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bb5d9b1 | Passenger cars are a standard method of transportation. Although, it is not the most affordable; nor is it easy to maintain. This method carries numerous disadvantages. Consequently, if citizens limit their car usage, it would be very advantageous.
Using an automobile for transportion is unethical for middle-class families. This is evident because Source 1 confirms that near French and Swiss borders, "...a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home." Obviously many families cannot afford to do that because more than half of Vauban's families, (Vauban is a suburb in Germany), do not own a car and more than half had no choice but to sell theirs to move to Vauban in the first place (Source 1). Even the number of drivers in America has decreased because, during the recession, "cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars..." (Source 4). Sociologists also believe within the next few years, the number of car-owners will decrease because "...the Internet...allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends." So as the result of less car ownership, people who stopped using cars because of the recession will find less reason to resume the habit (Source 4). Clearly, limiting automobile use has positive effects because not only the middle-class, but the American population, can't afford cars.
Life without a car, environment-wise, is extremely beneficial. It is proven that automobiles are "...a huge impediment to current efforts to...reduce greenhouse gas emissions..." (Source 1). 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe is the result of the use of passenger cars. That percentage is up to 50% in the United States (Source 1). Because those numbers are so high, several advancements are being made to cause the percent to decrease. One example of this is, the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to "promote "car reduced" communities...", to protect the nation's and the world's environment (Source 1). There is an environmental dilemma in Paris especially. The city has "near-record pollution..." and because they recognize the cause as being cars, they have enforced "...a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." (Source 2). This ban and other efforts to preserve the environment is advantageous because it is not just an individual's home but the entire population's. Limiting car usage is a small step to making choices that will benefit citizens in the long run.
Having a limit on car use is advantageous. This is made obvious for financial reasons and environment conservation purposes. It is expensive and taxing to use a car and the environment is better off without automobiles. Cars are not a necessity. | 3 |
bb60c4e | Their are still tons of people that think the mesa on the planet Mars is a face created by aliens. They think this because when NASA took the pictures of it everyone that saw it thought it was a face. Nobody thought it was just a natural landform. When it was just a natural landform called a mesa.
The reason that it is impossible for that mesa on Mars to actually be a face created by aliens is because the new cameras with a high-resolution picture looks nothing like a face just a landform. The first picture was took way back inn 1976. They didn't have cameras with th picture quality that we have now so the mesa really looks like it could be a face. But then in 1998 they took some more pictures of the face and it still kinda looked like a face but more like a landform. Then they took more pictures in 2001 with a camera that had high-resolution quality and then scientist proved that is was just a normal landform.
But their still was people that thought it was still a face the some aliens created even though scientist at NASA proved it was a mesa. But for some reason tons of people thought that NASA had something to hide. The mesa that people call the face on Mars has been in movies and newspapers because a lot of conspiracy theorists think that NASA is trying to keep the face a secret because they think nobody should know about even though the pictures prove that is just a normal landform. | 3 |
bb63d9e | Have you ever though about what I'd be like if you and your fellow friends, neighbors, peers, and family members had a limit on the amount of car usage, and how much that could possibly benefit you later on in life? Think about what type of advantages of limiting something like this. Throughout world today, people have been wondering what is best for their country? Should it be alright to limited on car usage? Ever since the first car was created all those years ago, many people in countries throughout the world have had a strong love affair with cars. But has that love for vechiles stopped? For the most part, cars have always been a major cultural popularity in America, and a large variety of other divrse countries throughout the world, but has that love affair with cars, cooliing down? It's been said time and time again throughout that it has been. If we were to convert into a "car free" world would that benefit us in the future years to come?
For the most part, cars have had many positive effects on the enviroment. It has also, had major effects on people throughout the world. Some countries such as Colombia have began to take vital action by banning cars from the road for onwe day out of the year. With only having taxis and buses permitted on all roads. Doing so would promote "alternative transportation and reduce smog." During this particular day many of the Colombians decide to hike, bike, skate, and do a variety of other fun activities as well. In the article,"Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" -by Andrew Selsky Bogota it states, "The rain hasn't stopped people from paricipating," says Carlos Arturo Plaza stated,"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollutin, " as he stated while rolling down the street on his two seat, two wheel bicycle with his wife. For the most part, this day has benefitted Colombias enviroment and people darastically throughout the past couple of years, this day has even had more countries join this event. Countries such as Cali and Valledupar have also joined this event. Many believe that doing so has benefitted the Colombians tremendiously, and for the most part, it has. Sports centers, parks, sidewalks, and cities have started to boost up and bloom throughout the cities.
For the most part, the culture of America has shifted shifted time, and time again. But through the past recent years the driving population of american citizens driving cars has decreased darastically. The question has been raised: Will american citizens continue to drive cars, and if so, will this be a positive outcome? In the past years the worlds most common cars that were in usage are known as the Model Tand the Detroit. But over the past couple of years these cars as well as many others have deminished in popularity of ranking. In the article "The End of Car Culture"-by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it states, " Different things are conversing which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift," said Mimi Sheller, who is a sociology professor at Drexel University and theDirector of Moblities Research and Polcy Center. she also states, "The Internet makes telecommunting possible and allos people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends." Changes like this could have a darasticallly great effect on people later on. Likewise with all of these changes about car commuting would be decreed darastically.
Overall, throughout the world their has been many changes that have brought on many positive effects. The advantages given to us throughout the years has allowed us to communicate, socialize, and do many other things more then ever before. We have been given many modern conviences that has been a priviledge to all of us. Limiting car usuage would even iumpact us more in the future. I we were to limit ourseleves in the near future on car usage the effects would be of freat influence in the years to come upon us. | 3 |
bb66f48 | Dear State Senator
My name is Mikayla and I am very concerned about how my president should be elected for the United States. It would be nice to change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States , not keeping the Electoral College. The Electoral College is unfair and should not be used to elect the President of the United States.
The Electoral College has it's issues to why it shouldn't be used to elect the president of the United States. Well for one the Electoral College system "voters vote not for the president , but for a state of electors , who in turn elect the president." In paragraph 10, sentence 4 it states that electors "sometimes" get confused. Why is that you ask? well because the people are picking the wrong candidates.
The electoral college is also unfair to voters. I say this because of the winner take all system in each state. in paragraph 13 , In paragraph 2 it states that canididates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning , they focus only on the tight races in the "swing" states. Personally i wouldn't want to use something like that if its unfair , outdated , and irrational.
We should change the election to popular vote for The President. Why you ask? good question. Well because that way it can be fair and reasonable. And let's not forget the voters wouldn't get confused.
The electoral college should be abolished forever. We should continue from now on by changing to election by popular vote for the president. Popular vote would be fair and everyone would love it. | 3 |
bb69863 | The Electoral College should be abolished because citizens can't vote directly on which canidate they want. The electoral college is unfair because a candiate that wins the vote of the people, they can't become president if they don't have enough electoral votes. For example when Al Gore was elected, Gore won the popular vote but could not become president because of insufficent electoral college votes.
It is not fair to the people that their vote cannot count unless it goes through the Electoral College. The Electoral College bases on what the overall state vote is, instead of the individual voter, thus making it unfair to each voter if they do not get an equal say in who they want as president. Said in source two, "Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." The citizens should be able to choose who governs their country. Direct elections are much easier than having an Electoral College. The voters vote, the majority wins and we have a new president.
In the Electoral College system, the voters vote of another set of voters who vote for the candiate of their party. The Electoral College way is much more difficult than having a popular vote method of voting.
In some cases,when no candiate wins a majority of the popular vote, in source 3, "For example, Nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the electoral college(301 and 370 Electoral votes, respectively)." This could be a clearer solution to havings run-off elections. Also in source 3, "There is no pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the voters cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidentail election process, is reduced by the Electoral Collage, which invariably produces a clear winner." The president should be choosen by what the people want. There are also some citizens who may be a republican in a democratic state and vice versa who's vote wouldn't even be considered because the Electoral College will be voting for the overall states vote. In a popular vote everyone gets a say in who our president will be.
Having the popular vote method is a way to give all citizens a voice in who they want their next president to be. It's also a way to get people involved with government. If everyone gets an equal say,Then the president is choosen fairly among the citizens instead of a group of electors that go by the states overall vote rather than everyone getting equality. After all, America is a democracy and the electoral college isn't very democratic. | 4 |
bb729e8 | Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger on been the hotest planet in our solar system. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, Venus has a thick atmosphere and even their clouds are of highly corrosive silfuric acid in Venus's. NASA studies Venus just to see, what a other planet have in commun with the Earth.
NASA hve been looking for another project as the old technology called mechanical computers. They want to use this mechanical computers because it makes calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Also, they having think abut the Modern computers because they are enormously powerful, flexuble and quick, but the tend to be more dicate when it comes to extrem physical conditions.
Venus has really hick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets, Nasa knows this because they tried the most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.
The Ntional Aeronautics and Space Administration( NASA) has one particulary compellin idea by sending humans to study Venus and set their life on risk. As the humans that MASA idea tried to sent them to study Venus will not kill them because Solar power would be plentiful, and radiarion would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.
Many researchers are working on innovations that allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. The study challenge that the NASA realized presented That Venus has VAlue, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. | 2 |
bb72d59 | The author supports the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit by including many details that, despite the dangers of venus, we have ways in which we can get past those dangers to complete a fully devolped exploration of Venus. There are a few ways the author goes about doing this: telling us how venus couldve been like earth, how NASA has a few ideas on how to make the exploration safe and about the different technology they scientist would use to study venus.
Long ago venus couldve been considered another earth-like planet of life. in the text it states, " Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". This would encourage any scientist to want to explore more into the planet to try and figure out what went wrong, even though it is close to the sun but still has earth like features, what is the problem? Venus still, to this day, has features of earth like mountains and valleys and rocky sediment, but is still not liveable on because of some conditions. In the end it could be like another planet we could visit because it is so close to earth, but we have to find some way to get there safely.
In order to do a successful research of venus, you have to first get there safely, and NASA has an idea to do that. The author introduces NASA's idea in paragraph 5 stating "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of
Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." Just like our airplanes and jets, scientist would be able to float above the atmosphere of venus because of the risky temperatures and conditions. It would allow them to avoid unfiendly ground conditions and stay out of the way for anything to come. Even though it wouldn't protect you from every little hassle of Venus, the air pressure would still be close enough to that of earth and the conditions will still be survivable for humans.
Once you get there, you would need something to conduct your research or study with, so having durable equipment would help you get your job done. First of all, the author states in the text "Some siplified electronics made of silicone carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." This would allow scientist to conduct an expirement well enough to find out more about venus. They could use the electronics made of silicone carbide to help them make longer observations , than those of modern equipment that would melt rather quickly because of Venus's conditions. In adition to the silicone carbide, NASA has also been working on bringing back mechanical computers, used in WW II that use levers and gears to make calculations. Those computers are more resistant to heat and pressure.
And finally with the idea of how Venus could've been like earth, the different ways on how to make the exploration safe and the different technology that would be used to study venus, one can conclude that venus is not only worthy of a pursuit but is also a way of creating value and expansion. | 4 |
bb7429d | Have you ever stopped and thought to yourself what life would be like if nobody drove? There are many atvantages to limiting car usage. One advantage is that you will be a happier person. Another reason is that global warming will decrease rapidly. And also you will no have to spend money on gas so that would be more money in your pocket.
The amount of poeple that drive now is honestly crazy. With there being so many people on the road, there can be many things that go wrong. For example, car accidents. So many car accidents happen daily and unfortunantly, many people die from it. Also, road rage happens in many people. Say someone cuts you off, you get mad right? Then you may start to yell or get very tense. Many people are very tense drivers which may cause stress. If you drive less, you will not have as many of these problems.
Global warming is increasing rapidly recenlty. Global warming is very bad for the earth and could and is causing very many problems. In America, global warming is increasing very fast. Things like President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions would help to decrease global warming. Cars and a big lead in to global warming. So with less people driving cars, that could be a way to end global warming.
Millions of dollars are spend on gas money to be put into peoples cars. If people do stop driving as much as they do now, could you imagine the amount of money that would be saved? So much money would be kept into your pocket. Walking or riding a bike does not cost money. It would be a big help to yourself.
There are so many more reasons as to why people should decrease how much they drive. But it would mainly make you a happier person, decrease global warming so much, and help save you lots of money. It is something that many people should think about doing. | 3 |
bb76300 | The way I would convince someone that the Face was just a natural landform. Is that I would first tell that person that it was just shadows giving it the illusion of facal fitures. Then I would tell that person that it's the unusual shadows that make it look like a Pharaoh .Then I would tell that person that there is no scientific effidence that the Face is a alien or some sort of artifact .
And if that person still thinks that it could ever be a face and not a natural landform. I would tell that person that its a natural rock formation and is not a face . Then I would ask that person if you found a pepple that looked like a face. Would you think that humans were once the size of a pepple. Or that if you heared that chocalte milk comes from brown cows would you belive it .
And if that person had a fracture of hope still that it was a face. I would say to that person that you should not believen stuff that can't be proven . Then i would show that person the 2001 photo and ask him does that look like a face . Then i would tell that person that it's something similliar to that butte or mesa landforms around American West. And that is how I would convince that person that the Face is just a natural landform. | 2 |
bb7cf0c | Have you ever thought what it would be like not having to pay for gas everyday? Many residents in Vauban, Germany feel that going without a car was the best desicision they have ever made . The reason why they feel that way is because of this quote "large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, Along with a home." This quote is basically saying that many residents in Germany would be spending over millions of dollars for a house and most of the money would be on one parking space that they necessarily dont need. To all you fellow citizens out there thinking if i should limit my car usage or just keeping driving in a car paying for gas everyday. From my poin of view I dont everybody needs a car. Some people just buy cars just to sdhow not knowing the reasons for having a car. Car use up alot of gas and cars pollute the air really badly. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This quote is basically showing that many cars in Paris have been polluting the air making it hard for others to survive . | 2 |
bb7db64 | In the years of 1976,1998, and 2001 photographs of a mysterious 'face' on Mars was revealed. Some people believe the Face was created by aliens. This is not the case. When the image of the Face was taken in 1998, it was released on a JPL web site, it revealed a natural landform, there was no alien monument, and when Malen Garvin's team captured a photo of the Face in 2001, you could point out things in a ditigal image three times bigger than the pixel size.
On April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia, a region of the Red Planet, and Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team captured an image of the Face. In paragraph seven it states, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform." Paragraph seven also states, "There was no alien monument after all." So, with the images revealed by Michael Malin and his team, it supports my idea that the Face is a natural landform.
Michael Malin's team snapped another photograph of the Face on April 8,2001, in which, you were able to point out things in a digital image three times larger than the pixel size, as stated in paragraph 11. For example, if there were things visible in the picture such as airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-stlye pyramids or even small shacks, you could identify what they were. If this was the case, then we could have been able to identify any strange creature in the photo, but clearly none were in sight.
In conclusion, there are many reasons to support why the Face is only a natural landform. The image taken in 1998 by Machael Malin revealed a natural landform, there was no alien monument, and in the photograph captured in 2001 by Michael Malin, you were able to discern things in a digital image three times larger than its pixel size. Altogether, the information from the text hepls to conclude that the Face is just, indeed, a natural landform. | 3 |
bb7ec27 | In this article of "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it talks about how a facial recognition software can detect your mood. It is brough up in paragraph six that this software should be introduced into classrooms. Classrooms are already getting technologically advanced and are gaining more expenses from this as well. Adding Facial Action Coding Systems to students' computers will just add unwanted price increases, pointless space takeup, and more complexity to computers in our classrooms.
Adding this Facial Action Coding System (FACS) will just add on to the expenses that schools are already putting into place just to add on to the technology that people are trying to push into schools. If a school of lower income tries pushing this system, taxes and school payments will be greatly increased on parents that might not even want this system at all. Although richer schools may be able to afford this software, it will definitely take money away from sections of the school that actually might need attention such as athletics or even music and art classes. Money saved from not buying a software that is just a want and not a need can fork money over to parts of schools that actually need the money. This software is not a necessity and if bought, can take away money from areas that need attention. Not only is the price not needed to be added to, but this software may not even help students in the classroom.
Students in schools with enough money to give students their own laptops usually have used a lot of money on these already expensive devices. Laptops in schools are most usually used to help students who are sick at home to stay connected to their teachers to get assignments. Other uses for the laptops range from eliminating paper and also researching. The FACS software just adds another layer of complexity to the laptops. In paragraph six, the author talks about how the software can see your reaction to ads on screens and adjust new ads to this facial expression. Not only can you be frowning for other reasons than your computer, but if you are doing schoolwork, why does it matter if you are mad or happy? Laptops are to get work done and get through school to help you research and understand topics more. Laptops are not for fun but are tools to help you succeed in school by helping you learn topics applied by the teachers. This software could be extremely helpful at home, but at school it just makes the laptops more complex than they need to be.
