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d5a54e6 | The "
limiting on car usage
" seems to be a very aggravating phrase for an entire population of people who have become so dependent on it. It's a concept that we can't take in. We Americans use our cars for a personal use daily. We are so accustomed to our cars that we just use it to perform simple tasks that we could use our legs that were given to us, for free, to cross the street. When the average person says that they would like to go to the market across the street, probably about 70%, don't even think about the fact that we could just simply walk there. Cars are endarging our environment and our health. Cars create so much pollution and is a health-risk. Our cars seem to be as important as one of our limbs. Something you could not bare to live without. Now here are some of the reasons why.
To begin with, cars are polluting our atmosphere. Have you ever heard of the "green house effect"? It's endangering our Earth, by polluting it, which is contributing to Global Warming. Cars are something we shouldn't always rely on. We have to get accustomed to the way of the pioneers. We all just need to limit the amount of times we use our cars and think, "hmm.. do i really need to use my car right now? Can't i just use my two working legs to get to where i want to go, which is right down the block." In the article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", paragraph 5; lines 6-9, the article states that, and i quote, "passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas of the United States." Which is a whole lot of damage we are enflicting our own envirnment that we need to thrive on and live off. In reality, cars are overrated. We don't always need it, so we shouldn't always use it.
In the article, "Paris bans driving due to smog", paragraph 12; lines 1-3, it states, "congestion was down 60% in the capital of France, after 5-days of intensifying smog." Imagine all of that pollution on this earth if we kept using our cars, which are slowly killing us.
Not only do cars endanger our environment, but it also creates a huge health-risk factor.
Cars can make us become lazy. We can use our cars so much to the point where we could get accustomed to cars and grow tired and weary of using our legs. We may as well just live in a car. Cars could also create lots of stress. In artcile "Car-free day is spinning a big hit in Bogota.", paragraph 5; lines 1-2, the author interviews someone and that person claims that, " It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air-pollution."
In Conclusion, we together as a whole should limit our car usage to cut back on pollution. We should all learn to be in touch with our environment and to just walk around in our clean, eco-friendly air. If we cut back, we wouldn't have to be worried about Global Warming anymore. We would all be closer, one step at a time. | 4 |
d5abea3 | In the text, The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author explains why he thinks that we should continue to try and explore Venus, even with the harsh conditions Venus has. The author makes sure to explain the conditions on Venus and why they are so dangerous, but he also makes sure to explain why it is important that we find a way to deal with those conditions, so that we can continue to study Venus.
In paragraph three the author talks about the conditiolns on Venus like how it is "97 percent carbon dioxide, and how the clouds on Venus are full of "highly corrosive sulfuric acid". He explains that the conditions are unlike anything that humans have ever encountered.
That is the reason he belives we should study it, because it is unlike anythig we have seen before. The argument gets even better when the author says "Astronomers are fasinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. He goes on to explain the rocky conditions, they see on Venus, and the possible evidence on vast oceans that could of been.
The author supports his idea so well becuase he tells us about the harsh conditions on Venus, Which is the biggest factor making it so hard to explore, and then goes on to explain why that is the reason we should study it. It is because it is something new, and unknown. Not to mention it is belived that Venus could have been just like Earth once. Opening up the possibility of seeing where things on Venus changed.
So we can possibly stop that if Earth ever starts going into the direction that Venus has.
The author does a great job of explaning how what we see on Venus is unknown, and explaning that, that is the very reason we should continue to try and study Venus. He even gives alternatives ideas to landing on Venus. He explains that what is unknown and what could possibly be so closley realted to Earth should be studies even with the challeges in presents. The author best explained it when he said, in paragraph eight."Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" | 3 |
d5b5a5c | Why might someone choose to be a seagoing cowboy? I became a seagoing cowboy because it was the opportunity of a lifetime. Not only was it a great adventure,but I also did it for the exploration and to help people in need. These things made it worth the dangers at sea.
First, I knew the adventure the trips held would be great like when I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. I got to meet new people in the places we traveled to. I even learned of some new cultures. Every trip had something different or new about it. Also,on each journey the other volunteers I traveled with became some of my closest friends.
Next, I became a seagoing cowboy for the exploration. I experienced so many new places for example there's the excavated caslte in Crete or the Panama Canal on my way to China. On some nights the ocean seemed to be a black endless void, but on clear days it looked like a beautiful blue mass. I also saw great foriegn marvels that I never imagined being able to see in person.
Finally, I joined the program to help people. Not only was I taking care of the animals that would bring livestock back to the nations, but I was supplying them with food. The people were always grateful to see us arrive with what was going to help rebuild their home country and their nation. We were repairing war-torn countries.
Each and every reason including, adventure, exploration, and helping people in need, are why I joined the Seagoing Cowboys program. Although, I never would have thought about it if my friend Don, hadn't asked me to come to Europe with him on a cattle boat. He played a big part in changing my life forever. However, I wasn't always a natural at the job, it took practice. Tell me, who would you ask to come on such an adventure with you? | 4 |
d5b6859 | Cars have been around for awhile and they have had a major impact on society. Many people believe that there is no problem with the frequency of cars being driven. But, there are many advantages to less car use such as improving our cities and suburbs, improving safety, and decreasing pollution.
Many have tried to make cities a little more dense and better for walking but nothing has seemed to work; therefore, they have moved on to suburbs. Now, people are trying to make suburbs better for getting around while walking instead of driving. By doing so, places such as shops will be made closer and more convienent which allows people to be able to consider walking as a better option. By having these suburbs, and soon hopefully cities, reduce the amount of cars used, the people living in these areas will be able to accomplish more in a healthier and safer way.
Safety has been an issue in almost all areas due to a variety of reasons; one being cars. People pass by "Drive Safely" signs or memorials on the side of the road too often. Many accidents occur because of all the cars and traffic and careless driving. By reducing the amount of cars being driven, the moment of deaths in car accidents can be reduced as well. In "The End of Car Culture", author Elisabeth Rosenthal states, "Mine (19 and 21) have not bothered to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where one could come in handy. They are interested, but it's not a priority. They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends." Recently, teenagers who are able to get their license haven't really made it a priority. This could be caused by factors such as fear of driving or just because they've figured out a way around driving. Not everyone needs a car to get around; there are plenty of other ways to safely get from point A to point B.
Another large issue cars contribute to is pollution. Pollution is in every city, every state, every country, every continent. Cars are "a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes..." (Rosenthal, Elisabeth, "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars"). Cars don't help with environmental issues what-so-ever. They add to the smog issues and they increase the about of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In the capital of France, for example, congestion was down sixty percent due to smog causing delivery companies to lose money since they couldn't delieve what was needed. Cars are extremely harmful to the environment and they make the issues we already have even larger. By limiting car usage, people could hopefully work on repairing the damage we have already done to the environment instead of worsening it.
Cars have impacted society ever since they were made. By reducing the amount of cars driven, cities and suburbs can be improved, better safety can be implimented, and pollution will reduce. Until then, the issues cars create will continue to get worse and by the time people see it, the problems will be too late to fix. | 5 |
d5b6ed5 | Driverless cars used to be only things of imagination.
Now, as technology advances, we are getting closer and closer to a driverless car that can possibly function just as good as one with a driver.
There has been a multitude of obstacles for developers of Google and other companies to work around, but the final product may be getting nearer.
Sensors, radar, and other modern technology are being used to effectiently improve past and current models of driverless cars.
Although the technology is progressively getting more advanced, I feel that nothing will be able to replace a human driver.
Throughout histroy inventors and engineers have always worked for an easier, better way to complete a task.
Driving is no exception.
Driver assistance devices have existed since the 1950s when General Motors created a car that could run on a specialized track.
That idea was proved to be out-of-reach due to the high cost of redisigning all roadways.
In the 1980s, sensors were installed into wheels and brakes to create antilock brakes.
This is an example of driver assistance technology, and many other things like this have been created since then.
Do these driver assistance technologies help?
Yes.
They put, in the hands of the driver, a car that is smarter and able to detect certain dangers.
These cars allow for a safer driver experience.
But sensors can only do so much.
The extent of their safety can only go so far.
The driver of a driverless car and the people around it are at a much higher risk than a traditional driver-operated car.
There are an innumeral amount of driving situations that have not even occurred yet.
New accidents are happening everyday and no two are exactly the same.
How will a driverless car be able to handle every situation?
They won't.
As the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" says, when driving a so-called driverless car, the driver is constantly on call.
With that information taken into account, no car is completely driverless.
All in all, I believe that driverless cars will never be safe enough for everyday use.
The technology is simply not there to account for every possible scenario.
Anyone in a driverless car must always be alert and ready to step in a react to a situation.
If that is so, how can a driverless car be considered safe?
No technology will be able to react as fast as the human mind.
I am sure that as time passes on, more and more driver assistance devices will be invented, and there will be countless claims that driveless cars are completely safe, but the evidence I see proves otherwise. | 3 |
d5ba91f | The reason that Luke join the program was of is friend i know this because it said that Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I also know this because it said that Luke couldn't say no he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime . Thats why luke went on the boat because of is friend and the program. I aslo know this because it said that Don Reist invied him to go Thats how he got to to go to the program and with is friend. i also know this because it said that i was a opportunity of a lifetime.
Luke claims they were good and bad somtimes I know this because it said that ketp luke busy they had to feed and watered two or three times a day. I aslo know this because it said bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. I think that luke had alot more claims but those were the most imporantant ones. The thing that was the harest was to feed the animals and much more and that they had to more and more things to. and to much more. That the claims that luke had to do I think he had to them everyday.
There is alot more claims so here is more I think the was more claims I know this because it said helping out on aunt katie fram as a boy had prepared luke for hard work. I also know this because it said that served as night watchman his job was to cheak on all the animals every hour. I think that help him on his trip across seas because he had more work. That how I know that he was go on the trip and I think that he did a good job. I think is job was hard and did not realy do anything but feed animals.
Luke claims where hard i know this because it said that but not for the dangers at sea. i aslo know this because it said that Luke also found time to have fun borad. I think he got bored alot on the ship and he was tired. I know that he was bored because it said that table tennis tournaments .I think that he had tournaments on ship because they got bored. I think that they had to do some things to get there like get the anmials and load them up and do some things to get some fun time. I think that they had to do stuff to earn that free time and to do alt of things and play games to.
I know that the ship was boring and fun i know this because it said that the cowboys played baseball and volleyball games. i also know this because it said that they have fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also helped pass the time. I think that they had fun on the ship with all the things they could have done and but they still had to work on the ship to. I also know this because it said that fun on borad,especially on retued trips after the animals had been unloated. What would you do if your where on this ship and had to do work? | 1 |
d5bb5fc | Richard Nion, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole and other companies have all agreed to abolish the Electoral College and I to agree for many reasons. One of the major issue is that the voters don't know what really happens to thier vote. Another issue to add is that ''the electoral collage is unfair, outdated, and irrational".
Do the citizens that go and vote for their candidate actually choose for the candidate's electors? In the text is states that not only do I vote for candidate's electors but also '' help choose the state's electors when you vote for the president''. This meaning that my vote counts for several things, but was I aware? Maybe not because I simply think I'm voting for a candidate running for presidenty not the candidate's elector. The Electoral College was ment for a compromise between Congress and Citizens not all these extra people.
''This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could loose again''. Certainly this doesn't makes sence because how could the winner of the votes loose? Which is one of the reasons why the the Electoral College is unfair. Also in the beggining of the article it's said that '' A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President''. Meaning that the president already has an advance in the votes. I think that the Electoral College process should be gone for its unfairity and be replaced to a new way of election.
In the new way of electing our president should be in a few steps and also not worrying about the candidate already having an advanced amount of votes. Instead of the votes going place to place they should just be in the state and counted for equaly no ajustments, then after the election send to Congress or the National Archives as part of the offical records of the presidential election.
In conclusion the electoral College should be taken out permantly and be replaced by a new way or process when it comes to the citizens votes and the election of the cadidates. | 3 |
d5bc512 | F.A.C.S would be a valuable reasourse to read the emotions of students in a classroom, but over all useless and waste of resources. The abillity to read the emotions of a student and change the style of teaching is interesting, but if somthing is changed other students may find it boreing. Every student has different emotions and you cannot change the lesson to fit that one student is is bored, because another student may become bored with the change. The variation of emotion in students is uncontrolled and how someone feels can change in seconds. F.A.C.S is interesting, but not needed in school and classrooms.
Many students don't care about school and will ingnore the change in the lesson like Dr. Huang is talking about. The article also never states how the class would be monitored. Its also never stated how long the scan will take, the scan of emotion could take up class time if the scan needed to be infront of a computer. Its also a school where you learn, not a safeplace where when you feel sad the teach knows and tries to cheer you up. Teachers don't need to know student emotions and shouldn't care they are there to teach.
