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a65ffd0 | For many years scientist and mechanics have been trying to create a car that drives on its own. Over the years, they have come close to creating that car, and soon they'll have is made. I personally feel like it's a bad idea to create this car, even though there are some good points to it.
I get car sick, and I'm sure many people in this world get car sick too. I have found that when I drive, I don't get car sick, one reason it that I'm keeping my mind busy and focus on driving. With self driven cars I would not be driving, so I'll get car sick, I would rather walk to my destination, than get sick and dizzy because of driverless car. However, you're probably thinking "I don't car sick." So letting me move on. Everyday someones computer crashes, phones freeze, or their eletronic device's battery runs out. What does this have to do with the car? Well, I'm glad you asked. If this is a driverless car it is a known fact that it'll be electronic. So imagen you're driving in the high way when you're car manlfunctions and shuts down. If you can't get you're car under controll quick enough you'll crash right in to the person in front or beside you. Technology is known to fall apart and malfuntion all the time, so most likely this driverless car will cause more accidents.
This idea of a driverless car is not all bad. There are some good things about it too. For example, texting and driving will be less dangerous, drunk people will be able to drive home without worrying about crashing, or if there is a traffic jam, you don't have to worry, because the car will provide entertainment for you. It's the future now. Of course everyone wants to take things to the next level. I just don't think we're ready yet.
In conclusion. driverless cars are a bad idea because they'll cause more car crashes, make people lazier, cause many people to get car sick, including myself, and it'll do more bad than good. The car can help with many things as well . The future is bright, the next level of future things is driverless cars. But, for right now the future is doing just fine with drivers driving a car. | 3 |
a660028 | Can computers really understand our emotions? Details from the article of the use of Facial Action Coding System to read the emothional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable becaues it helps us understand emotions, it helps us see true emotions, and it helps us connect with emotions.
My frist support is that it helps us understand. According to the article it can detake mixed emotions. For example the new emotion-recognition software trackes these facial movements- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. It can also indcated where it is a gerneral smile or a fake smile.
My second support is we can see true emotions. The article staes that in a false smile the mouth is streacted sideways using the zygomatic major. In a real smile, the zygomatic major lift the corners of your mouth. So it proves that this tecnonlgy can indicate the differnce between a genuine smile and a forced one.
My last support is that we can connect with emotions. The facial Feedback Theory of Emotion says that moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. An example is a drama couch has his students smile and frown to produce those emotions on stage and really feel them.
Details for the article of the use of this techonolgy to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable becaues it helps us understand emotions, it helps us see true emotions, and it helps us connect with them. This is important becaues some people can't read some emotions and if we can understand them, then we can understand how others feel. Its also important because by understanding emotions we use them more. All of these supports on why this techonolgy is useful and more is why it is very valuable to students. | 3 |
a6613a2 | In space it has been proven that there is no oxygen in any planet expect earth where we live. On May 24, 2001 NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the plants when it took a picture oof a face that was planted on planet Mars known as the Red Planet. The picture looked like a shadowy likeness of a human face. The head in the picture was enormous. We figured that the face was nearly 2 miles from end to end. Some time later after studying and researching the picture, we leaked the picture to the public so they could give us there thoughts about it because NASA always likes to here from the people. As soon as the picture was public lots of people where saying that it looked like it was created by aliens. It was attracting lots of people. But a big percentage of those people said it looked like an aliens face which was a Huge rock formation but they kept defending their statement. But i want to make people believe NASA hat it was a Rock formation created by erosion and rock movement through out the years.
Most people have been saying that this face was created by aliens but i dont think so. The reason why i dont think this face was created by aliens is because just like on earth there is erosion,rocks,and plaitonic movement. On Mars there is that to, the only three things Mars dosen't have is oxygen, water, or any subtance of food or plants that make oxygen. The exprience at NASA over the years and the studying and researching every day and having to do expriments on the picture, have determine that those figures are caused by rock movement or metiorids that hit planet Mars. The thing is that no one really could of created that without any food or water.
I think after all the research NASA has done and the studying of the natural landform on Mars that was created by Rock Formation turns out to be ture and for evryone that thinks that me and my team at NASA are wrong well no i don't think i am wrong i think i am way beyond positive that we are right because NASA has done everything they can to bring the people the right information. The people that think the natural landform was created by alliens need to join NASA so they can come along see that NASA brings only the truth noting but the truth to the people. But NASA always trys to do there best to convince people to know the right information and to have the correct facts in hand. | 2 |
a66267b | The face is just a natural landform because, nobody lives on Mars it's just a empty planet. They NASA says that the face on Mars had became a pop icon but i don't think that just because NASA has images that it's ture. You can't always believe people.
Although few scientists believed the Face wan an alien artifact, Some People think the Face is bona fide evidenve og life on Mars. Evidence that NASA would rathr hide, lets say conspiracy theorists. The caption noted that the rock formation resembles a human head, formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. This would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars.
Many people thought that is was an alien momument, but on April 5, 1998 Mars Globsl Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. A Man named Micheal Malin and his Mars Oribter Camera team wanted to prove that there were no aliens. Him and his team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. People should have been satisfied with knowing that there wasn't an alien monument after all.
Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor drew closer for a second look. They has to rool the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view to get the picture. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the cameras mamimum resolution. In the 2001 image each pixel span 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the 2976 Viking original.
I think that the researchers shouldn't be having to look seversl times just to prove certain people wrong. If they don't believe then they need to go to Mars for themselves. It'd great that they got the comparsion but they went through trouble to get there. It was not an easy target. In face, it's hard work. | 2 |
a66aa56 | Hi my name is Luke and you look like a man that would want to join the Seagoing Cowboys group.
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We travel from Europe to China to alll sorts of places.
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We help the countries that need our help.
Most countries that needed our help were mosly in Europe atfer Wolrd War II.
We also helped after the Pacific war ended in the United States.
With you by our side we can accomplish more and more, little by little.
We individually can work day shifts and night shifts.
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This is your once in a lifetime oppurtonity to join the Seagoing Cowboys.
So we firmly ask you to join the Seagoing Cowboys.
We hope to see you come. | 2 |
a66fe9b | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author argues the point that studying venus is a worthy pursuit, despite dangers that it can present. Throughout the article the author supports this idea with various forms of evidence. Ultimately, the author is ineffective at supporting their cclaim because they fail to provide sufficient factual evidence supporting it, jump to conclusions without providing sufficient logical reasoning, and provide significantly more evidence for the counter to their arguemnt than the arguement itself.
The author attempts to provide some factual basis for their claim that visiting Venus has worth, despite risks. They primarily included these in paragraph 4. The main ideas they used were that "it (Venus) may well have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (4). This fact fails to support their argument, however, since the author does not provide any justification as to how it might make exploring Venus a more desireable option, especially considering the risks. It would make far more sense to simply explore a differnet planet that ws more hospitable and could actually be studied. The phrase "once have been" is also very telling. Certainly Venus is no longer at all Earth like save for its geology, as the planet has vastly different conditions to Earth in almost every other aspect. The author also states that Venus can "sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit" (4). This fact also fails to support their conclusion that there is worth in exploring Venus, because the planet is only sometimes the closest option. At other times Mars is closer to Earth than Venus. If this is the case, then it would make far more sense to explore Mars as it is far less hostile to life than Venus is. The author again fails to provide sufficient logical evidence to validate the conclusion that Venus is worth the risk, especially because there is a safer alternative that is sometimes even closer than Venus.
In addition to failing to provide sufficient factual evidence in support of their argument, the author also jumps to conclusions before actually connecting any logical reasoning to them in order to justify said conclusions. The author concludes at the end of the fourth paragraph that "the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable." (4) . However, they failed to provide any effective reasoning as to why this is the case. It would seem that the author began with this conclusion, but failed to actually justify it. It is certainly disputable that there is value in returning to Venus, so coming to such a strong conclusion on such flimsy evidence is simply ridiculous. It is simply another example of how the author faied to effetively support their claim.
Finally, the author provides significantly more evidence for the counter to their argument, than they do for the argument itself. Throughout the article the author gives details about how incredibly inhospitable Venus is to human life. For example, they state "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit" (3), and "the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet" (3). By providing this evidence the author is attempting to acknowledge the detractors to their argument and then provide a rebuttal to it. However, the author provides a much greater wealth of evidence for the idea that Venus is wholly inhospitable than they do for the idea that this difficulty is worth it. They provide only two brief facts on why exploration might be necessary, but have an example of how dangerous Venus is in nearly every paragraph. Ultimately this causes the claim that Venus exploration is worth the risk to lose validity because it creates a perception amongst the readers that the risks associated with the exploration of Venus far outweigh the benefits. It also contributes to an overall lack of focus in the article as the author constantly interjects facts about Venus' dangers.
Ultimately this author does a poor job at supporting the claim that exporing Vesus is a worthy pursuit despit the risks due to their lack of factual evidence, tendency to jump to conclusions, and the overwhelming surplus of evidence for the counter to the argument. These iniptitudes create a failure of an argument which is unable to stand up to even mild scrutiny. | 6 |
a6733fa | Limiting car usage can be helpful to people and the earth in a variety of ways. Although cars are helpful to a numerous amount of people and can help one get from point A to point B, there are reasons why it can be harmful and why reducing the use of cars can make a huge impact on the world. First it can lower air pollution, it causes less traffic congestion, and lastly it reduces greenhouse emissions. These are some important advantages on limiting car usage.
One way that reducing car usage can be beneficial is that it lowers air pollution. Some countries have already took advantage and began to limit their usage of vehicles. In Colombia, Bogota several cities have had a "car free day". According to source 3, businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza says that" Its a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". Municipal authorities from different countries came to Colombia experience this event and were extremely excited. Reducing car usage is proven to help the world out.
Getting to work can be a pain, simply because of long, time wasting traffic jams. This can cause people to be late to work, functions, emergencies, and even important interview. It may even cause them to miss it completely. Lowering the usage of automobiles can be pivotal mainly for this reason. In source 3, Robert Duffer states that "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france after five days of intensifying smog". This is a important advantage of limiting car usage.
Another way that decreasing the use of cars is that it cuts down the greenhouse gas emissions. According to the first source the author states that "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the United Stated. This is an big reason on limiting car usage as it is shown that it can help the earth
It is evident that limiting vehicle usage is pivotal, and the various advantages of what it can lead to. Factors such as lowering air pollution, less traffic jams, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These are reason why we should limit car usage | 3 |
a673a39 | The elecoral college is a group of electors that vote for the president and vice-president. "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." (What Is The Electoral College, 1) They consist of 538 electors and you need a majority of 270 in order to be elected. They are wrong because they take the majority vote from the state's population and turn it into electoral votes (which is a "winner-take-all" system), and they can be anyone not holding public office (which can bring opinions into play, such as segregation).
The first and most important reason the electoral college is wrong is because they are based off of majority vote. This is bad because people who voted for the other party don't even get counted in the electoral votes. For instance, if there is a population of 1,000,000 people in a state and 600,000 of the people vote for one party, the majority goes to that party, but what about the other 400,000 people that voted for their party. And don't forget the 2000 election between Gore and Bush. Al Gore had the popular vote, yet lost the presidency. How does this make any sense? This leads to my final reasoning of why the electoral college is wrong...
The electoral college is wrong because the electors can be anyone not holding public office. Anyone not in public office could be basically anyone, even you or me. This can cause problems; such as opinion, racism, etc. They could want somebody to become president because of their skin color or their political party. For example, "in 1960 segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, 11) What if this happens again? We could have a president that nobody even elected for as president and our government could drastically change.
Even though the electoral college is wrong, there is one good thing about it. This is because the "certainty of outcome" (In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, 15). Which mean that usually the electoral votes and the popualr votes usually coincide with each other, where both are for the same person. For instance, "in 2012's election Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and 51.3 percent of the popular vote" (In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, 15). So this mean that for both electoral and popular he had the majority of the votes.
All in all, I agree with "Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO" with "abolishing the electoral college!" (In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, 15). Especially with the "winner-take-all" point of it. I think that the population should choose the president off of their opinions instead of being forgotten if their not in the majority vote. Everyone's vote should count. This would be a lot more fair to everyone. | 4 |
a673f73 | The advantages of limiting car usage is a good thing because some people might feel stress out when they are behind the wheel but thanks to the limitied usage of cars people can just walk and keep a calm mind and stress free. Also there would be more space becaues the car garge can used for somthing else like making stores. Then there will be less greenhouse gas. then we will more money. Finaly that is some advantages of limiting car usage.
One advantages of limiting car usage is the lack of tense or stress you will feel when you are walking instead of driving. When you are driving you feel so stressed out because you are nervues that you might hit some or might crash on the side of the road. Then you will have more of your time instead of rushing to get some were you will feel calm chilled and relaxed becaues you are walking the stress away. Next you will be able to spend more time with your friends and talk to them more instead of texting them and get in a reck. finaly that is my advantage of limiting car usage.
Second reason why is do to the lack of parking lots garages there will be more space for something more need a hospiltle or a store for food. Then we will have space for more homes so it will cut down the amout of homless people on the street. Also the lack of parking will help decress the amout of death in some because there will be less people starving on the streets. Then there will be spaces for resetraunts,fast food,and other places were people can work at so there will be more jobs avaiable. Finaly that is another advantage in the lack of car usage.
Third reason is there will be less greenhouse gases in the air. Then do to the lack of greenhouse gases there will be less polution in the air causing people not to get sick. Then do to the lack of polution the will survie longer and our omdoem layer will start to repair it self. Then we will be able to breath better and live longer. finaly that is another advantage of limiting car usage.
Inconlusion that are just a few possabilty's do to the lack of car usage's. One you will be less tense. Two more space for important places. Three the lack of greenhouse gas. That are noly just some advantages maybe there will might be more i the futer. | 3 |
a67771e | In the year 2032, and a new product is talked about all around the world: in homes, buisnesses, schools, and churches. For several days, many people gabble about the aspects of a car that drives itself and is safer than most cars with excitement and jauntiness.
For many people, this anecdote is the ideal future and one that will hopefully happen soon. Development of automated cars should be funded and researched more thoroughly because automated cars make roads safer, are more luxurious for the passenger, and are not completly driverless.
In "Driverless Cars are Coming", the author states "Google has had cars tha could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash". Because of this fact, cars are safer. Automated cars have radars, and sensors all around them to know where the cars are at any given time. this includes the LIDAR which creates a 3D model of its surroundings, making the entire experience safer and causing less deaths each year. in 2013, BMW developed a car which can go up to twenty five miles per hour if the driver keeps his or her hands on the steering wheel, adding to the safety features on these new cars.
Another reason why these cars are fundable and should be reashered more is the fact that the new car rides would be more fun for the passengers. For example, these cars would have displays that let people watch movies and play video games. The moniters turn off when danger is afoot, which adds to the safety features on the new automated car.
For people who are still worried that the cars will be unsafe because a computer can't decide what a human can and can't perform complex actions, do not fear. Automated cars will not be devoid of human interaction. According to paragraph seven of "Driverless Cars are Coming", "None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are deesigned to notify the river when the road ahead requires human skills."
The new cars have also been designed to warn passengers to oncoming dangers by vibrating, speaking, or flashing lights when danger in near by. GM has developed a car which vibrates a driver's seat if his or her car is going to his an object behind them. This creates a car to human relationship that insures cars on the road are safer and cause less deaths per year.
In conlusion, automated cars are the future. They are safer, more relaxing, and are not completely automated. The future is looking bright for thse new cars. People should expect new and exciting cars to not drive in the near future. | 5 |
a678979 | How scared would you be if you looked to your right and you saw no one at the steering wheel of the car next to you? Well many car companies are working on driverless cars for the public. This technology although imperfect at the moment has been around for years. It stated in a article that, "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009." However, driverless cars are dangerous and should be banned because they are not completely driverless, legal issues if there was a car crash, and the technology is still too insufficent to be trusted.
First, the "driverless" cars are not completely driverless. For example in an article it stated, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." With this information we can see that "driverless" cars are still not completely driverless. This can make it dangerous if the driver is not paying attention, when attention is needed. This could be fatal if the driver failed to get to the steering wheel in time.
Secondly, the legal issues that would be created by this new form of car would be catastrofical numbers of laww suits. The question of who would be responsible is a difficult one. In the text it stated, "...if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This question does raise a lot of legal issues. Many states in fact have already banned this car. It stated in the text, " As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars, California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Coloumbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autononomous cars..." As you see many states have banned these self driving machines, obiously for good resons, because of all the law suits, legal issues, and because they are dangerous.
Finally, The technology is still too insufficent to be trusted with the lives of innocent people. When the technology is still not fully tested, and can't full keep passengers safe then they shouldnt be trusted. In the text it stated, "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." This shows how insufficent the technology is today. If the technology can't drive the car by its self, then it shouldn't be trusted, because drivers are distracted as it is. So these self driving cars would almost never need human assistance, and the moment they did drivers would be so distracted they would not be able to react in time.
In conclusion, these dangerous driverless cars should be banned because they are not completely driverless, legal issues if there was a crash, and the technology is still to insufficent to be trusted. Maybe in the future with more advances in technology these cars could be trusted. The legal issues would cease if the cars were certified they were safe. So maybe, in the far future we can trust cars that are completely diverless with our lives, but at the moment driverless cars should be banned. | 5 |
a67a151 | I think others should join the program because you could help these countries recover their food supplies,animals,and more. Caring for the animals is a big job too they have to be watered and fed two or three times a day. Also many things need to be picked up like bales of hay and bags of oats. This is a really big thing to people to have our help. It is a good idea to try and help out.
I have experienced from my aunt Katies farm as a young boy, I worked very hard so that prepared me,but not for the dangers of the sea. My job is to cheak on the animals every hour,its not all that bad. One night though it was pretty scary i was making my hourly report to the captain and some things happened. It wasnt that bad but im glad im here today. There is also lots of time to have fun on board. Like on return trips when the animals had been unloaded. I also played volleyball and baseball games with the cowboys in empty holds.
These are the many reassons why i think others should try joining the program. You not only have to work, you get to have fun while working with others. It may sound scary but its not,once are used to it. It feels pretty good to get that kind of offer. Also just to be able to help out. | 2 |
a67bf65 | A spacecraft was circling around Mars. It was snapping photos of the planet when something was spotted. It looked like a human face. The only thing though it wasn't a face, it was a natural land formation. It is a priority for NASA to tell everyone that its just a landform.