If a laptop is being used in school, it is being used as a tool to eliminate paper and help teachers connect to students on a higher level. These laptops are already complex enough to have several tabs at once, documents eliminating paper usage, and also have online textbooks. Some students who are not very educated in technology may see some information gathered and used by laptops to seem very confusing and maybe even frightening. Adding this FACS to laptops at schools will just change how students are seeing their laptops and can be switched around by students making faces at it. If a student is very sad and looks at the computer, it may make things happier and more colorful, but what happens when somebody is very happy? Will the computer turn dark and very bland to make them sad? The software will add another layer to these already complex devices that is not needed. The software may be a want in the eyes of people trying to make school more enjoyable, but this software is merely useless in connection to learning experience. Even with all of these negatives, there are some positives in that some genuinely sad individuals using this software can be cheered up and will actually begin to pay attention to their screens. This software has many negatives but at the same time might actually be used for good in schools that can afford it and still have money left over.
All in all, this software may be helpful to those outside of classrooms, but in reality it may be too expensive for some to implement into these already expensive devices. FACS at its worst will be a price increase, an unneeded software, and a system that will add complexity to these laptops. But, FACS at its best can greatly increase moods of poeple who have acquired this software in hopes of it increasing moods and helping students focus. This software should be relatively unexpensive which will give schools the ability to talk to families about implementing this software into laptops to help students learn. If a school can afford this software and it is approved by families, this definitely can help students focus unless this is too expensive for schools but is added anyways. To conclude, this software is somewhat useless in a way but it is completely up to the school corporation and the families of the school to decided if this should be implemented into our daily lives. | 5 |
bb8453c | Driverless Cars Essay
Are driverless cars dangerous to the community? They help us get by in life. They make life better for us so we don't have to walk everywhere. Especially the places we need to get to in a hurry. This passage about driverless cars can help human beings make the world a better place.
The human race has been able to use this technology for a while. A quote from this passage states,"Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009" (Driveerless Cars Are Coming, paragraph 2). This is important to know because human beings could have been using this technology for a long time. Something that this is also useful for is to make the driver more aware of their surroundings. One quote from the passage that helps with this atatement says,"The google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over" (Driverless Cars Are Coming, paragraph 7). This is important to know because the car alerts the driver of when they need to be ready to drive. Some downsides to this idea is the fact that not a lot of people would want a driverless car that still needs a driver. a quote from the passage that helps with this satatement says,"Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver." (Driverless Cars Are Coming, paragraph 8). this is important to know because many people wouldn't think that it's a driverless car if it still needs a driver.
Driverless cars aren't dangerous to the community. They can make life better for civilization. They can helps us run with our daily activities.
Human beings won't need to worry so much. In what way is a driverless car bad for society? How can they make the world harder for the human race to live in? | 3 |
bb8683b | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about the studies that have been done on Venus and why scientists feel those studies are so valuable to our furture.Our planet Earth provides a safe tempature and oxygen enviroment for human life. However, even though Venus and Earth are close neighbors, Venus is not safe for humans to live in. Scientists continue to learn more and more about this planet to get as much information as possible.
One of the major reasons Venus is studied so often is that it is closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. With Venus having such a thick atmosphere thats mostly made of carbon dioxide, and deadly temperatures over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, It is not able to allow any human life to remain on it. The weather on Venus also pose some issues including: volcanoes, and lightning.
Scientist have sent normerous un-maned spacecrafts to
explore Venus. With most of these trips resulting in damaged or losts spacecrafts, Astronomeres managed to learn alot about the Planets history commpanded to the way it is now and also compared to our planet Earth. This type of information can be very useful.
Astronomeres belive that long ago, Venus might not have been much different than Earth. They think that it had large oceans and could suport life. Still to this day, Venus contains a rocky surface made of sediment very similar to Earth. Along with things like valleys, mountians, and craters. The value of having a second planet safe for humans is rather large, but making the trip now is impossible due to the deadly conditions on Venus.
NASA formed an idea on how to make a safe travel to Venus that includes floating above the fray. A vehicle hovering over Venus would allow the ship to avoid the dangerous atmosphere. Despite being thirty miles above the planets surface, tempertures would still reach a boiling 170 degrees Farhrenheit. The air pressure however, is safe and livable for humans.
With alot of work and research still needed to be done on Venus, people at NASA and other companies are still striving to make life on the mysterious planet Venus possible in future years to come. | 4 |
bb879d0 | Earth twin, Venus is mainly known as being around the same size and dstance between Earth, but the thick carbon dioxide atmosphere prevents us from exploring our sister planet. Scientists have been planning and have been making progress and adventions on exploring Venus like, making an aircraft that would sustain living conditions while being able to explore Venus wthout being harmed. Scientists have concluded that Venus's geography was once like earths and could contain a livable lifestyle like no other.
Venus is the most hottest planets, while being second in line from the Sun. The atmosphere is 90x greater than Earths, along with the 97% carbon dioxide and reaching over 800 degrees fehrenheit. Venus's Earth like feature consisting of moutains, valleys, and craters can furthermore be our new nearst option for planetary visits. But would the crucial value of going to venus be approcable.
Living on Venus would be around Earths living conditions, with the same amount of pressure and around the same amount of radiation. Not easy conditions but survivable for humans. While scientists are still working on machines to last the challenge of Venus, the innovations would allow them to last more than three weeks in such conditions.
Another project scientists are looking in is old technology like mechanical computers like todays. The devices were envisioned in the late 1800s and was a important role in World War II. The devices would make calculations without electrionic need. In comparison the device would need to rendure extreme physical conditions like, being able to stand up to acid, heat and other forces.
In conclusion the exploration throughout our planets should not be stopped or limited from the danger and risk of finding out beyond your imagination about our neighbors. | 2 |
bb87e68 | This is why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. You should be a Seagoing Cowboy because they get to see the ocean alot. They get a really good veiw. You also get to help people by making more cows to eat. You can help them alot to by skining them and making fur for covers. You can also give them mules and horses to ride so they do not have to walk.
You can also travel to alot of countrys,and states. They have alot of animals so if your a animal person you would love the job. It is kinda like a real farm but not on land you feed animals twice or three times a day. You put hay out for them and things like that.
You can have fun to it is not just all work you can play table tenis. You also play volly ball and kick ball to. You play boxing and fencing to. You read and whittl to pass time. It helps to know that you are helping someone in need in a other country. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a adventure and thats why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 3 |
bb923a1 | I think cars should still be famous in the future so we could make new cars. such as cars floating in the air or cars that can drive on there own and drive us anywhere we want to go or cars that we could call in so we wouldn't to use our sell phones all the time. Or cars like the BMW could be upgraded for the future. And cars that have special sensers so the human driver can remain alert. And cars that can drive on its own and warn us if were going to have accidents. And google cars that can have fast WiFi and tv's so people wont get boared.
Then one day they could come out with cars that can always givbe you a heads up and always tell you about the weather and hoiw nice it is outside. Then if one of the drivers ask about the nearest place they could go out to eat or a park they could go to to have reunion of just to chill. then they could have cars that could drive you to defferent states like Navada, California. Florida, or District of columbia. And when something is wrong with the car it could worn the driver that its low on gas or something. Next the car could have Anti lock breaks when ever the owner gets in the car or if the car is going to be stolen the car could shut down or warn the sranger to get out of the car.
Next the car could have any station on it like country,rap, Hip Hop, or just any kind of music people like. Next they envent a new BMW that could speed up to 100 mph and then when you wake up in the morning the car could already have your coffee for you in the morning just in case you might forget. Then they could come out with a nother car called the Hyper BMW wich is the greatest car that has ever been anvinted. And in 2020 they would have cars that woulod have been huvering around and taking us every where. Finelly when they make the car they could test out the cars by using laser beams to test drive the cars that drive on there own and then when the car is ready it could be solled. | 2 |
bb94198 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author supports the idea of finding a way to explore and study Venus despite the challenges that would need to be overcome. The author supports this idea very well by noting and explaining possible solutions and explaining how succeeding can be scientifically productive.
In paragraph 3, the author explains the many factors that makes Venus an inhospitable planet and then explains the scientific value of being able to explore it in paragraph 4. This is done to show the extent of the challenges and the rewards of exploring Venus and how the scientific value would be worth overcoming the challenges.
On paragraph 5, the author then explains an idea from NASA on how exploring Venus can be possibly done. The author also explains possible technologies that can be used in Venus's harsh conditions on paragraph 7. Paragraphs 5 and 7 are used support the idea further by giving possible solutions explaining how exploring Venus can be potentially done sometime in the future.
In conclusion, the author supports the idea of exploring Venus very well by explaining the benefits of doing so and giving evidence that exploring Venus can be eventually possible in the future. | 3 |
bb94c1d | After reading the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," my aspect of the topic is negative. Throughout the pharagraphs in this writing, I will explain as to why I think of driverless cars as a negative aspect.
Yes, driverless cars would be awesome, but I still think of it as a negative aspect. In the text, it notes how driverless cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but also must still alert the driver where the car may be driving and navigating through road construction ahead or problems about the roads in general. Therefore the driver still must remain alert and ready to take the wheel when there maybe a situation.
The point of a driverless car, is it it literally driverless, meaning the driver does not have to worry about having to put there hands on the wheel in certain situations. A driverless car should be a car where the person is able to sit back without a worry of having to be alert at most times.
Some people in this world enjoy driving, and find it fun. In the future they should have the choice of a driverless car or just a normal car where you are able to drive it yourself. The difference between the two cars should be you either get to drive the car, with full attention, hands on the wheel, doing your own thing with no help. Or a driverless car, a car where you ultimantly don't do any driving at all and you can sit on back and relax and enjoy the ride.
Passengers of a driverless car should not have a worry about having to put there hands on the wheel, hence why they are calling it a driverless car. Yes, some roads may be dangerous, but a driverless car should be able to handle it if it is manufactured right. A passenger in this specific car should not worry about his or her safety, and the safety of others in the vechicle.
In conclusion, Driverless cars in my argument will have a negative outcome. My argument about this topic is due to safety issues. It also is due to the fact the car is called a driverless car, the driver/passeger should not be touching the wheel. Touching the wheel would be considered driving. If manufactures in the future could think of a way where the driverless care is actually driverless, and there are no worries or safety issues, than yes I am all for driverless cars. | 3 |
bb9b7d1 | The author supports his idea on why we should study Venus despite the dangers it presents is because acording to the story Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin." Another thing the article says is that Venus is the closest planet to Earth beause of the density and size. Venus also used to be covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life.
I think we should study Venus despite the dangers because it used to be the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. We can also study it so it can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, but it will take a while to get there. There are also downsides like how will people live in Venus if it is too hot for us to live there or it'll still be hard for researchers to study Venus because researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else because they cannot touch the ground otherwise they will burn. There may be some solutions to study Venus a little bit more because according to NASA they have an idea in which it involves a vehicle. It will look like a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. The vehicle will be hovering over Venus to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. Although the temperatures will be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit and the air pressure will be a little strong, it will still be survivable for humans.
Those are the reasons on why I agree with the author suggesting that we should study venis despite all the dangers the planet has. | 3 |
bb9da31 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I don't believe that this technolgy can help read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because it is not as useful as you might think.
For example, say you were a student in class and you had a crush on someone in your classroom. Would the computer come out to everyone in the class that you have romantic feelings toward someone inside you? That would be very embarassing. It would also seem to be a breach of privacy in my opinion. If someone prefers to keep their emotions to themselves, then they wouldn't feel very comfortable with a computer in the same room as them that would be able to read their facial expressions and ultimately their emotions.
Also, it will most certainly be very expensive. A computer of that type of quality would likely cost schools thousands of dollars. That's way over most schools' budgets. Facturing in that computer would cause huge spikes in the electricity bill and ultimately cause schools to shut down because they can't pay their bills. Especially if those computers are in every classroom. That would not be very cost effective for most schools in the first place.
In addition to that, it's not very practical. It is almost certain to start to malfunction because of the many different complex emotions that humans have and the sheer amount of students' emotions that the computer would have to keep account of. It will most likely not work after one or two classes.
To recap, I don't really believe that this type of technology should and/or will be used in a classroom setting. There are too many things to account for. There are so many different emotions that even as us humans can't detect that well, let alone a computer that us as humans made! Also, the likely cost of this technology will be extremely pricey and not a lot of schools will be able to afford the computers nor want them in the first place. | 4 |
bb9e309 | In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author Nick D'Alto presents information regarding Facial Action Coding System (FACS), a computer which that can sense people's emotions. D'Alto lists out many of the functions of FACS, and effectively uses these functions to show that this technology can be valuable in a classroom setting.
One direct mention of FACS' benefit in the classroom is mentioned in paragraph 6. The author writes, "a classroom computer could recognize when a stuedent is becoming confused or bored." This allows teachers to recognize these emotions more clearly, and switch the topic to somethng more interesting, in which the students will be more likely to pay attention. As a result, class focus will increase as well as students' grades. Thus, one can see that FACS can help increase the productivity in a classroom.
Another benefit of FACS is mentioned later in the text. D'Alto mentions how FACS can help people reproduce and replicate certain emotions: he had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage." Through studying the methods of FACS, people can learn to replicate emotions. This can prove to be helpful in classroom setting, because as mentioned in the text, "empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions." When one students see his friend feeling down, he can help his friend cope by empathizing with him. Having FACS can allow students to practice and experience the relationship between facial muscles and emotions. As a result, this will foster positivity in the classroom.
Furthermore, through FACS, teachers can often tell whether a student is lying or not. The article mentioned how FACS can be used to tell if someone is falsely characterizing themself: "faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to sport when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." These implications can also be demonstrated in the classroom, when a student is being untruthful about something. The teacher can use FACS to identify the emotions of the students, and make sure he gets a fair punishment.
Overall, FACS is a great tool with a wide variety of applications, including in the classroom. Although it is not a viable option in classrooms right now, it may become an important technology for society in the future. | 4 |
bba28a5 | Car-free Cities
In Germany there is a city called VAUBAN and the citizens in that city have been told not to use their cars. There is a law that forbids the citizens to have a car or to use one. If you have a car then you have to put it in a large parking garage which costs 40,000 dollars. So 70% of residents dont have a car and 57% sold their car in oreder to move there. There are also other cities/countries like Paris, Bogota, and the United Stated of America who want to be car-free.
Paris is being polluted by cars which is making the air fog up. So in order to regain control of the air, they have to ban cars temporarily. On mondays cars with even numbered license plates were commanded to to leave their cars at their house or get a 31 dollar fine. The uneven numbered license plates would get the same fee the next day. 4,000 people were fined for driving on the wrong day. Since the banning of the cars, Paris was down 60% of smog/fog.
A program in Bogota,Columbia insists that the citizens be car-free. It has been three years since they have banned cars with only public transportation allowed. It has reduced smog severly and has increased finances in local shops and sports stores. Being car-free has created more oppurtunities for the government and the city.
The United States is getting more polluted every year. the use of cars have been decreasing in use because eberyone is using public transportation in order to get to one point to the other. Teenagers have stopped getting their drivers license right when they turn 16. They usually dont make it the number 1 thing to do on their to-do list. Gas prices have also been getting higher so people are using their cars less frequently becuase of not having enough money.
Being car-free has its advantages and its disadvantages. Less pollution equals a better life for everyone and everything. People need the exercise and the movement of the body to get to one place or another. But it takes a longer to time to get from point A to point B. Using a car makes things easier and faster but hurts the environment. So being car-free is the best way to go. | 3 |
bbbd46b | Luke is trying to convice people to be in the Seagoing Cowboys program by saying cool things that he does. For example: he is saying that he toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to china. He also said that he finds time to have fun on board. some games they played were baseball, vollyball, Table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling.
Luke got to vist different places and he got to go to 16 different places. Luke also got to go to the Atlantic Ocean. Luke also liked to see the animals. He would always go visit the animals and feed them. Another thing luke would do is help people that got hurt during the War.
So those are a lot of fun things that luke did. He also did a lot of good things. Like feed animals, take them from one place to another, and help people that got hurt in the War. Luke shared all those fun and good things that he did to convice others to participate the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
bbbd6d2 | Venus would be one of the greatest accomplishments to ever happen in human kind if we ever go to visit. The author who made the passage called " The Challenge of Exploring Venus' Is a very smart person. The author used many good points to prove that although Venus has a lot of dangers and is not the safest enviroment there is still some posibility that it might be the most convinient place to go.
