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d2a690d | You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because, you will be able to go many places. You will be able to go sightseeing, and even though you have to help with animals you can do many cool things. You can play games and have fun with the other Seagoing Cowboys in the program. You should really think about becoming apart of the Seagoing Cowboys program.
You will be able to go many places. I was able to go to Europe, Greece, Venice, Italy, China, and New Orleans. I also crossed the Pacific and Atlantic ocean. I went on alot of trips to alot of places more than any other Seagoing Cowboy in the program. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is amazing, you should join.
You can sightsee too. I went sightseeing everywhere I went. I went alot of places, and they where each very amzing, I really liked the time I went to Venice, Italy the city had streets of water. There are many things to do as a Seagoing Cowboy.
We also get to play many games when were not caring for the cattle. The cattle are alot of work but it pays off. We play games such as baseball and volleyball games where the animals had been housed. They also had table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games that had passed the time. The other Seagoing Cowboys and I had fun even though we had to care for the cattle.
This is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. Even though we have to care for the cattle, the others and I get to do all sorts of fun things all the time. We play games go sightseeing and get to travel all over the world. This is why you should join the Seagoing cowboys. You should join you'll love it here. | 4 |
d2aaa14 | Venus, the second planet from the sun, has long been known as a desolate, barren, and hostile environment. Venus is devoid of any potential to support humans for the next several million years. Long story short, both manned and unmanned missions to Venus are expensive, time consuming, and provide no meaningful information that can't already be determined from earth, or a low-orbit probe.
The author presents the feat of missions to Venus as a "challenge", and rightfully so.
Paragraph 3 provides plenty of reasons to keep away from the second planet. The surface of this inhospitable rock is plagued with crushing atmospheric pressure, temperatures of more than 800 degrees, and highly corrosive clouds of sulfuric acid vapor.
"The challenge" isn't much of a reason to toss away millions of dollars of research, no matter how large of a rush it gives humanity. The author also mentioned the value of scientific research conducted on our neighbor planet. Except, in paragraph 6, they outright state, "peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely above the ground can provide only limited insight on ground conditions".
Finally, an analysis of paragraph 7 doesn't give us any information that we weren't already aware of. Except, an interesting point was made. Using older, mechanical devices to take the place of electronic ones could negate the issues imposed by fragile silicon chips. Mechanical macines still need power, provided by batteries or solar panels, which are controlled by computers. A mechanical computer has just as many, if not more potential issues than an electronic one.
This article is fun to read, and is an excellent source of information about the planet Venus, but the author struggles to find valid reasons to go there. This article is a fluff piece, a feel-good piece of writing. If I were to create a similar writing, I would include more appeals to logic. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" would have been far more appealing to me had it included more actual reasons to venture to a mysterious planet. "For Science!" just isn't sufficient in this particular case. | 4 |
d2ab150 | If you were asked to join a promgram called Seagoing Cowboys what would you think. Most people would say no and others might say yes. A boy name Luck Bomberger was asked by his friend to to join the program. His answer was yes.
A Seagoing Cowboys is a person who gose on a boat over seas with different animals , such as horses and bring them to countries around the world who needs food supplies.
Luke had no idea that his life would change. When your a Seagoing Cowboy you travle alot on a boat on the water. Its alot of hard work too. You have to feed and water the animals three times a day. You had to pulled bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower ships . Also the stalls had to be clean. That cept luck busy.
There are good opportunitys that happen when you are a
Seagoing Cow boy. When your saililng to different countries you may find somthing enjoying. Luke got to tour China and got to ride Gondola . When your sailing you may get to see thing you never seen before or try. when your on the ship , some may take two weeks or a mounth and somtimes longer. Did you think Luke just sat around board. He dident. Luke and his the men who were on the boat with him found entertament. After a days of work and unloading animals Luke played Baseball and Vollyball where emty hold were at from the aniamlas. They played table Tennis and other fun games. Seagoing Cowboys is not only hard work , but it's a fun adventure a waiting for ! | 3 |
d2b8d68 | Have you ever wonder what would be in the Acropolis? Well if you sign up for the Seagoing Cowboy Program, you can! Us cowboys travel all over the world to see amazing structures and sights of wonder. My favorite is riding the Panama Canal to China.
One can achive information that they did not know. We have seen and experience many sights of wonders, such as riding a gondola in Venice, Italy, we have toured a excavated city in Crete, and marveled the Panama Canal to China. These sights were amazing to see and experience. One should sign up so that they can do adventures that they may not be able to do in their area.
There are some down sides though. It takes a while to get to these resort, but it is worth it. It took us about 2 weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach China. On our ship we have many objectives to keep ourselves busy; including: feeding our animals, night guarding, and cleaning stalls. One day when we returned the animals, we played volleyball and baseball in the empty stalls.
I would recommend joining the Seagoing Cowboys, because of these reasons: to visit resorts and do adventures that one may not be able to do. The Seagoing Cowboys Program has been going on for sometime now, and I myself, want to keep it going. Sign up today! | 3 |
d2b91e5 | Having a driverless car would be like having a toilet that wipes for you. It is another item that someone has created for people to be lazy. A driverless car would be useful for some people like handicapped people or people who can not mentally be responsible to drive. Driverless cars could potentially help but often after time machines have been proved to fail or later experience problems. "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless." (paragraph 2)
"Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and NIssan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." (paragraph 10) With the thought and hope to succeed in the completely driverless car the goal would be to reduce the amount of car crashes and provide safer transportation. The driverless car could reduce the cost needed for vehicles and their needed repairs, they would be mostly robotic, and could reduce gas and gas prices causing chemicals in the air to be reduced. The expected cost of a driverless car would be very pricey as the radar cost two hundred million dollars. "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars." (paragraph 6)
With all the new technology and new inventions of technology it is harming the world. It is causing health issues, social and economic issues, and riots. More than half of the entire world is obese, the number of obese citizens is growing larger and larger. The use of technology plays a very large role in obesity. Young children and people of all ages for that fact grow addicted to social media, video games, and many other things. The use of cell phones, which many people can not go anywhere without, harms the brain and kills the cells in your brain along with exposing your body to unneeded radiation. Technology has helped the world in many ways but is hurting it in many more ways. Even though the driverless car could reduce the amount of harmful checmicals in the air it could increase the amount of radiation exposed to humans and other living things.
Technology should be used to benefit everyone even those against it. Society, manufacturers, inventors, they should all be using techonology to improve the world and improve the health instead of creating things that harm potentially or could cause more lazy citizens. Driverless cars is a good idea but it is not something that could help the enviroment or the world to much. The idea of a driverless car is something to get more money out of people and to sell a product. Most people drive safely without the help of computers. If someone were to care more to better help or train drivers then there could be many more people driving safely and preventing more wrecks. Many states also feel that there are safe enough drivers that they outlawed the testing of driverless vehicles. "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driver cars." (paragraph 9)
Potentially the usage of driverless cars could help the enviroment a small bit. Using the computerized vehicle could do more harm to the users and the enviroment unknowingly. More wrecks could be prevented but with more care and time to help drivers more wrecks could be prevented. If the driverless car would break down most people wouldn't know how to fix it resulting in another entire vehicle to be purchased. Laws would need to be changed along with many other things. Not to mention insurance would most likely sky rocket. People who purchase and use a driverless vehicle may potentially be harming their lives decreasing the years they will be living. | 3 |
d2b9b8d | The aspect of the driver of google reactione with a character different when he invented the cars, he controlled withe test driven cars hw have the cars and reproduce in california nevada, florida, and the district of columbia and any different states where the cars are more inteligence what the people.
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the first thing when a perople invented and share and buy this need more products for what this reproducted that and move more with the technology, th second thing is when google modified toyota prius uses position estimating sensor a video camera mounted mirror and sensor of GPS receive and internal motion. the third thing is what the bubbed LIDAR uses laser constantly 3-D surroundingand conbination to mimic human level. my position how sebastian thrun he is the founder and I change the position of him I invented more about google and project the tchnology is very interesting him elaborate for more people and I controled more and work in the technology about the cars more recients. | 1 |
d2c1065 | Limit car usage! While you may think having a car is a necessity, others completely disagree. According to the passage -''In
German, life goes on without cars'', street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden in a new district on the outskirts of
Frieburg. 70% Vauban families dont own cars and 57% sold there cars just to move. Many find it better this way. For example,Heidren Walter stated- '' When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.''
In Paris, France, there is more smog then any other European capital. According to the passage- ''Paris bans driving due to smog'', drivers were fined and motorists with even numbered license plates were forced to leave there cars at home. Diesal fuel is to blame for warmer layers of air traping car emissians. Delivery companies complained. However, exceptions were made for plug-in car, hybrids, and cars that can hold three or more people. When the smog cleared,the ruling French party rescinded the ban for odd numbered plates. According to the passage-''car- free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota''- this is the third year cars have been banned, this sets a goal to promote alternative transportation and to decrease smog. This program influenced two other
Colombian cities to join and participate in trying to end all smog. The reduce of cars impacted Colombia in a positive way.
Therefore, causing the air to blossom and the air to blossom and new construction to occur. In the U.S.A, President Obama's goal is to curb the U.S green house gas emissions. According to the passage-'' The end of car culture'', the U.S has peaked its driving miles in 2005 and dropped there after. A recent study found that driving by young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009. However the Mobile congress in Barcelona, Spain, laid out a business plan inwhich bicycles, private cars, and public transportation traffic would save time, conserve resources and save energy.
Concluding to all my information, many countries and states are still trying to reduce car usage. Therefore, reducing smog and pollution . This will not only improve the air , it also solves our time, resource, and safety issues. This will help to improve society aswell. Therefore, we can live without cars. | 3 |
d2c7e76 | In "Driverless Cars Are Coming," technology shows just how far it has come. Mankind has passed up cellphones and televisions and now we have self driving cars. What is the point in not utilizing this great invention? Although driverless cars may seem to have a few faults like within the laws, driverless cars are are a brilliant, safe invention that everyone should own.
The first and possiby best reason for people to adapt to driverless cars is the car's safety. Now in driving, little human error can occur, Ulitmately leading to safer roads. The only time there could be human error is when people actually take the wheel to back out. It is also proven that they are safer becuase the test automated cars have not crashed yet. This achievement may be credited due to the sensors on the car. Compare the crash free cars to the amount of crashes involved with humans everyday and driverless cars seem like a nessecity.
Today we have GPS and other systems to help us reach locations, but those are not always pefect. They can give false direction. Also, people can and will still mess up with these devices because humans are full of flaws. The answer to this again lies within driverless cars. Humans can mess up any dirrections but if people could just tell the car where to go and it took them there then the problem would be solved! Imagine no more getting lost or not noing where to go. The driverless car can do just that for humanity.
Some may say, "what happens when there is a crash? Who is at fault" The simple answer to this is whoever is controlling the vehicle is at fault. "How would anyone know if the person or car was driving." Another simple answer; install a camera that shows the driver and the driver only. This way, people could find out who was actually in control and caused the crash thus removing the flaw of the driverless car.
The driverless car, some thought it would never be a reality, but it finally is. This car proves to be safer, can stop people from getting lost, and has no more fault within the laws behind it if it were to crash. The car that requires no driver is here and people need to utilize the opportunity. | 4 |
d2cbf09 | The use of technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom in my opinion isn't valuable at all. For one we can souly rely on a machine for recognize and scan our moods or emotions. Yes, technolog has come a long way in the years but, its not all 100% accuret. A human can smile that doesn't mean thier happy. Now i'm not saying that this idea isn't a good one but, theres nothing in the world that can tell how a humans feels all the time.
Dr. Huang's idea is a good idea don't get me worng but, at the same time the idea is kind of far fetched. Yes a computor that could make lessoms better when seeing that a student is bored, yes that would change alot but at the same time so much could go worng with this idea. A computer might mess up and shut down, or the computer still might not do anything to change a persons mind. If a person finds something boring you can't rely on a computer to fix that.
The article say it it's self, the computer will scan our emtotions by reading muscle movments within our faces. Now that won't be completly accuret, why
because alot of times our faces may make us seem like we're in one mood but at the same time we could be in a completly whole diffrent mood. Honestly this whole thing is a far fetched idea.
The idea of a computer reading our facial expressions to figure out our mood is cool or what not but at the same time we must think about all the factors that will be apart of this. Like for example, computers they break down all the time we can't stop that, sometimes they just get old and break down. Then what if a computer is old and starts malfunctioning the readings of the facial expressions and moods could be all off and worng. Antoher thing humans don't always show thier emotions, to some a person could seem mad on the outside but really that person is happy they just don't show it. There are so many parts that go in this idea that are good and bad but in my opinion this whole thing is a far fatched bad idea. | 4 |
d2cd3fb | The authors claim supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despites the danger becase their are conditions that they have to be careful with. My first reason is that not many people survive for hours. My second reason is that the conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth. My third reason is that technology tends to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions.
" Each previos mission was un manned, and for good reasons, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." When they are flying and trying to land carefully, and they are in the ground the spaceship might end up exploting. " Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades." So they can tell why it didn't land safely to venus.
" ... such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." If you go way to deep in the ocean you would liquefy many metals." ... weather presents additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." This can couse many different weathers.
" Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions." If you do a physical condition something can happen to you. " By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." If you have something mechanical part around you it can melt in your body and it will burn yor skin.
In conclusion, all of the conditions that they said that can happen to you can couse you to die. When you are in a spaceship try to land carefully so nothing bad happens to you. | 2 |
d2ce31c | My positon on driverless cars is to just be in the car. Driverless cars should already be invented because some people dont drive or dont like to drive. Its just like a taxi but better. Google has cars that drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Driverless cars should be just like google cars because its lets you know when someone is about to hit your car and has a alert on them when the driver is pulling out the driveway or dealing with complicated traffic issues.
There thinking about making computer driving cars. There should be a driverless car if you dont know how to drive, it helps out alot. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepair to take over. The driverless car is not good to buy because you still need a driver for the car so its bacicly a waste of your money. They should have a car that automaticly drives for you without a driver or nothing.
The manufacture is at fault because he made the car and its suppost to be a driverless car. Cars by 2020 would be able to drive themselves. The real driverless car is going to be great when it comes out because people really want have to drive at all. We are getting closer to our destination everyday. The gm has developed drivers seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. | 1 |
d2d0ad7 | I am against the idea of driverless cars or pretty much any self-acting piece of technology. I just don't see it as safe at all. The concept is supposed to be that sometime in the near future there will be means of transpotation that can think on their own and travel without human aid. So far scientists still haven't gotten that down yet. The cars that are presented in this passage all need human assistance because they can't make their own decisions. So once it comes to the time that the driver needs to put their attention on the wheel they might be oblivious to what is going on. The purpose is that the driver is supposed
to be doing no work, the purpose is for the car to be dealing with driving and so far scientists havent gotten to that point.
Also people buy cars because of the power or luxary of the certain type of vehicle. Some people want to use their skills at the wheel so they buy different types of vehicles. The way it is described it is going to be a public means of transportation and most people want their own vehicle.
At this stage of the driverless cars concept they aren't really safe at all. Once there is a road block or constuction site the driver must take control of the wheel again and during that time the driver could have dazed off or isn't paying attention then a serious accident could occur. Also it states in paragragh 5 if the vehicle slides on an icy road or watever the reason it slid the car has no knowledge of how to regain its stability, it is only designed to go from point A to piont B. The cars aren't designed for a random abstruction in it's path. Another thing is that since these cars that still need assistance have vibrating chairs or cars that have sounds and flashing lights, that can be a problem mechanically because thats just another thing that can brake on the car. Then if thers an accident like stated in paragraph 9 it would be hard to find out who's fault the accident was, so then theres a huge insurince disbute on if the driver is liabale or not.
So all together I really dont belive that driverless cars or driverless transportation is a good idea there is just still too many flaws with this concept. So I am against the driverless car movement. | 4 |
d2d299b | The face on Mars is a natural landform. We have proven it here at NASA. We have taken pictures on different years and it has shown to change. Our new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from our Mars GLobal Survey spacecraft reveal the face on mars for what it really is. It is just a mesa. This is common on earth on the west side of the United States. Another reason it wasn't made from any alien or creature out there is because the moniters never found any monuments like that one and aliens moving around.
For people who think aliens did this, say that our camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds which we couldn't see much, think the aliens were probably hiding. people who believe in aliens strongly are going to find the slightest detail and use that for their evidence. Since this was a popluar icon more and more people are going to lie and make up stuff to make sure people believe it is true. They already made up a lie that we would rather hide from the aliens. These people are called conspiracy theorists.