The formation only looks like a face because the rock formation resembles the shape of a head. Shadows form the illusion of the eyes, nose, and mouth. On April 5, 1998 Mars global surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Michael malin and his mars orbitercamera team snapped a pictuire.
The team snapped a picture ten times larger than the original Viking photos, as said in paragraph seven of " Unmasking the Face on Mars". Thousands of anxious "fans" were waiting when they saw the image. It revealed a natural landform. There is no alien monument after all. You see the "face" is just a big rock.
Even though everyone is not satisfied and say that the experts are just hiding it from them, NASA is right. Why would we hide it from you? Everyone has the right to know about it. Plus that would be a lot to handle. I'm positive that we are telling you everything we know.
In conclusion we have told you everything. We have taken more pictures than anyone could ask for. The pictures prove that its just a rock formation. Some one even said, " It reminds me of Middle Butte in the Snake River of
Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars." See it reminds some one of a landformation because it is. | 3 |
a67cdb5 | Venus is considered as Earth's twin, so why not explore it and have information about it, right? Allowing the people on Earth to be educated about space life is incredible and would probably do so much for us. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports his idea very well by educating us of the idea that Venus may of had life on it at one time, explaining to us that we need to chase our imaginations and telling the idea that Venus is basically the sister of Earth!
Life on Venus. That may of been the case a long time ago according to many astronomers. The article states, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." If Venus once had the ability to support life, it might have that ability again! If we take the risks and time to explore Venus, we might not just have to choose what country or state to live in. We could possibly choose what planet!
Being a day dreamer or someone who thinks often could give you a whole new world. What if we literally had a whole new world though? According to the passage, "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." To imagine the population on Earth becoming smaller because of people going to live on Venus is amazing and wild.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth, referring to size and density. The author mentioned "Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." If that is the case, then we should explore it to make it the TWIN of Earth.
Life on Mars was very well thought of, but now Venus has come into the equation. The author of this passage makes his thoughts very clear that Venus is a risk that would be well taken by, implying life may have already been on Venus, Imagination can get the best of us and we should let it sometimes, and Venus is identical to Earth, so we should at least try. | 3 |
a681064 | Driving a car has its ups and downs to life. It provides transportation, but it can also be very dangerous. Another issue with cars today is the amount of pollution that cars give off. Smog is caused by cars and is not good to the environment and certainly not good for people to be breathing in. Both "Paris bans driving due to smog" and "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" discuss the affects cars can have on the evironment. "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" and "The End of Car Culture" talk about the decrease of the amount of cars used today. Many communities today are turning into car-free places to clear up the smog and dangers of driving.
Smog in Paris, France and Bogota, Columbia have reached record pollutions and both cities do not want to deal with it any longer. Robert Duffer writes about how the Paris government enforced a new rule which allowed both even and odd numbered license plates to drive on a certain day and would alternate everyday. This was very beneficial, however some people needed transportation but would be fined $31 if their car was used on the wrong day. Being that Paris is one of the most famous capitals of the world, one would expect to see more smog than usual. Andrew Selsky also writes that in Bogota, Columbia, a day without cars was put into place in the 1990's and still continues today. Once a year, buses and taxis are the only transportation allowed in the whole city. If not obeyed, there would be a $25 fine. This day was put into place as an improvement campaign which also benefitted the city. Bike paths and smooth sidewalks were put in and during rush hour has cut the traffic in half. It also opened up restaurants and shopping malls which were widely used by the public. Both Paris and Bogata saw improvements in their environments without having so many cars on the road.
Life without cars can also be beneficial to ones community because few people will be buying gas or diesel fuel for their cars. Elisabeth Rosenthal tells her audience that Vauban, Germany has an upscale community where nearly everyone has given up their cars. Here, people sold their cars just so that they could buy a house in peace without having to hear traffic jams and honking horns all the time. Many say that this environment makes them happier because it is so peaceful. 70% of the community do nott own cars and the ones that do must leave it in a large parking garage outside the developement that is purchased with the home. In another article, also written by Elisabeth Rosenthal, discusses America and the recent decrease of the amount of driven by a single person. Research shows that the amount driven in 1995 is about the same as the amount driven in 2013. This is due to environmental protectionists who walk evrywhere they go and due to the dangers of driving. There are fewer young adults driving today as well; in eight years, the amount has decreased 23%. Many are giving up their cars today to make a better, happier living.
There are cities all across the world that are limiting the amount of cars being used. Smog is a very pollutive that many don't even realize. Many say that walking and biking around provides them with a more peaceful lifestyle. Limiting car usage will provide less smog in the air and will save you money from having to buy gas or diesel fuel. | 5 |
a6888d9 | In this article they are talking about emotional are getting describe by computers. They are able to know when you're happy, sad, anger, disqust, fear and sadness. They can tell your emotion by your movements of the facial muscles you rises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your ordbicularis oris around your mouth tighten your lips to show anger. One thing that technology is doing that i think is super cool because they are using technology to read students. I think its a great idea because maybe the students doesnt understand the computer and it can explain its self and i also thinks its a good ideal beacause what if the students was bored and it could make it more fun for the students. i think this would be pretty cool because if the students is having a bad day the computer would cheer them up and put a smile on their faces.
This is a great ideal because say if the students is coming confused or bored it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. the same technolody can make computer - animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, notes some comuper need to understand that, too
It's also a good ideal for instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by looking on her his or her face. of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy worried ect. Haveing a computer that understand how they feel will make them feel better and at least they know their is something that understand how they feel.
Even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression (like not smiling as broadly) .Using video imagery, the new emotion recognition software tracks these facial movement in a real face or in the painted face by weighting the different unit, the software can even identify mixed emotion this should that some kids might not like the computer even though it's understand how they feel.
conculsion It's mostly trying to let the students know that they understand how they feel sometimes and they know the students not gonna talk to their friends or teacher about it so they want to bring computer even though you can't talk to them but they want the students to know that the computer understand and try to cheer them up. | 3 |
a688b7a | Personally i am for driverless cars because with these cars if a accident were to ever occur the car would prevent it from happening which would prevent lots of deaths from texting and driveing from hit an runs. It would also keep the driver protected and also other drivers on the road protected. And also the sensors on the car modify when you are to close to a object or are going to hit a object before it is going to happen. And also the dubbed LIDAR use laser beams to form a constant updateing 3-D model of the car's surroundings with this combination the input is necessary for the driverless to mimic the real skill of a human at the wheel. And with the assistance and help of google the GPS his able to connect to google maps to navigate the driverless car to it's destination. With the sensors on and in the car drivers assistance isnt a problem, with the antilock brakes the is willing to stop when something is blocking it or is comeing at it with a equal speed. With more roadside assistance from google you can connect your cell phone to the car and answer the phone as you please and still be able to safely drive on the road.
With some of the assistance there is another added one its called "Traffic Jam Assistant" the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 miles per hour, but the special touch sensors makes sure the driver keeps hold of wheel. But not any of the cars made today so far has not accomplished makeing cars competely driverless they can break themselves, steer and also accelerate and all this tecnology keeps driver notified when on the road.
The car cant do all this on its on it needs human skill and assistance at the wheel along with it. Such as steering and working its way through work zones and getting its way around accidents. But the human at the wheel must be paying attiention and alert to whats ahead of him or her. And when a situation occurs it must require human assistance.
The human does not have complete control on stopping the vehacle. GM has a special development , when ever the vehicle is in danger or is backing up into a object the seat vibrates. and when the vehicle cant manage somthing the human can it announces the human should take over and it sends other ways and signals the driver another way if not seen that way. there is also another way to keep the driver focused on the road and to make sure there are cameras watching the driver to make sure the drivers remain focuesed on the road, while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.
automakers and manufactuers have devolped a new and fun way to make driver pay attiention to the road and to keep the driver safe they will continue makeing these changes to the automoblies today and in many more years to come. they have predicted that in 2020 cars be able to drive on autopilot 90 percent of the time. but only time willl tell and get us closer to inovate more technology each decade. | 4 |
a68d88a | In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author presents the opinion that Venus is well-worth exploring, and well-worth the challenges that humans would have to face to pursue exploration. The author does a great job of explaining why Venus ought to be explored. They also do a pretty good job of explaining how we can explore Venus by bypassing the dangers and risks involved. However, the author does not do a good job on explaining why what we learn on Venus can help humanity. This shows that the author does overall, a nice job of supporting the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit, although they could have done better.
The author uses many points to explain why Venus should be explored. They state that Venus is the closest planet to our own, and that because of its close proximity to Earth, several spacecraft have been sent to the planet already (although all were quickly destroyed). The article also states that Venus was once Earth-like and could have possibly supported life-forms. "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and caters." In addition to providing this piece on how Venus is still similar to Earth, it also states that Venus may have once also harbored oceans. All of these key points help the author show why they believe humanity and NASA should continue our pursuits on Venus.
The author also does an exempliary job of descrbing how humanity can continue its pursuits on Venus. Although the pressure is intense and the temperature more than any human could handle, there are still ways we can get close to Venus accoding to the author. They describe that using a blimp-like vehicle, astronauts and scientists studying the surface can float safely 30 miles above the surface, where the pressure and heat are much more tolerable. Another solution the author presents gets us much closer to the surface. Although humans wouldn't be able to physically be in vehicles such as this, but old-fashioned computers could be used to help remotely control a probe. These old computers use gears and levers to make calculations, not electricity. As the author puts it, "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme conditions." These other computers can withstand much more, and could help create a probe resistant enough to study the Venusian surface. The author does a great job at explaining and exploring the possibilities.
However, the author is a bit off the mark when it comes to explaining why what we find on Venus can help humanity out. Although it states what we can find on Venus, and how it is Earth-like and the planet closest to Earth, that doesn't explain why we need to waste resources exploring such inhospitable territory. Venus is in fact Earth's closest neighbor, and our nearest option for a planetary visit, but why would we need to visit it in the first place? Venus may have once been simliar to present-day Earth, but why does that matter to us? How would a study of Venus's surface prove instrumental to NASA and the world? The article states, "The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable...", but besides the fact the they state that it is Earth-like and closest to us in our solar system, they do not back this claim up at all. The author does a poor job of backing up the benefits to exploring Venus, and cannot defend why we should travel there to any benefit of humanity.
In conlcusion, the author does a decent job of defending his/her claim that Venus should be explored, although it could have been much stronger. They do a fantastic job of explaining why Venus is so unusual and how we can explore, but neglect to provide any benefits or reasons why exploring Venus is so important to the human race as a whole. However, even though the author did not include this in his/her article, it is still a decent article and is (mostly) thorough on why and how to explore the second planet in our solar system. The author, overall supports his/her idea in an almost completely sound way. | 6 |
a698a32 | Have you ever heard of high-resolution images and 3D altimetry? If you haven't, it is technology that helps us scientists here at NASA take a closer look at images from the Global surveyor. We have been doing this for quite a while now, and in 1976 we got our first picture of a "Face" on Mars. We call it the Face because it has formal structures that look like eyes, a nose, and a mouth. We were very curious about this structure, so we decided to send the surveyor back to get another perspective. We got our second picture in 1998, which came out more clear and looked more like a face. In 2001 we went back for a final time, and we have concluded that this form that looks like a Face is nothing more that just a natural landform.
You may not believe me when I say this, but trust me, my job at NASA is not only performing tests, but also to put the results into a viewers' perspective. Around 40 years ago, we recieved a funny photo of what looked like a Face, however, technology wasn't too strong back then. With all the tools that we use today, we were able to hypothesize that the Face is just a Martian mesa. A martian mesa is a huge rock formation, it just so happens that this rock had shadows around it giving it the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.
To prove this hypothesis correct, we sent out the Mars Global Surveyor to snap pictures that were ten times sharper that the original photos taken of the Face. After observing these photos, we concluded that the Face is just a simple natural landform, and there was no life on Mars and no alien monument after all. Conspiracy theorists did not believe the tests as they were taken on a cold winter day, they said aliens may have been "hibernating". So again on April 8, 2001, we went back and took another shot. This time we were able to finally conclude once and for all, that the Face is nothing but nature on its own course. | 3 |
a698bb4 | Driverless cars should be developed. If driverless cars were used, rather than normal cars, people would save money on gas. In the passage, it says that the driverless cars use half as much gas than a normal car does. Also, driverless cars can be safer than normal cars. If all the cars were not being driven by people, would there even be traffic? So the car would not need an emergency driver just in case there is traffic.
Firsr of all, driverless car safety is constantly being updated, to make sure that the car doesn't get in an accident. The car has multiple sensors to know where it is going. There also still has to be a driver, so when there is traffic or road construction the driver can take over, helping prevent an accident. The car has an alert system that tells the driver to take the wheel. The driver also has to keep their hands on the wheel.
Additionally,The driverless cars could help a lot with public transportation. The driverless car can be used as a taxi to take people to nearby places. A driverless car could even prevent drunk driving because the drunk driver wouldn't be driving, the car would be driving. The drunk driver would get home safely.
In conclusion, driverless cars should be developed. They are very safe in protecting the driver and pesestrians. Driverless cars can help a lot in public transportation. Whether it be a bus stop or a drunk driver. Convince your governor to allow driverless cars. | 3 |
a69a7e8 | Have you ever heard about big faces on Mars, NASA has gone on many space trips but this time they found sothing creepy. They had found big faces made in the dust, NASA said they have never heard about anything like this before So that makes me a little scared on how they got there.
I think that it is scary having planets have faces on them. these Faces were found in 1976 and it was hard to see and in 1998 and in 2001 the face got covered by sand and dust and you couldnt see it anymore. in 1976 there was a group called the Viking 1 sent by NASA. They had found a 2nd face made and it had shadows in its eyes, and mouth.
There was a big time when everyone kept talking about these faces in magazines, in social media, and in abandoned stores. "The Face on Mars has since become a pop icon. It has starred in holltwood films, appered in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery stores."(5)
Some people say that these faces are awesome and that NASA should go on the planet Mars and explore the faces on Mars. This finding was very important to tax payers. NASA had taken many pictures of these faces they even sent another space ship to go with a better camera to take better pictures." we felt this was important to taxpayers", explained Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NAS's Mars exploration program." we photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it." (6)
NASA had sent a 3rd space mission in April 5, 1998 when the space ship had passed over Cydonia the took a picture of the face. It is very hard to find this face because it was under a cloud on Mars. When the space ship took a picture there wasnt anything at all because they were in the wrong are of the planet. When the space ship got to the right place it was hidden but it was in the same place. People think that aliens had put a Haze over the face so the peoploe couldnt see it anymore. "The camera on board MGs had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. perhaps, said skeptics, Alien markings were hidden by haze.(8)
No one has ever seen these Faces again so maybe they were hidden by some or somthing. Hopefully soon NASA will send another space trip to try to find these Faces again. It proves that a lot of people were scared at first but then they werent because the space mission couldnt find them then they did and everyone was excited. Personally i would be scared knowing that somthing had made those then hid them with Haze and clouds. | 3 |
a69b0d6 | Boy am I glad there's no more homework!
Hi, my name is Luke, I just finished high school and want to become a doctor.
I love the idea of helping people.
That's why I'm signing up to become a "Seagoing Cowboy."
A Seagoing Cowboy is a person that goes on a boat across all kinds of different oceans to help countries that were effected by World War Two.
Also, I would like to become a Seagoing Cowboy because I would like to be remebered in different countries for heroic actions.
Not very many people can be famous for their actions in different places because there's no way to spread the news.
The only people that really remember you are the people that you tell, or the people that you helped.
I think it would be cool to be known all around the world.
I also think it would be cool to travel around the globe to explore.
Most off all, I want my mother to be proud of me, and I want to make history.
That is way I was super excited when I was accepted to become a Seagoing Cowboy.
I am going to be traveling around the world!
To me, that is a dream come true.
The only bad thing was, my mother was not proud, in fact, she wasn't happy at all.
She thought becoming a Seagoing Cowboy would put me in danger, in danger?
I was helping people, how could that be dangerous, I thought to myself?
I was NOT giving up on becoming a Seagoing Cowboy.
I just had to convince my mom, and the rest of my family, that helping other people wasn't as bad as they thought.
Also that I would be very careful on the boat so that I did not get hurt.
"Mother," I called into the house I call home.
"Yes, Luke," called a sweet voice from the kitchen.
"I would like to talk to you about becoming a Seagoing Cowboy."
I was very nervous that I would not be able to convince my mother about what I thought.
I wondered if I would even be able to convince her, or if I was wasting my time.
I was going overseas anyway, no matter what my mother said, because this is my dream.
My mother's voice broke me out of my thoughts.
"Oh, yes, I have been meaning to talk to you about that very topic." I was glad that at least my mother didn't seem angry with my actions.
"I just wanted to say that I will be very careful when I am overseas, and I promise that I will not get hurt in anyway possible." I wanted my mother to know that I wasn't lying any bit when I say that.
"I believe you, it is not you I do not trust.
It is that men that will be on the boat with you. You do not know any of them, or what their history is, how do you know if they are dangerous of not?"
"I just wanted you to know that I am going overseas tomorrow."
The rest of the night was a blur, I told my mom why I wanted to do this so much, and eventually, she gave in.
She said that she supported me in becoming a Seagoing Cowboy, and that she was always proud of me, only nervous.
I did go overseas the next morning, and enjoied it a lot.
I went to many places and saw many natural wonders.
Who knew how beautiful other places were.
A lot of places were very different than were I live.
Most of all, I was very glad that I got to help other people along the way.
In fact, I was very suprised how good it felt to know that I touched so many lives.
Oh, and did I mention that I have the record for how many trips one Seagoing Cowboy has done! I'm at eight right now, and I am thinking about going on one last trip before going home for good.
I can not wait to stay home and spend lots and lots of time with my family.
You wouldn't believe how long it has been since a have had some of my mother's homemade pudding!
I can not wait to have some, and when I say mother's homemade pudding, I mean homemade heaven!
Even though I have enjoied this experience very much, I will be glad to go home.
I have seen many cool creations.
For example, the Panama Canal, and I toured an excavated castle!
I've really be happy with the accomplishments I have overcome in the past few years.
I think my mother would be very proud, I am proud as well. | 2 |
a69f5d6 | In the "Making Mona Lisa Smile" article, the author introduces the new technology Facial Action Coding System. The article states that this system allows computers to identify human emotions. The six basic emotions include: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. In my opinion, i think this use of technology would be extremely valuable for reading students emotions inside a classroom.
