutting back on the use of cars leads to tragic events such as the one that unfolded in Paris. Thier was so much smog in the air from motorized cars that for five days no one could start their cars unless they had a wish of paying a pricey fine. If people start to diminish the use of cars we can restore this humble planet to its former glory.
Forking out money for a car and having the luxory of fixing it up everytime a piece falls off or something malfunctions can become expensive quite rapidly. Who doesn't crave to save money anyways? Those who have chosen the suburban pioneer way of living have saved enormous enough of money. They don't have to pay for the insurance of the car and they don't have to pay to fix up the ole' rust bucket. Though some would rather have a car, but those who drive do the honors of car pulling which might not be the most time saving mechanism but in the long run it truely is beneficial. Also the government gains from all this. The government pays to build highways and roads for your car, but if cars aren't so common as time goes by roads get shorter and people start to get paid more because of all the money that the government is saving. Though money can't make us happy is still is an important piece to own in life.
In retrospect cars cause a lot of stress related problems. Everyone has one of those days where they wake up late and then suddenly remember that they have to get across town in a few minutes. Yes a car could get you there in less than no time, but wouldn't it be much simpler if you could just walk a closer distance. With the desecration of cars, stores and outlets would be much closer to your home. The stress of forgetting something at home and then having to drive 30 minutes to go get it would be diminished. Families could have more interaction with each other which means a closer bond could be formed. Receting the number of cars wouldn't be such an inhuman thing to do if you knew that the outcome was far more appealing.
To sum up, limiting the number of cars that roamed this earth would be more of a gain than a loss. Cars create hazardous gasses that are released into the air that are slowly but surely rendering us useless. Cars also cause safety hazards that can lead to a stressful environment. Plus if you don't use a car as often or get rid of it all together you can retain money for more important matters such as bills for your house or maybe a well deserved vacation. The posibilities are endless if we begin to limit the use of cars. | 5 |
989e354 | I am against this Facial Action Coding System because how diffcult it will be for these teacher to put this modification in every school and computer. How long would it take for this project to happen, will it work, going through all this can be a problem, why would we need all this if we can ask one simple question to all the students "Are you ok?" Even if the school wants this we will need to take each of the students picture and modify it into a "3-D computer model program" as said in paragraph 3 we have 44 major face muscles which they will need to go into to that program and modify it. Every kid has mixed emotions one day they can be happy one day they can be sad, angry, and or stressfull. This Program can not improve or prove how us students are feeling, We would be happy and the computer program pops up with anti-depression pills, Computers are like us humans we mess up sometimes and we arent always right.
Like what i said we can ask the students directly without any expensive computer programs, with one little questions "are you ok?" "Are you doing fine?" "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on his/her face. we won't be needing these 3-D facial modifications, sometimes people can be smilling but deep inside they could be mad,sad, angry,glad. I don't think it matters about the face it matter about the heart, nobody can tell how you're feeling with just a face. If you're watching a sad movie and you're crying your happy but sad at the same time how can a computer program no that you're really not sad but happy. Just be cause our muscles movement proves how we feel it can be impossible for this Program to work in the future, it may sound like a good idea they can test but we have billions of people millions or schools how can this one program improve a school yes it shows and might help but how can it be possible.You can have 40 people in one room and have a computer look at there faces and see if they are mad,sad,or happy. They all will have
a straight face, In my opinion " We as in humans can tell and sometimes not tell if he/she is happy or sad
But computers can't tell either but one thing we can say in my previous sentence." Ask "Are you OK?" thats easy as that.
In my statment, Computer are advancing but they go farther where they learn humans constitics, It will be scary where we look into the webcam feeling happy and it tell us to go out side how ask why you are happy. Being paranoid as we humans are we would report this to somebody we dont want to be messed around with, we just wanna be ourself and not want others to know how you're feeling, If where sad or even depressed we have friends and family to help us, Why should a computer tell us how our friend is feeling and if they need help where we can do it ourselves. If computers are smarter than us how are we going to improve more. As i close my statement against The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) these computer will not help or even improve with our life style just go in a class and ask "How everyone is doing" and there's your answer. | 4 |
98a1e0f | Have you ever thought about how the world would be if our cars drive for us? Inventers are trying to make that happen but driverless cars come with a lot of prons and cons. It can be a good thing but also a very bad thing in some situations.
Driverless cars can help us a lot. Such as if an person doesnt have legs but still want to get around and, doesnt always want to wait on someone to come get them. Driverless help so they can start to move around on there own more often. Another reason it can help is it takes half the fuel it does than the cars we have now. Also its more flexibility than a bus, you dont have worry about missing the bus or loosing you bus pass. You just have to get in your own car and go and come as you please. The driverless car can go more than half a million miles with no crash. And the car alerts you when its needed, during heavy traffic or pulling our drive ways and, going in reverse and navigating through roadwork or accidents.
Driveless cars also has its cons and could hurt humas. When the driveless car alerts the person to take over what if they cant? What if the person doesnt has legs to take over the car, what are the supposed to do ? Laws are written with the assumption that onlysafe car has a human driver in control at all times. Technology messes up all the time. And that can occur during a person driving and can cause them to be injured or death. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- driver or the manufactuer? Sometimes its hard to debat that question which is another reason why its hard to pass the law for driverless cars. Driverless cars are going to make people think thats its okay to text while the car is driving , which takes there attention off the car. And It could be their time to take over they wouldn't know because they are texting. Also with the driverless car gives people to much freedom in the car such as, to move around more or look back and do make-up , everything but pay attention.
My position is that we should keep cars how they are now. I feel that if we made it this far with driving for ourselves our riding the bus why cant we just contuine? Driverless cars are dangerous and just a waste. If a person doesnt want to drive than they have the opition of riding the bus or riding in a taxi. I feel that driverless cars is going to make the work even more lazy than we already are being told.
Have you took deep thought until how the world would be with driverless cars? Driverless cars could be a big help in a lot of ways. Driverless cars can be a hurt in a lot of ways. | 4 |
98a232d | The author of the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" thinks that it is smart to pursue the study of the planet because it is close to Earth, it would give us worthy information about it's physical composition, and the plans being created to explore the planet are valid and reasonable. In the article, the writer shows us how closely Earth and Venus are related. The author uses evidence such as, "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This not only gives us a size comparison, but also a distance comparison between the two, causing us to want to study the planet too. Also, the author also uses the fact, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system," which leads us to further our belief on how the planets are so similar.
In addition to being closely related to Earth, the author also believes that studying Venus would give us valuable information on the planet, and what it has to offer. The author throws out examples like, "samples of rock, gas, or anything else." Even though the author is saying that getting these samples would be dificult to recieve from a distance, he/she is still using these examples as evidence to make us want to explore the surface of Venus.
Finally, the author believes the plans that are being created to study Venus are reasonable and valid. He/she uses the evidence, "NASAs possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." The author uses this to give us insight on one of the plans NASA is creating, and why it is worth investigating. In paragraph five, the author uses the comparison, "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms." This text is talking about how the shuttle NASA would use would be able to dodge some of the dangers of of the planet. The author believes that this could work, and thinks that it is a compelling reason to further our investigation on the planet Venus.
For the reasons that Venus close to our planet, it would give us worthy information about it's physical composition, and the plans being created to explore the planet are valid and reasonable, the author believes that exploring the surface of the planet Venus is a worthy pursuit. | 4 |
98a5094 | Dear state senator,
Changing the vote from voting for a slate of electors to popular vote would be reasonable. I think that having to vote for a slate of electors is pretty hard knowing that you're basically just voting for people that's with one president or another president. Popular vote is a good idea because you can get a bit more accuracy from the votes.
Electorial college has 34 electors who "Can be anyone not holding office" also voters can get confused about who they're voting for. "Perhaps the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electorial vote." If there was a tie, it would have to be "thrown to the House Of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president." We really dont want the House Of Representatives solving a tie for us. Unlike the popular vote where there is re-counts, the electorial college has none of that. If its a tie it gets passed on to another group.
Popular votes are more ideal because you actually have a chance of the person you voted for actually becoming president. If there's a tie, re-counts are established. Popular votes also don't have "disaster factors". This also has a less chance of a dispute erupting like it did in 2000 with the electorial vote. With popular vote, you are guaranteed that you know who you're voting for and you don't have the possible chance that you've just voted for the guy you highly dislike. Popular votes had also won the election for President Barack Obama. Where if it were electorial college, it would have taken a long time for the winner of the vote is announced. | 3 |
98a7e68 | If you join the program you can see alot of stuff that not that many people get to see at all the text states,"Luke also toured an excavated castle in crete and marveled at the panama canal on his way to china."
if you do you get to help people and help animals. It is cool because you go around at sea alot. The text states," Luke had made nine trips --the most of any Seagoing cowboy." you get to do fun stuff to like play games and outdoor activites. most of the time if oyu are not careful and don't look oyu could get hurt and the fall off the ship. you go to alot of cities and countries. oyu have to be ready though cause if you are not you might not know what is going on for every body. that is why you should go and do that program because it is really fun and you do alot of cool stuff and do alot of cool stuff so you should do it and go around the world and have fun doning it. | 2 |
98a7fbf | Did you know that NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was the first spacecraft of any sort to see the mysterious face on Mars? This mysterious face was first discovered in 2001. I am a scientist from NASA that has been researching this unusual, shadowy likeness of a human face since about twenty-five years ago. My name is Ellie. I get all sorts of questions and opinions asked to me about the human face. Some people say that they do not think that it's real, and that NASA is just making it up to get more people to notice us. Well, that would be wrong, considereing that we have pictures to prove it. We know that the face is just a natural landform because the pictures show it to be almost equivalent of a mesa or butte, and it looks identical to the Middle Butte in Idaho.
We know that the shadowy likeness of a human face is just a natural landform because is looks almost equivalent to a mesa or a butte. We have many questions asking things like, " How do you know that aliens didn't form it?"
and, "How do we know that this picture is not photoshopped to get NASA more commercial business?" The answer is we don't know exactly what formed it, but our research shows that it is a natural landform. First of all, pictures do not lie, especially that camera that we took it with. We took the picture with using a camera's absolute maximum resolution. In this camera, "each pixel in the 2001 images spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo" as we know from our research. Also, the mysterious landform that we captured looked like a mesa or a butte- landforms that are common around the American Midwest. to add to that, the Face takes the same shape as a lava dome and the same height. Not only does the face look almost equivalent to a mesa or butte, but it also looks almost identical to most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Another reson that we know that the Face is just a natural landorm is because it looks almost identical to a landform is Idaho. People send NASA emails, and letters asking questions. One of our most states opinions is," Just because it looks like a landform on Earth doesn't mean anything. Things might be different there and there could be aliens there." Yes that could be true, but our research and pictures also prove it to be wrong. The first snapshot of the Face was captured was a long time ago. Since then our camera and photo quality has improved. Today we now have way better pictures of the Face than we did over twenty-five years ago. That means that we can see the landform better and look at the different characteristics of the landform. Then after we looked at the characteristics, we found that the Face had almost the exact same size, shape, quality of a landform in Idaho, United States. Also, one of our researches stated the definition of the Middle Butte. He stated,"That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face in Mars. Thousands of web surfers had been anxiously waiting for images for NASA to be revealed. Until one day we released the pictures. As we knew already, web surfers found that there was "no alien monument after all" as we know from our research. We also released how we took the picture. We had a picture taken by a camera on board MGS, but it had to peer through clouds. Then people started saying statements like," Perhaps alien markings were hidden by haze." Once again, that cannot be true because the characteristics and qualities of the Face look exactly like a part of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Now you have been proved wrong, and I hope all your questions were answered about the Face, or at least the questions that were stated in the article. we have done a lot of research on this mysterious human face, and found that it was not created by aliens. We know that it is a landform because it looks like a mesa or a butte, and it looks almost identical to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Therefore, this Face is just a landform. | 4 |
98b9976 | The electorial colledge should be done with. we just need to get rid of it and why do i think this you may ask well becouse we dont really get to choose who goes into office the electorial colledge does. why do we even vote when we dont really get to choose who goes into office there gonna do what they want to anyway. so i do think that we should get rid of the electorial colledge.
what is the point of us waisting are time voting. the people should have the right to choose who goes into office and who leads there country. if you wont let them choose then why would you tell them that every vote matters and that there vote really could make a differece becouse it wont. now does the electorial colledge normally do what thy are supposed to yes but do they always no there gonna pick who ever they like more. thats one reason that i think that the electorial colledge should be gotten rid of.
im not shure but why do we even have an electorial colledge if all they do is chose the votes from are votes we dont need people to choose themselves all we need is a person that can tally up all of the votes or a machine im pretty shure that most voting is electronic now so thats even easier all you need is a computer. so that would save money not having to pay for a whole bunch of people to be doing it themselves.
thats what i think about the electorial colledge mr. senetor so maybe you can help out and get rid of the electorial colledge. if the government did get rid of the electorial colledge then a lot of people including me would be a lot happier. i do not know vary many detail or any of the stuff that the electorial colledge does besides tally and help pick who should be the president and i think that they may even help pick the senetor of stats but i do not know so i cant say for shure for shure we may actually have full controll of who are senetor is. all that i am trying to say is that if we have freedom then why do they tell us that we get to pick who rules or who helps govern the united states of amerca so they shouldnt say every vote counts and that everyone should vote becouse why should we it really in truely doesnt matter who we piccked any ways so thats all that i know about the electorial colledge and all i can say about it but definetley get rid of the colledge. thanks for the time and dont forget we do not like the electorial colledge at all so destroy it and dont let it come back. | 3 |
98bb413 | Driverless cars are a good invention to have because they can prevent night crashes. Many car crashes occur when a person is tired or drunk. This car will take care of your driving if you're drunk or in a bad situation when you can't drive such as, being pregnant and alone.
