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c1eb255 | Driverless cars are a great new form of technology to help society, but can also contain many negative aspects.
There are many positives such as the benefit of not having to actually drive and being transported from place to place.
The negatives of this however can be that they may cause many accidents, there not fully functional, and they do not work one hundred percent of the time.
The postives to having a self driving car are that you would not have to drive the car.
It would be much more convienient to have a car that could take you places without having to stress about driving to a place in a certain time.
With the technology that would be provided in a self driving car, it would be extremely likely that there would be a minimal amount of traffic.
Also there would be almost no car crashes, according to google, and it would use half of the gas we use in our cars.
However I personally don't see how a self driving car would be any different than a normal form of public transportation such as a subway.
The are also many negatives of having a self driving car.
So far in our advances of self driving cars, there are not many that could fully drive someone from one place to another.
Therefore the car would have to alert the driver to drive the car which could put them under a stressful situation and possibly cause an accident.
Another issue that I believe people would have is putting enough trust in a self driving vehicle.
Most people would probably not trust a computer software with their life.
Also many people like to drive, such as myself, and I feel that a self driving car would be useless to me.
I would not trust a car to drive me that had possible computer glitches and was not totally reliable.
There are many positives and negatives to using a self driving car.
To me it seems that the negatives outweigh the positives.
There are just too many things that could go wrong with a self driving car in this time.
I would not use one of these cars if i was given the chance. | 3 |
c1ed31f | To all my fellow citizens, I must tell you about all the spectacular things cities are doing. They have started giving up their cars to decrease the congestion and pollution rate. The cities that have already tried it have seen a huge benifit.
A little community in Vauban, Germany was the fist city to let go of their cars. Residents say they feel much less stress than when they had cars. What a suprise that not having to worry about traffic would reduce stress. It has also drastically reduced tailpipe emissions. They're have been rearangments by stores, they have been relocated along public sidewalks so that people no longer hae to drive across town to the mall or stores. They can simply walk or bike down the road to pick up whatever might interest them.
The next place that picked up this amazing wonderful idea was none other than the busiest city in France; Paris. Paris ordered its citizens to leave their car at home, and if they didn't comply would pay a 22-euro fine. 4000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to this fine, but if I was able to buy a car and not drive then I would be among those who would have their car impounded. On the bright side congestion went down 60% which is amazing for one of the busiest cities in the world.
The next place thats wanting to pick up this no car trend is none other than right here in the United States, and were supporting it. Each year that goes by recent studies have suggest that Americans aren't buying as many cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses. If this pattern progresses it could solve our atomosphere problem. If huge cities and like Paris,Vauban,and The United States will give up cars. Than that alone could drastically change the path that our planet is headed for.
So citizens I hope this encourages you to cut back on your car usage. Take the bike out every once and a while or just walk. Whats the worst that could happen if you limited your automobile usage. | 4 |
c1ee065 | Would it be good to have the air you breath be posinous, or not be able to see a sunny day agian? This is what could happen if cars were used as transportation. Elisabeth Rosenthal said that cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. People could make towns smaller to help with limiting car usage. The world is also becoming more conntected with the new delevpoment of techology that cars are starting to feel obsulte.
Cars are very destructive to the enivorment they produce lots of greenhouse gases and create smog. in pairs alone there are about 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London said Robert Duffer. Duffer also said cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. So to help all these casue go down people are trying to create samller communities like in Vauban, Germany.
Vauban, Germany is a test suburb where people have to give up there casr to live in the small community. The people of community like Heidurn Walter mother of two said " When I had a car I was alwyas tense. I'm Much happier this way." This shows that people are happier without there car. This should help the develpoment of smaller communties. They also had another test in the city of Bogota. They tried a car free day. This day help parks and sports centers also have blommed throughout the city. Making a smaller community well help with the interaction with people and with the develpoment of technology it is becoming eaier for people to conncet.
People's love affiar with cars has stared to lower escpially in America. Mr. Sivak has also found the poeple do not really need cars anymore. Technology has helped with the conncetion of people. So having little car usage will help with lower greenhouse gas emmisions. Having smaller communites well also help connect people. | 3 |
c1efcae | We all know there are 7 wonders of the world, but could this be the first wonder of the universe. Nature can make some astonishing things. Many things in the world, or even the universe, are nature-made. They have been here since the beginning of time even though they seem to be man-made. The "Face" should be included in this category. This "Face" was created by natural processes.
Similar to the "Face", places on Earth are nature-made. Even though sand dunes on beaches are kept by humans, they were first nature-made. Sand storms on Earth create higher dunes in deserts because the starting dune blocks the sand from getting across it. This may be what caused the "Face" to be created. There may have been an oval shaped dune at that spot, and, then, a "storm" passed by. The beginning dune blocked the Mars sand from exceeding that barrier, and the "Face" we see now was created. The shadows forming the eyes, nose and mouth were created on accident.
Sometimes landforms are created when objects collide with planets. The "Face" could have been formed when a meteor crashed into Mars. Only this time the crash did not create a crater, but instead a protruding object that over the years got rounded out by storms. Evidence does not suggest that every single meteor strike causes a crater. The reason that craters are an effect on Earth may be due to Earth's atmosphere or it's magnetic field. This may just be the first time NASA has ever seen a mound created by a meteor strike. There could be more out in the universe that NASA hasn't observed yet.
In April of 1998, a photo was taken that was blury due to Martian clouds. Many people exclaimed that the clouds may have blocked some alien markings. When NASA took another photo in April of 2001, the photo does not seem to portray any alien markings. Furthermore, the "Face" looked as though it has cracked on the side. Suggesting that there are Martians on Mars and, along with that, there were Martians that made this "Face", why wouldn't the Martians fix their monument when it cracks. This led me to believe that not only did the "Martians" on Mars not build this, but, additionally, there are no Martians on Mars.
Others may say that, comparative to the Mound Builder Indians on Earth, the "Face" was created by Martians bringing dirt to one spot and creating that "mound". If that was the case, then how come, in all of the photos and evidence we have from Mars, NASA has never once seen a Martian. They might be hiding from us, but, like Humans, couldn't Martians have messed up, and they forgot to hide one time.
This "Face" is created by natural processes. Even though it has been extremely controversial over whether it is alien-made or nature-made, more evidence suggests that the "Face" is nature-made. Many things in the universe can cause a mound on a planet, but finding out which one is the cause of the "Face" may never be known. | 5 |
c1f0eab | Venus is the brightest points of light in the night sky, and second planet from our sun. Venus has some dangers to it but all planet does too expect earth. Venus is by far the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Both Earth, Venus, and Mars, orbit the sun at different speeds. Venus is referred to as Earth's "twin", it's also occasionally the closet in distance too.
In the paragraph, it said "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely" if it has been approved a very challengeing place to examine more closely, why not challenge it and give it a try. Yes, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar sytem but Venus has been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Scientist should do more further investigation in Venus because it can lead to something tremendously that no one would've thought of.
However, Venus had been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. In paragraph 4, it said "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have been supported various forms of life, just like Earth." As you can tell by that sentence, Venus probaly still has some features that are similar to Earth. It also had features such as valleys, moutains, and craters. Those features could have supported various forms of life. It also recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary vist. It may be dangerous at some point but Venus is most likely like earth.
Furthermore, it had said that NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Addministraction ) are working on approaching to studying Venus. Despite the risks, they should think of them as challenges. Scientist and researcher should never give up on discovering more about Venus because you never know until you try. If they do more discovery, they could possibly find out more things that they didn't know existed.
On paragraph 5, it said "Nasa has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus." This sentence described that NASA are really trying hard to discover more about Venus. They also have simpified electronics made of silicon carbide which had been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three week in such conditions. They also have mechanical computers. They have many equpiment that can be very useful in descovering more about Venus. Since, modern computers are enourmously powerful, flexiblem and quick, they can be useful in many different way.
All in all, Venus is a planet after all and it should not be treated like any other planet because it's a planet where you can discover many new different things. Scientist, researchers, and NASA should never give up on compelling new idea for Venus because they never know what they can discovered. They shouldn't have doubts and not be worry about the danger and the consequences because they can lead to something that humans are curious about. Also they should value the insight of the planet itself because they should get out of their comfort zone and explore the very edges of imagination and innovation that they never thought they would find out about. | 4 |
c1f420e | The Seagoing Cowboys program is a great opportunity of a lifetime. You are able to take care of horses, young cows, and mules to ship them overseas. There are a lot of experiences for you but it does take a lot of dedication and hard work.
When World War II was over in Europe, many places and countries were destroyed. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program, you can help these places and countries regain what they lost like their food supplies, animals, and a lot more.
This program visits many places that were ruined during the war and one of those places is Greece. If you are 18 and wish to be drafted for military service, this is an amazing opportunity to do so. You can help your service if you join this program because you are helping already by shipping animals to where they belong.
Besides helping people, you are also allowed to experience adventures and visit many unique places. These trips are an unbelieveable opportunity for small-town people. You get the benefit to visit China, Europe, Greece, Italy,and many other places. Seeing the Acropolis, an excavated castle in Crete, the Panama Canal, and taking gondola rides are also other benefits of the Seagoing Cowboys program.
The Seagoing Cowboys program is much more than a adventure and it might open up the world to you and many others. Someday you might even be grateful for this opportunity and you might finally be aware of other people's needs and countries. Do you think that you can participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? | 4 |
c1fb803 | The face on the moon is a cool thing. Most people think that it was created by aliens. The face on the moon is just a natural landform and was not created by aliens.
Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team went and snapped a picture of the face ten times sharper than the original Viking Photos. Thousand of anxious web sufers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealling that the face on the moon was a natural lanfdorm. There was no alien monument after all.
On April 8, 2001, they went for a second look. The Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. They got got right in front of the the face. Malin's team captured an extraodinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. It showed no alien sign. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms commonaround the American West. It is reminded most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Pain of Idaho.
So it turns out the face on the moon is not something created by alien but, it is a natural landform.The face is a cool thing that formed a long time ago. | 2 |
c1fbd89 | Do you want to go on daily trips and help people in war strucken countries?
Well you might want to become a "Cowboy" who "Rides the Waves."
My name is Luke and I'm here to tell you why you should become a "Wave-rider"
I think you should become a cowboy who rides the waves because you get to help different people in different countries.
You get to have a little experience going on your record.
When you become a cowboy you feel a sense of civic participation and recognition for what you are doing.
Here at UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) we dedicate our lives to helping people.
Here's the benifit of why you should join, you get to go on daily trips to distant countries and meet new people. Evidence from the text that supports my claim is, " 'Besides helping people, I had the benifit 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 toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to china."
You can also do fun things on the ship that you are on while you are sailing.
Some things that you can do on the ship are, baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and the games also helped pass time.
Information from the text that supports my answer is, "Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded.
The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed.
Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass time."
In conclusion you should become a "wave-riding" cowboy because you feel a sense on appreciation and you are doing huge favors for other countries. | 3 |
c1feb27 | Dear State Senator,
I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College. I believe in keeping the Electoral College for many reasons.
The Electoral College is not a place but a process that was established by the founding fathers 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. Each candidate running for president in a state has their own group of electors. A presidential election is held every four years so we can help choose our state's electors because when we vote for our candidate we actually are voting for our candidate's electors. Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who turn elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office.
A single argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. At a very basic level, electoral college is unfair to voters. Mainly becuase of the winner-take-all system in each state. It is proven that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational but I strongly disagree. It is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote but it rarely happens. I have five reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree.
One is Certainty of Outcome. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. 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. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes, 538, is an even number, but it is highly unlikely. Second is Everyone's President. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes do not count and that the new president will have no regard for their interests. Third is Swing States. The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012's election. Fourth is Big States. The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. Fifth is Avoid Run-off Elections. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. An example is Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992. They both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes.
These are many reason I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
c1ffeb5 | The Face
Some people belevie that the landform is a face, but they need to face the facts. The face is that hte "face" is just shadows on a landform. NASA has discovered that the "face" is like a butte or mesa on earth which are landforms common around the American West. In 1998 NASA captured photos that revelad that it was just a natural landform, and in 2001 using the camera's highest resoluton on a clear day the photo comfires this. Some people might say that NASA is trying to hide the fact that there is alien life on Mars, but they need to look at the fact that NASA would love that and would benefit form finding alien life. All together NASA has the evidence to suppor the fact the the "face" is just a landform.
First off, NASA has discovered that the "face" is just a butte or mesa commonly found in the American West. In the article it states, "'It reminds me moost of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,'says Garvin". This shows that NASA's cheif scientist for it's Mars Exploration Program knows it is just like a butte or mesa. This means that a person who sees things like this on a daily basis knows that it is just shadows making a land form look like something else. If a cheif scientist knows that it is just a landform than that means that we should have no problem understanding what it is.
Secondly, in 1998 NASA captured photos that it was just a natural landform. NASA was able to look at the pictures of the same area and tell that the "face" wasn't created by aleins, but was just a "freak of nature". In the text it states "Michael Malin and his Mars Obiter Camera tteam snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photo". This shows that the picture in 1998 was much mre clear and that shadows caused the "face" on Mars. The original camera used by the origianl Viking team cannot compare to the one used in 1998. The original photo that showed the face happened because of a horrible camera and shadows. With this evidence about the camera it confirms that the "face" is just a landform.
Lastly, people complained that the photo in 1998 didn't show all of the landform because of the clouds in the wasy, so in 2001 on a clear summer day Malin's team captured a new picture. The text reads, "'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution". This shows that the team took the best photo on the best conditions possible and once again proved that the "face" is a landform. Malin who is a professional took two pictures that prove that the "face" is not a face at all yet, a natural landform that looked like a face from the shadows. With the evidence from the maximum resolution camera it is easy to see that the "face" is a land form.
On the other hand, some people say that NASA is hiding the fact that there is alien life on Mar's. These people have absolutly no evidence to support that claim. NASA is struggeling with budget cuts would have mush more funding for finding alien life so that atomaticaly throws out the possibilty of NASA iding alian life. The consporacy theorists also have no evidence to support their claim. NASA has taken multiple photos that show that the "face" is just a landform like a butte or mesa (which are most common in the American West). With all of the information pointing the other way consiparcy theorists have nothing to go on to support their wild claim.
All in all, the evidence only supports that the "face" is just a natural landform. The "face" resembels a butte or a mesa, and NASA has taken multiple high quality pictures that prove that it is just a landform. Although somepeople might disagree, the "face" is just a simple landform and will look the same way for years to come. | 6 |
c201ec2 | In my own opinion I think driverless cars is a good and more effective idea than how we drive today. Driverless cars will make roads more safe for the driver, pedestrians, and other drivers on the road. Driverless cars is re-inventing how we've been driving for decades. The cars will use less gass and be more economy safe and they meet more people's needs unlike any bus or taxi ever could.
Study shows that a driverless car is less hazardous than any human driving. With a driverless car you don't have to worry about human mistakes, such as, someone picking up the phone and takings their eyes off the road; or someone putting on making up, brushing/combing their hair, or even eating while only keeping one hand attended to the wheel. A driverless car will alert the driver when there is danger ahead and will even come to a complete stop if necessary. Driverless cars won't run red lights, go over the speed limit, or even get out of control as a drunk driver would. Driverless cars is one of the many invention leading into the new world.
Cars that you won't have to drive is a good idea. I think they should be allowed in more states as long as they've been tested and proven to be safe. Driverless cars are hazardous free and economically beneficial, they would fundamentally change the world. | 2 |
c20344e | In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft captured a picture that looked like the resemblence of a human face. NASA showed the picture to the public and it definitely drew attention to Mars. Some conspiracy theorists believe that the Face Viking 1 found is evidence of life on Mars, but NASA later came out and said that the face was actually just a landform, a mesa. I believe that the Face is a natural landform because, a clearer picture confirms this, it is similar to landforms of the American West, and NASA wouldn't hide that life was found on Mars becuase it would benefit them.
The Face was not created by aliens, becuase a clearer picture taken in 2001 shows it's just a landform. In the article it states, "New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa." NASA used their best equipment to make sure they would be accurate when discovering what the Face really was. Also, in the article it states, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." Sometimes when you see something at first it looks like something odd, but when you take a closer look it turns out to be something ordinary; that's what happened in this situation.
Another reason, why the Face wasn't created by aliens, is becuase it's just like any other landform. In the article it states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. 'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin." Like I said previously, the Face turned out to be a landform, and the landform itself isn't something specatacular, it's just an ordinary landform. It is something that is common, that just formed like the mountains and plateaus in North America today.
