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cf6eebc | The advantages of limiting car usage are that it saves time, conserves resources, lower emmisions and improve safety. Limited car usage will have a tremendous effect on our planet in a great way. It would help conserve our resources such as fuel. In the passage "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer paragraph sixteen it states that France has a tax policy tha favors the fuel diesel. Diesels make up sixty-seven precent of vehicles in France. Due to France's favor of diesel the carbon that is emitted into the air has created smog. Paris typically has more smog than any other European capitals because of these such emissions. france saw his as a problem in need of serious correcting. In attempts to reduce the smog the French had a ban on motor vehicles with few exceptions; sure enough the smog cleared and the ruling French party rescind the ban.
Drastic efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailipes in Vauban, Germany have been put into order by creating an up-scale community that is "Car-free". As a result seventy precent of Vauban's families do not own cars. As said in paragraph eight of the passage "In german suburb, Life goes on without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, "emissions from n increasing number of private carsowned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities." Sociologists believe this concept of car-free enviorments will have beneficial implicatins for carbon emissions and the enviorment, since transportations is the second largest source of emissions. there are critics such as the car industry that counter this idea because it could have negative implications on their business. Companies like Ford and Mercedes are already renaming themselves "mobility" companies with a broader product range other than the personl vehicle.
Thousands upon thousands die in car acciddents every year. Cars are lethal weapons that caue misery to many involved or anyone who knew of someone in a car crashes. "When i had a car i was always tense. im much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer that is living in a Car-free district. France even joined the trend by banning cars and making public transit free admission Monday-Friday. Car free areas are a good thinng. it would help the world so much. lowering pollutions and decreasing car crashes are one over the worlds major issues and this is the solutions. car-free cities is the answer. So people of the world, invest in walking shoes or a bicylce because this is the future, this is the beginning to " going green" to make a happier and safer world for its people. | 3 |
cf741b4 | Are you ready for an adventure?
Do you want to visit unique places while on the job?
If so, then joining the Seagoing Cowboys will quench your thirst for adventure and exploration.
The Seagoing Cowboys program changed my life forever.
I recommend anyone searching for an exciting time to join the program.
During my time participating in the program, I got to tend to cattle and have time to do recreational activities like playing baseball, volleyball, or even just simply reading.
However, this program is not for the soft, but for those who are willing to live and work on a boat for long periods of time.
I have gone on nine trips, the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.
I still remember those exhilirating adventures of traveling all over the world. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a great choice and something you won't regret.
I never look back and think of my time as a Seagoing Cowboy a waste of time.
Those years were my most exciting years of my entire life.Everyone should give this program a shot.
I strongly recommend this program to everyone.
Those are the reasons why I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 3 |
cf7611a | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the dangers it presents. The author uses strong details to support this claim throughout the article. Facts and statistics by NASA and other reliable sources are used to back the claims. The author stands by the opinion that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The author claims that the idea of inhabiting Venus is worthy due to its similarity to Earth. Paragraph 4 states, "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" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). If Venus could've supported human life long ago, it is likely the planet still can. The scientific facts throughout this statement support the author's claim by having a reliable source of information, supporting the idea. Paragraph 4 reads, "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). Venus already has Earth-like landscapes and other similar formations. This supports the author's idea of exploring Venus because it is so similar to Earth, the chances of survival are higher than any other planet.
Although Venus is analogous to Earth, there are slight differences of the two planets. Earth has average low and high temperatures, while the temperatures of Venus are more extreme. Paragraph 5 reads, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiaton would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). As stated, the conditions would not be easy for humans, but survivable at the least. This supports the author's claim because this proves human life could be achieveable overall. This means there is a worthy reason to explore Venus; to discover another habitable planet. Along with successful life on Venus, our modern technology could also survive the planet. Paragraph 5 states, "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground codnitions by staying up and out of their way" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). Moreover, if airplanes are already in existence, new aircrafts would need to be slightly adjusted to suit the conditions of Venus. The author's claim is supported in this quote because this is another reason Venus is worth exploring. The technology needed is already almost perfect for the planet, therefore not a problem NASA would have to approach.
Some issues still remain for the exploration, however NASA has already started preparing solutions. The heated state of the planet may be an issue, but NASA is studying a resolution. Paragraph 7 reads, "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This new technology created could lead to a long-lasting basis for human life, yet another reason exploring Venus is a brilliant idea. Modern technology is too fragile for the harsh heat of the planet, but with some older computers, that as well could survive on Venus. Paragraph 7 reads, "The thought of (mechanical) computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This is yet another piece of technology on Earth and prepared for Venus. The author's claim is supported in this statement because it is a simple solution to technology on Venus. There are very few rebuttals that overcome the postive effects of pursuing Venus.
With all the easy fixes, solutions and prep planned for Venus, the author's claim is overwhelmingly supported. The author proved Venus is certainly a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The positive outcomes outweigh the negatives in almost every aspect of this idea. There are multiple reasons presented in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" that prove attempting to explore Venus has a more successful outlook than not. Throughout the article, the facts and claims highly support the author's claim of Venus being a worthy planet to pursue. | 5 |
cf7d5ce | Imagine being in a classroom that moniters your every emotion, where even if you are paying attention, the teacher would think you are not. For students, this would be a tough world to live in. In "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the auther Nick D'Alto writes in a way that gives an impression that the Facial Acting Coding System is perfect; however, the truth is far from it.
The author makes a series of points to show why this Facial Action Coding System would work well, and its many uses in a classroom. On the other hand, the author does not address the Facial Action Coding System's shortcomings. In the first paragraph, the author says that the Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The question arises: how is it possible to be happy and angry at the same time? Machines can not, and will never be able to understand a human mind, and a human heart. Students in classrooms will not appreciate this technology because it will convey emotions differenct from what the students are actually going through.
In paragraph 3, the author describes how the machine picks up on emotions of people. The author says that he has classified six basic emotions. However, there are a vast majority of emotions that are not included in the Facial Acting Coding System. For example, what would the results looks like if someone feels jealous? Furthermore, the author says the emotions are associated with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.Therefore, the results would be squewed if one or more of the facial muscles are used to express two completely different emotions. Students could be accused of being sad, while in actuality, they are just tired.
In paragraph 4, the author says that even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression, the facial expressions for each emotion are universal. Again, the Coding System only uses 6 emotions, so it can not be accurate. The author also says that the software can identify mixed emotions, but fear and happiness can not be mixed emotions. Hence, the Facial Action Coding System is not accurate.
In paragraph 5, the athor says that humans would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happiness. This is because humans don't assume what a person is thinking, but the Facial Acting Coding System will and since the system will not be accurate, it could wrongly accuse an innocent person of an emotion.
Paragraph 6 talks about computers being able to understand emotional communication, while paragraphs 7 and 8, shows us how to encode a smile. By following the three steps given, it is farely easy to fake what the machine would think is a genuine smile. Computers may be able to read certain emotions, but humans can always outsmart them. The Facial Action Coding System is going to be a huge waste of money if it is employed in schools because students will find ways to deceive the system.
Lastly, paragraph 9 tells us that humans unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions. With that being said, if someone shows a certain emotion, people that see that emotion would imitate it. This further skews the results of the Facial Action Coding System.
The Facial Action Coding System is simply not accurate; it does not cover a wide range of emotions and it can simply be deceived. Furthermore, students would unconsciously imitate other students, which would the Facial Action Coding System would interpret as an emotion. Hence, there is no value in using the Facial Action Coding Sytem to read students' emotional expressions. | 4 |
cf82152 | The face on Mars is something found commonly in American West or Mars. There have been people who dislike what NASA had to say about this picture, because at the beggingn NASA didnt know what it was for a fact.
NASA started focusing on this more and more. as it says in the article "Its not easy to target Cydonia, says Garvin."
Well they beggingned to take a photo of this object every year and the more they study on it the more it came to there minds that it wasnt a face and had to be something else. Many scienctists were taking a shot and believing the face was an alien artifact. Well as this got more interesting and popular to the world NASA had one day many years later, found out that this Face that people were saying it was had been a 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." This proves that NASA has proof for this picture, that the people that had been disagreeing with NASA can no longer disagree because of what NASA put in for this to be proved it wasnt a face. | 2 |
cf89e5a | The Seagoing Cowboys are boys are poeple who help others out. When countries fall they're there to pick them right back up. There are three reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. The reasons are one its a good way to help out others, two its a good opportunity to see the world, and three you are litterally saving people lifes and dont even know it yet.
Reason one is becasue the job is just a really nice way to help out those around you. You can help the enviroment by replacing animals and even buildings. You help out the poeple that werent as lucky as you. Some people could be suffering out there in the cold, but you helped them rebuild their houses,and rebuild their lifes. Poeple will be greatful for your kindness.
Another thing i noticed was that It gives you a good oddortunity to see the world. Luke
Got to see a bunch of beatiful things on his way to other countries. He Got to see things from New Orleans. To China. He got to see things you wouldnt normaly see just going through your normal life. You have the chance to see stunning things if you were a Seagoing Cowboy.
Last but not least. The Last thing i noticed was that you are litterally saving poeple's life. Poeple could be out their starving and you could be the one to fix it. Some poeple would rather just care for their own family, but you have to power to give poeple food. They will have homes to sleep in becasue of you. Poeple will be snuggled in beds at night becasue you choose or not if you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy.
Some poeple may think that it would take away their time, but what are you really losing. All your doing is helping poeple out? Is that not enough? u | 3 |
cf8b2df | "The evening star" venus, is one of the brightest points in the sky. Venus is the second planet away from the sun. Venus can be reffered to as earth's twin because of size and distance from eachother. Earth, Venus, and Mars are the closest to eachother. There can possibly be life on Mars but not really on venus.
Venus' temperature is really really hot which means there is automaticly no possible life on Venus. The text states "on planet's surface temperatures average 800 degrees faranheit". This let's me know that there is no possible life Venus. The text also states that "Venus has the most hottest temperature on surface than any other planet". That is another reason why,but it states in the text that it is 180 degrees farenheit when you are 30 miles plus away from venus. I don't think we can resist that type of temperature either, but it says that we can but hardly.
The atmospheric pressure of venus is also crazy. The text states that "the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience". This let's me know that if try and go into the atmosphere, we would automatically explode. Many erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting happen in Venus as well. Even though mercury is closer to the sun, Venus still has the hottest temperature o surface.
Scientists are still trying to study Venus to see if we can have a chance. You're probably thinking that if the planet is literally unable to live in, why still do visits? Well it states in the passage that "it once was the most earthlike planet on our solar sytem". The reason for this is because long ago, Venus was covered in oceans and could have supported various life forms. Scientist are really crazy for that and if they do send out people to study and stuff, they're just letting people die. The reason I say this is because the temperature and atmospheric pressure is insane.
Personally I think that it is not a worthy pursuit to go travel to Venus and perform a few studies. You literally can die while going over there and if the person dies, how are you supposed to know the studies they performed. Honestly I wouldn't do it, but NASA does pay a lot of money, But what's more important, getting the money and have a possible chance of dying or just be safe and sound? Personally I would chose to be safe and sound because one, outer space doesn't really draw my attention. The second one is I would like to be safe and not go through that experience. Now which one would you choose? | 3 |
cf8bb28 | Venus is our sister planet how. You see at on time in our solar system venus was the most Earth-like planet. long ago it was probably covered with oceans that could had sopported various forms of life. It still has some features like earth like valleys and mountains.
It the closes to earth in terms of density and size. but that means that its not to close to the sun if it was it be hot to hot for life to live on it. life cant live on it cuz of that thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide. Cuz of hat atmosphere it temperatuers average over 800 degrees fahrenheit the pressure is 90 times greater then Earth.
We should not be limated by danger but by imagination and innovation. However if we peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely above the planit at 30 miles. WE whould not have to deal whith its unfriendly ground by staning far up and away from its atmosphere. but orbiting or hovering venus whoude be limited insight on ground most forms of light cannot penetrate its thick atmosphere. | 1 |
cf8d30d | A car driving down the road. The wheels are turning, the engine running, and everything seems normal. The only difference is that the car is driving itself. Sure, this sounds cool, but safety is in question and safety is the most important aspect of a car these days. The thought of a driverless car looks good on paper. It seems like it could work, but after extended thought, it is a big leap of faith towards mankind. The driverless car demand responsibilty and too many people in the world don't have it. The negative outcomes of driverless cars outweigh the positive due to the possibility of malfunctions, cyber terrorism, and the lack of human crash prevention.
A driverless car would primarily be ran by a computer system and, like a laptop, this system could malfunction. "Driverless Cars Are Coming" shows that the computer system would determine the car's destination, its speed, etc. With the system being in control the majority of the time, malfunctions could be deadly. Not only would they be deadly to the people in the car, but also to anyone around them. Imagine a car speeding one hundred miles per hour down the road because of a small computer malfunction. The speed could cause the car to approach a turn too quickly. This creates a problem because now the car can't make the turn and a crash happens. One thinks, "Oh well then the human driver can take over in this situation." Yes, as explained by the article there is that oprtion, but it may not work. Humans are naturally lazy and wil take advantage of the driverless car. At first they may stay alert, but eventually that alertness will die down. It is human nature. The driverless car doesn't just present the possible malfunction of the computer system, it also may cause a malfunction in the human driver.
Cyber terrorism has become more common as technology advances. This is a serious issue that can be hard to stop. The car is powered by computer systems and all computer systems can be hacked and overridden. The human driver could be prevented from taking control. Suppose Barrack Obama is riding in his driverless car to an important meeting. Nothing seems out of place, but all of a sudden the car has a mind of its own. It turns around, accerates, and drives itself straight into a brick wall, killing everyone inside. One of the world's most important and powerful men died because a hateful hacker decided to take advantage of his driverless car. Obviously, this situation is unlikely because the President of the United States would have the best protection in the world, but the point is that it could happen to anyone. Terrorists are unpredictable and driverless cars could possibly be something they could take advantage of.
Driverless cars allows humans to take over in time of difficult driving situations. As the article said it would alert them to take over at roadblocks, traffic stoppages, and other hazardous points in a journey from one place to another. What if the driver needed to take control in a non hazardous situation? They wouldn't be able to react fast enough. The road may seem safe, but then it suddenly isn't. An example of this would be a drunk driver. Millions of accidents happen a year because of them. Your driverless car could be cruising down the road and a car passing by crosses the center line and hits the driverless car. Could a human have prevented that? Could they have swerved onto the shoulder around the situation? Those are questions one has to ask because human may cause a lot of wrecks, but they also can prevent a lot of wrecks that compuer systems wouldn't be able to do anything about.
Driverless cars are appealling at first, but after some thought the appeal dies down. Human mind are amazing things and they are more capable than a computer system. Malfunctions, cyber terrorism, and the lack of human crash prevention make driverless cars too risky. Bad people can take advantage of good things and driverless cars just seem like a tool people would take advantage of. The world might be ready for driverless cars in the future, but at the moment they aren't. | 5 |
cf8e39f | Have you ever thought about what it would be like if there were less cars used for transportation? Driving cars emit green house gases that effect the atmosposhere.
if there were less cars driving on the road then it could help alot of people. It could help people that are over wieght or obese because if they walked or jogged to the places they need to go then they could live a healthy life and they could lose wieght. and if people did this then there would be a whole lot of less pollution in the air. I think that if people walked instead of cars they would be happier and healthier.
if people didnt use cars as thier way of tranportation then there would be less pollution in the air that can make people sick, and there would be dangerous gases that cars emit. If americans cut down on driving then every place that cut down would be a better living environment, and every body would be happier because they dont have to worry about drunk drivers or people cutting them off on the intersection, and people all most causing wrecks becuase people would be walkin, jogging, and riding bikes, or anyother way of transport.
overall if everybody started walking or jogging, and riding bikes instead of driving then it would help the air we breathe, it would cut down on car accidents, it would help with people who are overwieght and need excercise, cutting down on driving could help with alot of global problems happening in the world today. So next time you go to start your car, maybe just walk there or ride your bike. | 3 |
cf909c1 | Driverless cars may be safer than cars completely controlled by humans, but it would be boring and would put various people out of a job. Driverless cars made by Google have, according to the information in the passge, driven more than 500,000 miles without a crash. But they still aren't completely driverless, leaving us humans to take care of complicated navigation that would make more risk of crashes. Driverless cars would take the fun of driving away from everyone who enjoys it. As well as take away a certain freedom that driving cars gives from the people who want it.
First off, some people may be bad drivers, but that does not mean that we as people are incapable of driving safe enough to not injure ourselves or others on the road. Driverless cars would illeminate the risk of crashes by people, according to the passage. But what if the car were to have a glitch in the system and the 'driverless taxis' all of a sudden needed a driver but they don't even have a wheel for a human to take control of? More crashes and companies getting sued. The risk for a car accident is not very high in general, give or take a few factors based on a persons sleep or wether or not they are under the influence of a substance. Driverless cars are still at risk for crashes, just like human-controlled cars.
Many people, like myself, have fun driving around with friends and having the freedom to do that with a car that I can control. If I were put inside a driverless car with my friends, I wouldn't be able to see how beautiful the world was outside as I was driving. I would be too distracted by my friends and the lack of responsibility to be focused to noticed what a beautiful world we live in. Also, the freedom that having a drivers license gives is just an amazing feeling that should not be taken away just by some 'technological advances.'
On the aspect of jobs, delivery men/women would be unemployed because the world would not need them to drive supplies around the country for stores or construction because we would have could that can drive themselves as well as the resources to the desired destination without hassle or a human in the front seat, or even the vehichle as a whole.
Finally, driverless cars are not needed in our world. Deaths and accidents will still happen if we develop driverless cars due to malfunctions, creativity and a sense of freedom will be taken away from us as citizens, and various people would be out of a job because they will not be needed to deliver resources to any store or company any longer. | 3 |
cf96a90 | Decoding teenage emotions and facial expressions proves difficult for adults, but now there is new technology to help those students learn more effectively. The help of Facial Action Coding brings new opportunities to the classroom with prospects of working lessons around what each individual student is feeling. The system would bring better learning to students easier with help of individualized teaching by recognizing when a student gets confused or unhappy with the lesson.