The author made it very clear that Venus has a lot of flaws and that it is dangerous but the author alos listed many posibilities that helped prove his or her point. In the passage it also even gives the possibility that Venus was actually just like earth. In paragrapgh 4 of the text it says " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like Planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This Explains how Venus actually has a chance to be visited and have potential of actually giving something productive if people go there and explore. As I said before the author knows that Venus is not the safest place. The author I think is just trying to give the Idea to the scientist that they need to find the technology or a way to overcome those obstacles so they cann visit and actually find something productive.
Speaking about finding something productive the author gives some pretty good points about that as well in paragraph 6. He talks about how even though is good that we can see Venus from above, It is not good enough. In the text it talks a lot about how Ineffective all the information they have so far is. In this text it says " More importantly, reasearchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." This basically says if humans somehow get to Venus there is a higher chance that they can have rock samples, gas , or even photogaphy, or videography.
Also the most important thing the author explains in my oppinion is that us humans want to fufill our questions. In this text it talks a lot about all the accomplishments humans can have if we somehow make a huge step foward and find a way to get to Venus. The reason why is because us as humans we have the curiosity to find out what is out there. This world was based on curiosity thats why we have all the things we have because people asked questions. The author also had that tought because ofhow in paragraph 8 he/ she mentioned how " Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has Values, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." Which basically explains that us as humans we are not satisfied with anything we always have more questions.
Personally I think this was a very good passage and it gave a lot of very good points. It actually gave me a lot of questions. The author was very good at explaining his/her's point. We should defenitley try to follow the author's idea and try to go to Venus. | 4 |
bbc0087 | The development of driverless cars should be allowed.
Driverless cars would probably make driving safer all throughout the nation.
These cars would probably also be easier to handle and make driving more enjoyable.
In these days, there is the technology to help smarter cars prosper.
Driverless cars may have some challenges but like the article states, these cars would change the world.
Driverless cars are much safer than the convential cars that are used today.
There are many reckless drivers out there that cause car accidents and deaths just about every day.
According to the second paragraph of the article, the driverless cars created by Google have driven over half a million miles without a crash.
Driverless cars would operate smoothly and theoretically, they could eliminate the possiblility for human error.
Under specfic conditions, some cars have been able to drive independly since 2009.
This could imply that it might not be that long before driverless cars start to take over.
Driverless cars would make transportation much easier.
Since attention would only be needed in a rare state of emergency, the driver can mostly just sit back and relax.
According to the eighth paragraph of the article, some manufactureres plan to develop in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays.
The displays can aslo be used to alert the driver, if necessary.
Today, most drivers have to be constantly vigilent for harmful threats on the road.
Driverless cars on the other hand, will allow the driver to do something fun and relaxing while being automatically taken to a destination.
Modern techonology has allowed driverless cars to be fully developed with less complications.
According to the fourth paragraph of the article, Google modified a normal car by adding many different sensors to it.
There are also a video camera, automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and motion sensors.
The technology has finally caught up to make driverless cars a possibility.
Driverless cars may still need modifications because there are still faults in dealing with traffic and roadwork.
Despite these challenges, driverless cars are still the best option for transportation in this nation.
Cars have been driven for over a century.
Enhancing cars to be driverless would start a revolution in transportation.
Driverless cars are one of the safest and easiest option for traveling.
In just a few years, with manufacturers making more modifications and states modifying some traffic laws, driverless cars will truly change the world. | 4 |
bbc22db | Dear State Senator,
"The Electoral college is a process not a place. 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." I do not thing think this is the best method of voting on the next President for our Country. I feel this way because the people of America do not really make the decision of who becomes President their vote just goes to a slate of electors. People may say that the Electoral College is fair but some of the biggest states only vote on democratic or republican canidates and thats not fair at all.
The first reason I think the Electoral college should be abolished is because the deciding factor of who becomes Americas President doesn't come from the people it comes from the Electoral college. Under the Electoral college system, voters vote not for the President but for a slate of electors. The election process should be changed to "election by popular vote."
Another reason I think we shouldn't use the electoral college is because some states are biased towards certain political groups so say California wanted a democrat to be President that person would recieve 55 electoral votes from just one state! Many states that don't have as many electoral votes may not even get to see the canidates because they only care about the larger states. For instance, during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad.
The third reason I think we should let the outcome be decided by the American people and not electoral colleges is because the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California.
In conclusion, I think that the Electoral College should be abloished because the deciding factor for who becomes President comes from the electoral college, states can be biased towards certain political groups, and because its just simply unfair, outdated, and irrational just like Bob Dole said! | 4 |
bbc29d5 | I think it is worth a shoot to go to Venus and to study it and make it habadal to live ontop of Venus like using air craft buloons and are jet planes to fly over the cludes and hovering it safely; like the aurthor stats in his artical.
Siencetest at NASA have proven the we can live at Venus huvering over the cludes of Venus. we can still comunacate to Earther by using old fashin computers becuse they have more resistens to Venus plant; NASA also stated that Venus used to be a plant like Earth and it also had many life forms on it as well.
There for i think we can survie on the plant Vunes, I strongly feel like in the fuater that we will be able to have lillers going up over the cluds of Venes and living their in a land and citys as well. | 2 |
bbcae01 | "Car-free", besides the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs. Bascially everyone should or are riding bicycles because most of the streets is the sidewalk. Passenger cars are reponsilbe for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. Ani increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities. Many expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role. the previous bill, 80% of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20% percent to other transport.
Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city, On monday even-numbered liscense plates were ordered to leave their cars at home. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and not only that but 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. There was a warm layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was to blamed, Paris had more smog than other European capitals. Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday. Smog cleared enough to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
BOGOTA the city had a car-free day, for hiked, biked, skated or took the bus to work. The goal of this was to promote alternative transportaion and reduce smog. "This is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" says a businessman riding on a two-seat bicycle with his wife. Two other cities Cali and Valledupar joined the event. Parks and sports has bloomed throughout the city and districts have crop up.
United states, President Obama ambitious goals to curb the U.S. Recent studies suggest that americans are buying few cars, driving less and getting fewer license as each year goes by. Many measures the decrease in driving preceded the downturn and appears to be persisting now that recovery is under way, few years will be telling. Beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plant. Getting a driver's licence is not priority. Some people find their ways to getting where they need to go. Parntering with telecommunications industy to create cities in which "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.
All theses paragraph's abover show each and every detail advantages about limiting car usage. | 1 |
bbcbf39 | In our solar system there are many planets such as Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune, but not many people talk about Venus. The planet Venus that could be the only planet that was "Earth-like" millions of years ago. What could be better visiting our "sister" planet?
The author cliams that it's worth the experience to visit the planet Venus, although knowing of all the dangers that could happen. In paragragh 5, it states, "... NASA has one oarticularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus." The author is saying that there possibly could be a way to get humans to the planet Venus. Also in paragraph 4, it says,"Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the Earth-like plaent in our solar system." The author is stating that Venus prabably once was a planet with living creatures.
Getting to Venus seems easy but not exctly. Despite the scorching heat of 800 degrees fahrenheit described in paragraph 3, there are also, "... erupting valcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.." Our sister planet seems to be the only planet that was like Earth at one point. Although despite the heavy atmosphere of 97% of carbon dioxide, humans wouldn't be able to survive that kind of extreme environment. The pursuit of getting to explore Venus is still a working progress.
As the author is passionate and fascinated on visting the planet Venus, it is still something NASA is also passionate about, working on and is hoping to achieve. The scorching heat and heavy atmosphere along with dangerous weather climates, it is still something to figure out and pass to get to their vision of a success visit to Venus. | 3 |
bbce450 | Dear State Senator,
In voting for a new president we should keep the process of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is apart of the United States' history. It was established by our founding fathers in the Constitution. If we keep the Electoral College there will be a less chance of a tie and a dispute then there would be in a popular vote process. Also the Electoral College is fair and we would be avoiding run-off elections.
The first reason we should keep the Electoral College is there will be a certainty of outcome. Even though the total number of votes is 538, the chance of a tie is likely ,but highly unlikely. "In 2012's election, for example, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney....Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state," this means that a tie is not likely, but it could happen (Posner 18). If we used the process of popular vote in the United States there would be a bigger chance of a dispute over the outcome then there would the outcome of an Electoral College.
The next reason we should keep our historical process of the Electoral College is it's fair. According to an excerpt from "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" from
Slate Magazine , "the Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal" (Posner 19). This means that all states are equal and none of them have more or less power than one another and none of the states have enough power to elect a president. Bradford Plumer from
Mother Jones thinks "It's official: the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational," there are many arguments that state that the electoral college is unright, many people disagree saying its a great system involving easy and fair processes.
Also the Electoral College reduces the pressure which complicates the presidential election process. With the Electoral College the problem of elections where none of the candidates have the majority of the votes cast is avoided. "For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College" (Posner 22).
Keeping the Electoral College is very important. First off it is a part of our nation's history. It also keeps electing a president easy, fair, and non-pressuring. Even though the method of the Electoral College is outdated and old, it still is a good way of electing a new president. This process keeps disputes from occuring and makes all the states be heard and equal. | 4 |
bbcf9b5 | In the argument about the Face being a natural landform, I think it`s a natural landform because it could have (over time) been hit by a weather storm like meteor or asteroid . In the passage it says," There was no alien monument after all."
That means no aliens build the Face it`s all natural.
The Face is a natural landform because it could have been it by in meteor or astroid. In outer space, there are high chances of meteors or asteriods hitting a planet like Mars, Jupiter, or even Earth. When an asteriod or meteor hit the planet,
it can physically or chemically change the surroundings of a planet. A meteor or astroid could have hit Mars; made the physical feature of Mars look like a face. It is natural for a planet getting hit by a meteor or ateriod or any type of weather storm like hurricans, earthqwakes, or even tornadoes.
In an earthqwake, the planet shakes. On Earth building falls, ground moves, and ground will leave cracks or damage. On Mars, rocks will fall and will make the illusion of a face. It will leave damage in the ground, leaving cracks in the face. This could also happen it make the Face on Mars. It is also natural.
I believe the Face is a natural landform. The results in the passage says" There was no alien monument after all."
An asteriod or meteor could have hit Mars before 1976. There could have been other natural causes like earthqwakes,storms, or erosion. So, the Face is a natural landform and that is were I stand on the argument. | 2 |
bbd325d | It's Not An Alien
In my opinion I don't think this is a face created by aliens becuase there are no such things as aliens. There is no evidence that aliens are real. Maybe scientists have found unusaul things and claim aliens have created them but there is no proof that aliens are real.
The reason I think it is not a face is because in "Unmasking the ace of Mars" it said,"Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this onbe had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egytian Pharoah. In the article it also says that the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, reavealing a natural lanform and there was no alien monument after all. They captured another image on April 8,2001, using the camera's absolute maxium resoulution. Garvin said,"You can discern things in a ditigal image 3 times bigger than the pixel size so if there were objects as big as airplanes on the ground you would be able to see them.
I think these are all good reasons to why it is not a face created by aliens. I am certain that there are more facts that state it is just a landform but those are just brief facts on why it not a face. | 2 |
bbd6e25 | What is Venus often reffered as? Venus is often reffered as Earth's "twin". This is because Venus is "the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distence too". But this doesn't mean that it is possible for humans to live in the planet yet. The author suggests that we should keep studying Venus despite the danger it presents.
The author says this in a lot of ways. One way he does this is by giving us more information about Venus. This helps the reader understand how bad the conditions are in Venus. This also tells us that no matter the conditions humans should still explore it. This shows that the author is going to stay with his claim that we should keep on exploring it.
Another reason how the author supports his idea is by telling us that we've tried exploring it before. In the article it says "humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the cloud-draped world...Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has tocuhed down on Venus in more than three decades." This shows us that Venus is a challenging planet for humans to study. With a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets and temperatures averaging around 800 degrees Fahrenheit. This is a real challenge for humans.
However, the author also tells us that NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example in the article he says "some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface...lasted for three weeks in such conditions". This helps the author support his claim by telling us that there has been some progress on studying Venus. Another example is NASA coming up with diffrent ideas to explore Venus. The author says "imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape". This helps prove how well the author supports his idea of pursuing Venus despite the dangeres it presentes.
In conclusion the author supports his idea well. This is because he gives the readers information on how astronomers tried and failed. But also that astronomers are not going to give up so they come up with new ideas. In the article is says "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself..". This shows that we are not going to give up on exploring Venus no matter the challenge. | 3 |
bbd6e51 | The electoral college should be abolished. In the second story and on the thirteenth paragraph it states that presidents mainly get picked from bigger states. "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know have no chance in winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states". This ensures that the small states, like Ohio and Rhode Island, have no chance in winning.
Popular vote should rule which candidate gets chosen. In the second story on the first paragraph it explains how a cadidate won the popular votes, didn't win the presidency. "...According to a Gallup poll in 200, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." He would ahve won, but the electoral college voted him out.
Thetie could happen with the electoral college. In the second story on the third paragraph it says that the election is a few voters away from catastrophe. "And if an electoral tie seems unlucky, consider this: In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election;In 1976, a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way." This could never happen if the popular vote was used to decide who to elect for president. | 3 |
bbd6f66 | Have you ever wanted to travel to another country, but also get a pay check for doing it? If you have ever wanted this, then you might want to consider becoming a Seagoing Cowboy or Cowgirl.
We get to work with many animals. Our job is to swifty transfer animals from one country to another. We have to take care of all the animals. Some trips can have over a hundred animals goin from one place to another, but you'll get to feed, water, play with, and care for all the animals.
When your a Seagoing Cowboy, you get to travel all over Europe. I made nine trips to different countries and had extra time to tour famous sites such as the Acropolis in Greece and
I took a gondola ride through the watery streets of Venice, Italy. You'll be able to go to Italy and Greece too, but you will also be able to go to China and Panama.
The job of a Seagoing Cowboy is very safe and will most of us will likely return to our families after our war service is up or we retire. A Seagoing Cowboy also dosen't have to fight on the battle field during wars. If they are drafted, they just pay their service by doing their job like i did. We help struggling countries to recover after wars, so we are already doing their war service.
If any of these benefits appeal to your interests, then you might want to sign up to be a Seagoing Cowboy along with me. It's a safe, interesting, and all around enjoyable job. | 3 |
bbdb0ca | Dear,Senator Of Florida
You should keep the Electoral College because the founding fathers of the United States Of America established it when they made the constitiution. The Electoral College helps the selection of the electors where citizans of the United States Of America vote for presidant and vice president. You should also keep the electoral college because alot of people help with the Electoral College. If you the Senitor Of Florida take the Electoral College away 538 electors will lose there job and more. The president needs a majority of 270 electoral votes these votes come from the Electoral College.
The 23rd admendment of the Constitution the District Of Columbia is allowed to have 3 electors. These electors are treated liike a state for purposes of the electoral college. Each canadate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. If the Electoral College these people wouldent have their jobs. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. We the people of the UUnited states Of America help choose our states electors. After the presidential election our govener prepares a Certificate Of Ascertainment. This cerificate lists all of the canadates who ran for president.
At ther most basic level the Electoral College is unfair to voters because of the Winner take All syaytem in each state, because of this durning the 2000 campain seventeen states did not see there canadates at all. The Electoral College is outdated and unfair. It is also irrational. | 1 |
bbdbffb | Venus and Earth are very similiar and somtimes Venus is just right around the corner from Earth. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because he provides sufficient evidence.
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because of the similarities with Earth. The Author explains that "Today, Venus still some features that are analogous to those on Earth" (4). Analogous means the outside has changed but the inside or function are similiar to that pf something else. If Venus still has valleys and mountains similiar to the of Earth then if we studied those features we could find out what happened to Venus decades ago. The Author also states, "Venus can somtimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit" (4). Launching space crafts to other planets is very expensive and even more so for a planet light year away, but if we can send space crafts to Venus when it is closest to us then it will Americans hundreds in tax dollars and we will learn a great deal from Venus.
In conclusion, Venus is worthy to be explored because there is so much we do not know about it yet and we could find something on that planet that we mever thought exsisted before. | 3 |
bbdf689 | Driveless cars have been a fantasy on television and in media, but in many ways, they have evolved into what could be a distant reality. As the author states, Google has been working on driveless cars since 2009. For cars that drove half a million miles without crashing, it is a remarkable step into what could be a possible evolution for cars. There might be questions and concerns on safety, but there is much thought put behind such measures.
For cars to drive on their own efficently, sensors must be put into place for the driveless car to imitate a human driver. The article states that over the past years, sensors have improved to respond to dangerous, out-of-control situations. As advancements head way, sensors on cars are becoming even more reliable and safe.