This technology can detect emotions of people that not everyone will be able to point out on someone. In paragraph five lines 6-8, the author states that Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. Dr. Huang has a similar software that has similar values. If this software was used in a classroom, it would be able to detect precise emotions of students, whether they are confused or understanding something.
In many schools, students often use computers. In paragraph six, it goes into detail of what it would be like for this system to be put into use. If the Facial Action Coding System were to be put on students computers, it would be able to help get a better understanding of were the students are at. For example, if this system shows that the student is bored, this can tell the teacher that they need to make the assignment more hands on or active. Another example would be in the student is conveying the emotion of confusion. This can show the teacher that this particular student needs more help and a better understanding of the topic. If the student is showing the emotion suprised, it could show the teacher that the student learned something new or is interested in the topic.
In paragraph eight, it describes what a false smile looks like. The article states that in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using zygomatic major and the muscle risorius. Later on in the article, it says how these movements are able to detect whether someone is being honest or not. In a school or classroom, this can help take on more of a disobedience act then being able to detect if someone is confused or not. If a student is not in the right state of mind, whether that be depression, anger, etc., this new technology can help the school figure out a way to reach out to the student and recieve them help or guidance.
The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" goes into depth of ways the new technology, Facial Action Coding System, can be valuable in detecting human emotions. At the beginning of the article, the author starts off by giving an example of this technology being used on the Mona Lisa painting. The author gives the percentages with each of her emotions she is conveying in her portrait. The author then states this technology is able to detect the six basic emotions: happines, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. By putting this into classrooms, this can help the teachers, administraters, principles, etc., get a better undertsanding of their students and the environemt they work in on a day to day basis. | 4 |
a6a2e17 | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have technology in your classroom, not just any technology but technology that can
read your emotional expressions? I mean some of us "older students" would be completly against this whole technology argument. I am completly against this Facial Action Coding System, I mean it could be a great idea for younger kids but honestly who would want a computer to basically figure out what their emotions are for that day? Honestly I think its going to be a waste of time and honestly a waste of money lets just be honest! What type of school system is going to buy this "technology".
The world of technology changes everyday, It changes when you're not even thinking about it. We use technology everyday from phones,to cars, and so many more. This is taking technology to a whole other level, this computer can detect rather you're happy or sad, depressed,mad. The crazy part about this whole situation to me is it feels like you're being watched. In pararaph 6, second setence, it states this "For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. It continues to say "But if you frown the next ad will be dufferent. The fact that a classroom computer can tell all of this information is just UNBELIEVEABLE! The fact that a school would be interested in buying this technology but won't by proper school supplies to help their children is also unpredictable, VERY unpredictable. I am just thinking what if, you know the feeling you always get in your gut when something isn't sitting right with you? yeah that feeling .Well what if this whole technology is a good turn out but could end up being a scam, what if the whole server gets hacked, I mean I can go on all day about this Technology. I'm now worried about the kids. but its only my opinion and I can only voice so much about this whole Facial Action Coding System.
I Also feel like this system isn't fit for schools, Especially if they are considering puttin this in an elemetry school. Maybe they should put this in a college/university, a hospital so that people can get inspirational quotes. So there are pros and cons about the whole technology, but for it to be at a school with MINORS I'm just going to have to pass and be against it. Some students just like me or even younger might completly disagree or agree about my argument. I mean it do have good things about it such as; detecting if you're happy or sad, but the con about that is how will a kid even understand exactly how they feel, yeah everyone knows how they feel and everyone know their own emotions, but to have a computer detect it for you? what since does that make. And to even furter it in my opinion it's putting psychologists, counselors, doctors out of business If this computer/technology can do ALL of this, than whats the point of wasting money to see a professional? Yes, I am against it. | 3 |
a6a581e | The "Unmasking the Face on mars" was journaled when they sent a drone out into space to take pictures of Planet Mars. When they were on expidition they found a face like thing in the ground luckily the drone was able to get a picture and it was a face embeded in the ground. Some people believe that it is an alien but we will never know.
After this broke headlines people started making movies and all, including the newpapers, T.V broadcastings and all. This continued all the way up till 2001. They still monitor the unmasking of the face, it slowly is starting to reveal itself.
What could this face be? Is it an alien or once a human being? Well we won't be finding out maybe for another decade or so, But it;s weird how it was there an nobody knew it was there till there was an expidition for it. Some people as if Planet Earth was created by aliens or not. Truth is we will never know until we keep going on expiditions to keep learning more about the planets. | 1 |
a6a80ed | With the article i have read it tells me many interesting information and facts also oppinion and it also tells me the mesege the writer is trying to send me about car-free cities.
For example in source 1 " In German surburb, life goes on without cars " it talks about how there is a place over there that you can not have cars it is in VAUBAN , Germany .
in that article it tells me how many people that live there today have had to sell their cars just to live in that residents community and if you do own a car you have to pay $40,000 , along with the home your buying in that residential area it is completely car-free except for the main thoroughfare, where, the trm to downtown freiburg runs and a few streets on one edge of the community. and some of the oppinion from the people who live there are really positive for example mrs. Heidrun Walter said "When i had a car i was always tense. i'm much happier this way." Many experts say is a huge impediment to current effort to drastically reduce greenhouse gas are responsible for 12 pecent of greenhouse emissions in Europe .... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the united states.
Another example why some cities are making car-free places for example paris has band driving due to smogs. even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine $31 american dollars paris typically has more smog than other European capitals. Another intresting source is source 3: car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota. Bogota , Colombia in a program thats set to spread to other countries millions of colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. this program has been on for three straight years cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in that capital city of 7 million their goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. violators faced $25 fines.
some of the peoples oppinios of this is "it is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" said businessman carlos arturo plaza and for the first time in three years two other cities of colombia joined the move like cali and valledupar.
these articles have really gave me alot of information i reallly didnt know about car-free day or places and tehy are pretty interesting and i really feel that the writer has giving me the messege he wanted to show when he made this article with so many good information and evidence from different places of the world and honestly my personal oppinion on this is that i really think it is god that some places have that because it shows how they care for thier community and i think they should fdo thhat in america but they did by changing the type of car that dosent use gas but it would be really good if we could get the car-free day in america because thatt would help our air our community and our bodies it would make them healthier. | 2 |
a6a944c | A new computer software designed by Thomas Huang can detect emotions just by scanning the face. Everyday, many people hide their emotions, but with this new software, even the slightest bit of discomfort or anguish can be recognized. In classrooms, this innovation will be useful for many reasons.
For many years, students have been confused in the classroom or too afraid to ask questions about a particular subject. However, this new software can detect when a student is confused,thus making the lesson easier for the student to understand. The text states that the classroom computer can also recognize when a student is becoming bored, also modifying the lesson to become more entertaining.
Although this new software is groundbreaking, it may have some negative effects. For instance, teachers and professors may lose their jobs as students will no longer feel the need to ask questions. Schools may start to replace teachers with more computers with this software, therefore causing a lesser demand for teachers. Although this may not happen for a while, this concept should still be worrisome and also brought forward.
This new innovation, however, should be used more and more everyday for the results are truly remarkeable. Students will no longer be confused or bored in class, and certain ads can be changed to a preference. Video games and other media can also be more enjoyable. For these reasons, this software should not be rejected by others.
In conclusion, the new emotion-recognition software is very useful not only professionally, but also in many homes. This technology advance may also provide a key to unlocking emotions that may not have ever been thought about. | 3 |
a6aac56 | Dear
State Senator
I think that you should change teh Electoral College because it isnt really fare to our state trhat congress gets to pick our president. we as a state shoul get to chose on who we want to run our country, and who we want to be our leader. we should not have to pick the electors, why can we be the electors ourselves?
Some people might want there to be and Electoral College but what about the others who think that we should vote or the president and not for the election of a president by a vote in congress? 60% of the voters would prefer to direct election to th ekind we ahve know. We have to think about everyone in this case not just the ones that think the have control over everything. we should listen to everyones opinions, not saying you have to do what they say,but just listen to.
back in 1960, segregation in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who opposed John F. Kennedy. In 1968, a shift of just 41971 votes would have deadlocked the election. The Electoral College was unfair, outdated, and irrational. | 2 |
a6ac854 | I believe that more people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. There are many reasons to do so and claims too. Some may not agree, but they should know that joining this can be very helpful to people around the world.
One reason people should join is because they get to see the world over. You can look at many different landmarks different while helping people at same time. I know that if you join this program you have many responsibilities, but you will have time to look around at least see the sights. Luke Bomberger, a man who joined the
Seagoing Cowboys, was able to go see many Europe and China such as the Acropolis in Greece, Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water, an excavated castle in Crete, and Panama Canal on his way to China.
Another reason why you should join is because you'll usually never be bored. There will always be something to do on the ship. Going back to Luke Bomberger, he stated that he fun on ship after animals were unloaded. They played baseball and volleyball in empty holds were animals used to be. They also did table-tenis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games as well.
Final reason to reason to join is you'll be helping many people who are in need. If don't know already, many people in different countries don't the items need for survival, and they need them desprately. As a Seagoing Cowboy you'll be providing them many animals that can give them those items.
In conclusion,more people should join the Seagoing Cowboys. You'll be able to travel around the world, you'll be able to find fun, and help people in need. Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy will be a good choice in your life. | 3 |
a6ad743 | The author explains in the article that Venus is worth of studying despite the dangers because it is the closest to Earths conditions as in land but the atmosphere is dangerous. In the article the author explains that Venus is "like Earths twin." With the attempts to study the planet itself the spaceships and rovers they send do not even last a day let alone a few hours. The atomsphere is very dense with carbon dioxide which burns the spacecraft before it even touches down. Then the ship has to go through the clouds which are almost pure sulfuric acid which corrods away at the already burnt spacecraft. The study is to see what it would take for people to live on that planet. The people who attempt to live there would need a way to survive almost instantly deadly temperatures of 800 degrees fahrenhite and atomospheric pressure 90 times heavier than Earths. The investigation shows that with that kind of pressure will crush a submarine that could go to the deepest part of the oceans and would liquify almost any metal put on the surface. All in all the benefits of the study would show what needs to be done to make the planet habitable even though the dangers of the study is somewhat high. | 2 |
a6b4308 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author makes really good points on how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System can benefit us in the future. In the article, Nick D'Alto makes a few points on how this new technology can benefit students in a classroom. Having this new technology in the classroom would be great so teachers can detect wether their students are bored or tired.
Having a Facial Action Coding System will benefit an ordinary classroom in various ways. In the text it states," A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," This shows that if the students get confused or bored then it'll instruct the teacher who will then explain it to the student or make the lesson seem more interesting. This is important because it can help teachers out when they teach a new lesson.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System will benefit classrooms all across the globe. It'll be able to detect the students' emotions and report the information back to the teacher. Then the teacher will then know how their students feel about the curriculum and if they need extra help or not. | 2 |
a6b5976 | "Challenge in Life and its Risks"
Humans have always been interested on exploring planets, countries depending on where you are going, islands, no matter the dangers or risks that can be present there. Then people talk and write about their experiences and what they discovered in there. Exploring Venus can be dangerous, interesting, and scary but excited at the same time.
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author says that it presents dangers study Venus, but is also a worthy pursuit. Venus and Mars are one of the closet planets to Earth. "Earth, Venus, and Mars, our planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds.". The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we had experience in our planet. "Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun"."Beyond high pressure and heat , Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface" But for some people it is still interesting to know more about Venus.
Astronomers are fascinated about Venus, for what is there and what was there long ago. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". Venus, long ago could be covered largely with oceans and had supported forms of life. " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, montains, and craters". So, that can be scary but still for some people is excited to know a a different planet.
People already went to the Moon, Venus sometimes is te=he nearest option for a planetary visit despite Mars. Venus once was probabably covered by oceans and could have supported various forms of life. "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth". In Venus the tempetures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth: such an envirionment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals". But anyways NASA is working and having ideas for sending humans to study Venus." Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers".
It is good that people propuse themselves challenge, and not be afraid of wanting to know more about the world and people should not be limited by its dangers and risks, or the thinking that you cannot do it. If you propuse something and you really want it, you can get it or at least try and work hard on it. | 3 |
a6bcef5 | I do not think that the technology to read the emotional expressions of a student in a classroom is valuable because the coast is proably astronomical, how people feel inside is personal information, and it might not even be completely correct.
Facial Action Coding System is a new technology that is still in trial and error. You can not use the program on just any computer which means you have to buy special software to be able to use it. Not only would you have to buy the software to use it you would also have to buy the computer program, and because its still not completely finished you would be buying something that could crash which means you're pouring your money into something that might not even function properly.
Your emotions are personal and sometimes you dont want everyone to know how you feel. With the Facial Action Coding System you would be able to know how everyone feels. That seems like an invasion of space and unfair to those who do not want their business out in the open for everyone to know. if schools did end up having this program i think there should be rules and guidelines to prevent invasion of privacy like you can only test picture of peoples faces who consent.
There is no solid proof that the Facial Action Coding System is always correct. in the passage they never said wether or not they had a testing trial to prove the acuracy of this program. If the passage provided information on how they tested it on people and the results came back correct that would make it more desirable, but there isnt anything in the passage that shows that we can trust this software program.
I do not believe that this program would be valuable for students in a classroom, the price is more then likely out of budget and there is no proof that this program is even reliable. The program doesnt seem like it would help with very many subjects in school and there is still no proof of it working. | 4 |
a6c22d2 | To be fair,both the electoral college and a popular vote are good ways to decide an election. Although,a popular vote may have more pitfalls than the latter. The electoral college is definitely the best way to pick a candidate without much confusion. The electoral college may have some down falls too but the benefits out weigh them.
A popular vote also has some benefits. In Richard A. Posner's passage
In Defence of the Electoral College he states,"The electoral college is not a democratic method it is the electors who elect the president not the people"(source 3 p15). If this was our voting method the people would be choosing the president, not the electors. Plus the people dont even know the electors their voting for. In the passage
The Indefensible Electoral College author Bradford Plumer states,"The state picks the electors [and the voters dont even get to pick who the electors vote for]" (source 2 p 10). Basically the people have no control over who they elect.
Indeed there maybe limited control for the people over voting for their canidate;but the electors usually pick whoever the people voted for. The electoral college also is a easier way to decide who wins the election. Theres almost no way there can be a tie in an elctoral vote. Richard A.Posner states,"The winning canidates share of the electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the poplular vote"."[Even if the popular vote winner wins by a little he wins all the electoral votes]"(source 3 p 15).Which means there is no confusion as to who wins.
Not only is the electoral college more organized; but it makes the president have to appeal to many regions of people. Richard A. Posner states,"[Not one region has enough votes to win an election so the president has to be liked by other regions as well]"(source 3 p 19).This means that at least half the country must like the candidate for him to win. Swing states are also important in the electoral college. These states are the ones that really care and study who will be the best president. Another statement from Richard A.Posner states,"[People in swing states decide the election and] are the most thoughtful voters"(source 3 p 20).So the candidate must be trying to make sure they please the people.
The people may like a popular vote the best,but the most organized and beneficial way to elect canidates is through electoral college. The electoral college not helps with organizing it helps people know the candidate. They know the candidate because the candidate must go to each region and get to know the people. | 4 |
a6d0dda | Fresh clean air, spotless streets and no car accidents. Welcome to Vauban, Germany. The 5,500 people of this town are a part of something that this day and age has never seen. The residents here have given up their cars, and are a part of an experiment where their streets are completely "car-free"!
After this experiment started in Germany, it's population would agree that the tense-ness they were feeling with their cars is now gone. This new way of living was started in 2006 and other countries would agree that it is a smart move and an affordble way of living. The residents of Vauban have more money to spend on other necessities such as clothing and food, or maybe some entertainment, even. All of their monthly car payments and gasoline bills have ceased to exist because they simply have no reason to pay the prices anymore without a car. Citizens of this little town don't have to walk (or ride their bikes) far because the city has thought this movement out very well. All of the stores are placed just a walk away rather than their malls being placed on a distant highway. Public transportation has become more accessible and there is more space for side-walks rather than roads. For some, this is a dream town for them and their children. There isn't much of a worry about air polution or accidents.
If you were to compare Vauban's air pollution to Bejing's the difference would be austounding. Just last night, NBC Nightly News showed the city of Bejing where the smog was so dense that visibility was reduced to almost none. The majority of the population won't go outside with out wearing a mask to protect them selves. All of the air pollutants could be harming us even with a potential risk of lung cancer. The mayor of Bejing has even made a statement talking about his city's air, and the risk and threat it poses to his residents. Even the common person will recognize that the gas emissions from a car's tail pipe equals pollution. Paris officials knew this too, and understood that their city had an air cleanliness issue. So, in an effort to make the City of Love more pleaseable they limited what cars could drive on what days. They enforced a partial driving ban to clear the smog in the city. For a short amount of time only even-numbered cars, for example, could drive on a Monday. If odd numbered cars were on the street then there would be a 22 Euro fine (that equals 31 USD's). After 5 days, car traffic and conjestion was down around 60% on the streets, and the air pollution started clearing.
Fatal crashes are among the one of the third highest risks for all American's. Some states have even made it a law to not text and drive, and in some states there probably is a "no talking on the cell phone law" too! If the number of cars are reduced -or taken away all together- I feel that the lives of the American people are less at risk. Every day, and not just in this country, hundreds of people are injuring them selves or getting killed by distracted driving, hit-and-runs, and driving under the influence. It could be beneficial to cut down the car usage and up the number of public transportation avaible to the public.
In any major city you go to in the United States, all around you, you can notice the large amounts of people walking to where they need to go. In Washington D.C. bike rentals are
EVERYWHERE. And if you don't want to take a bike then take the D.C. Metro. The same will go for New York City or anywhere with a large population of people. You will also notice that city folk tend to be slimmer than others. That is most likley due to the fact that they walk everywhere. Just like I mentioned before, like Vauban, eveything in a major city is usually within walking distance. As we all know, walking is a form of excersize and it is recomemnded by health officials that each person should get at least 1 hour every day and it is very believeable that a city go-er gets plenty more than the recomended. The first lady has started a program for children in an effort to get them moving, fit and healthy as well. Some children in New York City won't even drive a single day in their lives- or worry about what could happen if they do. Also, the Capital of Colombia-Bogota- has organized a day for it's residence to avoid taking their car. It is called the Day Without Cars and the major goal is to reduce smog and promote walking.