A computer with this coding system in its hardware could change the way students learn and how teachers teach. The learning process would be more individualized, because the computer works around what makes that specific user smile. "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." The computer will ultimately pick what to show on the screen based on one's past reactions to previous stimuli. This system would help students understand a lesson by changing the way it teaches to help the student. It would no longer be one teacher teaching a lesson broadly, it would be one computer teaching a lesson that specifically helps the student. This would lead to more efficient learning and overall better test scores. The computer with Facial Action Coding System will turn a struggling student into a more efficient and educated student.
The use of this technology would be effective by using accurate ways to study students' facial expressions. Developing an accurate system is the foundation of an accurate learning environment for students. The system is a facial expression expert; it knows when you are actually enjoying something or not through studying the specific muscles you use. "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." Each muscle holds a different purpose, and the Facial Action Coding System studies each one to pinpoint which emotion is being expressed.
The developers of this product have studied greath lengths over this material, and suggest that da Vinci did the same. The accuracy of their product is based off of psychologists, professors, and doctors to get an accurate description of basic human expression and muscle movement. "Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code." Having an effective foundation to the software will lower the risk of inaccurate studies of facial expressions.
To conclude, the Facial Action Coding System is an asset to classrooms everywhere. Struggling students can learn effectively without raising a finger; all they have to do is react as they normally would. The accuracy and development of this software helps read each student's individualized emotion such as confusion, boredom, or anger. The computer acts as an individualized instructor, acting on each emotion and reaction to new material. | 5 |
cfa17b8 | Driveless cars, doesn't that sound like a splendid idea? I mean, think about it, a car that will drive itself and take you basically anywhere you please to go. Now, I know you may be thinking, "but don't we still have to do other things in order for this to work out and better technology?" The thing is we've had the tech for it since the 1980's and have been developing it ever since. So, are you all about the driveless car as I am?
Driveless cars are more and more of a thing now a days and it's progressing, more car companies want to invest in it as well. The thing about them is that they still need more time to be able to perfect it or at least maintainable for drivers to have. They're putting in new technology so it can be able to drive smoothly and carefully 100% of the time and so all you have to do is look at the road and take over whenever you need to. In the article "Driveless Cars Are Coming", he mentions that now the car can drive itself and be good over 90%. 90% is a lot if you think about it, 90% of the time the car is driving smoothly and carefully and everything. You don't have to worry about a thing, it has all the sensors and everything to detect and near by cars or accidents so you can take over to drive around or avoid holes or something.
But there are some downsides to having driveless cars. For example, there could be a malifunction with the cars system or there could be a system over ride. You never know what could happen is any of these things were to accure, so you also have to be safe about autodrive, as I like to call it. If there were an accident to ever accure or happen there would be problems on who to pin the blame on, either the driver or the manufacture. They wouldn't be certain because it can either be driving itself or the human could've done the error. But, they're still working on improving it and making it more persist and steady.
In conclusion, are you with the whole, driveless cars yet, because I am Mainly because I like the idea of being able to be driven around and how they can take us to our destination without having to do anything besides look at the road. Even so, it isn't that hard of a task to take over and drive for a couple of minutes if a contruction is going on or an accident happens. | 3 |
cfa2cd5 | In this essay in the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System I was talking about how are the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
First on that time some computers are creating to recognice emotions, in the text say, " Mono Lisa at least acccording to some new computer software that can recognize emotions." She was according that she wanted to find ways to humans express they emotions, but later the Dr. Huang was developed a betters ways to humans can be communicate with others. In the text say, " Dr. Huag and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humas and computers to communicate" this mean that the Dr. Huag he is trying to find how calculate the feelings of humans and he is a expert at developing a computers that way people will be have how they communicate with others to the place and another pleace.
In addition this process begins with a cumputer 3-D this was called an " action unit" this is how they is trying to find how are the humans emotions. The Dr. Paul Eckman was a creator the FACS ( Facial Action Coding System) he creater this, then he classified whats are the emotions that he is trying to has. In the text say, Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with characteristic of the facial muscle." This mean how the Dr. Paul uses this six category to see how the students express their emotions. I think that this is help us because they know when the students are sad, fear, happy , anger or samething like the Dr. Paul saids. These emotions is classified to find the emotions of people.
Now the new emotion they use in people and then they compare with the real face , in the article say, " Using video imagery, the new emtion-recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa," and " Each expression is compared against a neutral face" they use videos imagery to show the emotions when they use the creation that they creater to see how are the ractions, and then they compared against the neutral face with the face that they have.
Also there is a lot ways that they have to use in emtions but not all the ways are express the same ways. Some ways that they use are bad beacuse some humans don't wanted that people know their life and another humans wanted that they help them to find their emotions because they don't know how they feel or how are their emotions.
When they uses with students is so confused for them. Students is becoming confused how Dr. Huag predicts, in the article say, " A classroom computer could recognized when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Haug predicts. " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The same make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," this mean that for some students are boring but fr the others students are good and they used one and other ways to recognize the emotions and finally they found and they know when the students used a lot the computers to compared animated face or something like that.
In conclusion I learn that they are different ways to humans express their emotions that is hard for the Drs. to find the emotions for recognize how humans feeling. Also this ways a lot of students use to compared their emotions with someone else. | 2 |
cfa680e | The Facial Action Coding System, which is a new software, has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The new software has promosing applications for a variety of industries. The software can recognize emotions. The Facial Action Coding System could be a good software for human emotions.
According to Paragraph 2, someone asked if they can actually calculate emotions like math homework and he also asked how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel. The answer was the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model must move like human muscles.
I think it can be valuable because the software is for calculating emotions. Emotions like happy, sad, or angry. For example if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. | 2 |
cfa72bf | The face on the moon is just a rock that gives an illusion to the human eye. The face had become popular and eveyone was talking about it. It appeared on Hollywood films, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even the haunted grocery store for 25 years.
The face is on the planet Mars and other people thought it was a face of an alien of some kind. They thought that because it looked like it had a nose,pair of eyes, and a mouth. The first picture of the face on mars was in 1976 which is called the Viking photo. The second was taken by Mars Global surveyor (MGS) form 1998. Finally, the third image was the latest image from MGS in 2001.
A few scientists believed it was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars MGS arrived at the Red Planet inseptember 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended. April 5,1998 MGS 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. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website, revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.
The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter April '98, a cloudy time of the year on the Red Planet. The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the American West. It reminds Jim Garvin most of Middle Butte in the Snake River. The Face on Mars became very popular and showed on many events like the television, newspaper articles, books, and the checkout area in grocery stores for 25 years. | 2 |
cfae4f9 | The author describes how a new technology called Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emtions. The author lets us know that " Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with charactheristic of the facial muscles."
I am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions because the author gives a lot of detail from the texts and lets us know that "the software can even identify mixed emotions." It even lets us know that each expression is compared against a neutral face.
For an example, you can most likely tell how you're friend is felling simply by there look on his or her face. "Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions." They even let us know that his new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code.
Next they let us know that "it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instutor." the author even lets us know that they have "the same technology can make computers- animated faces more expresssive for video fames or video surgery.
Last the author lets's us know about while were looking in the mirror you should raise your lips at the corners of your mouth. Then squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrikling at the corners of your eyes Finally raise the outer parts of your cheeks up, toward your eyes. The text even tells us what "muscles are called there called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus it makes crow's- feet around your eyes."
The last thing is that in the end of the text it let's us know that the author says "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. In the text it also let us know that making faces could reveal a lot abot the science of emotions. I hope you learned a lot about what I wrote theses are the reasson why I agree to this artical. | 2 |
cfb0905 | Although there are some cons for the development of the driverless cars, there are many pros. I agree that these driverless cars should be made and sold to the people of the world. These cars consist of striking features that will amaze all. This is a type of car people from the past would dream of having in the future. Now, they no longer have to wait.
The futuristic cars are here and ready to be driven. These driverless cars, created and thought of by Google employees , are made up of a plethora of sensors and necessities needed to make the car safe. It's antilock brakes and driver assistance are two of the key things of this astaunishing car. This driverless car has many features that will leave people in awe. For example, it's "Traffic Jam Assistant."
With this feature the car can maintain speeds up to 25 mph with the help of important sensors. These sensors make sure the driver is gripping the wheel.
Although the car is said to be a "driverless automobile," it is responsible to inform the driver that it needs human assistance. Due to this, the driver is required to pay their full attention during the whole driving trip. The car is programmed to rapidly recieve the attention of the driver when a problem has occured. To help inform the driver, there are minor alerts that notify he/she that a problem has developed. These alerts include seats that vibrate, flashing lights on the windshield, a simple announcement that says the driver should prepare to take over, and other heads-up displays.
There are a host of revisions that need to be made to make the car better and safer. The manufacturers are in the process of considering adding cameras to watch the drivers while on the road. Other ideas that are under consideration are in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. The displays would be able to turn off instantly when the driver is in control.
Due to the driving laws, the release of this car is delayed and will not be released until such laws change. The law consists of endless safety precautions. Traffic laws state that "the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."
This has effected the decisions of most states to make testing these computer cars illegal. If these driverless cars prove to be safe and reliable, there is a chance that states will accept them.
The driverless car is an idea that will change how we live today. Car accident rates may lower; causing death rates to decline. This is a car everyone dreams of having, with many more features to come. The driverless car, created by the staff of Google, is made up of many safety features, sensors, and necessities needed to drive the automobile. The idea of this car is fascinating and should be sold all over the globe. | 4 |
cfb8cd5 | I believe that driveless cars could be a good thing for the future and a bad thing, here's why. The bad thing about having a driveless car is that if you are near a car accident or some road changes, you must be alert when that happens. Most people would be hanging around just letting the car cruise because they know that it can drive on it's own. The good things about having a driveless car is that you wouldn't have to worry unless your car tells you that you are too close to something or you about wreck. The car lets you keep touch with the wheel so that you feel when the car will stop at anytime.
Driveless cars could be just like smart phones, they can have technical difficulties. I believe that driveless could be a good idea, but things can wrong. Most smartphones power down at anytime, they also can stop working just because it's too much going on at one time. I think the same thing with smart cars can happen. When there is too much stuff happening on the roads, or the cars are just backed up, they might just stop to take a break in the middle of the street. You can't control when a car has too much going, like when someone runs out of gas. The car will immediately stop because there is no gas in the car, but with smart cars it will just stop because it needs a break or to clear of everything. My opinion.
In conclusion, I believe that it could be a good or bad thing. The author showed good and bads ways so it could go either way if you wanted a driveless car. He also stated that it could change that world but also keep the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. If someone was to get hurt, I don't think the driver should be punished for it, no one should. It would be the car because technology failed. | 2 |
cfbcfc7 | Cars, though useful, have negitive impacts on the world. These effects can be seen from high density urban areas, and around the globe with gobal warming. Smog, greenhouse gasses, and stress are some of the main outputs from cars; they are a useful but dangerous tool.
Smog in urban areas are a global concern, causeing many cities to try to reduce the smog by putting restrictions on cars. It may be the ban of plates with even or odd numbers on certin days, or the ban of cars all together. The effect is staggering; citeis are becomeing more and more clean. Even America, the world leader in automobiles, is showing some want to reduce car transmitions in their cities. In some cities smog is a crippling thing. "[the smog] riavaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." in Paris this was the case, and after banning cars on certin days, the smog began to clear up.
Greenhouse gasses are causing temeratures to become more extreme. Reduceing cars can help save dying ecosystems or dwindiling numbers of certin animals. Car free days in places like Bogota help reduce greenhosue gas, and it shows. people are driving less and less so "many socioiologist beleive ... [ people driving less ] will have a beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviornment"
Stress caused by cars is just as big as a problem as smog and pollution. People who switch to cities that are designed to not use cars say that they have reduced stress compared to when they had cars. "When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way." says a member of Vauban, a city desined with no cars in mind.
With all of this information wse might be able to help fix the world, by reducing the cause of the problem. Smog stress and Greenhouse gasses are on the decline thanks to less and less people driving. | 4 |
cfc33b6 | The author supports this idea because he brings it up more than once. For instance in the beginning of the passage the author mentions that the spacecraft has used cameras and other robots. The sad part is they didn't survive more than a few hours."humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than few hours."
The author gives details on certain things that we should be aware of. He doesn't just release it with one fact and stay with that. He tells the people about stuff we already know about or things that aren't healthy for humans. "A thick atomsphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atomsphere. On the plansureface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth;" As humans we know what nhow our bodies will react to tempatures like that. The author isn't sugarcating anything for humans.
My conclusion to this is that the author he is telling the truth despite the dangers like possibly dying before coming within two feet of the atomsphere that Venus is a worthy pursuit the only problem is how can we pursuit it if we have nothing that can make it past it. What the author does here is really let us know the dangers then explain why it's like that. That really helps because if i didn't have that i'd be confused out of my mind. | 3 |
cfcc66d | The Electoral College
Dear Senator of the state,
I am a former citizen of the state writing to you about my regards of changing the electoral college system. The electoral college should have it's own individual vote to the president. It is unfair that the vote of the people goes towards electors who then decides whom to elect the president. Also, what happened the power of the people? The citizens of the state who vote for an elector does not have the control of who they elect which president that is elected.
I suggest that the votes of the people are sent to the electoral college, then the electors vote upon the two presidents. After that, the votes between the two presidents are seperate, while the one vote goes for the president of their chosen and the other vote goes towards the other president of their chosen. This process would make everything fair and the majority of the vote doesn't just counts as state.
Sincerely, consirened Citizen | 1 |
cfce9c8 | The author's idea of studying Venus is dangerous. Despite the dangers and conditions of Venus, his idea of sending people close by Venus to study and collect data about the planet is very important for the study of space. But it could be capable to learn just more about Venus in short range of the planet orbit.
Venus was referred as Earth "twin" because the proximity between Earth and Venus are near. In paragraph 2, scientist found evidence that Venus was once can support of life just like Earth. There were some features in the planet surface that can recognize as Earth such as "valleys, mountains, and craters". That is why the author wants to know more of Venus, to study and learn how Venuse used to be like from before.(Paragraph 2)
The idea of studying Venus from the inside through it's atmosphere is very dangerous, because, in the present, Venus "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide," it's tempature of "over 800 degrees Faherenheit," and the great atpomspheric presure that is greater than Earth, isn't capable for a high tech machine as NASA's rover cannot undergo those conditions. If it did, it would crushed in to a flat or squeshed object, and the metal that is made would liquidfy because of the high heat of Venus. (paragraph 4)
Those are the risk and dangours that scientists and engineers have to know to cunstruct and find a machine that is capable to go into the harsh eviornment of Venus. NASA idea of sending people to study could be possible. In paragraph 5, "NASA's possible solution to hostle conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." In other words, NASA's solution of instead of sending aircrafts to Venus, they'll send them into Venus orbit, just float on top of the cloads. That is a good idea, but that dosen't allow scientists to collect samples from the surface of the planet. Scientist from NASA is working on materials to make electronics and testing it in a simulation of Venus conditions that "lasted for three weeks," this silicon type material can help on a development on creating a more resistant towards Venus's condition. Working an a secound project, in paragraph 7, scientist try to find a way to turn delicate mordern computers to machines that is "made more to pressure, heat, and other forces," like the divices that were used on the 1940s during World War ll.
With those ideas, NASA could actually create a divice that can withstand Venus conditions in a long-period of time. The author idea of sending people to Venus could be posible. In if they did, scientist who study Venus with the new divices, they could find than just more astonishing information about Venus, but creating hope for doing the imposible and new technolgy that people around the world can use and find new solutions for doing the impossible, like studying Venus. | 3 |
cfceaa3 | Do you believe in aliens? Over the years it has been believed that a Face is on Mars. People think that it was created by aleins. Some scientists also believed this but that thought wasn't believed for long. Scientists later on figured that it was a landform, like a "huge rock."
The "rock formation" was similar to the human head. The Face like figure formed like shadows were
giving the idea of eyes a nose and a mouth. This mysterious Face like figure was thought to grab the people's attention on Mars and get their attention. Authors were right! It has became the main topic and argument over the years. The wonder of this mysterious landform appeared in books, magazines, radio,
talk shows, starred in a Hollywood film, and even left people guessing when reading about it in store checkout lines.
While everyone was worked up and wanted to know more about the landmark that was on Mars, NASA was not. They would rather keep the evidence private. Meanwhile defenders of NASA wish there were evidence of human life on Mars. It would make the "face" on Mars more believable that it was a face.
Although very little scientists believed the Face was alien artifact, taking photos of Cyndonia became very important to NASA When Global Surveyor arrived at Red Planet in September 1997. This was eighteen years after VIking missions ended. "We always photographed the Face whenever we could get a good shot at it." Said Jim Garvin, cheif scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration program. "It's not easy capturing Cyndonia." Said Garvin. In a digital image you can discern an image three times bigger than the pixel size, unlike the Viking photo in 1976. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Which are landforms common around American West.
These are all the reasons, opinions, and beliefs on the "face" on Mars. | 3 |
cfdc4d7 | Venus is a strange planet, not only seen as a strange planet but also as a risky, planet in which scientists and researchers are trying to land on.
The fact that the author say that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger is because venus is the closest planet to earth, so it may contains some news and important things that scientist or human haven't discovered yet,and for the fact that venus is the closest planet to earth make people get excited to visit it,
(also contains analogous things), the fact that visiting venus is also a despite danger is because venus is the hottest planet in the world with a temperature of 800 degrees.Which a kind of this amount of temperature can cause erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent litghting strikes to probes seeking to land on it's surface.
one thing is sure, venus is one of the challenging and difficult thing for scientist or researchers
to study and know about,for the reason that they are not allowed to bring samples of rock, gas, or anything else there(in venus), cause it can cause serious damage. but also a planet that contains important information especially for scientist and may add a big importance to the science and the study of the earth.
The hope is that maybe one day the researchers and scientist find the solution to make it to venus with safety and protection. | 3 |
cfdf3f2 | Cars fading into the past!
Transportation is the one thing many have all depended on since they can remember. The major transportation system many use more than others is cars. What would happen if people failed to use these cars, and whent with a more alternative way to go from point A to point B. Some people from Germany, France, Colombia, and even here in america are transitioning to this "alternative trasportation" age.