First of all, let's say you are on a road trip with your family, its really late at night, your kids are asleep and you're really trying to stay awake. You remember you own a driverless car so you know you can sleep for a bit and if the car needs your assitance, you will be notified in some soart of way. For example, it will shake your seat, or even make a noice and alert you.
Driverless cars will help pregnant women when they have no one else with them and they're going into labor. Since pregnant women can't drive , especially if they are about to have a baby, it is a good help for them to have a driverless car. Mostly because they would not have to assit much on the driving part and they can just tell the car where to go if they have a GPS in them.
These type of cars can be a positive huge help in the future whenever you are drunk driving or pregnant. They will prevent crashes and keep pedestrians safe. | 2 |
98bbdf1 | The electoral college is an institution that has always guided the presidential elections. The electoral college is tradition and shouldn't be changed because it has balanced relegation of power within the states, there is almost always a definate winner, and it is able to hold a set timeline for the elections. The college has always been able to choose a president that is able to lead our country well, the electoral college is a representation of the people of the United States of America. As the president's constituents, we have the power to choose our leader, and they make it a little easier for us.
The electoral college takes into account the populations of each state within its calculations. This is why Wyoming has only three votes and Florida has twenty nine. It's nothing to complain about, because it's the same number of people each state has in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, meaning each state has at least three votes, decided by its population. This is not a very bad system because the states with huge populations have a bit of their power curbed by the number of electors. So if Wyoming increases its population, and Florida has its population decreased, one of the electors could be removed from Florida and added to Wyoming, balancing the scale of power between them. It's only fair for a populous state like Florida to have more electors anyway, there are many opinions that are yearning to be heard within the ginormous population, and there must be enough electors who can take it upon themselves to voice them. The Electoral College protects us from the probability of voting just because the candidate is from the same state. A majority of people will vote because of a close association with a candidate if the electoral college is abolished. This is why the electoral college only contains 538 people, because nobody wants millions of voters in California voting for the same candidate just because they are the Governor of California.
Due to the even amount of votes in the electoral college, there is a slight chance of a tie. However, with all but two states being part of the "winner-take-all" system, the chance of that happening are astronomically low. This is why swing states are so important to the canditates, they know that the chances of them winning the votes in the other party's states are almost impossible, so they must gather all of the votes they can from the states that are known for their swing-like tendencies. It also goes the other way, each candidate trusts that their own party's states will vote for them, so there is no need to waste the money and campaign. Unless its the primary elections, candidates don't typically campaign where they know that the votes are all but set in stone. It's like going grocery shopping, if you know that you are allergic to peanut butter and you already have all the jam you need, you will only go for the special bread that everybody fights for right? The candidates are the same, they don't go after what they already have and what they can't have, only what they might earn, or else it's just a waste of money, so nobody should be able to complain about a candidates campaigning.
A president has always been inaugrated on either January 20th or March 4th, to change that would be blasphemous to both the people and to the United States of America. So it is imperitive that the decision is made early, so that tradition and will not be broken. Contrary to popular belief, there is a set timeline that the election process goes through, and without the electoral college, it is highly possible and probable that the timeline will be broken. The election process is guided by this timeline, for example, voting starts on the second Thursday of the month of November every single time. The Electoral College is a huge part of this process also, and to destroy that would be heartbreaking for the nuerotics that can't stand any change in routine. If the Electoral College were to be abolished, and popular vote was to be instigated throughout the country, any semblance of a schedule would be torn away. Problems would spring up all over the place, and everything would all go to hell. Instead of recounts for counties, whole states would need recounts. If a populous state like Texas were to need a recount, never mind a week, a month wouldn't be enough time to recount it all perfectly. The government would be stuck without a leader, and worst case scenario, the United States of America could be put in a state of anarchy by the end of the decade. Then, we wouldn't be United anymore.
The Electoral College has been there from the beginning, and the without it the United States of America could be thrown into chaos. Traditions shouldn't be broken and the Electoral College represents the biggest one of them all, it balances power between each of the states, defines a true winner, and guides the U.S. on a set timeline. It wouldn't be a far stretch to say that the Electoral College helps keep the order of the country. Truthfully, everyone needs some semblance of order, and the Electoral College provides that and more. | 5 |
98bd2f3 | The Face was discovered forty years ago by scientists at NASA who saw the FAce for the first time and said it was a martian mesa. Later when the photo was released to the public conspiracy theorists believed the Face was an alien artifact, but the picture was taken on an older camera on the Viking I that the photo was fuzzy and no one could be sure of what was on the Face. Twenty-two years later another photo was taken with a camera ten times sharper than the original viking I photo. Still some people believed it was an alien artifact and the clouds on mars covered some alien markings that may have been covered by haze. Some theorists believed that NASA was trying to hide evidence of alien life on Mars. Others questioned theorists about why NASA would want to hide something like that and how it would benefit scientists at NASA. Three years later another team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. When conspiracy theorists saw the picture had no markings of alien origin and saw it was just a bute or mesa like landforms found in the American West. | 1 |
98be7e6 | Are you thinking about joining Seagoing Cowboys program?
Well great, because you really should join this program.
This program is a once in a lifetime chance for some people, and I really think you should take it.
When my friend Don asked me I just couldn't say no.
I was working in a grocerey store and a bank before Don came and changed my life.
The text states," He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat."
The text also states," Luke couldn't say no.
He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime."
It is a real adventure to tell the truth.
You meet so many great people and help some just as great too.
Yes I know what you are thinking, but isn't in dangerous sometimes?
Well, yes, it can be very dangerous sometiem, but you have to take the risk.
You only live once you know.
Like I almost died one night while going down a ladder.
I slipped and was going straihgt for the opening side of the ship.
Then a piece of metal stopped me and I didn't plunge into the Atlantic after all.
Even though I was alive I cracked a rib and has to sit out for a while.
The text states," One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captin, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside."
The text also states," A small strip of etal along the edge stopped his slide, keeping him from flying overboard into the dark Atlantic."
You should also really join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get to go to so many beautiful places and explore.
It really is a beautiful sight in some places.
Like I remeber taking a tour while on my way to China.
I also saw the Acropolis in Greece it was special.
The text states," Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.
But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special."
The text also states," Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China."
I loved being a Seagoing Cowboy it was special and I really think you should join becuase you get to see places, help people, meet people, and more.
It was not just a adventure it also opened up the world for me.
The text states," But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger.
It opened up the world to him.
The text also states," I'm grateful for the opportunity.
It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." | 3 |
98bf153 | The Facial Action Coding System is a new software that enables computers to identify human emotions. This software detects how other people are feeling even if they are trying to hide their emotions. Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute of Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, is the creator of this expectacular software. The use the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is helpful.
This computer software works with emotion algorithms. According to the passage, "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." Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting, was tested with this software. A recent study shows that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, 2 percent angry. The Facial Action Coding System uses video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements. The text also states that this software can even identify mixed emotions.
The Facial Action Coding System is helpful at schools. With the help of this software, teachers could know when a student is sad or angry. This computer software can also detect mixed emotions. This new software could even save lifes. For example, nowadays with the bullying's situation, a teacher would detect when a student is being bullyied or if the student is under a depression. The teacher could help him and prevent any type of accident. The software can help at schoosl in other ways. The text states, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Hung predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'"
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System has been developed that improves accuracy in perciving the emotions of others. Making faces reveal so much about the science of emotions. Becuase of this software, teachers could see when a student is sad or angry and the teacher could help him. The software could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. The use the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotion expressions of students in a classroom is helpful. | 3 |
98bf596 | Can there be life on Mars? The answer is NO! How can there be life on mars without food, water, plants, and oxygen. For a human to live on Mars they would have to bring a life supply on food and water, but you can't have a life supply of oxygen. So there can not be life on mars.
The Face on Mars is not a really face. There can not be life on Mars. First, aliens are not real. Second, there is no oxgyen. The article "Unmasking the Face on Mars," states "huge rock formation.... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose,and mouth."
The Face on Mars only happen one time. Another aircraft went back at the same degress and a cloudy day just like the one before. When it took the picture there was just a landform. This aircraft even had a better camera and took even more pictures.
The article says " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." Gavin says " It reminds me most of Middle butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, that's a lava dome that takes the form of an islated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."
That is why the Face on Mars is just a landform not a alien or an alien made it. It was just a illusion not anthing else. | 3 |
98cf427 | It's a once in a lifetime oppurtunity like I knew for people to help others and explore around the world. When you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you will get to take care on not just animals, but also people in need. As I said "Besides helping people, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China," I said. Also in Venice,Italy it was "A city with streets of water." As you travel to theese far away places you also haft to take care of animals along the way.
Caring for theese animals willl sure keep you busy, but it is quite easy all you do is feed them, water them, and clean stalls. This experience is also good with connecting with people on the ship. I had fun on board with games such as baseball,volleyball,tabel-tennis,fenncing,boxing,reading,and other games past the time. With this journey it made me aware of people of countries and there needs. So join not only the Seagoing Cowboys for helping people, but also the exsperience.
Even though on the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to see cities and have fun, but it is also a tremendus amount of work. As you said taking animals is actually hard dependig on what animal. You need to clean,feed,and give water to animals every single day. Sure you have breaks but it is still a lot of work for one person. Not to metion this exsperince is on a boat. Most people either have sea sickness on boats as well you have a extreme chance of crashing,sinking,drowning,and also falling off board into endless ocean.
While travilling all over the word you haft to deal with climate and time change. It will take some getting use to constantly changing weather and sleep schedules. Also its very hard to even sleep on a boat with sailing on dangerous waters in the dark every night. While caring for people is a great deed to do it is aslo hard watching people suffer everyday even though your helping them you can still think of other people in that situation as well. | 3 |
98d7bd2 | Some of us couldn't imagine going to work without a car. Well in some parts of the world, they are completely getting rid of cars. There are many advantages of not using cars all that much, some like, there would be a lot less smog and polluted air. People's moods may change, and there are plenty of other ways of transportation.
To start off, Paris has had near record pollution. There has been times of five day intensifying smog. The smog rivaled Beijing, China, which is known to be one of the most polluted cities in the world. Just imagine what that is doing to our ozone layer. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. So if we stopped using cars for a while, maybe the smog around the world would start to clear up, and maybe if we stopped using cars for even longer we would be completely smog-less.
Secondly, people would probably start to be in a better mood and feel happier. Driving a car can be stressful and even sometimes intense. Heidrun Walter says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way. She walks the streets of Vauban. The chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional sound of a distant motor.
Lastly, there are so many different ways to get from place to place. In some Colombian cities they have replaced pitted sidewalks so people can ride their bikes instead of drive. In Bogota in the mid-1990s they began to make bike paths, to this day it has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle pathways. In New York there is a new bike sharing program that is skyrocketing. People needing to get to work can walk or take public transportation, they can even car-pool with a friend or another family member.
To conclude, laying off the use of cars could be a pretty good change to our environment, to us, and to other people and even our health. Walking, riding a bicycle and riding on public transportation is woven into a connected network to save time, conserve our resources, lower the toxic emissions to the air, and to improve our safety and the worlds safety. | 3 |
98dbc96 | Presidential elections have always been decided by electoral votes. The elections today should be voted on using popular votes. All though electoral votes keeps the amount of work tallying up votes down; popular votes will give you a more accurate percentage of votes each candidate recieves.
Initially, when you use popular votes to decide a victor, there will be a more accurate percentage or number of votes per candidate. Popular votes are counted by each individual voter. This allows a more accurate voting scale to be used, since there is an exact number of voters. Electoral votes are based on a state's population and each region in the state is assigned a democratic elector. This only accounts for the majority of the population's votes, which means some voters' votes are irrevelant if the majority voted for an opposing candidate.