Finally, a formation created by aliens would benefit NASA, so why would they try to hide that. If it was made by aliens and there really was life on Mars, wouldn't NASA be excited and telling the public about it, since it would promote their company? The answer is yes, they would, which is why I believe they are telling the truth that it is just a butte or mesa. The article states, "Some poeple think that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilation on Mars." This proves my point that NASA would be be thrilled and want to tell everyone about life on Mars, if there really was.
In conclusion, I think the Face found on Mars was just simply a natural landform. There is more evidence that proves this than there is that proves it was made by aliens. Taking a closer look at it you can clearly tell it is just a landfrom, it is similar to landforms of the American West, and proof of life on Mars would benefit NASA, so they wouldn't hide that information. This shows why I believe the Face found on Mars is just a landform, and was not created by aliens. | 5 |
c208b00 | The author supports his idea well because, he brought up the claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present, because Venus is not only a planet but also a twin to earth, which means that we humans can live on there, if there was to be a evolutionary or global breakout on the earth and meteors were to destroy earth and extinct everything the second time, we would have somewhere to go, so it is worth a chance for our survival and not only our survival, maybe theres an overpopulation in all the countries, instead of killing kids or to put them to cryo sleep or stop adults from having more kids they could go to venus. The author already said in paragraph 5 it says that " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus."
They dont need to force people to go, but to ask for volunteers, and they don't need to have intelligent to go to venus or even be experience they just need to be able to bring samples like the rocks, the dirt, the water, the plants. So that they could bring it back and we could experiment on them, is the water edible, is the rock acidic or poisinous, can the dirt be used for agricultural things. It says in paragragh 6 " more importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas or anything else, from a distance", so they would need humans to go and examine this things, so it is a worthy pursuit despite the danger, because we should think about what it brings to the table not what it takes away. | 3 |
c20d79b | The author had some detailed ideas that weren't explained really good. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author explained many reasons why would should explore venus such as,Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans. The author was giving nonfact statements to support his claim of why we should explore venus. Another statement the author statment said venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visits which is not a fact. The ideas the author that wasn't supported very well where that venus is almost like earth,The technology we need to survive on venus and why we should explore venus.
In the article the author states that earth and venus are much alike. All the author say in the article is "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size."The author don't explain anything else on how venus is much like earth except that its has valley's and canyons. The author just explain the differences in speed and how no aircraft has landed on the planet in three decades. The author also tell us Venus reputation as a challenging planet which doesn't give a good reason to explore Venus.
The author aslo explained the technology we needed on venus,cause of the planet hot surface. The author explained that the surface was over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric is pressure is 90 times greater than earth. NASA's soution to to the problem the author state is that scientists to float above a tray, then the author going on saying imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering of 30 miles or so that was not supported. One thing the author did support is that electronics made od slicon carbide have be tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface. The author wasn't giving supported deatail's about the technology to survive on Venus.
The author wasn't giving reasons why should go to Venus. The author was talking about the hard condition to live on Venus, like heat and the storms etc. Also the author was making me feel like I dont want to go to Venus cause of how long the technology lasted on venus. In my opinion Venus is not save for us to explore right now but in future we might.
In conclusion the author didn't explain very good of why should explore venus and he made it seem like can | 4 |
c20f48f | In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" tells us certain beliefs based on people who believe it was created by aliens. In paragraph 1, it does tell us that there were images taken from a spacecraft which spotted a face that looked like it was part of human being. Later, NASA unveiled the images for people to see, which gave a great illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth.
I believe it is a landform on Mars that appeared to look as if it were a face. A team was also sent to Cydonia to take clear pictures of the artifact to see weather it was an alien artifact or a land form.
The pictures were uploaded on JPL for others to see, which they revealed that it was just a landform. Although the landform looked as if it were a face, but it was just an illusion to look like one. | 2 |
c2216d9 | Dear State Senator,
I think that we should get rid of the eletoral collage and switch to a popular vote system because with the popular vote we can get the president we want if more people vote for the same one. Its fair if you vote for one preisdent but lose the election because more people voted for the other president, but its not fair if more people vote for the same president and still lose due to the eletoral collage
Now the eletoral collage is good for keeping track of votes but now most of the voting nowadays most of the voting is done off an eletronic device of some sort. Its not fair that almost all of the states' eletoral collages are winner-take-all. so its like turning the votes around and voting for the other person when you didn't.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope to see the rules changing real soon.
Sincearly, PROPER_NAME. | 2 |
c221707 | In this article the author talks about how exploring
Venus would be a great discovery to pursue.
The author talks about how going to
Venus can be done.
In the article theres a lot of information can help humanity get to planet
Venus.
Most of what he's talking about is evidence that can help scientists get people to
Venus.
He covers everything it would take to get to
Venus.
I feel that most of the things he is talking about is true and if we do what is needed to get us there, then we can land and discover new things.
The first thing that the author wrote about getting to
Venus was how
"Venus was just around the corner".
Meaning that flying to
Venus was no problem, although we would have to improve on something.
By doing this we could get there more faster.
They have tested a material called
"silicon carbide"
and lasted about 2
weeks in the hot
Venus planet.
Scientists are expiermenting this materail and could possiblily use it to create a strong spaceship from it.
Theres a lot more that could be used from this article.
As far as we know we still need a lot more to research.
If we can find more evidence like perhaps figureing out what we need to research once we get to
Venus.
We know what we need to get there. By doing these steps we can discover a whole new planet.
I know that the author's thoughts about all this is true. | 2 |
c229648 | NASA thinks this is from a alien face or a human ? Why ? This nis a natural landform , you can tell it is because a human couldnt have did ths in outer space without dieing . This could be a alien face , it could posibly be alien face or some type of uter space species because this is in outer space .
I can tell you that this is most likey an alien figure or some type of outern space figure because it is outer space and there is no way a human can do that . But although a human couldnt put their face there and die they could have made a
human shaped sculpture and put it there for people to belive that there are such thngs as aliens . The NASA just wants ople to believe that there are such things as aliens or martians becuase years back people have thought they seen signs of aiens . But i belie that this is a natural figure and this could be a normal thing to see outer space , but not normal for humans to see on a daily bases without tinking there are a such thing as aliens . | 1 |
c22f58f | Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not. Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not. Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not.
Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not. Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not.
Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not. Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not. Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment.
Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not. Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. Cars are a modern invention we need maybe not for walking distances but they are part of an evolving culture. Automobiles are a necessity whether they have hurt our society more than benefitting us or not. Having no cars would be bad for the economy but good for the enviroment. | 1 |
c22fea7 | By stating that astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may have been the planet like earth in our solar system as it was probably largely covered with oceans that may have had a veriety of life forms like Earth. And can be our nearest option for a planetary vist, given the long time frames of space travel. It is a possible solution to the dangerous conditions of the surface of Venus would allow them to float above the fray. A vehicle hovering over Venus would aviod the bad ground conditions by staying up and out of the way. Of cource, the temperature would still be high at almost 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth. The travels of Earth and beyond in the sloar system should not be limited by the dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the edges of our imagination and innovation. | 2 |
c2333c4 | The developement of the computer cars are not a good idea. We have yet to find out if these cars are safe enough to have our family in them. These cars are supposed to warn you but what if they don't warn you on time and you get in a car crash. It is better to just drive your own car and be much safer than to have a computer car.
For one these computer cars are not safe enough I don't feel like. The only thing that people know are that they will drive for you and warn you when it is time to take the wheel. What if the warning does not come fast enough and you get in a car crash. How do you know that your family is going to be safe while driving this car. We dont know that. They are supposed to do all these kind of test but if they have to do so many test than what is the point of even making them. Also by not doing this project it could safe a ton of money.
By driving your own car you could be a lot more safer. You have total control of what your car does but in this new computer car you really don't. All you have to do is just type in your location and it will choose your path for you. Driving your own car will help you keep you and your own family safe. Also when you do get involved in an accident with these computer car no one will know whose falt it is if it is the manfacturers fault or yours. By not having these computer cars it can safe you a lot of much more money if you are ever invovled in a accident.
In conclusion it is better to be safe than sorry. The devolpment of these cars do not need to happen. It is okay if they help out a little bit but having a computer car tak over is not such a good idea as all og these car developers think it is. Lets keep our family safe and lets not build these computer cars. | 4 |
c236426 | The face on Mars is just a natural landform. When they took the picture it first looked like a face. Many people wondered if it was an alien made landform. It ended up being just a plain old landform on the red planet.
Many people at first were freaked out or amazed of at the face on the red planet. The story and face appeared in movies, radio talk shows, the web, social media, and magazines. But after they sent out more ships to take pictures of the land form they got a better shot. The picture looked like a natural landform. In the article it says in there "...a natural landform." The scientist at NASA also figured out that it was cloudy on the red planet when they took the picture. "The face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was April '98- a cloudy time of year on the red planet."Some of the cloud or mist could of been right over the landform when the picture was taken.
The Martian looks like a butte or mesa that is around the American West. "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivanlent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plains of Idaho," says Garvin."
As you can tell from the evidence provided the Face on Mars is not really a face. It is just a landform on the red planet. It was cloudy the day they took it. They got better pictures and investigated it. The picture actully is quite close to the Middle Butte in the Snake RIver Plains of Idaho. | 3 |
c23bb92 | Cars are becoming a big issue in the world due to the pullution weakning the shield around the earth, Not to long ago Florida had a increase of 1-3 of sun light Permanetly, due to pullution weakning the surface it was the first increase i've encountered during my life on the planet, also to adress how most countries and states are now making days and events, for example how Vanban's family's have a result of 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars and also 57% sold a car to move their, one person spoke nad said 'When i had a car i was always tense, im much happier this way said hheidun walter, a media trainer and mother of 2. Vauban Completed in 2006 is exmaple of a growing trend in Europe the united states and elsewhere to separate suburban life from auto use as a component of a movement called 'Smart planning. All of our development since World War II has been center on cars, and that was the downside of the pollution in the sky today, when more cars are made, then even more pullution will be traveling the sky today and breaking our sun shield some companies are really cracking down on this to help the earth.
Paris is even enforced a aprtial driving ban to clear the air of global city, with even number or even odd number license pltes were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine 31$ , almost over 4.000 drivers were fined according to reuter's, Twnety seven people had their cars impounded fo their reaction to the fine,congestion was down 60% in the capital of france, after five-days of intensifying smog rivaled beijing,china which is known as one of the most pulluted city due to its population of people their, cold nights and warm days cause the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions, disel fuel was blame since france has a tax policy that favors disel over gasoline, (Gasoline runs out faster than disel). Diesel make up 67% of vehicles in france compared to a 53 Percent average of disel engines in rest of western Europe acorrding to reuters.
It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and tais permitted for the day without cars in this capital city of 5-7Million. the goal is to promote alterative transportation to help the pollution in the sky to cool down or go down a bit, the turnout was a large despite gray clouds dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota,but the rain hasn't stopped people from participateing, it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution said businessman, the day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in bogota in the mid-1990s it has seen the contruction of 118 miles of bicycle. parks and sports centers has also have bloomed throughout the city uneven pitted sidewalks ahve been replaced by broad smooth sidewalks, rush-hour-restruction have been dramatically cut traffic and new restarunts and upscales, | 2 |
c241e20 | I say that the "Face" on Mars is just a natural landform because first of all aliens do not live, and second of all why would an alien create a human face.
I think that is an alien created this human "face," the alienwould have created a face of an alien because probably aliens have never seen a human before.
I do believe that at first you would probably think that an alien created this but after many scientists researching and exploring the "face" they clearly stated "this face reminds us most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plan of Idaho."
Just like Earth is a plant Mars is also a planet,, and just like Earth has natural landformation many other plants have natural landformation not just Earth.
In the articule it states "the rock formation even has eyes, nose, and a mouth," I personaly do not think that an alien could create something with such details.
Not just in Mars, scientists and explorers have found many natural landformation.
After all that Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter studied they finally found out that the "face" was just a natural landformation.
All the scientists and people who believed it was an alien still wanted to research more beacuse they didn't believe that it was a landformation, this is based on what I have heard.
Again what this image acutually shows is the Martian of a butte or mesa landforms common around the Ameriacan West.
In the article it also states that the "Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as thye Face on Mars." | 3 |
c24566f | Have you ever thought maybe there was life on mars?
Well there is no life on mars. Well you might think diffrent but there are a ton of facts to prove there is not life on mars. So here are the facts to prove this thought
In the article "Unmasking the Faces on Mars" gives a picture of what apears to be a face, and that is what they thought until more studies show diffrent facts. "NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, sanpping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2 when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the camras from a region of the red planet called Cybonia." This text fro m"unmasking the Face on Mars" show there was a possible human alien type thing on mars, but after more years of studing the picuter and taking better picures they found this out. "On April 5 1998, when mars global surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a pictuer ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." This evidence shows that there is no life forms on mars that we know about.
So in concluion to all of this mars Dose not have life formss on it. There is a chance that there is life forms but according to all the evidicne NASA has found as of right now there is no life forms on planet mars. So jsut be on the look at for more information from NASA as our techolagey and studies become better and better proving for sure that there is no life on Mars. | 3 |
c24e037 | The development of a driverless car is a stunning concept. Though it may seem like a wonderful idea, the negative out-weighs the positive when it comes to this. The amount of problems that can come out of this is not worth the risk. From health risks to the price, negative results from the driverless car are iminate. The development of driverless cars will have negative results.
One way that something tragic can come out of this is the safety. Without the skill of a human at the wheel people are at the mercy of the cars intelligence. Manveuring around crashes and contruction will become an immensely more tedious job. Also the dangers of the car not knowing the terain of a certain place could also pose as a major safety risk. Also, with a vehicle with this amount of technology, it is bound to develop glitcthes. Things like this put the passengers lives at risk.
Another negative of the driverless car would be the price. With an advanced car like this it would only be accessable to the wealthy. Alienating a large group of potential buyers. With this information a person can assume that it would not catch on and die off quickly. Also, the fuel of the vehicle would also be extremely expensive. Making the car a burden to have if an individual is taking a road trip.
The manufactureres would also have to consider what the people think about it mentally. Some people actually enjoy driving a vehicle. Those people would be less likely to purchase such a car. This would make it even more difficult to sell the car. Since most people are already lazy, making a driverless car would not help in their favor. Driverless cars would take the work ethic right out of people. Making people more dependent on technology is not a positive thing.
To conclude, Driverless cars would have a multitude of negative results. Although it may be nice to not have to drive, the risks that are factored in makes it not worth it. Considering the safety of the buyers is what automakers should put first before anything. Cars like these pose a great number of cocerns for the country. Driverless cars may be a thing of the future, but this is a future we should try to avoid. | 3 |
c250ef0 | Hello to all who is reading this im wrighting this today to on how limting use of aoto-mobiles can help change the envierment. What i mean by all this is that we dont need to stop using cars just simply slow down the use of them or simply make green cars which has great gass mileage and keeps the enviorment clean. Now some people are atill going to drive there big gas sputering cars around but only a few percent of people change how long you drive or what you drive it can really make a differnce on the world to day you could possiable be saving the next generation
So to all those who agree with me buy a green car or stick with your but drive less often there are other ways to get around without use of a car or motercycle there are bicycles roller scates scooters just to name a few and they also help you get in shape.
If you dont agree with me then why are you still reading go hop on your envirment killing machiens and ruin our lovely home called earth. | 1 |
c252897 | Seagoing Cowboys Program is a program, where you take care of horses, calfs (young cows), and mules, that were shipped over sea. If you are a Seagoing Cowboy you have to travel to a lot of unquine countries around the world. Luke Bomberger was a Seagoing Cowboy and, by the time it was 1947 he made nine trips. Luke's second trip was that he had to serve as a night watchman, who checks on the animals every hour.
We know now that, not everyone would like to be a Seagoing Cowboy, but while you are traveling, there are many new countries you could explore and learn about. It does take a long time to get to other countries, it would take about two weeks because they have to travel in boat, if your going by sea. It would be a tedious amount of time to get to place to place and nobody likes a tedious task. Luke had to make sure that he didn't forget to feed the animals because,you have to feed them two or three times a day. They had to get loads of bales of hay and bags of oats from other ships that transfer the food to him, and you would have to clean the stalls. Some don't about joining this program is that, when you are traveling you, may get stuck in some storms and really hurtful storms too.