The biggest proof we have that it wasn't made my aliens is our digital image. This was 3 times bigger than the pixel size. It would be able to see if there were objects in this picture like monuments or aliens. It could even see small shacks if there were any. Our spacecraft got to look at it a second time in 2001 and could see more better than the 1976 one. There was still nothing to be found but a natural landform.
Even if we did catch aliens in our picture we showed the same picture to the public for all to see. Nobody said they found an alien structure. If we didn't detect neither would anybody else.
This is why conspiracy theorists will always remain conspiraces. Because they have no soild evidence against us. We have acutul research to back us up. We kept looking at and studying it until we finaly came up with an answer to tell the world what it is. | 3 |
d2d423b | In the classroom, a teacher may not be able to fully understand and realize the feelings and emotions of the students in their classroom. The teacher will not be able to meet with every single one of their students to make sure that they are doing okay and understand everything in class. However, with the Facial Action Coding System, things may change. The Facial Action Coding System is extremely valuable in the classroom because it may allow teachers to focus more on students that are confused, sad, angry or fearful. Furthermore, the system can be used to make sure everyone understands what the teacher is teaching at their own pace.
First, the Facial Action Coding System can help students learn at their own pace. The computer would be able to recognize whether a students thought the subject was too easy or too hard by their countenance. For example, in the text, Dr. Huang predicts,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then, it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." So, since a teacher usually teaches everything at the same time, these computers may be better because some students excel where other students don't. These computers would help the excelling students have a constant challenge while students that take time could slowly grasp and understand a particular subject or idea. Evidently, the Facial Action Coding System is something that can be valuable to a class and help everyone learn comfortably.
Another benefit from the Facial Action Coding System is that the technology could inform teachers on how their students are feeling. In the article, Dr. Paul Eckman associated six basic emotion- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness- to specific facial muscle movements. Through this technology, the teachers may be able to help support students that are feeling sad, angry, or fearful. The teachers would be able to become a counselor figure for those students that are feeling unpleasant emotions and help them overcome the difficulties that they are having. Through the removal of unpleasant emotions in the classroom, all the students can be happy and work together to bring knowledge and success into their lives.
Also, the Facial Action Coding System could help create a classroom atmosphere in which all students feel welcome and happy. To certain students, the way they like to learn or study may be different than how other students may. To solve this, a teacher could try out different types of classroom settings, lesson plans, activities, etc. Then, the technology could help the teacher determine what the students liked the most by their facial analysis. This could help create a classroom where all the students are having fun and engaging with the subject rather than being bored and reluctant to study.
In addition, this type of technology could help provide a safe learning environment for students. Through this technology, teachers could see students that are feeling malicious and angry, which would allow them to prevent future problems or consequences by helping them through couseling. If teachers were not able to understand or see the feelings of a very angry and upset student, consequences could occur such as fighting and misconduct. So, the Facial Action Coding System can also provide safety to students and teachers alike.
Some critics of the Facial Action Coding System may say that a student has their right to their own personal feelings. However, although it may cost a minute amount ot privacy, the Facial Action Coding System may save many lives. For example, by knowing a student is sad, teachers would be able to prevent suicides by giving emotional support and making sure everything is safe. In addition, teachers could help prevent child abuse or bullying by knowing if a student is constantly showing fear. Preventing the abuse or bullying of students could prevent a gruesome future and allow them to pursue their dreams and be themselves without fear.
The benefits of the Facial Action Coding System substantially outweigh the negative aspects. The Facial Action Coding System may be the key to successful education where all the students grow in knowledge while having fun and actively enjoying the subject. The teacher may also be more aware of what is going on in the classroom through this technology, allowing them to meet individual needs of their students. Because of the benefits that would come from such a technology, the Facial Action Coding is a valuable tool for the students and the teacher in a classroom. | 6 |
d2d5d91 | "When the car of destiny was released it was a bomb, and all the critics said that the G was done. The sun had set and the chapter had closed but one thing they did not know about was the G would rise again just like the pheonix, the G will rise again."- Tenacious G
With a strong upcoming of the future, many car company have been working on cars that can help the economy grow into a huge future. Google being one of the biggest company's to make a car that can do this. This is my opinion about it.
As of right now the driverless car is still needed to be worked on. It can only go 25 miles per hour and still need humans to be aware of what is going on. If a human is not paying attention there will be an accident waiting to happen. I believe driverless cars should not be illegal in any state and I think this will greatly help towards the future. I understand the pros and cons of this and I think there are more pros to this than cons. So I think we really should allow this to happen but not to take over the full car game.
Google is a big enough industry to fund something like this. But a lot of states illegalized it but we all know the country is known for making things that shouldn't be illegal illegal. I hope Google continues to fight the system and get stronger so this could be something new. I believe that Google can fight back and push for this to happen. | 2 |
d2d6be7 | Dear state senator,
I think that every person who wants to go for president should go to electoral school, just so when ever the person runs for president they don't win because they are well known and popular vs the other person who is not well known. Also if they do go to election school they could learn how to run for pesident and learn how to write speeches, and also teach them that some of the 50 states in the united states have to have his/her vote.
The out come of a person running for president that went to electoral school their electoral vote will be above average for one year and if they do good as president then the outcome for next year will maybe bet higher or lower. When ever a US citizen votes they are also voting for the electors canidates. and when you do vote that person who is running for president that helps his/her's group get elected. Every president has to have a Vice president. | 1 |
d2d7ffb | What is your view on the "Face of Mars?" This is a very interesting topic. There are many different points of view for the "Face on Mars." Although, there are two main concepts. The first is based off of research. Many people at NASA believe in this point of view. The people that believe this idea is true and think that the face is just a natural landform. The second is based off of conspiracy. This idea is based off of external life outside of Earth. The people that believe in this point of view think that aliens have created this landform.
I myself believe in the research part of the concept. There is just not enough physical evidence to say that it is aliens. This is just an idea that many conspiracy theorists believe. Sometimes their theories can be a little enticing, but they never really have any evidence to back up any of it. The idea of aliens making this lanform had been created by some "very creative" minds and was probably thought of when the pictures weren't high enough quality to make anything out of them.
Now lets say that there are aliens living on Mars. In order for them to make this landform, they would have to know about humans. They would have to know what a human face looked like. They would also have to know that we are smart enough to be studying them and they would have to be smart enough to study us. The chances of them finding out all of this information without ever getting recognized by anybody are slim to none. Again, it all coms back to research. There is no evidence of aliens. Therefore, nobody can argue that this landform was made by life outside of Earth.
Now personally, I agree with the scientists that had first discovered this "Face on Mars." This is just merely another Martian Mesa. The odd shadows are common around Cydonia and it just happened to be an odd combination of them. I honestly think that is all there is to it.
Now what do you believe? Do you think it is an alien artifact? Or is it just a natural lanform? I hope this persuaded you to think on the more scientific side of things, because trust me it will help you in the long run. | 4 |
d2db94e | Dear State Senator ,
I recommand you to keep the Electoral College because , The Electoral College consists of 538 electors ,The Electoral College process consists of selection of the electors ,And each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors .
To begin with , i think the state senator should keep the Electoral College because it a fantastic college . Majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President .The District of Columbia Is Allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a process , not a place. The Electoral College is widely regared as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winter .
The Electoral College process consists of selection of the electors , the meeting of the electors where they vote for presisdent and Vice president , and the counting of the electoral votes by congress .The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday In November. Most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year .
Last but not least , Let me remind you that each candidate running for president in you state has his or her own group of electors .There Usually selected by the candidates political party , but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Your states certificates of Ascertainments are sent tot he Congress and the National Archives as part of the offcial records of the presidential election . After the presidential election , your governor prepares a ' Certificate of Ascertainment' listing all of the candidates who ranfor president in your state along with the names of their respective electors . | 2 |
d2e169d | Hook: The study of stars and planets is part of the NASA and some universities.
Counter claim: Some people at the collage study advance astronomy so they could work on the NASA and evoid any problems.
Thesis: Many plantes in the cosmos have different characteristics than the Earth.
The advantage of studying Venus is important, just like the other planets in the solar system, so the NASA can send drons to explore Venus or Mars.
Unlike the atmosphere of earth, Venus is most percent of temperature and carbon dioxide, it states "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets Venus."
Studying this kinds of things help to those that look for stars planet to see the differences of Venus and Earth. It's not just the atmosphere, is also for example, the temperature. Carbon dioxide is more higher than the earth's and more plants here.
one problem is that the NASA sends humans to study the all about venus just to see the hostiles conditions of the planet, considerating that there were none of them. Venus was almost like the Earth, but now is all rock and dusty with some risk there, it claims, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various form of life, just like Earth."
studying the astronomy like venus, it also show the history of other planets and how were they before. The men who travel to Venus leran about the challenges and risk because of the ground's condition, the temperature, atmosphere, anything. A most safe way is that people learn astronomy before travel to Venus. And those who retuned have make reseasch about the planet to study more.
To the finish this, the author is right aboth the study of Venus, so the men could not be in danger out there on the planet. The challenges on venus are more than human being could ever live and learned and survey. | 1 |
d2ef605 | The face. People think it was created by aliens, some others belive it's just a natural landform, but it is in fact a natural landform. Although it does look like a face, that aliens created, it is a landform created by a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa, with shadows that make it look like it has facial features.
A Martian mesa. That's all the face is. It was created by a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated messa, with shadows that give it the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. Martian mesas, are common enough around Cydonia, which is another reason why this could'nt have been created by aliens. Lastly, this couldn't have been aliens, because there is not enough scientific proof to even know if there is even any form of life on mars. The face is just a huge rock formation, with shadows that give you the illusion of facial features.
Even though most people believe that it is a natural landform, some do believe it was aliens who created it. One reason is because, it is more benitfital for Nasa to keep quiet, and say it is a natural landform. Another reason is because, the face looks more like an alien face than a natural landform. Although there is more proof that it is a natural landform, that face could have been made by aliens.
All in all the face appears to be a natural landform. Some people may disagree but, there is more facts and research, that the face is a natural landform. Although there is more facts about it being a natural lansdform, some people still will think it could have been aliens who created the face. But the face is just a huge rock formation created by a Martian mesa, with shadows that give you the illusion of facial features. | 3 |
d2f90b5 | There is diffren't arguments about the Face spotted on Mars. Some believe it is an alien artifact, and some believe it is just rocks. I'm here to tell you it it just rocks. So, there is nothing to worry about. If you don't believe me, just keep reading... and you will soon learn it is just your imagination. But some people probably never will learn. Till then, just read this... Maybe I will change your mind if you really believe it is a face. Or maybe I won't. Let's see what you choose.
First, it just your eyes messing with you! Your eyes can play tricks on you and make you see things that are not really there. This is just rocks oddly placed and the rocks have shadows. That it all your seeing. If it were really a so called "face" on Mars, that would mean there would have to be life on Mars before. Have they proven life on Mars? They only found traces of water in the past. So, there could have been life on mars, but we haven't found anything besides this Face. Yes, if we found more ''faces'' we could consider it. But, we haven't, and there isnt enough evidence to support it.
Also, over the past 25 years... we've seen the Face everywhere in papers.
This could all be a scam, people are just trying to get people intrested in Mars more. There is always false advertisment in commercials, news articles, ect. This is just another one of those! We would have found something out in 25 years. And what do you know? Nothing. All there is, is a picture. They even took a picture a second time and still found nothing,said it was just a natural landform. So, there is NOTHING to worry about.
Say this is a alien artifact... Do you have anything else besides the Face that they've? Are aliens even REAL?? Nobody really knows because there is only skepitics. Let's be honest about this, it's NASA. There are very intelligent people there. I'm sure the best of the best. They wouldn't lie about some rocks would they? No... but people believe what they choose. People's eyes see what they want to see. Hear what they want to hear, no matter what the truth is. If you were to ask anyone about the face being an alien artifact or it just being a natural landform, not everyone would agree.
All of the rocks could have moved over time and made the Face. Honestly, your eyes are just playing tricks with you. They are showing you something that isnt there. It is only shadows. Nothing else. Is it odd it is shaped to look like a face? Of course yes. This is all like ''Big Foot'' people are just making up stories. And seeing a tree but they think it is Big Foot's shadow. Your going to soon grow out of it and come to your senses. That it is just a natural landform. Not a face or alien artifact. IF they actually find evidence... more then just some pictures. Actual proof... maybe, things will be differen't sure. Till then, just use your logic. Do you really think it is something more then rocks?
I hope I've at least made you consider that the face is a landform. If I didn't... well maybe no one will. But I know what I believe is true. IT IS JUST A LANDFORM. And until you give ME evidence to your side of the story. You can't change my mind either. Fair enough, right?
I rest my case. | 3 |
d2fb7aa | In source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars states that street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden near the French and Swiss borders. Vauban's streets are completely "car free" as stated in the second paragraph. 57% of people sold their car just to move on Vauban's streets. When Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and a mother two said that "when she had a car she was always tense. But is much happier this way."
Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of growing trend in europe. The United States and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called "smart planning" stated in paragraph 4. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up 50% in some car intensive areas in the United States. When you don't have a car you had to walk to get where you need to go. But when you get a car you dont think about walking because all you wanna do is drive. As stated in paragraph 9, in the United States the Environmental Prtection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities, and legislators are starting to act, if cautiously.
In source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog, states that paris enforced a partial drving ban to clear the air of the global city. In paris on Mondays motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22 euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd numbered plates the following day. Keeping the air clear is very important. 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to fine. Car traffic was down 6o percent in the capital of France, after 5 days of intensifying smog. All the smog rivaled Beijing and China which is well know as one of the most polluted cities in the world.
Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found. | 1 |
d2fcaa1 | How so you feel about being constantly seen and recoded through your personal device. If Facial Action Coding System also known as FACS was to be put on every phone and computer it wil remove the idea of privacy. We as people really don't have privacy as much and with FACS it will complety be taken away. This is an idea that shouldn't be approved. It always states with an education excuse and then they find another reason on why everyone shoukd have it.
The use of technology to be able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not a valuable idea: there will be no saftey for kids anymore. this will give the government to take over out personal devices, and our privacy will be taken away.
The use of technology to read emotions thought computers
will not be safe for our kids anymore. This is becuase inappropiate things can come up on the screen that kids shouldn't be looking at, as well as they can be looking at the students. In the text 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.” The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive—for video games or video surgery." This seems like a very good idea but if you really thing about it, how will you know when the FACS is turned off or on and lets say that student goes to the bathroom with their ipad, does that mean they will be looking at them. Even if its used for classroom use, they will still go home and do homework which means that FACS will be there.
With the use of FACS for classrooms the government will take
over our devices. The reason this will happen is becuase it will be use for "classroom use only" and lets say we are using our personal device at school for an assingment then that means they might bloke out certain websites because we are at school. In the text it staes, " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,” notes Dr. Huang. “So computers need to understand that, too.” This means that they want compters to find a way to communitcate with you, but by this they will have to see what you are doing, as well as something to be there watch the FACS. This will give the government more access to what people are doing by FACS. The government always find a way to look at people with out them knowing and with this it will give them an easier access.
Lastly, our privacy will be completly removed by using technology to read our emotions. This is because there will be people that try to hack in and see what people are doing. They already say that people can see us from our cameras of our devices and this way it will be easier since its a syetem that has been created to see our faces. In the text it staes, " Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements." By this they will using it for any reason. It will first start with an education use and then it will move on to more becuase they will find a way to track us. Lets say you are changing and you computer is on, that will mean they might be looking at you as well. It's not really about the idea of facial emotional reader but the fact that there will be someone behind that FACS that will be looking at everyone. As well as we would know how much they will be seeing.
So no, the use of technology reading emotion expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable because of the government, the students privacy, and privacy in general. This is becuase it never comes done to only sudents in classrooms or only an emotion reader, there is alway something else behind it. You should wait for your pricacy to be taken away, you should do something to prevent it from being taken away. | 4 |
d300174 | The "face on mars" is not a real face. The face is a mesa or butte that looks like the ones found in the American west. It looks like a face by the shadows that form on it. The camera that found the "face on mars" was old and later a new one took a picture that can clearly see the surface. The new camera cannot be argued with because it is the latest and clearest. Also why would NASA try to hide the fact that there was aliens on Mars when it would clearly benefit them alot.
The mesa or butte on mars is nothing but so. Saying that the government is hiding something like that kindof sounds dumb. If you think about it in the way i do it would be lke an alien race looks down on our planet saw a mesa that looked like a face and thought we knew he was there and wanted look at him/her/it.