Even if a car could drive itself, applications and abilities such as texting can be turned off for even more safety reasons, according to manufacturers. Such as laws against texting while driving were made, laws will need to be put in place to ensure the safety of people. In this moment and time, cars are safer in the control of humans; to avoid confict with manufacturers and drivers, driveless cars are still not available for the public. But technology still continues to improve. So much so, Tesla is presenting a 2016 model that can drive by itself for ninety percent of the drive. Other companies such as Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Nissan plan on producing driveless cars in the close future. Cars that drive themselves may seem hazardous, but in the distant future they will be able to eventually become safe.
Driveless cars are becoming a reality for many technology companies and are plausable for an innnovative way of transportation. There are many safety concerns, but as they are being kept in check, fear of mistakes should fall. There are many steps that go into the car for safety measures, such as sensors. Though they are still in the making, driveless cars are an exciting and plausable mode of transportation that will change the world forever. | 4 |
bbe2d2e | I a gree with the cars that can brive themselves so people don't have to driven them because sometimes people are tired and they fell sleep and we have a lot of accidents or
a lot of people die every day because they fell sleep but i'm not sure if they can make that caing of car and if they do they are goint to be really expesive. if they make those cars they have to make sure if they are safe so people can buy hose cars. people from the cars companis they have to talk about how much the cars are goint to cost because if they sold them to expensive nobody are goint to buy them but if they sold them chip poeple can buy them. but they have to make the car with different thing like they can drive by themselves but some times people want to drive them and they have to make sure that every thing they put in
the car have to be safe and countribel so people buy them and i think they have to make the cars really nice so people think they are pretty looking cars and i think old people can be more safe if they buy them because old people sometimes they can't drive it all. poeple will buy them if they watch people briving them or if the show them in tv or if they talk about them at a radio station and if people who knows how they make them can explain every thing that have the car and show and prove that they are safe and they have the best things in the car. | 1 |
bbe4b84 | Driverless Cars sounds like the future and it should be the future. Driverless cars will be great for everyone. Think about your grandma's and grandpa's that are out driving in there vehicles and you scared for their health becuase of their age and it is harder and more difficult for them to react to hard turns on the roads and it's harder for them to react while escapeing an accident if it occurs also. But haveing driverless cars those things won;t happen , technology has always improved and will kepp imrpoving. Driverless are cars , when they get approved will be safer on the roads and people will have less stress on driving cars without crashing.
Driverless cars will also cause alot more job aswell , becuase they are going to be more jobs open to people who will want a position on working on the new technology of driverless cars. Driverless cars will change the world just as the Google cofounder Sergey Brin has said. A future with nobody worrying on car accidents anymore will have be facinating and understanding that the driverless cars wwill be one of the best inventions the world has had yet. Car crashes are vital to our society , leaving places and having people tell you, "be safe" is just a sign that there needs to be a change, and the change is to let technology take care of some of our own problems.
Driverless cars sounds like the future and will be the future so it will be wise to let this happen and not argue the fact that driveless cars will help out population because we will have less deaths due to car crashes, we will have no stess over driving places without getting into accident and also won't have to worry about your elders getting into an accident either. Being safe on the road has always been a problem so lettng the driverless cars drive ourselves around to get to places will be a whole lot safe and will be great for you and me. | 3 |
bbe8844 | Technology has advanced in many ways in which no one can explain. From Iphones, to computers, to microwaves; technology does it all. But, can it tell us how we really feel better than we can? I don't believe so simply because we grow through things, not go through them. We have to feel the pain and the drive to continue on to do better for ourselves. Also where would our privacy go? We should expect someone is going to ask us what's wrong if the technology shows that we are 95% mad. In paragraph 6 it states that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," what if the teacher calls on the student and asks them what's wrong, is the student really going to tell the teacher? Most likely not so we have to put into consideration that people should get to keep how they feel private, it shouldn't be forced, and we shouldn't feel the need to tell anyone if we don't want to.
Emotions are what we use to stay motivated and driven. It may also tell us more about ourselves. What we choose to do about them is our business. One emotion that is a powerful one is love. Love is a beautiful thing and it keeps being beautiful because it is a secret passion for a person(s) we choose to share it with. If too many people find out about that love they might try to destroy it because it is not what they want. Then it stops becoming what we want.
If we get the technology that can tell us and everyone how we feel, we lose the passion and sincerity of truly caring about someone. We might just say,"Oh, I guess I got to go help them because their percentage on happiness is low," That is not sincere at all. We shouldn't be forced to care, it should just be in our nature to care. I also feel that people are going to be seen as a percentage now because in the pasage of paragraph 1, it said, "She's 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry." Why can't we all just accept that we are 100% human beings who have emotions and make mistakes. Not one single perosn is perfect and it's okay and completely normal for keeping them in and coping with them however we want.
I understand that it is good to tell people how you feel and what you are feeling, but it should be up to the person who is going through the pain to decide what they want to do. Give them time and they will be willing to spill their hearts. To me, all that the techology is doing is spilling our secrets, and hurting us even more. We don't want to feel like dissapointments and be charity cases so we don't spill our emotions. We also don't want to let someone know that they hurt us because then they might feel bad, and it just becomes a domino effect. I'm not saying to not tell people how you feel, but it should surely be up to you. Also, someone could completely lie about their feelings because maybe they've gotten good at doing it before. Maybe they've looked in the mirror and made sure to use the orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus to make it believable. We don't know what people are going thorugh and we also don't know how the person who has this information about us will act either.
Growing through experiances is one of the most beautiful things you can do because it shows that you have learned from it. That's what emotions are all about: growing. We don't stop the sun from growing seeds into beautiful, strong flowers, so we shouldn't stop humans from growing into beautiful, strong people. People who should have their privacy respected, people who shouldn't feel forced to be happy, and people who can choose how and who to talk to to handle one of life's many challenges. And happiness definitely shouldn't be based off of a percentage, but on our ability to become better and help eachother become better naturally. We all know what happens when we try to put things into our own hands and control things that shouldn't be controllled. Only love, being open- minded, acceptance, and sincerity can do that. | 4 |
bbe93c1 | Consequently driverless cars have been making a spalsh in popular culture recently. With them being emphazised in several blockbuster movies, and popular television shows. However I don't support the development of driverless cars, and I think its gonna end up causing more trouble and waste of our tax money. Starting with that so many companies are trying to make driverless cars, but none have succeded without a human in the car on actual roads not on special test tracks. This century in my belief is heading way to far into the technology world, making everything technology based. One of these days technology is gonna be smarter than us humans, and take over .
First of all, in the passage in paragraph three it says that, "many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads". So if they do develop driverless cars, they will need to be additionnaly money spent on remolding the roads we already have to accomdate to these new driverless cars. That was even stated later in the paragraph where it says that, "These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply to expensive to be pratical". Plus with the millions going into developing these driverless cars, this development is simply too pricey. Along with that the money going towards these developments will be from us, taxpayers, and the government. When this money can simply go into our education or the poor, something thats good for the people instead of a project that we really don't need.
Futhermore progress towards driverless cars, has been that the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to twenty-five mph, but special touch sensors make sure a human driver still keeps hold of the wheel. So far that is still a long way till driverless cars, since so far none of the cars developed have been completely driverless. Although who wants a driverless car that still needs a human driver ? Like for example in paragraph seven it says that, "In 2013, BMW announced the development of 'Traffic Jam Assistant'... they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notfiy the driver when the rpad ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents". Whats the use of spening a fortune on a driverless cars, when we humans can just drive the car ourselves ?
Finally when and if driverless cars do became a reality, they will need to be additionally laws and rules put in place to accomdate the new development. Also with that driving books may be slight more complex, driving schools will be teaching whole different units insetad of learning to drive, it'll be more of what to do if something happens to the driverless car. Futhermore a line from paragraph rasies questions where it says that, "even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident". Whose fault would it be if there was a accident within a driverless car, the driver or the manufacturer ? That is exactly why Im against the development of this, because it just complicates things.
Utlimately driverless cars do appear cool and hip in the popular culture these days, but thats not reality; and im not sure reality is ready for this project. Not only is this development of driverless cars time investing, but also expensize too! Also the ones that have been developed so far, still have a long way to go before they are completey driverless. In addition to, safety concerns arises with this development like what if there was to be an accident or wreck. Lastly we don't need driverless cars, when we have humans who can drive the car itself, just like we have been doing for the past generations. Have you ever heard of the saying, 'stop creating the wheel' ? Meaning we already have a wheel, so why try to keep creating another one, just like we already got drivers, humans. We don't need computer operated cars to do the driving for us! | 4 |
bbea6c5 | Mona Lisa was happy 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgust, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. this show us that somehow computer software can recognize our emotion. at the University of Illinois, working collaboration with prof andd University of Amesterdam are experts at developing better ways for humans and computer to communicate. in the article say "computer reconginze the subtle facial movements we human use to express how we feel".
Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman was working on processing to begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer modle of the face, Eckman has classified that six basic emotions are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. this is so true because when we have a lot of homework this emotion can relate to us. according to the text " by the weight the different unite, the software can even identify mixed emotions.
most of us would havetroble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried. in fact, we humans perform this ame impressive calculation every day. Dr. Huang computer software stores similar antomical imformation as electronic code, perhaps Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms are different sort of " Da Vinci code.
Imagine a computer also knows that when you're happy or sad. According to the article " the same technology can amake computer-animated faces more expressive--for video games or video surgery".
there is one question " does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion? yes, emotion instruction for a face that can look happy, sad,,,,etc. They are even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and foreced one. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and different muscle, the risorius. according to the aricle " used to spot when a smilling politician or clebrity isn't being truthful.
Facial feedback theory of emotion, moving four facian muscles not only expresses emotion, but also may even help produce them. Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smilling and frowining as a way of creating these emotions on state. according to the article " Empathy felling may happen because we unconsiously imitate another person's facial expressions". This is why Dr. Huang and Dr. Eckman was decovery about the emotion. | 1 |
bbecc99 | The electoral college is a process that consist of the elections of the electors. The electors all meet up and vote for the future President and Vice President. The electoral college consist of a numerous amount of electors from all different states in orde to provide each state with one or more electors to represnt the statesthoughts and decisions. The electoral college should be changed because people are being represented incorrectly, and the method used may turn away potential candidates.
To begin with, many factors provide sufficent support for the Electoral College to be removed and one is that the citizens of the state and not being represented correctly. The citizens are misrepresented due to the fact that they are not the ones who directly vote for the President. In the system the process is that the citizens vote for an elector who then goes to vote for the President and Vice President. What may happen is that the citizens vote for an elector who says that they might vote for a certain candidate but then when the time comes for the voting to take place the elector may have changed his final decision on who he wants to vote for so the citizens who voted for him expecting that he would vote for a certain candidate do not get the proper vote because the elector changed his vote. This may cause a descrepensy becuase the citizens are not being represented correctly causing tHEM to become upset and start a huge problem because they feel that the trust they put in their electors was misused.
In addition, another problem that arises due to the Electoral College is that people may feel disencouraged to vote. Due to the fact that voters vote for a representative who then votes for the President they may feel that their vote has no affect. If the citizens feel that they have no hope in carrying their state then they will not vote causing the polls to decrease. This process turns down potential voters for a certain candidate causing the poll to not work in its full affect with everyone voting and having inacurate representation.
In conclusion, the Electoral College | 3 |
bbed051 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable? To i dont think is good to be doing that tipe of stuff like that to me its vialating are privasy to be use. I really dont know why they would do stuff like that like there are so many quastens to ask the .Why do we need this?How is it importent?What are the use of it ?And when did you have this idea.I think if artes want to know how a persen is feeling just ask cause thats are persanol stuff getting iut ther to people,and i dont think people want there emotional expression out the.some people dont want to tell peopl how they are felling today and only they have the right to tell some one there emotion.This is my apinyion people may not like the idea or they love the idea that's them i know i would not like that and i dont want people knowing eberything about me that is why i disagree with it . | 2 |
bbf1f1d | Dear state senator, i just want to inform you on a few things about in favor of keeping the Electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I think we as a natioin should keep the Electoral College. We should keep it because each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed and because the electoral college requires a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal.
We should keep the Electoral College because each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed. It is entirely possible that the winner of eletoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has happened very rarely. It happened in 2000 when Gore had more popular votes than bush. Yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888.
The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region...south, northeast, etc. has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the south, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is likely to be successful president.
Therefore us as a nation should keep the way we do things. We should keep the Eletororal College because each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed. Another thing is that the eletoral college requires a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal. | 3 |
bbf3192 | I went on a trip to Europe on a cattle boat with my best friend Don Reist. After World War ll people needed help, so Don and I signed up for a UNRRA( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). Our job was to carry cargo of 335 horses including enough hay and oats to feed them.
Even though I have hard work to do about everyday, I still get a little bit of free time. I like my job because I get to help people in need for help and still get to see the most beautiful sites.
Everyone who loves boat rides, can handle hard work, and still wants free time should join the UNRRA program. The text says, " Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded." This most likley means that other people is happy about their job too, and can have fun while doing their work.
The text says, " UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas." This means that you are the one who needs to sign up to be apart of the crew. Being apart of this crew can be a once and a life time opportunity, like the text says, " He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime." | 2 |
bbfa079 | There are many thing you don't know about venus and i will tell you some things you should know about Venus. Well, Venus sometimes called the " Evening star" is one of the bighest points of light in the night sky. If you didn't know venus is actually a planet. In the solar system Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is the closet planet to earth in terrms of density and size. In this article there are many things you don't know about venus. Venus is more than three decades. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. The vaule of returning to venus seems indisputable. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. Venus from a ship orbiting or hoveing safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. NASA is working on other apporaches to studying Venus. | 1 |
bbfbe27 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.The author supports his idea in good ways.One example the author is to use solar power on Venus stateing,"Solar power would be pletiful,and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.Not easy conditions,but survivable for humans."Another example stated in the article,"Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines ot last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."The final example stated in the article states,"By comparison,systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure,heat and other forces.
The first examples shows the reader that it wouldn't be hard for people to be able to gain energy on Venus becasue we could use the sunlight as energy.The first example also shows that it wouldn't be impossible to live on Venus even though it is 170 degrees it is still survivable to people to live on.The second example shows the reader that researchers are working on machines that would be able to give researchers knowledge on Venus that could better their understanding.The final example is to show how the old computers that were made of gears and levers were much stronger than that of todays computers.The author states that,"Modern computers are enormously powerful,flexible,and quick,but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions."With this the author shows their point on why the modern computers would be less useful then the computers made of gears and levers.
From using solar power to gain energy,to creating machines that could stand the harshness of Venus,and from using computers that are made of gears and levers the author supports thier idea of studying Venus very well.The solar power would be pletifula and the living conditions would be survivable.The researchers are working on machines to last long to contribute meaningfully knowledge for Venus.The sytems that use mechanical parts would be more reistant then that of modern electronics.In the end the author shows how important and unimpossible it is to study Venus. | 3 |
bc0267f | Cars have dramatically changed the way human kind lives and they have not been ran by computers, only us. Humans have always been the one in control of cars. People can operate a car perfectly fine without assistance, so why are there people trying to make cars that drive themselves? A number of things could go wrong with a computer car. Technology always tends to crash or shut down unexpectedley, so what happens if our computer car does that in the middle of traffic?
To start off, the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," seems biased. There are many paragraphs backing up the new Google Cars, and only a couple backing up how dangerous they can be. What is hard for me to understand is the whole point of the self driving cars. Why do we need them? Do certain people have better things to do in a vehicle than drive it themselves? If someone were to buy one of these cars, i would assume that they would be in a constant fear that maybe the car would take a wrong turn and run into a tree.
Cars that we drive today can already malfunction in many ways. The breaks could go out, the tranmission could go out, the headlights could go out, the tires could fall off, etc. We can fix the tires falling off, we can fix our headlights, but does everybody know how to fix a computer when it crashes? We could be on the road eating food while our car drives itself and the car just completely stop because the computer in the car crahsed. Instead of paying 60 dollars for a tire repair, getting the Google car repaired would probably cost a few hundred that nobody would want to pay.
Google cars could cause a stir between the manufacturers and the drivers as well. If a driver was positive that the crash they had was the computer cars fault, that would cause problems. The car manufacturers would definately not want to admit they are at fault. The car would of course be very expensive, too. Many people will not even be able to afford a car that drives itself, but why would they want to? A self driven car can take away the fun in operating something big.