All in all.. Cars, the most dangerous driving force in our daily lives, should be cut back on. Even with study after study coming out and proving just how danger and non-beneficial to our health they are, they are slowly losing populatiry. If this pattern stays consistant then sociologists say that it will have great effects on the atmosphere, and our healthy lives that we all live. | 5 |
a6d6211 | The time for the automobile is slowly passing. More and more people prefer carpooling and walking then driving a car. Why is that? It could be due to the unemployment rate skyrocketing or less people wanting a car. There are many benefits to driving a car. Being able to get to point A to point B, faster travel time, and it is more private than a bus. But what are the downsides? Pollution, more antisocial humans, and the cacaphony of horns and engines. Giving up the car should be on every countries to-do list.
Some nations, such as Paris, France, find out about the downside of cars the hardway. Pollution is a very real problem in todays society. In 2014 the city had a near-record high of pollution, rivaling Beijing, China, the most polluted city in the world ( source 2). After debating, the French ruling party decided to ban driving for odd and even liscence plate numbers on opposite days until the smog count went down. It took five days, but they managed to have most of the smog cleared. Decisions like these cause controversy everywhere, but we have a responsibility to our planet not to destroy it with greenhouse gases.
In a suburb in Germany, they have a car-free neighborhood. They are allowed to own cars but it costs $40,000 and they can only park at the edge of the neighborhood. This alone caused 70% of the neighborhood to not own cars (source 1). A woman in Vauban,the neighborhood,said that not owning a car makes her less tense and more happy. With this you can conclude that most of her neighbors feel this way also, otherwise they wouldn't have moved there. Having less stressed people, less polluted ariways and less car accidents always sounds like a good solution to me.
In a city in Columbia they have a car-free day, where cars are banned from the city (source 3). Even though it was rainy it did not stop people from particapting at all. In fact, it has even spread across its borders. A businessman said this was a good way to lower stress aswell. Without cars, this city has seen more bikeway paths, parks and community centers being built and rush hour traffic being cut down dramtically. This new trend has promoted people to be more healthy and social. Not only has this affected the airs it has affected business. With more people walking, new resturants and shopping centers have cropped up. Having more and more people spending their money helps their nations economy in great ways.
After all this evidence the only conclusion we can come to is that having less cars would help humans immensly. Not only does it promote physical exercise but but cuts down on polution. Yes, it would have hurt car manufacturers but the businessmen don't exactly just lay down and take it. Bill Ford has already suggested working with the new trend (source 4). Without cars the obesity problem, especially in America, would decrease. As well as the number of asthmatic people. Taking this data and doing something with it would not only help the life living on this planet, but it would help the planet too. | 4 |
a6dafc7 | Dear Senator,
I strongly suggest that you keep the Electoral college because of the different benefits it has to offer. It creates more of a certain outcome. Also, it is a way to avoid run-off elections. Even though there may be some negative outcomes to this way of voting, I feel that the advantages overlook them.
The Electoral college is a good method of our voting system in the United States because it helps to develop a more certain outcome. According to the passage titled
In Defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner, it states that "Because almost all states award electoral votes ona winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state." This tell that vote is plenty more certain using this method rather than to go by popular vote. With having a more percise and oranized plan of voting it garintees a more certain outcome and will prepare for problems that may occur such as ties in the election. The Electoral College is most definitley a an great voting method when used for certainty.
Another reason why The Electoral College is a great method of voting is because it is a way to avoid run-off elections. According to the same article titled
In Defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner it tells that "There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which in variably produces a clear winner." An example of this stated in the article is "Nixon in 19680and clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College". Avoiding these types of things is very important. If we didnt have this method we would still have to come up with some sort of method so that thing like run-offs don't happen. However, some people disagree with the electoral college because they feel that they aren't really voting for the candidate, it still needs to be used because to many thing can happen such as ties and run-offs that we would need to figure out in the long run.
In conclusion, the Electoral College is very important and needs to continue to be our voting method for the United States. Certainty of the votes outcome and avoiding run-off election are twp ways Electoral votes have helped us. Without this method we would have to be dealing with these issues in some other kind of way. | 4 |
a6db438 | Dear Senator
The electoral college is good because if the state is small it has a large population. It can have more electoral votes than big state. it helps avoid run off elections. there is also the swing state with a winner take all.
So the biger th state dose not mean more electoral votes. It actily has to do population. the bigger the population the more electoral votes. So for example florida has 29 electoral college votes and montana has 3 electoral college votes.
It helps avoid run off election when nixon and clinton ran they each got 43 votes. So the popular vots helped the end resolt. It can make it to where a single vote candicide the election. To produces a clear winner.
The swing state method is when they candidates campaign in the toss up states. where the voters are more likkly to pay close attention to the campaign. The swing states can diside a election.
So in conclution electoral colage workes. because big states cant get the most votes. avoid run off elections. swing states are the states who pay most attion tho the campain. That is why the electoral college still workes. | 2 |
a6de1db | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author tells us about how Venus is a planet in our solar system that is almost impossible to explore. Venusian geologist haven't been able to figure out to successfully land a spacecraft on it yet but someday they might be able to.
Venus may never be able to be examined up close but it has been from a distance. Scientists have made many trips to other plants and dwarf plants like Mars (r.i.p. Mars Rover 2006?-2019), Saturn and even as far as Pluto. Scientist could potentally one day make it to Venus and land or have some kind of drone spacecraft on it for exploration. For example, "Imagine a blimb-like vehicle hovering 30 miles or so above the roiling Venusian landscape." this could potentially happen some day if we keep working towards it.
Maybe some day in the near future scientist will get something on Venus so we know more about it. | 1 |
a6e087b | Cars have always seemed to be a necessity to people, but did you know just how bad cars can be? There are plenty of other modes of transportation you could choose from besides a car. Limiting car usage has plenty of advantages!
One advantage to limiting car usage is it improves safety. Safety in a community is what we all strive for and by taking this step, we can improve people's saftey immensely. By having less cars on the road, there is a lesser chance for fatal accidents to occur. As well, you will improve your own safety by not getting into a car as much. It will lower your chance of getting into a fatal accident yourself. If you choose an alternate mode to transportation, you may also just increase your mood. In Elisabeth Rosenthal's article of "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", a man named Heidrun Walter said that "when I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way (without a car to drive). Driving can lead to a negative mood, but mix that with danger and the results could get terrible.
Another advantage to limiting car usage is by not using your car, you can save money. Let's face it, cars are an expensive thing to keep running. It costs you money each time you go to refill your gas, costs money every time you have to go in to see a mechanic, it costs money to wash your car, and don't forget about buying the car (or a new one if your current one has too many problems). Now with that in mind, just think about how much money one can save by not using the car as often as one does now. By not using your car, you can save yourself money and time.
More importantly, by limiting your car usage you can help reduce the emission into our atmosphere. As said in Elisabeth Rosenthal's article 'The End of Car Culture', "transportation is the second largests source of America's emissions, just behind power plants". By using a car daily, we emit a massive amount of carbon and other terrible gases into the atmosphere. Mixing those elements into our atmosphere can lead to smog and a destroyed atmosphere. Paris had to ban car usage for a few days just to clear out the global air arund them due to days of near-record pollution. We can save our environment, just by going the extra mile and choosing a different mode of trasportation.
By limiting car usage in our communities, it can lead to a healthier, happier, and safer community (as well as a money saver for all of us). It's understandable when you are to go a lengthy distance to use a car. Daily travels are usually close by, maybe try walking or taking the bus to your location. You may never know just how much you may like using that mode of transportation rather than driving your own car. | 4 |
a6e9772 | Driverless car's? Would there be more accidents or would it take away most of the accident's happening now. How will we know if it is safe or not? Only way to know is by building the driverless car and taking it for a test. Either way, google cofounder Sergey Brin, imagine's a time in the future where no one needs car's.
The driverless cars in my opinion are no different than any other actual car. They both really have all the same part's, but maybe not all. The driverless car has to have sensors, speed sensors, certain types of brake's, and a video camera on the rearview mirror plus more. These car's are worth so much, but could also cause tons of problem's. Not only for the driverless car, but for the other cars driving, and the people in them.
However, the passage says, "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. These cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but as being said, google cars are not truly driverless. These driverless cars still need a person controlling them. Helping them in construction or near wrecks. Sergey Brin believes if these driverless cars can make it through all the trouble; making sure they are save to yourself an to others while driving they will fundamentally change the world.
With that being said, no one is really worried about how the car may be or look, but if it can follow the laws of keeping others safe. Lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Therefore, the smart cars need someone incontroll of them. Making sure if the smart car doesn't sense a pedestrian is crossing the rode, the driver can easily take controll and let the smart car proceed with it's driving. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020.
To end my conclusion, with all that has been said automakers will continue to search an bulid more interset into these smart cars. Until then safety is what they are aiming for and will take on that challenge of making the smart cars a better and a more saftey car for everyone. All the problems ahead of the automakers will be solved. | 3 |
a6eb57e | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers it presents, because no spacecraft has survied landing for more than a few hpurs sice it too hot for the spacraft. Venus is not really close to the sun ans still have extreme heat but its closer to the Earth which often referred to as the Earth's "twin." It's more challenging because in Paragraph 3 its says," On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." the conditions are too extreme for a human for a human to set foot on Venus.
NASA is sending humans to study Venus to figure out what kinds of material they need to send a spacecraft to Venus and explore it. In Paragraph 5 its says, "NASA's possible soultion to hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." Venus has almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide which is not good for human, so they would need much more material for the human to survive with all that carbon dioxide. Scientists are seeking to condut a through mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk (Paragraph 6).
NASA is working on studying more about Venus, but it's still risky for humans and spacecraft. NASA is now testing simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested on Venus's surface and has lasted about 3 weeks in such condition. In such heat the material should be liquefy because of extreme heat. It won't be easy but NASA is trying to make it survivalbe for humans.
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is that, NASA trying their hardest to explore Venus and needs material to study about it. NASA is using many matrial to have a spacecraft land on Venus and stays for a long time and not melt. | 3 |
a6fe2a9 | Wouldn't it be nice if we could know the percentage of each emotion a person is feeling? With this new software called the Facial Action Coding System, that is now extremely possible. The use of this techonology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classrom is indeed valuable because it can help sutdents express empathy, help them improve in class, and overall help teachers understand emotions when they cannot fully reognize them.
There have been a plethora of conversations regarding empathy and how important it is, and the Facial Action Coding System causes empathy when we can clearly see what emotion a person is feeling. According to the article, "empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions", so with this new techonology, we can improve the way we read other's emotions, and this can trigger a sense of emapthy within us to know exactly what emotion they are feeling. For students in a classroom this is beneficial because a teacher can understand the ranges of emotion their student is feeling, as well as help the students recognize the emotions of their fellow classmates. With this innovative technology, empathy could be something far easier to produce.
Along with producing empathy, the Facial Action Coding System can even aid students in ther performance in the classroom, because according to Dr. Huang, the technology can "recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" and this helps because "it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." which can immensely help the student to become more engaged because the lesson becomes more interesting. Dr. Huang also notes that "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication", and this is significant because a student may not voluntarily express that they are disinterested in a lesson, but the computer could recognize that anyways, and it is important for it to read the nonverbal communication the student reveals. Therefore, techonology can rapidly increase the performance of students by reading their emotions and engaging them into the lesson.
As well as improving the performance of students, this technology can improve the relationship between a teacher and student, becuase it benefits the teacher to know a student's emotion when they cannot fully recognize them. As an example, the article states, "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face" although, "most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc.", which shows that us humans have trouble actually matching a facial expression to an emotion. Although, with the Facial Action Coding System, this "computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code", which is significant because this code works to portray specific emotions. so we humans can better understand them. Therefore, in a classroom setting, this is important because with the technology, it allows teachers to be aware of what their student is feeling, creating a stronger student-teacher relationship.
Overall, the Facial Action Coding System would build a better relationship between students and teachers in a classroom setting, help students improve in the class, and produce empathy with both students and teachers. Nonverbal and emotional communication is incredibly important in human interaction, so this technology can help explain emotional responses, "even when they are trying to hide their emotions". A software that "improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others" could potentially be greatly beneficial to students in a classroom, because of its complex ability to help humans express emotion better, which also helps the communication between computer and human. The Facial Action Coding System would be an incredible additon to a classroom, and would bring about major change and impact among students. | 6 |
a704ae6 | Though the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is very interesting to read about, I do not believe it should be present in the classroom. There are a few issues I believe could be argued against using this software in a classroom setting. The FACS should be developed more and put through serious testing before being put in the classromm setting, but there were several other valuable uses for the program. The problems with the system in a school setting are the complexity of the system, the possible issue of privacy, and the accuracy of its predictions.
The FACS is a great idea that could have many applications other than schooling and several of these are included in this article, but it is currently too complex for school networks to handle. The author states outright in paragraph seven, "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." The school computers that we use are even more out of date than the one I use at home and if it cannot run the system the school won't be able to without a major upgrade of technology or a major downgrade of the FACS, neither of which is desirable. The technology uprade needed for school computers would be too large of a bill to be practical in all but the richest of schools. The downgrade of the system to a simpler form will essentially defeat it's purpuse by killing its effectivity.
Another issue with the FACS in a school setting is privacy. How are we to be sure that they are not going to use our faces to gain access to things such as confiscated phones or to possibly find profiles online of students? Because this system requires a camera to see your face and put it through a detailed analysis, facial recognition security software like faceID on the Iphone X
then becomes a security concern. In paragraph six the author also mentions, "If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." This system in schools would essentially let the build a personal marketing profile on every student in the country.
The accuracy of the FACS would also have to be put through intense testing to determine how effective it actually is. Prof. Huang says,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." If the system thinks that a student is confused when they actually aren't though, it could hurt their academic growth. It would be changing the material to a lower level in an attempt to interest them, but also at the same time lowering their understanding of the material.
In conclusion, I do not believe that this system would be as effective of a tool as it needs to be to offset the dangers it poses. The money needed for the complexity, the threats to privacy, and the questionable accuracy and adaptability of the system are too concerning to support the FACS as it now stands. If these concerns were addressed the possibly it could be an effective tool, but for the foreseeable future it is not. | 5 |
a70540c | facial action coding system. you may ask what is that? well its a new computer system that can detect emotional expressions of students. some may ask how it works and other might be like that sounds stupid. well this system like in paragraph 3 stats it constructs a 3-D computer model of the face and detects your emotion.
This software could be really good in the stat to read what peoples emotions are in the since of having someone as a prisioner and they wont speak. another good thing about this would be if someone cant speak because of an illness so you could us this to see emotions.
there is also a bad side in using this software. in paragraph 3 "44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". so if one of your muscles is not in the right spot while this software is running whos to say it wont work, or won't be able to detect what you are expressing. another bad thing about this software is in paragraph 5 it stats "in fact, humans preform this same inpressive"calculation" everyday. for instance you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on there face". well like the passage says, if humans can already tell how someone is expressing on there face by looking at them, the really why would we need to use this program to find that out for us. also in paragraph 6 "for example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow". well thats great that it will be a more interasting ad but ads have been around for a very long time, and everyone would just have to say, they would just rather have no ads. so this program might make the ads more interesting to your need but no ad out there is going to keep someone intertaned for the full 30 seconds. another disadvantage is at the top of paragraph 7 " your pc can't handle the complex algorithums used to decode". like this sentence is saying the software might not even be able to recconized what you are expressing because it may not be prgrammed into the software or might not have ever seen you make that expression.
therefore, the facial action coding system is not really the best thing to use to find out the expression someone is giving you. reasons being, humans can already figure out the expressions, and it might not detect what you are expressing. for these reason the facial action system should not be used to find out expressions. | 4 |
a708c0a | advntiges, of limited car use? are you crazy there is maby only two avantiges to limited car use. people have to go to work or pick your kid up from school or even when you go to do landry. there would be to many upset people if this was to happen. and i would drive a truck not a car. do you know how many people are going to use horses. insted of cleaning tires off the road your going to have to scrap hot horse poop off the road. more people will have to use a bike. some people cant ride a bike because there fat or have bad nees or for the pure fact they cant ride a bike.
but there is the two things whitch one is saving money on gas witch isnt a big problem its a doller and nindyfive cents then we would have to use that saved money on a bike or horse the second one would be not using that much gas witch would slow the polution make the hole in the ozone get smaller and make it not ass hot there for the ice in the south and northpole melt so i gess having limited use of a car can have its avantiges. saving on gas and not using as much gas
PS STOP GIVING STUPID PROMTS | 1 |
a7154f4 | The Electoral College is a method of voting for President and Vice President that was produced by our founding fathers in the articles of the Constitution. The Electoral College has been in use for centuries, but it is time that we disregard it. The Electoral College was a smart idea in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds, but as our country continues to change, it is necessary to change the way that we elect our leaders. The Electoral College has remained untouched and exactly the same for hundreds of years and this has caused it to be extremely outdated. Not only is it far too outdated and complicated to help our voting process, but the Electoral College does not give the voters voice; instead, it takes it away from them. The Electoral College also can lead to concerning situations that the country and its people do not want to be put in. For these reasons, I strongly encourage you to make the change and switch to election by popular vote.
The question of whether or not to abolish or keep the Electoral College in tact is a heavily debated one, but it is clear that getting rid of the Electoral College will be highly beneficial to the voters of America. The Electoral College was established hundreds of years ago when our Constitution came about and it created a complicated process to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. Our country is changing day by day, and we certainly have made monumental changes since the Electoral College came to be. According to Bradford Plumer, author of, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," a poll was taken by Gallup in the year 2000 that showed that less than just forty percent of Americans support the election system that we have now. This proves that it is time for a change and that the system that we currently have in place has been in place for far too long. The everchanging United States of America is in desperate need of an up-to-date election system that fits the current needs of the American people. The Electoral College is not only outdated, but it is also an extremely complex voting method. In an article entitled, "What Is the Electoral College," written by the Office of the Federal Register, it is explained that the Electoral College is a lengthy process that involves the choosing of electors and the issuing of Certificates of Ascertainment after both the people and the electors have voted. The Electoral College does far more harm than good for our country and for this reason especially, I believe that America should begin to elect its Presidents using the popular voting method.