F.A.C.S is interesting with the way it forms 3D models of a face to identify emotions. The way F.A.C.S can put your emotions into percents in extrordinary and very amazing. The use for it in classrooms is unneeded on the other hand. The change in emotions in students is to frequent for the system to help the teacher change teaching methods in the middle of class. Some people just don't like school and wouldn't care what changes the system may help suggest. There are too many factors for F.A.C.S to run smoothly and be a help. Classrooms do not need F.A.C.S. | 3 |
d5c8caa | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author, Nick D'Alto tells the reader about new computer software that can identify huma n emotions. This new technology is called the Facial Action Coding System. D'Alto portrays this new science as very benificial to the world in many different fields.
One way this new technology can be used, is as a human instructor in the classroom. Dr. Huang states, " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Detecting these features would then lead the system to modify the lesson to hep the students who are struggling in the class, or struggling to stay awake in class.
I disagree with D'Alto's claims of this new system being benificial to students. No computer software can replace a real human teacher. No computer software can detect human emotions as well as a human can. There is something about real human connection between teacher and student, that can't be replaced by technology. Also, with multiple students in every class room, the software would have to detect the emotions for every student in the class. Not every student will feel confused during the same time. Some students will be confused during one part of the lesson, and others at different times. This would lead to a flaw in the system, because the software wouldn't know when to change the lesson plan, because it's getting several different readings' from the students.'
In conclusion, no technology can replace a real human teacher. Not only would this new technology take away thousands of jobs across the country if put into classroom's, but students would lose the connection between themselves and their teacher. Sure, some teachers are better than others, but it is still a relationship between two people that a student gets to experience and mature in. Respecting your teacher as a student, will lead to respecting your boss when you get a job in the future. You can respect a person, but you can't respect a computer. This is still true even if the Facian Action Coding System could detect the emotion of "respect" one day. | 4 |
d5cb150 | The United States has always had people complaining about the Electoral College, and that's exactly what I'm about to do. I think that the Electoral College was probably a good idea at first, but it's not very helpful for the elections. The Electoral College, as you know, has people from every state, some states having more on it than others based on the population. It's not right to have a few people have just as big of a say as hundreds of thousands of people.
I read from "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" and learned that in 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote from the people, but then lost the election because the Electoral College voted against him. That means that the president was not picked based on who the people of this country wanted, but who only a small amount of people wanted. How does that make any sense at all? There's no way to defend that. If it's OUR country, WE should be the ones voting for who we want to lead us, not a couple of people who think they're more important than the rest of the population that votes.
What happens if there's a tie in the Electoral College? We're going to take it to the House of Representatives? That means ONE person will be representing their whole entire state's vote. How safe is that? I'm sure if it comes down to it and we have to do that, there's going to be a lot of people who aren't happy. It doesn't even make sense to have one person have as much say as their whole state put together.
There are some good things about the Electoral College, though. I admit the Electoral College would be good when the people's votes are close or maybe even tie, but how often is that going to happen? I think it's also smart that when you vote for who you want to be president, you also vote for their electors. That's much better than having to vote for a president and the electors separately. It'd be much easier though if we got rid of electors all together.
It's kind of like when you're at a crossroads. You and someone else get there at the same time. They're to your right, so they have the right of way and can go first. It doesn't matter that you got there at the same exact time, or even if you're going somewhere more important than where they're going. It's like that with the election. The Electoral College and the state may both be voting, but the Electoral College has the "right of way" and has more importance over us, whether they care who they're voting for or not.
The Electoral College was made a long time ago by people that some will argue were a lot smarter than us, but as times change, so should rules. I don't think it was a dumb idea, it seems smart as a whole, but I just don't think when you actually put it in use it's fair. When you cast your vote, you want it to mean something, but if someone else exactly like you happens to be one of the electors for the College and votes for someone else, their vote is a lot more important.
There's a lot to be said about the Electoral College... Both good and bad, but in the end there isn't much anyone who is normal and whose vote barely counts for anything can do. We can say how bad it is however much we want. We can throw at you facts upon facts about how unnecessary or unfair the Electoral College is. In the end, it's up to the government to decide what will happen, as it always has been.
To sum it all up, the Electoral College isn't a smart way to help decide who should be president. This is the United States of America, it's for the people and made by the people, so why on Earth should they not be able to be the only ones to pick who will run them as a country?
Please take into consideration everything I have said. Thank you. | 3 |
d5d0945 | I think driverless cars could be very helpful and useful at times. There is many different positives and negatives on this subject and they are worth looking in to. I honestly dont think this is the safest way to go because computers can easily malfunction.
In paragraph 7, they mention that the driver needs to stay alert in traffic jams and scenerios that need human skill. I feel like people wouldn't be as alert if the car was doing all of the work. If people were in full control at all times, then i think there would never be a need to slack.
Driverless cars could be easier but I just can't see it being safe anytime soon. I personally feel like this invention would be more fun than safe and a part of me feels like way more accidents will occur with driverless vehicles. If they do release this car, I will just stick to a regular honda or something simple. | 2 |
d5d6065 | Luke was a very nice man. He would always do anything for his friends. Luke had a long friend who had came by his place and asked if he wanted to go to Europe , and he said "yes I would love to come with you".
By the time they (Luke and Don) got there they discovered that World war 2 was going on . Everything there was destroyed .
They got asked by men if they would volenteer on helping them with the animals , and they said "yes".
They seen a flier about a job wanted and they deccided to sign up for it.
*Raining* When they started the job Luke was doing his work and he happened to slip down ladders and he fell down and broke a couple of his rib , and that caused him not to work for 2 whole weeks.
And he talked about all his fun times he had like, returning animals, and playing games.
And before he left he gratefully greeted them for the opportunity of the job. And he also made a speech that was said * Luke voice* "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs". | 1 |
d5dc915 | Hi am a scientist who works for NASA I am here to disscuss the inconvenience of the "Face on Mars". The Face isn't a landform created by aliens the Face is a normal landform that was created naturaly Mars. The inconvenience is that picture that was sent to NASA and viewed by the public from the shuttle Viking 1 was taken at angle that made it seem like a face. Around the year 2001 the cameras we had used before were developing with technology created with that time period. In 2001 we had taken a picture of the Face to get a clear shot, as you can see in the passage the landform is just like a normal landform here on Earth. The landform was created naturally just like how the Mountains and Naturally made landforms on Earth were. The picture taken in 1976 by the Viking 1 was just a huge misunderstanding to the astronaughts on the shuttle and to the publics eyes. That is my arquement as to why the Face on Mars was not created by aliens but it was created naturally like our natural made landforms on earth. | 2 |
d5e0122 | The Electorial College should be abbolished. Paragraph nine of The Indefensible Electoral Collede by Bradford Plumer states all the reasoning you would need."According to the Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks yo the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." The Electoral College is not fair and we do not like it. we should have the right to have our oppinion out there and not tweaked around by people we dont even know.
Why you ask do i feel this way? Well my answer would be in paragraph ten of Bradfords section. "under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Thats not fair! As an american Citicin i have the right to vote and if my vote is not counted for, well thats just not right. If i do everything im suppose to but yet dont get to voice my opinion whats the point? That is why!
To sum it all up i will give you one final reason why the Electoral College should be abolished. Paragraph 13 of The Indefensible Electoral Cllege. "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-takes-all system in each state, candidates don`t spend time in states they know they have no chnace of winning, focusing only on the tight race in the "swing" states." If i dont even get the chance to see who im voting for why should i even vote? If my opinion dosen`t even matter why should I care? The Electoral College is irrational. It`s unfair, outdated, and it needs to be brought to an end.
So can you explain to me how this is fair? Do you really thing that its okay to treat the american people like this? We are all equal through our freedon, tharefore we should be treated that way in every way. Thank you for your time. | 3 |
d5e312e | Dear Senator,
According to an excerpt titled "What is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register, the Electoral College is a process established by the founding fathers in the Constitution "as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."(Source 1.1) This process consists of a selection of 538 electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress with a majority of 270 needed to be elected president. (Source 1.2-3)
The system of Electoral College is one of much controversy as to what to do with it. Keep it or toss it? 'Tis the question. According to an excerpt of The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer, a Gallup poll taken in 2000, says that over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the one we have now. Apparently, the electoral college has failed us throughout the years because of the unfairness it can sometimes have. One example being presidential candidate, Al Gore, who was cheated out of his postion by the electoral college. The electoral college has caused "close election(s) in which the popular vote winner can again lose the presidency". (Source 2.9)
On the contrary, In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, an excerpt by Richard A. Posner, has a point when it says that when the people vote for the President they're actually voting for a slate of electors, thus each party votes for the electors who are trusted to vote for the right nominee. It says that very rarely has this trust been betrayed, only happening in 2000, when Gore was hijacked of his position, and centuries earlier in 1888. (Source 3.15-16)
So to keep or toss the Electoral College? 'Tis the question indeed, but the Electoral College has been proven to operate well enough for everyone for the past few centuries since the Constitution was made and the presidents were elected. It was said to fail us in the future but through 44 presidents it has only failed us a few times. Maybe we don't need to see the Electoral College in a black and white, keep it or toss it fashion but think to shape it so the system works better and in favor of the people with fewer kinks.
Please take this into your humbled consideration dear Senator,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
d5e5fe8 | Facial Action Coding System is a form of technology that people are using to be able to tell how some ones feeling by using a computer to constructa 3d model of the face and study all the muscles in the model to see what you are feeling. i just going say it this just sound like a waste of time and money.
it a waste of time because i think we could be able to do more thing then finding out people emoitions instead we could have be able to help out people with cte of any other major pshycologic disies instead its just focussing ono emotion and yes i understand emotions can help us diagnos people with those issues but all i hear i this passage is about emotions nothing else . this is also a huge waste of money,why the technology being used sound like its cost a bunch of money to produce. | 2 |
d5e9a58 | There are some positive and negative aspects of this driverless car but some positives may out weight the negative or some negative may out weight the positives but all together this is a really a great idea. The positive aspects of the driverless cars is that we as a people can relax and enjoy riding in the car. Also we don't need to buy cars because the driverless cars are considered as public transportation for us. We don't have to spend our money all the time on gas because it's a taxi system. We also don't have to worry about the law of texting and driving because we are not operating the car while we text. The negative aspects of the friverless car is that we still have to operate the by pulling in and out of driveways. We also have to deal with traffic jams. Once we get to our destination we have to redo what we just did.The point is that there are some good and bad points about this driverlass car. | 2 |
d5ea90f | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because the Venus is actually a planet and also the second planet from our sun. He also mention that Venus is simple to see from the distance but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distant too. Venus is something right around th corner - in space terms - humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.
Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The planet's surface temperature is average over 800 degree Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Also the Venus has the the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun.
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. Recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a curcial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would aviod the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.
However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insighton ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else. Therefore scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges.
NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.
In a conclusion the striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but alos because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should br expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
d5f2964 | On May 24, 2001 NASA's Viking 1 had taken pictures of Mars and saw a face like form, but sad to say this discovery is just another landform. Scientist have given many evidences that the Face is landform. The evidences is that they had taken better pictures of the Face. Many people do not like to hear the truth about something that they thinks is very interesting to them, so they do not believe what others say negative about it.
NASA had sent Mars Global Surveyor to fly or Cydonia
to capture better pictures of the Face. In Unmasking the Face on Mars it states, "... Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." That means that they had taken a better look at Cydonia and the Face. In Unmasking the Face on Mars it states that, "Malin's team captures an extraordinary 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 best 1976 Viking photo. As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." So you could see what they were and it was a landform. Better pictures was a key to inform others that the Face is a landform and not created by aliens.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is just another ordinary landform made by Mars. Scientists have given many evidences that the Face on Mars is a landform like Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Scientists have taken many better pictures of Cydonia and the Face to prove that it is a landform and not something that was created by aliens. The landform in Cydonia that people think is a face created by aliens is just another ordinary landorm on Mars. | 3 |
d5f3444 | The author supports the idea of exploring venus, because Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth. However, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size.
A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challengin are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such a enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals.
Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because off the insight to eb gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by danger and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
d5f4814 | In this article "making Mona Lisa Smile", it talks about a computer technology that can tell your emotions. Having a computer be able to tell your emotions would be pretty interesting right? Or would it just be creepy? If we fully develop computer programs that can tell our emotions and make something interesting based on our emotions like it states in paragraph 6. If the lesson we are learning in school changed based on our emotions do you think students would learn more? I do.