Europe the land of open skys, great land, and smog. As seen in source 2: "paris bans driving due to smog" " On Monday motorists with even-numberd license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)..." even though 4,000 drivers where fined that day, congestion was down around 60 percent in the general capital area of france. Smog " formed by vehicle emissions (mainly from Diesel Fuel) gets traped under a warmer layer of air due to cold nights and warm to hot days. paris itself generally has more smog than most european citys."Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter(PM) per cubic meter..." The smog was erradicated so much that the ruling french party decided to do the same for odd-numberd cars the next day. In Source3 : " car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" The "car-free day" idea spreaded to places like Bogota, Colombia and other bib places that even smaller cities joined in. " In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, of took buses to work during a car-free day..." even in the rain people still participated.
Source 4: "The end of car culture" says " That has left researchers pondering a fundamental question: Has america passed peak driving?" even though america is known for muscle cars, trucks , and even the Model T, most americans bettween the general ages of 16 years to 30 years first priority is not having a licence or a vehicle of their own. And this trend of getting a ride or walking is accelerating surprizingly quick."MIne (19 and 21) have not bothered to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where it could come in handy. " A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..." even this act of alternative transportation in a country thats the most developed, rich, and drivable people still dont drive.
driving is becoming obsolite, literally, and people are sharing the idea that the world might be cleaner, people might be more happy and, the need and fix to drive somewhere is not preasent any more in todays modern society. so in the end cars are faded into the past , and happyness into the future. | 3 |
cfdfdfa | Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States is a better choice becuase the people arent actually voting for the president, the are voting for a slate of electors. this unfair because the people aren't picking who they want. People should be able to vote for who they want for president.
Changing to election by popular vote for the president is a better choice and it is fair. I know this because in source 2 it says " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president". That example shows that the electoral college is unfair because the people arent actaully voting. Also it doesnt matter if the one presient gets more votes from the people, what matters is how many electoral votes they get. The electoral college system is not letting the people of America vote for who they want for president.
Changing the election by popular for the the president of the United States would make everything simple and better. Some people think they are voting for the better president who would make the country better but in reality they aren't. The votes of the people dont matter in the electoral system they are only voting for electors. The electoral college system is unfair and not right.
In conclusion, removing the electoral college is better and voting for president by popular votes is fair and better. The people will get who they elected for to make America better and a happier place for people. Also the people will be satisfied. | 3 |
cfe9cbf | In this article there are postive and neagtive about developmenting these cars. The article quotes that carless driver as more safter than humans drivers. From the passge " In reality, Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific condition since 2009. Its better to drive a good car that runs right aslo long enough to get you than breaking down on the highway or middle of the street.
The author says in the article " in 2013, BMW annouced the development of "Traffic Jam Assisant." "The car can handle driving functions at the up 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. A good thing if cars didnt need any one to drive it wasn't stop the car accdients. We would still have some types of problems with car and how they run. A car need more than someone driving it. It needs to be looked at and everything else.
I think that doesn't matter how good of a car you have depends on the person driving. How goood of a driver you are. If your car is healthy enough to driver more than 25 miles per hour you in good shape. Driving the way your suppose to can stop causeing car accdients. Evryhting that happends is in the hands of the person driving the car. | 1 |
cfec3bc | In the future everyone imagined cars that drove themselves and flew, but is the future now? Yes the future is upon us minus the flying cars. Driverless cars are coming, imagine going on long family roadtrips and actually being apart of the road games or be able to see all of the moments you would have missed while driving. Or imagine going on roadtrips and actually getting to see the countrysides, the big city skyline, or even the farm animals
that you miss while driving. Driverless car are the future of driving because it uses less fuel than a tax, much more flexible than buses, and will help reduce the amount of car wrecks that happen each year.
Gas is a precious material to Earth, all over all seven continents use it. What if the gas we put in our regular, boring cars that we have to drive ourselves was put into a car that drove itself? A driverless car probably would not use as much gas as a monster truck, it would most likely be great on gas. The driverless cars could be used as a taxi services, with no drivers you can fit more people than a regular taxi. Transportation is important no matter where you live, but a driverless car would not complain if you live far out on the countryside or in the worst nieghborhood in town.
Buses run a schedule where one bus will stop at Main Street every 3 hours or something unconvient like that. With driverless cars as public transport, they will replace buses and make the town much easier to navigate. Plus the driverless cars could have special stop or even an app you can buy or download on your phone, where you can type in the address you are at and the address you are going to and the car can pick you up and take you there. Many women do not feel safe while waiting for a bus so the driverless car would make that make easier.
Each year hundreds of car wrecks happen, many happen becuase of the weather. Some happen because of the drivers either drunk or half asleep or even texting. With the driverless cars we would not have to worry about our loved ones making it home from a New Year's Eve party or praying that it is not your sixteen year old daughter who was in the head on collison. Driverless cars could be the stop to having a policeman show up at your door telling you, your child is not and won't be coming home tonight or the next tonight for the rest of your life.
Driverless car are the future of driving, but that does not mean the death of the manually driven car. Driverless cars leave less space for driver error. Driverless cars could even make roadtrips much more fun for the entire family.
Driverless car are the future of driving because it uses less fuel than a tax, much more flexible than buses, and will help reduce the amount of car wrecks that happen each year. | 4 |
cff1391 | Have you ever wonder what someone was feeling? Well the designiers of Facial Action Coding system have done that. They use a compter design software to study they person face and see what he or she is feeling. This technology could be used in the classroom to help are teacher understand what the students are feeling which will be very valuable.
While in the classroom this technology will be vaulabe to see if the students are understanding what they are being taught. Dr. Huang say, " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or borded,". This quote supports the claim because this would help are teacher to be able to see what there students are feeling, and adjust there class to help keep there students intersted in what they are teaching. The use of this technology could be very valuable to the way we learn.
The use of this technology in classroom wlil be very valuable. The teacher will be able to know if the student is understanding what is being taught. The use of the FACS will be a great resouce to have in the classrom. | 3 |
cff14e2 | Venus is an extremely inhabitable environment for people. Although Venus is alike Earth in many ways, it has plenty of risk factors as well. In this text, the author makes it clear that there are bountiful amounts of information on Venus that humans could collect, but it is far too dangerous. He shows that we could find so much worthy evidence and history on this planet but it is simply too extreme. He makes note that even though it can reach 800 degrees, astronauts should still pursue the idea.
In the text the author states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This shows that getting into Venus could potentially help NASA dig deeper into other planets. A whole world of information is neighboring our planet every day.
The author also states "imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This shows we could still escape the harsh climate to get needed information.
Venus is an incredible planet, and with time humans will be able to explore it. This text shows strong proof that traveling there is worthy. With the technology we have today, the day NASA decides to go to Venus is just around the corner. | 3 |
cff4abf | Whats the Facial Coding System you asked ? What does it do ? how does it help ? there are many questions for this new software that was invented by Dr. huang. The FACS is a software that dectect the feelings that a person have at that moment from their muscles. Many people have more questions to ask about the FACS that will be answered later in the story.
"Shes 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". How did they find that out it starts off when the comuter creates a 3D model of the face and its speaks about what is going on throught that persons head. The software can identify mixed emotions cause each expression is compared against a nuetral face which is showing no emotion. Do you think that the FACS could be used in a classroom ? is it a good idea? I honeslty feel like it would be a waste of time because i dont see how determining feelings have anything to really do with school. I feel like its losing money when there are things that the kids could use on the laptop and computers that will further their education in being better in a subject.
We are all humans all of us make the same facial expressions not much of our expressions change from one another. By us just looking at a close friend we know when theres a problem when they happy, mad and sad so why would we need a system for it to tell us that. " most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" says Dr. Hang so if we could have emotional communication can the comuters have the same thing. Communication is always key but having to use a system to detect a persons feelings when they could just tell us. The FACS in school I just dont see where does it fit in with education.
If FACS was to be in schools what would it be teaching children? will they find it interesting. the things that are taught in school are taght for a reason and a software that just shows emotions I dont see anything that the kids will be learning from that. I feel like if FACS on a school computer or laptop on a software it should be more of a activity than something they are just learning. I think the kids would enjoy for it to be a activity for high school it would be a big difference because people have careers and finding out emotions and what people are thinking would be a great idea to use FACS as a software.
"humans perform the same impressive calculation everyday" although we do have the same expressions when we do things but a person dont even know when their showing an emotion when doing it. only your close ones would really know how you would feel about something but moral of the story i feel FACS would be great for high school for those who would like to have a career that involves more with knowing a persons feelings. But other than that I do not think it would be very valuable. | 3 |
cff51e5 | Boom! Tire blows. Only if the driverless car, supposly a smart car, senn the road construction ahead it could of prevented the accident. Then the sensors for the cars I know will take weeks to put all of them in to properly work. Also how is it suppose to be a smart car when you still have to hold the wheel at all times. Although it might have some positives about the car, it still has a numerous number of negitives such as: if the driverless car goes to fast do you get a ticket and have to pay or what is the consequences.
First and foremost, the sensors on the smart cars. It must take a fortune to buy and apply every single little sensor thats need daily on the rode. Plus it must take alot of people to do that and you have to pay them a lot as well so that means you're going to spend so much money that you're going to try and sell it for a huge price of change that no one has to spend. Or the timing, it probably take one/fourth of the time it take to make that robot car.
Moreover, you have to keep your hands on the wheel at all times. What if you're taking a rode trip and you want to get some rest, you can't because your handle has to be positioned on the wheel at all times. Also if you have a important meating and you are trying to finish up your presentation,you can't. Eventhough it might do some incredible things but it aslo can mouth-function and leave you stranded.
Equally important, what about the laws for the car. Most importantly i want to know who gets the ticket and pays for it if the car gets pulled over if going to fast is it you or the manufacturing company. Then it could overide and take far away from where you need to be because the smart car is really like a colassal mobile computer. If it over heats and blows who get blamed for someones death.
Overall, I disaggre and also disapprove this vehicle. As a driver and owner of a smart car i would rather have it Barren like the ones we drive daily thats less worries. Also cheaper to get fixed and worked on then getting my car reprogramed and a whole new pc system in it. | 3 |
cff70d1 | ANYONE
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For the last few years in my life i was a cowboy who rides the waves. Your probaby wondering how that is possible. After high school graduation my freind Don Reist invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I helped out with feeding the animals,watching them overnight,and even taking them for walks when we got to land. It was probably the most fun to walk them though.
A few of the reasons I decided to become a cowboy who rides waves is because i love animals. Any type of animal. I also did not want to get drafted. I turned 18 before going on my first trip(it was to Greece) so i could have been drafted. When my draft board learned i was a helping with the animals they said to just keep doing that for my service. I was REALLY happy.
A few other benifits other than helping animals were going on a huge adventure through Europe and china. I once saw the Acropolis in Greece it was so amazing. I also got to see an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. It was so cool taking a gondola ride in Venice Italy. The streets were water in Venice.
A really good part all alone is the thought of me helping World War 2 victams giving them new animals to replace one who have been killed or stolen by anyone during World War 2. We also helped give food water and supplies needeed to live to again people who suffered from World War 2.
Even though I got seasick a few times it was okay beause i got to see some of the world i would have probably never seen if i would not have joined what i did also i got to spend time with animals which was double amazing. If i had a chance to do it all over again i would because ut was a really amazing thing to do what i love
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Luke Bomberger | 3 |
cff9d2d | The author well supports their idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite its dangers. They give evidence supporting the importance of Venus's past, its general beneficiality, and how it could positively affect our future.
Exploring Venus is useful because its past is similar to Earth's present state. The passage states that Venus is closest to Earth in density and size, then that "astromomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." By exploring the planet and its past, more understanding on its inhospitable fall would be known, and potentially used in the research of space travel and comprehension. Since Venus and Earth were so similar, it is likely that at some point Earth will have the same result as its sister planet.
Studying Venus also offers general beneficiality to space research. In the passage it says that Venus is occasionally the closest in distance to Earth. Because the distance is the shortest, the time neccessary to travel to, and thus, get feedback from, is also the shortest. Whether that be general information about interplanetary travel or information specific to Venus itself, the quickness alotted due to the distance is very useful since traveling in space has a very large time scale.
The future of technology and inhabitants on Earth can greatly improve with the study of Venus. By creating technology durable enough to withstand the intense weather and atmospheric conditions of Venus, it could prove to be durable enough for other planets that we could colonize. The author describes Venus's conditions as, ". . .temperatures averaging over 800 degreen Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric preassure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." To create machines and substances that can withstand these circumstances can be used for a multitude of things, both on Earth and in space.
The author has clearly proven that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit through these points, and more. Much evidence was given like general facts or statistics, along with a series of inferences that explain how Venus has the potential to be a large benefactor in interplanetary travel. | 4 |
cffa3d3 | my point of lukes avendture
I am here to talk about why we should agree that being a seagoing cowboy is a really good idea so hang on tight and just listen, hope u enjoy .
Some good reasons to be a seagoing cowgirl/boy is you get to help animals while your traveling over sea. Also its a good experience and you might want to learn about the ocean, thats a good reason to be a seagoing cow girl or boy and you might want to try it out .There might be some big waves but your with animals traveling and helping out thtas important to do .Its also a beautiful ,wonwerful,aventure to explore .
I support Luke becuase he says thats its an one one life oppertunity. It was he got to travel over seas to Europe ,he went pass Greece . He also traveled over the Pacific Ocean twice,and the Artic Ocean 16 times .Its a good aventure and you should try it one day .
So he got to do alot of things that were totally awsome! I want to know do you think you should try it one day yes or no ? And please right about why you whould and who inspired you ? | 2 |
cffa6fb | The auther supports the idea of study venus more because the chance of find out the history about venus and if it was a earth-like plant that was once home to life. In pargah 4 they say that "venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth," because of venus includes"familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."
As NASA work on a way to study venus and how to reach it. They have work with "some simplified electronics made slilcon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface"that has lasted for 3 weeks.
As the auther states his last part by say thet "earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
To sum it all up is that we should stop because we fail we should learn from it and keep push on. | 2 |
cffc4a6 | "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Heidrun Walter; source 1. For many years, people have depended on cars to take them places and allow them to live a normal life. However, the recent decline in driving and car sales has proven that there are many advantages to limiting car usage. Limiting car usage would help reduce the greenhouse effect, would help reduce smog and other low-air pollution, as well as helping promote aspects of the economy which differ from purely car sales and transportation.
To begin with, the greenhouse effect, a large part of which is caused by cars and their emissions, is endangering not only our environments and ecosystems, but also life as we know it. According to source 1 (In german Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars), passengers car are the cause of 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and also responsible for approximately 50% of emissions in certain parts of the US. Setting restrictions would allow for a decline in emission of greenhouse gases, whcih in turn would better life on Earth. Its effects could be seen all over the world, such as in global warming, rising oceans, etc. Therefore, limiting car usage would have a positive effect, because it would reduce the emission greenhouse gases.
Equally important, the presence of smog, pollution-caused fog, and low-air pollution is also endangering the well-being of humans and other species (health), as well as the well-being of the Earth, so to speak. According to source 2 (Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer), "After Days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."; after setting restrictions for five days, Paris saw an improvement in air quality. We can thus infer that setting restrictions regularly would help reduce the pollution and general smog of the area. Placing restrictions would help promote various means of transportation, such as public transportation, bikes, walking, etc. An example would be the one from source 3 (Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota); in this case, a day during which a capital city places restrictions of the use of cars, helps build a campaign, which allows for bike paths, parks, and sport centers to be created and for sidewalks to be repaired. It has also led to restrictions to regulate rush-hour traffic. Clearly, reducing and limiting car usage can not only reduce smog and low-air pollution, but can also help create a more active city.
Finally, limiting car usage may promote different aspects of the economy. According to source 1, the transportation bills (in the US budget) have, in the past, been used, for the most part, for highways. Reducing car usage may allow for certain parts of the US budget to be used for more important and diverse things, such as education, government funding, community life, and many more. Also, limitations on car usage could help conserve resources, allowing people to place their money into different aspects of their lives, like it is explained in source 4. Moreover, the less people can use their cars, the less people will buy cars (source 4: "Demographic shifts in the driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate. There has been a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39-year-olds getting a license"). This will help people focus on re-building the conomy. Obviously, there are economic advantages to limiting car usage, such as availability for flexibility in the government budget, conserving money, and the rebuilding of the economy.
To conclude, there are various advantages to limiting car usage; limitations may help improve the economy, will help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, and will help reduce the low-air pollution and smog often found in largely populated areas. | 5 |
cffc8aa | NASA has been wanting to explore our sister planet, but doesn't know how to make a vehicle capable of surviving Venus's atmoshperic differences from Earth. The author explains his claim of how it's a worthy pursuit that needs time and focus to happen. They strengthen their claim by describing the climate and dangers, differences in technology made to suvive it's conditions, and alternatives to exploring Venus.
The author of the passage first describes Venus. They describe how it's different from Earth and how that provides a challenge to NASA. The author brings in the atmospheric differences (such as what it's made of and the pressure), temperatures, geological, and weather differences. NASA has to take all of these into mind and adapt to it so they can explore the planet safely.
Since Venus is so different from Earth, NASA has to make vehicles that'll withstand the atmosphere and pressure of it. The author describes how they've come up with a blimp-like vehicle to explaore Venus safely for up to three weeks. The author explains how that could be a problem as well, seeing as how the blimp couldn't reach the ground to collect anything for NASA to study when they get back.
The author understands that NASA is working on alternatives to get closer to the surface of Venus so they can study it more. The author tells us how they've come up with different technological methods to get closer to the surface without damaging a vehicle or expensive equipment. They bring up a piece of electronic equipment made of silicon carbide that lasted for up to three weeks in the conditions of Venus. That detail gives us insight on how close NASA is to safel exploring the suface of the sister planet.
Exploring the surface of Venus has become a big focus for NASA. The author wants to give us insight of how challenging and dangerous it is, but also how they're working on making it possible with different pieces of equipment that's stable eough for the atmosphere of Venus. They do that by describing the climate and dangers of Venus, the differences needed to be made in technology to survive the conditions, and the alternatives that can be used to explore the surface of Venus safely. | 4 |
cfff1cf | Have you ever wondered about Venus? This planet is somthing that we as humans haven't figured out yet. We are facing the challenge of Venus, it is really valued not only because of the facts and information we get out of this planet. Instead, humans are curiose and looking for more evidence of what we are going to face in the futur. We should learn more not only on the outter shell, but more deeply in the inside.