Moreover, the Electoral College should no longer be the voting method of the American people because the people are given no voice with the Electoral College process. In his article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," Bradford Plumer specifically states that the people themselves do not vote for their desired candidate, but instead, they vote for electors who then vote for the more popular presidential candidate. The people should be the ones who vote for the president because they will be the ones who are governed by the president. The Electoral College gives no voice to the people and is considered by many to be a non-democratic way of voting and is often referred to anachronism. Today, it is a struggle to encourage people to vote and be present on election day because no one feels like their vote matters. People say that one vote doesn't make a difference and that there is no point in filling out a ballot if it has no real affect on which candidate is chosen. The Electoral College and the process it established is really just confirming these opinions. People do not feel like they are contributing because when it comes down to it, the electoral votes are the deciding votes. The Electoral College only has a little over five hundred electors that are representing the millions of regular people who show up at the polls on election day. In order to make the people feel like their opinions are being voiced and their voice is being heard, and to increase voter turnout on election day, it is imperative that the country switches over to election by popular vote.
Most importantly, using the Electoral College as our voting method can lead to some serious problems. The replacing of electors that oppose the popular vote result is a problem that comes with using the Electoral College. Not only is it not hard to accomplish, but it has happened before. According to Bradford Plumer in his article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," in the early 1960s, people who favored races being seperated in society were almost able to replace Democratic electors with a new set of electors who supported the opposite party. Also, some corrupt electors who are not pleased with the popular vote will simply vote for whomever they please. Electors clearly have trouble being trusted and there is obviously some extreme dislike for the system we have now. The Electoral College also causes some problems when instances like a tie in the electoral vote come about. In this case, a tie in the Electoral College would be thrown to the House of Representatives, who would then vote for the President. The Electoral College brings about uneccessary problems that could all be avoided if the country converted the way of electing to election by popular vote.
In summation, the Electoral College has been around for hundreds of years, but it is time that the United States makes the change that would improve the way of electing its future Presidents. The Electoral College is outdated and complicated, does not allow the voice of the people to be heard, and leads to uneccessary voting complications. For these reasons, I vehemently feel that we should switch from the Electoral College to election by popular vote. | 5 |
a718c79 | Cars aren't really necessary in a community. They burn gas and pollute the earth very frequently. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency promotes car reduced communities. Legislators are starting toact like they are cautious.
One reason the cities without cars are better is because cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. diesel fuel was blamed since france has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up sixty seven percent of vehicles in frane, compared to a fifty percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western Europe.
Paris typically has more smog than the other countries so that means they have more cars. cars produce way too much smog because of automobiles. we should all just stop driving cars when its not necessary because the earth is gonna become trash because of it. public transit was free of charge from friday to monday according to BBC. Fr the first time two other colombian cities joined the event. A day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Begota int the mid nineteen nineties
Parks and sport centers also have bloomed throughout the city, uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad smooth sidewalks. Rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic and new | 1 |
a7199db | Driverless cars are not needed and unneccessary. Driving a motorized vehicle is already dangerous enough. This world does not need the option to rely on, what are supposed to be, "Driverless Cars". The number of recks in the world due to reckless drivers is too much and we do not need to have driverless vehicles to make the matter worse. In paragraph 7, it states that as of 2013, "that none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless." It also mentions in the same paragraph that the "driverless cars" require an alert driver that is ready to take over at any time. What is the point of a driverless car if the driver is always meant to pay attention and rely on themselve when a potential saftey hazard gets in their way. There are always going to be more reckless drivers than careful drivers and that fact could cause a lot of issues. Why should we give reckless drivers the privilage of a somewhat driverless vehicle? Why should we put the safety of others at risk? Not only is the practice of driverless cars illegal in most states but the laws that will come with the new driverless vehicles will not be followed by most. In paragraph 9, it says that laws will be made to ensure safety, but to ensure safety those laws require alert and careful drivers and like mentioned in my previous paragraph, there are simply not enough alert drivers in this world to ensure safety. Manufacturers cannot guaruntee everyone's safety. Just like motorized vehicles today, they apply many safety features to ensure safey, but there are still hundreds of people dying everyday because those safety features were not good enough. Why ensure laws that are going to be broken? Why ensure safety if there is still a possibility that something could go wrong and a person or more than one person could lose their lives. Driversless vehicles are said to be completely driverless by 2020 accourding to paragraph 10 but, is that really true or is it mostly true? | 3 |
a723b09 | People chattering as they walk down the payment, buzzing conversation on who will win the coming election. Large bulleton board's towlering above the city streets and towns a smiling face firmly drawn on them with the caption, "Vote for me for President." Television's fills with compains and speeches. How is it we come to the conclusion of voting a president? and which way do I favor? Among our rapidly growing population and country every 4 year's "we the people " cast in our vote for president and who might I ask count those votes? The electoral college, which some think it's a place but acually it's a long process to chosing our next president. The electoral college consists of electors, there meeting is where they voe for he president and also vice president by counting the electoral votes by congress. When you vote for president you are really choosing your candidate and actually voting for your candidate's electors. I strongly disagree with this mythed because I favor more that the president chose be chosen by popular vote not by electors we chose.
What's wrong with the electoral colledge? You run into multiple issues with the electoral college as you slowly go into it's process and how the president is chosen. One big issuse is the Disaster factor. Considering that state legislatures are technially responsiable for picking electors. If we chose the president by popular vote like we should, it would be more resonable because it's a way so that the people of our country are happy. The eclectoral college is unfair to voter's also. With the "Winner takes all", system is each state candidates don't even spend time in states they know have no chance is winning, there only focus is on the swing states and the ones who have a more lickly chance of winner with there voter! This is highly unfair to the people! Our votes should count more then what electors chose. This is our nation, our country, our home and we should get to decide on who will lead it in a fair way, electors should count all the votes and then chose the president by popularity and better man.
The elector collegde is said to be a non-democratic method to be overruled by declaring the most popular votes for the candiate the winner. When your voting you acually voting for the slate of electors who will chose the president and vice president.
Chosing our president should be up to popular vote, electing electors who will chose the president is a unfair priocess and the electoral college is very out dated and it's system and ways should be over thought about. Counting our votes on president and chosing the president by popluar vote is the best way to go. Firstly it allows for the president most wanted to become president. Second it's a easier process then having to vote for a elector, wait for there votes, and then wait for there decesion on president. Think about it? We the people, should chose our president souly on poplation votes.
To conclude, the electoral college is a unfair, outdated, and irrational way to chose our presendent. We the people should be able to chose the present by poplar vote not only because it's our chose on who should lead are country but also it's a easier and better way to chose our president. I highly agree that we should be able to chose our next president by poplar vote and rething the electoral college. | 3 |
a72499e | I, one hundred percent agree with the creation that was approached. By the way they explain the technology and advancement in the project it sounds legit, I mean it does have its flaws and improvement But the flaws isn't anything bad, Its just certain area on the rode you have to help more. I think its an wonderfuk idea.
The way they say it assist you is very helpful for the elderly. Some people are handicape and was waiting for an idea like this. Everybody isn't able to move around and do alot of things because they are disabled but a invention like this will change all of those problems.
I gave as many reason as I can about the wonderful invention. The main reason is it will help the commuinty and maybe the robbery rate will go down because alot of people wouldn't have to walk anywhere for them to get ran up on an rob or worse murdered. | 1 |
a7253b6 | Dear State Senator,
"The American people should consider themselves lucky..." "What is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, and "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our depised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posher, these 3 passages were compared about electoral votes. Which one to for the people would choose, either in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular votes for the U.S. president? Answer: You should be able to keep the Electoral College so every person has their right in voting and it would be equal equal.
Whether the people don't care about who's gonna get it or not going to, it would still be better off voting and trying to get that person elected. "..the electoral college is unfair to voters." All the people want is to be equal and have their rights and in order for them to have rights. Instead, of Congress going with just the populars, they should be able to count up all the people's voting choices and let it decide like that. "The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe." If the higher people in the Presidency don't take charge soon enough every electoral poll booth we have will turn into a big mess with horrible, unexpected things coming.
If all things were possible, do you really think this world would be having these arguments or 'hard choices'. "A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes is an even number." Does that mean we should go with the popular votes if it's a tie? Yes, well if it's an even number it happens rarely enough where you don't see it often. "Voters are the people who want to express rather than people who think a single vote will decide." The people eho think one vote will decide more than the other's is wrong because what if that person had expressed their vote and the other choice would've won.
"The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." Not everything you do will be fair in life. Other words, yes give your opinion and hope that you'll be heard and it will help. | 1 |
a727549 | As humans our minds are bound to exploring the unknown, in order to feed our curiosity. As long as the human mind is concerned, our curious thoughts will always be on what discoveries does space have in store, more on the planetary side of things, what great discoveries does the planets in the solar system have in store? Out of all the planets in our solar system, Venus is the most valuable and challenging planet to discover, since it the only planet in the solar system to closely resemble Earth despite it's dangerous conditions. In order to feed our curiousity of Venus, we have to go pass the dangers the planet presents and explore the landscape of the entire planet.
As Venus has been given the nickname "Evening Star", despite it being a planet, Venus has gain a more leading nickname for it as Earth's twin. The reason it was given that nickname is that, Venus' density and size are closely similar to Earth's, it also has the closest distance to Earth's. Due to the similarity it has to Earth, scientists and astronomers are fascinated by Venus and what it was like in the past, in the article the text states "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life... Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." | 2 |
a72a583 | Look into the midnight sky, tell me what you see. You might see stars, and perhaps an espesially bright star. This star is Venus, a close planet to ours and one that could have had life on it at one time.In The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author makes this statment well, and convicingly. For he presents numorus facts on why it should be explored. He also shows the inpending dangers that go along with this exploration.
The autor states in paragraph 2 "Humans have sent numorus space craft to land on this cloud draped world. Each previous mission has been unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft has lasted for more than a few hours." This here shows that the exploration is risky, but why do we need to explore mars you ask. well heres why, "Astronomers are fasinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like panet in our soler system". With venus having this potental history of possibly containing life, it is very worthy of being explored, for there are many things that could be found on it.
in conclusion, venus is a worthy pursute dispite its inpending dangers, maybe one day we will be able to study venus without the fear of its harmful conditions. | 2 |
a72cfc0 | The program Seagoing Cowboys ,is amazing even though u might of heard of it or not im going to try my best to make u want to be part of it. I say this because for example the program lets u go around the world,like in the story the said that Luke had travewled nine diffrent times. Isnt that great that could be you,of course if u would like to join.
There are lots of things that u could do there,like get to meet knew people and some might even become very close to you. I am sure that if you, came to the program you would love it. You would have fun,free food,and a good place to sleep. Now some might lo0ve animals , and if u dont thats fine but im sure you would start to. they are kind,loving,and gental. This program might get u in shapeand fit,you will be caring and lifting things and im sure that will burn off some fat.
Also if u come to the program,u would learn how to obay,clean,and be respectful. Im sure that a young mans mother would be happy to know that,they are cleaning, and obaying laws,and showing respecfulness. Oh and befor i forget, they also will be able to cook multipal meals for his family.
The lastly they will be cowboys,and thats a great thing to help out with the animals. The young men will be helping around with horses,and cows. I am sure that the young man, will enjoy the view of the world that hes traviling.
I hope that you are convinced and made up your mind to let the young men come to this program. I am sure that youll enjoy it, till next time . | 3 |
a73365c | Alien Theory: Debunked
There may be evidence as to why people believe in something as comical as aliens; mass UFO sightings, various reports of alien abduction, passages in religious books and scrolls that show odd evidence of a species not born on Earth, or even on manmade structures such as the ancient pyramids or Egypt. However, we still haven't found credible evidence that aliens are real. The Face is not some sort of bona fide of evidence on life on Mars that NASA would hide. The Face is merely just a natural landform.
After the discovery of the Face, NASA unveiled the image for the public to see. A caption noted a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth." Authors who knew about it reasoned that it would be a good way to engage the public's attraction to Mars, which it successfully did. The pharaoh look-alike of the mesa was named "The Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. Many conspiray theorists said that NASA was just hiding more from the public since they said it was only a natural landform. Aliens and ancient civilization became a wide belief, even scientists believed in this. But due to this, the Face became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in September 1997; 18 years after the Viking missions ended. The chief scientist for NASA's MArs Exploration Program, Jim Garvin said "We felt this was important to taxpayers."
When NASA's Viking 1 caught a picture of the Face while it was simply finding a region for its Viking 2 to land, mission controllers may have been amazed or mildly frightened to see this on their monitors. This discovery was short lived because scientists such as myself figured it as just another Martian mesa, which is common around Cydonia, a region on Mars where the Viking spotted the legendary Face. The first photos had bad quality, the best photo having 43 meters per pixel. On April 5, 1998, the MGS flew over Cydonia for the frist time, Micahel Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture 10 times sharper than the original Viking photos. Those who have grown curious to this discovery were upset to only see that THe Face really was only a natural landform. Howver that day they took the photos was a cloudy day on Mars. And so, more disappointment was caused when on April 8, 2001-a cloudless day on Cydonia-MGS took another chance and took another photo. The pixels in the latest image spans 1.56 meters, which is much more better than the original photos from the Viking.
As a rule of thumb, that picture quality would capture more landforms or manmade structures if there were any, but there were not. The latest picture shows the Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa which are landforms that are common around the American West. "It reminds me most of the Middle BUtte in the Snake River Plain of IDaho," says Garvin. That's a lava dome that takes for of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. However, Mars doesn't have life on it. That planet is labeled dead to some scientists.
Though there may be some instance of some alien life form out there, such as the Wow Signal, there isn't enough credible evidence that the Face was made by aliens. As I have already said, landforms such as that MArtian mesa are common on Cydonia. This one just happened to look like a face due to the shadows casted onto it.
Living in the universe alone or with unknown species out there is terrifying, but without enough credible evidence, aliens don't really exist. They're jsut a pigment of imagination caused by the odd funtions of the human brain. All of those alien abductions were most likely hallucination from drug use pr mental diseases. With all of these factors, the alien theory with the Face is debunked. | 4 |
a735609 | Car usage has impacted the earth in numerous ways; both for good and for bad. Ever since the production of the car during the industrial revolution, transportation from place to place was easier for everone to be able to go to work, school or on a vacation to a distant place. This invention has changed American life as well as the lives of many others in the world. Although, the creation of the car did have some downfalls. Passenger cars are responsible for the 12% of greenhouse gasses that are emitted into the earths atmosphere. Limitting car usage would be beneficial to the earth because it would help to lessen the damaging gasses being submerged into the atmosphere.
Reducing the use of your car would make navigation on the street much easier. For example, "in this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. With the reduction of cars being enacted store are able to be in street for easy access. This allows for stock to be brought up because many of the stores wont be a long, stressful drive away. not only stores but work would be much closer and wont involve long hours in a car every morning.
Since there will be no car usage involved, the streets will be much safer to roam. The accident rate in decrease drastically. lessening the use of cars will allow for traffic to be cut in half. This would help to decrease the death rates that are caused every year. No driving would be beneficial for many. There will be no drunk drivers making the streets an unsafe place to be. the world will be a much better place to live in once cars are limitted.
Decressing the use of a car would make life less stressful. People wont have to worry about driving long hours, paying off their cars or worrying about car maintainence. This will make life easier to focus on much important tasks such as school an his of her career. Thats less payments and more money for something else. Removing this machinery would allow for the debt rate to drop as well. Less people will be bankrupt and have money in their bank accounts to save.
Lessening car usage would allow for a cultural shift occur, and change the way people live their life all over the world. Car usage should be reduced because this will allow for people to be more productive and less tranportation time because stores will be much closer than ever before. The reduction of cars will result in less accidents and property damage among many cities. | 3 |
a73619b | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to cross the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean? Have you ever wondered what dangers could happen while at sea? Have you ever thought about how the work done as a child can benefit how you are as an adult? Well, if any of these questions has even came to your mind than this essay is perfect for you.
Crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans would take a long time but I would say that it is worth it. Luke Bomberger traveled across the Atlantic six-teen times and he crossed the Pacific twice. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program so that you can travel across the oceans too. While onboard a Seagoing Cowboys' ship you can have baseball and volleyball games, you can have ping-pong tournaments (also known as table tennis), fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and playing all sorts of fun games to pass through the days onboard your ship. There are so many advantages to joining the Seagoing Cowboys but if you aren't sure if it will be safe then I will write about the little disadvantages of coming onboard.
So, your wondering about the disadvantages of joining the Seagoing Cowboys? Well, one day Luke Bomberger was working at his job as a night watchman and he had to check on the animals on board every hour. One night Luke slipped on a latter and he cracked his ribs. Luke started sliding toward the edge of the ship where a small strop of metal kept him from flying overboard. So if you think almost plumaging into the deep, dark sea is a disadvantage then there you go. Just because something dangerous "could" happen doesn't mean that it should hold you back from doing something that you could enjoy though. If you never try out something than you will never know if you will like it or not, so I suggest joining the Seagoing Cowboys.
Kids are always wondering why they have to do so much work. The reason is so that the work that they do as a child will benefit them while they are older. Luke Bomberger had worked on his aunt Katie's farm as a little boy and it had prepared Luke for hard work to be done at sea. You need to be able to work hard if you are going to join the Seagoing Cowboys than you need to "work hard at work worth doing" (quoted from Teddy Rosavelt).
If you like adventure than the Seagoing Cowboys program is perfect for you. Remember that this program isn't just about fun but it is also about working hard. There may be danger while at sea but it's a low chance that the danger will affect you. So join the Seagoing Cowboys and have the time of your life! | 3 |
a73649d | In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the articles inform that Venus can be seen shining in a night sky on Earth. Most people can see Venus and is often called the "Evening Star." Throughout the years, it has been very hard for anything one to land on Venus that included spaceships. The author of the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," things that Nasa should study and persue any investigation on Venus despite the dangers. I agree with this statement.
It was clearly stated in the article that Venus and Earth share some common features. It was explained that there are mountains, craters, and valleys in Venus. This are common things that are found all around Erath. The crater in Yellowstone, and The Great Canyon are sightseeing places that could also be found on Venus. Also, Nasa predicts that Venus had once was covered with oceans and supported any form of life, this can be found in paragraph 4. If even there was a small chance that a planet had life, we should try to investigate and find new things that could help our planet and the future.