Although, there is a lot of traveling, it maybe worth the work because, you got to see new countrires and new landscapes. Luke Bombgerger worked hard and he loved seeing all the new cities and countries, but struggles traveling. There is many up and downs about joining the program, literally, because not everyone likes traveling, but a lot of people do. Now we have airplanes so, if you travel it will be easier for you to get to other countries. In the end, it is going to be easier for you to travel, now that we have airplanes, but you should join Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
c25501c | In today's society, when people are asked if they would give up their cars, they would be shocked. No would be the most common answer. However, the advantages of limiting car usage are great. General stress decreases, and polution to the environment also decreases. People are not only helping themselves, but also helping the ecosystem.
Stress. Everyone has it; but what if it could be decreased just by using personal transportation less? In Germany, there are certain communities that ban car usage. No cars are allowed inside the city. Street parking, driveways, and home garages have become obsolete. One citizen of one of the towns said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (
In German Suburbs
). The anxiety one gets when driving a car is almost unreal. Most kids 16 and up now just do not get their licenses just because the thought of driving scares them. Citizens of cities that have just one day where cares are prohibited, such as Bogota, Colombia, love that singular day out of the year. Most say its a good opportunity to increase mental health (
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota)
. Stress not only is awful for mental health, but also physical. 75% of those who have high levels of anxiety, or are exposed to it, are tired all the time, often feel weak, or sometimes may even cause heart issues. The number one reason people have stress is by driving. So using cars less is the best way to decrease stress, and promote good mental health.
Most people that read or watch the news know that the environment is hurt, and that the human population is at fault. How? Excess usage of motor vehicles. As stated in
In German suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the United States. These statistics are horrible. Paris, France enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city after days of near-recorcd pollution rates (
Paris bans driving due to smog
) Not only was nature being hurt, but the population of France. Breathing in smog is unnatural. Thehuman body can not take that many polutants, and so it tries to fix itself. In doing this, lung cancer rates rise, pnumonia rates rise, diseases in general become more abundant. Paris took action. When enforcing the driving ban, congestion was down 60% in just five days. The only partial solution to this rising amount of smog is to decrease driving rates, and to use deisel gas less. I hate this test so much why am I even writing this I feel like a robot just going through the motions and its your fault. I blame you.
Rome was not built in a day, so getting state legislatiors or even government officials to agree on a partial driving rule may take a while. However, citizens can spread the word of the evils of driving. You, dear reader, can fix this problem. Try carpooling to work, riding your bike to places near you instead of driving. Do what you can to reduce polution and stress. Influence your friends and family to do the same. Together, we can rase awareness of the evils of driving. Together, we can rule the world. | 4 |
c255b1f | In the Article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", author Nick D'Alto claims that the United States should start using their new technology equipment called "FACS". This new technology FACS is a new computer software that allows computures to identify human emotions. In the text it states, "The facial expressions for each emotions are universal." Meaning that the computer will recognize almost any facial expression
that a person makes.
In the text it states, "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles." This is how this computer all started and began in the making of a facial expression computer. This computer will one day be able to know how you are feeling that day based of off how your facial expression is.
The facial expression computer will also help college studies and labs all over the world. In the text it states, "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions as it did in Da Vinci's masterpiece, each expression is compared against a neutral face." By using this technology studies have came to the conclusion of how Mona Lisa was feeling in Da Vinchi's famous artwork piece.
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" Nick D'Alto talked about this newley developed technology, that allows computers to recongize human facial expressions. I am for the use of this new technology becuase it can lead to greater opportunities in the technology world and the whole world. This technology will unlock new ways on how people look and study the life of human beings. | 3 |
c2570f6 | In the prompt, the author supports his idea poorly. The author is trying to prove his point that Venus is worth our time and resources to explore for some further insight to a planet close to us. While this topic is interesting, it is unlikely. The author immediately tells you how harsh the planet is, not introducing it in a way that would make you think it is possible to explore. Then, after explaining the conditions, the author describes a few ways that we could try to research it, and these few ways are inefficient.
By telling us how the planet's surface is harsh and unforgiving immediately, the author presents the idea that it would be too hard to explore. The author even describes how not a single mission had lasted more than a few hours on the planet. After this description, they then try to prove to the audience that it is reasonable to research the planet further. Their argument is that since the planet is closest to us, it should be explored. While the planet does happen to be close and similar to earth, that gives us no reason to explore it. As said in the author's previous paragraph, the planet's conditions are inhabitable. The planet may at one point have been relatively similar to earth, but over time it has become completely different. This gives us a large reason to not want to further research this planet. The other argument that the author makes is how there are certain ways we could research the planet. One of said techniques of research is to have a "blimp-like vehicle" hover around 30 miles above the planet. While this idea sounds interesting in thought, there are many problems with it. In this paragraph, they describe why they think their idea would work. They think that we could develop this vehicle to resist the 170 degree temperature and air pressure similar to that of the ocean, not to mention radiation. With our current technology, it is plausable that this vehicle could be created. Plausable, however, does not mean we can. We would not only have to develop a type of airship that could resist temperatures of 170 degrees and keep it's crew from overheating, but we would also have to make it resistant to high pressure comparable to the ocean, something we see with submarines. The reason why this alone is a huge problem is because we only see submarines underwater, not 30 miles above the surface of a planet. To be able to make something that can resist high pressure, high temperature, and be able to have enough fuel to stabalize itself, is beyond our current technology.
The author has reason to want to explore Venus. As a race, we naturally want to explore, but some things we just can not. If conditions were to better over years, this idea may be considered once again, but as of now, it does not seem to be possible. | 5 |
c257539 | The authors supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is that NASA is sending humans to study Venus and the difference between Earth and Venus. Humans cannot lived or survived the landing for a few hours. The planet for humans to study can not lived there because the planet is hot to lived for humans, it 800 degree Fahrenheit, and the clouds are sulfuric acid. The NASA want to see if it safe for humans to lived or not, and humans can study there or not. So, the travels on Earth should not go there for the dangers and doubts but should be safe here on Earth.
The difference between Earth and Venus is they are twin, closest planet to Earth, and there density and size. For example, Venus temperature is the highest than earth, "A thick atmosphhere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus." And "Venus temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what they experience on our own planet." This means that Venus temperature and atmosphere is hotter than Earth and 97 percent carbon dioxide. Another example for Venus is, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans." Probably today, Venus could have some features familiar to Earth like valleys, mountains, and craters.
The authors supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is that NASA is sending humans to study Venus and the the diiference between Earth and Venus. Venus can be dangers to the humans. Humans curiosity can study for Venus but not actually going there because they would melted or dies in a minute or 2 minutes. | 2 |
c25a8dc | The "Seagoing Cowboys" Program.
Luke's participation in the "Seagoing Cowboys" program allows him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. I think many of you should join this program. Here are my reasons why you should join this program: you can save someone,you get a nice experience by traveling to different countries, and when your done doing your job you can hangout with the other cowboys.
My first reason is that you can save someone. You can save a life since the "Seagoing Cowboys" program is all about taking care of horses,young cows, and mules ,and shipping them overseas to other countries to help people out. Luke knew if he signed up he can help rescue people in trouble. Think about it for a second. You can also help save someone who has suffered because of the war.
My second reason is that you can get a unique experience. Have you ever wanted to travel to China or Europe? Well you can if you join this program since the "Seagoing Cowboys" program travels to many places to ship animals. Luke got to experience China,Europe, but seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special to him. Luke also taked a gondola ride in Venice,Italy, a city with streets of water. Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. You can get a one of a kind experience from this.
My third reason is that when you are done with your job you can just relax. Also you can go play with the other cowboys sports in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Luke had found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. It is not all about doing work there is some fun in it too.
In conclusion, these are my reasons on why you should join this program. You can get a good experience if you join this program. Bieng a Seagoing Copwboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world for him. "I am grateful for the opportunity," he says. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." he says. That awarness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students, and exchange visitors for many years. I hope my essay has persuaded you to join this program. | 3 |
c25ce3f | What if you could decect what other people are feeling even when trying to hide it? Well,in the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it explains how techonology called Facial Action Coding System(FACS) can identify human emotions. They use a computer that structures a 3-D computer model of someones face. There are six basic emotions they look for, happiness, surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness.
To answer the question, yes, the use of this technology would be beneficial in the classroom. Sometimes teachers have a hard time trying to keep students alert and paying attention, with this software, it could make it easier. In paragraph six, Dr. Huang say," A classroom computer could recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson , like and effective human instructor". Since most human communication is nonverbal , including emotional communication, it could be difficult.
In conclusion, having the new software and using it in the classroom could be very useful to help shape the minds of students. Making dfferent faces and having different attitudes can revel so much about the science of emotions. | 2 |
c262f42 | Driverless cars are the future of human existense. Underestanding the positive sides of this could better improve the position of driverless car. In such case we can bring the idea of assisting, developing and safety. The human civilazation of such intelligence is incredible. Bringing the thought of driverless car could increasingly change and improve our future.
The thought of driverless cars will improve our future. Imagine someone texting or drinking and driving. The driverless car could assist on a better chance of saving humans lives. As stated in the article the driverless car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Even if we, the drivers, have to be a little involved, it's better that way than to have no control completely.
Although the thought of driverless cars are not in the importance of all. We should all consider the develeopment of the system itself. The driverless car is developing and we can't consider all the cons without actually having the car fully visual and confirmed by law.
As stated in the article, manufactures are planning on releasing cars by 2020.
The vocabulary word 'safety' comes in the mind when mentioned of driverless cars. As mentioned in the article "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe". I believe that the safety of driverless cars are safer than most modern cars. With the head up displays, vibration alert, flashing lights and much more safety system; we can improve the better life of future generations.
The human civilazation of such intelligence is incredible. Bringing the thought of driverless car could increasingly change and improve our future. In each the mind of intellegience we can improve the assistence, development and safety of driverless cars. Consider and cisualize the improvements which is given to us by the intellegience of many. | 3 |
c263424 | Technology that is able to read your facial expression sounds pretty cool until it isn't. Technology like this does not seem very useful in schools. I think that technology like this is actually a waste of time because it can embarass someone at school, cause a problem with friends at school, and some people dont want others to know what they are feeling.
Being embarossed at school for feeling a certain way can cause bullying in school. Some of the much older may think of the person as weak are soft for having being told what emotion was read. Yes, you may be saying well it would also read their emotions too but they might not care. The bullying could get worse with their feelings being read aout loud. foe example, lets say a kid was being bullied for the machine saying he was feeling sad and the bullies are messing with him. He could get angry and cause the problem to become worse then it already was if the machine says he is feeling angry while his bullies are around him.
Friendships could be torn apart from this too. Friends feel a certain way about each other. They may feel like the other is a nusaince and dont see them as a friend. Now imagine that being said to you my a machine and this causes your friends to get made at you. It can pit strain on a lot of relationships to like when someone is around thier girlfriend or boyfriend the machine can say a bad interpretation of what that person was trying to say.
Some people may not want their feelings read out to them. They may be going through alot of pain and stress in their life that they are becoming suicidle. Its really not got to be thinking about suicide especially when this could be a teenager or a child. When their in class they may be feeling wierd about themselves and for someone being able to find out is pretty nerve racking. You might be saying to yourself, well this means it could prevent suicide in adolescents. Well as that is true they might not want people to find out they might want to deal with it on their own which is a tough thing to go through.
Problems like these are reasons that this technology is not important or valuable in school. Its actually a problem for the school it also depends on the bugdet not all schools will be able to afford it. Even though technology is flurishing and becoming more common in places around the world some things like human behavior and emotions should be left alone it is something that makes us who we are. | 3 |
c26a074 | To this day our technolodgy has become alot more advanced. So much that even driverless cars are being built. But is it really as awesome as it sounds?
Many companies are developing new ways to make the world more advanced, widescreen cellphones, smart cars, virtual ways of exercise. So much infact that the thought of driverless cars are being made into reality. It is stated that the Google cofounder envisions a future of driverless cars to offer transport and use half the fuel of todays ways of transport. That sounds like a good deal to some people, but what of the dangers they could cause?
In America our lawmakers put the thought of safety in our drivers and pedestrians first. To pass a law of driverless cars wouldn't that mean they would have to be safe enough to have around people? today with our modern cars we have cautious driver in the seats able to watch the road and avoid certain issues. Would a driverless car be able to do so? Even now accidents are hard to be prevented, but in a vehichle without a person wouldn't people be even more liable? Not to mention the large amounts of money that would need to go into making each fleet of cars. Even more money than what we put into our natural cars today. In the story it also talks about having to redo our roads which would cost more than the cars!
I think that driverless cars would be more dangerous than cars with drivers. Before we know it they will want to make thousands of pilotless planes. Unless they already have.
We can become more advanced in differnt ways. If we were to have driverless cars could'nt they be used for special jobs instead of transportation of people? Why no transportations of goods? I personally belive driverless cars are a good idea, just not a safe one. | 3 |
c26de91 | There are many advantages to limiting car usage .
Even though cars are becoming more advanced for using as little fossil fuels and energy as possible we should try not to use them as often as we do. Cars are not as needed as we make them out to be there are a lot more types of transportation that we can choose from for example a train, a taxi, or a bicycle.
To begin with, out of all the good cars do for us they also do some harm by polluting the atmosphere and the Earth. Passenger cars are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and some areas in the United States as cited in source 1. Long term car usage causes smog which happened in the capital of France which caused car traffic to go down 60 percent which is found in source 2. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions as found in source 2.
Now that technology has advanced there's not much need to drive to places to communicate with friends and family or do other activities. You can communicate with people through all types of social media which keeps you from having to waste gas to drive to the houses of your friends or family members. Cell phones and other electronics can now be used to pay bills or any other charges that need to be paid for and keep you from leaving the house. There's many apps for car-pooling that has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements and include the evolution of shared van services for getting to work as found in source 4.
All the new types of transportation that are available now a days make it unnecessary to drive your car everywhere. In major cities there are various train stations or bus stops you can catch a ride on which helps reduce rush hour as found in source 3. Since the mid-1990s an improvement campaign began in Bogota which ended with the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths where people ride through and have a day made specifically for it which is cited in source 3. In Vauban people walk because stores are placed a walk away, or on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway as found in source 1.
To summarize it all up there's many more ways of transportation that help keep the environment safe and help limit driving for example riding a bicycle, walking, and taking a train or bus. These are only a small amount of choices and there are many more to choose from so why not limit driving cars and do one of these other choices to help the environment and ourselves. | 3 |
c274451 | Have you ever wondered why we, American people dont get to choose our electors? I always ask my self that question and never know why. In my opinion i think that the election should be by popular vote by the American citizens. The electoral college should be abolished because it is unfair to voters and irrational.
The first reason why the electoral college is absurd is because it is not fair. It has a winner- take- all system in each state. Candidates dont spend time in states that have no chance of winning. Into that, the article "
The Indefensible Electoral college
" states "
State legislatures are currently resposible for choosing the electors
". So technically they give us a category of presidents to choose from!
The last the second and final reason is it is irrational. Although the founding fathers of the countries establlished the electoral college, that doesn't mean its still valid. There have been many mistakes and disasters in the previous years. In the same article it says "over sixty percent of the vote would prefer a direct election over the one we have now". This proves that im not the only one who dissagrees on the electoral college.
It makes sense why people will actually like the electoral college. Considering that it is an easier way for us to vote and takes less time. However, a direct election really gives us the freedom that American people deserve. What is the point of voting for a president when you dont have the freedom to vote for the one you want? | 3 |
c278844 | Dear Senator Rick Scott,
I am writing to you today in regaurds to the Electoral College and whether or not we should continue to use it in our presidential election.
As you know, the Electoral College was established by our founding fathers when they wrote the Constitutation. They established it as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and an election by popular vote of qualified citizens. I feel that we should get rid of the Electoral College and have a direct election by qualified United States citizens.
One reason that I feel the United States should get rid of the Electoral College is because Congress can be easily swayed to vote a certain way in the election. One example of this would be because of lobbying. This process is where someone persuades a person to vote a certain way by bribing them with campaign funds or other monetary things. Where some may argue that the Congress should have a say in the election because they are chosen to be leaders in their states, I feel that because of some of the people that are allowed to be elected into Congress, the United States should leave it up to the rest of the population to elect the president.
Another reason I feel this way is that through the electoral college, the population of a state votes on an elector who in turn elects the president. This is not fair because if you are a republican, you do not want the democratic president to win the popular vote. This means that if you are in a mostly democratic state, the elector for the state that you live in will most likely choose the democratic president that you voted against just because that is what some of the other people in your state wanted. This would be the same for a democrat living in a mostly republican state.