Also dont you think NASA would have made a bigger deal about the "face" it was a real face. All in all the face just got blown out of proportion when it is just a rock.
If you are about to blame the camera and say it was the cameras fault and how it is a face and not a mesa you are wrong. First: NASA stated that they would take a better picture so why would they lie? Second: NASA would not spend all the money it took to get the spacecraft up in space to take a picture if it was not real. Third: if they did spend the money to get it up there why would they send a crappy camera? Fourth: NASA also stated they was going to wait for a clear day too so it is not clouds. The camera was fine, the weather was fine,and the image is completely real too.
If ther was really aliens on mars it would benefit them alot. Think about it why woul NASA lie about something helpful. If there were aliens on Mars NASA would get billions and billions of dollors to study them. Also if there were aliens why would we keep it a secret any way,because what if they had technolligy we didn't wouldnt we already have it? If there were aliens wouldnt they have already discovered us, so if they had bad intentions we would already be at war.
The "face on mars" is totally fake. Now that ive bestowed upon you my knowledge maybe you can pass it on to other conspiracy theorists. Then maybe the "face on mars" thing wil finally blow over. Next time something like this happens you can probably look into that further too. Also maybe just maybe conspiracy theorists might come to an end. | 4 |
d308ccb | The author does an excellent job of supporting his idea by giving us information like the temperature, physical structures, and the weather that occurs there. GIving us many reason why it's to challenging to go to Venus. There is multiple challenges would have to face in order to be on Venus.
One challenge would be the temperature that Venus may reach to which is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Which the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. " These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." Like it said in the passage it is way to extreme for humans to be on Venus because of it's high temperatures.
Another challenge you may come across is the weather and other physical behaviors. In the passage for example it said, " Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes,and frequant lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." That would be a tough challenge because you would have to land on Venus and then you would have to be prepared for the behaviors of the planet and its weather. Which you would need some equipment and tools to figure out how to successfully accomplish the challenge and being able to survive.
A third challenge you may come across is making the right spacecraft, try to make it a safe trip to Venus , and making a good landing. Just being able to be on the planet for a good amount of time. In the passage it said, "Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner- in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned , and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." You have to be able to put a lot of work and close detail to make the spacecraft safe and just having some access to some of the tools or materials that would have to be used for the spacecraft.
In general the challenge of exploring Venus is massive. You may find a whole bunch of mini challenges to discover another challenge. It may take a long time, dedication, and effort to explore Venus but it may just happen. | 4 |
d31123b | In the article Makeing Mona lisa Smile they claim that she is mostly happy in the painting and that they can tell this by computor software.
I dont think that this is very vauluable for students because some people may feel that they are happy but the computor may say they are diffrent because of the way they controll there emotions.
The computor is supposed to read your mood by scanning facial exspressions but some people have difrent ways of reactiong to the way they feel.
What if the computor had read your mostly hapy but inside you feel that you are angry, sad, or confused. I do think in some places there could be something like this but do not see the use for it in a school.
Most of the time young kids and teenagers will say how they feel and explain why without asking them.
I dont see the need to hae a achine in school for students to be able to tell what there own or someone elses mood is.
The computor could be easly tricked into thinking that your mood is the opposite of what you are actually feeling.
If the computor goes by facial movement then someone could easly smile at the computor and make it think that they are happy. The computor may work in some situations but is thee proof that people cant make a diffrent face to maybe trick or comfuse the computor
into beliving that you are feleng something that you are not.
Although I dont find this computor helpfull in a persons life I do find it interesting.
The computor is obviously very persice when the picture or human displayed to it is actually makeng the emotion they feel or maybe not making any faces at all. But theres nothing saying that it wont read correctly if someone makes a didfrent face or acts a diffrent way thatn they usally do.
I feel that the computor will be pretty neat and may be usefull in some situations. As the technology progresses in the mzking of the computors I think things could possibly change and make to where you cant trick the computor as easly and the computor is always acurate. At this stage I feel it could be very usefull in some situations in the future. | 2 |
d31b83c | This could be very vaulable. It could change the way things are being taught in class, when a student is bored the computer could pick up on it and find a way to make it more fun, also while letting teacher's know how their student's are feeling so they can find ways to make the class more upbeat and fun to learn in.
This techonlogy could be very useful to teacher's and students alike.
Teacher's could understand how their student's are feeling and find way to help them and figure out what it is they need, and how soon they need it.
Some student's are not very open, with their emotions or even their home life, this could help teacher's help student's that may be in need of social servies and such. With that being said, yes this could be very useful to other's and provide how student's feel in a class room on a daily bases. Even though, some may think that, that is the most stupiest thing ever to be told. Nobody in this day and age is very open with each other, they all feel the need to be one man for himself, nobody cares about how anyone else might feel, not even younger teachers, they think that because they are older they are more vauble and whatever they do is correct, if soemone who truly cared about their job, had techonogly like this. I feel they would be all means use this in the best way possible. Student's would have more fun and interesting school days, they would have more to come home and tell their parent's about all the cool and intresting stuff they learned that week and how their teacher's made them feel very welcomed and at home. Instead in 2018, almost every student is tested and made to feel dumb because all of these test, that are pushed on them, they won't remember tomorrow because it won't be something that's important.
In conclusion, school doesn't come easy to everyone. Some students really struggle but won't speak up because some teacher's and other student's make them feel stupid and that, they shouldn't be there. I think this techonogly would further help teachers, maybe, just maybe understand their own student's. If they cared enough to pay attetion to them and actually do what they get paid to do, which is help children learn, and love to learn to pass on to the next generation. | 3 |
d31dc56 | Driverless cars are a good thing to be making and possibly drive in the future. The driverless cars are automatic and can drive by themselves.Transportation would be easier . Driverless cars can help solve alot of the worlds problems. These are goods reasons to why the driverless car is a good thing.
The driverless cars are automatic and can control themselves. In the passage it states"Google has cars that could drive idependently under specific conditions since 2009.Google cars arent truthfully driverless."
This shows me that Google has been experimenting on making driverless cars. This also shows me that there is a possiblity that cars will be able to drive themselves.
Transportation would be easier. Having Driverless cars would mean that people would be able to ride on busses and on taxis without having a stranger drive you around."A driverless cab to take us where ever we desire." Having this driverless cars are a good thing because they would allow more privacy to people who need it when they are going places. HAving this new technology can help save, many animals as well. Alot of poor animals get run over by a car almost every day. Having a Driverless car would mean there would be and end to that. In the article it states that "The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better reponse and control than a human driver could manage alone." This tells me that if a deer were to cross the street and i didnt see it the car would know and stop, saving the deers life.
Driverless cars can help alot of the worlds problems. A driverless car has Antilock breaks and driver assistance that can help someone in need. A person may be drunk and wouldnt be able to drive. They don't have anyone to drive them so they drive themselves and end up in a car crash. Having a driverless car would solve that problem. The person wouldnt have to focus so much on the road because the car is driving its self helping the drunk person to go safley home.
Having this new technology can help many people. it can also save many lives. It can save many people from car crashes or from getting hit by a car. Having a driverless car can help the world into a safer place and to a new advaced life. | 4 |
d31f217 | Driverless cars may seem like a thing of the future, but they are much closer than most people seem to believe. Many different companies such as Google, Tesla, Audi, and many more have already built and tested their own models. However, many people are wondering whether self-driving cars are a help or a danger to society. Driverless cars are the next step in automotive technology and the research on them should continue because they will be safer and more efficient than cars driven by human drivers.
Every human makes a mistake at some point in his or her life. Whether they are distracted by something they see or they fall asleep at the wheel, people will make errors; it is part of our nature. On the other hand, computers function on data and do not make nearly the amount of mistakes as people. That is why self-driving cars will make roads safer and lead to less damage. Driverless cars take data they recieve from sensors, cameras, and GPS and they use this information to pick the smartest way to keep occupants safe on the road. Also the automated systems like driver assitance and antilock brakes that are already inside cars have proven that these programs will make driving safer. For example, antilock brakes function by detecting and then reacting to skids by apply brakes and reducing engine power. Therefore the driver is better able to avoid hazards and maintain control in dangerous situations. Google has also already tested some of their semi-driverless cars and these vehicles have not crashed in half a million miles. As proven by already installed automated features, technology will continue to make drivers and passangers safer. The next step in this technology is a self-driving car that will limit the amount of error that can be cost lives.
Another reason driverless cars should continue to be manufactered is that they will be more efficient and better protect the enviroment. Global warming is a problem that needs to be dealt with and one of the major culprits of it is the exhaust from diesel burning cars. The cars that Google is manufacturing are attempting to use half the fuel of a regular car while providing a safer function. With computers that can regulate exhaust, it is not too hard to imagine in the near future, if given more research, that a self-driving car could accomplish such a feat. Driverless cars would also be more efficient in that they would cut down on transportation time between destinations. Using GPS features, an autonomous car could calculate the quickest route to a destination and it would never miss a turn. Self-driving cars would not only be more fuel-efficient and help save the environment, but they also would be more time efficient.
Safety and efficiency are a few of the reasons why autonomous cars should continue to be reseached and developed. Many automoble manufacters are already producing mostly independent driving cars and soon they will become common place. By 2020 most major car producers plan to have a autonomous car model. That is not to say that everyone needs to have a self-driving, but those who do purchase one of these vehicles will not only help themselves, but they will also help others and the world around them. | 5 |
d321e59 | As of right now, imagining an automobile-free world may sound crazy, but amibitous goals to end the use of cars has taken place. Suburban and city residents have taken quite a lot of thought into banning driving and giving up their cars, because of the great advantages that go along with these limitations. Reducing the use of cars has amazing advantages in creating a non-polluted environment, it leads to an increase in exercise, and provides a way to save one's money.
Car reduced communities are being promoted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, aswell as all around the world. Paris, France has enforced a driving ban to reduce the intensifying pollution all over the city, as explained in the article entitled, "Paris bans driving due to smog". If the pattern of banning the use of cars persists, the amount of pollution will be reduced, especially in major big cities, such as Paris, London and Beijing. Continuing this cultural shift "will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment" ("The End of Car Culture"). Limiting the use of cars would highly advantage and could possibly save our environment, if we conserve our resources correctly.
Hiking, biking, skating and/or walking are all types of physical activities that are useful to get from point A to B, rather than using a car. People have began to organize their lives around how they can get to places by exercising, than commuting by car. Restaurants, shopping malls, and work offices are beginning to be located in highly populated areas and within walking range, so that the use of automobiles becomes unecessary. In Bogota, Columbia, people take a car-free day to promote alternative forms of transporation and reduce smog. Bogota "has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths" ("Car-free day is spnning into a big hit in Bogota"), in order to encourage citizens to get off the roads with their cars. Exercising has many advantages in limiting car usage, not only creating a non-polluted planet, but also creating a healthier lifestlye for a person.
As gasoline prices rise, and car insurance rates fly up, less and less people are getting a license and have stopped buying cars to save money. A study done between the years 2001 and 2009 found that driving by young people decreased by twenty-three percent, explained in the article, "The End of Car Culture". Leasing or owning a car is not a priority for many, as the use of taking public transportation or car-pooling is available. Without cars, people are able to save money for important life necessecities, such as food, water, and shelter, where as a car is not something needed and may be considered a luxury in other parts of the world.
Commuting is not imposibble without owning a car. With forms of exercise and public transportation, many are able to get around without spending hundreds of dollars per week on gasoline. Less driving creates a non-polluted and healthier environment, keeping our planet more stable. Eventhough owning a car seems convenient now, it may not be so convenient in the long run, as we may have to face difficulties that life throws at us. Wasting money on a car gives no advantages, where as a car-free environment is safer and more effective. | 4 |
d325701 | The Sea Going cowboy may interest many people.
You may wonder why.
Lots of people all around the world are suffering from world war 2.
You may want to help them.
This program will let you do that for many different counteries.
If you were to join this program you would sail on a ship.
It may contain animals,food,and other helpful items. Many things were destroyed in world war 2.
Including homes,animals,and people.
All this stuff will change that.
You will save countless lives.
China,Europe,and many other places were destoryed because of world war 2.
Luke is deffinetley a hero because of his bravery.
He even got his ribs hurt on the ship.
Many people would quit after an accident like that,he didn't.
He kept doing his best to help those people that were suffering.
In conclusion,I think Luke is a hero.
I know many people would say no to helping other people because of the danger.
Others may do it in a heartbeat.
If you don't,I understand.
If you do, then you will be a big hero just like Luke. | 2 |
d32dbeb | The Electoral College has made everything easier on people. They keep votes fair, clear and concise and make them uncomplicated. Although there are some against the idea, the benifits outweigh the detriments immensly.
Bradford Plumer author of "
The Indefensible Electoral College
" insists that "the electoral college is unfair to voters"(source 2 paragraph 13). This is surely an opinion as he is just trying to deride the Electoral College. However majority of states vote in favor of the Electoral College anyway. It gives a simple vote to people and produces a clear winner. Also he states that "the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people."(p.12) He thinks that one representitive cant speak for his region, but thats why they vote right? He represents the majority supplimenting a clear representation of his state/region.
Also Collumist Richard Posner implies that the Electoral College has "a presidential canidate [that has] trans-regional appeal" (Source 3 paragraph 19). So the presidential cannidate can be based off a full region or more, not just a few states. This makes the vote obvious and is a more fair vote. Also the Office of Federal Register tells us there are 538 electors with a 270 majority int the Electoral College(Source 1 paragraph 3). Not only is there great variety present but with many votes they make the result concise.
Not only is the Electoral College making votes concise and fair, also it is currently working. Bradford Plumer states "The electoral college is...outdated"(Source 2 paragraph 14). How can it be so obsolete if it is presently working out. The Electoral College is giving the vote meaning and depth in that it gives voters the choice of president and his electors. The Office of the Fedral Register informs us "You help choose you state's electors when you vote for your president"(Source 1 paragraph 6). This gives the voters more voting power as the get to help choose other things in goverment.
Even though there are many counter-claims, the benifits surely outweigh the detriments. Its nearly a perfect system. The fair, multifarious choices, and clear voting of the Electoral college proves it deserves it's stay in the goverment. | 4 |
d331726 | If your thinking about joining the Seagoing Cowboys here are some reasons why you should, it is very unique and you get to go to the see and learn about many new things. You get to experience things you have never seen, it would be so amazing! You could go on very many adventures. Luke says," Im grateful for the opportunity, It made me more aware of people of other contries and their needs."
I think you should go beause it would keep you out of trouble and you would have a great time! You could bring a couple of friends, and you could even bring some of your siblings. I would go, I mean I owuld probably bring my whole family. Maybe, you could go one time by yourself and then go again with some friends and look like a smarty pants because you can show them what you know!
I hope you go and have a great time. I'm about done here so enjoy your day! Just remeber if you go soak up a ton of information. | 2 |
d3321fb | Dear State Senator,
I truly have no opinion on the electoral college and whether or not to keep it, but as this topic insists I must write my own opinion to you and here is what I think. Even with this article sort of informing me on this topic I still seem to have a misunderstanding (or no understanding) of what the Electoral College really is or what it does. Perhaps this is because of the lack of information I'm given about our government, or perhaps its because what the electoral college does is quite irrelevant to me and my fellow peers.
From what I have gathered though, the electoral college is a group of people that citizens vote for and these people are then allowed to elect a president? I am sure there is a lot more to it but from that statement which is proven true by the article, I think the electoral college is dumb. Instead of electing biased people to choose a biased president, why can't we just let the citizens elect a president; someone who appeals to us and not a large group of people that get hated on all the time. By having the electoral college it's like the government is lying to us."Oh hey, we believe our citizens are the REAL people in charge of this country, but we aren't going to ever take off their training wheels." Our government hasn't actually said that. but it's the kind of vibe majority of Americans get.
However, there are probably plus sides to the Electoral college as well. Most people when they don't end up with the results that they weren't hoping for, will question and occuse the oppoing side. As a result of this, elections run by popular vote would always turn into a huge drama infused battle, with the losing side accusing the winning side. This could result in uneccessary recounts; delaying us of a president for even longer than it should.
As I said in the beginning though, I really have no opinion on this matter nor do I truly care. What I think is we should keep things fair for our citizens but also plan ahead and think of the possible negative outcomes that could come from whatever we end up doing. So, should we keep the Electoral College? Well that's a matter that I feel should be discussed by other people.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
d337d53 | The arthor has this great idea of exporing Venus in the future because as of now our technology can't sand the presure of Venus's atmosphere pressure. His idea, is to expore Venus since it was probably once very simaler to Earth.