Additionally, counting popular votes, while time consuming, is worth the effort. Popular votes, when used, are to make sure that everybody is accounted for in the poll. More people would probably vote if they knew that their vote actually matters. When popular votes are used it may take a longer time to tally all of those up than it would for electoral votes, it shows exactly how many people are actually voting. This will let the government know how many votes they should expect to see on each poll.
In summation, popular votes, though time consuming, are a better way of electing a new president; instead of electoral votes. Electoral votes are an easier and faster means of counting votes but, popular votes show and acount for everybody that contributes to the poll and/or election. Using popular votes will most likely make more people want to vote, since they can see the amount of voters instead of the number of regions through out the country. | 3 |
98dc208 | First announced in 2009, as the article stated "google has had cars that could drive independently under sprcific conditions. Many car factories to make this dream come true. Many used different methods. General motors from the article that create a test track for a car to run on. the track uses an electric cable and send radio signals. The track is way too expensice to make.
Fot that, manufacturers turned to smart cars. Its need a lot of sensor to GPS to mak it work. Sebastian Thrun, formal of google car project, believe that the technology has finally begun to catch up to the dream in the articl driceless car are coming. In 2013, BMW announce the creation of a smart car that can go up to 25mhp. So far, non of the cars devekoped so far are completly driver less. Dr.Werner Huber a BMW project manager driver stated "won't driver get bored waiting for their turn to drive.
Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrian safe. These safery are best achieved my alart drivers. In most states, it is illegal even to test computer-drivven cars. if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer, stated the article.tesla has a project that will be released soon. A can that can drive auto 90% of the time.Nissan plan to have a cars that can drive themselves by 2020. The road to driverless is near and we are getting sloser to it every day. | 1 |
98e40a0 | Dear State Senator,
In my opinnion the way voting is staged should be change to popular voting opposed to Electoral Voting. Electoral College is basically the congress voting rather than citizens. Do we get to vote? Yes, but the the Electoral College gets to decide where it's going. That how citizens should feel, make a vote and the candidate they want to elect is the place it's going to arrive to.
Citizens should have the power they think they have, all the protest and arguing about rights and many others that we have crossed over the years, does that not mean anything anymore? We live in a world of democracy, whoever has the most should be the President of our United States. Our duties as citizens are to vote, yes. Well, let us do our jobs the proper way. The government makes it look as to we have much power as citizens, but do we really?
They say that the Electoral College can do us wonders, by picking our president and knowing who the right one is for our country. Only we know us the citizens thats our right and now the are taking that right away from us little by little. Let me tell you why the Electoral College is dreadful, when we vote for which candidate we want to become our president it goes to a certain group of eletors and they use all the votes from our state to push up the candidate they want to become our presidant. Let's not forget about the
Disaster Factor . America almost hit the worse crisis in that known century, all becasuse of the wrong selection of an elector.
On the other hand another thing to worry about would a tie on the electoral vote. Then the votes are to be handled down to the House of Representatives, and if the were having a tie on a vice-president vote it would be the senator. Why don't you see the candidants going down to the state to persuade you to vote for them? All because of the chance they know that they may not have. Only beacuse the desision doesn't really relay on us. All of our voting has given us our duty and right, but do we truely do what we want to do?
Citizens and Candidates don't get the full voting experience as we used to. Votes are in the hands of the electors and not the citizens. Voting is what make makes America, America! Do you really want to jeopardize America and it's voting system? Where do any of us stand? | 3 |
98e52e7 | The use of Facial Action Coding system and the technology to read the students emotions is quite frankly valuable because it can produce special neeeds to the objective encounter. Imagine being able to detect exactly how others are feeling even when they are hiding their emotions inside. Leanardo da Vinci's Reanaissance painting computer software can recognize hidden emotions. They can caculate emotions like math homwork. In the text i states, "Computers construct a pure 3-D printed model of the whole human face like the six basic emotions: happiness,suprise,anger,disgust,fear and sadness weighing in on diffrent units in the facial expressions of others. In the text it also states that, "In fact we humans can detect emotions every single day by simply looking at our friends, family etc.
Say for instance that that your watching a YouTube video right, If you are currently smiling while watching the video then your good it pops up a nice calm smily like ad. And say for Instance your watching a YouTube video while frowning and tensing up, its a likely chance for a mean ad to come up. In the text it states, "There are these muscles called orbicularis ocuil puris palpabraeus make crow's feet around your eyes. Also According to Facial Feedback Theory Of Emotions, moving ur facial muscles can produce emotions indeedly and fragily.
Finally, I am with the argument that this technology is vaulable because it includes specific, nice and comfortable details that influence my interest. | 2 |
98e7f31 | Emotion reading technology is on the rise in the electronic world. This new software was developed by Prof. Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, with help from Prof. Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. The purpose of this technology is to make computers able to read emotions by the movement of facial muscles. The software is currently able to define six basic emotions; happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
I am for having emotion-reading technology in the classroom, as long as it doesn't become a distraction. The article explains that if a student is taking online lessons or is learning from the computer and becomes confused or bored, the computer will be able to sense the students emotion and modify the lesson to catch the students interest or to help the student to not be confused. The article also says how most of human communication is nonverbal, which includes emotional communication. If a computer was able to sense these emotions, the student would be able to learn far more than with a regular lesson.
In conclusion, I believe that having this new technology could benefit students tremendously, as long as students aren't exaggerating emotions to get desired effects of their lesson plans. Since the computer is adapting to the student, the student could also be less intimidated about their intellect, causing them to be more confident overall. | 2 |
98ea16a | These cars are not dependable for they can not be trusted on their own to do what they are made to do. Even though machines and electronics have helped us through many years and have advanced throughout the years, not all electronics are compatible. They are not always able to do what they are made to do.. They have flaws, bugs, and error problems. Even though drivers theirselves have these problems, they are capable of fixing the problem quite quickly and are able to learn from their mistakes. Machines have to updated, fixed, programmed certainly, and on a regular maintanence. Even though this product could be reliable in many different ways, there are also consequences in this product. What if the car doesn't stop when it's suppose to? Or what if the car's way of use doesn't get around to the people? If you are going to want every person owning anything that is sold, you have to study it more and evaluate the options available. Should you buy it, or not? | 2 |
98f24c2 | Mars is a very big place. scientict are trying to figure out how or if people would be able to live there. in this picture there is a thing face of some sort.
people beleave that it happen to be created by aliens. it appears to be that even if it was aliens wouldnt they have to prove if there was such things as aliens. this bump couldve been created by a coment, rock, or even a meteroid. i personaly would have to disagree with the people that think it was created by aliens do to the fact that there is not any proof that aliens even exsist. there is not even any proof that this but couldnt have been a meteroid, coment, or even rocks that hit mars.
in paragraph 3 it claims that a huge rock formation which resembles a human head. in the artical it even says that it most likely couldve been a rock. this is one of the reason why i agree with the way it wasnt formed by aliens it was a rock. alien are yet to be discovered where in this view u cant say that it was a alien it is not. | 2 |
98f995a | To begin with, is that reducing advantages of limiting car usages can help reduce the 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and reduce 50 percent of the gas in areas like the United States. We must lessen the space for parking so instead of stores along a distant highway you can actually just walk to the store. 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport.
We have to try harder to make the United states more like Vauban.
Then,
We need to get rid of cars to help get rid of pollution. Cars also causes smog, which we can get rid of if we reduced the usage of cars. Also so many cars causes congestion and a lost revenue in delivery companies. A good idea would be to fine the people like Paris did to reduce so many cars on the street.
Next,
The goal would be to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. So only buses and taxis would be permitted for the time being without any cars roaming the streets. Also any violaters will be faced a $25 dollar fine. This idea would be a really good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. We could also build bicycle paths to help travel. We could also have restrictions which could dramatically cut traffic.
Finally, if we got rid of cars it would have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment. New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities. It is said that young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. It is proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions, and improve safety. | 3 |
98fa8f8 | I believe you should keep Electoral Collage. The reasons you should keep Electoral Collage is because you should let the people who want to vote have the right to choose who they want. Another reason is some of the people think that their votes dont count and the reason that they dont vote is because they dont think the precent will move up if they vote so most people dont vote but all they can do is at least try. Electoral Collage also helps you see how many people are actually voting for each person to be the president.
You should keep Electoral Collage is because i think the people who want to vote should have the right to vote. I dont think people could get to tell you who you can and cant vote for. I think if you are eight-teen years or older you should have the right to vote and no body has the right to tell you that you cant vote for a certain person just because they dont like that person.
Another reason you should vote is because if nobody votes they cant elect a president. The reason why most people dont vote is because they think that their votes dont matter. They think when the vote or when their whole family votes the percent will go up they just think they are wasting their own time. Their votes count just because it dosnt go up one percent when they vote doesnt mean that their vote doesnt count.
My final reason why we should keep Electoral Collage is because you can see the number of Electoral votes out of each state. Do the people docide to not vote for the U.S. president? Or do they just not care what the world is going to be like when the new president come do you like that they just dont vote for a reason or just because they dont think it is important. For an example alot of the states only have three votes. California has fifty-five votes in just that one state. California has the most votes in the whole U.S.
In conclusion, I think we should keep the Electoral Collage because you should let the people who want the vote have the right because you dont know if they change it if they will still have the rules that they have for the Electoral Collage. Another reason you should keep it so you can show people that their votes actually count and people know which president they should vote for by looking at the percentage of each president going up for election. The last reason is because they can see how many people are voting in each state and you can see if you are one of those people because if the state says that there was zero votes ina state and you know that you voted you would be able to tell if your vote counted or not most of the time it does. | 1 |
9901256 | Venus is a beautiful structure that is intresting none the least;Have you ever desired somthing so much you will go to no ends to get that thing? That is the case for our vary dedicated scientists who want to descover all of the marvals that Venus has hidden. The author explains how Venus is the closest planet to resemble in size and diamiter when compared to the Earth, the many difrances that Venus presents is"erupting volcanes, powerful earthquake, and freaquent lightning strikes to probe seeking to land surface." these are all things that happen on Earth too. The more notable diffrence is the fact that Venus had the hottest temprature in the solar system when it comes to surface wize.
The author
clearly shows his own intrest in Venus when explaining how Astronomers are so " fascinated" by the solar system.This is also presented when the author explains how venus was probably like the earth, covered in ritch oceans and full of various life forms, just like the Earth."Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features" This is one of the starter points on how the author explains all of the similarities of the two. It is also stated in the text of all the great things that would benefit us if we do mangage to land succesfully, as an example plentifil solar power and radiation that surcomes Earth levels.
So as a final question, have you ever desires somthing so much you would go to no ends to get that thing? in this case yes, and the author even reconizes himself that its a challage none the least and that the inside that we are to gain from all of these new discoveries will help us devlope into greater things." striving tp meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gainted on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.This was a beautiful
article that explains the marval that is our solar system, and how basic human instict drives us to want to discovore new things that drive us to be outstanding. | 3 |
99036bf | Venus is considered the most comprable planet to our own, Earth. It is the closest in size and density, and sometimes the closest in distance too. There have been many attempts to explore Earth's "twin" with unmanned spacecrafts, but none have ever survived after the first few hours of landing on Venus. The author does not support her claim that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers it presents.
The author has written in problem/solution format and gives solutions to the problem that Venus is too dangerous for humans to study. Although they give the problem and solution, they do not give enough evidence to support their claim. For example, "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" (The Challenge 8). This evidence is only given in the last paragraph of the article and is not mentioned anywhere else. Also, the author lists many of the dangers of traveling to Venus, but does not dictate why it is worth the risk of exploring the planet.
The author also suggests that Venus is a good candidate for exploration because of it's occasional proximity to Earth. "...sometimes [Venus is] our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel" (The Challenge 4). The author does give reasons on why exploring Venus would be beneficial, but those reasons do not outweigh the dangers of the endeavor. The author says even if they could get a spacecraft close enough to Venus and for it to be survivable for humans, there would be only limited insight on ground conditions: "... most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective" (The Challenge 6). The author does not support her claim even further because after proposing a solution to the problem, there would not be any valuable data gained from a journey that is already very dangerous.
Numerous dangers have been listed on the exploration of Venus. The author mentions that no spacecraft has survived on Venus: "...no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours" (The Challenge 2). Since these missions have been unmanned, there is not much loss except for the spacecraft itself, but if there had been a human aboard, the loss would be tremendous and nothing would be gained from the mission. The conditions of Venus simply will not allow manned missions for closer examination of the planet. The author goes on to list the physical dangers of Venus: "On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet" (The Challenge 3). On Venus, the temperature alone could liquify many metals and completely destroy spacecrafts that were sent there. Also, the pressure of the atmosphere could crush a submarine fit for diving to the deepest parts of the ocean. The dangers of Venus outweigh the knowledge to be gained from the exploration.