It is because of these reasons that it is in my humble opinion that the United States should get rid of the Electoral Congress and have a direct vote of qualified citizens.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
c27e37c | The Creation of the Thing
"Hold on! Can we actually "calculate" emotions-- like math homework?" do you think that using a computer to deturmane our feelings is right? To me thats cool, maybe even unbelievable. Is the use of computers,emotions,and muscles the key to feelings.
Many people can't seem to find what feeling mona lisa is showing, sometimes you cant see what emotion your friend is having. Two professors have decided to invent a software which it can detect the feeling of a person or a painting. stated in paragraph 1, " the software is the lastest innovation from prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate." This shows that the professors are trying to invent and new and improve way to figure out emotions within the human and paintings. They are creating a software for the computers. Also stated in paragraph 3, " The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscle." Not only can the computer detect the feelings, it also makes a 3-D form of the human face or a 3-D image of the painting.
Everyone has emotions but some you just cant tell how they are feeling, well now you might not have to worry about that i do believe that this software is going to be very valuable to the students, in very many ways. its going to help them with observing the way the looks and creses in the face is. Stated i paragraph 3, " Eckman has classified six basic emotions-- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness." There are many emotions but these are the most common. Also stated in paragrapgh 4, " In a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emmotions." No matter what the person is feeling. if they feel sad, worried and happy all at once the software can still detect the emotions of this human or painting.
You know that it takes so many muscles just to frown, so why not smile it takes why less muscles. just by muscles you can tell the way someone is feeling. when someone is happy they get wrinkles by their eyes. Stated in paragraph 7, " In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the coners of your mouth." with just useing a couple of muscles it can add a whole different facial expression. Like if you sqint your eyebrows and then also smile and also close your eyes a little bit I know that i wouldn't be able to tell weather they were happy or angry. just by changing on muscle movement it can change the facial expression. Also stated in paragraph 8, " But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." not only is this cool but its differentuse one other different muscle and people can tell that your smile isnt really and happy smile.
This software is a great idea to help many people just understand the emotion of others with the knowledge of computers, emotions, and muscles they will be able to know how anyone is feeling just by the three main reasons. | 3 |
c282fd3 | In a world of large cities and distant suburbs, transportation is crucial, but is personal transportation truly necessary? Shouldn't there be a way of getting from point A to point B without expending an unecessary amount of harmful gases that could one day bring around our demise? As specified by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Robert Duffer, and Andrew Selsky the answer to these questions is yes. Yes, there is hope for a healthier future without the use of BMWs, Toyota Corollas, Mercedes, and other modes of personal transportation that pollute the Earth. These answers have been noticed by our World's leaders and they are finally taking initiative to save our planet.
According to Elisabeth Rosenthal, writer for the New York Times, Germany is one of the many countries beginning to take notice. This is evident in the building of a small suburb called Vauban where "life goes on without cars". Although approximately 30 percent of the residents in Vauban do own a car, it is clear that the 5,500 people living in this small town are happier residing in a place where vehicles do not crowd the streets. As said by a mother living in Vauban "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way".
This idea of a "car reduced" community is not only seen in Germany but might very well soon be found in other countries such as the United States. These ideas today might just be seen by the public as what they are: ideas. However, serious action must be taken now. Although personal transportation might be seen as a necessity by your average citizen, it is not. Personal vehicles are a luxury that we use at, no only our own risk, but at the risk of everyone forced to breathe the intoxicating fumes of these polluting machines. According to recent data, 12 percent of green house gas emmisions in Europe come from passenger cars but this number is not nearly as shocking as that of the United States: 50 percent!
As stated by Robert Duffer and Andrew Selsky, writers for the Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times, Paris and Bogota have come to understand the consequences of the use of personal cars and are taking small steps to better the circumstances brought on to the human population due to the car pollution. In Paris, however, the city had to undergo a hard blow from reality for the french government to understand how crucial this change is. After suffering near record pollution, Paris enforced a partial ban on the driving of passenger cars in order to clear the air. If the ban was not respected by an individual, he/she would be forced to pay a 22-euro fine. Although there were a few who did not follow the terms of the ban, the majority of the people did comply and the smog soon cleared.
For Bogota, however, the ban of passenger cars for a single day has been seen as more of a holiday. The people of this city have come to enjoy this somewhat stress free day away from cars. According to the Bogota mayor, Antanas Mockus, event the rain has not stopped people from participating in this day. This day is not as small of a step as you might think however. For it is a program set to spread to various countries where, for a single day a year, people will bike, hike, roler blade, etc. In other words, everything they MUST do to get from point A to point B.
Finally, as countries around the world begin to take initiative towards the better of our planet, the United States, one of the world's super powers is starting on it's path towards recovery. In the past years, data has come to support the fact that there truly is a shift in the American "way of life". As seen in recent studies, Americans are buying fewer cars , driving less and getting fewer licenses as times goes on. Although the United States peaked in miles driven in 2005 it is evident that, with time, that amount gradually declined and hit a low in April 2013 where the miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak. As a cause of this sudden hit on the use of cars researchers are beginning to ask: could the United States truly be entering a new era away from the pollution of passenger vehicels or is this just another phase?
Passenger vehicles and the gases they create could very well be the demise of our existence on Earth. This is unless, as a human poopulation, we begin to take action now. Although scientists everywhere have stressed the negative impact on the Earth brought on by cars, people are blind to see that these vehicles are not a necessity but rather a luxury. For this, it is crucial that countries and leaders around the world follow what others have done and begin to enforce the protection of the planet's health and ensure our survival as a species. | 4 |
c284907 | Mars has alot of land forms like cracks,crators,and hills. I am certian it has land formations if it has hills and cracks. Erosion created land forms on earth with wind and rocks falling on each other like a slow chain reaction. It is highly posible for it to have happened on mars may tousands possibly millions of years ago to star erosion. Mars is filed with many resonses for it not to be livable if it were ever consitered apon. It most likely a cluster of dust and bolders than live beings made this face. People see faces in every thing from light sockets to morfed trees. I know the face on the moon is a popular land formation like the ''Grand Canyon''. It be impossible to not try to think aliens did it but there are things here on earth famous we didn't create. I know mars has land forms too. | 1 |
c28a03e | For over thirty years, the question about the Face on Mars has been posed; alien life or natural landform? Although scientists have been grilled by the media, there is only truly evidence that the Face is a natural landform, much like a butte or mesa, landforms common around the american west, despite what conspirasy theorists have to say.
NASA's Viking 1 first photographed the formation in 1976, the formation described as "An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end."
When NASA reavealed the image to the public a few days later, claims of alien life began surfacing. The article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars' stated that "The Face on Mars had since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk showseven haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Marsevidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." The media blew up at the idea of the Face being signs of intelligent life forms on other planets, despite what the scientists had to say about what the face truly was.
Eighteen years after the Viking missions ended, the Mars Global Suveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time (Cydonia is the area of mars where the face was discovered) a mars orbitor team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. The photos revealed a matural land form, not an alien monument at all. On April 5, 1998 the Mars Global Surveryor flew over Cydonia on a clouldess summers day, managing to get close enough for the Mars orbitior team to capture an extraordinary photo using the cameras absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
Jim Garvin, cheif scientist of Nasa's exploration program says As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, he added. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were! The picture of the Face is actually showing the Martain equivellent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." Says Garvin. "Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
Despite what the media has to say about the Face on Mars, it is nothing more than a natural landform. Ever since NASA realeased the images, they have been under a magnifying glass. Conspiracy theorists have claimed that the face is anything but a natural land mass, evidence of aliens, yet the scientists at Nasa have time and time again proven them wrong. As we explore the great unknown, we stumble onto unfamiliar and strange things and ideas. As exciting as an alien monument would be, the face is nothing more than a natural landform on the great red planet.
Source: "Unmasking the Face on Mars", May 24, 2001 (retrieved from science. nasa. gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast24may_1/) | 4 |
c28e6b8 | Do you really thing a land form could make a face ? To me that seems something is very unlikely. A planet that we do not look alike can make a face as a organism on earth? Well i don't think so and here is why.
The photo isn't clearly shown as a face it just looks like a planets land form.
It may aslo be a feture that is only unique to this palnet like the moon has thousands of craders. I just feel as if Earth has all the water and green grass on it mayb Mars has these land forms instead. Also it might be like how people gaze at the stars or the clouds to see if they make an object or a human face. If you look closley you can see that the
"face" has ridges or canyon. So maybe the ridegs/canyons made the land form that way.
NASA on the other hand and says there is likelyness of a human face. They also believe it is an alien artifac. According to the picture they say because of the shadows it portraies eyes, nose and mouth. They say that in the years that they took the picture it has developed more and more over the spands of years.
In conclusion the "face'' to me is still just a land form. Just because it looks as if it is something could not just be made out of a human face. If they had more evidence then it would be believeable but until then my opnion is still that it is a land form. | 2 |
c29152d | A lot of scientists think that the Face was created by aliens. I know that it is just a natural landform. They have no evidence that there is aliens on Mars but they say aliens made the Face.
First, I feel this is just a natural landform because why would aliens just attempt to make a human face. They have no reason to because they don' t know what we look like. Even if there is aliens then they wouldn't make a face of human's for no reason. The passage states that they made an emourmous head, but why would they make a sculpture of a head and not the whole body. If the alien's actually knew what we look like then why would they only make a head.
Next, honestly the pictures that these people got overtime doesn't even look like a human face. It looks like a bird that has just fading away. Speaking real it's just a natural landform. It could be a crater or the wind just chipped away at it. It would be cool if the aliens made the sculpture but none of those people have clear evidence or proof that alien's made this.
Lastly, on the high definition picture it could be a reflection of some kind because the place where the eyes are supposed to be it is black. Also, on the right side it looks like they cut it off because that is not easy to see. The right side looks like a straight line. So, erosion could have eroded the right side off of the natural landform. The picture shows that there is craters beside "the Face" this is a big clue to me that the lanform is natural.
To examplify, this would be practically impossible to say because they are assuming that alien's did this when it could honestly be anything. It would make most sense to be a natural landform because even on Earth there are natural landforms that look like objects or animals. This is why i think it's a natural landform. | 3 |
c291598 | The use of this technology called the Facial Action Coding System is not valuable to read students' emotional expressions. Not all expressions on a students face can be readable. Some students may have a natural expressions but show it differently. How accurate are these calculations for these expressions really?
In the article it states "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness" but what about emotions that go further and can be shown or thought to be as a basic expression ? More emotions are linked to the basic emotions if a person is to have guilt but show a face of anger but actually they are sad and cover it. The Facial Action Coding System just reads the expressions but not feelings of the students.
Some students have natural expressions. We have friends that have a natural 'mean mug' but are in reality happy or just calm this system could get it confused with an angry face. In the article it states "The facial expressions for each emotion are univeral.",meaning there is a wide range of emotions but could this system actually detect the difference between two similar faces of a person that makes the same face alot. In the article it also states
"For,example your frontalis pars lateralis muscle(above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." so for the students who have a natural facial structure it will most likely be harder to detect their actual emotion.
The article starts off by saying "Shes 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." Although the system recognizes these expressions they are not actually reading her thoughts so they do not actually know the feelings of Mona Lisa and just are basing it off her expression. In this article it also states "Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)" but how accurate is this persons face against others they could be showing emotions also.
In conclusion, this is why the system should not be a value to read people expressions. It doesnt have a wide enough range for each person. The system bases it off others neutral faces. People structures are different from one another and have different meanings. The system does not give you actual feelings and just read faces. | 4 |
c291bb7 | In the story, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author give us great information about how worthy it is to study Venus. He also lets us know about the dangers there is by the study.
In the text it states, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus... On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." This shows that Venus has conditions that humans could not survive in, thus making it dangerous and almost impossible for humans to study if we can not step foot in it. For example, in the article it is said that, " Earth previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This quote proves that so far the study of Venus has gave humans dangers.
The study of Venus is something worthy for astronomers do to the fact that it is the planet that has most similarities to Earth. "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." A reason it could be important to study Venus is, Venus could be our futute if we are able to make it survivable for humans.
The author does a well job explaining why it is a good reason to study Venus by giving us information about the planet. The author also tells the audience how NASA and astronomers are working in knowing even more than we already do about the planet. The article also explains the reasons there is danger to the study by giving us specific numbers as I said previously. | 3 |
c29258f | The electrol college system is an unfair system, people don't have the right to select their own president, they dont have the right to select a president. Because, when people vote they are technically voting for the electors for a candited. That candidate can be a democratic or a republican. In source two it states that electors can choose there opposing candidate. Which declines the the whole voting process. Why do we vote? we vote to select a leader who will defend this coutry and make america a place of oppurtunity. The most important reason why the electrol cllege is unfair because of the " winners it take all" rule.
We as american people cannot choose their own goverment, as it says in source two, that when voters vote they are voting for the canditates electors. Each state gets one vote and then the electors can choose who they want for president. In source two it states that the electoral college consists of 538 electors and the most amont of elecrtoral votes is 270, in order to pick an president. Also in source two it states that the number of electors we have equals to the amount of members of congress we have. I propose a new system by only letting the American people select our president by votes counted all up by each state, for example if we didn't have have electoral college, then it would be a fair vote because people votes would count the number that adds up with all votes for one candidates that will oppose another candidates and there would be technically no tie it would either ,more or less, but if we still had the electoral college then the vote would not be equally fair becuse if the majority of a state for examlpe chose republican candidate, then that would be vague becuse some people choose democratic and there vote did not really count. but without the electoral collge, than everyones vote counts and each candidates gets vote from every one, not only electoral.
In source two it says that electorals who have been select by the state can choose their opposing candidtade, which is more disatvantgeing to the american people and america's future. for example if one state candidate was choosen for republican and they were "faithless" as it says in source two, and chose the democratic party it would be very unfortunate for the republicans because than there would be no point of the votes the republican supporters have voted for. It only comes once every four years, this is very important to the american people, on choosing who they want for the future of america.
In source two and three it states the rule " winner take it all" . The votes the other lose the, winning can take it all, that vote that they take from the losing does not count Because the people really didnt mean to vote for the candidate they don't want or the candidate they dont support, its like your money fell on the floor and someone just took it knowing its yours.
In conclusion, the state senators should eliminate the electoral collge because they count the majorty votes, and don't count other votes that is not popular as the other candidates vote. also because they can decide vote on an canditate they want based on their opinions and beliefs. and lastly because of the winner takes it all system which is bascially taking the losing candidates electoral votes. | 4 |
c2962e6 | join the sea going cowboys. you can go to all kinds of places and also help people over sea. when you get to your place its really fun becouse you can explore when you eplore you can take pictuers and show your folks at home and play al kinds of sports like baseball and vollyball they all kinds of stuff to do boxing fencing and witling. now it can be dangruss when there is a storm then you have to hang on tight. when your on bourd you have a job to do somtimes you have to watch animles and other times you have to keep gaurd depending on what you take. the best part is getting home sometimes its hard to leave family but its for a good cause. then you can go back to sea at some point in time then you can help more people i went to sea 16 times and all to help people. being on the seagoing team is more than an adventure. so join the sea going team | 2 |
c29eca8 | I believe everyone should become a Seagoing Cowboy because of how much help you can bring other people. For example, it was right when World War II ended that the UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to recover animals for the countries that were left in ruins. I did this job of recovering cattle even when it was hard. I was helping not only for Seagoing Cowboys it was also my military service.
Another reason for joining the Seagoing Cowboys is it opens up the world. When you are delivering animals to other countries there are so many things to see. You get to see marvelous places. For example when I was taking cattle to Greece I got to see most of Europe and China.
There are so many beneificial reasons for becoming a Seagoing Cowboy. You are helping others in need and having fun at the same time;once you have fullfilled your duties, that pleasure of helping out will stay with you forever. For example, in the current day my family and I have exchange students. I loved being a Seagoing Cowboy and I hope this inspires you to become a Seagoing Cowboy too. | 3 |
c2a1f15 | In "The Challenge Of Exploring Venus," the author uses many details to suggest how venus is important to explore even though the risks are extremely high.
The first example of how the author proves that venus is worth exploring is in paragraph 4 the author states, "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." The author uses this quote from NASA in the article to show how even though they know its extremly risky, people are still trying to find solutions rather than leaving the problem.
The second example is in paragraph 7, "NASA is working on other approaches to studying venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide has been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for 3 weeks in such conditions." This example shows how the scientists are so curious in Venus that they simulating the harsh conditions to make strong technology to survive on Venus.
The third example is in paragraph 8, the author states "Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." The author uses this example to summaraize that if we take the time and make the technology to explore Venus, then good things could come out of the solutions.