Yet " Each previous mission ws umanned, and for good reasons, since no spacecrft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this isse explains why not a single spaceship has It tuched down on Veanus in ore than tree decades." It far to risky as of now. You see we can't even get to the deepest parts of our oceans and they want to send a spacecraft to Venus. The conditions in Venus are nothing compared to anything we humans have experamented on earth. Even if we do get to the deepest part of our oceans that is still nothing compared to what Venus is like."These conditons are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and wouls liquefy many metals." Thats not even all of it the temperature is also noting we've seen before. "On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheroc pressure is 90 times greater than what we experiece on our own planet." It seems imposible to even try to going to Venus with everything that us haman need to live . There is to many facters that they'd need to look into the temperature and atmospheroc problame but also the weather on venus. Weather presents additional impediments like eruoting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking ao land on it's surface." There is to many facters that they'd need take into consideration before they move on with there plans and ideas.
NASA thinks they have a solution to be able to explore venus. "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Veanus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imgine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or s miles abovee the roilin Venusian landscape." At that distance the temperature would be arounf 170 degrees Fahrenheit and air pressure woud be close to sea level. Yet even there the condestions would be harsh for the scientists onborde. Inside the ship and out side. Plus scientists aso dont know all of the facters with going to Venus Since they haven't been able to gather samples of any rock, gas or anything else from our sister-planet. "Therefore scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to undersand
Venus would needto get up close and personal despite the risk." | 3 |
d338bff | In 1976, the Viking 1 spacecraft was orbiting the planet of Mars, and it was taking new pictures for all of mankind to see. As it was passing over a strip of Mars called Cydonia, it snapped a picture that would cause an uproar in space exploration. This new picture showed what seemed to be a human face. A few days later NASA reveled these pictures for the world to see; it was an instant hit. Conspiracy theorist were fast to make speculations that this was ancient alien architecture or something of the sort. But NASA said that the face was just a geograghical coincidence, and there is no alien stucture on Mars.
One reason that consiracy theorist could beleive that this could be an alien stucture is that the resolution of the first picture was very low. In paragraph 10 it says," ...43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." This shows that the photo didn't give very compelling evidence that there was life on Mars. soon later NASA and their supporters claimed that this face is just an act of nature is because of the 1998 Global Surveyor spacecraft. This new spaceship passed over the red planet to take pictures of the "face on Mars". The pictures were ten times better than the last pictures of Cydonia this time. The new photos clearly showed a landform on Mars and not a man.
But even after these new pictures conspiracy theorist were still bent on the idea that NASA was trying to cover something up. In spite of the new pictures people said that the day the photo was taken, it was cloudy. Therefor the photos couldn't be very accurate. In fact, these theorists were right. The day the photo was taken was in winter. It says in paragraph 8 that, " ... it was winter in April '98- a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." These facts show that the landmass could indead be hidden by clouds. However, NASA still supported their claim that it was just a misinterpreted natural landform.
While NASA never spoke negatively about the theory, they set out again to prove it wrong. on April 8, 2001, the Mars Global Surveyor came over the face on Mars, and it took photos with a resolution of 1.56 meters per pixel; the highest ever yet. What these pictures showed was what would be a butte or a mesa on Earth. These landforms are very common in Cydonia, so the pictures were very realistic. With very high resolutioned photos, it is hard for conspiracy theorists to still say that there is face on Mars. It even says in paragraph 11," So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"
In conclusion, the face on mars is supported and not supported. NASA has proven with photographic evidence that it is just a natural occurance while conspiracy theorists say that it is a martian civilization. I think that NASA's facts are very believable, and they have the science to back up their claim. I hope that in the future, more people will base their beleifs off of science and not fictional conspiracy theories. | 5 |
d33e136 | You are the face
craving on the moon. This means that you are a face craving. The text states that "A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock infomation...which resembles a huan head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, noes, and mouth." The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. This means that thay have found some evidence of the face craving in the moon. The text states that "Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. "We had aroll the spacecraft 25 degress to center the Face in the field of view," said Garvin. "Malin's team captured an extraorinary photo using
the camera's absolute maximum resolution." Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best1976 Viking photo. This means that he took a photo with camera to show that he had proff. Conclusion is that he finially had found what was the face look like. | 1 |
d34958c | The author supports this idea well because they explain that earth is the closest planet relative to Earth and they explain that it would be survivable for humans. The author also explains that many researchers are working on their ideas for machines that would last on venus.
"Often referred to as Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." The author explains. Venus is Earth's twin.
"At thirty-plus miles miles above the surface, temeratures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air presure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable to humans." The excerpt states. Venus would be survivable but dangerous to humans.
"Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." The excerpt explains. Researchers are trying to make it easier for humans to explore Venus.
In this article the author explained that Venus is our twin planet, Venus is survivable to humans, and reseachers are working on making machines more useful to exploring our twin planet, Venus. | 2 |
d349bb7 | Why would there be a face on mars? It could be a computer image hicup.
The land erodes. There are a lot of things that are natural and look like faces.
But, it still might not be natural. No the rock formation is natural.
First off, it could be a computer image hicup. What I mean is That the camera that is moving takes different pictures of one area as its moving. I can relate to another "alien" sighting. A comet passing earth was thought to be a triangular UFO
but the telescope took three different pictures at once and gave it that UFO shape.
Secondly, The land erodes over time. The land could have eroded land could cause a "face" to appear. This "face" is nothing more than a simple act of nature and its way. In the top picture over time you can see it erode away, especialy the 1998 photgraph.
Thirdly, We see things that look like faces everyday, wether its clouds or land formations. We see our faces everyday, so its easy to compare. In the top picture you can see a land formation, but scince we know what a face looks like its easy to compare to. In the picture, yes we can see some definition but its still just a land form. For example the man in the moon, it looked like a face but wasn't.
On the other hand, it might be. Most theorists claim it appears to be an Egyptian Pharoh. The theorists also claim that the martians built the pyramids. It's a theory but it might be possible.
In conclusion, No it is a natural landform. It could be a computer image hicup.
The land erodes. There are a lot of things that are natural and look like faces.
But, it still might not be natural. If it is unnatural then there could be other life out there. | 3 |
d34e7d3 | We shouldnt have driveless cars because if we do you know people arent gonna pay attention there gonna be on there phones and be like oh my car is driving its self so i dont really have to pay attention. and then some people who have gotten their liscense provoked can probably just hop in one of those cars and probably put everyone in danger. people shouldnt have to always depend on technology and other machines to always do something for them . the way driving is now is fine. the people say it will make it safer but how will it really they will have to spend billions of dollars probably on money that they probably dont have to create a whole new driving system for people and if it doesnt work the all that money will go to waste.
If people strat growing up in a generation where you dont ahev to drive and the car will drive for you what are they learning. NOTHING! becaus ethere just learnmng how to be aware with the car not how to actually drive. Yes technology is advancing but that doesnt mean that all the Technology is the safest. Cars something that you have to learn how to drive not just something that learns how to drive its self. kids shouldnt have to be glued to technology 24/7 unless you in school please books in school be so heavy i swear to god imma have back troubles when i get older we just need i pads in our school but no our schools poor af.
Anyways back to the car thing. There reasoning is okay i guess but what happens when your driving onthe highway and your car senses something and stops automatically and everyone behing you is going 60 - 70 mph and crashes into you what happens then?
Its okay to have like those little beepy sensors and the little camera in the back of your car so you can see whats behind yopu when you back out but having a driverless car just seems to risky. Another point is that there are so many other problems in this world beside trying to figure out how to advance car technology . why dont they use that money to try to help cure cancer or help people in need not trying to make money but instead give bck people trhese days only care about themselves and there stupid fancy driverless cars instead of thinking about a child who doesnt even know what a car is. People these days kep on making up more excuses to be lazy just drive your car your self .
Kids are growing up in a world where there not gonna know how to do anything by themselves there always gonna depend on technology or something to help them through life. people honestly need to stop depending on technology to do everything for them its stupid i dont need my phone with me every second of the day unlike some kids i can actually put it up and i wouldnt need a car to drive me around because im not lazy i can drive myself. so many people are lazy and its so aggitating to know that people cant even freaking get in car and drive themselves they have to make technology to have the car drive its slef | 4 |
d35288c | I believe that driverless cars should not exist.
It's better to have people actually drive cars then to have people ride in cars without drivers.
The form of driverless cars in a public-transport already exists, its called a train.
They have to be very smart cars if they want to drive on its own.
There are so many reasons why driverless cars should not exist.
These cars are going to be so expensive that if they do make more then only a few amount of people will have them.
If people get in a car crash using the driverless car then the insurance of the man or women will have to pay for the damage when it ws actually the cars fault. Even if you crash the car the amount to fix the damage will be very expensive as well.
In the article it says "as long as thr driver is watching the road, the car will be watching the driver." Now since the driver in not actually driving the driver will eventually pull out is phone or go to sleep and since the driver wasn't paying attention the car would just crash since no was wacthing the road.
Every single piece of technology always has a malfunction so what makes us think that it is never going to have a problem.
Lots of reasons why we shouldn't have driverless cars.
If people want to but a driverless car it on them. I would get a car that will let me drive but prevent me from crashing.
Driverless cars is not a thing I will ever get. Thats what I think about driverless cars. | 2 |
d3557e5 | Driverless cars seem like an amazing jump into the future.
They would be a great addition to public transporation or maybe even personal use.
Google has already made some effort to making this dream a reality.
Although, these cars are not fully independent to be driving by themselves.
I believe that driverless cars would not only be better for our means of public transportation, but better for our environment as well.
Googles invisions would highly support my position.
The company is making efforts to have a public transportation system of driverless taxis.
With this improvement, today's taxis fuel usage would be halfed.
Ultimatly, the less fuel used is almost always better for our environment.
Although, it seems with every advance in technology, there is often a down side. The driverless cars are not exactly safe with modern technology. It is said that the cars can only do so much, needing a human to do some work at times.
The cars would need help with complicated traffic, work zones, and accidents.
Some accidents could even come from the cars themselves.
With the good and bad, driverless cars have much improvement to reach better safety requirements.
They wil help with minimizing the usage of fuel and public transportation trafic.
These cars have a ways to go, but thats nothing automakers can't solve. | 3 |
d356dc9 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classrooom is valuable because everyday you can tell how the person in a class is feeling. In the article it says," In fact, we human perform this same impressive "calculation" everyday . For instance you can probaly tell ow a friend is feeling simply by look on her face." Dr. Paul Eckman is a pyschologist who created FAACS (Facial Action Coding System.)
A quote in the article is ,"Eckman ha classified six basic emotion-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust,fear,and sadness-and then associated each with characteric movements of the fasical muscles."
In the class would see if a student is shocked when a teacher says something shock thier eyebrowns will raise up. In article it's says,''For example your frontails muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're suprised."
Another reason the use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classrooom is valuable because the computer knows when human are confused. In the article it says,"A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored or,"Dr. Huang predicts, Then it could modify the lesson, like an efective human instructor."The same technology can make computer-animated face more expessive- for video games or video surgery."Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication,"" notes Dr. Huang."So computers need to understand that, too."
The Last Reason The use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classrooom is valuable because compuers know your expression of your emotion. In the article it says,"The facial expression for each emotions for each motion observes Dr. Huang,"even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression.
Also It says your lab partners may know how you feeling. In the article it says," that there is a differnce between a genuine smile and a force smile." It also says in the article that in the real smiole,the zygomatic major(muscles that begin at your cheek boones) lift the cornes of your moth. | 2 |
d3570a8 | When someone thinks of the future, he or she may think of crazy gadgets that are made of technology years and years from our own time. However, humans aren't too far off from making these gadgets a reality. In particular, research and many tests concerning driverless cars have been happening for quite some time now. It gets people wondering though; does the development of these driverless cars reap more benefits than negatives? In my opinion, the development of driverless cars should be supported because of it will bring efficiency and safety for the entire human race.
First, the development of driverless cars can bring efficiency to the day-to-day life of an average human. The vision for these cars is that they will be a part of, "a public-transport taxi system. The cars [Google cofounder Sergey Brin] foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis." The United States is one of the largest sources of oil consumption, and we tend to get all of our gas from other countries. With the direction these cars seem to be taking, we'd not only reduce the amount of gas we use in the United States, but in the entire world. We wouldn't be emitting nearly as much air pollution either. The benefit of public transportation is also significant due to the fact that, it too, decreases all of these factors. Based on my knowledge, most European countries tend to consume a lot less oil than the United States because they use public transportation. It's a lot more efficient than everyone owning an individual car and driving. By supporting the development of driverless cars, all of these imaginable benefits for the efficiency of transportation can become a reality.
Secondly, the development of driverless cars can aid in concerns of safety. As the passage says, "Within 10 years, [] sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers ... Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." This is extemely significant, seeing as how automobile accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the United States. With these driverless cars, people are able to step in when absolutely necessary; other than that, the car can sense most danger and avoid it. These cars so far allow for "far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." We are already in a great spot as safety is concerned, and with further development comes even better improvements. If what Sergey Brin envisions becomes a reality, driverless cars could be the cause of a lot less death in automobile accidents worldwide.
In conclusion, the development of the driverless car has come very far in the very short time that it's been around. It's already allowed for a safer experience with automated brakes, multiple sensors, and notifications to the driver when something is wrong. With even further development than what we have already, safety could eventually not be a concern at all. With that being developed, so too are ways in efficiency and cost of transportation. By being for the development of driverless cars, so many significant benefits could be here in the years to come. | 5 |
d35875f | I think this Facial Action Coding System would be very helpful in classroom. Since it can accurately read emotions, I think it will be able to benefit students. I thinks the use of this in a classroom is very valuable in a class room.
I'm for the value of using this technology for reading students' emotional expresseion. In paragraph 6, it saids that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instuctor. " If the computer could do that, I think many students would be able to understand lesson and effectively learn more. Since the computer would be modifying the lesson to help you, it would be a lot easier to learn than only being taught one way. I also think that if classrooms had this
students will be able to comprehend what they have been taught and do well on test.
In conclusion, I think that this would a very positive outcome if implemented in the school systems. It would probably help improve many grades and students will have an easy time learning. If FACS (Facial Action Coding System) ever becomes official, it should be introduce to school systems. That is why I think this technology would be valuable in the classroom. | 2 |
d358b72 | If there were Driverless cars that drove among you would you fell safe? How about Driverless taxis? It would not be safe if a bunch of driverless taxis driving through the cities with pedestrians and cars in their way. What if they crashed? Who's fault would it be? Would it be the drivers even if they were not the ones who were driving or would it be the manafacture's fault for making a vechicle that isn't safe. There is still many questions to be answered before these driverless cars can even touch the road.
What would happen to all the other taxi companies that hired actual people to come and pick people up. If those people arn't needed and they are just more money out of the companies pockets then they are going to get fired or even worse, the companies are going to go bankrupt. Thousands of people will lose jobs and they won't be able to take care of their families. Would it be worth losing so many jobs just because it sounds cool and it can drive itself.
What if the driverless cars are misused? People could learn how it works and fuctions and use that for their advantage. They could find some way to hijack it and take over the car or worse and hijack someones taxi while some is in it. People could steal stuff from it or tear it up. People could put something in it that could harm the next person that comes in it. Someone could hack in to it and control it without even being near it. If the driverless taxis released to the streets then it would make a new type of hackers and make new types of criminal. New laws would have to be made because of the one type of car.
How much would it cost? Could people afford such a futeristic car? Could people still use them if the just got out of a bar or a hub and was drunk? How many people would be able to be in a car at once? It would also probably bankrupt bus companies and other travel companies becuase even if it was more expensive people would still rather be in a driverless taxi then a normal way to travel. How would it refuel? Would you have to go to a gas station yourself and spend even more money or would it do it itself for free but still waste your time? What would people do while the are just sitting there doing nothing?
It would not be safe to let driverless taxis rome the streets were normal people go. Nor would it be logical because of the damage it would do to the economy because of the taxi manafactures and other travel companies going bankrupt. There is too many questions to be answered before letting driverless taxis become legal. There are to many reasons that this could possibly go wrong or get out of hand. It would also be to harmful and dangerous for people. | 4 |
d35b054 | Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. This is because there are many diffrent things you can learn about Venius just by studying it. Venus is worthy to study because you can learn many diffrent things.
In paragraph one it states that , one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. The text states, " 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. " That is saying that venus isnt to far from earth where we can still see it. Venus is also a planet. Venus is the second planet from the sun.