Researhers are trying to find a solution to be able to land on Venus safety or even galce from above. One solution researchers came with is a "blimp -like vehicle." By creating this vehicle, we can view the Venusian landscpae and its features. We could find more evidence that Venus had some sort of life just like Earth and find new features that we have not seen before. In paragraph 5, the articles says that this vehicle will be hovering above Venus so that means we will be able to get informstion on the weather. For example; erupting volcanoes (paragraph 3), powerful earthquakes (paragraph 3), and lightning strikes (paragraph 3).
The third reason that explains why Venus is worthy of persuing is the idea of electronics. In paragraph 7, it was revealed in the article that Nasa is testing electronics made of silicon carbide. These electronics have been tested in chamer simulations to see if they can withstand the conditions of Venus and so far they have lasted for about three weeks. Nasa and scientists and use these electronics to find a way to get to Venus. For example; these electronics can be dropped down from a spcaeship and record many differents things. One of them would be the air quality. This can be useful because these electronics are "more resistant to pressure, heat and other forces," (Paragraph 7).
The last reason would be that we might be able to visit Venus and it would help us see if we can actually live in Venus in the future. By doing such, we can see if we can withstand these dangerous weather for example; lightning, errupting volcanoes, and earthquakes. We experience all of these things above here on Earth but the real question is can we survived these on Venus? That is why we should study Venus, it was mentioned that it most similar with Earth and that it has some similar feautures.
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" persues that studying Venus is a worthy pusuit even though there are dangers present. I agree with this statement because by doing research, it can help our understanding of Venus better and also find better ways to land. One reason as to why presue this is that Venus and Earth share many things in common for example, volcanoes. Another reason would be that we can discover new things that we have not seen before. For example evidence that there once was a form of life. Also, researchers are trying to study electonics so that they can be use in any way to help establish an understanding of Venus. These electronics are "more reistant to pressure, heat and othe forces," (Paragraph 7). With these conditions, these electronics can be used to bring back information from Venus and that would lead us to new information and a better understand of a approach on Venus. Researchers and NASA are trying to find a way to land safety and see if people can actally live on Venus. To see if people can withstand many dangerous siuations. This should be a worthy persuit for study Venus even though dangers are present. | 5 |
a738aaa | In the atricle "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the outhor describes about how a new technology called Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify humans emotions. I rather not be scanned by a computer to tell me my emotions. I don't think the Facial Action Coding System is valuable.
The first reason that I think we shouldn't have computer scanning are face because we need privacy . I wouldn't want a computer scanning me to see if I was happy, sad, tired, or mad. Example of the computer testing someone " She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Also there's no need to know there emotions some people don't want you to.
Second reason is that I wouldn't want to pay for it. Some students couldn't afford it. Others could buy it but why would they they are at school to learn not know other peoples emotions. Example what the emotion scanner would do " if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similarad might follow. But if you frowm next ad will be I different." This shows me that you don't need it because all it shows your emotions anwhat kinds ads other sruff that could help you. There's no point for this if it nots helping you with school activities.
Third reason is whats the point of having this. It does benefit a liitle bit by changing stuff the computer to change our mood. Example of this "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." But rather than that it doesn't help us. It doesn't help us get good grades, doesn't show us what to do in class, and doesn't help your teachers eitheir.
So in this article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" where they other talks about compter showing your emotions isn't valubale to any school. The Facial Coding System is just showing your emotions not helping you in school. Its also probably very expensive some people couldn't afford it. Thats why I think its not valuable or needed in a school. | 3 |
a73ac54 | I think that this is a great piece technology for school laptops.
In school kids will get confused about many things that they are learning.
This invention could help students who struggle to understand a lot of content.
Students in high school have a lot of pressure on them in those 4 years.
It can be very hard to keep up with every lesson.
If the technology is able to tell if a student is confused or not and, be able to change the lesson to help it should be implemented in to everyones laptop.
Many students also don't have the nerve to raise their hand and ask a question becuase they think that they will be mad fun of for it.
With this technology a student would is afraid of that won't have to ask a question in front of everyone becuase the technology will know he/she needs help. This can be used for many different reasons also it could tell if a student is sad, and that he/she might need to see guidence.
This would be a great piece of technology for schools to have. This invention would help students get better grades to be able to have a chance to go to college.
Inventions like this are what is helping many people succeed, going outside the box to help others. | 2 |
a73e77d | How was the Face on Mars created? The face on Mars was created, because it is a mesa, meaning no alien created it. Many scientist believed it was an alien artifact, even though there weren't any facts given about it. The Face on Mars is a natural landform.
On April 5, 1998 a team of men snapped a photograph ten times sharper than the one the Viking took. Once the photo was uploaded many people were unhappy. The people still believed it still had something to do with the aliens because of where it was located. The Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, giving them a reason to believe it was an alien artifact.
The Face on Mar became a pop icon. "It starred in a Hollywood fim, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!" (5) The Face on Mars became famous because many people believed it was an alien artifact and didn't know the truth.
The Face on Mars has nothing to do with aliens, it is a natural landform, also know as a butte or mesa. The Face on Mars was never an alien monument, even though many people just believed it was. It became famous for it, an once people found out the truth then weren't satified with it.
The Face on Mars was finally unmasked. Everyone found out the truth and dealt with it, even though most weren't satified about it. The Face on Mars is a natural landform and has nothing to do with aliens. | 3 |
a73f574 | imagine a world, twenety or so yeears from now, completely free of any nature. there is not a single tree, bush, flower or even a blade of grass to be found. only concrete roads and dirt everywhere, along with our cars driving on them. in the cars are us, fat lazy peoplle sitting in our cars, irritated and hollering out profanity at the mile long row of traffic as we try to get ot work. the cause of all this is toxic gases emited by our cars. this is our future. do we really want this to happen to us and ouur beautiful planet earth? i know i don't, and thats why all around the world, cities and even entire countires are doing something about it, they are working on cutting back peoples' vehicle usage, or even eliminnating it. without the cars, there would be a drastic decrease in polution, peoples' physical health would improve, and no more stress.
we all use cars, it has become a daily thing for all of us. we have become so acustomed to driving that we don't even think about it. we never thought about just how much damage our cars were doing on our home, planet earth. cars are the leading source of polution, everyday the polution is ripping awway at our ozone layer, slowly dooming us all and we are definnatly feeling the heat from it. places such as Vauban, Germany, have given up cars completely. in this experimental district, street parking, driveways and home garages are forbiden and, except for the main thoroughfare, the streets are commpletely car free. thanks to this, greenhouse gases in this area have gone down. residents of this town don't even seem to mind the car free life, they even enjoy it. having clean air makes this district a beautiful placce to live in.
not havinf motor vehicles also can immprove physical health. humans, especially Americans, have become incredably lazy, and as a result, incredably fat. no one has time in their busy schedual to excersize. everyone is too busy with work, school, kids, chores, or anythinng else. but, if we all got rid of cars and people either walked to and from their destinations, we would all be losing weight, be more aactive and be so muuch helthier. also, the helthier you are, the longer you live, so getting rid of cars will increase your life span!
having a car can also mean having a lot of stress. theres traffic backing you up making you an hour late for work, high gas prices sucking all the money out nof your wallets, expensive repair prices, and you are always putting your life at risk if you get into an accident. all this to think about while your just trying to get from point A to point B can be very stress full. but if everyone walked or biked to and from wherever, there would be much less traffic, no need for gas, the only repairs you would have to get is pumping more air in your tires, the onnly accident you might have is runninng your bike into another's bike and as long as you wear the right protectionn gear, you are very safe.
all of these factors add up to a safer, cleaner, helthier environment. if we all start now to eliminate cars, theworld would bbe a much bbetter pllace. | 4 |
a7407bc | "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people is feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotion,".
Did you know moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may even produce them? "The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face while it show how much the computer can really do",. Also just by making someone day you can make his/her smile and yourself smile because it feels great to give back to people , now i understand why leonardo da vinci made this because he had gotten tired of seeing people sad faces so by making the Mona Lisa he brought cheer and smiles to the world." A renowned drama coach Constantin Stanislavsky had his actors to carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating theses emotin on stage".
Overall Facial Actin Coding system was a great idea to put that in action and get the world to know and Nick D'Alto has made it better. | 2 |
a7435de | venus sometimes is called evening star because in the night make some lights in the sky venus is actually planet in our solar sistem this planet is the second from the sum venus is along time by earth this planet is close to earth in size and occasionallyare cose to earth too.
venus and mars this are the anothers planets orbit to the sumand a diferent speed venus alwas is around the the corner in space .
venus almos have a 97% percent carbon dioxide blanketson the others planets surface temperatures average over 800 degrees and thgem pressure is 90 times greater than we are experience in our own planet .
the planet have superface of rocky sodiment and includes familiar features like valleys and mountains and craters sometimes will be conciderate give the long time frames or space travel.
the national (nasa) has one in particular compelling idea for around 170 degrees the sistemsolar have a 9 planets and the only one we they live there the name is earth this is only one planet have water,life,oxigen,air,nitrgeno,oxido this is thinks what we really nedd in real life this planet have animals,birds and persons too | 1 |
a74e979 | The electoral college should be eliminated. It should be changed to popular vote for the presidential election. With the electoral college, people don't get to have the freedom to vote for who they want to be elected. Instead they vote for a slate of electors who in turn, elect the president for you. There are a few problems with this. One, the electors could end up not doing their job. They might refuse to vote for their party's candidate and end up voting for whomever they please. That could turn into a riot or just leave a lot of people very unhappy. The electors could also mess up their vote and end up voting for the wrong candidate. Say they are loyal to the president they are suppose to vote for, but then end up choking and voting for the opposing president. Further more, what if a state sends two slates of electors to Congress? It happened in Hawaii in 1960. ("What's wrong with the electoral college") Another thing is a tie could happen. A tie in the electoral vote means that the election then gets handed to the House of Reprsentatives, where they will then vote on the president of their choice. Either way the people do not get a say on who they want for president. It is all in the hands of people that can turn their backs on who they promise they will vote for, and end up voting for the opposing president. If the people got to choose who they wanted to be president, then we wouldn't run into any of these problems. There would never be any ties or broken promises. The electoral college is "unfair, outdated, and irrational." The electoral college should be abolished. | 3 |
a752c11 | The use of the technology Facial Action Coding System in the classroom is useful and can help improve the students learning by knowing their emotions like if they are bored or interested in the lesson. By knowing the students emotions at all times, the teacher can how to improve the lesson and even help a student who may be sad, but is not telling anyone. This technolgy could prove to be very valuable in the classroom because it is able to detect if the student is understanding the lesson and if he is not then the the the classroom computer can modify the lesson,''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored''. Knowing the students emotions can be benefical to the teachers and students because that way they know how to help them if they are stuck on a problem or are sick and have to go to the nurse. By having this technology in the classroom it will improve the students education and test scores because the teacher will know if they are struggling on a certain subject or equation, which then allows the teacher to help the student improve their skills in the certain area or subject. Using this technology will make students excited for school because they know they will get additional help, now that they can read their emotions and the teacher will know how to approch them if they need help. Even though the teacher might have a hard time telling a student's emotions by their facial expression,now they got some help from the Facial Action Coding System which reads facial expressions to find your emotion. Not only can it tell your emotions , but it can calculate the percent like 80 percent happy and 20 percent sad. | 3 |
a75401c | Driverless cars are great but in some cases they can be wrong. If we were to have driverless cars it would be easy. You wouldnt get tired of watching the road so long. You wouldnt have to pay as much attention to the road as usual. With driverless cars you would actually have to be careful
because if there is any road construction you would have to steer yourself. If theses driverless cars were to run on gas or electricty how long would they last. If the car was to break down and it could only work if they car was up and working that would be bad. You could be stranded or worse. If the car was to start driving reckless that could injure or take people lives. I would be good for the cars if you could tell them where to go or just type it in on a screen . I think driverless cars shouldn't be made. | 1 |
a76077f | Thick, foggy air is the future for this planet if we continue on this polluting path. Although, pollution is unavoidable in the industrial time we all live in. There are still ways people may help to limit the amount of pollution. With this information,the people of the earth need to limit their use of cars. For benefiting reasons such as, decreasing the deadly pollution, the lessening of stress, and economically saving.
Initialy, Pollution is increasing drastically and limiting car use will help decrease it. The usual effects of pollution from a car is the exhaust it lets out. Also, the factories that manufacture these cars are letting off smoke which in result pollutes the air people breath. In source 1 paragraph 5, it explains that passenger cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe and up to fifty percent in some surbuban countries such as the United States. Therefore, the result of cars exhaust is hurting the enviroment and is one of the main causes of greenhouse gases. Source 2 paragraph 15, also states the cold nights and warm nights caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Explaining the air families and children breath is basically coming form a car's exhaust. Overall, pollution is a catastrophe and affects evryone dramatically.
Additionally, the stress of the average person can and will be lowered if the use of cars decrease. Stress can be cause by many things, but one of those things is the use of cars. Limiting the use of cars will really help any person relax. source 1 paragraph 3, Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, states she has been less tense and is much happier. Futher more without the use of a car this mother feels relaxed which enables her to be the mothe she wants to me. Source 3 paragraph 20 explains that leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. Knowing how stressful a traffic jam can be, limiting the use of a car will avoid that stress. To conclude, the strees releif of limiting the use of a car will impact evryone in a very beneficial way.
Lastly, there is an economic benefit to limiting the use of a car. A car cost alot to maintain and with all these expenses, its hard to find money to spend on ones self. Source 4, paragraph 32 explains the car use decreasing in america was caused by recession. The cash strapped americans had a hard time finding the money to spend on cars, which explains cars are a very expenxive product. Overall, the ecnomic impact will be beneficial to everyone because of the money saved to be used for different amenities.
To sum up, the limiting use of cars wont only help relieve stres or save money, but also help decrease pollution. Everyone would then be able to live a life knowing their childrens future will be bright. Instead of full with smog and smoke. | 5 |
a763494 | The "Face on Mars" was discovered May 24th, 2001. It was discovered when a spacecraft was cirlcing mars and spotted something that looked like a human face. This is where the name "The Face on Mars" comes from. Some people think it was from aleins, other think it was just a natural land form.
If i were a scientist at NASA and I had to convince them that the " Face on Mars" was not created by aliens i would simply say that there is no evidence that shows aliens where around.
The arictle " Unmasking the Face on Mars" states that on April 5th, 1998 Micheal Milan and his Mars Orbiter Camera team tookphotographs of the object which clearly revealed that the " face " was a natural landform.
Although people werent satified with the therory that the "Face on Mars"is just a natural landform, it is the only conclusion that really makes sense. If aliens made this the spacecraft orbiting mars would have been able to see them. And another thing there would have been signs to prove aliens made this landmark, but there isnt. All of this leads me to believe that the" Face on Mars" isjust a natural landform. | 2 |
a771321 | Electoral College
: Even the best-laid defenses are wrong
Dear, State Senator
The Electoral college process as you know ,consist of selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, ant the counting of the electorial votes by Congress (Source 1). Under the electorial college system voters don't vote for president, they vote for a slate of electors that in turn elect for president. Some may think "What the problem with that it seems like a simple process" but thats not how it works. Imagine the small states, no canidate is going to spend time in a state where they have no chance of winning making it unfair to voters. Theres is also the chance of many segregationists where they don't even take into consideration on who their voting for only basing it on race and or ethnicity. Electoral college is a "Disaster Factor"(Source 2).Many thing can happen in the mist of this selection where the results can end up in a tie which would cause worries. Electoral college is irrational, unfair, and outdated and shouldnot be as a system anymore.
This "system" is unfair to many places across the United States. No canidate would bother going to spend time in a state where they have no chance of winning making it unfair to voters. During the 200 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters 25 ofthe largest media markets didn't get to see the canidates at all including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25ofthe largets media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad (Source 2).Seventeen states didn't even see canidates making it a harder decision for those states causing somepeople to not even bother voting. Some may think "It isn't the canidates faulty that those people didnt vote" but yes it is the statement is also on opinion and not facts so its not look into carefully.
There you go it's finally the day to find out the winner and then out of know where you dont find out you know why because of a worry that is a tie. When there is a tie it completely | 3 |
a774f6a | in VAUBAN,Germany executives are making a big leap on forbidden street parking,driveways and home garages. it costs $40,000 to buy a parking space becuse of the retricans on cars. The reason for this "smart planning" is becuse 12 percent of green house gases in Europe come from tailpipes. David Goldberg qoutes that "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car and that will have to stop". In the United States the Environmental Protection
Agency is promting car reduction becuse of pollution being at such a high polution rate. paris has the most smog out of any other European capital.
BOGOTA,Colombia had a car free day and millions of colombians hiked,biked,skated or took buses. rain did not stop people from pertisipating in this event,for the first time two other colombian cities,cali and valledupar joined this event.
president Obama ambitous goals were to curb the united states greenhouse gas emissions unveiled last week. more americans are buying more and more less cars. Mr. sivaks son lives in san fransisco and has a car but takss bay area if nessecary. | 1 |
a779bc6 | Have you ever seen those movies will the smart cars that drive by themselves? Like the bat moble in batman? Those aren't just cool but also really safe and may be the type of transportation in the future years. I like the idea of one and I'd buy one. The development of driverless cars is brilliant because it will change the world, it will cause less accidents and is the "New trend."
Sergey Brin, google cofounder, belives that driverless cars will change the world. How? They would use half the fuel of todays cars and be more flexible. Technololgy is improving everyday and this is good because all these new things are being put on the market and making cars safer. Sebastion Thrun, founder of the Google Car project, stated "There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting. The sensors weren't there, the computers weren't there and the mapping wasn't there." This shows that technology is imroving by that driverless cars will evolve the world.
Driverless cars cause no accidents. Google has had cars drive independently since 2009 and have been driven half a million miles without an accident. Isn't that incredible? A lot of car crashes are caused by drunk driving, and texting but ow that the driver won't driving wouldnt that mean no accidents are going to happen as much now?
Automakers have been working with sensors and within 10 years they have become more advanced to respondikng to danger. These sensors would stop the car if it were about to crash into something.
The sensors have a better response and control than a human driver.
Drierless cars will be the "New trend" because everyones going to be wanting one, and it will be safer. How many times
haveyou seen your favorite actress wear something, and you were like " Oh I want that!?" Almost everyone has said that at least said that, I know I have but the point is that all the celeberties will be have one them and that would make up want to have it too. I mean look at the adavantages of a driverless car.