Why do we want to take the fun out of driving and feeling in control, or pay a big price for our computer car malfunctioning? Why do we want to put ourselves in even more danger by making an untrustworthy computer in charge of our lives? A computer car puts our lives at stake, and if a computer car proved to be at fault of a murder, that would also put the car creators in a bad situation. | 3 |
bc02829 | Dear, State Senator
Hi, State Senator my name is PROPER_NAME and i think you should stay with Electoral College because the Electoral college is a process not a place. Stated in paragraph 1 it says " The founding fathers establsihed it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualifed citzens". So in my owns i think what was stated means it should be a tradition and it should stay as a tradition in the American culture. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. With that being said that is just like saying you are choosing a president by the most popular votes. In paragraph ten it says under the electoral college system , voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.To me in the passage the bset argument for you to keep the Electoral College is the electoral college is less work than having everyone vote and round it off for a president to be elected. But i'm not going to waste any of your time anymore just know Electoral College would be the best choice for you to choose
From:PROPER_NAME | 2 |
bc034fb | Dear Florida senator,
The United States has changed drastically and continously over the few centuries that have passed away. Americans, have been building up since our founding fathers to become the democracy we are today, a democary of "we the people". Citizens, are given the privilige to vote or not to vote and choose our leaders, but that is not what the electoral college vote has to offer. The electoral system over complicates things, lies to the people, and is not fair to voters and in its delivery.
The electoral process is a disaster that disorderly combust into problems. Because of it, issues like the election of Al-Gore who won the popular vote,but lost presidency due to the system, has caused confusion and controversy. This wouldnt have happened without the system that lies in front of the people. We voted for some one and we should have gotten that person.
The unfairness of the system goes way beyond than the probability of the losing candidate to win, and it has an incline towards one side that may harm the other. Although the "winner-take-all" method brings greater focus from candidates to campaign for and to address the real problems that voters need, it results in a battle between candidates to go for certain states that leave others with no benefit. In other words, a candidate may leave your state to recieve the silent treatment while others benefit from the attention.
To wrap it up, the electoral system causes an unfair incline towards certain objectives that the voters need. The electral system needs to be abolished. | 3 |
bc078a4 | I personally do not like the idea of having driverless cars.
I believe there are many reasons to avoid creating cars that are driverless or in other words, automatic.
I understand there are some positve outcomes of having driverless vehicles, but I feel the negative outcomes override the positive outcomes in this particular situation.
Because the negative outcome are far more than the positve outcomes over having driverless cars, I do not agree on the fact that we should use driverless cars in our everyday lifestyle.
One negative outcome of using driverless cars is how potentially dangerous these automatic vehicles could be.
New technologies are always risky because we do not always know what could malfunction.
Malfunctions of new technologies are very common.
I think there would be many vehicle malfunctions due to the technology that has not been allowed to test fully.
In this case, I do not think a new car is worth the risks that would proceed a technology malfunction.
Creating this new car could potentially risk many lives of the people riding in the car.
I do not believe risking the life a person would be worth a driverless car.
Another negative thing about driverless cars is how expensive creating the driverless cars would be.
The expense of these new and improved driverless vehicles would be ridiculously high.
In my opinion, I do not think such high amount of money would be worth having an automatic car.
I feel the current cars we drive are doing the job they need to do.
I think it would be a waste of money to make these driverless cars when we already have cars that do what they need to do.
Driverless cars may not be equipped for every possible occurence.
Because the driverless cars are automatic, I do not think they would be programmed for everything that could happen in real world situations.
In the real world, you never are really prepared for what could happen.
I think occurences in the world are completely random and unexpected.
I feel having an automatic car during these random and unexpected events are not always the best for these particular situations.
I do not think it would be safe for the people in the car even if the driverless cars were set up to where the driver would take control during these situation.
I think the best option to be safe would to have manually operated vehicles.
I do not think driverless cars are a good idea because of the negative things that would come about them.
I think there are many negative things that would come from having driverless cars.
Driverless cars would very dangerous for the people in the car.
Driverless cars would also be very expensive.
The new automatic cars would not be equipped for every situation that would be thrown in its way.
I feel like driverless cars would solve some problems we have with vehicles, but I feel they would create many more problems on the way. | 3 |
bc09367 | Street parking and garages have been forbidden for a while. only way you would have a garage was if you purchased one with your home. there were only two places you could park at and thats really only for two cars.
Paris banned people from driving there cars , up to 4,000 people were fined , so most of everybody car was impounded. to me there losing money because the amount of people that buy gas for there cars if you think about it thats a big lost how many people in paris drive cars theres going to be a big percentage of the money gone due to this car ending madness. some deleivery places couldnt even have cars so its messing up their money too.
Car Free Day I find strange because no one can drive . its too many people in the world everyone if not going to fit on the busses they have , due to this tragic people have to now walk where they have to go. If you dont have a bike or skateboard then your out of luck so since this happened no one really got where they needed to be. I think even people had to miss work for this , also the kids . how would they get to school ? to me banning cars would be the dumbest idea anyone ever made up. this world would come to a end without cars.
In America people in driving population goes up by the hour , like when you travel you go more miles than you think you do. most people in America have stopped driving and start travling by bus. with all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result they may find less reason to resume the habit. | 1 |
bc0bf87 | Do you know about the Seagoing Cowboys program? If you don't that's okay, because I'm going to talk about that today. Oh yeah, I'm Luke by the way, anyways let's get the program.
The Seagoing Cowboys program is amazing you get to go to all of these beautiful places. The whole point of it is too help take care of animals, people, and even help built their houses (In Europe for know). The reason for that is, because the World War II just got done in Europe and everything is ruined there and we can help them. That's why we have the Seagoing Cowboys program to help what has been ruined in countrys. This is a good experience to help and see knew things. We're traveling on sea (I hope know one is sea sick) and the cattle boats are unbelievble. While we are going to help people you get to go past China, Italy and more places. This is a very amazing opportunity and I hope you do the right thing and sign up.
In this program you can save peoples lives and make them happy. Also you can see some pretty amazing things, and you can learn new things. I really hope you join. Thanks for reading! Bye! | 2 |
bc15825 | The "Face on Mars" is a natural landform. It is not created by some aliens. If it is created by aliens, why is it the shape of human, instead of their leader, and why is it not detail enough? So I say that this "Face on Mars" is not created by aliens, but a natural landform.
Some of the scientists in NASA believed that the Face was created by the aliens, so went there and took the same picture again. The image shows that it is a natural land form and there was no alien monument. But not everyone was satisfied, because the picture was taken during a cloudy time. Then we went to Mars to look for the same thing again, and it came out good. The picture was clear and detailed. The 2001 picture show it is familiar to human shape but it is the shadow that makes it look more like a human mask.
There is a common landform on Earth that is similar to the face of human face. Though the human face landform is on Mars, that does not mean that aliens created it. We went to space for two more time to prove that it is not aliens' creation. The "Face on Mars" is a natural landform. | 2 |
bc187b0 | Everyone has different emotions throuout the day. Knowing what someone is feeing is helpul. It can keep you or anyone else from saying or doing something wrong to a person. To have technology in a classroom is next level. When I think of technology being in a classroom to read studednts' mind's I would think of older students, maybe highschool, only because they have so much more going on in their lives, and have many more emotions. I do not think it is a valuable thing to have this technology in a classroom. Some students do not want others to know what they are feeling, teachers would not find it useful through out their day, and this expression reader can fail at any time.
I myself do not like telling peers, or others, what I am feeling at the moment or that day. I walk through the hallways and sit in class not showing any expression to how my day is because I am there to learn. Besides myself I know there are so many students who feel the same. They just go to school do complete their tasks and go home. Many students do not have personal or close relationships with their teachers, so talking to them about a problem, if they are upset for example, that was not mentioned to the teacher would make the student feel uncomfortable.
What are teachers going to use this for? Give less homework to a student because they are having a bad day according to the expression reader? When students are in a good mood and are happy these emotions fill the enviornment of the classroom with joy. All a teacher really can do is talk to a student about what could possibly be wrong or inform a more speacialized person to work with a student over issues.
Lastly, is this technology realy trustworthy? Maybe someday the computer may just stop working, or it may give false information about a student. The author talks about how the muscles move and signal to the computer which emotion a person is conveying, but if there are "instructions for a face that looks happy" then why not perfect the expressions and trick the computer.
Overall I do not think that having a computer tell emotions in a classroom is valube, or even necessary. Having one of these computers in a doctors office sounds more efficient. In therapy for someone who is traumitized or mentally emotional patients, where doctors need a better and more accurate answer to how somoene is feeling is more valuable than a classroom, because we like to keep to ourselves, we wont get anything better or worse out of school because of our emotions, and we never know when we might become perfect hiders of our emotions. | 4 |
bc1be26 | Have you ever wanted to become a UNRRA?In the text,"A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" A boy named Luke Bomberger didn't know what awaited him in his future. In this essay I will tell you the resones why you should join the UNRRA and why you shouldn't.
In the story Luke joins the UNRRA and I think that people should join. The first part is why you should join is because you are helping people that lost everything that they owned. The secound part is that you can go around the world with friends. The text states,"The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy." The text also states,"Besides helping people,I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China.".
In the story Luke joins the UNRRA and I think that people shouldn't join. The first part is that you are away from your home and families for a long time. The secound part is that you can get into a ship wreck sailing everywhere or you could get injured. The text states,"One rainy night,after making his hourly report to the captain,he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside." The text also states,"But he couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs."
That concludes the story"A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves". In this essay I explained to you the resones people should and shouldn't join the UNRRA.There are always good things and bad things about the UNRRA.And I hope that you could join the UNRRA someday. | 2 |
bc21d5d | The photograph was not proof of an alian civilization it was just a land formation that hapens near where the photo was taken. Also conspiricy therist have no solid evidence that the formation is of any alian origen.
So,if the formation was of alian origen nasa would probly not have put the photo out for every one to see, they would want to do more reacerch and get more data on it.
If it was of some alian origen nasa would send a rover to check it out and get more information about it and then make it there top priority to send a maned mishion to mars to colect data and bring back as much as they could of the artifact. Finnaly,thats why it was no alian artifact just a land formation on the face of mars.
Next,conspiricy therist have no proof of the artifact being of alian origen they just asume that the landformation thats sticking out of the ground is alian because it has basic facial featers besides that they have no real evidence.
In conclushion that is why the land formation is nothing other than a land formation and nasa has all the evedence to prove so. And concpericy therist dont have a shred of evedence to prove other wise. | 2 |
bc21ea8 | Do you want to live in a place where the air is polluted? Somewhere it is hard to breath. The earth would be a cleaner and more effitiant place to live if we limit the everyday usage of cars. Just think about it by limiting the usage of cars you are saving money and making the earth a cleaner place. It's like the old saying goes "kill two birds with one stone.
Who doesnt like having some extra money in there pockets to spend? I know I definetly do. By limiting the usage of cars people will no longer have to pay a car payment. Or even better have to pay these outrageous gas prices. "In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have bt law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport." If we limit the usage of cars there wont be any reason to build new highways and the money can go to more important things.
Wouldnt you like to wake up in the morning, walk out side and get a wiff of fresh clean air? Limiting car usage will also cut the amount of green house gas emissions. "Passenger cars are resposible for 12 percent of green house gas emmotions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the united states." Cars are major contribution to the pollution we have in the air today. Having cleaner air makes the earth an all around better place. The people will be happier and the grass will be greener. "Last week paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in london." I dont know of any person on this earth that wants to breath in particulate matter on a daily bassis. "Its a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution," said business man Carlos Arturo. This man is in his right mind. Polution is a major stressor for everyone. Thats why I say by limiting car usage it will make people happier. People act like riding a bike is a bad thing. Its always good to get some exercise and be healthy.
If we aren't using cars thers no reason to have highways. And if we dont have highways then citys will be smaller."But its basic prcepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with less space for parking. In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in mall along some distant highway." Where i grew up everything was close. There were resturants less than a mile away. The mall was a 5minute bike ride. And school was only 10 minutes away. Everythig was convienent. I didnt have to get in the car and hope that it started it up. There was no waiting in traffic. All I had to do was hop on my bike and ride off.
If we stay at the rate we are going now the earth is going to turn in to a place that no one wants to live. So if we limit the usage of cars the earth will be a overall better place to live. If we dont drive there is less polution. If we dont have cars we dont need highways and the our citys will be more compact. And no cars means more money in our pockets. If that doesnt sound like a perfect place to live then I dont want to know what your idea of perfect is. | 4 |
bc2c839 | living in a communitiy where less and less people are using cars would be good for several reasonS. one reason is that there wil be far less pollution in the city and nearby areas. another advantage is that the town will be much quiter and noise pollution will go down. the best wouold probably be that there qwould be far less accidents. living in a city with little to no cars seems better then living in a city filled with cars.
noise and gas pollution is a major problem that cars and other vehicles create. so living in a car-free city Would be much cleAner and would Result In there being less smog and noxious gases in the atmosphere. alot of the world's pollution comes from cars. so by not drioving them in some places around the world we could cut down carbondioxide and other gas emmsions by alot. and with the absence of cars prople would not be annoyed by the sounds like they would be if cars were used in the community. and people would be able to sleep better or get more work done even.
the greatest advantage off all is that the death rate from car accidents would go down dramatically. so the population may even go up because of this and bring in more money for the city. there would also be alot less fear when crossing tghe street. and most places in the city are easily within walking or biking distance and then cars would become useless since the streets in cities and towns are often conjested due to the overwhelming mass of cars. but if everyone biked or walked it would be much safer and calmer and the streets would be far less backed up.
in conclusion, using bikes or your feet as transportation is far better and just as if not even more effective the using vehicles like cars. using the no vehicle method has far more advantages then disadvantages. | 3 |
bc3a92e | The developement of driverless cars is a good thing. Everyone should want to invest in a driverless car. Driverless cars would "fundamentally change the world."Driverless cars would help with assisting the driver and make is easier to funtion a car. These cars would be less expenceive to run and have driven more than half a million miles without a crash.
First, driverless cars help with assisting the driver, making it easier to operate. "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." The cars are not truly driverless so the driver may take over when he or she is feeling unsafe about a situation. Driverless cars will be a positive thing for drivers who are just learning how to drive the car will do most of the work for then. It will be less pressure on the driver. Driverless cars will also decrease teen accidents and crazy drivers.
Second, driveless cars are less expencive then a regular car. Driverless cars uses half the fuel of today's taxis. Less fuel is great for the enviornment. Gas prices can get pretty high. More people will be able to aford to drive these cars and get to their destination with out having to worry about the cost of gas.
Finaly, safety is a big concern when dealing with driverless cars."This necessitates the car being able to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problems occurs. Gm has developed driver's seat that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply annonces when the driver should prepare to take over".
In conclusion, the development of driverless cars is a great idea. They help with assisting the driver, they are less expensive, and are safe to drive. | 4 |
bc3b592 | Hi,My name is Luke. Today I am here to tell you why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. First I am going to tell you what we do. You will be hired by the UNRRA.We travel over seas taking care of animals such as horses, young cows,and mules.
Now I am going to tell you why I think you should join us. First of all you will be helping other people and its always nice to help somebody out. Also you will have to take care of animals and thats a very nice job. You will be traveling a lot. Now here comes the good part,you will get to see a lot of cool sites that you never seen before! Here are some places you might go and see alot of cool things in, Europe,China,Greece and Venice, Italy. All of these places have cool things you can go to. For example in Greece you can go see Acropolis. You probably would also love taking a grondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city which streets are water!
So these are all my reason why I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will be helping people out,you will see alot of cool things. You won't regret it. Please support us and join this program. | 2 |
bc3c595 | "So you really think that was created by aliens?" says I to the man who thinks aliens created the "Unmasking Face". "Yes i really believe aliens made that". "How would an alien have made that ? ALIENS AREN'T REAL" I shout. I think to myself , this man is nuts how would a freaking alien make that if they never existed? Maybe he's just playing he doesn't really think that he just thinks its funny to play. "U HAVE NO PROOF ALIENS AREN'T REAL , IN FACT THE PROOF THAT THEY WE'RE ONCE ALIVE IS THE UNMASKING FACE DUUUUH" said the guy. "YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROOF BUT YOU HAVE NO PROOF THAT THE ALIENS MADE THAT , How about this neither one of us are correct until we get proven facts , Okay? Okay" I said to the man trying to stop arguing with him. "Nooo Nooo aliens were as real as ever they made this" he said ,"Actually i believe a natural landform created it , maybe time after time it starts to look more and more like a face but in reality it's just something that natural landform created , not aliens man." I said to the man who thought he knew it all . The man still seemed to want to argue with me "Now now now , you got a good point but nothing can make me believe that aliens didn't do this , I just CAN'T AND WON'T BELIEVE IT , my grandfather told me aliens created it as I was a kid so I believe that's how it was made."I no longer wanted to argue with the man so I said "Okay believe what you want" and that was the end of the discussion. | 2 |
bc3cab8 | I think that the idea of using driverless cars in the future sounds unsafe because of risks of not using them with drivers. The risks of driving a car without a driver are like the risks of driving a car with a driver.