In pargraph two it says that Venus is right around the corner. Which means it is right by the sun but right around the corner from earth. Us humans have sent many spacecrafts to land on this cloud -draped world. The text states, " Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. " That issue has exlained why many space crafts havent touched down on venus in more then three decades.
In paragrpah three , Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide . That blankets Venus. The planets surface temperatures average is over 800 degrees Fahrenhit. The text states, " These conditons are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. " Venus has the hottest suface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun.
That is many diffrent ways why the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He suggest this because it is very interesting on how many things you can learn from just reading about it. And not going there. Even though it is impossible. | 3 |
d35e751 | Dear state senator,
Hello my name is PROPER_NAME and I am writing to you about our voting system. Many individuals are not content with the Electoral College and many are. You could see both sides, but that does not mean we should switch to election by popular vote. Here are a few reasons on why the Electoral College method is the way to go.
During election by popular vote there is a great chance that there could be a "tie". A tie would cause a great set back in the voting process due to the fact that there would have to be more votes cast or even longer campaigns. In the Electoral College system we don't have to worry about things like that happening. Yes, disputes are possible, but they are very rare. As stated in article three under the headline certainty of outcome, the reason for very few disputes is that the wnning candidate's share of the Electoral College exceeds his share of the popular vote. It is highly unlikely for a tie to occur.
Article three line twenty-two reads " The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.". One example of this is in 1968 Nixon only had a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, but won the majority in the Electoral College. Another example is in 1992 when Clinton also only had 43 percent of popular vote but majority in the Electoral College. Source three line twenty-three states " It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state..". This is true but the Electoral College is still more efficient due to the fact there are rarely ever any ties.
The Electoral College eliminates the power of a large population, everything is equal. The winner-take-all method induces candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. Voters in the toss up states are likely to be te most thoughtful, the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election. The case in the popular vote method is very different.
Over all you can see that the Electoral College method is the way to go. There are les bumps in the road and it is very efficient. There are rarely any ties, everything is fair, and it avoids run-off elections. We should not switch to the popular vote method. | 4 |
d360054 | This teachnology is the new technology that can read whether the person is happy, sad,angry or fear. It said when you open up a computer and something pop up that make you smile the technology will give you more of that. Although, this teacnology is useful i think to some students it might be valuable because if they study about art they might think is useful and valuable to them. On the other hand some students might think is not valuable because they are not intersted in this techology and they might feel unsafe around it.
This technology Is useful in a way because it detect how other people are feeling,even when they are hideing their emotions. Facial Action Coding System can be helpful to the FBI because it calculat emotions and when they have a case where they dont know who is the cimial they can use this technology to help them out. Eventhough they person might not look like they will be the cimial but if they try to use this technology it might help them figure it out faster. In the article is said "Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication. So computer need to understand too." Although, computer is the techology in our everyday lives it such be able to read our emotion. This teachology will work for the students who are going to study in the art file.
Facial Action Coding System could go through your private system which some students would not wan't that to happen. If it could read your emotions it could read through you system and how you think and feel. Some students will think is invase of private area. Some students will feel unsafe around this technology because they feel like it know how to read your mind and how are you thinking. Students ahould feel safe when they are in school and around the technology in school.
Therefored, this technology should only be in a art classrooom or to the students who want to use it. It will help some students but in another hand some students will feel unsafe around it. Although, this techology is useful and valuble it should only be allow to the students who want to use it. If all over the school use this technology the school might get intouble too because what if the students dont want to use it and also their parents dont like it; the school could get sue for that. So therefore this techology should only be allow to the students who want to use. | 3 |
d36602f | I just graduaded for high school. I got an opportunity of a lifetime. My friend Don Reist to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I couldn'd say no to him. It was 1945 and world war to in Europe was just over and I wanted to help put it back together.
Many of the countries were left in ruins because of the war. I went to help because I wanted to help with them. Together we made UNRRA and hired seagoing cowboys take care of young and old caddle an the farms to get started with work.
In August 1945 we were sent to New Orleans. We were sent the day the Pacific war ended. I tured 18 before we went to Greece whitch ment I could be drafted to the army. Every one told me just do keep doing my job intil the time comes if it comes.
The cattle trips were hard and long. I saw China and it was cool. The Acropolis in greece was a sight. Most all the streets in Italy were full of water. but I had a good time were ever you put me.
In the end we all tryed to help out other people even if they arnt native to use. | 1 |
d379e1c | Have you ever heard of a seagoing Cowboys program? Well if you haven't or even if you have just keep on reading. If you like to help animals thin this is the artical for you. I think you should particapate in the seagoing cowboys program. There are many reasons why you should perticipate in this Seagoing Cowboy program. So just keep on reading to see what those reasons are.
I think you should try it out but if you dont right now you might eant to at least reaserching this and see if you would like to try out this seagoing Cowboys program. I think you need to try seagoing Cowboy program beacause in the passage "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves." There was a man named Luke Bomberger he loved this program he even experienced going over the Alantic Ocean six-teen times and also went though the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by the World War ll. Would you like to experiance that type of fun.
Also I think you should at least try this beacuse in the passage "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves." It states in paragraph two that he helped recover their food supplies, animals , and more , forty-four nations joined together to form an UNRRA (the united Nations Relief and Rehabitstion Administation.) That needed to be recoverdfrom desasters.
I also think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program because it states that in paragraph six that you care about animals on the way back from safty. Would you like to save a pour animals life? It states that "Bales of hay and bages of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship." It also states that they have to clean the stalls. that would mean that the pour animals need your help because they need more people to help them out with the pour animals with feeding them and also cleanding there stalls.
Third of all I think you need to at lest try this is because of paragraph four it states that when he turend eigh-teen that Luck Bomberger was going to try to go to the miitary service, but when they found out that he was on a cattle-boat trip they said that he should just keep doing what he is already doing. That just by doing that it helped alot so he did not need to searve in the milatery.
This is about how and also why wou schould at least think about going the Seagoing Cowboy program. If you belive that you would want to at least find out more you should partisipate it dose not even have to be that long of your searvice. Would you likek to join now that you have read you have read my convinsing artical on why you should join the Seagoing Coyboy proogram? | 3 |
d37a1d4 | While you may believe that this is the work of an advanced and unknown species, then you're wrong. But, let us look at the details and evidence we have to make a final determination. Let us use the information provided by Nasa to clarify this arguement.
There is no evidence of life on Mars. There isn't even water or oxygen. Without water or oxygen, the planet cannot sustain such life. Futhermore, natural land formations on earth do exist like this. In Paragraph 12, Garvin says, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." He goes futhermore, clarifying information about the phenomenon, saing, "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa. It's around the same height as the Face on Mars"
Garvin goes on with the rule of thumb, stating, "You can discern things in a digtial image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." So even if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" The 2001 photo taken of the face shows that it really spans 1.56 meters, not 43 meters. This also clarifies that aliens didn't create this object, because it's measurements are closet to that of natural formations found on Earth.
Looking at the Evidence provided, we can discern, friend, that this isn't the work of aliens. The research provided by NASA has no record on file of any extra-terrestrial lifeforms. Also, the research indicates that this is natural because the formation's measurements are closer in proximity to Earth landforms. Also, conspiracy theorist lack validity and credibility, as well as research or evidence. In Conclusion, provided by this, we can determine, that this is just a natural formation. | 3 |
d3899c9 | Many cities and countries are starting a new trend that is not using cars at all. Vehicles can cause many problems such as air pollution, congested roads, and injuries due to wrecks. Some cities have started some type of way to promote how bad vehicles really are and advising people on what to do to stop driving.
For three years in Bogota, Colubia, the city has a day called, "Day Without Cars" where in this city, home of seven million citizens, nobody can use a vehicle unless they are willing to pay a $25 fee if they were get caught. Columbians greatly support this cause by hiking, biking, skating, and taking the bus to work. This caused the roads to be clear and not congested like they usually are.
Paris has a system to help support limiting car use as well. They take even and odd numbered license plates and designate a day that's either even or odd. On the even day, car owners that have an even license plate are ordered to leave their car at home, and vice versa for odd. If they have drive their car on the day they were ordered to leave it home, they have to pay a fee of $31.
The United States has reached a point to where cars are starting to become unpopular. In 2005, the amount of miles driven peaked, and in April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was down approximately 9% below the peak in 2005. That is eqaul to where the U.S. was in 1995.
Another advantage of limiting car usage is that some companies that are in the computer/cell phone business are making more money. In the United States, many people are using the computer and telephone to communicate with people because it's faster and easier to access than having to drive around town to meet with someone. This means that computer websites are making more money and the phone companies are making more money since people are using their phones more often.
Next, cars can cause major stress to some people. Traffic jams, animals running across the road, not being able to see due to smog, and car accidents stress people out because they are either too busy to deal with it or being scared that they might hurt someone/something or may even get hurt themselves. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter in an article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal.
Also people's health could improve tremendously as a result of limiting car usage. Walking to work could burn the calories that people ate at breakfast. Hiking, running, skating, and biking to meet up for lunch or for little kids to go to the play ground could greatly increase people's health. Since people would be technically exercising while going to places, they would be more proned to drinking water to rehydrate themselves which would make them a healthier person in the process as well.
The process of limiting car usage has started or has already taken over cities and countries. It can reduce stress, increase the health of people, and increase the profit for business. The advantages of limiting car usage may seem small, but in the end they will have a huge impact on societies. | 4 |
d38aa66 | Luke thinks other people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. He graduated in Highschool, had two jobs and didnt know his life would change. Don his friend invited him to go to Europe and he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
In the passage it says it was 1945, World War II was over in Europe and many countrys were left in ruins. Europe was in trouble because they needed to recover their food supplies, animals, and more. So if anything like this happened you could help them out.
The passage also says In August 1945, they received their orders to report to New Orleans. Not only you would work in Europe you would be around the world and that could be a unique adventure which you could do if u joined Seagoing Cowboys.
Lastly the passage says Luke turned 18 before arriving in Greece, which meant he could be drafted for military service. Just for signing up for the Seagoing Cowboys program it could take you to higher places.
In conclusion joining the Seagoing Cowboys program would be really intresting. You might just go to a place you always wanted to go but your not just going there because you want to go your going their for a good cause. | 2 |
d38cbdf | According to the article, I support the author in studying Venus. I believe this is a great idea because we all need to be informed about our solar system and what's going around. I believe we all need to be aware of the dangers it could cause, and what could happen.
If you take a look at paragraph 2 and 3, it gives us a good explanation about things that they have studied in the past and things we need to be aware of. Like, did you know that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience here on Earth? I did not know that and I find it amazing how that works or how we can just be so aware about things like this. It is good to know the goods and bads of everythings and this is why I support the author. These are some important need to knows and I think we all need to stay and be aware of these type of things. Just to be more informed.
It is good to know the dangers of things because none of us want to be living and wondering what could happen to us if we don't understand something. | 1 |
d3913f7 | When the inventions of mass production for cars started I doubt that the makers ever thought of a car that could drive itself. In this new technological age though the sky is the limit and companies are racing to make the holy grail of cars. One that does not even require a driver. There are arguments for driverless cars saying that it will decrease human error, however there are also those who are against the movement of driverless cars.
How do you start to trust a automobile to safely drive your family around by itself? There can always be faults in manufacturing and giving cars one hundred percent control is something that many may be uneasy about. The idea that there may be a point in time when no one owns cars is forgin. However flexible a taxi system maybe, I would still like to know that my car is mine and not shared with a thousand other people. The difficulties of perfectly matching the supply and demand for people who need the cars may be next to impossible.
At this point in time the prototypes for these driverless cars are not driverless. The car itself is able to navigate situations by itself however there are times in traffic or by work zones when the human driver has to be notified and take the wheel. A problem is that "this means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."
What would happen if the driver had fallen asleep? Is the car equiped to pull itself over untill the driver wakes up?
There would alo have to be new laws and regulations put in place to protect drivers and the manufactures. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault---the driveror the manufacturer?" You do not want to have car companies putting out bad products and having the public rely on them to do one hundrd precent of the work. You also would not want those companies taking the blame for every avoidable fender bender. Where is the line on liability?
The flip side of the coin may be the good that these new cars could do for society and the environment. Using only half for the gas would be increditible. Gas prices would decrease because of the supply and demand. There would be less CO2 pollution in the air and over all it would be a better environment. Having the ablitiy to sit back with your family and watch a movie while driving from Mississippi to New York is amazing. The price of airfare may also go down because it there would be a comfertable choice that is both cheaper and less of a hassle. This may also help people with diablities be more independent. There are already cars out there for them that are altered but I am sure a vast majority could still gain a lot from driverless cars.
I myself can not wait for the day when I can tell a car where to go then take a nap. The realities however are that it may not happen for the next forty years. To get to a point when every car out there is driverless will take time. Passing laws, rebuilding roads, passing test, and just sealing the cars will take more time then I would want. The idea of not owning my own car however id domeything that I do not look forward to. The thought of sitting in what is the same as a public seat for hours a day is crazy to me. It could also be a easy way to pass on illnesses. I still look forward to own my own private driverless car. | 4 |
d393d4b | Did you know that there is a face on mars. Scientists are trying to figure out if it's signs of alien life forms or if it's just a landform. Most conspiracy theorists think it cme form an ancient civilization on mars. Nasa say's other wise but it could be either one.
The face on mars is indeed a natural life form. It is just a Mesa made on mars a long time ago."What the picture actually shows is the Martian equiv
alent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. This means the landform is just a Martian mesa."Thousands of anxious web surfurs were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing. . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." This means after taking photos and doing research scientists concluded that it's just a natural land form.
The face on mars is still popular and will keep you guessing but it is only a natural landform. Lots of conspiracy theorists thought it wasn't a landform and it was an alien made object. But soon was proven wrong with evidence that is is not any sort of alien being or object at all. | 2 |
d39affc | Become a Seagoin Cowboy Today
Many people have different occupations and ways to earn currency around the world.
One of the best occupations for you could be a Seagoing Cowboy. Working in this area can do many things for you, including helping to grow your cultural understandings as you would be working around the world meeting and working with new people. You would be taking care of animals that are aboard your ship, providing food and water for them. Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy will be a oppurtunity you can not pass up.
As a Seagoing Cowboy your main job is to transfer animals around the world while tending to them aboard a boat. While stopping in a country you have the oppurtunity to go and see monuments, historical cities, and almost anything you can imagine! You will be assinged a task and given animals such as horses or mules to bring over to countries in need of them. You can start this job at a young age and work your way up through the system. This occupation will take extended periods of time while working day and night, wich means you would have to be away from your family.
In conclusion A Seagoing Cowboy could be an amazing job for some who want to work in this sort of field. You get to travel the world to places you have only dreamed about visiting. You will be working with animals throughout the day, growing a tight bond with them. And you will have the chance to meet new people with different cultures and up-bringings. Become a Seagoing Cowboy today! You will not be disappointed. | 2 |
d39dbc5 | The author should continue studying Venus despite the dangers it presents. because in the text it talks about how they had to stop studying Venus since the spacecraft would not survive more than a few hours.
What they know about Venus is how thick its atomosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide, and its challenging are the clouds of sulfuric acid. The planets surface the average surface is 90 times much more then on earth. And it has the hottest temperature in the solar system even if Mercury is the cloest its not as hot as Venus.
Since no spacecraft survived the landing more than a few hours. They would stop because it wouldn't survive. It explains why they haven't got a spacecraft to stay at Venus. And what I would have to guess on why they didn't survive is probadly because how intense Venus really is. Now by intense I mean how strong the planet really is. Now more then 3 decades Venus has not had a spacecraft there. They haven't gave up. But they're trying to find a way.
NASA is working on other ways to study Venus. NASA thought about sending humans to study Venus. But the conditiond of venus makes it hard, because they have to orbit the planet and they cannot take samples like rock or gas. The only thing they could get to study Venus are images.
I still think the author should continue on studying Venus despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
d39ff4c | I think that we can help people in america by going over sea to help people all over the world. I enjoyed playing table tennis with my friends on board after we had deliverd the animals. We also used to play softball and soccer when we were done. I still remeber the time I saw the Panama canal, the Acropolis in Greece, and the time I took a gondola ride in Venice. If you lived on a farm this is a great oportunity for you. I hope you can join and learn to love it.