I believe that driverless cars are brilliant because they are the "New Trend", it will change the wolrld and cause no accidents. If you haven't seen a movie with one of these driverless cars then you better search one up and watch it because they really are facinating. | 4 |
a784f51 | Ever scence the invintion of cars people have been making advancements and modifications all to revolutionize them and make them better than the last model. Well what if I told you that the next model you buy might even drive itself? With todays technology self driving cars are no longer just the fantasy of a persons imagination. Self driving cars exist right now in fact google has had self driving cars scence 2009. Don't get the wrong idea however, the self driving cars have a ways to go before they hit the streets of America.
Cars that drive without the use of humans will have a much bigger impact than just not having to remotly drive it. A resurcher named Sergey Brin envisions a future with fleets of self driving cars transporting the public. Humans will no longer need to buy cars wich could save a lot of money for ordanary people who dont have alot of it. With less human driven cars Sergey foresees that the fuel used will be half of what is used today. That will have a huge impact on our environment and natural resources. Having to import less fuel means that America can spend that big chunk of money some were else.
The self driving cars of the future will be equiped with the latiest and greatiest technology. Todays cars already have radars that can stop your car from backing up into an object or even emergancy stop for you. Motion sensors can now beam lasers that form a constantly updating 3D model of the cars surroundings. A self driving car could use those 3D images to know when there is on coming trafic, See road blocks up ahead and even stop if a deer were to run out into the road.
Some people do not like the idea of a self driving car because it takes the controle out of there own hands. The Self driving cars that are currantly in use right now still give the driver controle over the vehicle. The cars even need some human help. The cars have been equiped to tell the driver to take over when human help is requred. Some cars will have a vibrating seat or flash light on the wind shield, or the car might even just tell you to take over.
Over all a self driving car in my opinion would be a helpfull thing. Once all the bugs are worked out and proper laws are made total human controled cars will be a thing of the past. | 4 |
a7875a6 | The new system of reading students emotionals is very important but It might be difficult to read someone's emotional because first of all, people are very different and it is not simple to directly see or know someone's emotionals. But at some point it's easy to a teacher recognize if his/her student are very confused or bored of something that's hard to get done with them(students).
" The Mona Lisa demonstrations is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. Imagine a computer that shows when you're happy or sad. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. The same technology can make computer animated faces more expressive and most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication". There are some people that can't show their emotional out of other because they don't want their feelings or emotionals to be known and those kind of people are probably the ones who needs the new technology system to be finding out if they are happy, sad, frustrated or every kind emotionals because they can probably cause a lot of damage in most places all around the world. | 2 |
a789744 | Did you know that venus is a planet? Venus is the secondest planet from the sun. Their are three things that the author suggest that studing venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They are Venus vison from earth, Venus's atmosphere, and scientists discussing further visits to its surface. So it's going to talk about Venus is a worth pursuit.
First, is venus vision from earth. Scientist are having trouble seeing or examing more closely to venus. Venus and earth are mostly like the same that's why people call it Earth's "twin". It hard for a spacecraft to survied on the planet just for few hour, because human's are so curious about the world. But scientist are concern why people has not went to venus for a long time. One example from the test is " Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecrafty survided the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us." on paragraph two.
Secondly, is Venus atmosphere. What Venus are facing is there's clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Venus temperature's are very high than ours. But people also say Venus geology and weather present impediment. One from the article is "Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather prensent additional impediments like erupting volcaneos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." in paragraph three.
Finally, Scientist discussing further visits to its surface. Astronomers were epressed how Venus use to look like beck then. Like people say that Earth and Venus are twin's is becasue long ago Venus had it oceans and could supported life. But now Venus has changes over the year. People want to vist Venus, but their are some concerns about going into Venus. For an example in paragraph four say's "The Value of returning to Venus seems Indisputable but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive.".
So yeah those the three answers that supports that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it has. They are Venus vison from Earth. They both lokk different. Secondly is Venus atmosphere. The temperature's are different from earth. Finally Scientist having a difficult time going to Venus. Due from atrononomers going into space long time ago. | 3 |
a79494d | Positive aspects of driverless cars is that thes cars had driven more than half a million miles without a crash. They also still help alert the drivers to take over when they are pulling in or out of the driveways or when dealing with complicated traffic issues. Such as road constructions or accidents, When building the smart cars they put sensors into the car. For example in the 1980s, the automakers used speed sensors at the wheel in the creation of antilock brakes. Within 10 years, these sensors had become mor advanced to help detcet and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids of rollovers. The sensor cand also help cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone.
There has been further improvements in the sensors and computer hardware and software to make the driving safer. It is also leading to the cars that handle more and more driving tasks on their own. All cars are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills. Such as navigating though work zones and around accidents. So this means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires.
I agree with the development of these cars because if you
are an older person driving this car can help you drive. The will help you alert when
there is a traffic issues or accidents and more. These cars will let you know when you have to take over. So once again if you are an older person or getting old these cars can help you in the near future because automakers are still continuing their work on the assumption that problems ahead will be solved. There is a person name Telso who has projected
a 2016 release a car capable of driving on autopolit 90 percent of the time you driving. There are more car brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan also plan to have their cars drive themselves by 2020. So once more these cars would be helpful for the elder and the people getting older. | 3 |
a79509d | Driverless cars are important but will be more important in the future as they are being improved. Driverless cars exist and it is important that they make laws for them. Not everyone should be allowed to drive them, they should always required a human to control them in any type of way. They could be dangerous in hands of inresponsible people .They could change our lifestyles and also the way we see the world, they are helpful if the right person uses them. If they get improved, it would be best for everyone.
It is important to have laws for them if they get approved anyway as stated in paragraph 9, if an accident occurs, who would be blamed? And not only about those laws but a law that makes the manufactures of the driverless cars make every single person pay attention to the road and what he is doing because as said, the car could have a problem and the driver could possible not know abput it. It should be legal to drive a driverless car, not only because it could prevent accidents but because sometimes we get distracted when we know we should be focous on the road. The number of accidents would be lower with driverless cars even if some cars dont work as well. Is as if the driver is getting help from the car, the car is helping the driver just in case the driver messed up in a case.
Not everyone should be allowed to drive a driverless car. Some people are not responsible enough to get a car like that. Often, teenagers are very inresposible just because they are with their friends. They could think that the car is going to do everything for them and in the worst case the car doesnt react that there's something wrong and it crashes, what if the teenager dies, shouldn't the teenager had to controlled the car even though he knew it could control itself? People with a certain level of maturity should be allowed to drive driverless cars.
Driverless cars could be so helpful if the right person is on the wheel. The driver should always concentrate on the road, no matter if their car is driverless. It could change society if they actually used them right. Traffic would be different, we get stuck into traffic sometimes because a person drives too slow, because a person drove too fast and caused an accident, and many other reasons and with driverless cars it could sometimes prevent this, not all the time but it would lower the risk of getting in an accident. Manufactures should try to improve them at their best, not only because some people wouldn't use them right but because people sometimes messes up too.
Driverless car would be the best to improve a lot of things such as traffic and accidents. If the majority of US had driverless cars, things would change for the better. They are helpful with the right drivers and with the right laws. Not every company should be allowed to drive them but companies that are being supervised and companies that are trustable. Only responsible people should be allowed to drive them since they would actually just be using the help of the car and not using the car to do everything for them. They also shouldn't be a lot more expensiv. People driving them should always take the same preventions as if they were driving a normal car as said in paragraph 7, it requires human skills. | 4 |
a7988f2 | The neighboring planet to earth, known as Venus has been considered a land of danger. This however, does not stop astronaunts from searching for the unknown answers behind this magnificent planet. Venus represents itself hotter in tempature than Mercury (the closest planet), and is known not to be hospitible to any outside objects. This essay will be explaining few of the reasons why Venus is in fact an intresting discovery in the universe, and depict why it is yet so dangerous.
The first reason why Venus is a worthy pursuit towards the information it consist about, is because if NASA were able to test rocks and other materials, then it would impact the history of science. Science is an amazing attribute to society and if NASA could develop the technology to be able to enter the Venus atmostphere then all the lost questions will be answered. It is also, very similar to Earth.
If the danger of Venus could be determined to an exact pin point then we could use the results to fix and calculate other situations. Each time Earth as send a space aircraft to Venus, it had only lasted moment before it melted. If the substance could be tested then it would influence the world in a scientific way.
In conclusion, despite the critical mess of Venus, many people find it special and unique. The more scientist that get involved with making new technology to show Venus' value, can also help bring the world closer. This is true, because the more that are influenced are the more that will make a difference to society. If NASA exposes continually how similar Venus is to Earth then the way we look at things scientifically will conjure our thoughts | 3 |
a79a19f | All my life I have seen seen movies with cars that drive themselves, and as it turns out there are people out there trying to create this vision to come true. It was in the late 1900's when people first started to even try this concept of having a car do things on their own without a driver. According to the passage in the late 1950s there was a company that created a car to run on a track on its own. There has been millions and millions of dollars spent of this new concept even though there are already cars out there that we as humans can drive. The people who are working on this are still a long way on getting a car to do everything a human can already do. Many questions are still in place on the many things that would need to change when these self driving cars come out. If there are already cars in this world that function well, and making these cars have been such a problem, then what is the point of having them?
To begin with, the cost in developing these cars is ridiculous. According to the passage one company has spent around 200 million dollars on a self driving car. Yes I do agree that something needs to be done to help enviornmental issues, but I believe that this money can be spent on other things. Those 200 million dollars could have gone to the research on medicine, to try and find a cure for cancer, the national debt, or to even help with all the people in this world that are starving to death. In developing these cars many things would be needed to change, such as signs, laws, and roads all things that will cost even more money.
Robots are slowly taking over what we as human are capable of doing, for example these cars. There are people out there trying to make a car to do something that we can already do. What is the point of that? The reason that humans are reckless and self driving cars can be safer is not true. There are multiple videos on line showing a car without a human being tested that have failed, and have hit a person. In the passage it states that there would need to be new laws set in place in case of an accident. Who would be at fault? Would it be the owner of the car, or the person who made the car? Many conflicts would arise from figuring out who will be at fault for the person that the car may harm or kill.
As a child we are all super anxious to start driving, and what will happen when the kids of the future generations don't have that opportunity? Driving today develops responsibility in teens. They have to know when to fill up their gas tank, to not drive in certain conditions, and to work hard to earn or buy their car. If we start to rely on robots to take over what we can do soon we will not know how to do anything or to know responsibility like we do now.
The passage states that it will not be until 2020 for some companies to even release their self driving cars. By then many more millions of dollars will have been spent, and possible accidents will have occured from testing these cars out. We hear about all the problems that occur daily on the news, the time spent on these cars is not doing anything to solve that. Let us spend our time and energy on something that will make a difference in making this world we live on a better place, and not on something that serves little purpose. We can already drive a car ourselves we don't need a car to do that for us. | 5 |
a7a7fca | Driverless cars seems like a futuristic thing that should be happening decades from now. But it is possible for it to happen soon. Maybe not completely driverless since the smart cars are going to be able to need the driver's alert. Driverless cars can be a very big change to the world.
Sergey Brin, Google cofounder, envisions a future that will be able to have a public-transport taxi system with driverless cars. The cars he imagines to be able to happen in the future would use half the fuel of today's taxis. And would be able to offer much more flexibility than a bus could. Sergey Bin says that this could fundamentally change the world.
Google has had cars that could independently drive themselves since 2009 according to the article. Google's cars aren't truly independent because they still require a driver to take over under certain conditions like pulling in and out of driveways, dealing with the complicated traffic issues, or navigating through any accidents on the road.
The self driving cars from Google have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. Safety will be soemthing very important for the driverless cars if these were to happen. Car crashes happen oftenly among adults and teenagers that have the opportunity to drive. The causes for the accidents are mostly because people often wnat to be using their mobile devices while on the road. Texting is a problem while driving. It will obviously distract you from watching the road and cause you to be in an accident or just cause one. Manufacturers are hoping to be able to put cameras into the driverless cars so it makes sure that the person taking over the car is watching the road, and car is watching over the person so they can be alert when they have to take over.
Driverless cars seems like a good idea. It can make a big change to the world. Half the fuel can be used which is a good thing since the fuel from cars harms the earth since it causes greenhouse gases. With less fuel being used, the greenhouse gases can be avoided less. Driverless cars can bring upon much more safety since the cars Google has, have driven more than half a million miles without an accident. Which is good since accidents will be less likely to happen with these driverless cars. | 3 |
a7a891d | Dear Senator,
In the year 2000, a great injustice was made in our country. The president who the people voted for was unfairly defeated because of the electoral college. Our government says that it is by the people and for the people, but the electoral college is against this whole ideal. The electoral college is unfair, undemocratic, and outdated.
To begin with, the electoral college is unfair because we aren't actually voting for the president, which is a constitutional right. We are voting for a group of people, who by human nature, have their own opinions and agendas. It is quite possible that they would go against us and vote differently like the 2000 election.
In addition, the electoral college is not democratic. The people, who are supposed to decide who becomes president, are in fact, not deciding at all. The voters are a piece of unnecessary government. The popular vote should always be the way presidents are chosen according to the constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Finally, the electoral college is a very outdated idea. Maybe, in our country's beginning when people didn't have media or fast-traveling news, it may have been a good idea to have informed voters, but now, everyone has the chance to be informed. Our country doesn't need an electoral college because we can think for ourselves.
Thank you,
PROPER_NAME. | 3 |
a7afa62 | My postition on driverless cars, to me I think is a good idea and a bad idea. I'm going to eaxplain why it is a good idea first.then i will explain why its a bad idea
The reason why I think its a good idea is because some drivers can attend to be unresponsible. For example, texting while driving. texting and driving is the one of the most leading killers in the united states. But, now, manufactring companies have the option to call and send text to people using voice activation.
Now, the other reason why I think its a bad thing to have driverless cars is because people can use it for the wrong reason. let me explain. say if a guy was driving home from work and he decides to put the car so were he has no control. the driver, could fall asleep or get distracted by his phone and not pay any attention to what is going on around him. this could cause many issues exspecially if he is not paying any attention to what he is doing. this could case accidents even death if the driver doesnt pay attention.
now that I have explained everything. My final descion is I think they shouldn't make driverless cars. I have explained everything on why its a good thing and a bad thing but I most say its a bad thig | 2 |
a7b52ef | In paragraph 2 it was stated that Google cars aren't truly driverless. Also in paragraph 7 it was said that none of the cars developed so far are completly driverless and humans need to stay alert to take over the wheel. Finally in paragraph 9 it asks who would be responsible if technology fails. I'm against driverless cars.
Humans need to know how to drive a car for simple actions. In paragraph 2 it says divers sometimes need to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as roadwork or accidents.
Stated in paragraph 7 none of the cars developed so far are completly driverless and humans need to stay alert. Human need to know how to drive a car incase technology fails or an emergency. If a human doesn't know how to drive a car and relies on the car and you're in a dangerous situation, then the driver and passengers are most likely to be killed. A human needs to know how to navigate through work zones and around accidents. The Google Car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over.
Safety is the number one most important thing when being in a car. It's the drivers job to make sure everyone in the car and themself is safe. If someone is injured or technology fails, who is at fault- the driver or the manufactuer? Trafiic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times.
I'm against driverless cars because Google cars aren't truly driverless, humans need to stay alert to take over the wheel, and who would be responsible if technology fails. | 2 |
a7b76c2 | Participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program was the greatest experience that I've ever had.
You should participate in it also.
There were so many fantastic things about it, that I can't list all of them.
There were three main reasons that I loved the Seagoing Cowboys Program.
The first one is that it was absolutely fun!
The second reason is that I got to get the chance to really help others.
Lastly, I got to experience a lot of amazing things.
The first reason that I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is that it was so much fun!
I got to tour so many new places that I had never even dreamed of getting to see.
I got to see Europe, and China, even the Acropolis in Greece!
That was my favorite part of the trip.
Another reason that I think you should join this program is that you get to help people.
I got to help so many others.
During World War 2, so many countries lost everything.
We helped these countries greatly.
We restored food, animals, and so much more to them.
I think that they are extremely grateful.
The last reason I think that the Seagoing Cowboys program is a great group to participate in, is that I experienced so many new things there.
War is never a pretty thing, and I got to see that.
You might not want to see this, but I've realized how important it is to help the people that have lost things.
After I saw the remains of this war, I realized how hard it was for the people.
The Seagoing Cowboys program is fun.
I got to help so many people, and experienced so many new things.
These are the three main reasons why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.
I absolutely loved it, and if you join I promise that you'll love it too. | 3 |
a7b81d5 | Hello my is Luke Bomberger and today I am going to try to convince you and others to join the Seagoing Cowboys program by giving you reasons why you should join, why the seagoing cowboys program is a great program for young adults to help other countries, and details to support my claims in the passage
First I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it is a great oppurtunity to go help other people around the country who are struggling for food and for their farms. You could help with rebuilding the town. Also it is a great way to go see different parts of the world you havent seen before. When I had started I didnt relize how much it would be to ride a boat with my friend and go to different parts of the country.
Next I think this is a great program for young adults who want to make a difference and help other people around the world. This is a way for young adults to see other parts of the world. They can go on an adventure to a country in Europe or Africa. It's a way for them to interacted with different people in the world.
Lastly some details to support my claim are to help people who lost many things in a war or in a fight with another country. Many people have lost many things in
wars and riotes or even protest. I took the risk to leave my life behind to go help other peoples lives.
In conclusion you should join the Seagoing Cowboys if you want to help other countries. I've gave you reasons, and details of why you should join and i hope i convinced you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
a7ba001 | There has been an argument saying that the face on mars is a ancient civilization. Well they are wrong because it is an old landform. My three reasons of why it is a landform is because the planet Mars cannot support life. Also because it is just the lighting forming the eyes nose and the mouth and it is just a landform. I know it is a landform that has just eroded over hundreds of years.
On Mars there is no oxygen no water or life that is because the planet cannot support life. The planet is compleltly dead. If there was a civlization then they would of had to of built a house with airlocks just to survive. Even if the Aliens did not need air to breath they would have gotten to hot and they need mosture to survive. And you would think that we would have found a civilization or something that would have kept them alive by now. In the text it says it would be cool if there was an ancient civilization.
The landform looks like it has eyes a nose and a mouth but really it is just the lighting reflecting on the landform. If the sun is hitting the landform then it will cause a shadow to creat the look of eyes a nose and a mouth. But after many years the landform has eroded to form a face like look. Sense the planet Mars has allways been the closest to the sun. It is alot hotter than earth so there is allways heat waves so that is what caused the erosen on the landform. In the text it states that the eyes nose and mouth are just an illusion.