The author does not support her claim that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers it presents. First, the author only mentions support for her claim in the last paragraph of the article. Second, the author presents a solution to the problem, but says that no data can be gained from the experience because of the conditions of Venus. Third, the author presents the dangers of exploring Venus, and those dangers outweigh the benefits of exploring the planet. Furthermore, the author does not support her claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 5 |
99038ba | Is the Electoral College really benificial? According to "What Is the Electoral
College?" the founding fathers established it in the the constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. but, are those "qualified citizens" really qualified? And is
The Electoral College really helpful? Or should voters be allowed to vote directly? The
Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote.
What makes a citizen really "qualified"? Electors are anyone not holding public office.
Also voters cannot always control who their electors are voting for. Sometimes voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. According to," Source 2: The
Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the
Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F Kennedy. Plus in other situations other electors have ocasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whom they choose.
Is the Electoral College really helpful? At times it can be unfair to voters. Acording to
Source 2 : The Indefensible Electoral College" because of the winner-take-all system in each state, canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all , and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. In addition to that, due to the electoral college a canidate could win the popular vote but lose the presidency.
Voters should be allowed to vote directly. According to Source 2, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. If voters were allowed to vote directly then they wouldn't have to sit in wonderment of whether or not the canidate they like will be voted for by the elector. Also, voters would have more freedom of choosing who they like as a canidate for president.
Thus, the electoral college is unfair and wrong. Electors cannot always be trusted,due to them choosing who they please, also canidates can all together lose the role of presidency, and finally the majority of voters prefer a direct election. The Electoral College is out of date and should be updated. So listen to Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and the
US Chamber of Commerce and abolish the Electoral College. | 3 |
99073b3 | "Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
The author supports the idea of exploring Venus. The author shows many intrests the planet but also in the technology used to explore it, from "Venus being earths twin" and "possibly supported life with large oceans long ago" to "mechanical computers" that can potentially last in the harsh environment. The author also wants to know the options for making this mission both "safe and scientifically productive". One of NASA's possible solutions is to allow scientist to float about 30 or more miles above the land to avoid most of the storms and the harsh ground conditions, The conditions will still be rough with tempratures of 170 degrees fahrenheit but the pressure would be close to the same pressure of earths sea level.
In conclusion Venus may be a hard planet to study but our scientist are working hard on many solutions to traveling to that harsh planet. | 2 |
990a4a3 | As the world and technology keeps on developing, there are many changes and advancments being made to make life easier, or so we think. Google cofounder Sergey Brin has made an envison come to life, and his envision is something you might see as impossible. He envisions a future of public transportation; but with driverless cars. Many may find this development as dangerous, the fact that the cars are not truely driverless, makes the human take control of the vehicle at certain times, major road construction for the car to drive safely, and some states finding it illegal to test computer driven cars might have something to do with that.
First off, these cars that claim to be "driverless", are in fact not driverless. In paragraph 2, it clearly states, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still 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." So the fact that the car are truly not driverless and that you need to be alert the whole time and take the effort to make sure you don't crash into someones mailbox is quite sketchy.
In addition to the cars not being fully "driverless", the cars would need to work on fixed roads. In paragraph 3, it states, " These-smart road systmes worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to exisiting roads, something that was simply too expensivre to be practical."
Needless to say, the fact that you are spending over what you need to be for this technology, and the roads with the wrong sensors is too expensive and unnessecary.
Also, in paragraph 9, it says "As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have lef the country in allowing limites use of semi-autonomous cars; manufactorers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe." Proving that these states to not allow the use of self driven vehicles because they are very dangerous.
In conclusion, the "driverless" vehicle is a bad idea for many reasons. Not truly driverless, making you take control of the vehicle at any time under conditions such as traffic and reversing, major road construction, and being illegal for you to test in certain areas because of the risk that the idea puts out to the public. Driverless cars should not be the future, you should not have the depend on them to get you from point A to point B if you have the ability to drive with two hands. | 4 |
991002b | Was life better when we didnt have cars? There are many advantages to giving up our little priveledge to ride around; If we as a community were to give up having cars we would have less pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emmision and our communities would improve rapidly. We need to give up cars to form a better more safe environment for our families.
First off, an advantage to limiting car usage would be less pollution in our areas. "Cold nights and warms days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emmision"(Duffer 15). "In source 2 "Paris bans drving due to smog" it also shows that becuase of the enourmous amount of smog from cars they had to ban driving. After just 5 days of no car usage, the amount of pollution was down 60 percent. We as a people have to realize how drastic that change is. All we have to do to help the environment and nature grow more efficiently is to not use our cars as often.
Another advantage to lessoning our use in automobiles is the reduction of green house gas emmision. "...Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe..."(Rosenthal 5). There our many programs and agencys trying to reduce greenhouse affects; such as the one above, by banning the use of cars; one being the Environmental Protection Agency. President Obama is also trying to curb the United States greenhouse gas emmisions as shown in source 4 "the End of Car Culture." David Goldberg, an official of the Transportaion of America says "All of our development since World War 11 has been centered on the car..."(Rosenthal 7). We as a people are so induldged with cars and how efficent they may be in some aspects we dont realize the harm its doing to our communities.
Lastly an advantage to the limitations of car usage, is our communities improving rapidly. An example of this is The day without cars improvement campaign in Colombia, shown in source 3. During this day people that lived in those areas would have to ride a bike, hike, take a bus or walk to work or scool. Becuase of this there was no traffic jams and parks and sports centers bloomed. Also, becuase so many were envovled in this, the sidewalks and streets were improved and new restaurants and shopping centers were developing.
In all, The effects of limiting car usage would cause less pollution, lesson the amount of greenhouse gas emmision and cause our communities to improve rapidly. Fellow citizens we could change the way we live for the better. limiting the use of cars would have a drastic change and help our communites blossom. | 3 |
99120c9 | I am against driverless cars being made. I think it will be too dangerous. It's cool that they are being made, but it will not end well. There are too many things to worry about with them. I think it's a bad thing because there are dangerous drivers out there, there are many road hazards, and weather conditions can make it even more dangerous.
Some drivers are already making the roads more hazardous. They do things like speed, illegal turns, and do not use blinkers. With a human driver behind the wheel, if they see this they will most likely avoid the person the best they can, but what will a driverless car do. It might not be able to detect them so if it makes a turn, not knowing about the wreckless driver, it can cause an accident. The car can follow the rules of the road, but without human instincts, it's just waiting to get hit. This can very bad and effect a lot of people's thought about purchasing one of these vehicles.
It says in paragraph 7 that the driver must be ready to drive, just in case the car approaches a work zone, but what about small hazards. While the feature alerts them about work zones, it doesn't say anything about alerting the driver about a pot hole or dangerous material in the road. If it's driving in a small city, there could be some kind of hazard that needs a human to know how to avoid it. How would the car know to alert them if it hasn't seen anything like it before? It can alert for simple things, but for things like pot holes, it's better just to have someone behind the wheel instead of risking falling into the hole because the car didn't alert you to take over.
Driving in bad weather can still be a problem. In paragraph 5, it states how it could react better than a human, stopping individual wheels and making it a lot less likely to skid out, but its not fullproof. What if the car was to be damaged in a incident of bad weather? It may be able to stop from out-of-control skids, but would snowfalls affect sensors? If there was enough snow on the ground, it could potentially affect the wheels, and sensors around the car by covering them. In the event of a hailstorm, they could get damged if the storm was bad enough to where hail was the size of softballs, which seems unlikely, but stills remains a possibility. Flash floods could also be dangerous if the car isn't programmed to know where the areas of flooding is possible at. There may be a solution to all these scenarios, but I doubt any one of them is perfect, due to the variety of storms and snowfalls there can be. In bad weather, it would be a lot more safe if the driver just drove instead.
In all cases, it would just be better to drive yourself. Your instincts will get you out of possibly fatal prediciments. You can avoid things like pot holes than can tear up a car. Your knowledge of the weather is most likely more than the car's knowledge. You can depend on a robot to do certain things for you, but I don't think driving should be one of them. We technically are in risk everyday we drive, but it's our choices that gets us through the day. I wouldn't put my life in a driverless car's hands. Just drive yourself, and it can be way more safe. | 4 |
9914633 | NASA's spacecraft, Viking 1, caught the first image of the "Face on Mars" while looking for landing sites. When those pictures were sent back to NASA, they saw a face staring back at them. Due to our advancement in technology, they took more pictures that were much better quality. Today, the Face is still known as a pop icon. However, a few scientists are still discussing the matter if it's just a natural landform or created by alien life. There are numerous facts that prove it to be natural.
One reason why it's unreasonable that the Face was created by alien life is that there's no legit proof of alien existence on Mars or anywhere. Only myths and rumors have been heard. I know for a fact NASA has been searching for it because defenders of the NASA budget wish to find life on Mars, but there are no traces. There are just theories with no support at all.
Not only is there no evidence of aliens, but it doesn't make sense that an "alien" created a face of a human with tools made for hard, rock surfaces. If humans have never encountered aliens and aliens have never encountered humans, how could aliens create something in our likeness. Although, we don't know if they've encountered us, it seems highly unlikely. It seems more unlikely for them to make a human face that looks like a Pharaoh. "Aliens" don't know what a pharaoh is as well as what it looks like. In addition to that, what tools would they have used to make a landform 2 miles long... a pick axe? On Earth, something like Mount Rushmore takes a lot of work to form even with the right tools.
Along with the lack of sense of the idea that aliens can create a human face with a pick axe, NASA has research that show that that type of landform is common on Mars. The Viking 1 had taken the picture around an area on Mars called Cydonia. That's where scientists in the Jet Propulsion Lab classified the landform as a Martian mesa. "Martian mesa" is just a name for the landform, and their research displayed that those mesas were common enough around Cydonia.
In conclusion, the theory that the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens lack much credibilty. The fact that it has almost no supporting facts for it to be proven true. Therefore, the Face can only exist on Mars as a natural landform. | 3 |
9916173 | Is it aliens or is it a natural landform? About twenty five years ago NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars, and was taking photographs. As Viking 1 was taking photos, there was one certain photo that caught NASA's eye. A photo the seemed to look like a face. NASA believes it was an alien artifact, but it really is just a natural landform. Mars' "face" is a natural landform, not an alien artifact.
Thoughout the years that the "face" of Mars was known, there is a change of the landform. Looking at the pictures of 1976, 1998, and 2001 the landform changes. By the time of 1998 the landform has more cracks in it. On April 5, 1998 thousands of people on the web were waiting to see another picture of the land on Mars. The people were not satisfied and said it was not fair. They complained and said it was the cloudiest time of the year for the Red Planet. Yes, they realized that Mars also has wheather. The most common is the sand storms it has. The wind and sand that moves around will change that landform of the surface. The land of Mars will breakdown into even more sand. Like most planets, the land will change by its wheather. The land is caused by natural causes of wheather, not by aliens.
The "face" of Mars is caused by natural causes. It is caused by the wheather. Thoughout the years the land and its figure changes. Mars' face is a natural landform, not an alien artifact. | 3 |
991bb8e | In the story The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author explains why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author says no matter how dangerouse it is we need to study it because it may well once have been the most Earth-lie planet in our solar system. The author also says that long ago Venus might have been able to support various forms of life, just like earth. Scientists also think that it used to be covered largely with oceans. Venus alos has a rocky surface with some valleys, mountains, and craiters.
The author thinks that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. This is something we really have to think about given how long it takes to travel in space. It is almost to dangerouse to explore Venus on the ground so scientists are trying to build blimp -like vehicles to float above Venus. The blimp would have to be about 30 miles in the air to avoid all the storms. The only problem with this is that researchers can't get samples of rock, or anything else, from a distance.
So even though Venus is very dangerouse to explore NASA is trying to find a way to explore it and get more information on itto see if thigs used to be able to live on it and maybe to see if anything could live on it today. Even though it is very dangerouse I think Venus needs to be explored. I think that if a species could live on Venus that would be great so I think we need to keep trying to find ways to explore it. It is very dangerouse but I htink that scientists will definetly find a way to explore Venus one day. | 3 |
9921ad6 | Driverless cars seem like they would take over the future in about the next twenty years. When in reality technology is not pregressing as quickly as you think.
Driverless cars would cause chaos in the world. Causing problems the car salesman would not even mention to you. Heres why they would be bad for society.
When people think of this idea of driverless cars they think finally the future has come upon us for once and for all. As stated in the article driverless cars could malfunction and legally the manufacturer would be to blame.All drivers would have to take caution and be aware of there surroundings everywhere they went. Drivers everywhere would have to be alert and furthermore, know that everytime they get into there driverless vehichle that there are risks. The accidents are just one factor there are many others.