If we had lessons in school based on our emotions and how we felt about the subject; the computer could reconize if we were into the lesson or not. If we could have this technology and our lessons changed in a way that could make students want to learn a subject that on a daily basis made them want to fall asleep in the class or they just could not find a way to get themselves interested, the computer could change that for them. This technology could be very useful for our upcoming generations. People already know that we are slowly going to become more of a digital world so if we had these programs set up for kids to go their own pace and learn things that intrest them we could have shorter school days and more time for children to be kids and have fun in their life.
There is a large population of students who choose not to come to school every day because school makes them unhappy or they just hate some of their classes because they know the job they want when they are older not everything they are learning is going to be needed in the outside world. If this technology could help us show what emotions we had towards different subjects then maybe it would help teachers understand how to teach their students the information in a way it wont go in one ear and out the other.
There are going to be people who disagree with this new technology becoming part of life, because they might not want the technology we have now. There will always be someone who is not happy with the way life around them is going because of technology and sometimes technology does fail us. Technology can shut down. Technology can make things we have worked hard for disappear in one second and we won't have all of our hard work anymore so what was once hard work in a second can become wasteful material.
Although there are people who are going to disagree with this technology and maybe spread rumors that it is faulty, we need this technology to help us better understand the world around us. Say a cop was trying to figure out a murder or suicide, if we had the technology to figure out what emotions they show it could tell us if they were murdered or if they commited suicide. This technology could really help us advance in life and learn how to understand things from new perspective.
This technology could be believed to improve our society and the way we learn, the way we educate our children, and the way we have an output on life itself. This technology could be a new meaning for life. It could make students learn to lie school. It could help us understand what is going on in someones life. It could maybe even help us solve crimes. Of course there is going to be people who will fight against this new technology but if we stick to it one day the technology can help us understand why these people are against it. | 5 |
d5fd4d3 | The way that i see it is that the author put a lot of reseach into venus and study it some scientist still today though study the plant. And trying to find a way to go there but the tests that there getting back isnt good like how in the article it said that "no space craft survived the landing for more than a few hours ".
So as there doing more tests they find out more things about the plant and try to look for a way to reach venus and to finally land on it . And to find out more stuff about venus up close .
The other thing is they found out about venus is that " a thick atomsphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus" according to the article . And so that means that they also have to find out whats wrong with the air and how can they live in it . And venus it the hottest plant even though mercury closer to the sun so it means that venus wont really be safe for us .
But therefore scientists cant get close to venus cause of the plants but they will try to chance even though there a risk. They still though want to so that they can test the objects on the plant . And see if its safe for the future or something . | 2 |
d5ff1e5 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The author gives many details about how many of the dangers Venus presents are unavoidable.
She also includes several details about how the dangers are life threatening to Earth dwellers.
Despite this, the author effectively supports her idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
In paragraph three, the author presents the problem that Venus is too hot and has too much pressure for humans to be able to survive.
In paragraph five, she uses an example of a scientific organization's plan to counteract the heat and pressure.
She explains how NASA's plan to sends humans to study Venus in a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so milles the roiling Venusian surface" will counteract the heat and will relieve some of the pressure.
In doing so, she was able to provide a solution to two of the problems Venus presents to its explorers.
In paragraph 6, the author acknowledges the fact that "...peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground counditions."
In the next paragraph, the author shows that NASA has been testing technology that will be able to withstand the harsh conditions of Venus while being able to make calculations.
The author, once again, was able to present a problem and solve it, showing her readers that her original claim is supported.
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" was able to support her idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
She was able to think of challenges that space explorers may face.
Then, she was able to counteract those problems with solutions.
She effectively made her case and supported it with details. | 3 |
d60b8b5 | Making a claim against reading students emotions. In my opinion could be a bad idea. That might be taking technology a little too far. They caculated what the painter painted Mona Lisa feelings would've have been. Thats insane and just a little too far. If they can read a paintings expressions from several years ago. I wouldn't want them reading a humans facial expression. Thats my thoughts on that.
It says they can caculate humans expression like math hoemwork in paragraph 2. It begins with a computer that constructs 3-D computer model of the face. All 44 muscles of the human face must move like human muscles. Each humans facial expression is universal according to the statement in paragraph 4. It's pretty amazing to think about then again it's kind've scary humans can do that reading. I perform the same expressions every day well every one does it isn't just me. It isn't very valuable in my opinion either because maybe if their emotional problems are different then they need to be what are they going to do about it. It will just read his facial expressions won't change anything. That would also cost a lot of money to have in each certain classrooms and also a bunch of money to make the 3-D computer.
In paragraph 6 it says if your frowning and a ad pops up it can read that and if you smile a certain ad would pop up. Just crazy to think about. It says in paragrpah 7 your home Pc couldn't handle reading that of course and they are expensive enough. So that would be much more costly even. | 2 |
d60df74 | The Face on Mars
Have you ever seen a landmark that looks like something else? In 1976 a Mars roover named Viking 1 spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. This just hapened to be huge rocks together looking like a face. NASA named this the "Face on Mars." The "Face on Mars" has become a pop icon. It has appeared in a Hollywood film, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! The Face is not a natural landform because it looks exactly like a face, its on Mars which could be an alien, and many roovers have seen the Face when they go to Mars.
The Face is not a natural landform because it looks exactly like a face. How can we not know that it is not an alien. NASA people can't go up to Mars to look at it face-to-face. Roovers can only take pictures of it. Mars is too far away that NASA can't send people up there to make sure it is an alien. There isn't any oxygen up there so people could breathe.
The Face is on Mars, which could be an alien. People have always thought that there were aliens on Mars. This time there actually could be one on Mars. Life on Mars could be a real thing. Mars is a eird place because it is red, unlike Earth which is mostly blue and green.
The Face is a natural landform because NASA has proven that there can't be any life form on Mars. There is nothing that they would be able to eat to stay alive. The planet is red and there isn't any water or anything to drink for them to survive. There is no possible way for any life form to survive on Mars.
There is a natural landform on Mars that looks like a face because huge rocks were fromed together looking like a face. This is all nature, there is no way that aliens could live on this planet. Natural landforms all around the universe. Mountains and hills are all over Earth. Nature takes control of everything that is alive. The Face is a natural landform and not some kind of alien.
The"Face on Mars" is a natural landform because aliens can't live on a planet without anything to survive, natural ladforms are all over the universe, and the Face is just huge rocks formed together looking like a face. I strongly believe that this is not an alien, and that this is a natural landform. | 3 |
d61378e | Since we had sent surveyors to Mars we have found many interesting things. We learned about much of the landscapes there and compared them to what we have here. Like the Earth, Mars also has a mesa biom. The face in the area of Mars know as Cydonia is a mesa biom, so natural formations accur. The face that we have discovered is not an alien structure because almost no true scientists think it is alien, high resolution cameras showed no signs of alien life, and it is natural because it is in a mesa biom.
The first reason that you should not believe that the face is an alien monument is because almost all the scientists agree that it is not a alien structure. As it said in the article, "Few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact." They are the ones that truely study this topic and know all about it, so we need to believe them. They also took the picture to draw attention to Mars and how unique it is, not to convince every one that there are aliens. The picture was slightly blurred and showed a unique stucture that was naturaly created.
The second reason is that the first image was burry and did not have the best quality. This could have made it look like it was made by someone or something other than nature. The new images were cearer and prooved that it was natural and that there were no alien artifacts.
The biggest and most obvious reason that should convince everyone is that it is a mesa biom. Things like this form all the time and should not be thought of a being made by anything other than nature. Take Earth for example, we have the same kind of region and it has land forms just as unique and different in their own ways. The formation on Mars was just more unlikely to accur than the other ones. Throughout time things change, and chances are that the Earth has or has had a similar landform that looked like a head.
There is no proof that aliens are on Mars. There is no proof that aliens are real. Nobody will ever be able to prove that aliens created the face because it will change, and eventually will not look like a face anymore. The face on Mars is obviously not an alien relic because almost every scientist agrees, high resolution pictures show it is not alien, and it is a mesa biom so this is natural. | 5 |
d613c8e | All over the world idea's of limiting car usage. In Vauban Germany 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own a car. Heidrum Walter said "When I had a car I was ALways tense. I'm much happier this way." In Paris they ban driving due to smog. Paris made some changes and Paris's congestion was down 60 percent in the capital france. Bogota, Colombia had a huge turnout on free-car day. The goal is to reduce smog violators and promote alternative transportation. Even in America, recent studies show fewer cars are being bought and less driving each year goes by. MIcheal Sivak said "I think that means something more fundamental is going on."
In Germany residnets in the suburban area are buying fewer cars. In this one community they are completely car free. The community is near the french and swiss borders. The surburban life is being adopted by public transportation with less space for parking and more space for stores and walk ways on main streets.
Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Motorists with odd or even license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home and if they did not listen they would be fined 22-euro ($31 dollars). Diesel fuel was blamed, since france has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Even though Paris has more smog than any other European capitals. The smog cleared on monday and for the ruling the French party banned odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took the buses to work on free-car day. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce their smog aswell. The turnout was large despite the gray clouds and rain. The day still went on has free-car day. Carlos Arturo said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution and they have done just that.
In America recent studies show that Americans are buying fewer cars and driving less. This is good and bad. Only because the pollution rate is dropping and that is a good thing but the bad thing is the American car ownerships are losing money. In New York the new bike-sharing program is skyrocketing because of the fewer cars being sold. The end of car culture is coming to an end and the time to change for the better is coming. One step at a time we can fix our mistakes with the pollution we started. | 3 |
d617314 | Electoral College is where we pick our state elector to choose our president. We as citizen get to help choose our state's electors when we vote. It's a benefit to keep our Electoral College in the government system.
After all, Electoral College do have their negatives. In the source "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid denfenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer claims that "voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors." We are not voting for our own president, but choosing an electors for our own state to go on and help us vote for our United States of America's president,but with an Electoral College every state get two Senators and one House of Representatives. Which divide everything equally. Our votes are counted by our population of people. So, the Electoral College shouldn't be change.
Mainly, Electoral College help us vote for our president. In the source "What is the Electoral College" by the Office of the Federal Register assert that the winner of the president is "election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens." The more popular votes our states is given the higher chance that president is going to be elected. "Majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president" out of 538 votes for a presidnet to win. With an Electoral College each president have to get at least 270 elector votes from all the 50 states for them to be president.
Lastly, Electoral College have no run-off elections. In the source "In defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner mentioned that with no run-offs there wouldn't be any "complicate the presidential election process." There will never be a tie votes between an election. For example, between Nixon and Clinton both got 43 percent popular votes which is a tie and hard to pick, but with an elector vote their votes are 301:370 which is a big difference.
In summary, Electoral College is a useful system in the government that should be kept in place. It has been used over the years and it would be a pain to change everything now. | 4 |
d617cf4 | In a couple of years, cars completely controlled by humans will be outdated. There are positive arguments and negative arguments about driverless cars. I am for positive cars for multiple reasons.
My first reason that driverless cars are a good idea involves drunk driving. If a preson is drunk and trys to drive somewhere but can not concentrate, he will not be able to drive the car. The text states, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road requires human skills, such as navigation through work zones and around accidents" (Driverless Cars are Coming 7). If a person is drunk and does not respond to the car's warnings, the car will not navigate through the work zone. This feature will elimate accidents caused by somebody who is drunk and is not able to properly function a car by himself.
Another reason why I am for driverless cars is car awareness. According to the text, "Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone" (Driverless Cars Are Coming 5). These sensors will completely eliminate blind spots. There are sensors all around the car that will warn it of a different car that is close to it. Many accidents are caused because somebody was going to change lanes on a road, but they did could not see the person that was in their blind spot.
My third reason that I am for driverless cars is that they have a gas milage that is twice as good as the cars that people drive today. One example from the text is, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus" (Driverless Cars Are Coming 1). Not only will these cars have a better gas milage, but they will also be able to get to more places than a city bus would be able to go. If driverless cars were used instead of regular cars, the world would use half as much gasoline as it already does. That would mean that the world will be able to us gasoline for twice as long and it will take the world twice as long to run out.
In conclusion, I am for driverless cars. Driverless cars would be much safer on the roads than if humans were controlling cars. Many more lives would be saved if there were driverless cars, and much more gasoline would be saved for the future. Driverless cars will have a positive impact on the whole world. | 4 |
d61ba63 | The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article that talks about the idea of exploring Venus. In the article, it mentions a plethora of challenges that come along with exploring Venus. The challenges include such things as: 97% carbon dioxide atmosphere, clouds of highly corrosive sulphuric acid, atmospheric pressure greater than that of Earth, and many other things. However, the author still thinks it is a great idea to explore Earth's sister planet. I happen to be one of the few, or many, individuals who think he supports his ideas very well.