I think that you would enjoy it even more if you loved animals. I loved feeding the horses and cows. If you do join heres a tip, learn to love the animals and treat them very kind. Also dont spook the horses they are like big babies. The cows shouldnt be as bad but be careful anyway. I loved spending time with the animals. It was a great experince. | 2 |
d3a7bc3 | Changing the election by popular votes for the presidents of the United States is fair right? We'll it says according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore thanks to the quirks of the electoral college won the popular vote but lost the presidency over 60 percent of the voter would prefer a direct election to the kind that we have now.
Next, There are problems with the electoral college system voters vote not for a slate of electors, who inturn electthe president. Imagine if we had electoral votes it would be much easier and fair for all the people, than just rather have senate or House of Representatives have to pick, or Congress. At the most basic level,the electoral college is unfair to voters.
Then, Some of the problems that we have, Because of the winner take all syste, in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning and that's a big problem focusing only on the tight races inthe "swing" states. It is informing us that During the 2000 there was a campaign that seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all,including states Rhode Island and South Carolina. and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't even get to see a single campaign ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voter, they have yetto make it.
Last, It almost obvious the electoral college is unfair, outdatedand irrational. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this butBob Dole was right he said to Abolish the electoral college. Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for Congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. In 1968 a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election then, In 1976, a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 voters in ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe
In conclusion, we voters have to stand up for our rights achieve our goal making this a better country and society to live in. Electoral votes should be made it is a much easier system. Changing the election by popular votes for the presidents for the United States is fair right? It is fair because it makes our country muche easier and better place to live. Some of the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. It is clearly unfair Electoral College votes should be madefor everyone to have popular votes, to vote in this country. | 3 |
d3aaf6d | "Unmasking the face on mars" this is a natural landform and you can't argue it i'm going to make you believe with these facts your about to recieve. On May 24, 2001 witch was 25 years ago something happended around Mars. NASA's V1 spacecraft was circling the planet, getting photos for landing sites for V2, when it spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous
head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be looking back at the cameras from a red planet called Cydonia. A few days after it was spotted by NASA they unveiled the image for all to see. They noted it was a 'huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human face. Althought few scientists believed the face was an alien artifact, photo of cydonia became a priority for NASA. And so on April 5, 1998 Mars global surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time snapped a picture then times sharper then the originals then later on the web they revealed . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. | 2 |
d3ac360 | I think that it is good that smart cars are being made because say if someone is paying attention to the road and doing something with there child like giving there baby a toy or something and there eyes are off the road then nothing is there to help stop the car. A smart car is a good thing to have because it will most likely lower the amount of crashes that happen even year and even drop the death rate per year. So i think smart cars are a good idea because say if your having a hard time parking your car then the car can do it for you? If someone is drinking and driving or texting and driving then that car can save someones from causing a death or injury. another reason is that the businesses that are making the smart cars are getting extra money for making these car so they can have extra money to add better advances to there car and it will be safer for teen to drive and for younger kids that are in the back seat enjoying there time and they can be safe and enjoy there time.The main resson i am saying all of theses thing is that i want are cars to be more safer so that we want have to worry that much about are family members getting into crashes because they were paying that much attention to the road and they didn't have anything to help them from preventing them from crashing or even the kids in the back of the car can just sit back and just have a wonderful time enjoying there lifewhy they are in the car.That is why i think making driveless cars are very important in the world today. | 2 |
d3b13b0 | The face that was discoverd by NASA was
just a natural landform ,it was not made by alliens.There's many explainnations that people made about this natural landform.Scientist used Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
MGS arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997 .It seems like every year the natural landform starts to wear off.Many people was excited that this could mean that there's life in space but the study proved that this is just a natural landform and he compared it to the Snake Plain of Idaho because its like the same thing it was formed in Idaho "a natural landform".
What i think is that it's just a natural landform but people still to this day still believes that ,that wasn't formed by a natural landform even after the reseach by NASA and other researchers.I think people just want to put the thought in our head that alliens are real.
The natural landform on space is going to fade away real soon so when that happens people who thought it was made by alliens are going to know the truth. | 2 |
d3b4032 | In the article the author supports this idea explaning first how Venus is often referred to Earth's twin. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms to density and size. In the difference in seep mean that sometimes we are closer to, Mars and other times to Venus. The author says that on Venus surface, temperatures average over 800 deggrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth.
In the article the author says that Venus has the hottest temperatures of any planet in our solar system. In Venus weather present additional impbnediments like for eripting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.
The author is putting examples of how imaging a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. Just for the jets airplane travel at a higher altitude to fly ovwer many storms or anything thats going on and see how things happen why they happen and is there a pattern an which way they happen.
But if it works than the researchers can not take samples of rocks and gas or anything else. Therefore the sicentists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get more closer up. NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. Anotherproject is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. the Author gives examples on how NASA is trying to study Venus. | 1 |
d3b40cd | I believe that the electoral college should be changed and be ended oncce and for all.
I think that the electoral college is a certain way of cheating in a presidency that you dont want to win. When people in the states vote for a new president they're giving all of they're votes to the electors. This is one of the biggest reasons I think its not fair. They're trusting the elecotrs with all of they're votes when they dont even know who the electors will vote for.
Almost nobody in the states even know's who the electors are. Why should everyone be putting they're trust with votes into people they dont know? Even when I read the passage I saw that the electors could possibly get confused and vote the wrong way and if many of them end up doing that you can ultimately end up with the wrong president.
Another big flaw that the electoral college consists of is what if it does end up getting a tie? then we would have to pass it all onto the House of Represenatives. If the house of rep, end up picking the wrong president, it could be even worse. I'm personally not into politics but I can already tell that if I was I would hate the electoral college, I dont even understand how you couldn't.
The electoral college I feel is something that first started out helping the elections for when it was first created but has changed massively over time, and it hasn't changed in a good way at all. It's almost as if our own american citizens can pick they're president. We have to leave that all up to our electors, which I dont this is FAIR at all to all our voters.
If it wasn't for our electoral college, we would've never had George W. Bush as are president. He didn't even get the most votes! but since our electoral college can vote for whoever he ended up winning anyways. I think this topic is obviously a one sided question cause there's obviously a right answer here. Abolish the electoral college!
Thank you. | 3 |
d3bb699 | To begin, I feel like the Facial Action Coding System would start a big argument if it should be used or not. Most people are going to question the the software. For example, What if a student didn't want everyone to know thier emotions? Also, Isn't that kind of invation of privacy? But i can see the positive side of the new software to.
First of all, the new software "Facial Action Coding System", has a lot of positive sides about it. In paragraph six it says, "A classroom computer recognizes when a student is becoming confused or bored." This will modify the lesson it the computer reads that the student is confused or bored. Also, If the new system reads student emotions this could stop a lot of school shootings. Furthermore, If the new software doesn't recognize the student or person it could send an alert to the office and other classroom so the could lock their doors an hide.
Secondly, there are some negitives about the system. For example, in paragraph six it says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." This shows that the computer needs to understand that too. Also, Isn't the new software kind of invading your privacy? Because, What if you don't want anyone to know your emotions? Is this really going to help students learn or lose human emotions?
All in all, I personally think the new software should be used only in schools for the students, teachers, and staffs around the world. If this system can recognize students and teachers then doing the attendance should be quick. This new software could save students lives and stop school shooting. Do you want your childrens lives safer at school than a dead zone of kids? | 3 |
d3bc7e7 | Have you ever thought about joining the Seagoing Cowboys? If not then take a read into this artical about why it is a great journy and an amazing site to be one. It may be hard work, but the fun you will have is going to be crazy.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is alot of work. It is very hard. But i can assure you that you are going to have the time of you life. You are going to see many amazing places such as China. This is a thrill taking event we don't want YOU to miss. You also will not be promted to join the Army by the age of 18. This journy has many things you can do! You are to help the poeple in need, such as the people who are ingourd. Or you can look over and watch the beatutfil seas as you are being a watchgaurd. As Luke Bombeger (he was a man who porticipated in this act) once said " I'm greatful for this oprotunity! It made me more aware of people and other countries and their needs."
Not only will you just watch the seas or help the people but you can also do things such as, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games games to pass the time. You will do thease things because even though you are on a hard trip that you should be working on, you have free time. In fact you will have LOTS of free time! This will help you think clearer while you are working hard on those bing wide oceans.
As you can see you have a lot of hard work to do, but i assure you that you are going to have the time of your life on the big ocean. There are so many sites to see, creatures of the sea to hear, and work to do. There are so many things you could be doing. There are so many sites you could be seeing. This is one big oprotunity of a life time. You can get SO MANY adveantages such as not being drafted for the war. You could take thease advantiges from your hand RIGHT NOW! You could be riding the sea and be in so many places that are only in your wildest dreams. You could go and see an amazing exotic animal if your lucky! Now see, why would you pass this off. Why would you say "No thank you!"? Because you have the ocean. You are a Seagoing Cowboy. This life may be hard, it may be frightaning, it may even be a lonly trip for you, but you will meet some of yourbest friends fo a life long on this trip. You could get over your fears of the waves in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE!!! Amagine this life. Amagine riding the waves with a big smile on your face. Amagine your freinds being right there by your side. Amagine going to your favoret place in the ENTIRE WORLD. YOU could go there. YOU could make friends. And YOU can make a life that people would always want. You could make this all yours and you could have the seas be only a small portion of the world. This could be somthing that you don't want to pass down. Think about this. Think about the amazing world and life you could have if you wanted it. If you are for this life. If you have wanted to ride the seas. Then THIS job is for you! This is the PERFECT job for a person like you. Think about it. Amagine it. And take it. | 3 |
d3bee4b | Venus, the hottest planet of the Solar System, can be cool but risky and dangerous for everyone. People want to be on this gaseous planet, but spacecrafts only live for an hour or so. It also couldn't hold fertile terrain and productivity of life due to the geothermal heat of Venus. Can the acheivement be fulfilled by studying the planet Venus? The author of
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" points out that travelling to Venus would be a worthy pursuit despite of the dangerous conditions that is present. It is very achieveable because of recent experiments from scientists to investigate the conditions of Venus and to collect evidence from their investigations.
The ability of landing in Venus can be acheived by the studies that scientists try to experiment. Scientists have worked with this problem recently to innovate the possibilities of going to Venus and to make it work with ease. In paragraph 5 of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it clearly states," Just as our jet airplanes
travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendlyground conditions by staying up and out of the way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would be still be toasty at around at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This quote from the excerpt is telling that it would be hard to be in the Venus conditions but it is very survivable for people to see the massive terrains of Venus. That task is an endeavour but would still be achieved in the future.
The endeavour of being on the landmasses of Venus can be still achieved, not only by studying the investigations but also in collecting evidence. The people who work in NASA have been collecting data to see if people can survive on specific planets. One major example from the excerpt "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" on paragraph 7 claims," Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This textual information can solve the
accomplishment of going to Venus by testing different gears and parts that determines the out come of being on Venus.
Challenges can be made in days, weeks, months, and/or years. But it depends on the people the most. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tells the readers that accomplishing an impossible endeavour will be rewarding in the future. The passage tell readers that accomplishing the task can be worthwhile by learning from the endeavour, how to solve this situation, and what needs to be done in the future. This text can inspire kids to adults to learn that this task can be acheived in anyway or form. If this text helps the imagination of people to new roads of discovery, their chance can lead them on a great and adventurous path. | 4 |
d3c0cb9 | There's a face on Mars! Just kidding its a buttle or mesa landform. In 1976 NASA has sent Viking 1 spacecraft was snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2. when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a humans face. Couple days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The face on Mars has since become a pop icon. Some scientists believed the face was an alien artifact.
On April 5, 1998 when MGS flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Revealing a natural landform. there is no alien monument after all. Some people was not satisfied because they wanted to believe it was an actually alien artifact. But no, the MGS had to go take another photo to prove its a landform.
Some people ain't satisfied because they think the camera didnt get a good enough pictures of the alien markings cause they were hidden by haze. Everyone is wishing its alien face on Mars but instead they are getting a landform. Gravin says that they dont pass over the face very often because its not easy to find Cydonia.
On April 8, 2001 Malin's team has took another photo of the face. but we all know its a landform. if there were objects in the photo like airplane on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks. The pitures is actually showing you a buttle or mesa landform. So when the MGS said it wasnt a face people got upset and wanting them to take another photo.
So for everyone who is believing thats the face on Mars is wrong. Its a landform common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plian of Idaho. says Garvin. "Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars. So from now on its a landform not a face on Mars. | 3 |
d3c355b | I really like the fact technology has changed over time by smart people who have the time and committment to make our community a better place. It is really hard to tell emtion sometimes. There's sometimes people who have a relaxed face, but is happy. I totally agree with the computer technology to tell emotion for paintings and illustrations. Although, I wouldnt recommend using it on students maybe for some people, but not for all. Certain students could take that very personal like "invading their privacy" situation type, but I certaintly wouldn't use it on students.
Constructing a 3-D model of the face of a painting or illustration I could understand that, but having the audacity to invade someones space would be a totally different story, when you could just ask them about their problems or just to even check up on them. Severall of students could take in the process personal, beause they might not want people to know that they're upset or angry only for the simple fact people can go and spread your business, or maybe they don't want to talk.
Permission of using it on students also matters. You're not just going to walk up to any person, take a picture of them, and then run away with it. Something is going to be said. The technology of it is so cool, but personally used on students, The professors and any other users have got to be out of their minds to use it for such reasoning on students. Realizing expressions throughout other humans are very common, only because we know what the emotions of sad, happy, excited, scared look like. We can tell when there's something wrong, because that's just our humanly instincts.
Supporting my evidence as to "Most communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. "Some computers need to understand that too." I totally disgaree with that though computers shouldn't know all personal information on how which and who feels some kind of way when you can talk out their problems. They don't have to have a happy face to be happy, or a sad face to be sad. There are people who hide their feelings deep down inside faking their emotion on the outside. A lot of things you can't just "up and tell" human instincts don't work like that.
Came to thought that all technology is not meant for human interactions. Again, invading space just is not healthy or right for other people. Some may want to be left alone, not bothered with. Especially without permission. Things could change within the matter of seconds. Emotions are so common eve with the looks on their face, but there are going to be a lot times where other people hide them. Personal things just shouldn't be shared or forced on someone. No permission, not to be bothered with. Want to be alone? Leave them. Space is important. | 4 |
d3c55a0 | For many years, people have been debating whether or not Mars has life forms living on it. In 1976, NASA came across a strange image. On the side of Mars, there seemed to be a landform that looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Many people believed this to be a sign of life on Mars, but it really is not.
If the image from Mars did infact prove that there is life on Mars, NASA would benefit greatly. "Some people think that the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars---evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." Why would NASA lie about this if telling the truth meant more funding?
NASA has tried over and over again to prove that the Face is just a landform; we just won't listen. "We felt this was important to taxpayers,' explained Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program. 'We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it."
The image is showing us that there is a butte on Mars, of which scientists have made many comparisons to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Of course there might be life on Mars, but there's no way to know for sure. Blaming NASA for lying about the discovery of "aliens" is just simply illogical. NASA is an organization that explores space and everything in it, hoping to find something they can share with the world. The Face may be a neat discovery to show your kids one day, but it is definately not a sure sign of life on Mars.
People need to stop thinking that they know more than the professionals. NASA is an organized group of scientists who know more about space and science than the common person. They have classified the Face as nothing more than a butte, and it's time that we except that. In the future alien lifeforms may be discovered on Mars; that day is just not in 1976. | 3 |
d3c5dd7 | Dear Mr./Ms. Senator,
I think it would be a good idea to change the election by popular vote for election of our president. It would be a good idea for a few reasons. One it doesn't fully represent the people, (or general population.) For example, Persident Obama in the 2012 election only recieved 51.3% of the population vote. However because of the Electoral College, he was able to become the president of the United States. And us, the voters, well we aren't even voting for our president. According to source two,
The Indefensible Electoral College , " Voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." So us the people aren't even voting, do our votes really even count? Say i live in a state like Maine, then i only have 4 electoral votes, oppose to a big state like Texas, who according to the map in the third source have "38 electoral votes". My vote really doesnt even count. Because of the amount of votes your state gets in the upcoming election relys on the population. But every state only gets one final vote. so say Wyomming gets just as many votes as Texas, who represents 35 million voters. Do you see how this is unfair? And then theres the "Disaster Factor", This can destroy anyones chances at becoming president. It happened in the 60's it happened in the 2000 election, it can happen anytime. The Disaster factor is when repressentatives vote for whom ever they please. When this happened in the 60's rasists almost succeded in a plan to bump President Kennedy from the office. they were going to replace all the electors with different people to go up against Kennedy. The electors can bassically do what ever they please, considering we voted them in. They casn defy us as much as they please. In the 1968 election, just a mere 8 years after the would be catastropy of the segragationists, a tie, yes a tie, almost occured. It was about 10,000 votes away form a "deadlock tie". According to the second source, " During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all." They basically told the swing voters to take it off their hands and vote for who they pleased. These are just a few of the reasons why The Electoral College is Outdated and needs the be repalced.