Driverless cars are said to have a feature where the human or driver is alerted to know when to take over. This feature on the car could not be as safe as we are blinded to believe. What if the car does not alert the person fast enough.In that case that would cause lots of problems for everyone who has a driverless cars. I learned from the article that the car does not know how to avoid traffic stops or work zones. That would mean the driver would have to step up and take over for the time being. The article states that they are still working on the type of signaling that it would want to include. I'm sure they would try to find the safest one possible. On a 55 mph freeway would the driver be alerted fast enough to take over ? This question troubles me because what if the vehicle does not stop and the person ignores the signaling.
As expressed in the article the auther questiones whether
the driver would simply get bored with the car being driverless. This made me take on this topic in a different perspective.While the car being driverless maybe fun but overtime it would get boring mainly because you are not doing anything. The sensors say your hands have to be on the wheel at all time but would that really make them driverless. Mishaps as such as falling alseep would be things manufacturers would be things they would have to look into.
In conclusion , i think that overall the driverless cars idea is a really bad for lots of reasons as i explained in my earlier paragraphs. Anyone looking for a more futuristic feature to their car shoud get one. | 4 |
9921bda | The Electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president should be kept. The electoral college has 538 electors.270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. The presidential election is held every four years on a tuesday after the first monday in november. Having the popular vote can help choose for preident much easyer. The popular vote helps know which candidate many people are voting for which president.
Most states have a "winner-take-all" system. The system awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. The word "sate'' also refers to the district of columbia. The 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state. Keeping the popular vote lets the people vote for president. The candidate with the most votes wins and becomes president. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now.
Voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose again the presindency. Under the college system the voters vote for a state elector who in turn elect the president. In 2000 there was a dispute over the out come of the electoral college. It is till less likely than a dispue over the popular vote. Each condidate has there own group of electors. Changes should be made to the Electoral college. Some of those changes include leting the people vote for president not a state of elector.
The electora college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose. They lose it by virtue of the mal-apportionment. The Electoral college avoids the problem of elections. In which no candidatereceives a majority of the votes cast. The electoral college was established in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of equalified citizens.
In conclusion the Electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president should be kept. | 2 |
99278f9 | Cars are apart of are everyday lives this is nothing new about this. Mabye you already relized this and
I'm sure you heard the damage it causes to the air. It's just a known fact, cars cause pollution. This kind a lifestyle that is very destructive to everyone. Electric cars are being made ,but how we power those car still causes damage. That's why some cities are makeing a change and there should be one. Sure cars get to point A to B a lot faster than just walking. Also it cause to loss are oil, a nonrenewable resource, if we limit car use we can decrease the smog, the oil loss and just make everything safer.
To get started, smog or greenhouse gases has always been an issue. The majority is from cars, what happpend in France is an example of this. France "enforces a partial driving ban" they did this because th smog got so bad they had to and if they didn't obey they were fined or impounded. This is just one example and you bring up a point that they mostly used diesel. Burning oil is still burning oil call it what you will, but it was to show the amount of smog it created. There are always a way to get around without cars like bikes or trains. I'm sure most people will start giving up there cars for electric or a bike sooner or later and hopful before it's to late.
There's also, oil and how much we loss of it. Prices is just going to keep rising and it's just a waste of the resource. Eventully you will have to give up your car because gas prices are too high and just not worth it anymore. By then the about of damage will almost be unrevesable we need to make a change, if you limit the amount you drive the more you helped recover from the green house gases. Keep in mind buses and trains take a hell of a lot less fuel to run, people use it all the time and some trains that are electric can travel faster than a car. Lossing are oil won't be worth it there are a lot better aplications to use it in.
Don't forget, safety is just one more reason to stop using your car. Everyone should know this one cars are dangerous and are unpredictable. You can't tell if someone will run the red light or cut across in front of you. They account for a lot of deaths every year, it could be a drunk, texting, sleepy and ect. That can cause a crash like a said unpredicablity is the killer. You can't walk into someone and die or trains crashing into each other is kinda impossible there's just too much safety measures to stop that from happening.
So really, you should a least try to stop or limit the amount you drive everyday. In the end we loss are safety, are oil and are earth. It's just not worth it we can change to electric cars that run on renewable resources at least or take the buses. In a way people already started "driving by young people decreased 23 percent" so even if older generation don't stop at least the next generaton is a little more wiser on the situation. Limiting your driving is not as bad as it seems we keep are oil, we keep are lives and most importantly we keep are earth free a pollution. | 3 |
9932ed8 | Dear Mr. Senator, electoral college is a process that consists of selecting electors,meeting of the electors where they vote for the president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. electoral college should not be changed to election. electoral college should be kept because it will help save the tress by saving paper, one wouldnt have to go anywhere because the electoral college is not a place,and because there are 5 different methods of choosing the president.
saving paper is extremely important. paper comes from trees and many animals and wild life have homes in trees. with electoral college one wouldnt need paper to vote, which is a paper saver. the electoral college helps a lot when it comes to selecting electors,metting of the electors and where they wil vote for the president, and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. by saving gas one is saving money which can be used for any nessessitites.
gas now a days is extremely expensive,but with the electoral college one would be saving money because the electoral college is a process, not a place, and it doesnt require one to travel anywhere,whch saves gas and money. with the oney saved one can buy the nessessities that are needed. the electoral college offers a lot by just being a process. it helps save paper and money,whch is good for wild life and humans.
when it comes to methods for choosing the presisent and reasons to keep the method there isnt just 1, theres 5! the first method is that certainty of outcome.. it states that a dispute over the outcome of an elecotral college vote is possible and it happened in 2000,but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. a winning candidats share of the electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. for example, in the elections that happened in 2012, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney, b ecause almsot all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis,ev en a very slight. method number 2 is everyone's president. the electoral college requires a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal. no region(south,northeast,etc)has eneough electoral votes to elect a president. method 3 is swing states. the winner-take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012's election-to focus their campain efforts on the toss-up states. voters in toss-up states are more likely to poay more attention to the campain-to really listen to the competing candidates, knowing that they are gouing to decide the election. method 4 is big states. the electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population0 losy by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the consitutuion. mthod 5 is avoid run-off elections. the electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.
Mr. senate you should keep electoral ollege because it saves paper,saves gas and because it shows us the 5 methods that should be used for choosing the president. the electoral college offers a lot to wild life and also to humans by savikng trees and gas, which saves us humans money that one can spend on nessessities. | 3 |
9935f47 | Limiting the amount of driving allowed and having car-free cities can have several benefits by reducing the amount of air pollution and traffic jams. Some disadvantages of having car-free cities are time management and paying fines to drive. Greenhouse gasses can be reduced by limiting driving in cities and having car free cities. About 50 percent of greenhouse gasses are from passenger cars in some cities in the United States and 12 percent in Europe. There were about 80 micrograms of particulate per cubic meter in London and 114 in Brussels. Paris has the most air pollution with 147 micrograms per cubic meter.
Paris has 67 percent of its vehicles run on diesel fuel, which is blamed for most of the air pollution. The rest of Western Europe has an average of 53.3 percent of vehcicles fueled by diesel. Car emissions are traped from the warm air caused by cold nights and warm days. A partial ban was created in Paris for driving to reducce the amount of pollution. Drivers with even number license plates could drive on certain days and odd number plates would drive on other days. After only five days the air pollution was down by 60 percent. In Bogota there are car free days and 118 miles of bicycle paths were constructed and the amount of traffic jams during rush hour were down by almost half.
Limiting driving will lower the amount of traffic and it made several people happier. Most public transportation was free on weekends. When driving was not allowed, people would be walking and riding bikes. Most people in car free cities enjoyed the sound of children instead of hearing the sound of motors all of the time. Public transportation was allowed every day and it reduced the amount of traffic with having fewer cars on the streets and roads.
When driving on days then it's not allowed the drivers have to pay fines. In Paris drivers with even number license plates would drive on certain days andodd numbers drive on the other days. If someone is driving on the wrong day there is a fine of 22 euors or 31 dollars for each day that they drive when they can't. In bogota there is a 25 dollar fine for driving on car free days. Time management is another problem when someone can't drive their car. Going to work would take longer when walking, riding a bike or using the public transportation.
having car free cities and limitin driving can be good for reducing the amount of air pollution and the amount of traffic out on the roads. Some people feel happier when they live in a car free city because they feel like they have less stress but some people dont like paying fines when they are driving their car on certain days. | 2 |
9939305 | My position on driverless cars are that they are pointless. If a person to lazy to drive take a bus,taxi,subway. If a person isnt a good driver then this doesnt apply to them because they shouldnt have a liscense. Details that support my postion are legal troubles, like when the author says "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or the manufacturer." You see humans have a mind so they can actually think and be held accountable if they were to make a mistake(If they were taught how to drive properly) a computer is programed to do what it does. All of its thoughts have been written for it already so that means that it can only deal with prefabricated situations what if there was a pressing situation that the computer was not programed for and someone ends up losing there life over a computers choice. See a human would be able to handle the situation without being preprogramed its because we acually have a mind and our thoughts are acually thoughts and not lines and lines of commands.
Another detail that supports my position is "in fact, none of the cars devloped so far are completely driverless...all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." I dont see the point in a computer driving car if it still requires a human on hand if you to lazy or not a good driver(as said before) there are other alternitives to driving and most of the time those alternitives are just other humans that drive you but you see they are living breathing thinking beings and can adapt and be held responseable a computer cannot. Alot of times while driving a small choice can make a diffence in if someone lives or dies or is injured and from personal expearinces all computers have glitches no matter how good the programer not everything can be planned for but even the stuff they plan for will inevitably have bugs. Im just saying if you are going to make a computer car it better be able to drive my dog to the park and back without me because the only way I will think a computer car is safe and bug-less is if it is good enough to drive without me.
So in conclusion I think computer cars are pointless because there are plenty of alternitives if you dont like driving and I think computers by design are just not good enough to make human desicions. And who would buy a car for the sole purpose of not driving it. The End | 4 |
9940cc1 | Striving to meet challenges in life comes along with taking risks. Finding out answers to all your question can be impactful and have great value behind it. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about humans trying to study the insights of planet Venus because of it being the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Due to the hostile conditions is why it has been a cahllenge. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", is a mission that is scientifically productive. Planet Venus had some features related to Earth today. Scienctist are currently trying to figure out a solution for humans to study Venus due to the uneasy survivable conditions. "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus" (Paragraph 6). Using the past knowledge of technology its parts are more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. This is possible solutions that have been tested and many more ideas to come along. Why not take the risk?
In conclusion, "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. Nothing is impossible is you put your mind set us to test. Scientists want to figure out the why and how its the nearest planetary visit. Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present due to the similarities. In life we want to figure out the answers to the unexpected. Sometimes an advanture can be a terrifying worthwhile ride to take. So if studying Venus means getting on to that ride, so why not do it? At the end it would be a success so scientists wouldnt be so pressed. Possibly everyone else around the world would understand the curiousity of studying Venus because it has so much value ready to be exposed. | 3 |
9941ca3 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," by Nick D'Alto, the author explains a new technology named the Facial Action Coding System which allows computers to identify emotions.
D'Alto uses credible evidence to prove the idea that this new technology is effective and valuable for students.
First, the author introduces the Facial Action Coding System and explains how it works.
D'alto talks about how the computer conducts a 3-D computer model of the human face, including all 44 of the major muscles in the human face.
It recognizes the six basic emotions: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and coordinates these emotions to the person's facial muscles.
The creator of FACS, who is a psychologist, further explains in detail how these specific different face muscles work.
"Your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprises."
This quote supports the claim that this new technology is effective by exhibiting how the creator researched all of the human facial muscles.
Next, the author proceeds to talk about how humans perform the same "calculation" in day to day life.
By putting it into every day life, this makes the technology seem less far fetched.
"For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face... artists such as Da Vinci studied human anatomy... and his new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code."
This quote expertly supports the claim that FACS is an effective tecnhology by bringing it to the everyday life scale, and using credible evidence to show the efficiency of the anatomical information the computer stores.
Moving forward, now that it has been established that this new technology is effective, the next question brought up is if it is valuable for students.
The author then explains how much value this technology can actually bring to students and how this new technology will be indubitably helpful to students in the classroom.
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like a human instructor."
This excerpt further proves the claim that FACS is valuable for students.
It brings the innovative idea forward and exhibits how it will be effectively used to help students customize their own learning experience.
The author expertly shows how the Facial Action Coding System could supercede the computers in today's society; it could very well be the future.
However, some people may read this article and see a few problems with it.
They may wonder how a computer can analyze everybody's facial expressions, if everybody's facial expressions are slightly different.