In conclusion, the author uses all these examples and more to greatly explain why exploring Venus even though scientists are very aware of the many dangers, is such a good idea to invest time into. | 3 |
c2a3c50 | Venus; the second planet in our solar system, Earth's twin, and neighbors next to Earth and Mars. Venus and Mars are the closest planets to Earth, but when moving around the sun, sometimes mars is closer to earth than venus and vice versa. Another thing about Venus is that its kind of Earth's twin. Venus is closest to Earth's size and density than all the other planets. But one thing about mars is, its virtually unexplorable. Despite the dangers on this planet, the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" wants scientists to go foward into exploring Venus. Here is his evidence in his article that supports him.
Scientists have tried to explor Venus, and have spent millions of dollars on space craft to try to land on it. Those missions had to be unmanned, why though? None of the spacecrafts that went to Venus survived for lots of reasons. Venus's atmosphere is thick and is 97 percent carbon dioxide and is full of clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, also the temperature averages over 800 degrees fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is also 90 times greater than what we feel here on earth. Venus could crush anything and liquefy our metals as well with the hottest surface temperatures in our solar system. Along with all of those factors of stopping the exploration of Venus, there are also earthquakes, erupting volcanos, and lightning strikes. Even after listing all those facts, the author still wants to study Venus.
Scientists are able to study some of Venus while being a safe distence from the planet, but they wont be able to get any fragments of the ground or any samples of the planet. Also, with the dense clouds in Venus's atmosphere, they wouldn't be able to see much of the ground. But, the author thinks they have found a way. Scientists at NASA have been testing out a some new eletronics and puttuing them to the test with similar Venus dangers, and so far they have passed. The scientists are making new technologies stronger to be able to withstand Venus, at least long enough to get what they need to be able to study venus further. I bet the author is happy about that.
This author of this article did not give up on his idea of studing Venus. No matter how many dangerous and deadly things they threw at him, and even the scientists. They never gave up hope of someday exploring venus, and now hopefully hear soon they can give the new information they have gathered from venus to the author. | 3 |
c2a99a4 | The technology Facial Action Ocding of the System is something was knoe when the people are happy or sad.
And Mona Lisa she at least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions.
The software is the latest innovation form Prof. Thomas Huang of the Beckman Institute ofr Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, Working in for collaboration with Prof. An the Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam DR. uang and his colleague are experts at developing better wats for buman and computer to communicate.
But all the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer nidel of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like ah human.
The facila expressions for each emotion are Universal observes DR.Huang "even though individuals often show varyng degrees of espresion"(it's like not smilling as broady).
When fact we humans perform this same impressive claculation every day. For instance you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face.
And here is when the facila actions emotional act he knows you are a not happy he knows what is going on in your life.
The evidence for to suppor the claims is we need to have experince and whe to know how to use the claims if we know all the information of the claim we go to know how to support the claim.
The introduction of ah boddy an ah conclusion to your essay that it is more of our personallity we have to know was is goin on in our's life in our body because we are the person who knows evrything about our's life not body knows our body not body know what is going on in or conclusion only we knows.
The Mona Lusa demonstraction is really intended to bring ah smile to your face while it shows just how much this computer cnad do imagine ah computer that knosw when you're happy or sad that's why is sometime important thw computer.
And finally the Meanwhilw ,muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palabrearus make crow's-feet around your eyers.( That's instruction #2.) But in ah false smile, the mouth is streched sideways using the zygomatic major and ah different muslce.
But by the way ,did making a happy face in this experiment also make yo feel/ slightly happy and according to the facial feedback ,Theory of Emotion moving your facil muscles not only expresses emotions but also may even help produce them.
And know we have ah leasson in this life we need to smile we need to by happy for the resct of our's life we only have one life and we have to smile is not worry was is going on the problems is something normal in the life all the people has problemas or something like that but you need to be happy is doesn't care all the thing bad or the problem's with family smille in this life. | 1 |
c2a9c8b | Although, Venus holds some dangers for astronomers, it is a great science of study and has potential solutions to avoid dangerous studying. It sparks scientists to Venus, due to the similarities it has to Earth, as is to why scientists are interested on reserching this planet in space. The conditions are far more extreme than anything scientists encounter on Earth due to the stability of the atmospheric pressure and temperature that could crush practically anything. Venus is worthy to pursuit because in paragraph four, it reads, "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 to the reader to why it is important to be discovered despite all of the challenges on the surface.
"Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." (paragraph 8) Despite everything that makes us humans limited to encounter the curiosity of Venus, it shall not be intimidating to expand the edges of knowledege when humans can work around it to find safe solutions. Paragraph seven explains, "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venuss surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." This explains to the reader that they are still interested in the findings of Venus because they are experimenting ways to finding safe solutions that convinces the reader that the idea of studying Venus is still a worthy pursuit.
The idea of expanding scientists knowledge of Venus are risky, this does not make it impossible to find stratagies to make studies safe for the scientists. It may take many experiments and knowlege to make it easier for further visits, but it is never limited. The wonders of a planet so similar to the planet for humans will carry on depsite the dangers of it. It is worthy of pursuit because the idea of studying it is never impossible and scienetists shall never give up on their ponders of their fascination on Venus. | 3 |
c2ac052 | Many peeple own a car and later one more will but the car usage is limited. Some familys just want two or three cars or the insucre dont want the same people having to many cars on their name because it can caused a problem. A car owner iwll buy a space for $40,000 just for it car or cars
In the world like 70% of the families dont own a car at least not even one. And at least 57% sold a car to move somewhere because they need the money. In paris 4,000 drivers where fined with a 22-euro fine($31) because they had old lisnce plates and they had thier car impount because of the way they reacted to the fine. In the U.S.A had a uniqiu car culture because it buiold the model-t car in detriot
But in April 2005 had low milages meaning not many people used cas that much or didnt own that much cars but in April 2013 the number of miles was increased by 9% and that nine percent is getting bigger and bigger because we are now having teenagers owning their lelinces and they will want a car for them selfs. So this will take the 9% even higher each year | 1 |
c2acd73 | In the article "Making Mona Lise Smile," the author describes a wonderful technological advancement called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). This technology allows for computers to analyze a human face and determine the emotion, or emotions, that person is feeling. With the help of this new software, Professor Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at tge University of Illionois, and Professor Nicu Sebe, of the University of Amsterdam, were able to determine that the Mona Lisa is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. This outstanding innovation can be very beneficial to society. They have created something that can not only help us have a better understanding of the body, but can also change the way we communicate in drastic ways.
With FACS we, as people, will be able to better understand the anatomy behind joy, depression, anger, all of it! We will have access to parts of the brain that millions of scientists have never understood. FACS creates oprotunity for discovery far beyond what we already know. For centuries scientists have been asking, "What makes a happy person happy?" and "What is causing all these mood swings?" With these advancements applied, we can know when a change in mood happens and use brain scans to figure out where and why this is happening.
"Communication is key!" That's something we all hear all of the time but no one seems to be any good at. The suicide rate is out of control and the divorce rate is crazy high. Using FACS we can deminish these numbers! A simple understanding of the emotions another human is displaying can change, and save, lives. If we have the technology to understand what a person is feeling, then we can fix things before they completly fall apart. We can offer solutions to the problems that people are facing everyday simply by understanding how they feel and what is causing their hurt. This technology could be the difference between wether or not your parents stay together or your friend jumps off a bridge. That is why I believe this technology should be immediately incooperated into society. It can save lives, it can save love.
FACS is an important technology that needs to be applied to everyday life as soon as possible. Not only will it change the world for the better but it will be the difference between life and death. | 4 |
c2b3309 | Using the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom setting for students is valuable because it can enhance how humans can express and analyze emotions to and from each other. A valuable skill to learn is being able to express ones thoughts and emotions to others well. Learning this is school is essential for students in the classroom and wherever else they go in life for a better knowledge of how to listen to others and also communicate a message with a certain tone to others. Humans unconsciously convey through their face what they are feeling, but completely knowing how a person is feeling from their facial expression is not always possible. With this accurate technology, the software can translate "anatomical information as electronic code." Examining the way that one reveals emotion through their face can help that person to fine tune their expressions to convey or even conceal their thoughts and emotions. Through this technology students would be able to have a better understanding of how to express emotions and messages to others in addition to analyzing what others communicate to them. | 2 |
c2b3c97 | Have you ever wanted to go around the world or see it. Well now you can with the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to go all around the world and ride waves, and boats and see a hole nother adventue wanting to happen. You can also invite a friend to come on the trip, it well be a opportunity of a lifetime. You will have a blast if you join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You also won't have to worrie about the Pacific War, so you well be salf if you were travel.
If you are woundering where well you be going, you well going to 9 different countries. Now that sounds like fun but if you don't like traveling than I say don't join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you well be travel alot 9 countries and it takes time to get to those countries. It takes a month to get to China and two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
It also takes resonpablies, becasue you take care of animals. World War II just endend and we have to help out the countries that got ruin by World War II there 44 nations that joined together to form a UNRRA ( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation). Did I say you get to take care of hores, young cows and mules.
When you are apart of the Seagoing Cowboys you get to help out people and have fun doing it. You also get to travel to Greece. You can also go on a cattle-boat trip so like fun. so i hope you are thinking about | 3 |
c2b5ab0 | It's the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, can you guess what it is? It's election day! Every four years, nearly every person in America will vote to choose a new President, or do we? Yes, we live in a democracy where we can vote for who runs out country, but do we really make the descision? The Electoral College is a phase where electors, of a candidate running for president, come together and decide for who is the President, Vice President, and include the countings of the electoral votes from Congress. The person who runs for President has a select group of people known as electors, which are typically chosen by that person's political party. Is this who we really vote for, and is it fair? This should be eradicated.
By using the Electoral College, we don't directly vote for our own President. We vote for his/her's electors. It's them who really choose who leads us, not us! In "What Is the Electoral College?" it states that "...when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors," meaning we aren't actually voting for a President, just his/her's electors. It could literally be anybody, not holding public office. This is not a direct way for us to vote for who makes the descisions around here. In "Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," it claims that "...over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." Sixty percent said that! That's incredible.
The electoral votes are just unequal. The states that are bigger would obviously get more electoral votes than, let's say Maryland. California would have more votes than Maryland because it i smuch bigger. The House of Represenatives has its own unique way of handling that, and they're going just fine, we don't need another. It just isn't reliable, the numbers and percentages would be all boggled up. This country is based on equality and liberty. and there is no equality in this.
The Electoral College is much too confusing. Sometimes voters could be discombabulated about who it is they are voting for. Sometimes voters can't control who the electors vote for. This is both confusing and frustrating for anyone who thinks they voted for someone great, but the electors change that. In "Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," it says that "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.", meaning that we don't choose for ourselves, they do.
Some could say "its anarchy", or that "its not democratic", which could be true. In "In defense of the Electoral College...," it states that "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee...however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote." This means that even though you vote for a person, it's probably a fifty-fifty chance your person will win. It does also help release the stress of worrying about a run-off election, and avoids the problem where no candidate receives a majority of votes that has been cast.
The Electoral College is not the best way to vote in our beautiful country. It can be decieving and confusing. Though it may have one or two advantages, the list of things that can go wrong with it are of plenty. It is unfair, and could turn nasty. It should be abolished. Make America more equal. | 5 |
c2c2fff | The brightest point in the night sky, otherwise know as the planet Venus, is a very difficult place to discover. In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author talks about the dangers that exploring Venus brings along with it. The author supports this idea well by sharing the pros and cons of going there.
Although there are many risks, it could help scientists better understand how common Venus and Earth are. The author states that Venus' "temperatures average over 800 degree Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." These conditions are very extreme for any human because we aren't exposed to that type of heat and pressure at any discovered place on Earth. However, in the fourth paragraph, he says that Venus might have been "the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" and that it "still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." Although these reasons are good for scientific purposes, the risk poses a huge threat for the way that NASA chooses to explore Venus.
The author supports this idea of exploring Venus very well by giving both pros and cons for exploration. They give facts about the climate there while also giving examples of how to avoid these dangers. He knows that Venus has value so the shouldn't stop them from finding out more from this cloud-draped world. | 2 |
c2cfb38 | Have you ever sat in your room and looked at the ceiling for a while and you see a weird shape or face? If you haven't have you ever stared into space and seen a shape or face? Do you think of how it got there, from an alien, your imagination, or natural landform? My guess would be natural landform.
I am saying natural landform because alians aren't real, and if they were why would they create a human face. Maybe they were tryin to send a sign, if they were trying to send a sign why couldn't they have just come to earth and tell us what we need to know. What was the point of going to Mars no one lives on Mars we live on Earth.
The is a 50/50 chance that it could be your imagination, just like if you were staring out of space or looking up at the ceiling and see a random shape or face, that is your imagination, so it could be you imagination. But the scientist wasn't really focused on this "face" they just happened to look over an see it otherwise just like if it was your imagination you would be very focused on to something and happen to see it.
It is a natural landform because when Mars came about this "face" was made along with it no one else put it their it naturaly came along. You can believe that it was put their by an alien but by the evidence and how I proved it you might think that it natural landform. | 2 |
c2d42a7 | wether you are 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percet angry people shouldnt go around measruing your emotions. I think that emotions are something very personal that should be kept for ourselves. There is a difference between asking a friend how they feel and being there for then versus measuring their emotions, and only working on that part of emotiong thatthey want to get rid of. what of they device has gathered the wrong information ? That means we would be helping people in the places they dont need help.
In the article they keep rerfering the facial muscle and what they represt and how the computer identifices them. Us humans look at people and predict they are feeling some type of way but we could be wrong, becuase only the persons can feel how that emotion. Eventhough they mention all the different features the computer has to identify our emotions I dont believe that our technology is advance to a point where it can do all of those things. In fact i believe this system is pointless becuase we dont need to worry about other people and their personal space.
In conclusion my opinion is that we dont have this system in our school. I say this because teachers shount be worried about our personal emotions. School should focus on better ways on teaching people versus worryingabout theyre personal emotions. Sometimes our emotions are not being the scholl but by the problems we have at home witch makes it irrelent to have this system. That is why i say we shouldnt have this system. | 2 |
c2d5fa5 | First, I think the Face that was found in Mars was just a natural landform. I think that because there is nothing out there in the space that would make a random planet looks like it has a face. The Face was a huge rock formation which resembles a human head but people aren't sure what it really is. According to the article,"The caption noted a 'huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.' " (Unmasking the Face on Mars,1) Just because it looks like a human face with human creatures, doesn't mean we should come up with a conclusion.
Next, it is true that the Face looks like a human's face, but there is no prove yet. It might be other rocks in space that caused the face. If you think the Face was created by aliens, you will first need a prove of aliens existance. First, we don't know if aliens really exist. If we don't know about existance of aliens, that would make it harder for people to believe the Face was created by aliens. Also, it says over the year, the Face gets sharper. The article states, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." (Unmasking the Face on Mars,1) and the article also states, "Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001- a cloudless summer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. 'We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view,' said Garvin. 'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximun resolution.' Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." (Unmasking the Face on Mars,1) Does this means, aliens had been creating the Face more sharper and clearer for humans to discover over the few years?
They should also learn more about the natural landforms of the space to know more about what could create a mysterious face on Mars. I think we should think or look more further into the article for the conclusion to imerge.
In a conclusion, I think the Face isn't created by the aliens. Even the article says it was not an alien who did this. The article states, "There was no alien monument after all." (Unmasking the Face on Mars,1) If you think the Face was created by aliens, you should look further into it, to make your statement come true. For all these reasons, I strongly believed that the Face wasn't created by an alien. | 3 |
c2dc1f0 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College is not a good thing. The people should be able to determine who their president is. Not the stupid electors. It's called the people's nation for a reason. Majority rules. So whenever we have an election, which ever president gets more votes from the citizens of the United States of America, should become the president. Say if two people were running for president and one got more electoral votes and one got more citizen votes. The one with the more electoral votes would automatically win! Now, isn't this unfair? The people's voice needs to be heard and reconized!
According to source 2, the electoral college electors defy the will of the people. I don't disagree one bit that this is undoubtfully true. Millions of people live in the United States. Only 538 people are in the electoral college. We leave the hope of our nation into the hands of 538 people. What if one of the electors is crazy? What if they mess up on their ballot on accident? It's all up to them! We need to make sure that our voices are heard in the next election!
Some people think that the the electoral college is good because the electors know what they are doing. Well I say they don't! Millions of people do know what they are doing though and that's the very upmost important asspect of this whole essay.