This is a landform because the planet is completly dead. Mars cannot support life because it is too hot and it gets heat waves. Also the light refelects off the landform and creats a shadow of eyes a nose and a mouth. The landform has had many years to erode. In the text it states it is just a martian mesa common enough around Cydonia. Only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
It would be cool if there was aliens that created the landform. We could see how they adapted to surviving on the planet and its harsh conditions. They might help us addapt to Mars and we can help them adapt to our planet. But NASA would become more famous than what it is today. Because they would want to have all the land marks for artifacts and it would probably make the aliens mad.
The landform on Mars was not created by aliens because we would have known by now. Also because Mars cannot support life the lighting on the planet creats the eyes the nose and the mouth like a illusion. And for all we know it is just a landform. I know it is just a landform that has eroded over hundreds of years. | 4 |
a7bb990 | For more than a hundred years now, we have been relying on autombiles for many things. Since the beginning, we've seen a tremendous increase due to the more factories built and more companys founded to create different versions and models of cars. We use them to go place to place. However, it does have its downfalls. The majority of pollution caused by cars driven around the entire planet is caused by the emissions released from the car itself. Obviously that's nowhere near healthy so why not try limiting the car usage?
Many places round the world have already begun trying little projects inorder to cut back on smog or pollution. In Vauban, Germany, for example, a tremendous amount of people don't own cars. According to the excerpt from "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it mentions how 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold one to move there. The streets are completely car-free minus the main thoroughfare where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs. All of this turned into a growing trend throughout Europe to seperate suburban life from car usage. It's referred to as "smart planning". Experts say these changes are a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Another positive effect of this experiment, stores are placed a walk away, on a main straight, rather than in malls along some distant highway. Think about living in an environment where you can actually breathe in the fresh air and not choke on it thanks to the smell of exhaust fumes coming from all of the automobiles congesting the streets and cities you'd like to walk in.
Another advantage of limiting car usage is reducing stress and tension caused by driving. In Bogota, Colombia, millions of Colombians either hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during their "car-free day", according to the excerpt from "Car-Free Day is Spinning into a Big Hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky. The only permitted automobiles are buses and taxis during those days. The goal of the entire event is to "promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." Anyone who violated the program would face a $25 fine. "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower pollution,' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two seat bicycle with his wife." During one of the years, two more cities from the country joined. Due to event, it improved a campaign which began in the mid-1990s where there's been a construction of 118 miles of bycicle path which is the most of any Latin American city, according to Mockus who is the city's mayor. Another positive result of this project was the blooming of parks and sport centers throughout the city. Even the uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced, rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut the amount of traffic and new restaurants have cropped up. It was as if the entire city itself was reinovated thanks to their Car-Free Day.
Considering the fact that transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions according to the excerpt from "The End of Car Culture" also by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it's not a bad idea limiting car usage. At the end of the day, we have more advantages than anything else. Those include reducing the amount of smog and pollution caused by the automobiles' emissions and reducing stress plus the tension while drivng. Again, who wouldn't want to be able to walk around town enjoying the outside beautiful environment nature provides us with, without having to hold their breath everytime a car or truck passes by with their nasty exhaust fumes? Make the world a better place to live in. | 4 |
a7bbe08 | Seagoing cowboys are very helpful to animals and to people, and that is why it is important to sign up to be a seagoing cowboy. It was an awesome trip for Luke and it can be your awesome trip too, without Luke going he would still be working 2 jobs and trying to figure out what to do for his career. And Luke thought it himself " He couldnt say no, he knew it would be an opportunity of a lifetime."
Going to
Europe is very exciting but, doing the work is important. Once Luke and his friend went to Europe they had to get to work right away. They had to take care of the animals so, they had to clean the stalls and they had
all the hay and oats they needed so they had to feed the animals with water of course, 2 or 3 times a day. But, Europe didnt have much supplies so they had to help and get all the supplies they needed to survive and so thaey can work. Without working for the country you signed up for, there is really no point to be there.
Why helping out and working is good. Europe needed desprite help with all the stuff they needed. And of course, You have to help them. Luke and his friend did all the work they could to help people survive and so they can work. In August they recieved new orders to new Orleans "We arrived August 14" Luke says. With a cargo of 335 horses plus feeding them it was alot of work. That is why working is good.
Finally, you did it and you are glad. Luke and his friend made it all over the Atlantic ocean and helped the people and animals in Europe and they did a succesful job working. So when you become a seagoing cowboy you can everyone that you did it and you are happy because Luke had a great time and so did you. So, sign up to be a seagoing cowboy! | 3 |
a7bde28 | Have you ever had an opportunity to go to europe and help people in need?
First,some reasons why you should join the seagoing cowboys program are, getting discoverd. For example,if your 18 like I was you could be drafted for military service which means you would be able to help the world and have a great job. Another reason, you should join is because,you can discover some amazing things. For example, you could see places like europe,china,italy and greece. Also you will be helping a lot of people and animals because,you will be doing things for the benefit of there need. All of these examples show reasons why you should join the seagoing cowboys program.
Next,but for me being a seagoing cowboy was much more than an adventure.''It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. Just like it made me look at the world diffrent it might be the same to you or even an acheivment you have accomplished. Their are some reasons you might be scared to go. For example you might be scared of failing or being flown over board. But as long as you stay together with the person your with and do what your supposed to you wont fail.
Another good reason of going to the seagoing cowboys program is helping people. World war 2 was over in europe and many countries were left in ruins and if you want to help all the people in ruins you could join the seagoing cowboys program. UNRRA hired the ''seagoing cowboys'' to take care of the horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. So from what the UNRRA said that means you probly would be getting paid. Even if you dont get paid its still a good thing to do to help people that need help. All of these reasons state why this is a good reason to join the program.
In conclusion,all these reasons I have stated will really help people. Helping is what the seagoing cowboys program is about and it will make you more aware of things like other countries in need. If your not 18 yet and you want to be drafted for military service join more than once because, the more you join the more your helping the people,animals,and enviorment. I hope from all the reasons I have given you,you'll join the seagoing cowboys program. | 3 |
a7c39cb | I believe you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. This can be a great opportunity for you. You can visit places and experience new adventures you haven't experienced before.
If you like helping others this program is great for you. You are going to be helping. take care of the animials that are going to be shipped overseas. You also have a chance of seeing some of the views of other countries you might not have seen before.
You will be busy taking care of the animals. You would have to water and feed the animals two or three time a day. Also the "bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship." The stalls also have to be cleaned.
Once the animals are unloaded, you can have more fun. Hang out with friend you made during the program. You'll have a lot of time on board since are going to be unloaded. The trip is long. The program could be like a break, to relax a bit. Playing games in the empty holds on the way back home, can help time pass by.
This program is a opportunity, you could learn some thing during this program. You are helping countries that were left in ruins. This program is about helping the countries that were destructed during World War II.
Signing up with a friend of mine is opportunity we had. I'm grateful we got to experience this opportunity. I am now more aware of the people needs that other countries have. This program is a opportunity and you should consider participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
a7caf1d | In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", author Nick D'Alto informs readers on a new type of facial-analyzing technolgy. This software is known as Facial Action Coding System, or FACS. Dr. Paul Eckman, a well-known psychologist, created the program based off of human expressions. Six basic emotions (joy, sadness, surprise, fear, anger, and disgust) can be identified through the movement of 44 major facial muscles. Specific muscles move parts of the face, and can be associated correspondingly with emotions. The software was practiced on the "Mona Lisa", a famous Leonardo da Vinvi painting. The woman displayed in the artwork was revealed to be, "...83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry (D'Alto 1)".
The technological advancements made with this software is being introduced to educators, such as Prof. Thomas Huang from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science, located within the University of Illinois, as well as Prof. Nicu Sebe from the University of Amsterdam. These teachers have been given the opportunity to take a look at the system, using it to, "develop[ing] better ways for humans and computers to communicate (D'Alto 1)" . Because of the software's introduction to educators, many may wonder if this kind of technology could be brought into college, high-school, or even elementary classes. Is this ethical, or should emotions be valued personally, rather than publicly?
There will be and already is a ruckus of controversy over the extensive (and still growing) use of technology in schools. Tech has multiple benefits, which many schools choose to see. The benefits of technological advancements tend to outweigh the negatives, which is why so many schools are seen introducing technology as early as preschool. Current students, grades pre-k-12, will grow up with and eventually work in some way with modern technology. Understanding how to use it is an necessary skill to have. However, the use of a facial recognition technology is more of an ethical question than a necessity-based one.
The FACS system could be used to detect signs of unnatural emotions in students, such as prolonged anger or sadness. It may be able to, as it advanced, prevent emergency situations for students, especially those in high-school. These situations include abuse, suicide, threats to general student safety, and similar situations that should not be taken lightly. This program may not only be beneficial to teachers, but students as well. An understanding of a how a student is feeling may lead to the discovery of an unfortunate situation, or the case of a student in need of help, yet not sure how to ask for it. Currently, depression is found in 1 of 5 teens, and 2 out of 3 of those cases go undiagnosed. Teen suicide rates are rising, especially in females of high-school age. If there is a system that can prevent lives from being lost, a trial run may not be the worst idea.
Overall, the introduction of a FACS system into classrooms woudl serve as more beneficial than negative, and may assist with emergency instances for both teachers and students. This system is extremely valuable to the quality and worth of saving or improving a life. With consent, the software can take the information it collects in order to further update the modern technology we use and share all over the world. The program not only has the potential of bettering the lives of people, but may continue to bridge the gap between human and technological connection, capability, and understanding. | 4 |
a7cb084 | The driverless cars are coming. This is the most greatest news ever. For technology and cars lovers and especially lazy people this is. But not just does people everyone generally. The world will love to nver have to drive a car again.
I am for the aspects of driveless cars. They are many reasons for my decision. In paragraph 1, cofounder of Google Sergey Brin states that he believe such cars would fundementally change the world. And Google has had cars that drive indepedantly since 2009. In paragraph 2, it says "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." Which means that the car actually works. I honestly doubt that a human can drive half a million miles without a single crash. But these developements for self driving cars was also back in the day. For example, in the late 1950s General Motors did radio signals. That read the posotive and negative polarity as messages in binary code. It also worked supringly well. Since the late 1950s to now we are still using sensors. Google and many other company's have modified and develloped automotive sensors. In the newer models of cars we have cameras that assist us. We have raidar signal and GPS receivers. These developments and new technology are catching up and will go further.
For now law is the major issue but soon they will be new laws added. These new laws will support this great new modern technology. In paragraph 10 it states "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that problems ahead will be solved." and also the final sentence "But we ggrow closer to the destination everyday." And that is true, this is a great ideas and technology that we can't just let pass by us. Driverless cars are the futurtre and they are coming. | 2 |
a7cb7bb | Would you ever make something that would put you in any kind of harm ?. Making Driverless car has negative aspects such as harming innocent people. In the text it says '' If technology fails andsomeone is injuried , who is at fault '' this could be a fifty fifty chance that you could be accountable if the person is seriously harmed.
The first reason why I think that the Driverless car shouldn't be out is because why would a person want a driverless car if they still would have to drive it thereselves. Peolple want driverless cars so they sit back and the let car do all the driving. The car can just make you start driving and you wouldn't even know it.
Why would the law let a car like this even touch the streets if it can put anyone around at risk of getting injuried, or lives ruined. I dont believe that the car is reliably safe. what if the car gives you a late signal that if need for some human skills to take over and a small child was ran over by one of these monster you call a car ?.
So I ask woul you make something that would put your life and other in harms way ?. This is my opinon on the driverless car. They shouldn't be out with the community. | 2 |
a7cc31c | After reading the article on the Facial Action Coding System, I believe the use of this technology could be very valuable. With the help of a computer identifying wether a persons emotion shows sadness, confusion and etc., the help of this technology can educate students in different ways. For example, if the computer recognizes a student is confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. This invention could completely change the way teachers teach and help them understand how a student feels about a topic. Just by looking into this advanced computer, it can improve your skills and help you better understand the topic.
Using this new invention can impact the way students are learning and determine if they are a slower learner than others. The technology can easily modify the lesson if it recognizes a confused emotion on your face. Students may tend to find themselves further educated with the use of facial recognition just by showing a single emotion and the way your facial features are moved.
In conclusion, I believe the use of this technology in schools can change the way teachers are educating their students. It can also notify teachers if a student is struggling on a certain topic if the teachers can view that the lesson had to be modified on a students laptop. I believe with the help of this technology, students will become more informed with school topics. | 3 |
a7d0a3d | In my english class, we are reading a book about outliers, and that is the first thing I think about when I think about driverless cars. Many people think that outliers in every situation is a good thing; not in this case. I do not believe that driverless cars is a good idea. I believe this because of false advertisement, reaction speed, and liability
When I think of driverless cars, the first thing that I think of is that this vehicle will get me from point A to point B without me having to worry about anything. That is where the false advertisement comes in." In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driveless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but all are designed to notify the driver when the roads ahead need human skills"
If I am purchasing this car, I wanna be with out a care in the world. I want to know that im gonna be able to get to where I need to be.
I have had my license all of 3 months, and have experienced, getting cut off, rear ended, and much much more. These driverless cars will not react fast enough well to many decisions that a regualar person would still stuggle with. Imagine stopping at a red light; it turns green and you go. You look both ways while driving and see somebody run a red light who would of hit you if you werent more causious. " The google car simply anoounces when the driver should be prepared to take over." No one would be able to react quick enough to these risk, which is why driverless cars is not a good idea.
My last reason why driverless cars are not a good idea is because of liability.
"If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" Breaking it down even more; what happens if the car gets recked in a accident? whos gonna have to pay for it? These questions need be resolved before the care is intoduced.
Cars are to complex of tool to be driverless, and can be proved by false advertisement, reaction speed, and liability. These cars need to be kept in the future. | 4 |
a7d384e | In my opinion I believe change the election to popular vote because it is better for the citizens and all of the people. And doing the popular votes is better to do because it gives everyone a chance to vote for who they want to support for their president.
The Electoral College may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying there state, knowing their vote will have no effect at all, they will tend to have less incentive to pay attention to the campaihn than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So thats not far to every state.
The Electoral College is mostly regared as an anachronism a non-democratic method of selecting a president that out to be overuled by declaring the cadidate who receives the most popular votes is the winner. The electoral College is totally unfair to the people who want to vote for president and outdated. The best arguments based on reality. Onlu 270 people have to voke to elect the president and thats crazy because they could all gang up and be told to chose only one person and thats unfair to the other person running for president. The best argument against the electoral college is what we call the disaster factor. American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century the system really calls for much worse.
The electoal college is unfair to voters, because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know have a chance of winning. Just during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in the 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaigm ad. When you think you are voting for a president candiate you are actully voting for a slate of electors, so you end up getting betrayed by the system | 2 |
a7d3e8a | There are
many way that the face on Mars could have been made but aliens is not one of them. I have some information that will prove first there are no aliens and that the face on mars wasn't made by them.
First of all the face on mars is just what is sound like, a form in mars' land that looks like a face. It was first seen in 1976 by NASA's high-resolution images and 3D altimerty. In 1998-2001 it has gone though some major changes. It is a odd thing indeed.
I beleive the was just a huge rock formation. This was not make by aliens. We humans have not fount any finint prove of aliens. So fromma sciences stand point i belevie that this is just a rock that looks like a face.
In conclution i think that
this was not make by aliens. For now we humans have yet to find prove that alien are real. So by science this is just a rock formation not thw work of aliens | 2 |
a7d63d1 | The development of these cars have both many posituve and nevative things to them. They can really help the future in ways that kigjt nkt be possible at this time. In my opinion i tyink that these cars would be a bad idea, because there are mire bad thungs that could happen than good things.
Some people might just say they are good for the future without knowing the consequences for any possible accidents.
One reason why these cars would not be good woukd be if there is an old person that can not drive they could consider one of these cars. The problem is that if it is time for the driver to take over the car and if the driver does not know how to drive, this would lead to a problem. Accidents could occur if non drivers are in the car. It could lead to a critical stage of punishment in case you are in a fatal crash or get stopped by the police.
My other argument is that these cars could potentially stop working if they do not have proper items for this car.
Most people arent going to have the right things for this car, if they crash the car might not function the same and proper way of how its supposed to work. This car could break down for no reason.
I feel like these cars would be more helpful in some way but you also need to look at the negative things of this. Every positive thing always has a negative thing also.
There are going to be consequences if the car is not used right. It might not be affordable for most people either. | 2 |
a7d8379 | Empty streets,with eerily devoid traffic jams is an example of what happens when a city bans car usage. Cleaner air, and less stress are two of the many reasons why the idea of limiting car usage is becoming popular. Many cities are taking place in what they call a " Car-Free Day" in which they participate in a day without cars. Taxis and buses are permitted only, with the goal to promote alternitive transportation. Bikers covered the streets and hikers flooded the sidewalks as a result of car-free day. Violators were faced with fines of $ 25.
A day without cars is considered part of an improvement to many cities. Cars cause major damage to the world around us, smog is one of the many reasons places like Paris are reducing their car usage as well. Car usage reduction has beneficial implications for the enviorment we live in. Paris is a testimony to that statement. With smog polluting the global city, Paris was forced to create a partial driving ban to clear the air. WIth France favoring diesel fuel over gasoline, Paris had more smog than other European capitals. Therefore, Paris decided to make motorists with even-numbered license plates leave their cars at home. Same with the odd-numbered license plates the following day. Reuters claim that up to 4,000 drivers were fined, and 27 car owners had their vehicle impounded due to their reactions to the fines. After the ban was implemented, the smog had cleared enough for the French ruling party to remove the ban off of odd-numbered plates the next day.
Car reduced communities are finding that being less dependant on cars is helping by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Less pollution is a major goal being achieved by this concept of reduced car usage. " It's a good oppertunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Carlos Arturo Plaza commented as he rode his two-seat bicycle with his wife.
Fellow citizens it is our responsibility to stop pollution, take a stand by reducing your car usage. Ride your bike to school or work instead of driving. Walk to places near by and give your car a break. Consume less gas, stop choking your city. Make an impact today, put your car away. Global pollution is adding to the problems of our global warming today. | 3 |
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