Although Venus is not the safest place to explore, the author points out ways in which it can be done. He mentions NASA's idea of allowing humans to float above the fray as a way to see what is on Venus. When he says "above the fray", he is saying is that we could just place a blimp-like vehicle that hovers about 30 miles above Venus's treachorous landscape. This could work because as the author mentions, jet airplanes fly at a higher altitude in order to avoid dangerous storms. Storms that could knock them out of the sky and send them crashing to the ground.
The author also points out some interesting caveats that might prevent us from doing anything scientifically productive. They mention how just simply floating above Venus only allows us to see only a limited amount of stuff on the planet. This would be due to the conditions on the planet, such as the atmosphere being too dense to allow light to penetrate it. They also mention how researchers would be incapable of taking samples of things like rock or gas.
Luckily, scientists are working on innovations, possibly groundbreaking, that can help achieve an actually productive exploration of Venus. One such innovation is a simplified electronic that is made of silicon carbide. This is put to test in a chamber that simulates the conditions on Venus. The researchers are also looking back to old mechanical computers, which aren't a whole lot like the computers we have today and are more resistant to extreme conditions. Unlike our computers, these compuers make calculations using gears and levers.
In conclusion, the author supported his claim well that we can explore Venus despite its dangerous atmosphere. They rightfully point out good technologies that can be used to circumvent the atmospere and still be able to have a productive exploration. An example of such is the old mechanical computer. | 4 |
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d61ed97 | Is exploring and studying Venus a great idea? The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Human curiosity has gone beyond on willing to do anything to find out how Venus was created and find out the purposes it has, and to also collect any natural resoures it has to study them.
Venus is a challenging planet to study but it is the closet one to Earth. The author compares these two planets by their density and size, including the distance. They go on explaining why it is hard to study Venus by describing the weather and geology, and comparing to Earth's impediments. In paragraph 2, it states, "... not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades..." meaning spacecrafts don't even last more than a few hours there because there are possiblities that they might get destroyed and lose researches.
In paragrapgh 6, it states, "... researchers are working on innovations that would that would allow machines to last long enough..."
This is another reason why researchers work hard on inventing machines that are capable to last in Venus to collect data and resources to bring back on Earth to study them. The author goes on telling us that some electronics have lasted three weeks in that condition and they don't require electricity at all unlike modern devices that are sensitive to extreme physcial conditions.
To sum it all up, Venus is a worthy pursuit
despite the dangers to study. This rises up human curiosity in wanting to learn more of Venus. They will take any risk to get close and learn what the planet is made up of and what to use to get information from it. It is proved to be the challenging planet to oberserve closely and why it is risky to do this misssion. | 3 |
d61fa9d | Electoral College,are you against it or not? I would perfer that we keep this "despised method" for choosing our president.
A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College is possible but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. For example, in 2012 Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. This is a desierable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful prsident. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes don't count,that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president.
The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay attention to the campaign, knowing that they are going to decide the election. the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. A large state gets more attention form presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does.
The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. There is no pressure for the run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast. 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. | 3 |
d625185 | I strongly believe that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. There are many reasons to why I believe this,things like this are common around Cydonia and it could just be another Matrain mese.
When MGS arrived at the Red Planet in Sept 1997 they photographed as soon as they could get a good shot. When the photo they took finally hit the internet it showed nothing but a natural landform and no alien monument. Some people argue that on the Red Planet it was really cloudy during the time MGS took the picture, so you couldn't see the alien features becaus it was hidden by haze. But when mission controllers took another picture of the Face during a sloudless summer day in Cydonia, using the camerea's absolute maximum resolution they soon figured out that the face was equivalent of a butte or mese landform.
Just what I believed is was actually a Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landform that was common arounf the American west. There was so alien artifact, no Egyptian Pharaoh, and no alien monument. With the help of some of the MGS and the MOC we finally relized that the Face on Mars was just a equivalent landform to butte or mesa. | 2 |
d625d1c | Todays society uses automotive vehicles almoat everyday. When they go to work, to go to school, to go shopping, for fun, or anywhere they wanna go. Smog has been building up from the cars pollution for a very long time. Using Vehicles less will decrease smog, improve people's health, an will be better for the earth. Using automotive transportaton less will help everyone an everything in the whole world from humans to the air we breath, from animals to the grass they eat.
However, using vehicles less will decrease the smog amount all around the world. Smog affects everything so decreasing it will help everyone an everything out greatly. Banning cars for a day or bannins odd-numbered plates for just one day would help out tremendously. In France they have banned odd-numbered an even-numbered plate numbers for one day each on different days. " The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescing the ban for odd-numbered platwa on tuesday." So even banning vehicles one day can have a huge impact on decrasing smog. An it also clears up congestion on the roads.
However, by using automotive transprtation less it will improve people's health. Walking, skatboarding, riding bicylces, or running will all imrove your health. If you had to go somewhere you could walk there an it would imrove your cardio. If you do this in a large city for one day a great majority of people would participate. "In Colombia, a program took plase an millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work." That would greatly take a impact on the smog ratio. And all of those millions of people who participated got plenty of excersize for the day to improve their health.
So, by using automotive vehicles less it would tremendously help the entire Earth. Smog affects pretty much everything. The air that all the humans and animals breath in is polluted. The air is polluted so it affects the grass an vegetables that animals an humans consume for energy. It affects the trees that give off fresh oxygen so we can continue to breath. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Not driving would take away traffic jams therefore, people would not stress as much an also traffic jams cause a gigantic amount of air pollution so not driving would greatly help the entire Earth that we live on.
In conclusion, using automotive transportsation less would greatly help reduce smog build up, improve everyone's health, and it would tremendously help the Earth. It would lower air pollution so that the air we breath in would not be harmful to us. Even if we just banned cars for one day the whole Earth would be a lot cleaner. In the U.S the numbers of miles driving peaked in 2005 an have dropped stedily since then. People are starting to drive less and less an it is greatly helping the entire world. | 4 |
d6277a3 | In my opinion about the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming" i think its a reasonable to give driverless cars a chance. They are many reasonings why i think my opinion matters. In one cass the future is ahead of us and a good part of the world goes with the new and out with the old. Once something new such as driverless cars comes out the buying of regular cars will derease. Television and movies who promote cars will catch the eyes of numerous people which will increase the buying of driverless cars. In the past studys since 2009 drivers less cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash which im my opinion i find fairly good.
Another reasoning behind my opinion is driverless cars has already came a long way they have already made plenty of parts a driverless car needs such as rotating sensor on the roof , video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automative radar sensors, gps receiver and an inertial motion sensor and the most important part a driverless car needs "spinning sensor on the roof" what else could go wrong ?
My third reasoning is senors have been around since 1980's and have only inproved since , further improvements in sensors and cumputer hardware and software to make driving safer are leading to cars that can handle driving tasks on their own.
lastly another reasoning is Many people may look at driverless cars as a non fun way to drive since they wait around while a smart car does all the work. There is a positive side of this some people may not see most people tend to text and drive or sometimes call and drive which can lead to accidents even death, with the availbilty of smart cars to drive on thier own would let you do things such things as text and drive with out any leading accidents.
In conclusion for my reasonings , is the fact that taking a chance with driverless cars is a smart thing to do with all the positive outcomes that come with it , Automakers are continuing thier work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be salved | 3 |
d62b9c4 | It's safe to say that almost everyone on Earth has tried to hide their emotions on at least one occasion. Humans do this for a reason, and that reason is that they do not want others to know about them. Trying to pry those emotions out can lead to anger, frustration, and confusion. So a person being surrounded by emotion-detecting computers might not be the greatest thing. Now add the factor of millions of emotional teens being faced with them in a place where they are already strained. One of the worst things one can do is assume about something they can't truly understand. The use of the Facial Action Coding System is not valuable to students in a classroom.
The first obvious elephant in the room is that everyone shows emotions in a different way. While Dr. Huang points out that human facial expressions are universal, he does not deny that "individuals often show varying degrees of expression" (Paragraph 4). This stands to be an issue when it comes to reading a persons face. If everyone has different facial expressions, how effective can a computer be at tracking them? It isn't a valuable resource to use if there are so many unreliable factors that play into the performance.
In this day and age computers have taken over in classrooms. Students ranging from elementary to college use them on a daily basis. By adding FACS, Dr. Huang predicts that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (Paragraph 6). This sounds great, but it just isn't reliable. When using a computer in a classroom, students aren't exposed to just the computer. Their environment can effect the way they feel as well. A student could be having multiple conversations that spark emotions like anger, boredom, or confusion. If FACS picks up on those emotions that don't accurately reflect how the student feels about the lesson content, then it isn't providing valuable information. Without it providing useful information, the technology isn't valuable in a classroom.
One aspect of FACS that is useful is that it would create a system that appeal to individual users. A nice example used in the article is "if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different" (Paragraph 6). This is extremely helpful and great for getting rid of those pesky ads. However, it has nothing to do with students in a classroom. Students aren't exposed to ads, and this would provide no benefit for them. The value of this is nonexistent in a place where it can't be used, such as a classroom.
While FACS may be an extremely impressive software, it just doesn't serve as a benefit for students. There are no truly reliable elements that will improve classrooms in a meaningful way. It may be useful to some, but when it comes to students it is not a valuable piece of technology to have. | 6 |
d62d027 | In the artical,"Unmasking the Face on Mars," it appears to show that there is a face on Mars.
There is a scientist that I work with that thinks that it was made by aliens, but I don't think so. I don't think so because there has never been any real sightings of aliens and there is not enough research to prove that it was made by aliens. Here's why.
First off, there has never been any sightings of real aliens. People have been trying to see if there are actually is any and other life forms in our solar system. People have claimed that they've seen aliens, but there hasn't been any evidence that makes that true. I think that it is a natural landform because there has been many other objects on other planets that look like they had to be made from aliens, but they soon found out that it was not.
Second, there is really not enough research covering this specific topic. Yes, NASA has taken pictures of it through out many years, but thats all they've done. No human has ever stepped foot on Mars so no one really knows if it is really made by aliens. Though the pictures that NASA took looks like a face and people think thats there's no way a person could do, that makes me beleive that if humans can't do it, then neither could aliens.
As time goes by and NASA takes more pictures of this object, they will soon realise that this "face" is just an object that is on Mars, and that it is not created by any aliens. | 2 |
d630b1f | It would be impossible for the face to be created by aliens because new high image resolutions and 3D altimetry from
NASA's Mars global survey reveals the face on mars was really just a mesa. It also shows that its formed by shadows giving the the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos and shows that it was just anatural landfom. Their was no alien momument after all. The pictures also show that the landfrom is equivelent to mesas landforms that can alo be found in American West.
Also if u look at the three photos from viking 1 1976 and the one from 1998 and the latest image from 2001. The higher the resolution the more it doesnt look like a face. The 1976 photo its looks like a face. Then the 1998 photo it looks like nothing to me. But when you look at the 2001 phot it looks like hills with canyons or crakes near them. So you would have to give me a good reason and explanation how this looks like aliens created it. In conclusion tahts why i dont think it was created by aliens and its just a natural landform. | 3 |
d635ef5 | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be part in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well here are some things to show you how fun it would be to be part of it!
These are the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, You would be able to travel around the world all the time and explore the places you would want to go to.
If you like taking care of animals then that would be the perfect place for you to join because you get to feed and care for animals all the time and clean up after them, you also get to look out for the animals at night to make sure they're okay.
Another reason you should join is because you get to help people in need from war without doing so many things. You can experience the problems in the world and help solve them.
But overall, at the end you can have all sorts of fun with the other workers and animals because you can play many games in the places where they kept the animals and play games like baseball, boxing, reading etc.
These where the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program! | 2 |
d636677 | I do not agree with driverless cars. I think robots are too dangerous and could kill us if they become intelligent enough. Cars cant be replaced. not within the next hundred years or anytime soon. The roads are better controlled by humans, and it would cost us a ton of money to make and use all the proper equipment.
One of the major reasons I don't agree with driverless cars is the cost of it all. I will quote the article, "These smart-roas systems works surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical. This would put us in debt even more and will ultimately be too risky to even do. This should remain what it is on television, a sci/fi mystery.
Another reason I disagree with driverless cars is its good for us to drive. It's stimulating for your brain as you develop more skill in driving. It would be one more thing we didn't have to worry about. It would make us lazy.
Thirdly, it's simply too dangerous. What if the human fell asleep in places where the car couldn't drive itself? If the technology fails and the human is injured, who could take the fault? The driver, or the manufacturer? In most states it is illegal to even test this sort of technology for a reason.