Fortunately, the creators have already thought of this problem, and conjured up a solution.
"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression."
This quote refutes any ideas of doubt about this new technology, and instills faith in the readers that their technology will be valuable.
In conclusion, D'alto expertly uses many pieces of credible evidence to support the claim that FACS will be effective and valuable to students. | 4 |
9942efd | The
first thing that i should include in my discusion would be that there was a spacecraft circling around the plant and there was know sine of anything that could have really caused it un natturaly.
Then i would include facts on how the camra did not spot anything that could have been alrming to anyone. An that there was and is know sine of life at all on the plant so there for it
would not really be anything to be worried about.
Then
i would have explain to them that the way in witch that plant moves and shifts we really arn't one hundered percent sure on how much of a differnce it is between earth
and mars so we have to estmate one how the weather is and
how much water it gets if any there has to be water ona plant for there to be life on it.
How
are we sure on what mars is really like because we as people have never been there. So in order to tell people anything about mars we would have to have more recrosses and more information.
what we do know about mars is that there is little to know water, and that to have anything living there would be nearly inpossible. There is know proof that anyting can even live on mars and the face was mostlikely made by a small astroide hitting the plant or land shifts there are multiple ways the face like figure could have been made in the plant.
But it most definletly was not any kind of differnt life forms or aliens because there was know kind of indcation that there was even anything on mars to crueat somthing like that know sine at all. | 1 |
9946d02 | In this story they talk about exploring space they siad that venus is called evening start somethimes . At night you can see it its the brightest one in the sky. Venus is the seound plant from the sun. And it has proved a very challeging place to examine more closely.
Venus is referred to as earth too because its the cloest to the planet its about the same size as earth. Sometimes we are close to mars and sometimes to venus thier be some days around the corner. No space ship has touched down in venus more then three decades. On venus temperatures are average of 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 more times grater then what we experience in earth. Its has the hottest surface temperature of any plant in our solor system. Venus was covered in largely with oceans and could of had life there.
NASA are working on approaches on studying venus . A old project is looking back on an device called mechanical computers those devices where first envisioned in 1800s and they played a role in 1940s during world war 2 .Thier are builed useing gerars and levers. They are striving to meet the challenge. | 1 |
99491b5 | Boredom in the classroom is not rare. For many students, some lessons will be pretty boring and bland, making the the student less attentive and engaged. What if that can be changed with technology? What if the machine used to detect emotions in Da Vinci's artwork, the Mona Lisa, could be used to the students' benefits? The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can detect the students' emotions during the lesson, it can modify the lesson according to their emotions, and it is much more effective compared to a human.
This technology could be used to detect the students' emotions during the lesson. In the article in paragraph 4, "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks the facial movements-in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa.... Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." The author describes here how the machine works. It detects the muscles and the movements of s face and compares it to a neutral (no emotions) face in order to determine the emotion of the subject, whether it be a painting of a real life human. Using this device, the computer can be placed in a classroom and can be used to detect the students' emotions. This means as a teacher, they will know whether their lesson is making the students happy, sad, or angry. Using this new data that can be collected, it can make the students more engaged.
With the new data collected, this device can help make the students much more engaged in their learning by modifying the lesson according to emotions. As stated in paragraph 6, "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." As described by the author, this technology could be used to make the marketing buisiness much more succesful. They can play more ads that are similar to the ones that made the viewer happy and play different ones if the viewer seemed to be unhappy. This concept can be taken and implemented into a classroom. The computer can use the emotion detecting data and modify the lesson to where it will be towards the students' liking. With this device, it will be much easier to understand the students and make the classroom more enjoyable. It can even introduce a new system of learning.
This device can provide a much better substitute for a teacher. In paragraph 5, "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that converys happy, worried, etc.... His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electric code." The author describes how humans make this same "calculation" every single day since we can sometimes identify when a friend is sad or happy. However, humans are not as good at calculating emotions as this device is. Humans could have trouble determining facial traits that convey specific emotions, which is why the device is much more effective. This new device that can provide a much better learning experience with modified lessons can even replace human teachers. It's accurate data and superior understanding of the students compared to humans proves that it is a much better teacher.
In conclusion, the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is very valuable. It can detect the students' emotions during the lesson, it can modify the lesson according to their emotions, and it is much more effective compared to a human. With the Facial Action Coding System, it can pave a path towards a new learning system, one where kids will enjoy being in a classroom rather than falling asleep. One where students will actually want to learn rather than be forced to learn. | 5 |
994f286 | Today in the world, are you happy? Happy with how the world is growing up and acting or ashamed on how it is pleading to those who live in it to finally change for the better which isn't happening. Yet some children of mother nature or of the universe do believe that only living off of the non-materialistic ideas in life can help you get farther. However many people take pride in indulging on the sins that used excessively can't get them out of the hole they were forced into. Sterotypical people who contradict themseleves or those whom tend to be hypocrytes for that they don't understand always fail to stand for the better. I believe, that in all honesty, no one should be happy with the location of where they stand in society. Due to how far technology has gotten not even within the past two centuries, it must be stopped as a whole. Now let's actually discuss our main objective to throw out the window. The topic to fully dive into, based upon facts and personal opinions, Can stopping the mechanical reproduction of automobiles truly help the world out?
Just think about it, what are the possibilies that are being entitled within this topic in particular; but most importantly is there any way the upcoming generations can switch everything or everyone around, to change the mindset of all of the billions of people living on the planet to make it up for the better since we all know the way we are heading is not the place we should go? How fast or slow can this idea be put into place? The world we now know is indeed needing to be resureccted based alone on how much harm we have caused within the past few centuries. If you rely on technology too much doesnt that hurt yourself even more in the long run? Strategies or new found plans should be taken into consideration based on the facts presented and dismissed in the past because the way we are living and teaching those those who are newly born, should know that the world around them isn't right anymore, and direly needs help to improve. The society we are now dealing with, needs to play a new game or the world will end in more corruption than originally thought would happen. In all, isn't it good sometimes, to think about what is wrong and what you could do to help out? Now just sit and think to see where your own mind could lead you. Down the path were the world is once again healthy and happy? Or the path of destruction?
The path of destruction can lead to many implications based on health, or survival of the fittest, based on social status or skills gained in a hard cold world mostly dependent on how or when you grew up, due to how society changes over time. Scientists know based on their own work that the atmosphere can only handle so much pollution until it gives out and the world as we do know, learn, and live with can die. Do you want to see the slow demise of where you live, the place where is the only home known to man of the human species? Seeing death upon the streets due to failing natural health means, does it not actually hurt the heart to see such things? Plus car's do take too much space needed for other necesisties such as more room or storage to live a basic daily life in. Yes we may have the technology to fix natural things artificially but does it make it right to think that it will work? Cars cause pollution, pollution cases for health issues, health issues lead to over crowding at the hospital with disease, work load increases and those who work will tire and then eventually get sick themselves for which the most able to achieve end for this ongoing process could be death. Now do you understand where I might be getting at? Being sick mentally or physically is just the first step into a change in mind where all can go to hell and break loose or done in a good way, could change the future generations to restart where we all began. This is all just the basics of the wrong path imagine what could happen if nothing is done to stop the hurting and resume the healing.
Although that is the begining of an era that could happen due to stupidity or greed could you do us all a favor and imagine a realistic dream of what could happen if we dropped technology as a whole? All the metals could be recycled for greater purposes! Cars will lead us to see a whole new or happier society where socializing could be the end of all problems. Our health will be in tip top shape, everyone will finally understand what it could mean to live in harmony. Money not spent on transportation could be saved for greater purposes similar to expenses for your child's college maybe even for the advancement of useful environmentally friendly sciences to be learned or help funded or whichever other purpose you can think of. Yes one bad point is that many jobs could be lost but there is always back up plans that you could create for the worst case scenario. However, otherwise society will be happy and health issues should decrease if many of us chose to instead walk or use a bicycle to our destination, so isnt that a better dream to dream? "Keep Moving forward" as stated by Walter Disney, can that dream not be achieved by any means to increase the chances of a world where anything is possible to demand or chase after? Failure doesnt mean to give up but to rather keep trying to improve the ratio of failing to succeding. Cars may be important now, but in an alternate universe, what if they were never invented?
In conclusion these familes who are giving up their main source of transportation unless required, they are doing the right thing by taking the first step into a new way of life. Giving up cars is giving up the chance to accidentally hurt those by made a bad desicion. Althought depleting these choices of actions will or should decrease if this topic remains to be included as a new trend for a lack of better word majorly helpful to whose with crime records of the possibility of earning. Fighting with reason is better than to not fight at all. If your standing and doing nothing to help the environment around you, then don't you think you should consider the consequences for future generations down the road? Consider both sides of the argument, which is right or which is wrong to proceed with? The happier life versus the hurting of the world? I can only do nothing but act upon myself to show that what is going on is a coincidence merely to the fact that you are here reading my words. Can my words help from afar or not at all can only be determined by yourself.
So be wise and consider, do you chose left for healing or right for hurting? | 3 |
9953a42 | In America,people get into crashes everyday, some fatal or some with minimal damage. Some crashes are caused by people's own stupidity, reckless driving, or distractions like using their phone or staring at something outside. People should use driverless cars because there will be less accidents, more safety, and people can go wherever they want without the distractons of a GPS or map.
In the new driverless car it is said that a 3-D laser will be constantly updating the car's surroundings and that it can mimic the skill of a human being. Most accidents are from drunk driving so if a person is intoxicated and must take the car home they can use the car without having to actually drive and more people will be safe. It is also said that sensors can detect and respond to the dangers of skidding or rolling over because of the computer hardware and aoftware so if anyone is close to an accident, they won't have to worry because of the sensors. Lastley, when people use a GPS or a map it can either break down and have a glitch or just get in the way of driving. With the new car all people do is put the address in once and off they go to their destination without having to worry about what will happen if it breaks down.
In conclusion, people should have driverless cars because there will be less accident, more safety, and not having to worry about a GPS or a map. Future technology is coming and there will be a better future so more lives will be spared from the manual use of a human behind a wheel. Parents will feel more safe about their children in the street and not having to think about what's going on with the driver. Embrace the future technology and don't be afraid of a new dawn and era. | 3 |
9953c19 | A "car free" community has many advantages. They will reduce the amount of greenhouse gases. They will also help you save more money by not having to pay for a car, and if you do, you can park it in a garage for $40,000. This will also expand other transportation and will have a new six-year federal transportation bill. There is no disadvantages for having a "car-free" community. Many countries and cities are participating in limiting car usage to make the air better and cleaner.
First, and most important, is that reducing cars also reduces the greenhouse gas emmision. People that participate in this are most likely doing it to make the air we breath better. In some over-populated cities, the amount of smog is crazy. After just one day without some cars, the amount of smog dissapeared. London had the idea for even-numbered license plates to be banned to drive one day, even though some people still used their cars. So more than half the cars are still on the road, and it reduced smog so much, they didn't even need to ban the odd numbered cars. This is the most important reason why people are limiting car usage.
Next, if you live in a car free community, you will never have to pay for your car. You can sell it to make more money becuase you will never have to use it. This is much better than owning a car and having to park it in a garage for $40,000. If you ever need to take the bus, you will have the money. With the extra money you can buy a bike also. The stores will be walking distances, so there is no need for a car. I think this is a great idea for not only a better community, but it would help people socialize with neighbors and it saves money while doing it. After World War II, the cities would start reconstructing around the car, but now that is beggining to change in Vauban, Germany.
Last, the cities are trying to expand public transportation, such as taxis and buses. It would promote these and play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill. In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have gone to highways by law and 20 percent have gone to other transportation. If the city bans cars, you can either walk, skate, bike, or ride the bus or taxi. In America, the amount of cars being bought and license plates being bought are decreasing since 1995. President Obama has an ambitious goal on which he unvieled last week and he wants to get rid of green house gas emmisions.