Why are you reading this you may ask? Beacuse you have a voice that needs to be heard! We want our votes to count for something in our bleepin lives! Let's do this! Yeah! FOR THE PEOPLE!! | 3 |
c2e134c | Have you ever drove with someone and wasn't comfortale with there
driving techniques and there eyes? How did it make you feel being driven by someone who has not tooken a driving test or can't breathe the same air you breathe. Thats why I chose to write an essay to be against driveless cares. I know some people who cant even trust being driven around by other human beings. Being driven by a computer can be ten times as worst. Thinks about the people who don't know all the aspects of a computer and how it works. They may just want the car because it the latest and are just trying to keeping up with advancments in the world of teechnology today.
By having these driveless cars i feel you are putting yourself in a easier death risk. If the car bagans having problems who does people began to look at ?
The company? The dealership? Or you? The reason I say you is because I would question the person that has a driveless car and began questioning do they really know there vehicle? Do they kniow the bad things about the
car they get into every? Was the price really worth paying for? I
think that there are many unanswered questons about these vehicles that people don't know about and some aren't interested. Think about if the car driving you and you're stopped plenty of times for tickets that you must pay off? Then when those tickets began coming more and more and aren't paid you will eventually be sent to jail. Who knows how much time you would have to due and where would the car be? I know it wouldn't be there trying to help get you out of the cell. Then especially if the car if speeding when it's not suppose and you are laid back sleep and it ends up killing you or someone else. The driveless car would probably be expensive. For generations who don't know how to drive would have to depend on a computer to get them where they want them to go. I feel that by having these driveless cars would end up causing people to be homeless? For instance taxi drivers would lose their jobs and that may be the only they are keeping a house or reasonable living, or maybe providing food for their family.
I feel that the technology in this world is getting out of control and will eventually take away peoples freedom. All im saying is that I disagree with having a driveless car. Is it really worth putting your life on the line? Are you sure you trust who's controlling the car. But overall to me there's too many unanswered questions and would be easier to just drop the idea of having a driveless car. Once again is your life really worth being tooken and overpowered by technology. | 3 |
c2e46f1 | Dear Senator,
In the past years our country has been run by a "electoral college" voting system. Has always been the soultion to our (america's) equation. Its been in bussines since 2012 now and so far has seen no problems. Our country has a strong base an voting system for our country period .
another great reason electoral college has , is that a big problem ,like "Big States". even if the state has a huge population than other states . they equal out the vote of thepopulations so that every one could have an equal chance.
Like how every thing is settled majoritry rule , but in this case "everybodys president". Every one has part in the election during Electoral College , no one is left out like popular voting ways. From "source 3: in defense of the electoral college :five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" by richard A. Posner.
Even though" elctoral college may some times be unfair out dated , and irrational."(from "source 2: the indefensible elctoral college: why even the best -laid defenses of the system are wrong"). The way we are voting now has no problems so far , so by far this is the best efficent ,wide variety of choices an accecible to all in the U.S. It has been updated and fitted toward our government. | 2 |
c2e8bd2 | Dear state senator,
There should be a change in the Electoral College. It should be changed to electing presidents by popular vote. It is our right to vote for someone who would actually make changes in our society and make our lives different. The fact that we have to vote electors for those electors to choose our president, it seems unfair. Also, the purpose of voting for president is for everybody to vote not just citizens. Therefore, there should be some changes for voting.
To continue, election of presidents by popular vote should be used in the United States. If we are voting for presidents, then why should us ,citizens, vote for electors in order for them to vote for our president? As stated in source 2 "The Indefinsible Electoral College","At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state,candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing"states." In addition, it states in source 3 "In defense of the Electoral College"," No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president." This shows that with the Electoral College, not every region is going to have electoral votes. Therefore, it would not be fair for those regions. Perhaps their votes would not count and basically the chosen president would not pay attention to them.
Furthermore, everyone should be allowed to vote not just citizens. The fact that not everybody are qualified citizens to vote, then the amount of votes would be vague. This process is similar to not having enough electoral votes. The votes would not be popular or in a great amount for that specific place. For example, as it mentions in source 3, "Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really listen to the competing candidates-knowing that they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average..." There should not be any thoughtful voters deciding on the election. It makes it unfair for those who want to vote but are not allowed.
On the other hand, Electoral College could have benifits. In this process it is easier for the electors who are voting. If there is a tie in votes, then they can pass it on to the House of Representatives in which state delegations take care of the voting. At least with this process, they have their own system set up and if any problems, they know in what way it can be fixed. Unlike voting by popular vote, it can cause some problems because not everyone is allowed to vote and there could be few votes for candidates which would have a negative outcome. However, it would be the same for the Electoral College because there would be not enough electors in regions.
In conclusion, election by popular vote for the president of the United States should be used. It could change society and it will allow us to have a better living. This could give us a chance to vote and feel part of the election. As mentioned in source 2, "Abolish the electoral college!" | 4 |
c2e8d1a | I think that the idea of having Driverless Cars is in a way not smart. For the simple fact that anything can happen while your in the car what if the car malfunctions and it hits something before it gets your attention. And a question that I have is will the car stop as it gets your attention or will it keep going? Also in the passage it says what if road blocks lie ahead of the car will it stop?
But I'm not totally against it because it seems like they have the right idea. In the passage it states that the combination of the censors that the cars will need and the laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. The combination of all this input is necessary for the diverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel! But I don't think that this makes the cars driverless I look at it more as assisting. Also the process will be very expensive, for a simple radar it costed two hundred million dollars!
Also what is a driver goes to sleep on the road a simple vibration will not wake them up if anything it soothing! Alot of accidents may occur from this feature. Also they don't even have the new laws following accidents in the new Driverless cars, maybe some people will think that the new laws are unfair and that can stir up alot of problems!
Lastly I think that the drivers will get very bored having to wait on their turn to drive, and how will the car know you destination will you have to make all the turns for the car? I really just think it isn't a good Idea there are to mny flaws that come with Driverless cars! | 3 |
c2ebc90 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa smile :" they have a technology called the Facial Action coding system" , this system lets computers idenfy human emotions , this is a very valuable method . This could help students get better grades in class and it could also help the teacher know how the student is feeling so they can help them out if they are depressed or sad or even afraid .
This is a very vaulble system if a kid is afriad maybe somethig is going on at home to make them feel this way the teachers would be able to detect it and get the student the help it needs . In the article it says " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored " this means if the student is confused the teacher would know to maybe take the lesson a little slower and help the kid out or if multiple students look confused she could maybe just go over the lesson all over again.
This system works like a math problem in the text it says " Shes 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted , 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry " You would know all the students feelings right away . Many kids do not ask questions or open up the saddest ones are always the quiet ones. Without this system the kids that have a fear of getting made fun of for rasing there hands to ask a question would never get help . Without this system the kids that are sad and depressed from who knows what would never get the help they need to over come that . Without this system kids that have the fear from maybe getting beat at home or getting bullied from the means kids on the play ground would never be healed , maybe the rate of school shootings would go down because the sad people would not be alone anymore .
This article says the computer can detect " happiness , suprise , anger , disgust, fear and sadness " thats 6 emotions you may never know from just looking at a kid without this technology. It says " Then it could modify the lesson like n fffective hum instructor " the computer would break down a lesson that a student is confused on and help them .
This is the best way to get into a students head and get them the help they need . The " Facial Action Coding System
" should defintley be something put into schools , it would make school a better and safer place . | 3 |
c2f04df | In the future computers might be able to respond to how you feel. Thanks to new computer software that can now determine your emotions it might just happen. I feel that this software could be very useful for students and teachers.
I think that Facial Action Coding Systems could be useful for students because the computer could read your emotions and make changes just like a real teacher. For example, in the passage it says, "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is feeling confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This means that a computer lesson could change if the computer determined that you were bored. It could also explain more fully if it determined you were confused. This software could be very useful in school computers.
Facial Action Coding Systems could also help teachers by showing how the kids are feeling. The software could alert teachers if a student was confused, upset, bored, ect. In the passage it says, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then associated each with a characteristic movements of the facial muscles. This means that the software is acurate and could help teachers determine how a kid is feeling. This could help teachers because the teacher could then react to how the kid is feeling. If a kid was sad the teacher could comfort them and if the kid was mad the teacher could talk with them. This could help teachers out very much and could decrease school violence.
Facial action coding systems could be very useful to students and teachers. It could help students that are taking online classes because the computer could respond like an actual teacher. This software could help teachers by showing the kids emotions. Then the teacher could react to how the student is feeling. For these reasons I think Facial Action Coding Systems could be very useful to teachers and students in schools. | 3 |
c2f0a67 | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursiut because of the fun and amazing discoveries. For example, life is full of risks and without taking some risks in your life, how are you living your life to the fullest? Somepoepl like to go on adventuries and explore things without thinking about the cost and the dangers. The same goes for this. Discovering something new can be exciting but also scary because you might never know what you are going to find. Going to space and learning about Venus might be fun but it also might be a one way ticket. You'll never know when you'rew going to come back to Earth.
" Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This quote from the text is explaining that finding out and learning the challenges of Venus can be fun but it will likely lead to something intimidating, something scary. " Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation," means that the travels we all take should not have any doubts and regret but happy memories and new knowledge. | 1 |
c2f586f | Driverless Cars Is The Future
The future is coming our way. Many automotive industries have began manufacturing the "driverless car". I believe that driverless cars will bring many positive reactions, and that the idea of a driverless car is very intelligent. Driverless cars will be a good benefits for the drivers and for the manufacturers.
Driverless cars are beggining to be manufactured in many industries. Google already developed cars that could drive independently in 2009, but they are not completely driverless. This is just the beggining of their creation. Google says that their, "cars have driven more than half a million miles without crash". Which is a lot if you think about it no crash in a "million miles", thats incredible. Google's driverless car still alerts the driver during traffic issues and when pulling in and out of driveways, but like I said this is just the beggining of their development later on in time they will probably will have all the minor defects fixed.
Although in the present time there is traffic laws that are written saying that the only safe car has a human driving it at all times, and driverless cars are not allowed in certain places. When the driverless cars are proved more reliable in safety there will be new laws covering their liabilty.
Driverless cars would benefit the driver. The driverless car would only use have the fuel of today's taxi. This is a great benefit in the drivers perspective. They would not have to pay all that gas money, and we all know that gas is not cheap. We waste so much money on just paying for gas when we could be using that money to purchase other things. The driverless cars tha thave been developed can, "steer, accelerate and brake themselves". Which is great this would allow the driver to relax during driving.
The current driverless cars have sensors that can detect danger. Meaning that when the car is driving and it detects something dangerous in its way the car will reduce power from its engine and apply its brakes, "allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone". Meaning that the technology can work that well under pressure while humans cannot.
In conclusion I am fro the development of driverless cars.Our technology is so advanced right now, imagine in the future how good it will be. The driverless car is safe and provides many benefits for the driver and the developer. By providing the driver with less pressure about driving and saving gas money. The developer of course would benefit from all the cars that would be sold. The driverless car is the future. | 4 |
c2f9e43 | I disagree on this article well im in between to story i believe it is going to be like that in the future but also it might not because there going to upgrade the cars or whatever so imma have to say i disagree.
the reason i disagree is that there going to be better cars than what they is now they just going to keep coming out with new stuff and everything. In the future future like 2032 type stuff like that i really dont know cause i dont even know if im still ognig to be living at that time. Yeah they coming out with new cars yes people are still ging to be driving even if the car is old or new you still going to do something.
I mean none is going to walk i know im not but some people might have to of take the bus because they dont have a car or some like that btu other than people is still going to drive and so will i Then again i really dont know if im still going to be here to see it but i still say no people love driving i do i mean i really be really angry if school take away cars like people will be mad and complain becayse thats how they get to places thats how i get to places.
And if u dont have a car you can take a bus our a taxes but a taxes is considered a car to so a train fly and airplane. My final answer is disagree because thats not going to hapened my predition to the world when it becmoes the future if i live to see it. Really the point of this article is would cars still be in the future the article is saying no its not but i really believe yes it would be but to be honest we really would know until we actually seen it for ourself but i mean if they gone take cars away in the that mean they should of been took it this years ago like they would ask use thing in 2012 but its 2016 and cars are still here and going to stay here not thay long like 2045 type stuff if i live to see that year i would be 45. They say that most most driving laws focusing on is keeping driver,passengers and pedestians safe i really dont believe that because if you guys was reakky thinking about that you wouldnt be say you gonig to as if cars are still going to be here in the future. | 1 |
c2fb070 | Dear State Senator,
After learning that the Electoral College is a process, and not a place, I've started thinking. What were the founding fathers thinking when they said that people can vote collectively onto the president when we actually vote for the state electors. People who change their vote onto the president they aren't being representing on again.
Say I wanna vote for Barack Obama but I actually vote for a Elector that is represented by Barack Obama. The elector votes not for Barack Obama but his opposing competition, and now our president, isnt the one I voted for.
In the Electoral College ther are so many loop hole we dont even see. We aren't even voting for the person we want. We are just voting for a person in the house who votes who they feel is the better president. Better yet, the can just represent kennedy and just vote the competing side if he really wants.
To make things worse, the good representatives dont have a chance depending on the state you represent in. so all the republican representatives can go over to the democratic side and vote for their president of choice because they have taken over the voting. Totally taking over the right to vote for president freely as a nation sorta thing.
More or less our vote does matter. In 2012 the popular vote was very close in Florida; even so Obama won the vote and got 29 electoral votes. If he represented Wyoming instead of Florida he would have got only 3 electoral votes because of the Democratic and Repubilic electors.
Larger states get the more attention tho, and when the president represents the larger state that votes toward his kind of Republic or Democrat field it is more likely that he will win of popular vote. If we dont vote for him his state representative electors wont get the chance to vote for the presdent or vice president we want, and then we wont be able to vote collectivly as a nation.
Now to the more and most important part of this letter. I implore you to change the rule so that the people as a whole can vote for their elected president, not for a elector of the president. I feel that when the founding fathers spoke of "people of america with the right to vote", we will get to vote without cheats and without backdoors in the law. So as a citizen of the united states, I wish that you will do the right thing for the people of the nation of freedom and give us a choice. Give us a chance to vote for OUR president and take down the electoral collage process.
Love, PROPER_NAME aka student | 3 |
c2fd586 | Even though, driverless cars seem to be easier and better than a self driving car, they have possible negative outcomes. Some people would get a driverless car because of lazyness or not wanting to driving. A driverless car could have good and bad outcomes. "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driverways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." Whether the driver wants to drive or not they still would have to stay aware and watch the road at all times.
There are many reasons some people wouldn't get a driverless car.Driverless cars are created to further lazyness. People would start texting and being on the phone as the driverless car drive. That can still cause an accident, technology have issues and powerdowns often. You can't depend on technology for everything. The main reason some wouldn't buy the driverless car is because of safety reasons. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." People feel as if anything can happen and go wrong dealing with a driverless car. It's as if you are risking your life for a free ride with no safety guarantees. Another reason some may turn down a driverless car is because they are expensive. "The car read the positive and negative polarity as messages in binary codes. These smart road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." Theseare just the main issues dealing with an driverless car.
On the otherhand, some may think a driverless car is way better than a regular car. Only because they don't really have to do anything. They can relax in the driver seat and cruise around. It's nothing wrong with having relax time while your car drive you itself. They are still developing new safety ideas for the driverless car. "GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the roas, the car watches the driver." These ideas will insure safety to the people. Aslong, as the driver stay alert while the driverless car is driving everything should go well. People have their different reasons on why they should and shouldn't buy a driverless car, but even with a regular car you can still have accidents. To be on the safe side, always pay attention to the road for your own safety. | 4 |
c3015a5 | Car usage is one of the biggest reasons that as to why there is so much air pollution in the world. Buying more will just make the problem grow. This is why we should limit the use of cars and start thinking of other ways to get around such as walking or riding a bike.
One of the reasons that we should limit car usage is because, it's one of the main causes that the Earth is so unhealthy. Using cars cause more and more greenhouse gas emissions. If we are able to reach a community with very little car use then those people without a car will not only be saving money, but also preventing greenhouse gas emission. Many people will also be able to get more excercise because they won't be driving everywhere, but they will be walking or bicycling. Many people also stress out due to not having enough money to finish paying for a car, or to fill their car up with gas. Most of those problems will go away if they just limit or stop their car usage. In Bogota, Colombia, for the third straight year, cars have been banned, and only taxis and buses have been allowed on the streets. Many people are enthusiastic on participating and wouldn't even let rain stop them from arriving at their destination. he goal was to reduce smog and so far, they have been reaching their goal. Another city that has recently had a car free days has been Paris, France. Paris enforced a partial driving ban due to days of near-record pollution. the amount of smog Paris had was enough to rival that of Beijing's which is known as the most polluted city in the world. After a couple of days, the smog cleared enough for cars to be allowed to be used again.