In conclusion, driverless cars are unsafe, too dangerous, and could lead to the dumbnation of humankind. I do not agree with driverless cars and I think they should leave the roads for the humans to secure. Robots are unpredictable. | 3 |
d63fc88 | "
This program has been a very good experiance, ''luke has said.
I got to learn how to feed the animals and keep watch.
It? even better since Don is with me. I think that this Seagoing Cowboy is a great program. Since this is such a great progam I should convince other people that they should join. There are many reasons why.
People should join us. People should join the
Seagoing Cowboys. The first reason why is that there could be more people feeding the animals,water them two or three times a day. They could make sure thet there was hay for the animals. Also the people can be a watchmen or two. The people could also be night watchman.
They could just help others. Some people could go on an other ship and do other jobs there. They can have some animals in a pen. They can have a person to care for them. They could have the same jobs on the first ship but be on another ship so they can deliver the animals and get more done and be able to deliver them at the same rate.
"If I asked more people to come and help it would be a huge opportuinity for them to take. they would get the experiance to serve the ship and do what has to be done," said Luke. Everyone who took the chance or job would be a huge help. We could have many ships go out. They could get the job done.
So explorers, if you would like to have an adventure this is the job you may want to try. People will realize or they will be aware of people in their countries and their needs. As a group effort people make a difference. This job would be good for you. This job isn't all about hard work. There are some fun things too. You would get to meet other people as well. | 3 |
d640a12 | Hello readers my name is PROPER_NAME and, today I'm gonna dicuss the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System created by Dr. Paul Eckman that enables computers to indentify human emotions. Also I'm gonna support this claim about the new human emotions technology,and I'm gonna use details from the story to back up this claim so you readers know "this new" technology is legit. So now let's get to it shall we you readers out there.
A Renaissance painting by artist Leonardo da Vinci called Mona Lisa was studied by a scientist named Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois who innovated some new computer software that can recognize human emtions, working alongside with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr Huang and his colleague were developing a better way for humans and humans to communicate with each other.I agree with this claim, you wanna why? Because technlogy in general has come a long way, and the fact it's taken to the next step is phenomenal. Like it might be a chance that a computer software can determine how we feel and not just humans in genreal, but even old paintings so long ago isn't that incredible. But in part of the story i feel like tihs software could actually work out was that it said that the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one oe more muscles is an "action unit." which means that they need to scan the face of a human like features in order to scan the face. When works on thigns like this he normally relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, he is the creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Edwin has classified six emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the muscles. For instance when you raise your eyebrows you're surprised, but when you raise your eyebrows down by your mouth you're angry.
Another good reason why i think this technology is really good and it can help is.That when facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression. Use videp imagery, the new emotion-recogntion software tracks these facial movements- from a real face such as Mona Lisa. If u weigh the different units' the software can even identify mixed emotions. So cool that just shows you how advanced technology can be. Also each expression is cmpared against a neutral face.
My final defense to back this claim up is that computers got so advanced over the years it's kinda like it knows who to set up your mood of what you wanna see. For instance, if you smile when a Web ad appears on oyur screen, a smilar ad might follow. But if you frown , the next ad will be different. Hell a classroom computer could even detect when a student is becoming confused or bored. Well in that case it could vhelp modify lesson for the student to make them become more intertested in the assignment.
Well thank you readers i feel like i backed up my case with tih claim, we know computers or even technology in general might've changed in a jurrasic way but we will wonder what the future has in stored for us. We just gotta find out what's next in technology. My name is PROPER_NAME and this is my claim for FACS. | 2 |
d641974 | I personally think that there should be an electoral college vote. Not only does it keep the popularity vote out of check, but it also holds a good amount of personality behind the fact that it carries over 100 years of tradition, divide that by 4 years per term of president, thats over 10 presidents that have won their electoral college votes. If they used the popularity vote? We would go insane. If the people realize what they are talking about, we could go billions of dollars out of our debt hole were in..
Our spending habits these presidents we have had over the past years have lead us into doing? Im surprised were all still alive honestly. Different candidates have different ways of planning their lives in office, their daily commutes, their daily functions, what laws they are going to put into place next, the next time that they will make a public apperence, those kind of things. But when theyre talking about taking electoral college out of play because its "outdated" personally I would say throw them a box of loony toon cereal.
I dont believe in throwing out something our founding fathers came up with. Expecially now that we have so many of our constetutional rights going out of play and being laid to rest for the many years that they helped serve us justice and made us actually realize our country went to war to fight for our freedom, thats basically taking away our freedom to have who we think is best in office. Everybody talks about both candidates. The popularity war also wouldnt work because they talk about both of them equally as another citzen would. | 2 |
d644651 | Fellow citizens should know the advantages of limiting their car usage of drivng less car can reduce the pollution, For example the article "In German Suburb,Life Goes on Wihtout cars" it says "expert says its a huge impedmient to currenty efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpopes. Cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emission". Thats why its important to cut back, If not... They could ban driving. For Example the article "Paris Bans driving due to smog" Paris almost of near the record pollution, so paris enfored partial drivng ban to clear the air of the global city. And there was 1 article about "Car Free Day Is Spinnning into a big hit in Bogota" talks about banning cars and only transportation is bike, walk, and busses.
In the article "German Suburb,Life Goes On Without Cars" people who ownes house has to pay for Parking space stated "Car ownersship is allowed but they must buy a parking spaces which can cost up to $40,000" cause of this people who dont have money rather buy a house instead of a car so they dont have to pay $40,000 for a parking space. 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57% sold a car to move to germany.
"Paris bans driving due to smog" Paris bans driving becuase after days of near record pollution, Which made Prais enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Mortorists with even numbered license plates were order to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine which is $31 in USD. And some drivers dont even enfored the rule for example "4,000 drivers were fined for not coperating with the rule enforced by paris offical. Diesel fuel was the blmamed since France Car which is made up of 67% of cars fueled with diesels. its a good idea for Paris to ban driving for certain amount of days because it can clear the air up with pollutions.
In "Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" they have banned driving for 3 straight years. the only transportation you could get around is buses and taxis is permmited for the day without cars in the capital city of population of 7 million. People who violate the banned of driving could faced a $25 fines, the turn out was large, despite gray clouds thay dumped rains showers on Bogota. As the mayor says "its a good oppertunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" in this case i agree with the mayor because having a stree-free pollution can lead to a heathier state and a clean enviroment.
"The End of Car Culture" President Obama ambitous goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions. Many sociologists believe it will have benefical implications for carbon emissions and the enviroments, since transporation is the 2nd largest source of american's emission. For example companys like "Ford and Mercedes have been rebranding themselves as a mobility companines. with all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habits. Company who offer transportation for example in New York theres a new bike sharing program to reduce car transportation.
So as a fellow citizens its a good idea to cut back and save on money, and pollution to our planet earth. everyone wants a clean and safe enviroment. One thing you dont want is your country to ban or limited driving which makes you take the city bus or call a taxi. | 3 |
d644ad3 | As technology increases, the idea of driverless cars is startin to become a reality." Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive thenselves by 2020." As the passage states that diverless cars are on the way and are already in progress. Although the thought of not having to have your liscens sounds great, I am against the developement of these cars. The developement of diverless cars would cause conflict among manufacturers and the people. Also there could be mechanical problems that come along with the developement of driverless cars causing safety issues. Lastly, most people enjoy having control over their own car which also allows for responsability.
Safety is a the number on issue with driverless cars. If there was a mechanical issue while people were on the road, it could cause injuries. Also, if the car was not functioning right and you are stuck out in the middle of the road, who would be there to fix it? Just like any other mechanical object, it is a possibility that thing will go wrong.
" If the technology fails and someone is injured, who it at fault - the driver or the manufacturer?" In agreement with the quote from the passage I also question who is at fault. These issues will cause unessesary conflict between the manufacturers and the people. Being able to manually drive cars would additionally enable us to avoid these issues and know who is resposible.
Having control over your own car gives you more comfortability knowing who is behind the wheel and how the vehicle operates. Also being able to drive yourself will teach you responsability that is necessary part of growing up. " even if trafic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover the liability in case of an accident." The developement of driverless cars would also lead to new regulations of the law and the people having to know it.
Although driverless cars are long way away, its a big transition from diriving a car "manually" to literally automatic. I am against the developement of these cars because it will cause conflict withe the manufactures and the peolple. Also there could be mechanical problems that could cause safty issues. Lastly, most people enjoy having control over their own car which also allows for the learning of responsability. | 4 |
d648e2f | Is the use of a Facial Action Coding System valuable in classroom setting? My argument would claim yes it is and heres why.
The F.A.C.S is a powerful machine that can make a classroom alot easier to teach if every teacher had one because th classroom could get boring at times but the teacher wouldn't know it was unless they had this tool because at times they are just trying to do their job and dont pay attention enough to know that they are boring the class.
Think about a setting of second grade students they are energized and happy to be at school but you hae to keep there attention or else they might goof around and not learn anything. The first thing a teacher would assume of a child of that age is goofing off is that their a bad child but thats not the case they are just bored and are trying to find something more entertaing to do. The teacher cant just tell that the child is bored though because their young faces cant appear bored their full of energy, but if the teacher had this extraordinary computer in their room they can look at it and say ok i have to make this lesson more exciting instead of telling the parrents of the child because their not going to learn that way they are going to have fun weather you tell them to or not.
lets give one more example though to show this invention is more usefull then just for a class of little kids. look at a high school setting teens wont always show their emotions so you have to figure out on your own and if you cant then your going to have a hard time.
A frustrating class is the worst in highschool and sometimes when half the students get the lesson and half dont you dont know weather to move on or to help the machine can show the teacher that the students are getting frustated and angry so the teacher can eaisly see and say ok less take this lesson slow or turn it into a game because children
can remember things easier if they associate it with something fun because they will want to do it again.
In conclusion the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in the classroom because it can give the teacher a little more information on how to teach their class because it will show how the students are feeling as they are teaching the class and if they need to change up the way they teach or not. | 4 |
d64be3d | Have you ever wondered how schools can help students who struggle or don't understand the material they cover? Well, the development of the Facial Action Coding System could very easily help with that problem. The Facial Action Coding System could be used in school computers to help recognise when a particular student is struggling, or when the entire class doesn't understand. With its facial detection, it can detect every human emotion, happy or sad, suprised or mad. Not only could the Facial Action Coding System help teachers to know when students aren't following, but it can help computers become more personalized to the student, making it easier to learn. Due to its capability to read faces, the Facial Action Coding System is practical in schools because it can help let teachers know when students are struggling or confused, and it can make a computer more personalized, making the learning process easier.
One reason that the Facial Action Coding System should be used in schools is because of its use in informing teachers when a student really knows what they're doing, or when a student doesn't understand. This could allow teachers to know when they sould review their material. Not all students are verbal about understanding the material, so putting the FACS in school computers could help let teachers know who is good and who is lagging behind. In paragraph 6 of the article, it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This shows that the creator of FACS had uses in school in mind when he invented it. Another reason that FACS should be used in school is its ability to make learning more personal. In the article it says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." A computer knowing your emotions would make it more personal to you. It could know how you feel about some things, and how fast or slow it should go to make learning more personal. With greater use of computers in schools, personalizing computers could only make them easier to use.
In conclusion, due to its capability to read faces, the Facial Action Coding System is practical in schools because it can help let teachers know when students are struggling or confused, and it can make a computer more personalized, making the learning process easier.
Putting the Facial Action Coding System into computers in schools could benefit students and teachers. It could let a teacher know when to slow down or speed up a lesson. The FACS could also make computers more personal to the user by telling them when someone is enjoying a lesson, or bored of a lesson. That is why the Facial Action Coding System should be used in schools. | 4 |
d64cc33 | I think that the electoral college should stay, because the electoral college is a process that with help our country and future problems. most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. After the presidential election, the governor prepares a certificate of ascertainment listing all of the candidates who ran for president in the state along with the names of their respective electors. the state's certificates of ascertainments are sent to the congress and the national archives as part of the official records of the presidential election.
The electoral college consists of 538 electors. each candidate running for president in the state has his or her own group of electors. the electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their resonsibilities are. The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by vote for president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress.
the electroal college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed, however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national. | 1 |
d64d128 | In the world that we live in now, many people use cars to get around like getting to work, schooling, and some just go for fun, or the experience of it. In our world, these vehicles are causing a very big issue in our lives. Cars are not great for our enviornment, without them we would be able to be more eco-friendly, be healthier, and keep eachother more safe. Cars are not the only way to get around!