The risks of driving include going over the speed limit, driving through a red traffic light, and driving into somebody crossing the street. Going over the speed limit can lead to the police putting the person speeding under arrest. Driving through a red traffic light can end up with the driver go into somebody else or making them stop. Driving into somebody crossing the street can send the person crossing the street into the hospital and the driver charged with it. An example of a risk done by driving is while Dad is taking me to school, somebody made him stop by going through a red traffic light just when he is about to go and it was not the driver's turn.
Sergey Brin may think driverless cars may change the world fundamentally, but I think they may change the world unsafely. He may say they would go in 2020, but I say they should not appear in 2020 at all. With all of the accidents driverless cars can cause, I have to say no to the idea of using such things. If there is somebody crossing the street and a driverless car goes by without noticing the person walking, there is a chance that the driver can be charged for not paying attention if the person gets sent to the hospital. If a driverless car goes through a red traffic light and crashes into somebody, then the driver can be put under arrest for not taking a turn of driving it.
Driverless cars may have technology like other machines, but they can malfunction and result in causing accidents that normal cars can cause. If the GPS receiver starts malfunctioning and starts heading towards a cliff with the driver not paying attention to the situation, there is a high chance the driver can get into big trouble. If the video camera starts malfunctioning and somebody in another car is speeding, the driver cannot get it to work properly after stopping and the other driver drives into the driverless car. If the wheel starts malfunctioning and loses control, there is a good chance the driver will get seriously hurt and hospitalized for it while losing the car. Like all kinds of machines, driverless cars can get out of control and not into good use for the owner of the cars.
I chose safety over driving in my future and I tell myself that safety is more important than anything just to ensure it will be in my adulthood. | 4 |
bc3f487 | Want to know what the advantages are to limiting car usage? In an experimental district street parking, driveways, and home garagesare forbidden from it. In Vaubans streets the are completely "car free ." He is an example of the growing of the trend in Europe and in other places. They seperate suburbs from the auto use as a component of a movement called "smart planning. passengers cars are the 12 percent the cause of green house gases, and 50 percent in some car intensive areas. The enviormental Protection Agency are promoting "car reduced" communities and legislators. paris bans driving so they can clean the air of the global city. deliverey companies complained of lost revenue,exceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers. A program that is set to spread to other countries, many columbians hiked, biked,skated or took buses on the car free day. the goal was to promote alternative transpotation and reduce smog. The day without cars is an improvement campaign. President Obama's goal was to curb the united states greenhouse gas. Studies show that people have been buying fewer cars and fewer license. Many sociologists believe that it will have implications for carbon emission and the enviorment. It could have negative implications for the car industry. telecommuting allows people to be more connected without driving to meet their friends. New York's bike sharing program reflect new priorities. Demographic shifts in the driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate. There has been a drop in percentage of 16-39 year olds getting their license. at the Moblie World Congress Bill Ford laid out a buisness plan for a world in which personnal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesireable. He proposed that the industry to create cities in which pedestrian bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a network to save time,conserve resources,lower emissions and improve safety. | 1 |
bc3fd9e | Have you ever thought of being a Seagoing Cowboy? If you haven't you should really think about. Being an Seagoing Cowboy has many benefits. For example, you get to go on many trips around the world and go to places such as Europe and China and much more places. Another benefit is helping people and taking care of animals. My final reason is that it helps you be more aware of people in different countries and their ways of living and it's fun.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy gives you the chance to visit many places. I got to go to Europe and China. Seeing Acropolis was special. So was taking a a gondola ride in Venice,Italy, a city with water for streets. I also toured an castle in crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. Me and the other Seagoing Cowboys also crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States to get to China.
The other benefit was helping people and taking care of animals. Caring for the animals kept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. On my second trip, I served as night watchman. My job was to check on all the animals every hour. We had to help people in other countrys by recovering their food suplies, animals, and other needs.
The final benefit was that it helps you be more aware of people in different countrys and their needs. The opportunity made me more aware of how the people in different countrys lived and how they dont have their needs and how i was helping them with their needs. Being a Seagooiing Cowboy also is fun. On return trips we played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had stayed. Table-tennis tournaments, boxing,fencing,reading,whittling, and games were fun ways to pass the time.
In conclusion i think you shouold be a Seagoing Cowboy becuase it has many benefits. The benfits are you got to visit many places and tour many places. The other benfit was that you got to help people and take care of animals. The final benefit was that being a Seagoing Cowboy made you more aware of people in different countrys and their ways of living and it is fun to be a Seagoing Cowboy. That's why i bleieve you should be a Seagoing cowboy. | 3 |
bc40edd | I agree that driverless cars are good and should be used in the future. They would help out a lot in my eyes from when you are drunk or just tired and you fall asleep on the wheel. Or when you need to take care of a person while driving. Also when you lose your focus while driving those will help out just in case of an accident. Or when you are alone and you are hurt bad and you don't have enough energy to drive to the hospital. All those things are things that are neccessary and will need a smart car for.
For example, when you are coming home from a party and you have no one else to rely on to take you home a driverless car will be helpful in that situation. Or if you know you are going to fall asleep on the road after working a long shift all you would have to do is switch the autopilot on for your car. When a person is driving and they have a baby in the back seat and they need help with the baby then a driverless car would help while they take care of that baby. Or say if a husband's wife is pregnant in the passenger seat and they would be freaking out the whole time and they may lose focus on the road. The driverless car will help with all those situations so there will be no need for any worries. The companies run enough test to make sure the car is working right so you should be comfortable with the car. Plus no company wants to get sued for their car because it didn't do what they said it would do.
Some people daydream when they are driving and forget they are on the road driving and may get into an accident. Or teens like to text and drive (even though it is against the law to do that) the smart cars will help when a collision may happen. The General Motors company have a vibrating seat that alerts people when something is happening that they should watch out for. So whenever you are in a daze and you are coming close to hitting a tree the seat will vibrate hard enough for the driver to realize what they are doing. Even though the driverless car may need help sometimes trying to get through traffic jams and it would need your assitance, but the car is still worth getting considering that it can drive by itself 90% of the time.
When you are really hurt and it would be hard to drive yourself to the hospital all you would have to do is get enough energy to walk to your car and sit there until you to the hospital. No having to wait until your friends or family get to your house to take you to the hospital. Or what if you can't see at night while driving then you may need some help trying to get to wherever your destination is. Some elderly people have bad vision and they might have to work that night instead of leaving way early just have your smart car drive you there. Plus if you have a smart car death rates or even just accidents while driving will decrease a lot more than you can imagine.
Smart cars will be the new and good solution for a lot of things in the future and now. From driving tired and falling asleep on the wheel. Taking care of a person while driving. Losing focus on the road and not being able to see at night while trying to drive. Also having a emergency to the point when you can't drive youself. The smart car will solve all those problems for you and you won't have to worry about problems while driving again. | 4 |
bc412ca | The use of technology can be operated for many different reasons. Is technology valuable for emotional expressions of students in a classroom?
Everyone has their own opinion in the use of technology based on facial expressions. In my opinion, I believe reading emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This can be taught as if you we're being instructed by math. You may be thinking to yourself "How can this be possible for a computer to be recognized by a facial expression?" According to the passage, the computer process begins using a 3-D computer model of the face. The appromixate number of 44 muscles must move just like a human. A man, Dr. Paul Eckman created six different emotions such as, happy, surprised, angry, sad, fear, and disgust. Then each characteristic would be assocaiated by the moventment of the facial muscles.
This technology can be helpful for students because of new emotion-recognized software tracks these facial movements. By weighting the different units, the software can identified by the using mixed emotions. Each emotion is compared against neutral face, in other words no expression shown. You can tell the difference of a person's face of how they're feeling just by looking at their face. But they might alsp, have other feelings within inside them. The new software stories similar anatomical information as an electic code. | 2 |
bc44ccf | In this artical is cool how this technology can read peoples faces as in emotions. If this can really happen then its going to jsut how people learn in school. in a way were it mite be fun to go to school.
I am for this technology because it can help students learn more about school. The face emotion technology is mind blowing if it works. If you think about it the computer can tell when your happy or sad which is awesome.
So when your working on a subject on your computer and the computer sees that your sad its going to make it were your happy. If your happy then its going to make you stay happy.
It goes in to the it will be a 3-D computer modle to track your face. If that happens then they would have to get everyones face in the United States and everywhere else around the world. To me i think its cool.
To me I think its a really good thing to try and see if it works. If it can tell if your happy then i say lets go for it and make everyone happy and get the world into a positive world. Students need it the most because there are so may negative students in schools and they need to start being happy for themselfs and for others in there garde and there fellow students. So I'm all for it to have this 3-D face modle thing to make you happy. | 2 |
bc4b400 | I think having smart cars is a good idia . I think it will prevent people from gettin injuries and getting in a car carsh .but then
there is some pros and cons about having smart cars that are
safer in the roeds .I n my point of view i think we are try to prevent the death rate from people crashing each year .So we are making this world a better place .
I think that the good thing about this cars are that thay dont take up as much fuel.They do prevent injuries from happening.
they made the next reveloution of cars alot safer. The car
lowers down are death rates of car crashes each year .You dont have to stand in trafic no more because it tells you were traffic is.
My negative thought's about this is that some thing can go wrong with this piece of technlogy.They are having a argument about if some body crashes who's responsabilty is it you or the creater. The car
doesn't always protect you from crashing it tells you that you are about to carsh bout it dont stop the car.some people are picky about the look of the car. Thay should test it out to see if it is a safer way to drive.
I feel like they should take thoughs negative thoughts and make them into good ones. But we know that no matter what the futer is gonig to change so they are going to make cars safer. They are going to make technology better then ever .We should be thinking in are safety and thoughs cars could lead to that.make us a better state makes us look better to.
So like i siad trying to make this world a beter place to live on.so i say lets give this idia a try we have to in my opinon . let I siad it prevocts people from crashing . lower death rates in are state makes us look better. i know there is some pros and cons but guy think about your childern they need to be safe to.. | 3 |
bc51914 | Emotions
A kind of basic emotions is happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness; and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. For example, your above your eyes muscle raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your around you mouth muscle tightens your lips to show anger. It meanspeople can't lied their emotions because people feel something emotions they face or body muscle something to change; so we can found what they feel.
People emotions can't shows percentages, that mean that emotions is not real. Emotions is not math or science. We feel something emotions become the face is some science because movement some muscle or become to change something body or face. But exactly emotions is feeling; so emotions is psychology. So people do lied looks like weird active or they can't see the eyes; something this situations.
Now people do lied thier emotions. For example, your unhappy but front of people you smile so people feel "You are so happy" something like that.
We humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Some people do practice about for they how to show their face.
False smile is so sad fact, but people really general use this way. One reason, somethimes people doesn't want to talk about their feeling. Other reason is we doing smile, we can shows "I am smiled person.". It means you can bring positive an impressive. General people thought first impressive is important.
Emotion is shows how i feel. So sometimes we need to false emotions. But i thought if you use everyday use false emotions, you get a disease in your mind. Mind of a disease is more scared because we can't see and general people don't know they got a mind disease. So i want to say people do shows their feeling. | 1 |
bc51d06 | Could you imagine a world with driverless cars? Now think, are you okay with this ideal,with this world? I know I am not. Driving is one of our human rights. it helps as connect to others, do we really want to lose that? Don't you want to go through the fun but stressful time of teaching your son or daughter, how to drive. We lose family traditions,bonding experices, our independce and jobs. Cars don't just help us in our everyday like we help them.
What's going to happen to our econmy when people who spent money to go to college to be a car engine, car only get a job at one place. One place that needs less people. What do we do when this car brakes down? It's electronic so our regular joe of the mill enginers can't fix. But
it's not our car it may just be a cab car, then what we leave it sitting in the middle of the road because, hey we dont own it. Wait here comes another smart car, thats just an acident waiting to happen. With this acident comig up what if we dont have enough time to take control.
Then what happens if we do have time to get control. Do we swive taking the chance of hitting something maybe even another car. Saying that by this point we are atleast paying atention to the road now. For the cars that let us watch a movie while the car decides to shuts off when we need to drive.What if the screen gletches. We can't see yes this is a if question. Which makes me have a question to you, has your computer ever glitched even though theres nothing wrong with it mine has. With all these posiblities if we do get into a wrek, who's to blame.
I(t's a driverless car so the driver can't be at fault right? But wait weren't you driving when it crashed, even though the screen glitched. By law you were the driver so this must be your fault correct,but its a driverless car how could you be the driver. Who pays for the damage the company or you, my guess to save money some how in some why this will be your fault. nothing to do with the company of this so called "driverless car".
To conclude this aguemental passage i would like to sumarize why not to use driverless cars. I believe there are so many things that could go wrong. Why take the chance, because it would be cool! Right up until legal debates happen on who is to blame foe acidents in this car. Is it still cool when your family or friends lose jobs they have had their whole life, that they worked for. what to some "driverless car" that truly isnt driverless. | 4 |
bc56baf | Electing a new president of the United States of America has been, and always will be, a big deal. One could be a state senator, a member of the legislative branch, or even an average citizen with zero involvement in governmental jobs/issues. The one thing that ties all of these people together - is that they're all citizens. As citizens, these people will care about who is running their country, what plans they have for it, and how those plans are carried out. Therefore, on behalf of the U.S., it is important to elect the correct person to rule a nation and keep it safe. The Electoral College is a flawed system used to elect presidents, and the American voting system should be based on popular vote. A few reasons being that the votes of the Electoral College outweigh the votes of an everyday citizen, and that the Electoral College basically has the final say in who becomes the president of the United States of America.
One of the things that is wired throughout all three sources, is that electoral votes basicallly overpower the votes of the average citizen. When the average citizen does vote, however, their vote does not go toward the president. Their vote goes to the Electoral College, who then vote for the president. "[...] it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote" (Posner 16). According to an article (that supports the Electoral College), the winner of an election can win without owning the popular votes of an entire nation. Basically, all that a candidate even needs is the majority votes of the Electoral College in order to win an election. "[...] according to a Gallup pole in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore - thanks to the quirks of the electoral college - won the popular vote but lost the presidency[...]" (Plumer 9). Collecting the votes of the Electoral College is the only concern of a candidate - therefore the only reason that candidates speak to the people is to influence them to cast votes for the Electoral College, which then cast votes for that candidate. "[...] Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes [...]" (Posner 18). It's as if the people are just physical steps that electoral voters use to get to the person that the Electoral college wants to be the president of the U.S.
"Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always" (Plumer 10). As mentioned in the article by Richard A. Posner, members of the Electoral College are chosen and expected to vote for their party's nominee. However, people don't always deliver what we expect from them. It is completly possible for an elector to change their mind, and cast their finalizing vote toward the opposite candidate. These members cast their votes directly to the candidate, and they can easily change their vote. | 3 |
bc58d4b | It appears that the world has begun to go through a cultural shift. That is, a preference of not using a private mode of transportation to get to work, or the gym, or wherever else people need to go on a day-to-day basis. In fact this preference is very benificial in that it has begun to affect our lives. In limiting car usage citizens can help reduce pollution such as smog in their community, or even enhance their community by introducing the need for new sidewalks or markets within a walking distance of their homes.
It is of the utmost truth, cars create pollution. In fact they are "one of the highest contributing factors of pollution, besides power plants in America."(Rosenthal 34). Which of course is not very surprising since just about everybody has a car around the time that they recieve their licence. Cities like Paris sometimes have to "...enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air..."(Duffer 10) ,this only seals in the idea that cars contribute to the amount of pollution in the air we breathe. Limiting the amount of car usage, will limit the pollution in the air. It is as simple as that. But if you limit the usage of cars it can become diffucult to get to places you need to go, fear not. Limiting car usage makes it a neccesity to have stores accesible to the public.
Walking or using public transportationto get to and from your local grocery or gym may be a bother, but, lately cities with a decrease in their car usage have made it more pleasant on the public. Cities like Bogota (Colombia) are witnessing this first hand. Since their city impliments a day without cars businesses and the city itself have begun to take notice in the large numbers that participate. The city is flourishing in the fact that "parks and sports centers...have bloomed throughout the city; eneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced,...and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."(Selsky 28). In Vauban (Germany) cars use is limited, but the suburb itself has made tasks such as shopping easier in that ",...stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in mallks along some distant highway."(Rosenthal 6). These advancements in the town are all thanks to the limiting of car usage.