Those are only some of the few reasons as to why car usage should be very limited, many people don't realize it, but if we don't do something about the amount of air pollution that we have, it may be too late to save the planet Earth. | 2 |
c302026 | Have you ever thought of being a cowboy then your in luck becase today you can be a seagoing cowboy and see not just cows but unique places in the world and see places in the world that you thought only existed in books and movies.
If you thought that you would be wrong the places in books are sometimes real and sometimes not and if you want to help people and go on a advencher this is the job for you. The perks of this job would be the trip and if a cow dies of old age it is a steak cook out and you can see more animals you thought possible in a bout. The sea is a inportant part of the job and if you are scard of water then this job is not for you.
Now the sites of a seagoing cowboy are absolutely amassing you could see greece and the Parthonon and rome with the romen coloseum and china with it's large 16th cenchery builidings and spain with it's large docks with large sea vesalls and englend and buckinghem palice and the tower of london and big ben and germeny the starting place of the war and home of hitller and berlin. If you like steak and other meat meals then you have to eat somthing different then your favoret meals becase of the cow on the ship the might get a little wored and start to get out of control but dount let a cow stop you from bring a seagoing cow boy and help with the things we need the do to help thoughts in need.
If you dount have patince then this job is not the job for you becase if you have optins that are always fast then go for that and dount get this job becase this job needs alote of patince.
So if you relly want to get this job then you are exepted.
Mead by Gabriel. | 2 |
c3058fe | The Face on Mars
By jimmy
NASA`s had send a spacecraft called Viking 1. Many of the people that were working on this were think it was something else. When it came out 1976 many peolpe think it was made by aliens. But on one know that it was. So it be came an icon for the plant mars. Many people think it was aliens that made the face or hills that from the face on mars. 22 years later Mars Global surveyor had a spacecaft that was going aronud mars to the face but when they did they take the image. Many were happy to see other image. But it did not came a clear as they what it to be. But what i think it could be is that a rock may crash into mars and made the face. But over time sand bulid over it gave what it look like in 1976. In the photograph you can see that it maybe face but you can see that it can be a hill. What are the black spot in the photograph that we see here. It could be that is that can be made on mars by wnich it from by. | 2 |
c30afa3 | The author suggests that studying Venus is worth it for knowledge. The author claims Venus is the Earth's "twin," stating "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too," This quote from the article explains the author's point of view. His view of point is that Venus could one day be liveable by humans. The author wants us to explore Venus more than we are. Venus could give us much information.
"Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." I think this quote from the article supports his claims. Information from the article, I can tell that Venus could be survivable for humans. Maybe in the future we'll have more and better technology to make it happen. The author really wants to study the planet and don't wantr it to go to waste. Maybe there is something useful we coud use. The planet could provide information and resources. | 2 |
c30c7da | Dear Senator, I feel the need to bring the Electoral College to your attention. I think keeping the Electoral College is not a good way to vote for the president of the United States. It's an unfair way to vote. 538 electors and the majority of 270 votes to elect the president seems to have problems every time. If the person running for office has more votes it obviously means they want that person to win the election. So why go around that process and change everything and make it more difficult for the person to win? People all over keep trying to change things with voting but don't have a choice. When they vote for someone in office it doesn't equal a whole percent which actually goes towards whether or not they will or will not be president. Thanks to the Electoral College it makes things harder. Thats's why people don't like to vote. So Senator, please think about getting rid of the Electoral College it's fair that the person with the most votes should win because if everyone voted for them they wanted that person to win. That's more fair than popular votes and then what the other 538 people have to say.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
c30d020 | A major form of transportation that has been around for a long time is driving in cars.
Now, people are relying less on cars and are finding different methods of commuting. Some countries are even banning cars. Limiting car usage will have many advantages, such as reducing stress and benefitting the enviroment.
Cars come with a large amount of responsibility, which causes people to have stress.
Many people are actually happier without cars. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and a mother of two, stated that "When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." (Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal) People can be tense from having a car because they have to do things like pay for insurance, pay the monthly bill for the actual car, pay for gas, and worry about where to park. Living a life without a car means that you are saving money and you are walking and biking more. "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city." (Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky) Due to the lowering in the number of cars, people are being able to go outside more into new parks, go workout with friends, or just enjoy the outdoors. All of this is healthy and good for a person, and causes a person to relax and feel less stressed. Due to no cars on the road in Car-free day, there is no such thing as rush hour traffic, so people do not have to worry about leaving early or standing in traffic for a long period of time. Many who drive cars tend to have road rage, causing them to shout or get mad, which is not good for their health. People that drive to work on their bikes or use public transportation will not experience road rage, which will cause them to be happier. "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: "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky) Car-free day allowed this man to go to work in a fun way with his wife, enjoying the outdoors while also spending time together. If he had taken a car to work, he might have not went with his wife and had a good time. Limiting car usage will lead to less stress and happier people in the long run.
A big reason for the great amount of pollution in the world today is from cars.
Reducing the number of cars will also lead to a better enviroment with cleaner air. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." (Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal) Pollution is a major problem in many counties, such as the United States, and limiting the amount of cars on the road will surely have a positive impact on the enviroment. It will not do any harm. "If the pattern persists- and many sociologists believe it will- it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behing power plants." (Source 4: The End of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal) Since transportation is one of the major reasons for the amount of pollution in America, imagine the benefit to the enviroment that will occur if the amount of driving and car usage becomes limited. This is a very ambitious goal to curb America's greenhouse gas emissions. It is proven that fuel in cars is blamed for polluting counties. For example, Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, and is also blamed for polluting the country. (Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer) Smog is caused by the pollution, and is the key factor to the reason why Paris is banning driving. The only place the ban of cars will negatively effect is the car industry. People use their car sometimes for uneccessary situtations, such as driving to a friends house if they live a short distance away. "The Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends." (Source 4: The End of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal) It is not always needed to drive somewhere to meet up with someone. Technology nowadays, such as cellphones and computers, allow us to call, text, or video chat with people who are far away. This saves time and gas, and will be better for the enviroment.
Cars are not always necessary for commuting, and they also cause stress. They are harming our enviroment by polliuting it with its carbon emissions. There are other ways of transportation, such as public transportation, walking, or riding your bike. Limiting the amount of car usage will lead to people being healthier and less stressed, as well as the air being cleaner. | 4 |
c30ef3f | In most parts of the United States cars are our everyday transportation. We use cars in our everyday lives to transport us everywhere, whether it is from home to work or school and other places. What alot of people don't realize is all the advantages that not driving a car everyday has. If we were to use less vehicles in the U.S it would incourage most people to excercise more and have a healthier lifestyle. It would also help our environment be less polluted. Finally it would also help improve safety by decreasing the ammount of car accidents we have every year.
By not using a car every day, people would have to find other ways of transportation like riding bicyles or just simply walking everywhere. In the U.S we have a large percentage of obese people. I think this would help a large ammount of people lose weight by being more fit in there everyday lifes. It would incourge these people to play sports and go to parks more often. Our community would be much healthier and happier.
Not only will this new idea help our community but it would also help our environment be healthier by conserving resources and the atmosphere would be less polluted. Because we use cars everyday it has caused alot of air polution which is one of the many reasons why the ozone layer has been getting damaged. This would also benefit us by having better air to breathe. Our environment will be healthier and nicer for us to enjoy.
Finally this would help reduce the ammount of car accidents we have every year in the U.S. Most deaths in the U.S are caused by car accidents. By reducing the ammount of time we drive cars it would improve our safety and the ammount of deaths each year would be reduced. This would also be a benefit to our community because it would increase the number of our population.
Our lifes would be healthier and safer by not using cars every day. this would benefit us all and our environment. People should take these advantages in consideration and think about this next time they drive a car. | 3 |
c312a83 | In todays society, technology is widely used and practiced just about everywhere. People are constantly creating and improving technology to make life go more smoothly and feel more luxurious for human kind. We now have machines that can easily make our food and drinks, we have automatic vaccumms and dishwashers. We have just about everything we need because of technology and soon we can even have driverless cars. But is that taking it over the line?
Driverless cars have been a practiced idea dating all the way back to 2009. It wasn't that much of a topic then because it was again, just an idea that no one expected to go anywhere. Now, seven years later, the first driverless car will become available sometime this year. So what's so good about driverless cars?
The first great thing about driverless cars is that theyre driverless. You wont need to go out of your way to drive youself somewhere if youre not up to it and you wont have to get rides from risky drivers. another important factor is that driverless cars use a lesser ammount of fuel than regular cars which means less money out of you pockets. the driverless cars can also drive you more than half a million miles. Also, it's supposed to be a lot safer than regular cars.
But with positives comes negatives. I think the most important negative factor is that it runs on a computer like system. Computer systems arent the sturdiest and often break or go into over drive.This could cause your car to lose control.
I think driverless cars is a very bad idea. Humans were made to rely on the planet, not machines and were already doing enough of that without driverless cars. There's too much of an unknown risk and driverless cars is just another excuse to become more lazy. | 3 |
c312f80 | Technology has come so far and grown tramendously. This invention that can tell ones feelings from a simple move of a muscle would be perfect for classroom use. Many adolesence in the school setting get tired, bored, or distracted, this invention could notify the teacher when this happens or even change the assignment to something more interesting for that specific person.
Many teens in our society suffer from anxiety and depression. This invention might even be able to save lifes, it could show when one is sad and in a school setting, could notify a counselor or friend to talk to. When someone is feeling highly angery it could rearrange the computers content to something cheerful or happy to try and alter the mood. One could feel stressed or overwhelmed which can lead to many things and with the help of these new technologies many feelings of discomfort could be resolved.
In the article it states many facts that are shown just from a facial expression. It also tells how the computer is able to do this , "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". It states the main emotions that are available from facial movements now listing the following; happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Also finds hidden emotions like when one says they are fine, but you notice they actually seem sad. The computer can tell if a facial expression is false because of the certain muscles that move with it.
A huge example of research was done on a pianting of the Mona Lisa. The test that was taken on the facial expressions of this painting show that she was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. This shows alot about what this new technology can do and shows that it is proven to work.
The article shows how this experiment could be very benefitting and its just what every day classroom settings need. This new technology could be life saving and game changing, and its time to change the game and help many teens ones step at a time. | 3 |
c31558d | Driverless cars could change the world. If we had cars that could do the driving for us, we could avoid wrecks and traffic jams. Googles driverless cars have drove over half a million miles without a single crash! Having driverless cabs would be amazing, especially if they took up less gas.
If we didnt have to worry about things like wrecks and traffic jams, life in cities could become much easier. Driving would become much more effecient if we didnt have to worry about human error. We could get to places much faster and safer.
The driverless cab idea would be amazing if we had the technology to do that. We need to be able to make driverless cars safer before being able to legalize them in the states. I'm sure in time that we will reach the technology. Once they are completely safe then there will be no reason for it to be illegal.
Being able to notify a driver in a sticky situation would be helpful as well. They could help us be more aware of our surroundings. Maybe they could even see blindspots.
Overall I think that driverless cars would be very usefull to us. It would make driving much safer, especially in crowded roads like cities. It could even make getting to places faster. Being able to see blindspots when driving could also help avoid many wrecks. | 2 |
c317e8b | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify and act on human emotions. It reads a person's facial feature and identifies their emotions. For example, if particular person sees an ad they don't like, the computer will read their expression upon it and acts quickly to make them satisfied. This technology can definitly be useful to students.
Everyday in a classroom a student will stop paying attention because they are confused or bored. In the article, it tells how the computer will try another strategy to get the student back on board with the main topic. This could be by making it into a game or maybe showing them a video that will help them understand the subject. This is an amazing technique to make sure no student falls behind.
There are so many ways that parents use to get there children into learning without any complications. Many students take online classes so they can go at their own pace. Most parents try to get their kids home schooled so they feel more comfortable with their surroundings. Some parents even get their younger children who have not been enrolled to school yet, started on the learning proccess. And although some websites might be helpful it does not always work out in the best way. With the new technology the computer, it willl be able to sense what the students pay more attention to, what the students are more interested in learning about. And with that, the computer will be able to find a way to get the students more on board with the learning proccess.
Many students have some big problems in their life and some people won't be able to help them. However, if the computer knows how to make them smile or feel better about themselves this might lead to a decrease in depression and teenage suicide events. With this new technology teenagers may not even have to worry about what is going on in the social media websites. They wiill be doing things that make them happy or satisfied with their life. This will be a major decrease in cyber bullying.
This new technology called the Facial Action Coding System will have a major impact on not just students, but with every teenager who has trouble staying on track in and outside of school. This technology will enable students to be able to learn at their own pace with their style of learning and with some extra help, This will be very valuable to students everywhere. | 4 |
c31b06a | When you're voting for a president to govern our country, your vote should count just as much as anyone else's. The political way of voting right now, is by using electoral college. You cast your vote thinking that your voting for a president when actually your voting for that candiadates electors. Electoral college is unfair, irrational, and could have some really serious consequences.
Electoral college is not fair at all to the people voting. When you vote for president, most of the time you think that your voting for the person that you think will really help to improve this country. With electoral college, you might as well just vote directly for the electors. If all your vote is doing is going to the electors, then presidential candidates shouldn't even advertise themselves because in the end your not voting for them, your voting for the electoral college for that candidate.
The presidental candidates don't go to all the states when runing. They simply go to the states that they know will support them and the states that will most likely vote against them. What about all the other states that arent neccesarly with or against the candidate? They don't ever see any advertisments for the candidates, the person in the presidental race doesnt go to see them, and so when they vote they are basically blindsited by the name on the ballet. It's completly irrational to only go to the states that love you or hate you.
The best argument against the electoral college is something called the disaster factor. To make a long story short, basically it's that the state legislatures pick the electors, and those electors could always defy the rights and will of the people. For example, you could vote for a presidental candidate, but his/her electors cast their vote for the opposing candidate. That's taking away your right to vote for the person that you want to win.
When voting, your vote should go to the person that you chose. Not who the electoral college for that person called. Electoral collages have so many flaws in the system. It's unfair to the people voting, not all the states get as much exposure to the candidate as others, and the system could totally collapse on itself if the electors dont vote for the person that you voted for. That is why popular voting is the best way to elect a political figure. Your vote is going to the person you choose, not to the person someone else chooses for you. | 4 |
c31b9fc | I do believe that the use of this technology is and will be extremely valuable.
Some evidence to support why i believe this type of technology could be very valuable is that in the first sentence the article states"She's 83% happy, 9 % desgusted,6% fearful and 2% percent happy. This means that advanced technology can find out all if that information about human emotions and possibly more and it is as easy as calculating homework.This type of technology can also be useful and valuable becasue a situation could be where someone can't express thier emotions, or doesn't know how to express their emotions.That's where FACS come in,(Facial Action Coding System).Also too add to me agreeing that this technology could be very valuable, the Facial Action Coding System was used on Mona Lisa. She never smiles, it's very rare you catch her doing it. So who knows her emotions.
To add to my reasoning the Facial Action Coding System can also be useful is because students in classrooms expressions be so blank, all you can assume is that the students dont wanna be there. But what if there's more to it? What if behind those blank faces is a whole world of emotons,im pretty sure everybody has emotions.Some people love showing them. Some are shy to show them,and others just dont know.But they can know with FACS. It starts with a 3-D computer model of the face that shows the 44 major muscles.FACS has 6 basic emotions,happiness,suprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness.
So to conclude my argument i do believe this tye of technology can be very valuble in students classroom because all students has emotion, just some have a hard way of showing them.FACS stands for Facial Action Coding System. It is a new software that has ben developed to shows the basic six emotions of human emotions.Which was modeled on The Mona Lisa.And according to the new software she is 83% happy, 9% disgusted,6% fearful,2% angry. How weird is that someone who rarley smiles is 83% happy. That just proves that this technology could make this world a better place. | 3 |
c31d7a8 | Ever wondered how the streets of a very popullated city would look like? For example, Miami. At night Miami is full buildings that stand out in color, and on the highways you can see a whole road full of lights, the thing with these lights is that they are cars, even though they are helpful by getting us from point A to point B, they are the second highest source of pollution in the United States, that is after power plants. The only thing a city like Miami is missing at night is a sky full of bright stars, which that can be done by people not driving to everywhere they go, even if it is one or two blocks away. This whole "car-free" thing is become more and more popular all over the world.