Using cars may help up get around more often, but notice how many accidents people get into. Running into someone`s bumper, not being carefull, and some times even driving under the influence, are all very dangerous ways you can get injured in a car. Vehicles are a way to get around quickly, but imagine being stuck in traffic for hours and only moved a mile because someone was not paying attention and ran into a street light. We were born with feet to walk. Walking short distances to the store, or market, where ever you wish to go is better than being stuck in a pile of reckless drivers. You can get there in a safer mannor than you would if you were to take a car.
There are plenty of way to get around, other than cars suck as bikes, any kind of skateboards, rollerblades, unicycling, there is a whole list. Not only do these help the enviornment, but they give you a nice workout. Most do it for their health, some to help them acheive a goal. A simple walk to the store, can help with a plethora of thing that are very important to your body. While doing this healthy habit, you get plenty of fresh air, with can reduce stress, and help your body in ways that will give you a feeling a peace in mind.
Let`s talk about the world, we know how to stay healthy. Does our world? It cannot take care of itself. The people who live in it are the ones who provide the maintenence. Without using cars, the gas that they realese will not bother our enviornment. As said in source 1, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of green house gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the US." 50%? That`s half! If these gasses continue to damage our enviornment, our world will be very unclean.
For generations, cars were known to impress. Even now, people still have cars shows, or gatherings to display their vehicles. The better your car was, the more attention you were receiving. On the other hand, many people have chosen to take the better way out of it and find other ways to get out of using them. Car pooling is another option. Not many people do it, but when its is absolutly needed, that is one option. Keeping everyone happy and healthy, including this planet, is a very important thing that we can do. | 4 |
d64db4d | Have you ever wanted to know how someone was feeling, whether it was a student, family member, or even a friend? Well with the help of the Facial Action Coding System, now you can do just that. Facial Action Coding System or ( FACS ) for short is a new computer program that can classify up to six differnet emotions by the movement of all 44 major facial muscles. This invention was created by Prof. Thomas Huang. But here is the real question, would this technology be valuable in a classroom?
For us humans, some may find it easy to tell how someone is feeling based on the look on their face. But for others it isn't so easy. Say a teacher for example, is teaching a science lesson. With this type of technology the teacher would be able to tell if his or her students are understanding the topic being taught, or if they are bored and about to fall asleep. This could change every way that a lesson is being taught in every classroom around the world. This could even raise test scores for kids and teens around the globe.
With this type of technology, you could tell how someone is feeling based on the muscle movements in their face. FACS works based on what's called muscular action units. These action units are all of those 44 major, as well as some minor facial movements. This system is the most accurate system out there for telling how someone is feeling based on their muscle movements. For example, take the zygomatic major. This is the muscle that begins at your cheek bones which helps you create your smile. Or the frontalis pars lateralis muscle. This is the muscle above your eyes which helps raise your eyebrows when you are surprised.
Based on all the research, there is the six basic emotions, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. All these emotions happen in a classroom more then anyone would ever imagine. If students were having trouble understanding a math lesson, then this technology could pick that up if the student didn't say they were confused. This technology could be very useful for teachers because it could give them feedback about what they need to do better, or go over more throughly. It could even give them the chance to even change the whole lesson all together and slow it down for students to understand.
So how valuable would this technology be in a classroom environment? Well in my opinion it seems very important. I say this because the technology could tell whether a student was comprehending a lesson, and if they weren't. This technology could also give feedback to the teacher to show if they need to show the lesson over so the students could understand the topic better. This technology could possibly even raise test scores based on the feedback it gives teachers, all based on the looks on the students faces. This new technology known as Facial Action Coding System could help teachers comprehend their students and if they are learnig, confused, or even excited. | 4 |
d656985 | In the article called "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author talks about a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System. This system allows computers to identify human emotions by studying the facial features of that person. This is a very valuable piece of technology to have in the classroom.
In Paragraph 6, it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This could easily make test scores go up in many of our schools.
In Paragraph 1, when describing Mona Lisa, it says "She is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". If it can truly see emotions that specifically, we would be able to find out if a kid is feeling depressed, which would definitely drop the suicide rate thats spiked over the years. We could also identify if a kid is feeling angry, and find a way to calm him/her before there are any fights, or even worse, shootings.
Also, if we can see how a student feels about a particular lesson, we could adjust it accordingly.
In conclusion, this new emotion-recognition-technology described in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" could be very valuable to the classrooms. | 3 |
d65808c | If you think that the mask on the fave of mars is reall? Well im here to prove you wrong and to show you that there is a scientific reason why there is somtheing like that on mars. First, I'll talk to you about how it is that it got to be like that. Secondly, i will explain how it was made. Lastly, I will show you how and prove to you with facts of how it was proven to not be aliens who built this face on mars.
First, I am positive of what you said about the aliens creating this face and then the government taking them to area 51, is a lie. The alines weren't the ones to create this face because it was what we like to call the mesa or you can also call it the butte. Anyway, the mesa is like a lot of landforms that we have here in western part of America, just as it states in paragrph 12. Secondly, when people started to make assumptions it was because NASA had not been able to take a clear image. So you can not say that it was the aliens because the rest of the world was sayng it. Thirdly, we really couldnt find it whenever we wanted because it was hard to find. As it states in paragraph 9. ''We have to scan the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km-wide strips'' said Jim Garvin. so this are some small but really to the point facts so you can have and understanding about the face of mars and so you can stop thinking that it was aliens who created this face. | 2 |
d65c27e | The author supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers since no spacecraft survived the landing of more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explans why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging plant for humans to study,despite its proximity to us.
One reason the author says this is because the atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atomosphere. On the plant's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.
Another reason the author says this is because Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system,even though mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
The third and final reason the author says this is because even though Venus has its horrible and dangers things on it there are also good reason why we should study it Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like plant in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various form of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth.
In conclusion Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. our travels on Earth and beyond shoudn't be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 3 |
d66421a | In the article "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" , Luke joined , or signed up , for the Seagoing Cowboys. This job was to do hard work overseas to help with cattle and feed.
On their way, Luke went and seen different places,like China! Convincing others to participate in this important job would be hard. I think it would be hard because it is hard work. You also have to go overseas , away from your family and friends.
It would be hard to convince people to participate, or help. This is because, it is hard work, and your always busy. Here is an example from the article,"His job was to check on all the animals every hour." That proves that he is always busy. "But he couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs." That is an example that he is hard working.
They have to go overseas to Greece to work as a Seagoing Cowboy. Here is an example from the text, "They got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece." People would miss their friends and family. They would also be sore from all the hard work they have to do.
Luke was greatful from start to end. In the beginning he was greatful to participate. In the middle, he done hard work , visited and saw great experiances. In the end, he was sore but really greatful for his part. "I'm greatful for the opportunity." he says. "It made me more aware of people of other countriesand their needs." That was an example in the text.
But best of all, he helped. These were some reasons and examples of why it would be sort of difficult to convince others , or people, to participate and take part in helping. | 1 |
d6659ad | There are advantages to limiting car usage. If we limit car usage there would be no smog. There would be less or no traffic or crashes. There will be more room for stores and restaurants. This is where i will tell you about why we should limit car usage.
If we limit car usage there will be no smog. Our air would be so much cleaner. we couldnt get sick as much as we do be cause of the smog. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. they are also up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Car traffic was down to 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intesifying smog. Diesel fuel was blamed for all of the smog. the real reason is the fact that we have so many cars/trucks on the road at all times. Some of the trucks leak fuel.
There will be less traffic jams if we limit car usage. For the most part there will be less reckless driving. That also means less stress. The rise in cellphoneand car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. With all of these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. There has been shifts in the driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate. | 2 |
d666983 | New and innovative things are created as the future grows near. Many of this inventions or discoveries help to advance our society, knowledge, and efficiency, however some of these inventions might seem like a step toward success, or like the most efficient thing possible, but it can also be a danger to the society. Driverless cars are one of these dangerous inventions. Although driverless cars might seem like the next big thing that allows the busy workers of today to multitask, can it also be a threat to the well-being of others?
Driverless cars are likely to appeal to people in today's society for two main reasons that contradict each other. One of these reasons being that today's society consists of some of the most overbooked, not only adults, but teenagers as well. A driverless car likely peeks the interest of people like this because it allows them to multitask and have additional time to do homework or prepare a presentation for an important meeting, etc.
The second main reason that contradicts the appeal to the first group of people, is that some people in today's society are also incredibly lazy. With so many inventions that make things easier in life, a driverless car is just another one. In today's society, technology is so advanced that people don't need to be face to face to communicate or "express" feelings with one another, so why would you if you don't have to? People can order food to be delivered to their homes, so why go to the store when you don't need to? People can use hoverboards to go down the street, so why walk when you don't need to? And so on. Although a driverless car won't be replacing any "physical activities" like walking or going to the store, etc. it does add to the lazieness of people in today's society.
Although a driverless car can be served as a way to be more efficient and productive for some of the busiest people today, and can be a time for some of the lazier people in today's society to get in an extra twenty minutes or so of sleeping, it defeats the "guidelines" of a driverless car. Althougn a driver in a driverless car does not need to do any of the driving unless instructed otherwise by the car, the driver still does need to stay alert with there eyes on the road at all times in order to be on the lookout for any construction, accidents, etc. to avoid. Although people are instructed to continuing being alert even though they do not need to drive for the most part, knowing how people are today, many will just ignore this instruction or forget about it, which could put people's lives at risk.
One of the biggest issues that can arise with a driverless car, is it mechanics and liability. Although after being thouroughly tested by Google, and it is reported that after driving more than half a million miles the cars did not crash, there is always a chance that there could be an accident. Although there is always this chance with normal cars and drivers, this can be more possible with driverless cars because the driver might not be alert like they should be, and there is a construction site that the car was not aware of, or the cars automatic brakes malfunction and the car crashes, etc.
No matter what type of car it is, there is always a chance that something could go wrong. However, it is not only that driverless cars could be more dangerous than normal cars, but people in society today could be what sets these cars apart. With nearly everything automatic, people might take advantage of this feature and think that it protects them from everything, and be reckless with their actions. So, it is not that driverless cars could be more dangerous and a bigger threat to society, it is that people today could be more dangerous, more reckless, and bigger threat to society if they were provided with driverless cars. Therefore, it is is not that driverless cars are not ready for people in today's society, people in today's society are not ready for driverless cars. | 5 |
d669dab | I think Luke's point of view of convincing people to go on a Seagoing Cowboy trip. The text states
Luke joined the program is it was a once in a lifetime opporortunity. The text states,Luke said why would I pass this up this is anopporortunity of a lifetime. The text alo states, he said being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for him it opened up the world to him. Another thing Luke said is. "It makes people moreof the other countries in need.
The text states,the cattle boat trip is an unbeliveable opportnity for a small town boy. The text also states,Luke said that awareness stayed with him leading his familly to host a numberofinternational students and exchange visitors for many years. The text also states,Luke found time to have fun on board, especially on the return trips after the animals had been unloaded. Another thing Luke said is he was so grateful for the opportunity.
The text states,Luke got to see all these different countries like china,and Europe. The text also states that Luke got to tour an excavated castle in Crete. Another thing that Luke said is sometimes you won't no when it will happen | 1 |
d669dfa | is it right whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in the classroom is valuable. The software is the latest innovation from prof. Thomas huang of the Beckman institute for Advanced science at the univerity of illinois, working in collaboration with prof. Computers can help kids that are sick at home and cant come to school. It can help kids that dont understand how to do some of there homework.
Hold on calculates can help kids that don´t understand how to do there math homework. Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger,disgust, fear, and sadness. Then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Dr. Huang even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression like not smiliing as broadly.
techology can also bad a bad thing for kids because they can get on website and look up the ansers to there homework and never learn it. The way it works it they get on the website and type in the anwer and get it. They dont have to work for it anymore. A renowned drama coach, constantin stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowing as a way of creating these emotions on stage. | 2 |
d66cdbe | Do you want to travel the seas? Or be a cowboy? or BOTH? Then join the Seagoing cowboys! The Seagoing cowboys help recover their food supplies, animails and more! 44 nations come and join together to form the UNRRA. The Seagoing Cowboys help contries recover from the World Wars.
Once you get on to the ship, there will most likely be a cargo ship of 335 horses with hay and oats to feed them. There are jobs like, feeding the animals, the animails needs to be fed and watered two or three times a day. The stalls had to be cleaned and on your second trip, You might be lucky enough to be a night watchman. Night watchman are soupossed to check on every animal every hour.