All in all, limiting car usage is anything but harmful to our communties. Limiting usage helps reduce pollution in our air, and it also helps in that it aids in restoring our communities in the fact that sidewalks are being repaved or created, or even a grocery is withing walking distance. So if you have the choice whether to take your car to the market or walk, take the walk, your community might get something good out of it. | 3 |
bc5bf52 | I can definitely imagine a time in the future where everyone buys driverless cars. In movies and television, they have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves. I myself am fascinated also.
Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Even though it is not fully underway yet, it is already developed that people can ride in driverless cars, although they have to be alert to take over when pulling in and out of driveways, or dealing with complicated traffic issues.
In the late 1950's. General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track. The track was embedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signls to a receiver on the front end of the car. The car read the positive and negative polarity as messages in binary code. These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, which was simply too expensive to be practical. Even though it was too expensive, I am sure that if the government and we, the people, could put in money towards this project, we would be able to use this smart road system.
Sensors are nothing new. In the 1980's, autmakers used speed sensors at the wheels in creation of antilock brakes. Within ten years, those sensors had become more advanced to direct and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. If we keep adding more sensors into the driverless cars, it would actually work and we wouldn't even have to take over whenever construction sites are in progress. Backing out of your driveway would be so much more easier without having to worry if you are about to hit your mailbox or not.
Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car project believes that the technology has finally begun to catch up to the dream. He states, ''There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting The sensors were not there, the computers were not there, and the mapping was not there. Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something that you could buy at Radio Shack''. As we are early in the year of 2016, it was extremely amazing how far we have come into our world of technology. Everything is being digitilized and driverless cars is a thing of the future.
Driverless cars is the future of our world, and I say that we all accept it, and adapt to the new change. It may not occur yet, but Mercedes Benz, Audi and Nissan plan to have cars that drive themselves by 2020. I myself believe that will happen. | 4 |
bc5d605 | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by saying that it was like Earth, it was probably covered with oceans and it could have supported various life forms. It can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Also simply because of human curiosity.
The first reason the author supports the idea of studying Venus is because it used to be like Earth. Venus had many features that Earth has like oceans, valleys, mountains, and craters. I know this because in the text it says "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This proves that the author would like to study Venus because it used to be like Earth.
Another reason why the author supports the idea is because we can probably visit Venus. In the article it states "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit." This shows that the author thinks that once we learn more about Venus we can most likely visit it.
Lastly the author supports the idea to study Venus because of human curiosity. In the text he writes "but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This shows that the author supports it because human curiosity will cause us to explore Venus. Also because in the text he also wrote "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts."
In conclusion the author supports the idea of studying Venus because it used to be like Earth. Venus had oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth. Also because it could be a nearest option for a planetary visit and because of human curiosity. Lastly, who wouldn't want to explore Venus or even visit it and find out more about its environment. | 3 |
bc5e602 | Driverless cars are coming. They are so dangerous to a human an his/her families life. Driverless cars would be ok if the technitions knew what they were doing.
My position on these diving cars is nowhere. Humans can drive cars fine. Yea we get tired of driving because we are always on the road. Also, driverless cars aint all driverless anyways cause they tell you to take over if they're in complicated traffic or in roadworks. Like what if the person in the driver seat falls asleep and the car needs it to take over will it cause a wreak?
Letting google make the driverless cars is outrageous you told have like toyota, ford, chevy, or maybe even pontiac but google they shouldnt have the right tot be able to build a car let alone a diverless car. Google makes alot of money as it is they are just trying to make more money with this car but i dont think anybody should buy it cause if it messes up and you wreak they will think its the person who is in the driver seats fault.
I mean making it isnt as bad of an idea but i dont think noone will buy it because of the technical difficulties it could have. Like you could wreak and blow up and google would of thought it was the person driving at that giving point, but they wouldnt know who was driving because it was on auto pilot and the driver fell asleep and crashed and blew up.
The special track that they have for the driverless cars should be were they are only aloud to be. So, you dont cause no accidents in the middle of the city with a car that blew up because of technical difficulties. I think google should just stay with the internet blogs cause they make enough money as it in being the first page when you click the internet broswer. they shouldnt be building a car cause if the do and something happens to them when they are sold to people and the mess up people could come back and sue thm because its not like a orginal car with a motor no its a car with computers evrywhere in it. | 2 |
bc61202 | This is why the face on Mars is just a natural landform and was not created by aliens. How would aliens create a face? Unless, it was their face,I dont think that they could create that. It could've even have been one of their faces. This is my argument on why this face on Mars is just a natural landform and not something created by aliens.
First, in the text it says that when NASA ended up getting a picture people were not satisfied becuase they think that there wasn't enough evidence in that picture becuase it was a cloudy time on Mars. They didn't want people jumping to conclusions so they wanted NASA to send cameras out during the time of year when it was very clear. They thought that since it was cloudy and the picture wasn't too clear they think that there was evidence of alien markings were out there hidden.
Second, when they sent out the cameras on a very clear summer day, it got them a better look but not what some of the people wanted to see. In the picture it showed us that the face looked like the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. If scientists are finding common landforms, it is just more evidence that aliens did not create this realistic looking face.
Thirdly, in the text it also gives us more information to back NASA and other scientists up on this face just being a natural landform. It says that Garvin a scientist states that "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." If the landforms they are finding very similar to the Face on Mars, is showing more characteristics that are extreamly alike, it is most likely just a natural landform.
I can also understand where the people that think aliens made it are coming from. They think oh well since it looks like a face it must be a face. It also says that in the text that the Face on Mars has become a pop icon. It has starred in many things like a Hollywood film. books, magazines, radio talk shows and even , haunted grocery store checkout lined for twenty five years! So with all of that going on I can tell how you would be influenced with the internet and everything.
These are my reasonings on why the Face on Mars in just a natural landform and not something created by aliens. I hope that I got the point across on why it would be a natural landform. With all of the time, reaserch and even money that scientists and NASA have put into this, that you would just believe them becuase actual reaserch and evidnece is more factual then just some magizine or movie film. We dont even have any evidence to prove that aliens are real and that there was even life on Mars, so why would you want to beleive something that a lot of people are very optimistic and skeptical on? That is why I beleive that the Face on Mars is just a natural landorm. | 4 |
bc650b8 | NASA often wonders about each planet and if they can support human life. They often send astronauts out to explore the other planets in our solar system and see what lies on the surface. Related to Earth, Mars and Venus are the only other two planets that relate most to the Earth in ways such as climate and being able to support human life. Studies have been done on Mars and the studies show that Mars is very similar to the Earth but they have not yet determined if the planet can provide life for humans. But what about Venus? It is very similar to Earth as well but why have no studies been recorded on Venus?
Venus is often called the "Evening star" but it isn't actually a star, it's a planet. Venus is also called "Earth's twin" because of it's similarity in size and density to Earth. Venus, Earth and Mars all orbit the Sun, but at different speeds. These different speeds often result in humans being able to see Venus as if it is a star. Many spacecrafts have been sent to Venus to conduct stuides but none have ever been successful due to the conditons of Venus' surafce. I think that if humans could find a way to safely observe Venus and determine it's climate and what is on the surface, then it would be worth the risk of getting close to the planet.
Astronomers wonder why the conditions of Venus are the way they are such as being draped in a thick layer of carbon dioxide and what could have caused it. They are also fascinated by the fact that Venus could have been able to sustain oceans like Earth does at one time but they just haven't found a way to get down the the surface yet. I think if NASA could find a way to get down to the surface of Venus it would be important because they could possibly come up with an answer as to why Venus is not able to support life. The terrain of Venus is very similar to Earth, such as having hills, valleys, and mountains which makes astronomers wonder if human life could have actually lived on this planet at one time. But if humans could actually get down to the surface of Venus we could possibly determine what is causing the carbon dioxide blanket or what is causing the conditions of Venus to become so extreme.
Many people wonder, "well how could humans get down to Venus without risking their lives?" Humans cannot actually get down to the surface of Venus and have enough time to roam the surface of the planet and observe the causes of it's conditions because of the temperature and pressure beneath the cloud of carbon dioxide. Although these conditions are life threatening, NASA has came up with an idea to study and observe from a farther perspective. Planes hover over storms in order to keep passangers safe so NASA has came up with an idea to build a blimp like vehicle. This vehicle will be able to hover 30 or so miles above the atmosphere of Venus. By performing this experiment, humans will be able to safely observe the surface of Venus without putting themselves at any risk.
Although if this experiment were to actually happen, the temperatures would still be very high but the air pressure would be suitable for humans. The other let down of being able to stay above the atmosphere of Venus is that not enough light would be able to shine through the atmosphere of Venus so that humans could have a clear visual as to what is on the surface. It would help human curiosity if this experiment could be conducted but many other risks play a big role in ths experiment as well. We have to think about the right materials needed in order to safely send humans into space near Venus and to also make sure they are able to safely return to Earth. If we send humans up into space we also want to make sure they have the proper equipment to keep themselve safe. They would also need to have a backup plan/procedure in case something were to go wrong. A humans curiosities about Venus can be met but the correct knowledge and protection qualifications have to be met first in order to conduct the experiment safely. | 4 |
bc669c4 | Hi I am Luke. I am one of the participants of the Seagoing Cowboys program. I am here to tell you why you should join the program. At first you may think its boring, but as I tell you about it you will regret thinking that it is boring.
The first thing you should know about it is that you are going to be seeing alot of farm animals. Also I hope you are not afraid of water because we are going to be on the sea. And another thing you should know about it is that you are going to be herding and taking good care of the animals. Ok we got the bad things out of the way. Now the good things about it is that you can go to many places. For example I got to go to Europe, Greece, and China. You also would get to play sports and games in the empty holds where the animals had been housed. I played baseball and volleyball.
So what do you think? I know it seems scary, but you will have lots of fun! I was grateful for the opportunity to go. If you went you probably would have been grateful too. | 2 |
bc66a2f | venus is the second planet in our solar system. This is the closer planet to the sun before earth, wich is the third one. this planet has many interesthing things like any other planet in our universe, many interesting things to explore, many interesting things to know about it. we can explore many
things. For example we can know about his temperature, weather, and if there is life in it.
The author's idea is well supported since he tells the differents things that venus have. He tells how dangerous Venus is, if humanity is able to live there, or what is the temperature in it. he gives details about how some types of experiments that the (NASA) did. He talks about how the (NASA) created a technological thing created with silicon, to see what was the reaction to the planet, or how long was going to be able to still working. the machine lasted for 3 weeks in good conditions. but the (NASA) didn't have enough, they wanted to send people to Venus so they could investigate what else does this planet would have.
"The national Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularry idea for sending human to tudy venus. to study the hostiles conditions of the surface.
Venus has a lot of dangerous things such as tornados, radiation, highest temperatures, bad weather etc. the NASA things that even with that it can be survivable for humans. "solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." humans have a lot of curiosity to explore things, no matter what it is or what is the effect.
Humanity doesn't have limited imaginations. and technology just keeps getting better wich helps humanity to do things that we cant do by our self, or together. That's why technology is very
important in our future, because is what we would need always no matter what we do technology is alway going to help us in one, or many ways. this is what has helped humanity with the investigation of venus and what dangerous things it has. | 3 |
bc6ca3b | No, you cannot "calulate" on a person's feelings, In my opinon I think we should'nt have "FACS" because you don't need to know what percentage a person's feelings is, you don't know what a person is going thorgh and there are not ready to talk about it yet. Some people may ask "what's wrong?" or they they just put on a fake smile and say "everything is okay/fine", but When a person is not really okay/fine, A real friend will know whats going on with you, they can see it in your face, mood , they way you act or when you build a wall torwrds everyone. Some people are really good at hiding there feelings, but what if they don't trust anybody with there feelings or it's hard to talk about it. People are eventually are going to show there feelings, they can't keep hiding it forever, It's better to let it out, then just keeping it away from people. People can get through the day by listen to there music depends on they're mood is. People will rather hide it instead of talking to ther people about it, You'll never know what people can say about another person's feelings when they tell them, they might think its a joke or they just might not care. | 2 |
bc78068 | Cars have become an extravigant part of our daily lives, to helping us with transportation or just taking us out for a ride out in the city. They have made their ways into our world.. But are they truly helping us and our enviornment.?
Out in Vauban, Germany- Residents of an upscale community, and other grand cities all around the world have given up one of mankinds best teleportation invention: You guessed it... their auto-mobiles.
In one of the excerpts from
"In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars."
the city of Vauban's streets they have officially gone "car-free" - except for some of the main thoroughfare, in which the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not whatsoever own any cars at all, and 57 percent of the residents here have sold their car just to move here. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." she quotes. Middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. That, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Passenger cars are now responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 52 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. "All of our development since World war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change." said an official of Transportation America, David Goldberg. In tghe United States, the Enviornmental Protection Agency is promorting "car reduced" communitites, and legislators are starting to act cautiously.
Other cities are also starting to take after Vauban. After many days of near- record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving banm to clear the air of the global city and are trying to have a smog free city.
In the excerpt
"Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota."
by Andrew Selsky. Bogota, Colombia has taken noticed also an has a program that's set to spread to other countries as well as theirs. It was the third staright year in which they have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day without cars in their capital city of 7 million people. Their goal for doing this event for a day is to promote alternative transportation and to reduce smog as well. As for the United States of America some people have take a toll for this ambitious goal in other countries that has left many researchers ponderwing a fundamental question: Has America passed peak driving? Researchers say in American Behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewwer licenses as each year goes by. But as of April 2013 the economy has been able to risen and now many people can start buying new cars. Part of the reason why driving sessions were decreasing was because residents could not afford cars, and unem[ployment were't going to work. But by many measures the decrease in driving preceded the downtuern and appears to be persisting now that recovery is under way. Only the next few years will be telling how our enviornmental world will be.
As for this, depriving cars out of the road can lead to a free smog envionrment where more people can be healthier and think smart about their world, and it might just actually help keep the planet clean and other ideas like getting rid of cars for good. Only we can lead how our future generations will view this world, so why not benefit earth instead of destroying it...? | 3 |
bc7c899 | Certainly there are many different opinions about the Face found on Mars. Some people believe the Face was made by aliens, while other people believe it is a natural landform. I strongly believe that the Face is a natural landform because there is scientific evidence to prove that a landform could be formed on Mars and there are similar landforms like the Face on Earth.
First of all, there is scientific evidence that proves landforms can form on Mars.
For example, scientists have found that mountains, canals, and volcanoes have formed on Mars. Scientists have also found that Mars, like Earth, has tectonic plates. Tectonic plates cause many different landforms to form when they shift and move around. If tectonic plates create landforms on Earth that no human can, it should be reasonable to think that tectonic plates can be the cause of landforms on Mars.
Secondly, Mars has similar landforms to the landforms on Earth. Just like Earth, Mars has volcanoes, mountains, and canals. Scientist have found that tectonic plates are the cause of many of the landforms we see on Earth today. For example, mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide and push against each other, trying to push the opposing plate underneath. If none of the plates budge, the plates will begin to push each other up tho form mountains. For canals to form, water would have to run over the land for a while and erode the rocks until a ditch forms. Even though there isn't water on Mars now, scientist have proved that water has once been on Mars. Since water and tectonic plates cause landforms on Earth, the same elements must cause landforms on Mars as well.
Even though I believe that the Face is a natural landform, many other people will disagree with that statement. Many people with opposing viewpoints from mine will say that aliens built the face. Firstly, there is no scientific evidence to even prove the existence of aliens. Secondly, the pictures from the space crafts show no sign of any civilization near by the Face. On Earth, we may have ancient Pyramids that weren't formed naturally, but there were civilizations around those pyramids. Around the Face on Mars there is no sign of any villages or aliens living there. With a Bird-eye view, the face does't seem to have any human facial features. Only when there is a shadow, the features of a human being appear. This makes the Face seem like it was just a coincidence that it had terestrial features. With the lack of evidence to support the claim that aliens made the Face on Mars, it is hard to believe that such an idea could be true.
In conclusion, I believe the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because there are landforms on Earth that are the same as those on Mars and those landforms were made from tectonic plates and water. I believe that you look at the evidence provided to you before you draw any conclusions. | 5 |
bc84140 | Diverless Cars Are Coming
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" presents both positive and negative aspects of these driverless cars. I think that driverless cars are useless. I don't see whats the point of driverless cars. In the future I assume that mostly everyone will be driving a driveless car because now a days people are really lazy.
As the author of the srticle said "He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." I believe that as well. I know that by giving this world more technology everything is going to be different its not going to be the same anymore.