In conclusion, I think you would agree that limiting car usage has its advantages. It reduces greenhouse gases and also smog. After one day, Paris was clear of gas and smog in the air. The gas gets caught under the atmosphere and is dangerous. Limiting car usage also will help you save money because you no longer will have a car to pay for. Also, it would boost other forms of transportation, such as buses and taxis. This is a great idea to limit cars. | 4 |
995506e | My opinion of driver less cars.i stand on the side of liking the idea of it driverless cars would impact everyones lives highly for good purposes the idea of getting into a car and talling it where to take you is quite thrilling.i do believe cars shouls be like this why? because they could help us to especially handicapped individuals ones who are in wheelchairs.driverless cars would be a quite amazing thing to have in society as well as having it in general having cars able to control themselfs could also cause less wrecks due to people who text and drive or dont pay attention.i do find the cars could be bad to why? well the cars could malfunction if not treated/designed prooperly there for say if you were to malfunction out of nowhere.also these cars self driving or not should be exclusively looked and observed and examined properly if not this could cause problems like wrecks and dissasters to happen more frequently.the cars could be a lot diffrent from what we are used to today but if they are not safe? obviously these cars need to have seat belts for more proper safety this could be used for a dummy test to test such abilitys and actions of the car and how to controll it.now a common problem with this car is multiple things engine car navigation and many others but oftenly we should ask ourselfs do we want a car that drives alone? could it be safe? hopefully yet why would it not be there have been many cars that werent designed right or have had many complications these can be caused by electrical failures lack of gas or others.these cars only leave me with multiple questions like how would such things be created and why are these being created butonly true answer is for better ways of transport.in my eyes i see these vehicles being completely intresting and fun but could also be completely bad it is a diffrent idea and a very intresting one but all together i say yes these cars should be made because even if there are problems with said car these could be tested on if not already before initall release of the car,making any problems with the car not really a problem at all so my final answer is yes they should be made and tested. | 3 |
9959c22 | You know what i do agree on what this article is saying why because people tend to use their cars all the time and yea what if we live far from town ok thats fine but i see people in my naighborhood driving two streets down just to hang out with there friends when one could simply just i mean put it this way if we were to drive less we would limit accidents , tickets, and polution so come with me as i explain my ideas.
You might ask your self how would this limit accidents well say you were driving one night to your best friend jeffs house and jeff lives three streets but you wanted to get there faster and the car on the oppisite lane the driver falls asleep and all of a sudden boom!! you dont know what just happen think about you could of been dead right in that instant but if you would of walked no accident you could of dodged the car.
Tickets and people might say " man, police be racist pulling me over for know reason and now i have to pay a fine and go to court" no buddy you were pulled over because you were being stupid on the road trying to act cool in front of your friend but see maybe if you where riding a bike or walking you probaly would of never got pulled over and wouldnt have to pay a fine.
Less polution polution is really bad in alot of countries i mean its so bad that its kind of hard to breathe i mean it would suck if yoy were on vacation in the carrabians trying to enjoy a nice tropical day outside but you can't why because you can bearly breathe with all that polluted air around so yea.
I mean its not hard to ride a bike or to get a electric scooter or a moped or walk it benefits you and our earth i mean i agree with driving just to places you need to go like traval or grocrey shopping not to race act dumb or black smoke people i we made a don't drive your car week it would really benefit our earth alot. | 3 |
995ce5c | I am against the driveless cars. I am against them for the following rerasons:
The car can be very dangerous becuase it makes people think that they dont have to pay attention or wont have to do anything becuase the car may be doing everything for them. It is almost like texting and driving some people will take advantage of this car and not pay attention to the road. In the passage they dont mention how much this car would cost; probably a forune. Just making the car would cost a fortune. How could they get anyone to buy this car if some people would just stick with their regular car instead of paying a ridiculous amount of money?
In the passage it also states that the car only takes up to 90 percent of the control. The driver is still required to watch the road and be aware of their surroundings. It also says in the passage that the car only does so much like accelerate, brake, steer, and censor. However the driver has to get through traffic, go through drive ways, and park. Some states have made it illegal to even test the cars becuase they know some of the end results wont turnout good with todays society. People drive reckless even without the improved car; What makes you think giving more lead way will make more people responsible? It could also not always be on the person. What if the car stops working, has a glitch, or gets damaged then what? who's at fualt, Who goes to blame man or car?
i think the car will just cuase more careless problems society doesnt really need that can be avoided. It just makes everyone lazy about things. People will start to fully rely on this car and there will be plenty more laws being broken. Stop trying to make things so easy to the point where we dont barely have to do anything anymore except depend on some machine to come and do for us. Why not make something productive that will benifit the people not cuase more issues.That is why i am against driveless cars. | 3 |
995d95c | In this article the author thinks that venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. And he has many reasons for thinking and suggesting it and here the way that he says that it would be worthy of pursuit is by putting facts that would be helpful in the article.
Some of the advantages that the article would have is that it is very well informed and it have a lot of evidence that we could use to say that it is a study that is worthy of pursuit. In the articleit says´Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and occasionaly the closest in distance to´.This is saying that venus is closer to us and we have more adantage of knowing more about it because more people can go on it since it is closer. It also says that ´Numerous factors contribute to venus reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study despite its proximity to us. which also means that it could also be difficult to pursuit worthy on venus because it could be difficult to study.
Thats is why he says we should pursuit worthy to venus but there are also some disadantages I think that either way there are more facts about pursuing it but not all might think the same. | 2 |
995e34c | First, he talk about the venus whihc is reffering to as " evening star " and how danger it is to earth in the present. he said that venus is a planet, in our solar system Venus is the second planet of our sun, he also think that it is a channelging place to examine more closely. Venus is referred to as Earth twin, and because Venus is the closet planet to earth in terms of density and size and in distance too. Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. WHihc mean everyone who go there not a single one survive. It is a very Channelging planet for human to study and it is provimity to us. It is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Over the planet surface it the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and it 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.
Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most earth-like okanet in our solar system. The planet has a surface of rocky sedment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. NASA are thinking about sending a human to study in Venus. Temperature will still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. NOt easy condifitons, but survivable for humes. The researcher can't take a sample rock, gas or anything else, from the distance. so they need to get up close and personal despite the risk or they try to think that as a challlenges/ Many researcher are working on innovations that would allow the machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.
NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. Another project is looking back to an old technology called Mechanical COmputers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in 1930s during WWII. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be mroe delicate when it come to extreme physical conditions.
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 eqyally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond shold not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovations. | 1 |
995ea01 | Many people believe that the Face on Mars was created by aliens. I do not believe this claim. I believe that the Face is just a natural landform that was not created by anything but the land itself.
There are many pieces of evidence proving that the Face is just a natural landform. First, and probably the most obvious, the Face is only seen at a certain angle, due to the shadowing around the landform. In paragraphs one, two, and three the author states numerous times how the "unusual shadows...made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." In paragraph eight, the author states "the Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude...." Second, the first picture of the Face was taken in 1976, meaning that the Face could have been a result of the poor camera quality back then. The scientists at NASA back in 1997 even wanted to take another picture to see if the Face was just a natural landform. When the Mars Global Surveyor took a picture of the same landform in 1998 with improved camera quality, it showed that it was just a natural landform. In 2001, scientists took a third photo proving the Face was just a natural landform. In paragraph 1, the author states "NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet...when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." In paragraph seven, the author states "...his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." and "...anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared... revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." In paragraph twelve the author states "what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa---landforms common around the American West." The Face was also used as a way to entertain the public and shine more light onto Mars. At the end of paragraph three, the author states "the authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars." These claims and evidence to support them are just a few pieces of proof that the Face of Mars is a natural landform.
Some people believe the Face on Mars was made by aliens, and that there is alien life on Mars. In all of the facts stated above, there is proof that the Face is nothing more than a butte or mesa and not created by aliens. Based on the pieces of evidence listed above, I can conclude that the Face is a natural landform and always will be. | 3 |
9960203 | Do you know why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys ? It gives you a great chance to see the sea . You get on a boat and sail and you get to see serval places , like China , Greece , and Eroupe . Those three are just a few places you get to see and they are absoultly amazing . You get to see animals and take care of them for a long while . Of coruse you have some chores and have to clean up after them but it's not really a big deal especially if your a animal lover . An yes it is very dangreous kinda because you are in the military but wouldn't you risk it to save others . To be brave , and save a life . I don't know about you but that is a very mobil act .
The cons of being a part of Seagoing Cowboys Program is you have to work very hard , you have to do your part . Anthother thing if you get seasick it would be extra challenging , because your on a boat for serval mothes and weeks at a time . An like luke you could very easly slip and fall and break you ribs . I mean he could of died . It's very dangoues espeically if it rains , because that doesn't help , an the water is very cold so hope you don't fall in .
To be in the militalry , you have to be very courages and very brave . If you think about it it's really worth it because you are saving lives and thats why most people do it , to help people and to save lives . I think personally that it's worth it I would love to save someones life and do a very courages deed like that , it takes guts . Also I'm a animal lover so that would be amazing . An I love to travel I would love to travel like that . | 3 |
99603ab | Driverless Cars
The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming, makes great statements for and against the full time use and developments of the driverless cars. They say if these cars are developed, we will be saving half the fuel that today's cars use. These cars will be like a public-transport system that would offer far more felxability than a us. The cars they are developing at Google have been driven for more than half a million miles and none have had a crash yet, as stated in paragraph 2. Although the develpment of these cars will lead to many future costs, they may also lead, in the long run, to saving more money and making a cleaner Earth. The stance that I take with these cars, is that they could potentially be very succsessful in making our Earth greener and safer. I agree towards the development of driverless cars; If they are developed, they will be safer, cleaner, and impove everyday life.
The first argument for why these cars should countinue to be developed is because they will create a more safter way of travel. These cars are full of sensors, as told in paragraph 5. They have been around since the 1980's and they have become far more advanced; also responding to respose and control than a human could offer which makes theses cars a lot less likley to crash, making them safer. If these cars have the tecnology to stay on a one track line because of the way they are sensored, that could lead to far less collisions and accidents, making a much safter way to travel.
Secondly, the reason why I agree with smart cars is the fact that they have the biggest oppurtuinity to be a new, cleaner way of travel. As stated in the first paragraph, these cars have the chance of using half of the amount of fuel that we use today with public-transport. If we create a sysytem of these cars to replace taxis and buses, then we can reduce an impacting amount of pollution from the world, making it far more cleaner.
Lastly, the reason why I am for the development of these cars is becuse they will help improce everyday life. These cars will create a much easier and personal way to get around, than the public transportation that we have today. In paragraph 1, Sergey Brin envisions the cleaner and easier way we can travel in the future. He believes, like me, these cars would fundamentally change the world. From fuel to flexability, they can create a much more simple way to travel in the approaching years.
The reasons why I believe these cars should have countinued development is: they will be safer, cleaner, and life changing. This article makes great statements for why and how these cars can be positivley and negativly impacting. We have been facinated as human with cars that could drive themselves in TV and movies, in reality we do have this but imagine how much we could help the earth and the people on it by cutting back fuel and the pollution of all the trvael we use today. There will probobly be a lot more trials and errors that come from attmepting to incorperate these cars into everyday life but in the end they will prove to be reliable, clean, and safer. | 4 |
996c81d | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author explains how new technologies are allowing compters to read facial expressions. The use the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms is valuable, because it will benefit both students and teachers. This technology will help teachers identify if their students are understadning the lesson and if their students are enjoying the lesson and staying engaged.
The Facial Action Coding System will help teachers identify if their students are understanding the lesson they are teacher. In paragraph 6 the author states,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huange predicts." Teachers could use this technology to monitor their student's facial expression when watching a video or an online lesson. Teachers could ensure that all their students are understanding the content they are teaching. Teachers will be able to modify their lessons and how they are taught based on their students' reactions. They could also insturct their students to take notes on these computers, so that the teacher can identify if their students are fully engaged or not.
Teachers will be able to understand if their students are enjoying the lesson or not with the Facial Action Coding System. The author states, " The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive--for video or video surgrey." This technology will not only help students and teachers understand each other better, but will help students have more fun as well. Teachers will have the ability to show more interesting and engaging videos and online simulations to their students, so that they will stay engaged and focused on the lesson. It will give teachers the ability to monitor the enjoyment of their students, so that they will be able to modify their lessons t o help keep their students happy and focused. This will also help teachers make their future lessons more enjoyable or less depending on the reactions of their students.
In conclusion, I believe that the use of the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms is valuable, because it will benefit both teachers and students in the classroom. The use of this new techology will help teachers know if their students are understanding the lesson, and it will help students stay engaged and focused on the lesson. | 4 |
997679c | Imagine is a good way to detect exactly how people's feeling, even when people wants to hide their emotions. To read the emotional expressions is also important and valuable for our students in class.
There is a technology called the Facial Action Coding System, it can able to help people to identify human emotions on the computers. It also has promising applications for a variety of insudtries. This technology can use 3-D to scan the face, there are 44 major muschles in the model must move like human muscles, and the software can even identify mixed emotions.
Dr. Huang said:"The facial expressions for wach emotion are universal." In reality, our human are performing the same impressive every day, just like the article said:"You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." We can observe the emotions from people who are around us every day, we can describe they are happy or make something troubles.
Everyone of us have a conversation everyday, we can learn the personality through people's emotion during the school. We can not only use the languague to talk, but also can use the emotion to have a communication, just like the people who can not talk to each other, but they still can use the emotion to expression their feelings.