Venus is the second planet in the our solar system(Milkyway). Also ot is one of the brightest points in the sky at night. As the closest plant to Earth in terms of size, density, and distane. The surface of it is full with valleys, mountains, and craters. Not even one single spacecraft have reached to it before. 97 percent of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide, forming a blanket for the planet. This planet has the highest temperature in the whole entire Milkyway. NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) have not stop sending spacecraft to land on Venus.
If we could lend on Venus later on in the generation, could there be any living organisum that lives on that plante? There could be a possible chance since Earth is not the only planet in space. There are more things tha we need to discover. You would never know if there are creatures like ous that have a abiliy to explore space. We should keep trying even if there is only a 0.0000001 chance. | 1 |
d007c8f | I crossed the Atlantic Ocean over ten times. I crossed the Pacific twice to help people who were struggling from World War II. The article "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" writtten by Peggy Reif Miller was not only a story for encouraging people who are down and need to do something, but it also gives the main charcter's point of veiw too. Miller tells us how daring the adventure can be over seas, but what I tell is totally different. When I was over seas I saw many beautiful things. Miller may thought it was scary, but I assure you it is not.
When I was out of high-school I was working two jobs. I worked at a grocery store and at a bank. Then my friend Don Reist gave me a call asking if I wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat. It was an opportunity of a life time. I said yes. It was 1945 and as you know World War II was going on. In August 1945, I received orders to report to New Orleans. We arrived the 14 of August, the day the Pacific War ended. I turned 18 before arriving in Greece. I could become apart of the army. The board saw I was apart of the cattle-boat trip. So they told me to stay on it. I was fine with it. By the time I discharged in 1947, I made nine trips. The most of any Seagoing Cowboy. Maybe one day you could become the Seagoing Cowboy to make the most trips. Maybe you could become apart of the army. If you become apart of the Seagoing Cowboy you can accomplish many things. I told you it's not scary. Your making exhilerating things happen.
The cattle-boats were an unbelievable opportunity for me. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. Seeing the Acropolis was very special though. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. It was extrordinary! I was done with the tours and we were crossing the Atlantic from the easten coast to the United States of America. I was on duty of cleaning stalls and feeding the animals. I was watch man for one night. I was making my report to captain when I slipped on the ladder. I most fell into sea, but I recovered. I had a few cracked ribs, but I was fine. I had time to have fun on board. I played many games with my friends. Some games we played were volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. A Seagoing Cowboy kind of sounds fun now doesn't it. You could have so much fun with your friends and other new people. You can have fun with the animals. The big part of being a Seagoing Cowboys is getting to say this, "I'm grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." This awareness stayed with me.
So you got the point of veiw from other people like Miller and people who don't like the army, but now you got my point of veiw. People think it's scary or dangerous. Yes, it's dangerous, but fun. Not only do you get to help people, but you get to see amazing veiws and you get to encourage other people to do great things. I've crossed the Atlantic Ocean over ten times, I've crossed the Pacific twice. Can you do the same or something even better? | 2 |
d00eb06 | in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" It talks about driveless cars and how it postive and negative to the cars. I think the postives side put up a good argument but I honest have to side with the negative becasue its aruments are what seem right to me.
Well like it stated in the article that who's to blame when something bad happends that's excatly why there shouldn't be cars like that. If there is then then we wouldn't know who to blame any more because if we keep on casusing accident's and we go to court and man gets blamed for the fault of the manufacturer. Then the man who was balemed in the first place can sue or something like that for getting blamed because of the manufacturers fault. But sitll theres no one to blame that what its comes down to when we really think about it.
Even if the got safety features i think its a pretty ingnorant idea to make a drive less car becasue were not perfect either way. So if we make these cars there would be no accidents, yeah right were are no perfect so these cars can never be perfection. So when we try out these cars frist time we might be like its nice nit having to drive when drving litteraly putting your foot down and streing come on people are we that lazy that we can't even do anything for are selfs anymore even if we could take control sometimes with the driveless cars it doesn't mean all the time so yeah america's really lazy we can't even put are foot down and turn a stering wheel to drive anymore wow america thanks.
Either way these are the reason why i don't think is a good idea to have drives less cars because there's no one to blame if someone gets hurt driving or getting hit by the car and that its just really lazy of us to even think of drivng as a hassle but i guess some people do so yeah but either way drive less cars are point less. | 2 |
d0113ae | Driverless cars can sound like a wonderful idea to most people, knowing they won't have to drive themselves anywhere anymore. They may even think that since it's driverless they can just sit there and play on their phone, not paying attention to anything on the road. Is that really as safe as they say it will be? Yes, you won't have to drive anywhere, but does that mean we should really trust it?
In my opinion, driverless cars sound dangerous. There are many questions asked that haven't been answered, which makes me feel uneasy. The BMW Traffic Jam Assistant sounds like a great idea. If that were in every car you buy now, I dont think we would even need driverless cars. That little modification to a car can make a big difference. I feel as if that would be safer than a self driving car.
In the driverless cars, a system would be powering and driving your car. What if that system malfunctions and/or has a glitch? Would it be the individuals fault or the manfacturers fault? This question has many different answers from different individuals. My answer would be that it would be the cars fault. It's not the individuals fault that the car had a huge malfunction in the system, it's the company's fault. The individual wasn't even driving the car to begin with. Now, if they make it to where the person can still control the car while the system is driving it, that's a different story.
In conclusion, driverless cars can be very dangerous. I feel that people should just drive themselves where they want to go. It's not that hard to drive yourself. the driverless cars that have a malfunction in the system could be a big problem when driving. The Traffic Jam Assistant would be a great idea for regular cars that you drive yourself. It would help with many things drivers never pay attention to now-a-days. Driverless cars should not make an appearance in the world, just to keep everyone safe on the road. | 3 |
d0127a0 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author introduces a new form of technology, the Facial Action Coding System. The new technology allows computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology will not be valuable to students in a classroom because it will be expensive, communication skills will be lost, and technology is not always accurate.
As it is now, without this new technology, some schools barely have enough money to buy basic supplies needed to provide a proper education for the students. If the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is added in the classrooms it will be another expense that is not neccessary. In the passage it says, "Your home PC cant handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisas smile." This statement implys that, in order to use FACS, the school will have to buy not only the software, but also new computers that will support the system. That is a lot of money spent on unneccessary items when it could be spent on the basic supplies that most schools can barely provide now.
In today's world communication skills are bad enough already, with the current technology that students are surrounded by each day. In the passage it states, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'" If the new technology is added into the classrom and, to a point, taking the place of a teacher, communication skills will be further taken away. Teachers teach more than just science, math, or english to the students. Having a teacher in the classroom also teaches students how to communicate properly with adults and how to carry on mature conversations. Taking away that human interaction will have a negative effect on the students.
Technology is not always accurate. If this software makes an appearance in classrooms and students start using it, it could give false information. The pasage states, "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vincis masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." Each person's face is compared to the exact same neutral face, which will not be accurate. Each person has a different neutral face, so in order for the information to be correct, it will need to be compared against each person's neutral face.
There are multiple reasons that the new software will not be beneficial to students in the classroom, however, there are a couple reasons that the technology will be valuable. In the passage it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts." The computers telling the teacher that the student is confused could be beneficial because most students will not tell the teacher if they are confused, which causes them to get bad grades if they do not understand the material. If the teacher knows that the student is confused, they can take actions to make sure that they help them understand. Later in the passage it says, "Empathy (feeling someone elses emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another persons facial expressions." The new technology could help students understand and have empathy, which will be a good thing. Lots of people do not have a lot of empathy in today's world, which is part of the reason why the world is a very cold place. Students having empathy could result in everyone treating each other better, if they can try to understand the things that their peers are feeling.
Overall, FACS will cause people more trouble and headaches than anything. After considering both sides of the argument, it is safe to say that the new technology will not be beneficial to students in the classroom because of the combination of it being expensive, taking away communication skills, and not always being accurate. | 5 |
d013dc7 | Dear Senador
I personally think that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The people around count of having a better life in the country but not giving they what they want will bring big problems the nation. Its overruled to decleared the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner you have to be fair. It doesn't matter if you have more popular votes than others you have to win by having regular votes. The Electoral Colleges metod is not being democratic at all in modern sence. And it seems like is the electors who elect the president, not the people. The trust of the peole had been betrayed. It is the entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the natonal popular vote. There's five reason for retaining the Electoral College despite its democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons: 1) Certainty of Outcome 2)Everyone's President 3)Swing State 4)Big State and last but not less 5)Avoid Run-Off Elections. So why not do one of them. Why not? Because your scared that your democracy will fail or not win. But whats more important you or your nation? | 2 |
d0178e8 | The new software that was developed could potentially be a benefit to society one day. Using this software might allow current researchers to determine the emotion of a person from many years ago. Although these may be the claims, this technology isn't proven to be efficient with the results it gives. Using this new technology would not be valuable to students in a classroom.
The calculation the computer can make may not be factual enough to prove it's calculations are correct. In paragraph five, Dr. Huang is said to have incripted the same studies that Leonardo da Vinci used for his own anatomy studies, into the computer software. Even though this may be the case, the software used may alter the specific details in it's own study because an electronic device is determining a human situation.
Although using the software may not be factual, this software also has the benefit of increasing a students emotion. As said in paragraph six, the software could determine a students emotion and display an ad of some sort to alter their mood for the better. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," said Dr. Huang. If these claims are proven to be true, then a students energy and mood could be altered when needed.
To determine an emotion of another through a computer software, still does not give perfect results. These results may also not be trust worthy because human error is still involved due to the fact that humans developed the software itself. However, if the program can alter a students emotion in a classroom then the student may benefit greatly from it. Even though the software may not yet be perfect, it may change the perspective of a student and their attitude in a classroom. | 3 |
d018ccb | Students go to school everyday,and throughtout
their day their mood and emotions can change. Ever wondered what their emotions was? No need to worry anymore there is a new technology that has just came upon us. Its called a Facial Action Coding System which allows computers to identify human emotions. Which is a stupid tool to be used in a classroom.
The FACS or readers reading this know it the Facial Action Coding System in my opinion is a not a tool that should be used in classroom for many reasons why. One of those reasons is that students go through various amounts of emotions in a day. One minute they can be happy then the next minute they can be upset. I feel as if it would be too time consuming for teachers to stop class and run a students face through a computer program to get how they are feeling. That would take away learning time not just for the child that is getting his face scan but the other kids in the classroom who would have to wait while the teacher runs the childs face.In paragraph three we can see that the process might take some time to do when the author says," The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscless this in the model must move like human muscles." This shows that before you can even run the test the computer must be a model of your face which will add on to time.
Also another reason that the Facial Action Coding System shouldn't be used in classrooms is because its not gonna change the emotion of the kid. The teachers spends all of that time scanning a student face to get his emotion for no reason at all. Wether or not the kid is mad,sad,or whatever the case may be it won't change how her or she is feeling.
At the end of the day the FACS should not be allowed in classrooms.It takes away valuable time in the learning enviroment of a classroom. Not only that but it doesn't improve the mood of the child. The Facial Action Coding System is a pointless tool in a classroom because it doesnt help to improve anything or anyone. | 3 |
d020bab | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worth prusuit and it is. There are outstanding genious facts that prove that Venus is worhty to explore. There is not easy conditions but survivable for humans. This planet could be another Earth and we wouldnt even know til we try.
Venus might have hot heat and sea level pressure but it has lots of similar features. Both the Earth and Venus have valleys, moutains and craters. As the article says "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have surpported various form of life." Long time ago that planet could have been just like Earth and we wouldnt know till be explore Venus. Astronomers are fascinated by how once i could have been the most Earth-like planet.
The planet is so much alike to Earth that it also have erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and lighting strikes. The differences are the tempature. The tempature is above normal but scientists are working of technology to resist the heat and sea levels. Humans are able to survive these conditions but it may not be easy. The would have to have Venus's harsh weather.
NASA would be the first to ever explore of Venus. The planets so much alike to Earth that everyone wants to be exploring these dangers terrains. The article says that "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
The human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Those risks we and humans with probably take. The curiosity is gonna will and we eventually go and explore Venus once we have all the correct materials for it. Venus is worth to pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 3 |
d024295 | The Face. It is a natural landform. We know this because if we look at the picture from 2001 the face looks more like a hill than a face. However from the picture in paragraph five we can see a rock that sort of looks like the top part of a torso. Which could suggest that this is some mutalated giant. which indeed could lead to the existence of aliens.
Although this landform looks that way it has a ton of holes in it. which could have been from land slides such as our rock slide. It could just be an illusion. It could be just a normal hill and our camera has made it look more like a face due to the thick clouds. The Face could be an actual mountain that has eroded to look like a face. However if the existence of aliens is true and they made this "face" then doesn't that mean that they have seen what we look like and that they are amoung us watching us.
In conclusion the face is indeed just a landform because there are no such thing as aliens. The Face is a butte such as the one that Garvin desribes in paragraph 12 " It reminds me of Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho." So the face is a natural landform on The Red Planet. | 2 |
d02c595 | This article about driverless cars implies that this technology is bad and good. I personally do not like the aspet of driverless cars. Although they are unique and exclusive I do not want to take part in any of it. With these cars the driver will still have to be on alert. Why have a driverless car that the driver will be notified to be ready?
There is no need for driverless cars in our society. Having a driverless car would mean that we neccesarily do not need driver liencense because we are not driving, it is! Would that not also mean that children under that age of 16 could possibly own a driverless car? The law will have to be reconfigured inside and out if our society allows these cars.
The article states that new laws will be needed in order to cover liablity in the case of an accident. Which raises the question of whose fault is it if there was an accident. Another reason for not allowing driverless cars is will it have to charge since it is using electricity? Drivers might also fall asleep waiting for their turn to drive. If the technology fails that will result in serious injury.
Therefore the producers of driverless cars should disband the project. A lot of changes will come if they continue, and some people do not like change. Drunk drivers will be allowed to be in a driverless car since the are not really driving. If the companies making driverless cars can answer these question and fix the issues then why not allow them, but until then driverless cars should not be allowed. | 3 |
d02f43e | In
Source 1
Elizabeth Rosenthal gives information on Germany's car-free cities and shows her support of the idea. I belive that a car-free day as shown in
Source 2 in Paris is a good idea for two reasons. First, a single day of no use of automobiles can be extremely beneficial to the ecosystem. Second, it is shown tobe less stressful and safer to those who participate in the event.
The benefits of a car-free day far outweigh the slight inconvenience that it may bring. In the event in paris they had a 60 percent decrease in traffic congestion and before the car-free day paris had 147 micrograms of pollution in the air and after the car-free day it had a measley 79.9 microgram count, thats impressive. not to mention this is only a 24-hour event everyone can sacrifice that ammount of time for a great cause like this.
Secondly, there are several records of people claiming that they feel less stressed like citizen of Vauban, Germany, like Hiedrun Walter. No automobiles means no traffic, no loud horns or loud engines in the middle of the street. Plus, you will be able to enjoy exercise and taking a train or Taxi to you're destination which allows for a more public and social experience for those who participate, and not to mention you could be fined if you dont participate.
In conclusion, I feel that it is highly beneficial to the ecosystem to limmit car usage even if only for a day. It's a slight sacrifice for a potentialy huge gain. It can also prove to cause less stress than every day transportation that were used to. | 3 |
d031d7a | When new technology comes out it can always be a positive thing. That its better to have something than not to have it. having a computer that can determine if we are sad, happy, bored, etc. is pretty crazy. without this technology we probably wouldnt be able to determine that the Mona Lisa is prodomitly happy. That a computer can do something that humans do everyday when we look at someone.
That having the ability of computers that can read students faces, in my opinion is valuable and can be used in many ways.
There are many ways that the computer can be used, if someone were to put the computer in a everyday public school classroom. They can detect and figure out what learning style kids like. this can be implimented and put to use in classrooms around the world and help get kids more into school and want to try to get an education. This can make school more fun and more intresting for kids today. differetn classrooms can have different styles and you have a variety of kids per classroom and test to see what style the kids like. when the results come back teachers and staff can go over them and the more majority of kids that like a certian teaching style can be the style that is implimeanted in the schools today This is all done by seeing what facial emotions are used by the kids.
Another way that the ability of reading students emotions can help, is to have the ability detect how students are feeling and even when they are trying to hide how they are feeling. When you are a teenager you have lots of crazy and mixed feelings. Sometimes a student might go into a deep depression and his or her friends might not be able to detect the the fact of what they are feeling and they might do something to themselves that might not be a good thing. If you use this device and cna detect how they are feeling you could stop that student from harming his or her self from doing this. This can save lots of lives and stop death rates all around the world and help that student to get help and stop this from happening. This is all done from a technology that can read facial emotions and can be very useful and even save ones life.
Having this technology can be nice, but sometimes it cant always be right. If we use this technology it doesnt always mean that it can be helpful or can detect what really kids are thinking. Sometimes you can put on a brave face and show the world what really inside thats not what you are thinking. The computer migh pick up the brave face you are showing and say that you are happy but really you are having a bad day and you really arent happy. When you use this technology for schools and the computer detects the faces wrong then you have spent all of this money to have the computers detect how the faces of the kids are showing and the results really arent true then you have just wasted lots of time and that is not necessary to have. We dont really know what people are feeling. Mona lisa may not be 83 percent happy and 9 percent disgusted, etc. She may be 10 percent happy and 90 percent digusted, etc. there no good way to determine what she was really feeling at that time and in that picture.
Having the technology to read students emotional expressions can be helpful, but it determines how you use it and how you correct the results are. But having this technology isnt a bad thing. Its a way to determine what people are thinking without asking the person or being in that persons head. But with having technology that is able to read students faces and emotional expressions can be used and if used carefuly can help schools and other people today. | 4 |
d032c34 | In the Challenge of the Exploring Venus, the auther suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers I think he I right, but i think that the dangers are to much to risk. In the story the auther calls venus the ''Evening Star'' and said that it was one of the brightest points in the the sky,but it also said ''while venus is simple to see from a good distance, but safe vantage point from eath.'' I think what that means is that, you can't get close to venus because it's too dangerus.