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PROPER_NAME, high school student | 3 |
d3cc1d2 | Some students don't shre there emotions because something bad or wrong happened in there life they don't want to talk about. Why bring it out of them with technology?
In paragragh 7 it gives intrusctions on what to do when looking in the mirror. Then goes on to talk about how those intrusctions show a happy face and what those muscle actions show if a person shows a genuine smile or a foced smile. If a person was told to follow those instructions wouldn't that be considered a forced smile. What if a student has a bad day during school and in a lab they have to follow these instuctions in a mirror that would be a foced smile. I think that we should not deal with others emotions or try to figure them out because it there life and if they want to let there emtions out they can. Im not trying to say that you should keep your emotions inside and struggle with them. Im saying that a person shouldn't be watched all the time and studied to find there emotions. In paragraph 6 it talks about in an example if you smile or forwn in a Web ad when it appears on your screen a similar follows or changes. Most poeple hate ads poping up on there screen so why make more pop up according to your emotions. A person with an ad popping up made be fine the frist time, but when it happens over and over again the person may get upset or angry because the ads ar changing his/her emotions.
Emotions should be left alone or delt with at the right time, not monitored all the time. I think this technology is an invastion of privacy in a way. People should live there life how they want to live it and if they want there emotions being monitored they can, but if not they have the right to refuse. | 2 |
d3d80b9 | To get from point A to point B, whether it be from home to the park or from school to the movies, the logical answer that pops up in everyone's mind seems to be a car. Automibles such as cars and motorcycles are widely used and are integrated into every part of society. But do automobiles really need to be so rooted into everything people do as a society? Cars and motorcycles create a myriad of problems such as congestion and smog. Some societies even legally limit their community's automobile usage to attempt to correct some essential problems. Limiting automobile usage is important, because not only is it practiced globally with tremendous success, but it also largely reduces pollution caused by diesel fuel and brings to light issues within communities and accounts for their resolution.
Automobiles are thought of as a daily commodity in most urban countries, but there are some societies in which usage has been reduced or even eliminated entirely and the positive results may be shocking. In the suburban city Vauban, Germany, residents have given up automobiles for a chance at a life free of traffic sounds and stress. This experimental journey within the town has acheived these and so much more. Their streets are essentially car-free and the lack of garages and parking space allows for up to 5,500 people to live in a single rectangular square mile with any necessary stores within walking distance (Source 1 Par 6). Simlarly-yet on a much smaller scale, Bogota, Columbia has initiated a car-free day in an attempt to eliminate the area's pollution as well as reduce stress. The day is on its third year and has done as hoped. Additionally, Bogota's once pitted and uneven sidewalks have been since replaced and made much smoother, and the city has introduced parks and sports centers, new restaruants, and new shopping centers which are blossoming and thriving (Source 4 Par 28). these changes have created a society both happy and strongly bonded. As wonderful as these positive shifts in society are, limiting autombile usage can do even more.
A limit in automible usage can also benefit communities by reducing pollution-seeing as a large majority of air pollution is created through the release of diesel fuels into the air. Paris, France legally banned personally autombile use throughout the city in order to rid the city's air of harsh pollutants (Source 2 Par 10). France experiences a combination of cold nights and warm days that trap the emmisions from cars, scooters, and motorcycles (Source 2 Par 15). By significantly reducing the amount of diesel fuels rising to the air to be trapped, the smog had cleared enough within mere weeks that the city was able to entirely lifted the ban. This is a major example of the advantages limiting car usage entails.
Altogether, limiting automobile usage is key to improving society and has myriad advantages such as creating a more bonded and pleasant community and reduces environmental hazards like pollution. Creating vehicular limits is a promising way to change the world as we know it for the better. | 4 |
d3da047 | I am against the development of driverless cars. I am against these cars because they are not completely independent, they could cause accidents, and they will develop conflicts between the manufacturer and the driver. These cars could cause a dramatic change in the driving society.
I am against these cars because they are not completely independent. "They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." This means that the driverless cars are not compatable to fully being able to drive alone. The driver in the car would have to be alert when a situation has approached. If there was an incident where the driver was not paying attention or the signals would have not went off , the driver would have never known to take over, which would cause serious incidents. The driverless cars should be able to be commited to the road fully.
Although the Driveless Cars are tested, they could still cause accidents. Accidents could occur if the driver is not aware of the car being in need of help with specific traffic issues. Also, anything could go wrong with technology. These cars lack human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. These situations could cause an even more devastating effect.
Furthermore, these cars will cause conflicts with the law between manufacturers and drivers. Laws would have to be changed in order to fit with the development of these driveless cars. If a situation occurs and the driver is hurt, whose fault is it? If the car is driving, will it be the manufacturer? Or, if the driver is in control and there is an accident, how would anyone have known? These cars should be more reliable.
In conclusion, I am against the development of driveless cars. I am against these cars because they are not completely independent, they could cause accidents, and they will develop conflicts between the manufacturer and the driver. These cars could cause a dramatic change in the driving society. | 4 |
d3eae26 | Most people might suggest to keep the electoral college work. Yet some other people don't. The method "Winner-Takes-All" is only fair enough, because why should the person who lost earn a reward , the people made their desicions, and whoever lost, goes back home.
Keeping the Electoral College also avoids problem of election, because once the votes are in, and they count the votes, there are no more talking but to accept the winner.
Winner Takes All, when competing in for election, its not right to share your reward with the opposing component. Once you win, you take it all. when election comes and the citizens vote, "They are likely to be most thoughtful voters, on average(and for the further reasom that they will have recived the most information and attention from the candidiates), and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election." (source#3, paragraph 20). Although people may disagree and say "Candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the"swing" states."(source#2, paragraph 13). Yes, that may be true, but again, when the people vote, they only want what they want, no jokes.
The Electoral College is helping to avoid problems of election. | 2 |
d3ec13a | Do i think Facial Action Coding System would be a great idea. Yes i think they should try using the new technology. I feel that it would help, us humans more and better. Its so many daily problems that could be solved with this Facial Action Coding Sytem.
Like the criminal Justice system criminals wouldnt be able to get away with simple things rape charger would be solved easier all those thngs. Its so many rumors and lies the goverment has but we dont know if there true or not. Thats why Facial Action coding would help the Undited states in so manny different ways. Terriost in America would be caught and solved.
Alot of murders also happen because of relationships a bad break up, might not go as well as planned. Thats why with this Facial coding they would know whos lieing, whos no bieng honest and all. So my opinion on the Fcial Action Coding is yes give it a go see how many daily problems it solves. | 2 |
d3eed9a | If you want to help take care of animals whose countries were destroyed during World War II then come be apart of the program
Come be apart of the seagoing Cowboys program. You can take care of horses and other animals that need help while others are fighting overseas. And we will travel around the world! You will be feeding the animals giving them hay, oats, and water. You will also have to make the stalls are cleaned and not dirty. The will need to check on them every now and then to make sure they are ok. And then we try to find a place for the animals to be housed and taking care of. And you will be grateful that you did this. You will get to visit other countries and lands that were destroyed by world war and help all these animals.
That is why you should join the seagoing Cowboys program!
Thank you for reading. | 2 |
d3f67cc | Doesnt matter if you take a car , bus, bike, trian or whatever kind of transportation you take to get somewhere as long as your getting there. Therefore if it is so many safer ways to get to where you need to go why would you use the unsafe one? There are a few advantages to limiting car usage. Limiting car usage benifits you by taking strees off of you and make you happier,having less traffic in your way, and it reducue bad air.
Heidrun Walter said in passage one "when i had a car i was always so tense. Im much happier this way. Everyone likes things that make them happy. in passage three a businessman name Carlos said ' It's a good opportunity to take away stress." Therefore less car usage is a very good advantage to your life. Many people want to be less stressed , they can always try riding a bike , i garantuee some of there stress will be taken away.
when your going somewhere and your stuck and traffic does it furstrate you?
Anthor advantage of limiting car usage is how much less traffic you will be in. In passage two it states that in france when they put a ban on car driving congestion was down 60 percent. Also in passage three they talked about the Colombia car-free day. they said that the car free day left the streets eerily devoid of traffic jams. Limit car usage limit traffic !
Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the united states (Article1).To live long we have to decrease the pollution that causes the air to become bad. in article three you find out that less car usage reduces smog which also makes the air bad. This is a big advantage of limiting car usage.
some people may say that cars get you where you have to go quick fast and in a hurry but what if there is traffic? Limiting car usage reduces stress, traffic and pollution. those are all advantages of limiting car usage. now think about and start limiting ! | 3 |
d3f995f | In my opinion, developing driverless cars is a scary/bad idea. It's true television and movies have been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves. They show how they can work good and they show how they can work bad.
Right now Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways, dealing with complicated traffice issues etc. I don't think a program or computer can deal with traffic issues or any of that by themselves. What would happen is someone is actually driving a normal car and some else is driving a computer-driven car and the normal car would break down suddenly?
Computers can and do crash. I don't think these manufacturers can insure that the computer-driven car's computer won't crash. Futurists believe that the key to developing self-driving cars are smarter roads. Engineers at Berkeley did come up with a way to make smarter roads but it's too expensive.
I think that it's going to take a lot of time and money to develop these self-driven cars that we don't need. These cars are going to cause more problems that may be big and small. The states when then have to reconsidered that driving age in my opinion. If the cars are proven to drive themselves do people still have to be older to drive? Would people still have to learn to drive a regular car? Would people be allowed to try people driven cars still? Would there be problems between people driven cars and computer-driven cars? What about drunk people? Could they still drive if they can a computer-driven car?
Tons of laws would have to change also. Most driving laws are focused on keeping drivers, passenger, and pedestrians safe. Lawmarkers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers.
Crashes play a big part into way I think developing a computer-driven car is not a great idea. The article says "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" Think about that. I think it all depends on if the computer-driven cars have an emergency program to where the person in the driver's seat can take control of the vehicle.
Computers are bound to crash or have a small problem here and there, but I think a small problem on a computer in a car can be a life and death situtation. | 3 |
d4014ec | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author explaines all the dangers of Venus and how to over come them. He gives you good evidence on how you could explore our sister planet without suffering the harsh weather of Venus's surface. Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, and it may have even had large oceans long ago, but today Venus's surface is inhospitable for humans.
The author states that "Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Venus is no longer Earth-like, its surface temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times the pressure we experiance on Earth. And with that, there are many other factors making Venus inhabitable for humans. The author did offer a solution to these dangers, which would allow the scientists to float above the dangers. NASA said they would take a "...blimp-like vehical [that hovers] 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." It would make the conditions survivable for humans, but how much research could you do on the planet when you're 30 miles above the surface? The author goes on and writes that researchers are working on machines that could possibly go in the ground of Venus and collect data about the surface,and could return it to the scientists for them to study.
The author of
"The Challenges of Exploring Venus," supports their idea that studying Venus is worth the risks. They take in account all the dangers Venus has to offer, and they come up with a solution that would make the planet explorable. | 3 |
d404a6c | Using technology to identify facial jestures is the unthinkable. If we where to use this type of technology everyday it would be very unusal for the simple fact that school isnt about using technology to tell someones emotions. I don't think it would be really a good idea though to have that in school. The reasoning behind that is because the students would get to destracted from what they are suppose to be doing. Then it would be a destraction to the teachers to, because everytime something seems wrong with a student they would have to take time and try to scan their face when they are not paying attention. It could also be an amazing idea for trying to tell if a kid is starting to form depression or is always sad. The reasoning behind that is because then people have a better chance at trying to help the person in need. It also wouldn't be that of a good idea because if you sitting at home sombody could be watching you through the camera since it would automatically try to evaluate how you feel. Another down flaw to it would be is how would customers come up with the money to buy such edvance techonolgy. After all said and done by the time they get the computer they would have something better to reconize your emotions with. To be able to have this type of technology in a class room would not be right, for the simple fact when you come to school you come here to learn and get the right education you need in life. that is my reasoning behind the FACS ( Facial Action Coding System) why I would not recomend on having this type of technology in my classroom. After said and done it would be to much of a hasial and a destraction when it comes down to using the FACS computer. | 3 |
d405755 | The author suggests that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, because in the reading, in paragraphs 2,3, and 4, talk about how Venus is relateable to Earth and that Venus is right next to Earth. In paragraph 2, it talks about how the density and heat of Venus and how there were some spacecrafts that have been sent to Venus, but have only lasted for a short-time. "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." (paragraph 2, sentence 5.
In paragraph 3, it talks about how the heat is so intense that in the third sentence it states, "On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmosheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince in our own planet."
In paragraph 4, they relate how Earth is similar to Venus, and how they thought that maybe Venus was our long, long, long, time ago planet. In sentnce 2,3, and 4, state this, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once havee 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. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth."
So with all of this being said, I personally feel that Venus is worthy to study on, and who knows, maybe in our future lives, we may even have some type of opportunity to go and have a visit. All of this really fascinating because I didn't know that Venus is really hot. Even if Venus is dangerous is some way or another, those dangers will go away soon and to give NASA a chance to actually land on Venus. The reason I also personally think it's a great idea to keep on studying Venus, is because at some point in the future, plants or stars, or something will disappear and this might be the only opportunity we have. | 3 |
d40c1ad | Yes, the use of this technology is very valuable in many ways. The technology can detect how you are feeling, in the passage it tells you that the computer can tell if a human is mad, happy, sad, worried, etc.
This technology can be very useful to techers as well as anyone else. If a student is feeling a lot of emotion and trying to do school work, they will be more focused on what they were feeling instead of the work the teacher has given him/her. It can also help the teacher to know how exactly to act twards a student. For example, if a student is feeling 75% sad they are most likely going to cry. If a student is about to cry and teacher starts yeling at them for not paying attention, because the student isn't feeling like themselves that day its going to trigger the students brain to make them cry.
In conclusion, this tehcnology in my opinion should most defiently be used in schools. Not only to help the teachers out, but for the stundents themelves. I think that if we use this technology it will increase focuse on school work will improve moods, and increase better grades and testing scores. | 3 |
d40f0dd | In this essay, I will be discussing the non-existence of ancient Martians that theorists claim to be real because of a land formation that lots of people so passionately call "the Face". First and formost, Martians have been wafting around the population; because of the amount of time it has been around and all of the conspiracy, this has lead many conspirarists to go to extremes to prove that anything that anyone can believe in is real. For instance, now people are starting to prove that aliens are real because of a big face-shaped mountain on Mars. This is, of course, completely absurd to say the very least, due to the lack of evidence they have in corrispondence to the large amount of evidence that we at NASA already have. Really though-- all they have are sci-fi movies, fiction novels, and talk-shows-- when we have already proven that it is obviously just an odd formation (that with shadows, angles, and imagination) just looks like a face. After the Mars Global Surveyor flew by Cydonia one day in April, it was completely proven to be just your average land formation. Afterwards, skeptics still were not satisfied, even with the incontroversial evidence that all it was was a rock formation. So, we flew by AGAIN, just to prove that that was all it was. So, that was the complete and utter proof that this so-called "Face" was just a big rock in the end. | 2 |
d413b38 | Have you ever wanted to be a seagoing cowboy? I got a chance to. It was a lot of fun. My friend convinced me to do it. You should do it also.
A seagoing cowboy is a person who takes care of animals while they are being shipped overseas. The job is to feed the animals, wash the animals, water the animals, and clean the stalls. We also get breaks. We get to go sightseeing and do things that other cultures do. The job can be hurtful. If there is a storm, the boat will get slippery and you can fall. I almost fell over board once. It was scary.
You should get this job because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Plus, the animals are well behaved and they would love to have new people. If you love to go see places in other countries, you should get this job. If you want hard work, this job would be perfect. In your free time, you can play games, read, or whittle something.
According to the article, the job is a once in a lifetime event. Based on the passage, I got to see Europe, China, the Acropolis in Greece, Venice, a castle in Crete, and I got to see the Panama Canal. In paragraph six, it states that my job keeps me busy. Helping out on a farm or working a tough job can prepare you for the hard work. Those are some reasons of why you should be a seagoing cowboy.