In this article, Dr. Huang observes da Vinci also studied human anatomy to help him to paint facial muscles predcisely enough to convey specfic emotions. This imagine demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, just like the computer knows you are happy or sad. If you are following the Web ad appears, then there will have a similar ad comeout. But if you do not follow it, they will change a different for you.
When we have a classroom computer, it will recognize us is bored or confused about it, then it could modify the lesson, just like an effective human instructor. The emotions have a big effect during the class, we should learn how to read the emotional expressions and also manage our emotion better.
The mirror shows in this article is important too, it suggest an emotion when we have expression. Actually it is all about the muscular action units. When we have a meanwhile, our muscle make crow's-feet around your eyes. But our muscle will change to stretched when we have a wrong smile. So the muscle makes our smile truthful beacuse our faces do not lie.
A drama coach had his actors carefully produce smiling and creating emotions on stage. Your face shows happy even though you do not happy, but it still an help you to produce the happy muscle. For example, even you are not happy, but you are effected by the people who are making a happy face to you, you still can change your emotion even a little bit.
We cannot believe that technology teach us a lot, and we never think that making faces can reveal the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. It is valuable to express people's emotion, and it is also important to detect people's feeling. | 4 |
997a282 | Driverless Cars is becoming the most advanced invention the world right now. The new project that every car company is producing is trying to find a way that there could be less accidents if a car is driving itself than the driver. Many have suggested this idea to go on. It would be good for the safety of the people on the roads.
Imagine all this cars driving on their own while the person can enjoy doing something else. This is what a producer or a person thinks of during a car like this made. In this state, many companies have made programs for the cars to drive on their own when nothing bad is going on. When an accident happens,the car will alert the driver or get its attention the driver must drive becasue the car isn't programed to do that yet. There would be less accidents when driverless cars than the actually driver. If there is someone thats hurt or drunk, that person wouldn't get into a major acciednt. The car will drive that person hom or the hospital depending on the situation.
These cars are programed to alert the driver at different situations like the people at GM have created a car that would have the drivers seat to vibrate it the car detects an accident nearby. At BMW, they have developed the Traffic Jam Assistant. This program is designed have sensors that makes sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel and alert the driver at any cost. BMW says its a great way to do things that you aren't suppose to do like talk and text while driving. This ability allows the driver to do whatever they like to do. When the driver wants to drive, just tell the car and it will untill you don't want to drive anymore.
In most cases most of them are depending on the law and if these cars are sent out without any law for those types of cars, people could sue the company. Thats why google has a few just in case if anything happens like that cause. Thats why they wait and see what could hurt the law and what doesnt hurt the law. The big question is if technology fails and someone gets injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?
In result of this big idea these cars will not come out depending on the company. The first one would be from tesla that can drive 90 percent of the time with autopilot. Other car companies plan to have these types of cars around by the year of 2020. Everyday something new has been made or to the world. We get closer each and everyday to a destination of new product. | 3 |
997f730 | Would you ride in a driverless car? Car manufacturers are getting closer and closer to making driverless cars. Some cars are already steering, accelerating, and can brake themselves. I mean why not driverless cars next. Driverless cars sound awesome and I am all for it!
Driverless cars could help many different people. It can help the elderly, mentally diasbled or crippled drivers. Manufacturers have already begun testing driverless cars and improve upon them everyday. Google has been working on this for a while. Some of their smart cars have driven half a million miles without a accident. Although, Google's smart cars aren't totally driverless this is real progress that shows they are very close to the real thing. Audi, Mercedes, and Nissan say they can have driverless cars as early as 2020.
Driverless cars are just what the name implies. Cars with no drivers. There has been much progress made on the idea of driverless cars or as Google calls them smart cars. Imagine in 2020 going to movies with your friends with nobody in the front seat. I am ready for smart cars and I think you are too! Will you be cool enough to ride in a smart car? | 2 |
9981ce3 | Evolution is an factor of life that effects us all in some way shape or form. As we get new ideas, and put them into pratice we are supporting this factor. With the evoloutinon of cars, going from mauel, to driver less is not only a great, and intuitive idea but also a major part in the evolution of automobiles. I feel as though we should support this advancement for it would prove benifical to a overwhelming number of people. Though I support this idea, I do see the risks, and potential problems that would accompany such a machine. But in my opion the benifits out way the risks.
How many people have died, or have been injured from automobile accidents? The answer generates, a massive amount of concern, and anxiety, though we are the most sophisticated spieces on earth, we also tend to make alot of mistakes. According the the article, self driving cars have gone nearly half a million miles without any major, or minor accidents. That is not only impressive, but also reasuring, well at least to me. Now im not saying that because of this fact the pearson inside the car should go ahead, and take a nap, because machines can't do everything for us.
When i was learning to drive my Grandfather, made told me that when your on a express way the best thing to do is to through it in crusie control, and take a nap. Of coruse this was a joke, when driving the driver must always be alert for possible incursions. I feel the same should be said for self driving cars, for their some road conditons that the car itself cannot handel. The article refers to certain times when the driver should have to take over such as; when construction is taking place, or when navigating around a accident. The driver may not have to drivew always when in one of these cars but when situations such as the ones previously metioned arise,I feel the driver should take the wheel.
To many lives are lost do to driving while under the influence or "drunk driving" the alcohal in the drivers system affeects the respons time and, critical thinking skills, wich in turn causes major threats to both the driver, and others around them. Now the question is should someone who is drunk be abel to drive a sekf driving car? My answer is no, because the car may still need the driver to operate the vehical through difficult situations the car itself can't navigate thorugh. I metioned some situations earlier, of when the sober, and normally functioning driver would need to take over but would it be safe to have some one who is drunk to drive through a work zone, or around a accident? So before the driver enters the vechile they should have to be abel to pass a breathalizer test to let the car drive on its own.
Now I know that in my introduction that I said that I was pro self driving cars, but all through out my bodies I talked about how many regulations there should be, but thats only cause I seeboth the benifits, and the dangers. Yes the world should be open to the idea of self driving cars but the world should also note that this isn't a way to completely get out of driving for good, and we also should realize that driving while were impaired is a bad idea wheteher or not the car can drive itself. We need to move forward and embrace the evouliton of technology, but we also mut tred carefully for every advancement present, simalar risks as the previous one. | 4 |
9985008 | In the first source its explain what a Electoral College is which is not a place it's a process the finding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a Congress vote and by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the eledtors where they vote between a President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College has about 538 electors a majority of 270 are electoral votes is required to elect the President by which your state entitled allotment of electors equals the numer of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. The 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of the Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. For this reason, in the following discussion, the word "state" also refers to the District of the Columbia.
The second source talks about the Indefensible Electoral College:Why even the best best-laid defenses of the system are wrong like in the first sentence "What have Richard Nixion, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFl-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? The answer is Abolishing the electoral college! They're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore--thanks to the quirks of the electoral college--won the popular vote but lost the presidency, but over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. This following year voter have expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency but yet the electoeral college still has its defenders. What give?...
The last source for the story talks about the defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President. Electoral College is widely regared as an anachronism and a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declasring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. The advocatesos this postion are coorect in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense ... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. Your votes for a presidential candidate your're actually voting for a slate of electors. There are a selects of parties that a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee. | 1 |
998557d | Started with the founding fathers. The Electoral College was founded and swung into the constitution, as a compromise between Congress and the President with a popular and electoral vote. Now that time has evolved and the world has changed. The Electoral College is not in the favor of everyones expectations, it seems like it favors one side more than it favors others. The Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing the president, it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored, and it can cause catastrophe.
Intially, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing presidents. The Electoral College has been around for centuries, but now people feel as if the way presidents are being chose to run our country is unfair. The Electoral College is an unfair way of choosing presidents, by it being known as a winner-take-all system. Stated in the passage, "Candidates don't spend time in the states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states." The candidates in the "lame" states did not even see a single campaign ad. The swing states have a higher chance and more likely to see their campaign ads, because they are the more popular states. The more popular states are "the most thoughtful votes, and should be the ones to decided the election." Swing states get campaign ads, they are the ones who are being favored, while there are other states just trying to get a campaign sign, and get their votes recognized.
Also, the Electoral College can be known as a non-democratic method. When something is non-democratic, it means that it is not in the democrats favor. It is a rap for them, its already set for the Republicans to win. Stated in the passage, "In a modern sense . . . it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." Democrats may cast in their vote for presidential candiate comes with a group of electors, they see the electoral college as favorable towards the Republican group.
Next, the Electoral College should be changed, because it causes catastrophe. When voting for president, it puts the electors in charge. "Electors can be anyone not holding public office." One may never know how much the elector is trustworthy, and responsible. Some may not even feel comfortable with leaving the electors in charge of such cases. People feel uneasy, because they do not know what happens behind close doors, they are never certain on who's hands can change things for the benefit of themselves. The citizens and the people may not be comforatbe with such things.
But, as much as the Electoral College may not seem beneficial and fair to some it can be a good thing also. Stated in the passage "Election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where delegations vote on the president." Us people, us as citizens would not even be in charge or have a say so in who runs our country. We would not even have a choice or chance to vote and see who is worthy and most honorable in our eyes to be our president. Some may be lucky on the Representative choices on who the Electors and our Presidents would be, but also some may be dissatisified. The favor will only be in the representaives place. And the odds will be onto us. The Electoral College is not ran by the Representatives. We have a say so.
Finally, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing the president, it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored, and it can cause catastrophe. The Electoral College shows a wide range of it either being a good or a bad way on voting. | 3 |
99890ed | Driverless cars is a cool invention. Everyone wishes they can have a driverless car. The cars could be very dangerous also. Drivers still have to be aware because you never know what can happen. The cars are also dangerous because it is not truly driverless, it may not alert you sometimes, and and can cause you accidents in a constrution area.
Driverless cars aren't truly driveless. They can cause bad accidents because of that. The driver should always stay alerted while in the car because anything can happen. In the text it informs us that "Google driverless cars have driven more than a half a million miles without a crash." I'm sure the drivers were still alerted so they wouldn't crash.
The driverless may not alert you sometimes. You never know when something can go wrong with the car that can mess up the alert system. In the text it say "they can steer, accelerate , and brakes themselves," that can be a bad thing because if the car had a problem it could use one of those in the wrong situation like accelerating in a workzone area or braking on the expressway.
It can also cause you to have accidents in a constrution work area. Driverless cars aren't perfect so it can mess up at anytime. It basically have a mind of it own so you should always be alert. You can easily have an accident because you'll be fascinated by the driverless car that you wouldn't be alerted. in the text it says" it has complicated traffic issues such as navagating through roadwork or accidents.
Driverless cars aren't truly safe. You should always be alerted because you'll never know what'll happen. It can cause serious accidents and you can get seriously injured, not just you other people too. It has a mind of its own and human drivers shouldn't a hundred percent trust a driverless car. | 3 |
998c758 | Imagien, you're going on a little vacation trip with your faimly or friends. But there's a program called the UNRRA
that you wanted to do. So you put it aside for next year becuase you wanted to hang out with your friends or faimly. Some people wanted to do things like programs or groups but couldn't becuase they have "other things" to do that aren't that really important. So this paper should make you think twice about going or signing up for the UNRRA program.
My first reason to join the UNRRA program is becuase you get to help other people in other countries that are in need for help or care. The UNRRA helpes people from Europe to China and give them stuff like food, water, and other things becuase of the war that happened in Europe which we call World War 2.
My second reason why you should join the UNRRA program is becuase that you get to see other countries or cities that aren't pausible to travel on foot, car, or train. You can get to see other counties like China, Greece, Crete, and even Panama Canal for a matter of fact.
My last reason to why you should join the UNRRA program is that there's fun activeities on the UNRRA ship to do. There's vollyball, boxing, table-tennis tornaments, fencing, baseball, whistleing, reading, and other sports or relaxing things to do before we go back to get more supplies for the people in Europe and people in other countries.
I hope this paper made you think twice about signing up or joining the UNSSA program. I'll also hope you'll join the UNRRA program sooner or later to help out others in Europe and people from other countries to make them feel safe, cared for, and happy. | 3 |
9991cf0 | Poeple should really join the Seagoing Cowboys program because it could be very fun. I had a lot of fun. If you ever whated to cross the sea's. I cross the Atlantic 16 times and the Pacific 2 times. If you also like long trips this is for you. It takes two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China.
We got to save a lot of animals too. I got to care for some of the animals, that kept me busy. The had to be fed and watered 3 times a day. Taking care of the animals was very fun. There was also time to have fun on board,especially on our way back when the animals have been unloaded. We played baseball and volleyball games were the animals were staying. We would also have tennis tournaments. With all this it kept us busy and took time and helped past time.
This opportunity was more than amazing. It open the whole world to me. You should try to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
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