Some of the ways that venus is too dangerus to go to is because we know what will happy if we go. We sent things up befor and each previous mission was unmanned but for good reason, since not one spacecraft survied the landing for more then maybe a few hours. Thats when we saw the issue and stoped sending up sacescrafts. Not one spaceship has touched down on venus in more that three decades.
A thick atmospehere of 97% carbon dioxide covers venus, also to add to that theres even more difficulit clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid on venus. On the the planet the conditions arfe far more extreme then anything humans encoouter on earth or anywhere so far. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we have on earth. besides high presurs and unbareable heats, the weather is bad too. Erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquackes, and very frequent lighting strikes.
In the end, our travels on earth and farther should'nt be limitted but at the same time we are facesed with dangers and things we sould strive to do better in but we should do our best to look at the word without getting to close to danger. | 2 |
d03e92e | Was the "face" on Mars created by aliens? So people have a theory that a picture of a human looking "face" on Mars was created by aliens, and others believe that it's just a natural landform. The "face" is just a natural landformation, and scientist haven't discovered aliens. Aliens couldn't have created the "face" because scientific evidence doesn't prove they actually exict.
The "face" is just a natural rock formation with the illision of eyes, nose, and a mouth."A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a 'huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.'"(NASA 3) Also, a shadow could have been casted across that area."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." (NASA 2) Hence, it only being a rock formation in Mars.
Although many people want it to be created by aliens scientist don't have any scientific evidence and few believe it was created by aliens."Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact..."(NASA 6)
" The 'Face on Mars' has 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." (NASA 5) Only so that the NASA funders could get money and that the "face" was only just well-known and popularly talked about because it looks like a human face. Therefore, scientist don't have explanation of how aliens could have created the land formation.
The "face" on Mars some people may say that it was created by aliens; however, it's just a natural land formation. It is just a formation in on Mars that looks like a human face. That people wish it was created by aliens, but scientist haven't discovered aliens yet for them to have evidence that aliens could have made the "face."
In conclusion, aliens couldn't have created the "face" because they haven't been discovered by scientist. The rock formation formed as a human face is only a natural land formation in Mars. Most likely only a Martian mesa with unusual shadows. It could be a possibilty be that aliens did create it if scientist later discover aliens. | 4 |
d03f666 | Would you buy a driverless car? The negative aspect in driving driverless cars is that they need lots of senors, they cant help get througth road work or traffic and the technology can fail.
Manufactures are starting to use smart cars. Smart cars that are considered driveless. Theses smart cars needs lots of sensors that makes then able to drive without the company of humans. Google has made a driverless car that has senors on the wheels of the car and on the roof of the car. Even though senors have been around since the 1980's and have advanced since then, the senors that are on the brakes of the car can reduce the power in your engine.the senors reduce the engine because it takes a lot of power on your car. you need the power you can get from your engine just in case you're in a bad sitution. Not only driveless cars need lots of senors they arent able to help through nagativing through road work and heavy traffic.
Driveless cars arent really driverless when you think about it. Driverless cars need the assitanants of humans to pull out of a driveway. They also need help with heavy traffic issues. Driverless cars can not go through roadwork areas without humans navating them through it. Driverless cars arent that much help when it comes to things it should know how to do.Whats the point of having a driverless car if it cant help you through traffic and others thing pretaining to driving? Not only they cant help youin traffic or road work , What if the technology fails?
In the article the authour talks about how the technology can fail.
In traffic laws it says nothing about how if your computer in your fails during a crash, it talks about how the driver iss responisble for the car and not being able to control it. In the article it says ," Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. In some states driverless cars are already considered illegal for that reason. Who would be responsible if theres a crash , the driver or the manufacture? Its better to limit the use of driverless cars because cars who be more safe in the control of a human driver.
Its better not to have driverless cars. It will much safer for people to not have driverless cars because it would most likely have a high number of car crashes and injured people if a car didnt have an actul driver behide the wheel. | 4 |
d04405b | Dear Senator Rubio I feel that there are some conserns about the Electoral College, now i feel that it should be kept as the way to pick the president and not just change to poular vote. I am sending this letter to tell my oppinons and to mabe here back from you about what you think is a better idea.
Well here is the first thing if you keep the elctoral college than you still have a possiblity of the man in the poular vote to win and with all the states having to pick how gos is helping the poular vote man because it is putting some how will vote for you in that chair. aswell as being able to campain in sertain places i mean sure you campain any way but if you know you have the elctoral votes you can focus on the regions and states that have the big voting numbers like Ohio Florida Pennsylvania New York and few others. these show that you need to campain in high Demacratic states if you are Repulican and visa verse. But if you relize quite a few states dont get visited to by the candates. why is that? well some states are dominatly Blue and others are dominatly Red like no Repulican goes and campains in Califonia and no Democrat campains in Texas. If looked at you see all those states that arent being paid attentin to the are the little one ore two vote places that the runner doesent feel that they absolutely need and it is like a little bounus if they vote for them.
Well know the stats show that a little over half the US does not vote,WHY? Because they feel there vote does not matter one bit and that leeds to them saying na why vote examples are showen like in texas if you are a Democrate why vote when you know that your vote doeent matter any whay because of the college. Also same for Repulicans in Califonia there votes are cancled outbecause of the state they are in. they all say that there are many that belive there is a big problem here with the college that it is riged because you can put your own people in there that may not vote for what you belived in well there is an example of that happening in one state they threw in men that wouldent vote fpr JFK to prove they can change the vote. know if they want to stay as an oficial than they need to do what the party states well that is exactly what most people do and that is why there has not been very many surprises while the votes are in after the voting that night.
So Senator Rubio you heared what I had to say you have heard my counter claim know it is time for you to go and tell me what you think of the Electorial College so send me back a note and tell me all your oppinouns on this topic. | 3 |
d046df0 | Driverless cars. An innovation that was once only a dream is now much closer to being a significant aspect of our lives. Personally, I am all for the development of driverless cars. The pros severely outweigh the few cons and there really aren't many valid reasons to halt working on driverless cars.
According to cofounder of multi-billion dollar company google, Sergey Brin, we could create a future of public transport that consists completely of driverless cars. Also, this solution would use only half of the fuel that today's taxis use. If fuel is being reduced and citizens are easily able to get from point A to point B, the only con here is that there would be less jobs available for transport such as taxi drivers. But proportionally, using half the fuel we do now would have a much stronger positive impact on our future than careers being lost for the miniscule fraction of people who work as a taxi driver.
At the moment, car crashes are one of the highest likely reasons of death ESPECIALLY in teens. And this doesn't show any reason to change. But in a handful of years when driverless cars are close to perfection, the amount of car crashes that would occur would drop drastically. That is, if we take advantage of an opportunity like this rather than sleeping on it for what little reason there is left. Once the driverless cars are improved enough and safer than the average driver, we will be able to make the majority of transport used with them. And then there will be no more reasons to worry about new teen drivers getting in a wreck, drunk drivers, drivers under the influence, etc.
Lastly, new drivers will have lots of time saved once driverless cars are everywhere. New drivers currently have to spend at least 50 hours driving with a parent or guardian before they are considered ready to drive alone (and let's not forget that new drivers have a 50% chance to be involved with a crash during their first year of driving with a license). So driverless cars will free up time for families with new or inexperienced drivers as well as save them money. Most new drivers take a driver's ed class (which first of all takes a lot of time) and they can be hundreds of dollars! There's no reason we shouldn't eliminate these pointless negative aspects of our current system.
Reviewing what's been said here, three significant reasons driverless cars should continue being worked on are apparent. One being that only HALF the fuel we currently use would be needed. Two: having these driverless cars would create a much safer environment since crash rates would nearly disappear. And finally, new drivers would save large amounts of time and money once these cars are here and ready. These are only three reasons of countless others that haven't been addressed yet. Driverless cars are the future of our society. | 3 |
d047d46 | I think we should have technology to read students emotional expressions. we could use this for classes when we are doing homework and we dont understand so the teacher could help."can we actually "calculate" emotions -like math homework. If they could use it i think it would be better.
If we use this technology we could see if someone was hiding there emotions. If we used it we could help peoplethat need help. we could see if they are scared or confused or even angry. I would want to know if someone was mad so i wouldn't say something to them and make hem upset.
we could use this in paintings we could see what emotions they have. In this article they said Mona Lisa is 83% happy 9% disgusted 6% fearful 2% angry. I think it would help artist to make sure they look a surton emotion. I think we should have technology to read students emotional expressions because we could use this to do homework and teachers understand if we get the homework. | 3 |
d05321d | Introductin,Venus is actually a planet.In our solar system,Venus is the second planet from our sun. 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. Since no spacecraff survied the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.
Body, A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even thought mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, poweful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surfaces.
Conclusion, More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas,or anything else, from a distance. Therefore,scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understant Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challrngers. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
d053807 | You should come and participate in the Seagoing Cowboys Program. There is alot of intresting stuff to do there. So just read a few facts that will make you want to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys Program.
We get to take care of stuff like " The horses, young cows, and mulces that were shipped overseas." You get to go to many diffrent places. We get to go to an " excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal." We get to help lots of people that need it. It takes a long time to go over the Oceans. " It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern cost of United States and a month to get to China. You have alot of stuff to do to keep you busy. If you get hurt you will still get to do some fun stuff. " Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass by the time."
So you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys Program. It is a lot fun and there is a lot to do. We need you. Now do you want to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys Program? | 2 |
d055690 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author believes that studying and exploring Venus is worth the pursuit despite the dangers it brings. The author uses facts and information to back this idea up. The author has facts on poor conditions on Venus then gives us information and ideas on ways to overcome. The author is using a problem and solution method.
The author supported the idea with facts and more ideas that would make it safer and beneficial to us if we travel to Venus for further examination. In the article the author talks about how Venus has really bad conditions, but they are all just challenges that can be overcome. These challenges are the main thing holding us back from exploring further. The author believes that our travels beyond Earth should'nt be limited by dangers and doubts.
The article also talkes about how we need longer lasting technology for further research. It mentions mechanical computers and how they don't require electronics at all. The author suggests using the mechanical parts, like the ones used in the mechanical computers, and using them to create technology that will last longer on Venus. This would allow for more research. More research means better understanding of Venus which will allow for better technology to with stand the conditions.
In the paragraph above the author gives us a problem on how our technology can't survive the conditions, because the systems get fried and break. Then the author gives us a possible solution to our problem. The author gives us a new idea for better technology. The author uses a problem and solution to support the idea.
In conclusion, the author supported the idea well by using a problem and then giving a solution using facts and evidence. The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represents. The author then goes on to show us that these dangers can be overcome and these dangers shouldn't stop us from exploring. | 4 |
d068bc1 | The Electoral College consists of more cons than pros. The systems that the unprogrammed engineers work on are complicated vast perspectives. When a president gets elected the most voters and does not recieve presidency, wouldn't that confuse you. Popular voting is an effective way to give a candidate presidency simply because the people want that candidate to be the one responsible for the United States. The Electoral College needs to change the way it picks its president. Otherwise, the U.S. would be vulnerable to a president that most people completely denied for the other candidate.
The thing with popular voting is that people can get the president they want. When the elections are based on which candidate has the most popular votes, there are no crazy tricks or a hidden trump card. All you have is a candidate that deserves to be the president of the United States. A good example is Al Gore and his presidency crisis. Most voters looked up to him as president. It was only until the quirks of the electoral college stole his opportunity of becoming president thanks to the system of the electoral college we have today. The situation that makes this crisis even worse is how the voters for the actual electors themselves cannot control whether they win the election or lose. This means that if we keep the routine of the electoral college we have now, there are many opportunities for an unwanted elector. Therefore, leading to an unwanted president.
Ever since 2000, many people have been suffering from economics and industry. This is the simple result of a bad electoral college system. The people of course should have most of the perks in picking a president. If the president is bad at his job in making the U.S. habitable, then the electors are to blame for making a huge mistake. Many doors are opened to sudden changes and confusing decisions. John F. Kennedy could've lost his position since all of the votes didn't necessarily go to him. There's a valid reason why people vote for a candidate. To pick the president they know suits them best.
I will admit to this though. Popular voting is not the accurate way to go through with. I mean there are situations where people just pick a president because he looks proffesional. Others are simply racist and go for the white candidate or even vise-versa. Popular voting is not perfect in the sense of the psychological opinions of the voters themselves. Besides, all of the people living in american soil are different minded. There is literally no way to immediately recognize who the voter is and why his reasons for voting are wrong. There is also nothing we can do since people are allowed to vote for whatever reasons they want.
Due to all of the information given to me about Al Gore and unwanted electors, it is the best solution to change the system to popular voting. Both sides of the arguments have strong reasons to either keep their system or change the way the electoral college is run. Meanwhile, lets be honest. There have been more political downfalls with the system we have now that can be fixed with popular voting. Even though there are people that vote for selfish and unreliable reasons, there is still a balance of the people who want this president and the people who don't. The U.S. is consisted of minds that think completely different in the sense of human nature. We don't live in a utopia where everyone agrees with eachother. Now, being able to let the U.S. decide who they want their president to be, it sounds like a pretty fair way to elect a new president, don't you think? | 4 |
d072354 | Even though venus seems to be very dangers. Haven't you even thought of about it whati looks like or wats on it at least. Well this is what the story is about wanting to explore venus. Also the good and bad about venus. The test that have been ran up to test venus.
In the story it talks about venus and the good and ba about it. What could damge us and what it benifits us with. Soemthimes venus is refered as earth's twin, The reason behind that is that it is the planet closest to us. But not just that it also has the sam e size and density as earth.
Here is what coukd benifit us from exploreing venus. In the story it talks about how we would gain insight on earth its self. It tals about how venus is the most lije planet like earth. Long ago venus was ful of oceans and there could hve been life on the planet at a point. But now we belive it looks noting likw what it used to look like.
There is a lot that could aftect the air in venus is not good for us at all.The atmosphere is very thick. It talks about how the atmospheric is
90 times greater then the one we have on earth. There is also hhigh pressures and heat. There is valcaos that could eruot that we don't know when they possible coukd even do it. It talks about how there is also lighting.
This what we could gain from it could possible make it better and have another planet where thre is life on it. But it is dangerouse thinds that you could posible end up dying from. We have treid sending stuff there we have but when we do they don't last long. Possibly like an hour and then it stops worling. | 3 |
d0747b6 | My Opinion on Electoral Vote, is that we should have a direct vote with all americans to be able to pick not just other people that are with goverment it is not fair, we vote.. yes? but we don't get anyhting out of it. They say we can vote but that vote never counts, only Electoral Votes do. We are like basically thorwing a vote to nothing.
We should have us Amercians to be able to vote. Not just politicans, it should be the land of the free, not something that is keeping us from changing or helping are country that we think it's right. Well not I like it should be are turn. Over 60 Percent of us Amercians want change in this and I think we should have it, you must be 21 years old or older and it should just be U.S.Citizens only, you have to be born and rasied here.
Popular votes don't even matter now because to be honest there not even counting them. So really what is the point here? Direct vote for U.S. Citizens or have the Goverment choice for you in a way they choose there Politicans. The most votes should be able to have a a goat voting and so on. The Electoral colledge has plenty of problems like, People in there get the wrong Electoral votes mixed up which is a big issue and needs to be fixed right away.
The majority of the Electoral votes are 270 there are 538 electors its required to elect a President each state has an enrollement of which each state can have or obtain pretty much if the state is bigger the Electoral votes proceed to be higher and higher, which isn't excalty fair we wanna go with our own votes etc. We deserve to makeour lifes easier not the goverments or anything like that we are equal and it should stay that way.
The president election is held every 4 years and a big deal and which is a problem is, voters cannot vote for who they want vote for, but the state electors, can make the president and give him this so called power, anyways that's a state issue, change should be here soon but, thats a little of my input on here for which Electoral votes or Directs are right, change will be soon so just keep your hopes up and keep your head up straight. | 2 |
d0776b6 | Driverless cars are beingcoming more and more common with each day that the technology is evolving. I believe that in the next 30 years we will have driverless cars all over the place.
Many car companies today are well on their way to developing driverless cars, simple autonomous cars have been tested since 2009, with many car companies rushing to learn what they can about it. The reason it wasn't happening before then was because they lacked the technology. Back then, a radar was an object on a hill that cost over 200 million dollars, not something you could put on a car and use to help it on the roadways.
Driverless cars are not a bad idea, they can improve safety because they are more precise and can respond quicker to any situation thrown at them by todays everchanging road ways and transportation infrastructure. If we can improve driver and passeneger safety, why not take the chance to develop something for the future. So far, many of the tests on these cars have proven successful 90% of the time. Volvo hopes to have their first driverless car publicly available in 2020.
I believe driverless cars are going to happen somewhere in my lifetime, I won't use them because I prefer to drive myself, but I can see many using them because of their saftey. | 3 |
d078970 | Driverless cars are a thing of the future! It would be cool to get in your car, and not have to do anything. Just type in the address of the place you want to go and you're on your way, with no use of your hands. That is until something such as a road block, or construction work comes up.
There are many safety concerns with a driverless car. When someone says "driverless" you automatically think you don't have to do anything. When you're on the road, what if a sensor happens to stop working, and you don't know. You could cause a really bad accident, or even kill someone. Would it be your fault, or the cars fault? There's so many questions, and concerns about safety here, is it worth all the risks you'd take on a daily basis just to go to work, or even just to lunch? Not only could you hurt yourself in this car, you could potentially hurt other people as well.
While in any kind of car, you could run into many different things. Animals crossing the street, kids playing, even tree branches after a bad storm. When you run
into these things, you know what to do, and how to avoid anything bad happening, but does your smart car? Something could happen on the car, a sensor could get scrached, a camera could go out, then the car wouldn't know what to do or where to go and that puts you, others in the car, and others outside of the vehicle in danger.
Smart car or not, humans will always have control. When you approach something in the road you will always have to take over. If a sensor messes up you'll have to take over, if it takes a wrong turn, you'll have to take over, if it doesn't sense something in the road, you'll have to take over. The car will never be fully driverless, they'll always have to have a driver if it malfunctions. What if something does happen, who's to blame? The person driving, or the manufacturer? Plus what's the fun of not being able to drive? You've been wanting to drive since you can remember, and all of a sudden there's this new driverless car where you don't have to do anything until something bad happens? That's no fun.