When you are a seagoing cowboy, there is fun and adventures. it can take up to a month to get to china and about two weeks to cross the alantic ocean. And, after the animals get unloaded there will be games like, Baseball and vollyball games in the empty holds where the animals were housed. Table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games also helped passed the time when they were on their way back to the U.S.
Being an Seagoing cowboy for Luke was way more than an adventure in his opoion. It opened up the world to him, and made him aware of people of other contries and their needs. If Luke was not to be part of the Seagoing cowboys, he would probaly be stuck with his two part time jobs in an grocery store and a bank and could probaly miss a huge opportunity of going on an adventure. To conclude, You should join the Seagoing cowboys to have a great time with friends, travel,help out contries and especsilly, go on adventures. | 4 |
d67d2c2 | I would say that planning a trip to Venus is a worthy idea and pursuit because scientists can go there and collect samples of rocks and gases. They could be able to see things and stuff they have never seen before. The problem would be that scientists and explorers would probably not be able to return back to Earth to examine the samples because Venus's Surface is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and they won't be able to survive on the surface for a long period of time.
Inseead of using electronics, we can use mechanical computers which are more ridgid and less fragile in extreme weather and environment conditions. These mechanical computers are worthy because they were used in World War II. These mechnical computers were made to withstand the extreme of weather and environmental conditions.
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Some examples include the following, " A thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide covers Venus". "Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere". "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". | 2 |
d67e3c1 | The author fom "The challenge of Exploring Venus", said
that
studying vanus is worty pursuit despite the dangers it presents.They say Venus is the twin of earth because its almost the same the only thing they dont have the same
its not nobody can't live there.For years they been trying to go there and walk around and see what
wrong with it , but everytime they go something wrong always happends with the mission.They say Venus os a very challenging place.
The author say that if something wrong ever happend
to our earth we will need
to go to Venus.The NASA is trying to find a way how to send human to Venus to see what wrong with it , they think they have sum idias how.Why would a be Venus like i told you before Venus is the closest planet to Earth in the terms of density and size.A would take us months even years to find a way to get there and how to make it seem like earth the place we living right now we can even call earth 2.
If we ever go to Venus we would need to wait
for Venus be close to us, but still a would to hours for us to get in to Venus and you would never know
if something go wrong
when we our
way other there. What if we go and we need to be in the space shops for months we cant do that because a would be so much people that are food might go away.That why need need to make sure that everything its ok for us to fly over space.
But do youe ever wonder if we ever live in Venus but we did something wrong with it that we need it to move to earth. | 2 |
d680429 | In this article the author is supporting his idea about the studies of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. In the article the author gives reason and evidence why. There is a posiblity to live on Venus, but still too dangerous.
Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because it may well once been the most Earth- like planet in our solar system. In paragraph 4 it says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains,and craters." There is even a posibility that Venus was largely covered with oceans and could have supported various form of life just like Earth. Venus can be a possibility of Earth travels. The dangers of Venus is the 97% carbon dioxide on the planet. In paragraph 3 it says " Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." Venus atmosphere is more dangerous than ours, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience in our on planet. Can Venus be a planet we live on?
To get an understandment of Venus NASA need to get close and personal despite the risk. In paragraph 6 it says " Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. " NASA is working on different approaches. One example they gave in the article is some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide. This have been tested in a chamber simulating on Venus surface, and lasted three weeks.
Our travels shouldn't be limited by the dangers and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation, like the author says in paragraph 8. At least try if there is a possiblity. | 3 |
d682dd8 | Is there any advantages of limiting car usage? Whether it's for the environment or even your health, there are some advatages that overall can help you. Lets be honest, cars aren't cheap and i don't really see them getting any cheaper but walking from point A to point B is free. It's kind of like killing two birds with one stone, by walking you save the environment from the gas you would be burning and you're saving money at the same time.
Limiting or even completly getting rid of driving can help you become a happier or even tense free person. Driving a vehicle, escpecially on a congested highway or road can create road rage causing you to become more stressful and aggrivated. In a suburb in Germany, residents there are giving up their cars, something they have never done before. They seem to be working efficiently without their cars, still being able to go to the store and work. It seems that they like this way of life better, stress free and no worrys of getting stuck in traffic. Like what Heidrun Walter explained in source one, she said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." People are so infactuated with the thought of driving and cars but they don't realize that driving all the time is effecting your health. Personally, I think it's some of the reason as to why there is so much obesity in this world.
Not only is driving all the time bad for your health but it's also bad for the environment. Paris had a problem with there being so much smog, that they actually had to enforce a partial ban from driving. The partial ban was working, it was said in source 2 that after five days of intensifying smog, congestion went down 60 percent in the capitol of France. The partial ban worked with trying to clear out the smog to help the environment so well that the French party rescind the ban for odd numbered plates on tuesday's. Source 3 explained that in Columbia they were going on there third year of cars being banned except for buses and taxis. Just like in Germany people seemed to being adjusting and liking the idea of no cars on the roadway. A business man named Carlos Arturo Plaza, said that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" referring to Columbias third year of banning cars.
Even if you just have to go right down the street, people hop in there cars and go, when in fact you can just walk. An official of Transportation for America,David Goldberg, expressed about how depended we are on vehicles. He said "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change." And change is what seems to be exactly happening. In source 4 it was said that there seemed to be a decline in America's love affair with their vehicles. According to Doug Short, who is apart of an investment research comapany said that "When adjusted for population growth, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter." Maybe people are starting to realize that you don't necessarily need to drive and that it's more of previlge then a must. | 4 |
d6831f6 | Driverless cars are developing in many companies. In the artice the author states that these cars can only steer, accelerate, and break themselves and the driver must do the rest. Driverless cars are not truely driverless because the car still needs the driver to keep a hold of the wheel and take over when there are work zones or accidents ahead. If the driver is still doing a lot of the work, then are these cars even that useful? The answer is no. Driverless cars just bring more danger and conflict into the world.
These driverless cars only do some things on the road. When an issue comes up that the car is not equiped to handle, then the driver must take over. The car must notify the driver to take over. This also means that the driver not only has to be paying attention the entire time but they also have to be holding onto the steering wheel just in case an issue pops up quick. This shows that these cars are not all that safe.
Do we really need driverless cars? It is not that difficult to learn what you need to learn, get your permit, take your test, and then get your licensce. With driverless cars we might not have to go through all that. This means drivers will be less educated and the roads will not be as safe. If drivers in driverless cars already have to be paying attention and holding onto the steering wheel, they might as well just be driving too.
These cars will end up costing so much money to make and we could be using that money for more important issues. Not only will the cars cost a lot but if things on the road need to change like stop lights, road structure, street signs, etc., then that will cost a lot extra too. There are many things we could be spending that money on rather then cars that drive by themselves because we've become to lazy to drive a car ourselves. We could be building new homes, feeding the hungry, fixing buildings, and much more.
Therefore we should stop the developement of driverless cars because they are unsafe and pointless. Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes that these cars will change the world. He believes that these cars will only use half the fuel of taxis now and have more flexibility than a public bus. That all does not matter unless the cars are fully safe and better developed. Drivers might think they can slack with these cars because they are driverless but they actually have to be paying attention the whole time, ready to take over. This will bring questions when accidents happen with these cars like whos fault will this be, the drivers or the manufacturer? We should not be developing driverless cars. | 4 |
d683a92 | I believe that using the FACS(Facial Action Coding System) is important to have/use in classroom to read students facial expression and to know what they are feeling, because some teacher's may be going through the classwork or the lesson for the day too fast and a student may not understand what is going on and they are too scared or nervous to ask the teacher to slow down and/or repeat what they said so having the facial coding system will help teacher's with that so they either know who to help or realize that they are going too fast and need to slow down or explain it better for other students to catch on. In the reading in paragraph six, it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored in class" the facial coding would be good at helping teacher know what they need to do more in the class, like if a student is bored then the teacher would know that they need to do more fun activities in class that have something to do with the lesson for that day can help with people who are both confused and/or bored, it will help the students that are bored have something to do so they will not be bored and it would help the students that are confused get the hang of what is going on in the class and help them understand. In paragraph six it also says "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor", meaning that facial coding would help teachers be able to know for sure if a student is confused or bored in a classroom. The facial coding system would not only help teachers figure out if a student is understanding classwork but it would also help to find out if a student is having personal issues and won't say anything or they are too scared to say what's going on, it would be more than helpful to know what that student is feeling and asking them about it and asking if they wanted to talk about and/or letting them know that they can talk to you if needed instead of knowing what that person is feeling and letting them keep their emotions bottled up and them not talking to anyone about how they feel and that student ends up doing something that could do harm to them or others. With that being said I believe that having the facial coding system would not only be helpful in classrooms but in schools too. | 3 |
d68a7f7 | Well i for one most defanitly think that an atomatic face reconation system it a amazing idea. the idea that the kid well be able to be more envoleved with there way of larning. we all now that children and adults both have things that there just better at.
dont u think beignable to have your scholl education chagne and be for what u can exsell in, and if not that than at lest being able to change it up a lil bit to keep every kid on trck and eger to learn more.
this comuter programe could help so many people be and do the best thay can at what they love. to start this kind of teaching now would most liky be a very costly proseger, but defanitly be worth evey last panny for the new breed of student, born of respect and hunger for the knowlege at hand. | 2 |
d699778 | As you know, as a scientist we come across many misunderstandings. The "Face" on Mars is one of them. This landform was created by natural causes; saying that it was created by a differrent lifeform is irrelavent. It's irrelavent because NASA would have a higher budget than we do now to explore further, if you take a look at the pictures the three are very distinct, and the third photo didn't show any other landforms, pyramids, houses, or lifeforms.
NASA's budget is assgined to them by the new discoveries they find in outter space. If there were alien life on planet Mars we would've told the public, federal government, etc. because we want that extra money to discover more about it. Why would just hold on to that secret. We took a pictures of the landforms lets see how they turned out.
As we compare the pictures of the same landform there are many differences. The 01' picture we took has multiple cracks and craters in the monument. I'm pretty sure the aliens wouldn't bulid a monument some place it could get beat up at. The 76' and 98' pictures were captured with not too good of a camera, causing it to have the appearance of a face.
In 2001, we had created a camera with the highest camera quality we were able to obtain. We researched and studied on the camera itself to see that each pixel was 1.56 meters instead of 43 like the other cameras. We came to the conclusion that we would be able to see any other landforms, lifeforms, ships, etc. ,but all of the above are absent.
In conclusion, there was not any life shown on the picture, so it's irrelavent that aliens created it. We visit our monments. Why were there no aliens visiting thiers? One answer, they didn't bulid it. | 4 |
d699bff | Do you like having to drive yourself ever where, everyday? Google has came up with a driverless car. Now, if you think about this, eventually no one will have to drive. We will not have to buy cars anymore. This driverless car has traffic jam assistance, antilock brakes, and last but not least they have necessities to alert the driver if the driver needs to take over.
The driverless car has traffic jam assistance. The car can only handle up to 25 mph. This is why the driver has to keep ahold of the wheel at all times. The car itself will notify the driver if at some point the road ahead needs human skills, such as navigating through work zones. This means the driver must remain alert at all times.
The car also comes with antilock brakes. The car has motion sensors when you are pulling in or out of somewhere and you get to close to an object the car stops itself. The car does not only come with motion sensors on the back or the car, the car comes also come with a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automative radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor.
The driverless car come with necessities that alert the driver when the driver needs to take over. GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays.
Driverless cars would be a lot more convenient than the cars we have today. They practically drive themselves. This driverless car has traffic jam assistance, antilock brakes, and probably the most important are the necessities the cars have to alert the driver if the car is in need for the driver would like to take over. Driverless cars are the new beginning! | 4 |
d69aff4 | The advantages of limiting car usage can be a great way to be protected from the dangers that are found within the driving experience, and support the amount and less usage of greenhouse gas that can destroy our atmosphere.
The andvantage that can be found with limiting car usage can help to be protected from the dangers found within driving. Source 1 explains how Heidrun Walter feels "When i had a car I was always tense. Im much happier this way." Walking and other ways of getting around, other than cars can help people go to places and have that advantage, as source 3 implies "leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." our technology has been growing at a quick pace and as source 4 mentions " Likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work." All of these new ideas has led to the conclusion that cars are not needed since all these second choices are present.
The Advantage of limiting car usage can help and support the amount and less usage of greenhouse gas that can destroy or atmosphere. Source 1 concludes " Experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes... Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in europe." Cars are the main reason why our earth can be in danger from all these gases. People need to follow what businessman Carlos Arturo said "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Some countries such as Paris has all ready taken this advantage, source 2 mentions, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." If people have tryied this change in their lives, others such as one self can too.