In Vauban, Germany a small town, home to 5,500 people have decided to go car-free. "As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here" (Source 1). 70 percent of the the people is a lot, these streets are completly car-free except in the main thoroughfare and on the edge of the community, if this were to happen to a larger city the nights would be beatiful, and so will the days because you have all the car noise out and instead you have people talking and kids running all around the streets. "Passanger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States" (Souce 1). Miami is a car-intensive area, I know this from personal experince, there is always traffic during the day. I've been to other places in Florida, not that far from Miami, in Palm Beach at night the amount of starts you see at nights is beautiful and it's something new to see other than in Miami you see 2 to 3 stars. My point here isn't stars, it's how much better the world can be if we all do what this small town in Germany is doing.
Paris, France. The city of lights home to millions of residents and a landmark for millions of tourists, one would think this city couldn't run without cars, but they made it happen. Paris wanted to clean all the air polution in their city, "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)" (Source 2). Even though some didn't listen and about 4,000 drivers were fined, that is still very little compared to the entire population of Paris. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog" (Source 2). Can you believe that? Traffic was down by 60 perfect in the city of lights, if it can happen there it can happen all around the world, little by little bu we'll get it. Public transportation was free of charge in the city while this car-free thing was going on. One week later the smog had cleared out enough for the ruiling French party to rescind the ban.
"BOGOTA, Colombia - In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams" (Source 3). Yes, the city of Bogota in Colombia had its one car-free day, in Bogota called "Day Without Cars", this was the third year actually, on this "car-free" day cars are banned and only buses and taxis are permitted for the day. Bogota was not the only Colombian city to participate in this event, other Colombian cities like Cali and Valledupr, participated in this event for the first time. I find it funny and ironic because my sister has a friend who is Colombian and she owns a bicycle and she goes everywhere in that bicycle, and she refuses to get a car. Bogota is a very known city and just like I said before, if they can do it then the whole world can it. This day should be world wide and should be done at leats twice a year. Events like this will also get people motivated to start walking morre often. "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restuarants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up" (Source 3). If you've ever been to Miami, you know the huge amount of building there are here and I think there are about 3 or 4 being built at I type, how about we stop there and make Miami and healthier and more environmentally friendly place.
In the United States, research shows "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009" (Source 4). This meaning that adolescents aren't as intresting and driving as they were before, yeah I see how driving can be better but most kids here take the bus, they aren't even driven by their parents anymore. I find that this is a good thing because, one can ask themselves, I can't make a difference, but if thousands of people ask themselves that, then yes a difference can be made. In 2005 the miles driven by Americans peaked, and then steadily went dropping, in April, 2013 they found out that the miles in car was the same as it was in 1995. Not driving everywhere you go and actually walking there is a good thing because you can make new friends, and health wise it is also good because, instead of walking around your block for an hour, you can walk to someones house or to the store. There are several carpooling apps on the internet nowadays, if your friends can't pick you up, for just a push of a button you can have someone come pick you up to where ever you are and drop you off where you need to go to, for a low price. "Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by" (Source 4). This means that people aren't as interest in driving anymore, which means we are slowly getting near the time where we'll see more stars in the sky in car-intensive areas. | 4 |
c31ef3b | Mars has been a planet that we have been exploring for many years. We have discovered many abnormal objects on the planet. In 1976, we took a picture of the region Cydonia, and we found something that seemed to look like a human face. Our eyes are adapted to recognizing faces and that is why we recognized the face on Mars more easily. Higher quality images that were taken in 2001 show that the face on Mars is no sign of ancient civilization on Mars but in fact a mesa. It is a natural landform just like it would be on our home planet of Earth. Although some conspiracy theorists say differently, and think that is some sort of ancient civilization building these objects.
First off, the cameras that we have today are more advanced than the ones we had. The first picture that was taken of the face on Mars was taken in 1976 and the quality back then was not as good as it is now. The picture that was taken in 2001 was a higher quality picture and scientists figured out that is was just a mesa and not a sign of any ancient civilization on Mars. For example the camera used in 1976, spanned 43 meters compared to the camera NASA used in 2001 spanned 1.56 meters. In the picture of 1976, the shadows that were present that day formed an illusion that made it seem like there was a face. In paragraph two of the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" it says that, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."
Another thing is that, Jim Garvin, a cheif scientist from NASA's Mars Exploration Program, compared the Martian mesa to natural landforms that occur here on Earth. In paragraph 12, Garvin said, " 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 thye sane height as the Face on Mars." Jim Garvin is saying that these formations on Mars are very similar to the ones that we have here on Earth. He is also saying that there os no face on Mars.
In contrast, conspiracy theorists say that there is a face on Mars and that there is ancient civilization on Mars. In paragraph 8, it says that, " The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings we hidden by haze." Conspiracy theorists also state that NASA would rather hide the evidence that there is an ancient civilization on Mars, as it says in paragraph 5. Also stated in paragraph 5, is that the defenders of NASA wish that there was an ancient civilization on Mars.
The face has been a pop icon ever since the discovery of the formation. the face will always be a piece of history and will always been known to man. If there was an actual face on Mars then that would be a sign of life. The face ended up eing a mesa and nothing else besides that. Although it would have been an exciting discovery for NASA, we still have much more of space that is unknown and unexplored. NASA is bound to find some kind of incredible object. We will have to wait until that day comes and find something incredible and will be part of the incredible true story of space. | 5 |
c3208b3 | Driverless cars could be the next big thing. I think having driverless cars will be a sight to see. It doesn't seem like a bad idea to me. Of course they will need more work, but this could change the way people drive. Not only in U.S.A., but also the entire world.
For instance , Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. They aren't completely driverless, they send alerts to the driver to take over when things like a road block or an accident occurs. This just means the driver must remain alert at all times while in the vehicle. The driverless car is the same kind of function of an autopilot for a plane. While the driver is waiting for their turn to take over the wheel , it wont give them enough time to text, or use their phone. This can reduce the crash rate around the world.
Imagine how the future will be in 5 to 10 years. The driverless car could be one of the greatest things to happen in the century! All we have to do, is have a little hope. The Google cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. The Google car is still under maintenance. They are continuesly adding more details to it. Like the 3-D model of the car's surroundings. All of us together, can make this the next big thing. | 3 |
c320e8d | The use of technology to read students' emotions and expressions would not be valuable in a classroom. As a student living in a generation that is becoming dependent on technology, the ability for computers to read our emotions would not only be a waste of our resources but also a detriment to our education systems.
There are many consequences of using technology to read our facial expressions at school. Distractions are prevalent in a classroom and adding the emotional recognition would only be adding a game for students to play with while the lesson was being taught. According to the article if the student was paying attention, their lesson could be modified based on their facial expression. This may confuse the child or present them with material in a way that has never been taught before. They then would have different information from their peers and teacher. Not only would the customized lesson confuse the student, but it would also promote the selfish lifestyle that other technology is by giving the student exactly what they want when they want it. Our students are growing up in a world where technology is providing them with everything they want, and that has made them needy, spoiled, and reliant. If the emotional recognition technology were implemented, then in the future the child may not be able to sit through a job interview or meeting because it would not be modified for their enjoyment.
If we were to use technology that reads expressions, we would continue to create people who are not satisfied until everything is catered exactly they way they would like it. The use of technology to read humans' expressions would not be beneficial in a classroom. | 3 |
c3277c0 | "Abolish the electoral college!" is a famous statement that was made by Bob Dole on whether or not it would be a good idea to keep the electoral college. Though others may disagree and say that our founding fathers established the Electoral College. Also that it was established with the mindset of helping the American people, but i would like to think otherwise. I believe that the we should change the system by which we vote the president of the United States into election by popular vote. For many years we have been using the concept of the Electoral College and for many years, it has lead to unfair calls and the placing of bad leadership in our country. In the article titled, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", the author defines what the electoral collage system really is, the author states, " Under the electoral collage system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." This system is an unfair system, and can not be trusted. It time for change.
The electoral collage is a dishonesty to voters, it is an unfair system. In "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", the author makes a good claim. He or she talks about the winner takes all system that is affiliated with the electoral college. In the 13th paragraph the author specifically says, " Because of the winner-take-all system in each tate, candidates don't spend time in states they know have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races "swing" state." That shows how unfair it is to us as the American people. Certain states may not get a chance to see who their choices are. They are forced to make a decision based on the little we know and the majority of the knowledge comes form the media which is a very unreliable source. " During the2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all." That shows how little our voices are heard in a desion that is crutial for how we go about and make decisions in our everyday lives. We the American people have to rely on states such as Ohio for who our president will be.
There is dishonesty every where you go. More so in the electoral college. When the electors are chosen we have no say so. The state legislatures are the ones responsible for picking the electors. In paragraph 11 of "The indefinsible Electoral College", the author makes a remark that everyone should put into regards. It says "That those electors could always defy the will of the people." Just like people can lie about their age, electors san also fib about their position or party in which they are representing. The author also mentions in paragraph 11, : In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever the please."Not everyone can be trusted, and the dishonesty is another reason why we should do away with the electoral college and change to election by popular vote. With the election by popular, we are assured that there is fair play even though some of us may not get our voice heard completely.
People who are for the concept of the electoral college may argue other wise. For instance, in the article called, "In Defense of the Electoral College", the author argues that " The Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons", meaning its idea of support. I believe the Electoral College is an overrated nor practical.
I am in favor of abolishing the electoral collage amd changing to election of by popular vote. With the system of election of popular vote, you will be sure that the system is fair,honest, and speakes the voices of the American people. As a sentor you should take the best interest of the American people to heart. | 5 |
c331692 | The world is making considerable advancements in the area of technology. Today there are even smartphones and smartwatches. Recently, there have been rumors circling the world of the newest advancement: driverless cars. There are many pros and cons to smartcars. Driverless cars, if used properly, have the potential to be a revolutionary technological advancement.
First, driverless cars can almost entirely eliminate the looming threat of human error. The cars can forsee danger and exercise the proper actions to aviod the threat of an accident. Soon, they wil even be able to respond to skidding and even rolling over. However, these driverless cars are not completely hands-off. When greeted with the obstacle of road contruction or an accident, the human in the car must take over. The human has more skills in this area, so, naturally, the he or she will take over. With the combination of the human's skills and the car's advanced programming, the car will become more safe and more effiecient than ever.
Next, the driverless cars have the potential to completely overtake all the transportation that we use today. Smartcars are safer, faster, and more efficient. There won't be any more lost pedestrians because the smartcar knows where to take the passenger. There will be more flexibility with schedule because the car's sole responsibilty is transporting people from one place to another. Plus, driverless cars use half of the amount of fuel that a standard car would use today.
Finally, the smartcar can eliminate the stress of driving altogether. Yes, you may have to get behind the wheel for a short period to help your car through traffic, but then the work would be done. Driverless cars give the action of driving an element of relaxation that cannot be achieved through driving a standard car.
In conclusion, driverless cars have the potential to become a great technological achievement, but there can be an immeasureable amount of controversy. If laws around the United States can be passed to allow smartcars, then the door for technology can be opened. But what if an accident occurs? Whose fault is it? These are questions that can only be answered in time. But, if given the chance, driverless cars have the potential to be a great advancement if use properly. | 4 |
c3363a9 | If people look at images of Cydonia Mars, they will come to see what looks like a mysterious face. A plethora amount of people belive that this face was made by aliens. Aliens are not real, and if they where we would have come to account with them by this day in age. It is humorous to think that people belive in aliens. These claims are rediculous to even think about if you have common sence.
The mysterious face on Mars is just a mesa. It is just something that came to be like how the Grand Canyon was formed. As the cameras get better pictures, the face starts to disappear. The picture was took in 1976 when technology was just now new to us. The conspiracy theory is not true.
People claim that then new picture of the face is not a valid source because it was "cloudy." These claims are rediculous. We went up into space again to find that it still looked nothing like a face. If this was created by aliens, then that means the pyramids were created by aliens, or Niagara Falls was created by aliens. It is the same as saying the universe was created by aliens.
The face is just a natural landform just like any natural landform on Earth. If the face was supposidly created by aliens then you could also say that about any natural landform on Earth. In fact, the new pictures of the face look nothing like a face.
People who believe these theories must have a huge imagination. If these aliens are real, how come we havent come to account with them yet. Many people believe that the face was made by aliens. The mysterious face on Mars is was not created by aliens. | 3 |
c337f6a | Dear State Senator
I would rather want the changing of the election to popular vote because the Electoral college process causes many promblems. First is that it consists of 538 electors and only 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president(source 1). Also perhaps it leads into a tie in the electoral votings.... it could possibly lead into a deadlocked election(source 1). This process of electoral college does not give the full rights to the voters... its not fair.
My first reason why you guys should change the election to go by popular votes is it causes many promblems, 538 electors is consisted of and only 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. this tells me that NO people can vote which really does not give you the right to do that because people have always that right to vote. In addition to that it can lead to a big catastrophe. The electoral college process is unfair to voters.
Also why, all that can lead into a tie in the electoral votings. Which equals into a deadlocked election. Lastly, this process is outdated and irrational. arguments against direct elections are spurious and should completely vanish this process. | 2 |
c3380a3 | The author talks about the dangers of exploring Venus, he also talks about much safer ways to explore the planet.
Paragraph 2 says," These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus" This means that being able to determine where the spaceship is headed would be quite difficult considering the act that it may take a while to get there and the chances of Venus moving are pretty high.
Lastly the paragraph also states," Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survuved the landing for more than a few hours." The author says that Venus is the closest planet to being the most Earth-like because of its familir features, for example, Venus has valleys, mountains, and craters.
In Paragraph 3, it says not only are there "clouds of highly corrosive sufuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" but there's a thick atmosphere of about 97 % carbon dioxide "blankets" Venus. Paragraph 3 also states,"On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." At last, the passage states," also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun."
All of this information is important to have in mind if NASA were to suggest we leave planet Earth to go to Venus for a planetary visit just so we know what to expect and be aware of the precautions we should take. | 2 |
c33893b | Not all cowboys ride on horses, there are some special cowboys that ride waves. I am one of them ,I am Luke Bomberger a Seagoing Cowboy. When my friend Don Reist gave me this chance, I went for it and now I would like to give you the same chance that he gave me. Exploring this vast world, helping your country and others, and facing the sea with new friends by your side are all things we do.
This world is big and changing each day. You may not get to go to Greece or Venice on a regular day basis, but being a Seagoing Cowboy opens your eyes to the true beauty in the world. I have gone to Venice, The Acropolis in Greece and the Panama Canal on my way to China. Traveling the sea shows you beauty and it honors your country and others.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is no picnic, but it is a true service to your country and other countries as well. After World War II countries were in ruins and in need of supplies. Seagoing Cowboys meet their needs because we bring them animals they may need , food they need and so much more. We serve the 44 different countries that formed the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaion Administration). We not only serve our countries, we face the sea with new friends by our side.
The sea may come across as fish, beaches, sun, dolphins and fun, but it is actually much more dangerous than you may think.
When it was my first time for the nightwatch it was hard because it was raining, the deck was so slippery that I almost got knocked overboard,but the small metal strip kept me from from going of the edge. I was lucky to be alive, but I didn't work for a while because I cracked my ribs. This may all sound bad ,but the sea isn't all seasickness, sharks and cracked ribs either. We know how to have relax because after the supplies are dropped off we have some fun like; playing baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and more games helped us have fun on board our ship.
In conclusion, the sea is full of fun, pain, service, and exploration. I sincerly hope after this you choose to be a Seagoing Cowboy because that is one thing you will never forget. The chance of a life time, to be a cowboy who rode the waves. | 4 |
c338f9c | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" i am for the value of using this technology to read students emotion expressions. i think it is good to know how you are really feeling based off your facial expressions. Maybe you're sad or depressed and you don't even know it, but a computer software knows and could make you not even express that feeling to anyone or possibly help in anyway.
Lets say you are tired of seeing ads on the internet you dislike. Well the facial reconizing software can help. In the article 'Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author states "if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. but if you frown the next add will be different." (paragraph 6) It would be able to work for anything, Like what if you are listening to music and a song comes on you dislike the computer can tell that you dislike the song so it will play songs that aren't alike, but will play more songs to when you're expressing a happy face.
I feel it is always important for you or someone else to know how are are feeling because what if you just aren't having a good dasy, someone can help. You're easily able to tell how a friend is feeling by the look of their face, but the computer software is very advance and will get way more accurate answers based off a very slight move from your neutral face. | 3 |
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