I don't seem to get why even driveless cars are invented. Driveless cars are for people who are lazy and mostly how the world is now, mostly some are lazy. Some people don't really care about anything anymore because they are always going to think about how there is always going to be something new that is invented to help them out. Like for example I believe that driveless cars should be requested for old people. Old people want to be around but some don't know how to drive and some don't even have strength or much energy to be around. But as I see how everyone wants the easy way out now a days its just so confusing. Like what has happened to our generation? All these kids with techonlogy. Back when we were their age we didn't even know what was going on. Back then people would invent something very often and now since we have technology the inventors want to add more and more to what we are all addicted to already.
Therefore, driveless cars are useless. They are not worth it. They aren't dangerous but they aren't that safe either. It takes its risks because you are letting a machine drive for you not you. Of you control the machine you can go your ways, do what you like, and or be more safe because you would have control of everything. Like it said back in the article "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." I agree that "..the only safe car has a human driver in control at ALL TIMES."
I don't plan on buying myself a driveless car fi they ever come out. I don't plan on getting one or letting anyone of my family memebers get one. I just think they are dumb. Even though i haven't yet seen one or tried it out. I'm not the type of people when they see something knew or just people everyone has it it they want it. I just do myself. But I beleiev our world is going to be bad in the future like look how we are today. Just imagine us in the future I bet we are all going to end up looking like robots. | 3 |
bc873a6 | Studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite its dangers it presents . Its never bad to study or research Venus and find out mysteries ,
Venus could have alot that our Earth does not have . In the article venus is referred as Earth's twin because its the closest planet to Earth in terms of density , size and also by distance . The author explains why scientist even discuss about this planet , it says " Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have bean the most earth like planet in our system . " Venus has some features that are analogous to those on Earth" , goes along with what I said in the beginning that Venus may have more that what we have on Earth and Studying it could help us recover the main things we are missing or lacking of .The author explains that NASA is working on other approaches to study venus like for example simplified electronics made of silicon carbide to last atleast three weeks on the planet during such conditions. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a great idea because it will also lead us humans to continue to be curious and find mysteries that were never solved or found . The author brought up that " Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded" and that means that the author suggest humans and scientist to continue and test out above then to leave it alone and leave it unsolved . This whole article mainly talked about the planet Venus being almost a twin like of our Earth and explaining the ideas that some scientist have in the future for more research over Venus to explain more about how its like in that planet . Studying Venus is a great way for humans to stop limiting themselves on what they can and can't do even if it is beyond danger . Theres alot of problems to be solved and this article seems to explain that Venus could be alike to our planet . | 3 |
bc882fe | VENUS
venus is a planet and venus is brightest point of the night sky, sometimes they called venus "evening star" ,Venus is the closest palnet to the Earth by density,size and by distance:
Venus atmosphere is verry different between our atmosphere, venus have a thick atmosphore 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets the planet and a highly corrosive of sulfuric acid in the atmosphere. Venus atmosphere is 90 times greater than the Earth atmosphere ,a average of more than 800 degrees fahrenheit , we know that the closer planet to the sun is mercury,but venus is hottest planet in the solar system.
the challenge of exploring Venus is because venus have a dense atmostpher most forms of lights cannot penetrate to it, and research is hard to make on venus. the researchers cannot take anything with them samples rock,gas etc.. from a certain distance. the scientists seeking to coducts a thjorough mission to undertand venus have to get up close to and personal to dispite the risks.
The national Aeronautics and space Administration (NASA) is working to find some other way to studying venus. to see how they can go through venus. | 2 |
bc89849 | 1. In "The challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about the facts of Venus such as temperature, air pressure, and the atmosphere of the planet. The author also discusses the history of what humans have done such as sending probes to the planet. He encourages others travels not to be limited by dangers and doubts. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author supports the idea of studying Venus is a worhty pursiut despite the dangers in a very good way by the facts, saying what you will to do to survive, and encouraging to study the planet.
2. The author talks about the facts and history of Venus. He talks about how hot the planet will get and the air pressure. the states that even though the surface can average 800 degrees Fahrenheit but at 30 plus miles above the surface it gets around 170 degrees. This means that humans could be able to study Venus from that level since it's survivable. The author talked about what humans have sent to the sister planet such as probes that didn't last long. | 2 |
bc8e32e | In this passage the author talked a lot about the importanced of studying Venus. Their is a lot of similarities of Earth on Venus. By studying Venus we could learn things that could help prevent our earth from getting the same way that Venus is. What if Venus used to be home to life and was just like earth, but they did not take care of their planet and it ended getting too bad for life to survive? The author made a valid point to the reasons that we should study Venus.
Venus is often refered to as earths twin. When viewing venus from far away they can tell that it has a lot similar land forms as we have here on earth. " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."
This statement shows that Venus is very similiar to us here on Earth.
Although Venus has a lot of similiar landmarks to earth, its climate is very different and is very dangerous to humans. Its atmoshphere is made up of 97 percent carbon dioxide. Their clouds are made up of highly corrosive sulfuric acids. On Venus's surface the temperature is 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmoshpheric pressure is 90 times greater than we face on earth. These conditions make it impossible for a space shuttle to make it to Venus.
NASA is exploring ways that we can get space shuttles closer to Venus so that we can find out more about it. They have figured out that if the space shuttle floats above the hazardous conditions it will be about 30 miles from the surface of Venus. It would still be around 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. It still would not be easy conditions, but it would be survivable for humans.
Exploring Venus is very important to us here on Earth, although it poses many challenges the benefits and things that we could learn outweigh them. Venus could have been just like earth millions of years ago, but the planet was not taken care of. The things that we learn on Venus could be vital to the sucess of our planet and our future. | 3 |
bc8ea5d | The electoral college is not really a college. The electoral college consist of 538 electors but the majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the president. Each person running for persident in our state has his or her own group of electors, but are they even relivent to elections. Why should we have a electoral college? tyhe answer to that is no theres no piont in having a electoral college.
Accoording to "Source 2: the indefensble electoral college..." by Bradford Plumer "The single best argument against the electoral collage is what we might call the disaster factor." state legislatures are technically responsible for pivcking electors, and those electors could always defy the will of the people. Plumer stated " back in 1960 segergationist in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors whith new electors who oppose John F. Kennedy.(So that a popular vote kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy.)" segergationist are liberal or conservative: political phlosophies commonly seen as opposite each other. The electoral college has had mant problems of things happening reliying on the presidental elections.
Perhaps most worying in the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote Plumer said "In that case, the election would would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.(The Senate would chose the vice-president.) because each stat casts only on vote, the single representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representative from California, who represent 35 million voters."which is much more simpler that have a electoral college expecially when they have had many problems in the past with it.
The most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. In source 2 its states "bececause of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states. alot opf people dont even get to see the ads .
The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. we as the people should be able to get ride of it. It should no loger be in use we should abolish the electoral college. | 3 |
bc91ba2 | "Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say no. He new it was an opportunity of a lifetime." "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy," he says. "Besides helping people , I has the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. "So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." "Luke also found time to have fun on board, especialy on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The coyboys played baseball, voleyball games in the empty holds where animals had housed. Table-tennis tornaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittiling , and games also healped pass the time." "But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more the an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. "I'm greatful for the opportunity," he says. "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
Some good reasons to join are you get to have fun once in a while, your helping people in need, and your helping animals. Also you get to go on your own adventure with others of course, but you can see some other countries and see stuff you never saw before. Being a Seagoing Cowboy can be fun because you can play games and time will fly when your having fun. You can be the one to take care of helpless animals and feed and water then as well. That is why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
bc92463 | The driverless car movement is a absolutly great idea. Everyday tasks would be completed faster and easier than ever before.
This movement could change the world as we know it.
Wouldn't it be so much better if no one had to worry about drivers being under the influence of drugs or alcohol? It will take a while for this to catch on, but once it does, every thing will move in a positive direction. It would even be better for the environment. If Sergey Brin says that he can cut the fuel consumption in half, that would save the environment AND money. Also, if there were more semi-autonomous cars than there were regular automobiles, there would be significant difference in crashing rates.
There would be some disadvantages though. Let's admit it, when people are late to an event, they tend to go over the speed limit in order to make it on time. It's a natural thing to do. Also, there will be times when the self driving cars act up. Although it would a rough start for the driverless car, eventually, all the bugs and screw ups will be fixed.
No ones saying that we need to abolish regular cars, buses, taxis, etc., people just want something new and safe. So why not give the driverless car a chance? | 3 |
bc95e84 | In 1976 the face was founf by NASA. the face was casued by a natural landform. NASA's Viking 1 was going around a planet and capturing pictues for a future place to land if they were to go to that planet, as they were going around they spotted a mark they sooned named it the Face on Mars, it reached nearly two miles from end to end it looked as if it was staring up at the ship. Scientits at fist thought it was just a shadow that looked liked a Egyptian Pharaoh. NASA soon let the pictures go public for all to see. Many people thought it was just giving an illusion of the eyes, nose, and mouth. It ingaged the public and attracted attention to Mars.
On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor went over Cydonia for the very first time. Michael Malin and his MOC team took a photograh that was ten times sharper than the first Vikings photos. On April 8, 2001 Mars Global Surveyor got close enough for another look.
Some people say it was created by aliens, but the people at NASA say it was just created by a natural landform. There have been other spots found similar to the one on Mars, found in the America West. It has reminded some of the people at NASA of the Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idho. Which is a lava dome that has formed mesa which is about as tall as the Face on Mars. | 2 |
bc9b957 | One ordinary day my friend Don Reist invited me to be a Seagoing Cowboy in Europe. I couldn't say no to that getting to help people and getting an opportunity of a life time. While over there I realized how bad those countries are and how many Seagoing Cowboys they really need. For me the answer was an immediate yes, because there's so many reasons to be in the Seagoing Cowboy's Program.
While I was on the cattle boat trips I got to see Europe and China. Not only that but I got to see the Acropolis in Greece which was so amazing to see and probably my favorite. A gondola ride in Venice, Italy with the city streets made of water. I also had the opportunity to tour a castle in Crete, and saw the beautiful Pana Canal on my way to China. All this beautiful sightseeing is only one of my reasons.
I didn't just go over there for that, I went over there to help. Yes, all those magnificent sights were a blast to see. Yet as an affect of World War ll, there were people with out homes who needed help and food. As a small town boy I only got to have few choices of work, but as a Seagoing Cowboy I went everywhere and got to help people. We helped them by shipping horses, mules, and young cows overseas because they had lost all there animals. While helping I got to sail across the Atlantic Ocean sixteen times and the Pacific Ocean twice. Knowing everytime I sailed across either ocean I was helping someone in need. Which made me feel good and not so much like a small town boy anymore. Lots of Seagoing Cowboys are needed and as you can conclude there are many great reasons to join. | 4 |
bca103a | I think driverless cars are a good thing because it would take so much pressure off the driver him/herself. What i mean by pressure is moving around wrecks or moving slowly through traffic without bumping another car. it would aslo make it easier for the driver to not hit anybody like a crosswalk or constrution zone.
Another from of pressure that is on the driver is passengers. If a mom has just picked up her two children and they are fighting or crying in the back seat the driverless car would take over so she could attend to her fighting for crying children in the backseat. If you go out with your friends to "party" and end up not sutable to drive you can have the driverless car take over as well.
People are saying that driverless cars are bad thing because there are more wrecks and more people are dying in these wrecks. I think they are a good thing because if the driverless cars are causing wrecks that gives the manufactures more clues on how to make the cars safer.People also say that theyre bad because people are dying in these wrecks, I say dont worry about it because people are dying everyday.
Lets face it some people arent the best drivers in the world. so why not have driverless cars to help with those type of people. Some people get distracted or get tired, these cars will help with that. If you get distracted you have a car that will drive itself while you text or look at something on the side of the road. You and your family are going on vacation far away and you get tired, locate a hotel that is near had have the car assist you on your way to the hotel.
In conclusion I think driverless cars are a good thing to have because it would help out so many people that either cant drive, get distraced or just get bored of driving all together. Its just another step towards the future. | 3 |
bca66ad | The Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to identify human emotions should not be used at all. There is no point to having it peoples emotions are known through their facial expressions so it is not needed.
Some people might want to keep thier emotions and how they are feeling to themselves as well. The text states that" according to the Federial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may help produce them". So in that case if is causes emotions to be built there is no accturate way of telling if the emotions felt are one hunderend percent accurate. The text also states that" someones at home PC can not handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile". Meaning that in order for this device to work they would have to have a whole different system to work with in order for it to work.
Not only that but also to have power like that it will likely cost a lot of money and will also need different types of tecnology for it to even work. The text also states that' even though individuals often show a varying degrees of expression". Which in this case make it harder for a computer that has no clue what human emotions are calculate emotions. Why should a comupter be able to calculate emotions if it does not have any emotions it's self? The answer is simple it should not the only thing that knows how we really feel is ourselves because we know ourselves best.
Things like this we as humans with emotions should keep to ourselves is our feelings. The reason why is because not every little thing should be out and open to the world. The text states in paragraph one lines 4 through 6" according to some new computer software that can be recognize emotions.The software is the latest innovation from Prof." Meaning that it is not for sure if the program is even accurate or right to what someone is really feeling or a painted picture of a person is reallt feeling as well.
That is why it should people should not have tecnology like this. There is a lot more cons then pros about this yeah it might be nice to know everyones feelings but sometimes it is not. Sometimes some things are better not being found out or discovered but to help us as people better ourselves with what we already know. One thing that is for sure is that something that does not have emotions or feelings should not be able to tell us about how we feel or how others feel and that is that. | 4 |
bca97ce | Cars have been the main use for transportatation from one distant destination to another. The population is relying on cars more often to get them to were they need to be. Everyone in the communities are becoming lazier and cannot bother to grab a bike or even a pair of skates to help them get where they need to go. More and more of the population do not want to walk to the store which is usually down the street. Cars have even been polluting the atmosphere causing numerous issues, such as health problems and even a rise in the temperature of the planet. The purpose of this essay is to inform fellow citizens of the advantages of limiting car usage.
By limiting the amount of cars we have in the country or even by reducing the days one can use their car, can dramatically reduce the pollution in the atmosphere and also cause citizens to become more active and healthy. "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders."(Source 1, Paragraph 2). Vauban is one community to begin their journey to becoming a car reduced area. "As a result, seventy percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and fifty-seven percent sold a car to move here."(Source 1, paragraph 3). As said by one of the residents, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heindrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor."(Source 1, paragraph 3).
Paris is another city to take on the challenge of limiting the use of cars. Paris is a city where there is an abundance od smog and pollution. "After days of near-record pollution Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."
(Source 2, paragraph 10). Because of such effort, "Congestion was down sixty percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..."(Source 2, paragraph 14). By limiting car usage citizens have only one option, to get up find a bike or running shoes and set out for the day. By doing this the peoples can become very healtthy and reduce the chances of life treatening illnesses, such as cancer and others such as diabetes and lung and heart problems. Just think of the environment, by using less cars we can lower of even completely stop the effects of global warming which can lower the the rising of the sea and help to stop the destruction of the ozone.
"BOGOTA, Colombia-In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or even took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of trafic jams."(Source 3, paragraph 20). These simple and energizing activities can get you to where you need to be and also gets and keep you active and moving. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife."(Source 3, paragraph 24). "Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift, " said Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Drexel University and director of its Mobilities Research and Policy Center."(Source 4, paragraph 35). The world is changing and with it the health of the people and the condition of the environment.
By taking time from using motor vehicles we can lower the pollution of the world and improve the health of the people who live in it. By lowering the production of cars, citizens will have no choice but to grab their bikes or skates or even running shoes and begin to move. The time is now for the community to change. Many different cities have already started their change with cars and now is the time for you to join in the movement. One step at a time. | 4 |
bcaeafd | The reasons you should join the program are very fun and unique.I could go sihtseeing in different places.The places I went had very pretty things and canals.It is very unique to help in ships with animals.After we delivered the animals we could play in the lower holds of the ship.
I went to Europe,China,Venice,and Greece.In Greece I saw the Acropolis.I got to ride a gondola in Venice,Italy.I also toured an excavated castle in Crete,and marveled the Panama Canal on my way to China.When we left the animals in places, we could play baseball and voleyball in the empty holds.We also did tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading and,whittling.
Caring for the animals kept me busy.I had to feed and water them two or three times a day.Bales of hay and oats had to be brought up from the bottom of the ship.We also had to clean the stalls.
As you can see I had a great time.Helping and having fun was someting I did.It was an opportunity of a lifetime.So,you might consider joining the program.You can go sightseeing and help.You may see places you always wanted to see.Helping other people is amazing.You'll be able to have fun once the job is done. | 2 |
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