Cars are great, they get you places quickly. The future is here, but do we really wanna put people in danger so we can say that the future is here? We should just stick to cars with drivers, so no one gets hurt, we don't have to tear out roads up, we don't have to worry about fixing expensive things on our cars, and we know everyone's safe. | 4 |
d07ec0b | Yes, I think that it will be an okay idea to put this technology in the use to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. I said yeah because there's a lot of students in one classrom and all of them have different types of expressions. So at times we dont know how someone is feeling. For an examle are they feeling happy,sad,excited,mad,depressed and etc. That's where this new technology comes in handy. If a teacher puts this amazing piece of technology to work. Now they can understand how their students are feeling or what type of expression or mood they are currently in. I've seen a lot of people that dont even talk in school/classroom and sometimes that puts you to wonder. Why are they like that? Are they alright? Is something wrong? Those 3 questions can't be asked no more if this technology goes into schools. Now the teachers will understand how they feel and know that they need some time alone or they need to talk about something. For an example teachers are always in saying do we need to talk? Is everything fine and the students sometimes say yes or they don't even say nothing and the teachers know that's not the truth. They would understand more about their students. This is a phrase that they said in th article on paragraph 7. "Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion". That right there is not enough for me the mirror can show an expression but might mean another expression. For an example again you can look at yourself in the mirror and look happy but you know that your not. This technology here can change the future and we can look further in the future starting with is invention and come up with better things following it. The article aslo said " Can your lab partner recognize which one" which the answer here is no they can't know how you feel like but this here. This technology will let you know exactly how they feel. It will be the next life changer. So that's why my answer for this question is yes they should but this technology in use in schools and it will help students and teachers know how one another is feeing. | 2 |
d082973 | Over the years pollution has increased drastically. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberg, an offical of Transportation for America (In German Suburb, Life goes On Without Cars P7)." In Vauban, Germany they have been developing a suburban community without cars. "70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there (In German Surburb, Life Goes On Without Cars P3)." Limiting car usage has been changing the world.
A resident of Vauban, Heidrum Walters, a media trainer and mother of two said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (In German Suburb, Life goes On Without Cars P3)." Without cars people are more at ease and relaxed. "Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of 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."( In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without cars P4)."
Some people know that one of the main causes of pollution is from cars. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive ares in the United States (In German Suburbs, Lifes Goes On Without Cars)." Because of all the pollution Paris "After days of near-record pollution, has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city (Paris bans driving due to smog P10)." Pollution has been slowly decreasing from hybrid cars and other means of transportion.
In Bogota, Colombia they have also gotten into the spirit in reducing air pollution. "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, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams (Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota P20)." "It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million (Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota)." A businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said "It's a good opportunity to take stress and lower air pollution" as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife (Car-free day leaving is spinning into a big hit in Bogota)."
As more and more countries try to find new ways to reduce pollution good things are starting to happen all over the world. People are starting to feel less tension and stress. It's also another way for people all around the world to exercise, go outside and enjoy the beautiful blue sky with friends and family. | 3 |
d088b14 | Wouldn't it be amazing to travel around the world country to country and being able to see beautiful sights of their landmarks? Well if you're getting interested keep reading because part of being in the Seagoing Cowboys program has many contrasts on the sights you'll see now and other places that you've never seen! Participating in this oppertunity has many advantages maybe on what you'd like to be when you are a grown adult.
To begin with, the sights if you choose to join will be marvelously outstanding in the distance and upclose. And you may get a benefit from helping people in need of your help and seeing the countries of Europe and China! Once you get to Greece it's breath taking if you get to the part of Greece named Acropolis. There is also an excavated castle in Crete annd marveled at the Panama Canal as you head to the country of China.
Secondly,traveling the high seas when your on board on a boat it can be somewhat fun. The cowboys play baseball and a little of volleyball to keep their minds bussy. This also includes table tennis tournaments, fencing and boxing, reading, whittling, as for games had also helped the time pass by.
In addition, this opportunity shall make you more aware of your surroundings. For example, the people that have their needs but maybe they don't have food or water to drink and knowing you did something good makes you feel good about yourself. Not only in your country but in other countries and their troubles that you may not think about or outside of your state. Just thinking about how many people out there in the world no matter rich or not they all need our help at times.
Lastly, once again the Seagoing Cowboys program can be a big influence in your life and the way you treat and think of others. Just image the way people around the world need money,clothing, and shelter. Knowing you made a difference little or big no matter what size of goodness changes the way you live and the way others live as well. Many people have done this and their reviews are pleasuring to read/hear because it opened up a whole new world for them that they never known of that has just been rediscovered! | 5 |
d08a5ef | You should change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. THe electoral college system should not be kept anymore. The electoral college is a proccess that contains counting of electoral votes by Congress, selection of the electors, and the meeting of the electors where they vote for Vice President and President. Keeping the electoral college college isn't a good idea because when voting the the people vote electors and not for a presidential candidate, and voters sometimes get confused about electors. Many people disagree and agree whether to keep the electoral college but its thier opinion.
When voters vote they vote for a slate of electors not for the president. Many people dont want to vote for a elector. They want to vote for a president because that is the main reson that they are voting. If people vote for electors then thier hopes might get down. Each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee. Just because the winner of an electoral vote wins doesnt mean the electoral vote wins the national popular vote. In 2000, George W. Bush and Al Gore were running for president. Gore had more popular votes than Bush and Bush had more electoral votes.
According to the article, sometimes voters get confused about electors and vote for the wrong candidate. Nobody wants to vote for the wrong electors because that isn't good for people who took thier time to go vote for a presidiential candidate. If many people vote for wrong candidates then they will want to stop voting because it isn't worth it. | 3 |
d08b141 | In the world today you will see cars just about everywhere, whether it be a toyota pirus, or an 1999 honda civic. Car no doubtly have been one of the largets, if not, the greatest invetnions this world has ever seen. Although nowadays when we start to talk negativially about the car, people seem to turn their heads away to aviod the question. Reducing the use of cars in the world would be massivally benefitial to the enviroment, and not only that, everyday life. Limiting car usage will help reduce pollution into the attmosphere through reducing carbon emmsions, it will help save money and also it will help reduce stress and tense mindsets.
One of the largest benefits of reducing car usage in the world is the reduction of greenhouse gases being relased in to the atmosphere coming out the exhaust pipes of cars. According to
In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from cars in car congested areas. In the passage the text explains how a social expierment turned into a growing trend in Europe today. In subburban town of Vauban, many people have utitmatly given up their cars. How this was done you may ask? In the town driveways are forbidion aswell as home garages. Car Ownership isnt forbidden though,but to own a car is quite difficult and costly. With only two places to park in the whole town, it makes ownership very difficult. The lifestyle of people here without cars ultimatly reduced stress and increased health, and much happier and healthier lifestyles were made. Another example will be in Paris, France. After the city recieved near record-breaking pollution in the air, Paris officals took action. They banned driving for two days to attempt to reduce carbon emissions. The way they enforced this rule was by fines throughout the city for no cooperation. On that monday on the first day of the ban, only 4000 fines were given. Many people were complained of inconvience and companies complained of lost revenue, Although the incovencies, the ban for just one day reduced the smog almost completely and allowed for Pairs to lift the scheduled ban on that tuesday. So even though in some places the reduction of car usage may cause incovience, the reduction carbon emuissions cant go unnoticed, and it is huge advantage.
Reduction of the usage of cars will not only reduce Greenhouse gases but it will also help people conserve and save money and stay stress free. Limiting car usage will save you money a couple ways, one of which is not having to fuel up your car to save money. Fuel prices are always moving up and down, but more recently they have been very high. For many people they are spending over 50 dollars at the pump just to dirve 50 or so miles. With reduction of car usage people wont have to spend as much money at the pump. Reduction of car usage will also help reduce spending money because it wont allow to buy things at certain stores that you have to drive too, and things like that. Another advantage of the reduction of the usage of the car is the reduce in stress for a person. In town of Vauban, Heidrun Waltert said, "When I had a car, i was always tense. Im much happier this way." This way he mean the way without a car. | 4 |
d08d158 | We do not think that the face was created by aliens. Although we do belive that it is just a natural landform that happens to look like a face. The way that the shadown is shown on this mesa makes it look like a face. There is really no possible way that the face was created by aliens because, so far we have recorded no life or any unusual movement on mars so we do not think it was created by aliens. The face is not a actual face and it is just a natural landform.
People think that it looks like a face and I cant not argue with that but I do know that it was not made by aliens. If it was made by aliens how would they know what a face even looks like, because I do not think that a alien has ever seen a human face before and therefore how would they know what a human face looks like. | 2 |
d08d9e1 | The author explains how studying venus can be a good thing but also very dangerous. Do to human curiosity we will most likely one day discover and possibly live on venus!
The author tells readers how NASA is working to make a " Blimp like vehicle"
that would hover above about 30 miles above the surface. This would be good to stay out of the way of the rough ground and keep tempuatures around 170 degrees fahrenheit. Also the author explains in paragraph 4 how it was most likely just like Earth many years ago and could be possible for people to live on one day again in the near future. The author also explains in paragraph 6 that with the technoligy that we have today we would have to stay above the surface and would have to use photgraphs to show what the ground looks like from a far distance.
The author explains that NASA should spend more time making a space ship or a land cruiser that is able to withstand the heat and pressure from Venus. I think that the author has a good point in trying to find out what this planet is like, because one day it can and will be lived on. The author states that Venus is Earths "twin". By the author stating that, it makes me and others think that it can be used just like Eath. Some have to understand that Venus needs to have many changes before humans can live there and there is a great group of people working on that right now.
Thanks to human curiosity and to NASA one day hopefully in the near future venus can and will be a used planet. We as a whole should expand where we travel to explore new places that can be used instead of all cramping up here on Earth. | 3 |
d092163 | Some may say that they need cars to get around. Some people love thier car and could never dream of giving it away. Some also don't care about cars that much. Well in Germany and Paris cars are banned, yes I said banned. Some people may be shocked at this but others not so much. Some may ask how do they get around places? Some might ask so do they just walk everywhere from place to place? Some may ask do they actually like living without a car? Some might not even agree with the whole banning cars thing and may have lots of other questions. Well if you wanna know the answer to those questions well read on. Pay attention while you're reading and as I explain to you why these people think life is better without cars.
Having a car is important to mom's especially to the mom's that have about three or more kids. Mom's have dudies to do including taking sons to soccer ball games. Well a mom in Vauban, Germany got rid of her car. She actullay enjoy being car-free, and get this seventy percent of Vauban's families don't own a car. Also fifty-seven percent of people sold their car just to live there, obvisously more and more people are agreeing with this no car thing, and they would much rather take buses and taxies.
Now am not saying that everyone will agree about banning cars, read on to see how the people in Parris disobeyed the no car rule and what happened to them. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or pay 22-euro (31 USD). The same would apply the next day for the odd-numbered plates. According to an international news agency headquartered in London almost four-thousand drivers were fined. Twenty-seven people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine.
Some people may not know the real reason that people try to limit car use or even ban it in some countries. Its to take away stress and to lower air pollution. In Bogota, Colombia they had a care-free day and it turned into a big hit. On this car-free day millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses. Leaving the streets of this capital city eerily deviod of traffic jams. You know but not everyone was willing to parcisepte in this event and those people faced twenty-five dollar fines. This program was set to sprend to other countries and it did. For the first time, two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar joined the event, and they were happy.
In conclusion limiting car usage or even banning cars is a good way takes stress and lower pollution.
Having to drive around alot can put a lot of pressure on a person and the pressure is lifted when they dont have to drive anymore. Air pollution is bad there are already a lot of things polluting the air why not make cars one of things thats not polluting the air. Also there will be less car traffic noone likes being stuck in traffic. I think that limiting car usage is a good thing. It will save us in the long run. | 3 |
d093ede | In this story about "Making Mona Lisa Smile" They talked about alot. In the first two paragraphs they talked about Face Expressions. Dr. Huag and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. They can caculate Emotions like a math homework. How can a computer recognize subtile facial movements we humans use to Express ourselves.
Then it gets into Facial Expressions that could be recognized. In this paragraph it said "you can probably tell how a friend is feeeling simply by the look on their face". Some people havr a natural mean look and some have no expression. Dr. Huag predicts that a calssroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored or confused. He says the same technology can make computer amimated faces more expressive live video games, video surgery.
While looking in the mirror they give instrctions on how to make a smile. 1. Raise your lips at the corners of your mouth. 2. Then squint your eyes slightly, they will like like crows feet at the corner of your eye. 3. Hold all of that and then raise the outer parts of your cheeks up towards your eye. Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion?
A Facial Feedback tells the person emotions. You could make a smilling face but are you really happy? Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions but help produce them. People actually practice smiling and frowning on stage for them to create emotions. Whoevere would oof knew that making faces would reveal sos much about the science of emotions.
My conclusion of this that i never knew computers could caculate your expression. I could look and tell something is wrong with him or her by their facail expression. I could here their emotions through their voice not their face too much. You couldn't do this back then about 20-50 years ago because we didnt have thi much of technology. Now that we do its so much you can do with it. | 1 |
d09759b | In the world that we live in today, every individuals opinoin matters. When you are voting, you want to be sure that you have a stand for what our voting for. The only way to effectivly do this, is to get rid of the electoral collage. The electoral collage is not nessacary because they just over ride the peoples votes in thier own way when the president has hired them to represent him.
According to Bradford Plumer in paragraph 10,he states "Under the electoral collage system voters vote not for the president, but for the state of electors, who in turn elect the president." In this here we see that the citizens dont have much of of a say, but even if some say that this is not true, It would be very minimal when it come to how much of a diference it would make. it just goes to show how much the electoral collage is not needed.
Just because of this, thing can get very confusing when it comes to voting. As bradford plumer states in paragraph 10 as well,"Can voters control whom thier electors vote for? not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate? sometimes." in this we can tell the conusion that the electoral collage may cause and once again, how it effects our vote for the canidate.
The electoral collage is difficult to be considered nessacary. not only because it may make voting a little difficult, but for the more important reason, we hve no say in what we vote. As citizens we should be able to have our voince heard. It is very important to select who will be your leader. this is why the electoral collage is not nessacary. | 3 |
d09afb5 | Throughout the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author gives background information on Venus and the many dangers of travelling to the planet for exploration. While the author explains the dangers very well, he does not thoroughly explain why scientists should travel there despite all of the risks.
In the article, the author explains the many assorted dangers of travelling to Venus. He states that everything from the "thick atmosphere" of carbon dioxide to the "clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid" make it difficult to even get into the planet's atmosphere. Once scientists finally are able to get down to the surface, where the most important research can be done, they are faced with average temperatures "over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" and an "atmospheric pressure 90 times greater" than what it is here on Earth. These conditions severely limit the possibilities for any kind of exploration because most materials, which would be used for ships and measuring instruments, wouldn't make it through the atmosphere, let alone to the surface where they'd likely be crushed or melted.
Despite the terrible conditions, the author says "the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable," but does not thoroughly support this point. The main point he gives toward the reasoning for why scientists should continue to strive for the exploration of Venus is that "it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet," and because of this there is a need to try and discover what casued it to change into the terribly dangerous planet it is now. While it may be very important to discover why Venus has become the way it is now, this reasoning does not very well support the dangers that are currently faced with our modern trechnologies. He also says that we should not only explore because of the "insight to be gained," but also because the nature of human curiosity will likely lead to even more chalenging endeavors in the future. While it is very possible, and most likely, for there to be even more challenging endeavors forthe human race to find and crave to explore, one cannot simply say that the reasons we should send scientists to another planet, until there has been safe equipment made, are for exploration and the likelihood of future missions.
Human curiosity has casued many dangerous missions to be taken before, Magellan's circumnavigation, Louis and Clark's cross-country expedition, and even the first trip to the moon; each trip had its own dangers and as many of them were addressed as possible, but that does not mean scientists should throw astronauts into space to a dangerous planet without ensuring they have the safest possible trip, and currently that is simply not possible. The author does try to explain that exploration, despite all of the possible dangers, is important but only provides one valid argument for this, that it is necessary, which quite frankly is simply not enough. | 4 |
d09b772 | As many poeple know, technology is not perfect or reliable. In the other hand, humans are. This is the reason why humans have always had control of life in all its forms, including transportation. Recently, the invention of driverless cars was created. This innovation arose a controversial debate, whether technology can or cannot be trusted to transport poeple. In my opinion, a machine should not be trusted to transport people, for any sort of mistake can cost the life of a human being.
Cars are machines, meaning that they don't have the problem solving ablities or the intelligence that we, humans, have. Thats why they require a person to take control over the wheel. The idea of having a driverless car sounds attractive, but is dangerous. Evidence is shown in the following excerpt from the article: "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers". We cannot put people in the risk of dying to prove that a machine is 100% capable of safe transportation.
Because machines are not perfect, sooner or later they will fail to function succesfully. When this happens, it will be the automaker's fault because they were the ones that designed the defective machine. To prevent any conflict, driverless cars should not be allowed to take over the roads. In conclusion, humans are better off having complete control over their own transportation. | 2 |
d0a6d84 | Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 perccent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The softweare is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the beckman institute working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe. Dr. Huang and his colleage are experts at developing better ways for humans to communicate.
The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major musceles in the model, Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness,surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness with each characteristic movements of the facial muscles, your front lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eye brows and when you're surprised; your obicurlaris oris (around your mouth) would tighten your lips to show anger.
The Mana Lisa demonstration of da Vinci's panting had alot of emotional feelings to it was, really interesting to know how they performed every little piece of the work together to make it and to know the understanding of how Dr. Huang and his coleague done some observations on how da Vinci studied human atonomy to help them paint facial muscles percisely enough to understand specific emotions helped make a great understanding. | 1 |
d0a986e | Venus is the only planet that is just like earth. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author talks about how scientist are stubying Venus. The author talks about all of the dangers and problems of studying Venus, and why we have to do it. The authors supports his idea that Venus is worth studying even despite the dangers by telling how much people can learn from Venus, how astronomers want to explore venus, and how astronomers have already started workig on getting there.