Being a seagoing cowboy has some up's and down's, but overall the job is a lot of fun. You get to experience and see so many things. Sometimes, it doesn't feel like work at all. It feels like fun. A whole lot of it. Now do you want to be a seagoing cowboy? | 3 |
d4147f2 | I think that the use of this technology in a classroom would be very hepful. In the article the author suggests that it would be helpful to a class. The computer could see what the teacher can not.
In the article the author said that the technology could see if a student is confused. Sometimes if a student is confused they are to afraid to say anything. As a student, I know from experience that kids can be really shy when it comes to asking a teacher a question. With this technology teachers would know if a student is confused and can talk to them without everyone else making them so nervous about it.
A teacher can also help if the computer saw that something was upseting someone. Maybe this technology could help with the bullying that happens in schools by showing that a student is upset or depressed. The teachers or cousiler can talk to the student about whats upseting them.
So yes, I think that this technolgy would be valuable in a classroom. I think that the technology could help with a lot of problems in schools. It would be helpful in a lot of places and with a lot of problems. | 3 |
d41c23e | Technolgy to read the emotional expressions of students in the class room is not valuable because in paragraph 2 it says " how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel " Why would we let a computer decide the way we feel when we already know how we feel ? The Mona Lisa was made to not show any emotions so why add emotions to the picture . Also in paragraph one its says " Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to comminicate "
I feel as if we depend on technology to much and technology is taking over the world .
For example in paragraph 6 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 ." That is what the teacher is here for to modify the lesson if the student does not understand the assignment . Why let a computer take over ? | 2 |
d4216d3 | Everyone has their own opinion about everything, for some people they think that some things that they imagine to be a bad idea, might be very good for economy, or for other issues, some other things that you think is a good idea, might be really bad for the environment, but thats just your opinion, and its okay. There are many thoughts about this subject, which is about the Electoral College. The Electoral College in some cases is a good idea, and in some cases, to some people, its a bad idea. If you do not know what the Electoral College is or means, it is a process consisting of a ceratin selection of electors that vote for President and Vice President in the election, by counting electoral votes by Congress. Im here to tell you all the information you need to see what your opinion of this topic is. Lets read a little more about it.
As most of you know, the presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday afer the first Monday in November. This is when there are two candidates running to be President of the United States. You would think it would just be you, the people, but theres actually other people that vote too, called the Electoral college. You help choose your states electors when you vote for your President, the reason why this happens is because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates electors.
Under the Electoral College system, voters vote for the state of electors and not for the president. The state of electors elect the president. The electors are bacically anyone not holding public office. The people who pick who it is, can be chosen from variaties of places. It could be the presidential candidates themselves, or it could be the states party central commitee, or it could be the state conventions. Each state only casts one vote. The Electoral College is unfair to voters becuase of the winner take all system, Candidates dont spend much time in states they have no chance of winning in. This pretty much proves that the Electoral College is very cruel and unfair.
The Electoral College has a very wide range. it spreads all through USA and each state has a different number of electoral Votes. Each party selects a bunch of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. no other region has enough Electoral votes to elect a President. The votes can be very close to the same number of both candidates, and thats a tough situation. Voters in presidental elections are people who enjoy expressing their opinion on political news, rather than people who dont give a say in the elections. | 3 |
d4240bf | Having a device that reads the emotions of humans would no doubt be very valuable. The device would cause the teacher to know the emotions of every one of their students and in return, the teacher would be more effective. Due to the new information they have, the teacher could change the style of teaching, change their lesson plans, or ask the students why they are feeling what, based on the emotions of the students.
Students have a way of staring blankly when teachers are talking. While the students are not paying attention to the teacher's lecture, the teacher is worrying about how to get the attention of his or her students. But the teacher has no idea how the students are feeling, and the students end up not learning anything. In this common situation, the teacher would have been greatly helped if they knew the emotions of their students. If the teacher knew the students were tired, he or she could have made them do a brain exercise or a warm-up. The teacher could have used a conversation starter or made the class more interactive to gain the students' attention.
Once one gains the attention of the students, teaching becomes a lot easier. The students start to have more fun, and they learn effectively. Because students are learning more and becoming smarter, more will go to college and succeed in life at a higher rate.
Although the use of the Facial Acyion Coding System for the teacher and the learning of the students, it would be an invasion of privacy. Students might feel weirded out by the fact that the teacher knows every single emotion they have. Also, it turns out that humans tend to be pretty good at reading each others' emotions, so it might not be all that beneficial, depending on the teacher.
The best way to deal with the invasion of privacy factor, would be to receive consent from all of the students and their parents. If this step is passed, the students will receive a better education and overall, be better students. | 4 |
d42a4ac | Unmasking the Face on Mars
"Come over here quick!" As I told my NASA crew members, I told them that I had found something. Hi i'm a scientist at NASA diccusing the face that another scientist thinks it was created by aliens. As i told them they all came and was wondering what I needed them for and if I found clues. "I think I found parts of the face that is not an aliens." states one of the scientist at NASA. We didn't find anything unusual, except that there may be more than one of the faces.
Many of the scientist are starting to wonder if this face was created by aliens. Scientists have tooked camera over and there is no alien monument after all, But how do you get the others to believe thats theres not. Not everyone was satisfied. The face on mars is located 41 degress north latitude. The camera they had been using had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. They said the aliens marks may have been hidden by haze but some didn't even think that their were aliens marking and said that it is just a natural landform, but then again how could they prove it.
April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time ever. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginal photos. Many anxious web surfers were waiting for the first image to appear on their screens. All they got was a natural landform no sign of alien transformation.
Lastly, NASA had many images for web surfer to see. The caption that they had noted underneath was huge rock formation. Which is resembles a human head. It is formed by shadows giving the illusion of the eyes, nose and mouth. The authors reasoned that it would be a good way t engage and attract the public attentions to Mars.
What the picture was actually showing was the martian equivalent if a mesa or a landform. Which was common around the AMerican West. It reminds many people of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idoho. Thats a lava dome that takes the form of a isolated mesa about the same size as the face on Mars. | 2 |
d4333cf | you should join the Seagoing Cowboys becuase the Seagoing Cowboys travel all around the world helping others around the world. If you love adventure or going all arouund the world seeing every unique thing about other countys this is the job for you. some support if you dont belive we will travel or see almost every corner of the world here is some text to help. "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy," he says "besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. "So was taking the gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
If these reasons dont convince you to join i dont know what will. Any body can join. will you take the one in a life time chance will you join us? | 2 |
d43535e | The article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", speaks of the impressive and amazing ways science is moving forward. This article has many different parts that all have to do with detecting emotions, such as speaking of the processes, catagorizing, what could happen in the future with this technology, and faking it until it works.
The first line of the article says, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This is the article speaking about Mona Lisa's facial expression in the famous painting. The article goes on to speak of the process. It starts when a computer creates a 3-D model of the particular person's face. It says " all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". They say the movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit". Continuing in the article, Paul Eckman, the creator of Facial Action Coding System, classified the six basic emotions. These emotions are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He further associated each characteristic with the movement of certain facial muscles. They generalized emotions with muscles because "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." The software they use can even identify a mix and range of emotions, which is why they gave percents for the Mona Lisa. Further in the article it is said that the computers are simply soing what humans do everyday. We can tell when someone around us is upset, simply by their face. They say that this would be helpful in the future in terms of sadness or happiness based on the ads we see. If an ad pops up and it sees we don't like it, the ad will leave and a new one may appear. The same thing goes in recognizing if a student is bored or confused. It may change the teaching style in order to adapt to the way the child learns. A few paragraphs later, the article basically says if you smile and use the muscles that automatically trigger when you're happy, you will start feeling happy because you are tricking your brain.
Dr. Haung says "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to understand that too." This is important because new developments can further our ability to communicate with the people and world around us. | 2 |
d43da53 | In this essay I will talk about why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. My name is PROPER_NAME and I am participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I think people would enjoy participating in this program. Over 100 members participate in this type of program. We have a lot of jobs you guys can do. If I can do it you can do it too.
My friend PROPER_NAME works here and she feeds the animals. " I really love working here," she said. If you like animals you would love this job. Sometimes when the animals are good we give them treat and sometimes play with them. My close friend PROPER_NAME helps me stay up at night and watch the animals. This can be a hard job, but trust me its all worth it. We work at night and sleep through out the day.
The people that work herer are nice. They treat you nicely and the animals. This is a team effort to help the animals. If you want to join this program and can clean the animals or you can help feed them with Jully. Most of the people here love participating in the Seagoing Cowboys progarm. I also love working here.
You should work here because you would be helping the animals. You would help keep the animals alive. I think you would enjoy this type of program if you like animals. You would enjoy being with the animals and the people who work here. This is a very good job.
In this essay I talked about why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. In the eassay I talked about what type of jobs you can have. I think the people that like all types of different animals would like this program. This a intersting job to do. On our breaks we enjoy playing games. | 3 |
d4407cd | People say that the face figure on mars is made by aliens. That hypothosis is not true because aliens do not excist. This figure on mars can be made by a human or it can be made by natural causes on the planet. as you can see in the pictures the face in 1976 it is full and the one in the second picture is half way gone the third picture it is almost completetly gone. if this figure is made by humans it did not last very long. If this figure is mad eby natural causes on the planet it has faded away over the years. Most people around the world think this figure is made by aliens, This figure could have been made by the astronauts on the ships and they just made a figure and took a picture of it and made people think that it was made by aliens. This figure could have been made not even on the planet they could have took some clay or some other material and made a rock like face and said that they found it on the planet. This figure is probably a fake because how often do you go to a planet and just find a random rock that looks like a face. If this figure is real then they need to take another picture and put it up. If they do take another picture it has to have the shuttle to where you can see it so the people around the world can say it is in space. If there really is a face figure on that planet that might be a sign of life on the planet. Maybe the astronauts have found another planet with life it may not be human it may be im not saying that aliens are real but if there is life on that planet this whole world will be wanting to go up there and see for themselves. If there is life on that planet then people will pay big money to go up,also if theres life maybe we will go back up there and their might be another face figure. If you look at the first picturre and the second picture you can see that the eyes are in differnet spots so thses pictures might actually be fake. | 2 |
d442169 | The student don't need there emotion's expressed some like it hidden. It says we humans perform this same impressive calculation but why would we need to if we keep trying it maybe someone will get mad and not like it because why would someone want to know what there emotions are. Computers don't need to understand what humans feel because they don't have feelings. The computers are using emotions and the way we look at the computer to see if we know what we are doing if we don't the computer will make it easier on us so we will understand what is going on.
The main idea is about the science of emotions and not a lot of the people care about there emotions but sometimes it is important to learn about ur emotions even if we don't want to because sometimes we could use the work of why we use so much emotions when we talk to people or even taking the trash out we all still use emotions but why do we.
in conclusion the whole story is about the science of emotions it lets everyone know if we are mad or sad even angry and sometimes people help out with getting ur anger down but not all the time does ur anger go down sometimes it stays up because you won't let anyone help you. our emotions are hard to hide but sometimes it helps like when ur mad but don't want to show it but you also want to show it because you want the person to leave you alone or put down something that i already yours.
body: some people use a stress ball to calm down and not a lot of people use it because they think it is for babys but some people need it if they can't keep there anger in check everyone needs to keep there anger in check if not there anger will get the best of them and then they will be getting in a whole lot of trouble from letting there anger get the best of them the best way to make sure you don't get angry is just to find something you like to do and do it then just put headphones on so you can just mute them and can't hear anything if they mess with you then go somewhere they won't go. | 2 |
d448370 | Venus the Hardest Planet to Explore
Venus is the hardest planet to explore because the ships only last a few hours on Venus,it has high tempertaures than Mercury even though Mercury is closer,and its weather conditions and atmosphere are bad compared to ours.
First, reason why Venus is hard to explore is because that the spacecrafts can only stay for a few hours. Since the planets have different orbitational speeds sometimes Earth and Venus are closer in some ways. So humans decided to send spacecrafts over to explore .There were a few previous missions that were unmanned. Not one spaceship has survived the landing. So for more than three decades there has not been one spaceship that has touched down on Venus for that specific reason.
Second reason is that Venus's temperatures are very high in scale. Even though Mercury is the closest to the sun Venus's temperatue is still higher. Venus's temperature can reach up to 800 degrees fahrenheit. which is 90 times greater than Earth's temperature. Even the deepst parts of Earth's ocean can liquefy any metals. So putting a submarine in the deepest parts of our ocean can damage the metals around it.
Finally thr third reason is that Venus's weather conditions and atmosphere are dangerously bad. On Venus there are many powerful earthquakes, frequent lightning stikes, and erupting volcanoes. The atmoshere contains 97% of carbon dioxide blankets. That being said humans wouldn't be able to live on Venus.
in conclusion Venus is the hardest planet to explore because the ships only last a few hours on Venus,it has high tempertaures than Mercury even though Mercury is closer,and its weather conditions and atmosphere are bad compared to ours. | 3 |
d44bfdb | I think he does a fantastic job at talking about studying Venus. For one, he does state that yes, of course it is very dangerous studying Venus and it's suroundings due to all of the risky factors on the plantet; Though he talks about how it could be helpful to learn about it. He talks about how it could have been Earth like in nautre, it could bring us to new discoveries, and how we as people are hungry for more knowledge and that Venus is a good start off challenge for exploring.
At first, he states that one,Venus is stated to be called our "twin" when it comes to terrain;Along with stating that,"Venus is the closest plantet to Earth in terms of density and size." He then talks about how Venus would have likey had oceans of water just like Earth, and could have housed life such as us. Clus being that it's terrain is very simair to urs, with moutain and caverns and so forth. Why this is a such a fasinating thing is because we as humans are currently looking for life on other planets and if we had ever found out a way to get samples from Venus, we could maybe find idems,clues, and or evidence that Venus was like our plantet today, that it housed some form of lifeform and would maybe be able to give us evidence that maybe we or weren't alone in the universe.
It also gives us the chance to explore our bounderies with science and technology. We learn that Venus is far from a life housing plantet today. As the author goes into detail. We find that quoted from the article, "surface tempertures average over 800 degrees." "such an environment would crush evena submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our ocean.". We can clearly see that nothing we have currnetly could master the terrain of Venus. He starts going into how this could challenge what we have now and how maybe if we can overcome this bounderie, then we can advance more and more into the field of space travel. Scientists are already coming up with new ways to study Venus without having it's furture people abroad killed in the process of stuying the surface or having the technolgy we send melted upon impact.
The author lastly goes into how not only exploring Venus wil give us insight on what the plantet has to offer, but how the "human curiosity will likey lead us into many equally intimidating endevors."He feels that Venus is a great start to our already curious fasination about space and our neighboring plantets and that it will give us a chance to not be afraid of our limits and the unknown.
Overall, I think he has done a good job of convincing us, the reader, to say to ourselves, "maybe going to Venus isn't a waste of time." With explaining why Venus is a good canidate to study, I feel as the Author has convidenced me to look deeper into the studying of Venus and space travel and why it is important to study Venus. | 4 |
d44e46c | The state senator that is reading this should understand that in my favor keeping the Electoral College is the wise thing to do. It will avoid run-off elections and how it always has a process if something happens and that the process is fair-hence Electoral College would be the best.
To start off, the Electoral College helps with elections be cause it avoids run-off elections. In other words it keeps us from running into problem where neither candidate gets the majority of the the votes cast. For example, in 1968 president Nixon and Clinton in 1992 each had 43 percent of the popular votes but because their electoral votes was 301 to 370 it does matter so this means it was a run-off election until the percentage of votes changed. The Electoral College soon produces a clear winner. This is just solving a problem where no candidate recieves the majority of votes. Now there is only one con to the Electoral College and that is that it may turn off people from voting because they believe that their vote out of everybody who votes isnt enough to do a difference so they dont even vote. So voters in presidential elections are way better than just one vote deciding an election.
Furthermore, the Electoral College is consisted of 538 electors. The candidate needs atleast 270 to be elected. If they have atleast 270 and there and they are not tied, but they have the same popular votes, also known as a plurality. The Electoral Colleges 538 electors will decide. This is 100 percent fair because those electors study this, they do this for their job, and they understand. They make up for the people who didn't vote. So just think, wouldnt you want 538 professional electors deciding whos president or 538 people who dont even want to vote and dont even know about the campaign to decide whos your president. All the lying about the Electoral College that it is an anachronism is false it is a success. This is common sense if you ask me.
To conclude, the electoral college has been good to us for a long time because of how it handles situations when they go wrong-hence it is the best, why change it now? | 4 |
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