The first way the author proves that Venus iis worth the danger, is stating how much people can learn from it. People already know information about Venus, and if people go to Venus then they would get so much more information. In the text it said "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth."(4). Astronomers beleave that there could have once been life on Venus. If astronomers were personaly there in Venus they could search it and stuby it. So much information about Venus could be found, and so many quetions could be answered. Like if Venus had oceans, or lakes, or if it had mountans and animal. Pursuting Venus would not only be informational but it will let astronomers acheave their dreams.
Another reason the author gives is how astronomers want to explore and go to Venus. There is so much information people already know about Venus because astronomres have already did work, and experiments on it. In paragraph 4 the author said "Astronomres are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."(4). There are people that want to go learn from Venus, they want to go to find a way and go to Venus. These astronomres don't care about how dangerouse it is, because they are so "fascinated" with this planet they can stuby, thats why they are already on their way.
The last reason the author gives is Astronomers have already started. Astronomres have already sent
spacecrafts to Venus. In paragraph 5 it said "For example, some simple electrinics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulation the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."(7). Astronomres have made equitmen that mimics Venus's weather. They have already done so much reaserch that they now what is going to happen on Venus and made it happen in a small teast room. Then in paragraph 5 it says "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."(5). They alreadt have more than one solution to the problem, Astronomres are already ignoring the dangers and still moving on with going to Venus.
The auther makes very good points in the test on why people should still pursuit going to study Venus despite the dangers, telling how people can learn, how people want to go, and how Astronomres are already on their way. Going to a new planet is fascinating, and inspiers people. Their not going to turn and run away when faced with a problem, they are going to push on and find a slution. | 4 |
d0b5ffb | Peoples emotions can be hard to detect most times. Personally, my friends have gotten very good at faking emotions. Detecting how someone really feels in nearly impossible for the human brain. For example, in the article it states that the Mona Lisa is, "83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry." Being able to detect all of those emotions in just looking or talking to someone just isn't as easy as it seems. Thats why they came up with "the Facial Action Coding System." This system has been developed to improve the accuracy in perceiving ones emotions.
Frst, the way this system will work is when the computer constructs a 3-D compter model of a face. The computer will be able to detect the emotion of a person when they see the muscles in their face. To be able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom will be very benificiary when it comes to how they feel about the thing the school is teaching them. If we continue to advance in technology like we have, then using the computers for lessons will be able to detect weather the child is interested or not. The article states that, " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becomming confused or bored." That way when a child is confused, for those who are too scared to ask for help, the teacher could be alerted and try their best to help the child or maybe even change lessons.
Secondly, the computer system could also be very helpful in a school because of teenage kids and their problems. If a student is feeling very down, then the computer could detect that and try to get help for them. In the world today there are many kids who suffer from depression and anxiety, sometimes school can be too much for them. Therefore, when doing school work if the computer can detect the sadness or overwhelming confusion causing their anxiety to rise it could help them out a lot. The article states that, "In the real smile, the zygomatic major lift the corners of your mouth, while a fake smile the mouth is stretched sideways, using zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." This would help the computer detect kids from being actually happy, or just faking it for everyone else.
Third, the computer system could help with kids who struggle with anger. Maybe school makes them angry, or they struggle with the work. With the school fights in the past, and future, i belive this would help detect how kids feel. The computer could watch what the child proceeds to look up on the internet, while also detecting how the child feels. This way, if a child shows signs of harm to themselves or to others, the computer could inform the school and try to give help to the kid. I believe this would only improve the safety of schools while also offering help to the ones that need it.
Fourth, I believe the computer system could help those of us who tend to get very bored or tired. This way when a child is bored or tired the teacher has a way of fixing the problems, or doing more interesting ideas to help you stay focused. Personally, i tend to get very bored when school comes up to topic, so if my teacher had a way of making it interesting for me that would be awesome! I also tend to get very tired so if my teacher is alerted of a child getting sleepy, we could do exercise or stretches to help wake us up.
This computer system would help school coorporations tremendlously because of all the problems kids go through. I believe that every school computer should have this sytem, because i think the techers could have a chance to keep children interested and awake. This could possibly improve attendance and graduation percetages. Getting a kid engaged and interested can be very difficult but i belive this stystem would help a lot! As the article states, " Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions!" Truly amazing and helpful! | 5 |
d0b9036 | Limiting car usage in america would be a great idea! For one it would make some of the pollution go away and for two our government can find ways for more buildings with walking space instead of parking spaces. This way we can have stores in walking distance instead of driving distance and we will be safe by doing so.
By limiting our car usage we can save the planet from the pollution and saving people as well. In the article '' In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'' it says that '' cars are responsible for for 50 persent in some car-intensive areas in the United States''. Thats alot!. If we were to limit car usage we could make that number 50 dissapear. It would be alot better for the planet .
When people drive cars they dont know the damage they are doing. when we drive cars it causes pollution to exit our car and enter the air. Thats why it would be safer tolimit our car usage. in the article '' In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'' it says that '' In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street rather thanin malls along some distant highway''. this is saying that if we limit our car usage we can walk to the stores rather than waste your time driving to them. I do agree with them.
Important people like Mr. president Obama are encouraging us to ''chill out'' on car usage. In the article ''the end of car culture '' it states that recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer license as each year goes by. This is showing that people do care about their enviornment and want to help. They also support the idea of walking . That goes to show that people are wanting to do something about this pollution. Well lets face it America can use the Exersize! | 3 |
d0bb1cc | Greenhouse gases, smog, pollution, and traffic jams. What do all of these have in common? They all come from vehicles. In many countries, they're changing that. Countries such as Colombia, France, Germany, and even America are limiting car usage. The affects of these countries going nearly car-free are quite helpful and convienient. Some of the advantages of this are that citizens get more exercise, less polution as well as less gasoline used, and traffic jams are prevented.
Exercise, being one of the factors that's lacking when people drive everywhere, can be changed just by simply choosing to walk, run, bike, skate, etc. instead. That's just what many people are doing. Vauban, Germany has a new approach for transportation. Rather than driving to stores along highways that are quite distant from neighborhoods, stores are placed closer on a main street that's within walking distance. Also in Colombia, "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city"(Andrew Selsky, paragraph 28).
Pollution is one of the biggest problems on Earth thanks to cars. In Paris, a partial driving ban was enforced so that every other day either even or odd-numbered license plates would not be permitted to leave home with their cars. While in Bogota, Colombia, for a few years there's been a day without them completely. Other than buses and taxis of course. This annual day "has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths"(Andrew Selsky), which helps with the exercise factor as well as lessoning the pollution and traffic jams due to driving. Americans have also been saving money by not even buying a car to begin with. The number of people with liscenses and cars has definetly dropped over the years.
From getting more exercise to reducing pollution, going without a car definetly has it's advantages. Thanks to bills, bans, and laws, the dependency of the car has gone down as well. So, will Earth one day be car-free? | 3 |
d0bbee3 | The Electoral College gives certain states, based on their popularity, a number of how many of what I guess can be called "points" that will go to to the candidate that gets the most votes for themself out of that state. Now whether that is a good idea or not is completely based on your own opion which you can decide. But I disagree with the Electoral College, even though it did take me a while of thinking I came to the conclusion that an all out popular vote is more effecient when it comes to voting for a president than the electoral college, and there is three main reasons that swung me to side with popular vote,
First of all, when you get right down to it the Electoral College just doesnt give perfect accuracy on who does actually get the exact most votes. Some people cant completely grasp this fact but imagine that there is Florida, Alaska, and Montana. The first candidate, which we shall call John and the second, Bill, are going for these three states. John beats Bill on Florida 5,000 to 4,999 and John gets all 29 electoral votes because of that, tough luck for Bill. Luckily for Bill he sweeps over John in Alaska 100 to 0 and Monatana 100 - 0 and gets 3 points from each state which gives him 6 points total. So now by popular vote Bill would win with 5,199 votes against John's 5,000. But since Bill only has 6 Electoral points because he still lost Florida, which was the state John won and got a whopping 29 points from, Bill will lose his campaign to John 29-6 because thats what the amazing "wonders" of the Electoral College are. Which beasically sums up how in 2000 Al Gore lost to Bill Gates even that Al Gore had more overall votes.
The Electoral College also makes candidates have to strategically plan out their campaign so they can focus on big states and swing states only. If a candidate knows he will not win a certain state he wont even focus on it because it would be pointless, even if he changes maybe a couple thousand voters' minds, it wont get him a single point if he loses that state 5000 - 15000 whereas with popular vote changing the mind of people so that you get yourself from having 10% of California's overall votes for you to 30% means more votes than literally all of Alaska's eligible voting population. So that drives candidates away from states they wont win and they go to states known as "swing states" that dont have a specific party that they vote for every election, and they will attempt to win these states votes the most because those points will make the biggest difference.
The final thing I'd like to touch on is that the Electoral College system takes so many peoples idea and erases it. We want our vote to mean something throughout the whole campaign, but it doesnt matter if you are one the few democrat supporters in an overall republican dominated state because when your state loses 5000 to 150, poof! There goes your vote floating off into oblivion because it doesnt matter now, your one vote doesnt stand a chance against 50 going against it according to the Electoral College. We want our vote to count for the candidate himself not be part of some majorly flawed point system that someone thought would help somehow when picking the right candidate to become the head honcho sitting in charge of The White House, Our Country, and be the overall leader of our military forces too. So we need our vote to be heard and for it to actually count, even if 5000 more people disagree with 2500 in the same state, those 2500 votes should actually count towards something instead of being overrun and erased by the 5000 which will earn some candidate a couple of points for their campaign.
Now after all this not only has my own opinion strongly changed in favor of popular vote but I hope yours has too. Electoral College just doesnt provide that actual perfect accuracy of who wins that popular does, it forces presidents to only visit and campaign in certain states that they have a chance of winning, and it takes citizens votes and throws them down the drain if more people in the same state vote differently. It just makes you sit and wonder whos idea it was to accept this system. | 5 |
d0be8dc | The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" is writes mostly in favor of driverless cars but adds some valid points as to why these cars may not be the best decision. I believe that the latter opinion is the logical stance. If completely driverless cars were to exsist in the furture the human race would lose one more skill due to technology. On top of this loss of skill there runs the risk of computer malfuntion within the car, legal issues if and when these cars get into an accident, and people attempting to hack the cars' computer system in an attempt to kill someone.
If these are created into exsistence then people will no longer posses the abilily to drive their own car. While this may seem like a good thing these cars will not be able to do everything a human typically can do in avoiding an accident. When a situation occurs that there may be an accident there may be an opportunity for the "driver" to take over. Unfortunatly, this will be pointless because these "drivers" will no longer know how to control their own cars.
Furthermore, if and when this accident happens, who will take the blame for its cause. Will it be the drivers fault, the car's fault, or the manufacturers fault?
This is a point that is brought up in paragraph 9, "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault -the driver or the manufacturer?" A whole new set of laws will be needed in order to accomadate this new type of car. Even if new laws are created for these cars and it is made easier to have someone take the blame for an accident how will anyone know if it is truly their fault?
Besides the loss of skill and the legal issues for if and when these cars malfuntion, there is also an issue of these cars being easily hacked. It is getting easier and easier for people to acces sensitve information with everything thing being placed online and creating these cars is just adding another thing to be hacked. It is a very real possiblies that someone may hack into a world leaders car and try to crash it in an attempt at an assination. If this does happen the public would no longer be able to feel safe in even our cars and would be at the mercy of these online hackers.
I believe that, while having driverless cars would be an amazing feat in humankind's technological advancement, there are too many risks involved if these cars are created. We would be losing another skill to technology, computers malfunction on occasion and when one of these car's computer malfuntions and causes a crash who will take the balme, and people with these cars will be putting there lives in the hands of these compurters and the people with the skill to hack and control these computers. It is too dangerous to have these cars and have everyone using them. | 3 |
d0c3c61 | Throughout the decades of humans being on earth, we have evolved into a higher innovating society. We have designed technologies that ceased to exist one hundred years ago. Us humans designed "touch-screen" phones, the internet, and much more. Througout the decades we started advancing through technology and we keep perfecting every device and/or engine on the planet. For example, a car is a major part of the human society. We use cars to get from place to place and we're always making new versions. If you look back during the 1930s-1950s, cars weren't used as often we use them. If you were to look around, you would see families, men, and women walking alongside the road. During that time period, cars were not used constantly unless it was neccessary. Presently, many people believe that humans should limit car usage. There are some countries that banned cars for a short time period. such as, Paris,France and Bogota, Columbia. There are also some areas that completely banned car usage forever. Take Vauban, Germany as an example; they have decided that no one should use a car because it would be better for them. I second that motion; We should most definitely limit car usage because it is better for the earth and we would be saving loads of money. Not to mention that limiting car usage IS safer.
Limiting car usage would be making a statement. Many people would never stop using their car, but what they are not considering is if we stop using cars, we would be helping the earth. Pollution has become so horrible throughout the year. Now that there are scientists and experts that are making new cars every day, we cause a lot more pollution then you know. Beijing, China is known as the most polluted city in the world. The people that live there have to wear a mask so they don't inhale the smog. Smog consists of smoke and fog from engines and exhaust I would think that people should take that to account because who wants to live in a world where you can't even breathe safely in? Instead of making more fueled engines, we should be making more electric powered engines, or "hybrids". There are a handful of Hybrid cars around, but they are insanely expensive.
Moreover, limiting car usage would save us money. Instead of paying gas fees of 70 dollars and up, we can just carpool, ride the bus, walk, or even ride a bike.
Although, If we do limit car usage, it would be a bad busnes for car dealerships like Ford, Honda, and much more. Saving money can go a long way in America. With all the money you save you could pay for college tuition, buy enough food for multiple families, or anything that you want (depending how you save or spend the money).
Many people also believe that limiting car usage will help with stress and worries. People should take the time to walk to a closest friend's house and relish the nice oxygen that you breathe in. With the way it's looking now, we won't be breathing in oxygen for long, but mainly car emissions.
Furthermore, no cars equals safety. Many people pass away or becom seriously injured because of car accidents or getting hit by a car. If we do stop car usage , it would be safer to walk alongside the road and not be afraid of reckless drivers. There are people out there who won't even come out their house from fear of getting hit by a car or getting in an accident. There are many other safety precautions and dangers in the world, but limiting car usage could help a lot.
To conclude, every citizen across America should take account that fuel powered cars are a hazrd to the earth. Without fuel powered cars, we could do so much for the world and for ourselves. We would be saving money and we would be making the streets a safer place to be. | 4 |
d0c5173 | Dear State Senator,
We should stop using the Electoral College and change to popular vote. It's unfair that we aren't actually voting on the president we want and that it goes by what the electors want. Popular vote is fair because we the voters pick what we want.
Is the Electoral College a good system? I think not, I mean it's no where near fair. The electors vote on who they want not what the people want. Everyone wants to be able to pick who they want for president and not have their vote be wasted on a couple of old dudes who don't think the way we do.
Popolar vote is better. The people go vote who they want and the only reason the person they voted for doesn't win it's because he wasn't as popular as the other canidate. Our president should be elected because the people of United States of America chose them. Why would we leave are votes to the hands of electors? We shouldn't. | 2 |
d0cb8fd | "What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college!" Many people are not very fond of the electoral college for several reasons. For example, voters do not even vote for the president but for the electors, when there is a tie the election is given to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. Also, some may say that the single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor.
Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States would be a better solution. Many people would also be in favor of this. The electoral college is not liked by many people, but there are people who are in favor with voting that way. There is a very slim chance by voting with popular vote will not wind up ending in a tie, or blaming the electors for the cause of the president. But, the electoral college is also very helpful when it comes down to the presidential election. They obviously know what they are doing, where as many people in the United States might be voting at random, they might not even care who their leader of our country is.
Many say that the electoral college is unfair to voters. The winner-take-all system is in each state, and candidates do not spend time in states they know have a chance at winning. Candidates mainly focus on the tight races in "swing" states. But, there are likely more thoughtful voters in toss-up states that are more likely to pay close attention. Yes, I do believe that the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election, but it isn't the voters who are voting? It all comes down to the electoral college doesn't it?
All in all, changing the voting system to where the electoral college is not as involved in deciding our president would be a better solution. Bradford Plumer said, "It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." The arguments against direct elections are very high. So, what do you think? Should the electoral college continue get to have a major say on who our president is, or should the people have more of a say in this chaos. | 3 |
d0d5c01 | Now a days you see everyone with cars driving to places instead of walking. There are some small towns that cars are not needed because everything is so close but other cities everyone has to drive because everything is very distant from one another. Cars are needed on a daily basis to get to school, or to get to their job but walking or even biking would be a great idea because you would not be poluting the environment there would be less traffic jams and it would reduce the greenhouse gas. Limiting car usage would be a great idea and it would make peoples life a lot better and healthier because instead of driving they would walk to take a bike.
Polution is a big problem especially in big cities because everyone is driving and the smoke the cars leave makes our environment gross. Polution is not only because of the smoke the cars produce, it can also be when someone throws plastic into the oceans and poluting the waters or having trash in parks without recycling. I think we should re-enforce the recycling systems because many people dont know the benefits to that and how better our community and even world could be. When your are driving a car and especially in big cities like New York you need a car everywhere or just take the taxi. But just taking the taxi it wont reduce the probablity of polluting the air, it will still have the same effect as if you were driving your own car. If people would just walk or bike to their job or to their school poluting the air would not be a problem just like stated in source 2. In source 2 it talks about how in Paris they would fine the people up to 31 dollars.
There would also be less traffic jams due to the limiting of car usage just like stated in Source 3. In source 3 it talks about how in Bogota, Colombia there is a program that the colombians would ride their bike skate or take the bus and there would be less traffic jams. That is a very good idea because no one likes to be stuck in traffic especially if your in a hurry to get to work or even school. Traffic jams occur because of so many cars on the road. There is a thing called Rush hour and that is when everyone is leaving their work or school and they are going home and that is when everyone is on the road and thats when their is the most traffic. But it would be much easier if you would just bike or walk or take a bus and tried to avoid all of those traffic jams. The program that Bogota, Colombia has created is something that should be done nationwide because it would help so many other countries. Thanks to that programm people would go to the park and do sports and take walks.
Source A talks about the Greenhouse gas and how in Vauban,Germany soccer moms gave up their cars and how the streets were " Car Free". That led to having 70 percent of the families in Vauban to not having cars and 57 percent of the people that moved to Vauban to sell their cars. According to this source a person said they are much happier not owning or having a car because when Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother had a car she said she was more tense. Apperently this movement was called " Smart Planning".
Limiting car usage would be a great benefit to people and a great idea to improve Earth. Pollution like mentioned before is one of the biggest problems we have and in big cities is an evern bigger problem. Traffic jams is something that will be hard to stop because everyone is using cars and will continue to use cars because it seems like thats the fastest way to get to your location but thats not accurate because if people think that way then thats the cause of traffic jams and thats the cause of the Rush hour. The movement in Vauban, Germany is something that people should do. Im not saying sell your car but to reduce the car usage is something that would be very helpful not only to you, but for the environment. | 4 |
d0da668 | Studing Venus is a challenge that scientists are discussing. The author bealives that Venus could be the nearest planet to visit. Visiting Venus could lead us to many different discoveries about Venus and its earthly features. The author claims that humans should "meet the very edge of imagination and innovation." Studing venus could lead to new discoveries despite the dangers.
There are many factors to studying venus. Despite the danger NASA is working on approces to visit Venus. Venus Atmosphere has "highly corrosive sulfuric acid" as the autor describes the atmosphere. In paragraph 4 it expains how Venus is the most "Earth-like planet in our solar system." Venus could be the closest plant to visit.
Despite the many dangers Venus has scientist are still striving to visit Venus. NASA could make many discoveries/accomplishments on their journey to visiting Venus. Visiting Venis could benfit us in technological ways. Visiting Venus could be a deadly mission but it's not impossible. | 2 |
d0da9a9 | Think about computers, now think about them knowing what your feeling in class and how they can help. Dr. Paul Eckman came up with computer software that can do just that. By reading the muscle movements in the face this computer software can tell how you are feeling. I believe that the technology of reading students emotional expressions is valuable in the class room because it can see when a student is confused and help like an actual instructor, if you get bored and the computer can read that from your expression it can help keep you on track, and having computers that can read expressions can be helpful when there is not enough teacher help in the classroom.
The computer technology can effectivley see when a student is bored and can help like as if an actual instructor was there. For example, if you find yourself bored and drifting off the computer can detect that to keep you up and focused on the task at hand. Having that computer there to keep you up can be very helpful to you as a student and the teachers. This shows how this technology could be valuable in the classroom.
Having something that is right in front of you that can help whenever you're confused can be very helpful. So say I'm in math class and I get confused on a problem. The computrer can sense that I am confused and do something to help me until the instructor is avalible. You could also be listening to a new topic and get cnfused and the computer could see that and pop up with some quick tips or facts to help you out.This kind of help could be very valuable to students and instructors.
Having computers in the classroom that can read expressions can be helpful when there isn't enough teacher help around. For example, if a teacher has a large class and there isnt anyone else in the room that can help out the computers could take that over. The computers could see that a student is confused or feeling something else and help out with that while the teacher can help other students. This technology could be very valuable in big schools with few teachers or even smaller school that just have the lack of help.
This technology can be helpful in many ways to teachers and to the students in the classoom. It can help students when they are confused or lost. It can help students when they are bored and drifting off in class. It can also help when there arent enough teachers around to help students. I believe that this technology is valuable to students in the classroom. | 4 |
d0dfc29 | This article main idea is about the advantages of limiting the car usage. This doesn't just benefict the enviorment but it also beneficts us in health and many other way like economy. The way that we can limit the car use to do a day-free car use world wide,like there already doing in Colombia,Europe and Paraguay, it wouldnt be everyday but once a month would still help out in so much.
The advantages of limiting car use help in so many reason. This experiment have been done in the outside of freigburg, near the French and Swiss borders in the new districts, what they do is, forbid street parking, driveways, and home garage . A 57 percenct of families that move to this expiremtal district, have said "when i had a car i was always tense. i am much happier this way. This proves not this expirement is not a lost cause , it can be solve many things: save every penny you would have to spend in gas, help the ecosystem, and the robbery of cars one less worry. In Colombia they be spending there car-free day hiking, or in there bikes. It has been the thrid year straight cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for does who dont follow the rule the $25 fine. This movement hasnt stop , what has done is giving peolpe conciusness and now not only Europe (PARIS) and Colombia , now the next country to follow this step is Paraguay. This all beging in the mid-1990 in Colombia (bogota), with this came the constrution of 118 miles of bycicle paths, more than the any other Latin american city. In the United States car lover has decrease sense 2005 according to a study made . It has been major causes that made the car buying decrease like for example not all of the peple involve in a car-crash / accident can afford a new or even use car , others just perferd moving somewhere they have it all close from there job, and home , most people just see as a way of working out and maintaing there physical health .
The limiting of cars can sure help out the ecosytem but not every one lives in a city, state , country that everything is close by . One major reason out of many others is that you may live somewhere that you'll have cross, by suburn neigthbordhood that can be implicated with drugss or even arms dealers. With this idea of limiting cars most peolpe are not even going to care to get there license.
This can many more car accident it wouldnt be a resposable thing to do. sense you have a daugther , son or memmber of you family does , think about the possability of one of them in this type of situation. Every year everywhere in the world they create thousands of cars imagine if we just decided stop using them how many would be dissaemploy , not just that all the materials that they will be losing, all the time they lost , and most important the money they spend in materials, and payckecks to every singul one of the industrial employes.
A car is a space that keeps you safe from the outside when you're in the road , just imagine you're self on your way ready to go to work and in the way it starts raining, you have find a place where to wait until it stops raining mean while , you're paycheck is decrease due to the cause that you're not in you're work , sure you can explain it to your boss but is he/her going to lett you off that easy. The weather is just one of does things that you can't controll or predict , so by take the risk . With out a car you're saving you money but with a car you're protecting you'rself , familiy and others. The car is one of the eays ways to transport not just you're self groceries,shopping items and many others things . If the plan is to help the ecosystem lett me tell you that electric cars exist , the technology is evolving is creating new ways to live better safer life .
With the evidence just given to you . We can say that the experiment that everyday is evolving , expanding. The limintinf of car is one excellent way to contribute with the ecosystem and all that have given us. All the evidence is there the reason and cause , when you analys it no can agree with this essay that the idea liminting car is a great idea that can solve many things to many peolpe it does'nt mean that it has to be a measure to everyone but does that are on board shoul considate more and spread it out into the people . | 3 |
d0e706d | The Electoral College is a really good process that I think they should keep. This Electoral college was found by the founding fathers and it is used so that the citizens could vote and the congress. The citizens get to have the right to vote on who they want to be presidant. After everyone voted the votes are counted up in each state and it shows which states voted for different people. The congress have a meeting of the electors and get to all vote. All votes for the congress are counted out seperatly then citizens. This is a the start of why I think Electoral College is fair and equal all around.
In order for the Electoral College to elect a presidant they need 270 votes out of 538 Electors. Each state or country has electors in them. The candidates running for presidant have their own electors. Every 4 years a presidential election is held at the same time on tuesday after the first monday of novemeber. When voting for the candidates you are basically voting for the candidates electors. After voting in the election the governor makes a "Certificate of Ascertainment," which is the list of the candidates who ran for presidant. Also, it shows who the winning candidate is in each state. Lastly the certificate is sent to the states congress to keep for records.
There are mainly 5 reasons in why the Electoral College should stay. First is the Certainty of Outcome which shows that there cant be a dispute because it is based on popular vote. The next reason is Everyone is Presidant, this means that the presidential candidate has trans-regional appeal. Another reason is Swing Sates which is the winner take all method. They are usually whatching campaigns and really listen to the other candidates, thoses poeple are usually thoughtfull voters. The next great reason is Big States, this shows if you win a big state then you win more electoral votes and each big state has more electoral votes. The last reason is Avoid Run Off Elections, this avoids the problem of no candidates recieves a majority of the votes in the east.
Their are alot of great reasonings about electoral college but there are some bad reasonings to. Voters dont vote for the presidant when they vote, they vote for the elcectors and the electors vote for the presidant. This can mean that even if you voted for the specific presidant your vote shows you voted for the 30 or so congress people voting for presidant. What if there was a tie in the electoral vote then the election would be for the House of Representitves where they vote for presidant. The 55 representitive votes are equal to 35 million voters. This shows that the electoral college can be bad for the voters.
After reading the article and going over it I believe that the Electoral College is a great idea. There are many great things about but then there are things that you dislike about it. Not everything can be perfect but the Electoral College is trying to get that way. The presidant is still getting voted every 4 years and hopefully it stays like that for a very long time. Those were all my reasons on why I thought the Electoral College is the right way to go. | 3 |
d0ea34d | Driverless cars have a lot of disadvantages. Driverless cars can be a disadvantage, because it would cost a lot of money to make and buy the cars. If there are people buying more and more of these cars then soon that is the only cars we will have, and some people wont be able to afford the cars and there won't be many options for transportation.
One reason why driverless cars are at a disadvantage is because people will depend on them so much they won't even be paying attention on the road and can get side-tracked. All this new equipment that they are putting on these "new and improved" cars could be distracting or confusing, and can put the driver or other passengers in danger.
Another reason why driverless cars are dangerous is, what is one of the gadgets in or on the car stops working? That would be really dangerous especially if a person gets too use to the new car, they forgot how to drive or control the automatic cars. That could put anyone at risk, especially if the steering wheel or the brakes stop working.
The last reason why there shouldn't be any driverless cars, is because what if the car is on manual and takes over when you want to be in control? People may think you are driving illegally (since they think there would be no excuse), and you break the law and get a ticket, or worse, depending on the damage, jail.
These are just a few mishaps that could happen on or off the road to be exact. Of course there are many advantages that could overtop these disadvantages, but I believe we should put safety first and think of ways not to harm others and ourselves. Lets instead invent something that can be an advantage and helpful to others and our enviroment. | 3 |
d0eb5ad | Imagine a world without any cars, people riding their bicycles and gaining more contact with the world, being able to excrises everyday, having less stress in life, and so on. There is so many advantages with limiting that amount of cars usage like being able to save money due to all the things that go along with having a car that you wouldn't have to pay anymore. There is also the fact that you will able to reduce your stress levels. The reduction of pollution from that cars will also be a advantage from limit ed usage of cars. There are so many ways to get yourself from point A to point B, why would you choose a negative one.
Money is tight in today's economy, so why won't you choose to save it and still be able to get to your destination. In Vauban, Gemany, Resident are expected to pay 40,000 dollars in order to park a car.
In Paris, you would have to pay a 22-euro, or 31 dollars fine depending what day it is inorder | 2 |
d0ee225 | Many probelms that our world is facing right now are pointed back to car usage. Problems such as congestion, high levels of smog, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions in many places are all discussed in these articles.
These days people can't get see themselves going on with their life without a car but in places such as Bogota, Columbia they have a set date called "The Day Without Cars". The day without cars is a car-free day, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.(paragraph 20) Many people in Bogota choose to hike, bike, skate or take buses in order to get to work or wherever else they need to be. Some Colombians even enjoy it, such as businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza who said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." (paragraph 24)
In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," places such as Vauban, Germany are even giving up the usage of cars. Vauban's streets are completely "car-free". (paragraph 2) A media trainer and mother of two in Vauban named Heidrun Walter described how the change to not using cars has affected her in a positive way when she said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." (paragraph 3) Experts say that automobiles have a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. (paragraph 5) When places like Vauban begin to reduce or completely end car usage, the greenhouse gas is also reduced and helps to reach the goal of a more healthy and clean society.
The article "Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog," Talks about cities such as Paris that have tried to forcedly ban driving. The reason for doing this was in hope to "clear the air of the global city." (paragraph 10) Even though there were many who did not participate in the ban of cars in Paris, congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France. (paragraph 14) Not only did this effort of less car usgae reduce congestion but it also reduced the level of smog in the France.
For many people cars are just an excuse not to exercise. For example, someone might say "Why should I walk when i can drive?" or "Why should I bike when I could take a taxi?" People are so busy and caught up in work and being the best over everyone that exercise and physical condition are the least of their worries when really, it should be at the top of their list of importance. If someone decides to walk or skate to work everyday they would be in a healthy state of being and not have to worry or stress about finding extra time after work or school to exercise. If car usage is limited, our community would be drastically more healthy, physically and mentally.
The amount of car usage has a great affect on many things in our community and our world. Car usage affects not only the pollution in our living conditions but also our mood and for some people, their happiness and stress level. The limited amount of cars also forces us to seek different forms of transportation that are not all motorized. Without cars people sometimes choose to walk, bike, skate, or even run to where they need to be. Not only does this improve our pollution problem but it also improves our physical and mental health. Limited car usage has many advantages and could make a very positive impact on our world. | 4 |
d0f0e91 | Guessing how someone is feeling is hard sometimes which can make it difficult for people to connect with eachother. If we only knew someone's feelings, we could improve how we communicate with people and how productive we are.That can all change with the new technology that can read the emotional expressions of humans. The new technology called Facial Action Coding System, made by Prof. Thomas Huang, can change the lives of students drastically. The use of this technology is valuable in classrooms because it can make it easier for students to process information and keep the students engaged.
Students will be able to learn a lot with the help of FACS because of the way the information is displayed and taught. In paragraph 6 of "Making Mona Lisa Smile", it says " 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.' " If a student was getting tired of the lesson, FACS could detect that the student is losing interest. So, it could change the format of the information and keep the student focused and keep going during the lesson. This will help students a lot on understanding the knowledge that is being given to them because not everyone learns the same way.
The emotions of humans can be hard to detect because most people don't want to verbally communicate or some don't know how to. Students can feel good or relieved if there is a lesson that is not stressing them out and that can actually make information more understandable. Also in paragraph 6 of the article, it says " 'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,' notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that too.' " Some students may have trouble talking to teachers or asking questions about certain information. With FACS, they no longer have as much anxiety when learning which keeps the student from drifting off. The FACS will be able to keep the students engaged in the information because it is going into their head
more easily and it's less stressful.
Some might be against this innovative technology and argue that students might not learn as well or they might have a decrease in social and verbal skills. The thing is that it will help all students learn because everyone is different and the FACS will allow different students to be exposed to different formats of information. Since lessons could be modified, it will be more understandable for students to process given information. With FACS, students won't be as pressured and can actually be interested in the lessons because it is the best fit for them.
In conclusion, FACS is valuable for students because it will help them improve their understanding of new information and keep them interested. Thus, the FACS would also benefit their mental state because they are considering emotions of kids which could be hard to tell sometimes. FACS could be a new beginning for schools to improve education and engage students in lessons. | 4 |
d0f2283 | "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in our sky." The planet Venus have caught scientists attention for years. Venus which is the 2nd planet closest to the sun is also known as Earth's Twin. Venus however has misleaded missions that were hosted my NASA because of it's hostile and arid environment.
No one has ever been to Venus but machines have. Machines have prooved that Venus is incapable of taking people into it's atmosphere. Machines on Venus are tend to fail in the first couple of hours after landing. Venus not only has a bad side but it has a good side to. Since the discovery of Venus scientists have been wondering of how to get some samples that Venus has to offer such as rocks.
Venus has frequented in it's own dangerous atmosphere. In fact Venus average temperature is 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is that of 90 times greater than on Earth.
An environment such as that is of no chance of having humans in it.
"If our sister planet is so inhospitable why are scientists even discussing further visits to it's surface." People are practically incapable of going to Venus because of such a harsh environment. Scientists are only limited to just having drones stay above the plante to overlook it and recieving data about the landscape of Venus. At times though since scientists are intrugied about the existence of such a planet they will probably never stop studying it until we develop a technology that can withstand the atmosphere of Venus.
NASA at the moment, is currently trying to figure out how to get a drone or a person on Venus without causing the drone or person harm. NASA has developed silicon carbide to withstand Venus surface. The silicon carbide can withstand 3 weeks of it and after that it is destroyed. Another project that proofes that Venus can destroy anything in a short amount of time is the mechanical computer. Mechanical computer's stretches back to the 1800s and that they were later used in the 1940's during World War ll. "The thought of computer's existing in those days might sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all" Older computers can actually withstand Venus climate than Brand new computers. Technologies from today can barely last 2 minutes due to the fact that they are delecate and made out of tin. "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many euqually intimidating endeavors." This prooves that no one is likely to stop studying Venus until we have collected enough samples. Gathered enough Data sheets and test out more technological appliances that can withstand Venus atmosphere for long periods of time. | 3 |
d0fac48 | Many people know what a car can do but do they know how it can affect the environment. Places like Germany or Paris are having a car free environment. Cars release carbon and that gets struck in the atmosphere and can cause environmental damage. With the limiting of car usage, fatcors like environmental damage will decrease.
First of all, a suburb area in Germany have ban cars. Vauban, Germany have given up on their cars. People there doesn't have the need to drive a car. That means the stores are in walkable distant. Studied from David Goldberg stated that "the official Transportation for America are now less dependent on cars." The reason to that isEnvironmantal Protection Agency is promoting car reduced communities.
Going on, Paris had enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city since Paris is near the record for pollution. The way Paris enforce the rule is by placing a fine on the people who drives on that day with a 22-euro($31). About 4000 driver was fined due the banning of driving. With that done the percent of air pollution drop a rewarding percent. The event was so successful to clear the smog, Paris decide to rescind the banning.
Lastly, some study show that the era for car are nearly end. "In the year 2005 United States reached the peak for the number of miles driven.", according to analysis Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives. After that the number of miles driven have drop nine percent in 2013. This have a beneficial affect on the carbon emissons that si released into the environment.
This can help people around the world know the whats happening and think about driving cars. The decrease in the carbon release by cars in the atomosphere can all saved the environment. | 2 |
d0fdfd2 | My opinion on driverless cars is that i think it would be helpful but dangerous at the same time. Driverless cars can help you when you cant see something coming when you are driving . But we also have to be alert because the cars have not develope that much on driving themselves.The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure
the driver keeps hold of the wheel. in fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer , accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents.
Most driving laws focus on keeping the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is the best achieved wit h the alert drivers. Even if the laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of a accident. If the technology fails whos fault will it be?. But the law is focus on keeping drivers because they want less accidents if something goes wrong.The also put motion sensors in the car for the acr to know when to brake when a car or something is near. In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of the antilock brakes. Within
10 years, those sensors had become more advance to detect and respond to danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. | 2 |
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