The advantages of limiting car usage can be a great way to be protected from the dangers of driving, and support the amount and less usage of greenhouse gas that can destroy our atmosphere. Taking a break off of the car can help our lives be much more safe than sorry. Our lives could be much more easier and not only will we be safe but our planet earth as well. | 4 |
d69dd40 | Fourty-five minutes and counting wait for the traffic to move at least a fraction of an inch so I can tell myself that we're making progress. I can understand 2 minutes, 5 minutes, even 10 minutes but 45 minutes! Might as well turn the engine off. I honestly dont understand why fellow citizens, including myself, just change there life style into a "car-free" one. There are many advantages from limiting your car usage, and I'm starting to believe that I should take my own advice on that.
Source 1 states that in Vauban; Germany, residents have given up their cars. It's completely car-free, except for the main thoroughfare where the tram to downtown Freigbur runs, and a couple of streets on one edge of the community. 57 percent of the population mioved there to get rid of their cars. "When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."
Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and most importantly, a mother of two kids rather live in a place without cars. She doesnt ever have to worry about a tragedy were her kids ever getting into a car accident. Vauban, completed in 2006, ia an example of a growing trend happening all over the world, creating a movement called "smart planning". In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street rather than a mall along some distant highway. It gives us and advanges to buy things whenever we want without having to spend money on gas.
(Source 2) The same thing is happeneing in Europe. Paris has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even- numberes license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same will apply the next day for the odd-numbered plates that follow . | 2 |
d6a3753 | We should go with changing to election by popular vote for president because under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who turn in elect the president. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century,the system allows for much worse. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Lousisiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy.
Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In the case, the election would be thrown to the house of Representatives, where state delegations vote for president. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including Rhode island and South Carolina, and the voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad.
Its official: the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. So the United states will not being the Electoral college | 2 |
d6a6b74 | For a long time now, companies around the country have been attemping to develop a new car that would be completely driverless. This car would be safer, faster, and more innovative than any other self-driven car on the market right now, providing maximum safety to our people. Driverless cars are necessary to our society for the further development of technology. These new cars are quicker than manual cars, and safer than human-driven vehicles.
Developers believe that once driverless cars hit the streets, there will be a decline in car accidents and crashes. They say that the sensors on the new cars will improve the car and passenger's safety. The sensors can detect information from it's surroundings, and then apply pressure on the brakes for certain wheels, or ease off the engine, which would result in more driving accuracy than there would be with a human-driven car, therefore meaning more safety. Also, Google cofounder Sergey Brin has envisioned a public-transportation system kind of like taxis, but with a driverless car. This can only greatly benefit our society's safety, and our environment, due to the fact that it would use half of the fuel that today's taxis exhaust. There is an outstanding number of car crashes per year due to drunk driving. With driverless cars, people would not have to worry about how they're going to get home safetly, and just take a driverless taxi that they know they can trust. It would also provide a safer alternative than taking the bus, because then people wouldn't have to wait a long time for the bus to come. This would again therefore lower the rate of drunk driving accidents, and other safety issues, once again providing safety to the people.
Overall, driverless cars would be a major benefit to society, and a great advancement for technology. From this giant leap in technology, our developers will only advance, and make more great steps, to benefit our world. It would provide major safety to people, better than there has been ever before, and better than just a human driving. | 3 |
d6b3e06 | I am usually a bit skeptical about new technologies like the Facial Action Coding System, but I am opened to the idea of new technology. In this case I support the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. It is pretty interesting how the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) can determine the emotion someone is feeling by examining the muscle movements in the face. The FACS could be a very usefull tool in many ways in the near future.
The FACS uses facial movents to determine whether a person is feeling happy, sad, surpised, angry, disgusted, fearful, or sad. The interesting thing about the FACS is that it can determine whether the person is faking an emotion. For example, the article stated," But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius". So by examining muscle movements in the face, the FACS can determine whether the person is faking an emotion or actually feeling it. In the future I think therapist could use the FACS to help determine how his/her patent is actually feeling. Dr. Huang stated," 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". I think that this would be an effective way to futher advance eduction in our society.
In conclusion, I agree with the use of the Facial Action Coding System. I believe it will help us advance as a society and make things less dificult. I feel as if the technology could be used in many ways besides schools. Many professions, such as pyscologist could use this technology. | 3 |
d6b6b70 | As a scientist I had to discusss the overall topic about extraterrestrials and the creation of the face on Mars giving the mosts reasonable and lucid -something clearly shown- ideas. There is many reasons why this "face" was not made by aliens. As a scientist I had to explain some evidence that would show what this "face" is classified as. Also I had to show the main ideaology on these speculations or conspiracies that "know" what NASA is doing. My main job as scientist is to observe, study, and explain many mysteries but I had to use clearly expressed qualifications for the face to be created by aliens.
For my first reasoning on this topic I had to discuss this person how this landform is classified as mesa or butte which occurs normally in many environments. Like Garvin said in paragraph 12 in Unmasking the Face of Mars, "It reminds me most of Midlle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho..." showing how this type of landform isn't really rare or unique to find. Could this be something created by aliens, too? Well of course not because a mesa can be locationalized in many parts of the hemisphere of Earth around the globe!
After showing the person what this is exactly, I needed to explain how these landforms are ACTUALLY formed. In paragraph 12 of Unmasking the Face on Mars like Garvin said, that the mesa called Middle Buttle in the Snake River on Earth is actually a lava dome that take the form of an insolated mesa that is about the same height as the Face on Mars. Proving that these mesa landforms are not as unique as anyone could think as vividly as possible and are actually formed naturally on Earth. This is acutally scientifically proven by research done over the years on many mesa landforms in Earth.
Another type of reasoning this "face" is not made by aliens is proven by photographs tooked by probes above Mars's atmosphere showing clear images of this landform in which gives another reason that this landform is not even a face. First of all this "face" was taken by Voyager 1 on 1976 making this photo not revelant for the accusations made by this person. Best of all, the Voyager 1 had a poor quality camera with 43 meters per pixel making the image pixelated and not advance enough for high definition quality compared to the 2001 image tooken by MGS which had 1.56 meter per pixel giving it better quality and rendering of the landform. Also, the more revelant and sufficient evidence contrast to the unrevelant photo for the idea of the "face," shows that the "face" is a normal mesa instead of the physical view of a "face" on the surface of Mars's rusted iron soil shown by Voyager 1.
Though my reasonings are supported with evidence and proof, the person may accuse me saying that NASA is hiding alien civilization from the public peers and have the alien technology used for goverment power as said so by many conspiracy theorists. Well I'm not going to lie, defenders of the NASA budget actually WISH there was an ancient civiliztion on Mars. This proves that NASA would show the public, due to the fact that it will help fund NASA with more public support and would make NASA use that money funded for more research and expeditions.
So in conclusion, there are many proven reason why the "face" on mars is not made by aliens. Since the mesa landform is not unique and there are plenty here on Earth, since there are also many types of evidence and research done on how these lanforms are made, and since there are also details shown more easily through the revelant photos from MGS showing the "face" to be just your average mesa. Also that after all this time, defenders of the NASA budget actually hope for ancient civilization on Mars. | 5 |
d6baaa5 | If it was possible for people to get driven around, majority of the people will ask how. With advanced technoloy and the development of driverless cars people would only need to drive if they wanted to. Driverless cars are being tested to drive safely with the help of all kinds of sensors. Driverless cars can help prevent a lot of accidents and dangers on ther road.
Most accident happen because adults and young adults are constanly texting and driving or they are checking things on social media. Most of the time when people hear a sound notifying them of nonification they are quick to respond to it. With help of driverless cars you will be able to do that and won't have to worry about watching the roads much.
Since the cars will be driverless automobile companies are testing out diferent types of sensor and how they are going to work for the car. Toyota Pruis is using sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera attached close to the rearview mirror,four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an intertial motion sensor. Even though sensors are already used for car, they are being developed better so they can do more specific things. Companies are testing the driverless cars with the new advance sensors to help improve our road systems.
Although the driverless cars are going through diferent tesing to avoid dangers on the road, companies realized that people will have to be ready to take over at any time. Most of these cases would happen if there was a car accident and the car would need help to safely get around the accident or when pulling in and out of drive ways. Eventually people will think about getting a driverless car.
Driverless cars sounds great and all but people will still have to pay attention at times. Car companies are trying to advance the driverless so much that when driven the car is not to much to hande. With the alerts from the the different sensors people when know when things are about to get bad. The sensors will also warn people when they are too close or if they are going to hit something. Soon everybody would be safe and happy in their driveress cars. | 3 |
d6bbc8c | Driverless Cars are coming" Here near the future we will be having more Driverless cars in the streets. It would be a good idea to have them for many reasons. "A driverless car is not truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when your in a complicatd traffic iusses" it would keep us away from a lot of wrecks, benifit the older people, and much more. "in 2013, BMW annoucedthe development of" "Trafic Jam. They can steer,ccelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the drivr when the road ahead requiers human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents" In other words the driver would have to be aware of taking over the sterring weel when the situation requiers. "as a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. california, nevada, florida, and the District of culumbia have led the coutry in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars." 'even if trafic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liabilty in the case of an accident; if the technology fails and someone is injured who would the blame go against- the driver or the manuacturer?" this would be a great change for the world and would save more life's, they would also have to make it fun to. "some amnufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertaiment systems tat use heads-up displays. such dispays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over- something not available to drivers tryig to text ith a ell phone. in this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concer." | 2 |
d6c45e6 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The author says that Venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit but
there are many challeneges to get to Venus, he says " Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size." he says that one day we can go to Venus if we feel like goign into an adventure but one of the dangers that the author mentions is that "The weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes . " This means that Venus is a planet full of danger
and that there are many things that someone can risk just by visiting.
In conclusion the author doesn't say many good reasons of going to Venus one of them is
that we should go to Venus because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimadating endeavors, but we can't just invest all the money in the project just because human the curiosity, with all the money that the program is going to invest in the project with can help people, we can make more jobs, businnesses
to give people the opportunity of having a job and having a bit of money on their pockets. | 2 |
d6c80ef | In Making Mona Lisa Smile, there are really great points toward technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. In the first paragraph it talks about the start of the computer program. In the last sentence of paragraph 1, it states "Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to comminicate." In this case the communication is showing the computer how you feel and the computer doing something to change.
This new technology of being able to tell how you are feeling on the computer is called FACS (Facial Action Coding System). There are 6 classified emtions- happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear and sadness- and you can tell all of this with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. There are different facial expressions that you can tell if a smile is fake or not. In your real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at cheek bone) lift the corners of your mouth. The other muscles is called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus and that makes the corw's- feet around your eyes. If it is a fake smile, the mouth is streched out sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle called the risorius. You can easily tell how anyone is feeling just by looking at their facial expressions.
I believe that you could use FACS to help with a lot of things. For examples, when a kid is broed at shcool or they are falling asleep in class, the computer will sence that and change up what is going on to the computer to make them stay focused or interseted longer. You can simply tell how one of your friends are feeling just by the look on their face or their facial expressions and sometimes you don't really know whats wrong you can just feel it. Now that they have came up with FACS you don't really have to worry about the expressions because sooner or later it will come out of them about what is wrong. | 2 |
d6ca3a3 | In our technological advancements today, the idea of withholding a laptop that has the ability to read your emotions is mindblowing. Using this type of technology could potentionally put smiles of faces to people all around the world. The use of the Facial Action Coding system would greatly benefit the students' views for technology, the students' view for themselves, and most importantly the way that students' view their peers.
The Facial Action Coding Sytem has the power to change technology as we know it. It would forever change the way we use and percieve technology in our day to day routine. According to Making Mona Lisa Smile by Nick D'Alto, "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad....'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored'" (D'Alto). This would bring a whole new light into classrooms. You would find students more engaged and intrested in their studies. Just as D'Alto metions, teachers will be able to critique themselves and better their teaching skills.
If we had the acces to this type of technology on our home desktop or laptop, it would help the user and the laptop or desktop to learn more about what the prefer and what they dont prefere. According to Making Mona Lisa Smile by Nick D'Alto,"...if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a smililar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different"(D'Alto). These simple tasks can make technology smarter and bring smiles onto any individuals face.
Lastly, the most important reason why withholding this type of technology would be the benefits of teachers and students knowing the emotions of their students/peers. According to Making Mona Lisa Smile by Nick D'Alto,"'The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,' observes Dr Huang, 'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression'...'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication...'" (D'Alto). Since facial expressions are universal, being aware of others emotions will bring people together and could bring about new or stronger relationships between students and or other students or student to teacher.
The use of the Facial Action Coding System would bring many benefits of the use of our day to day technology, and bring students to pay more attention to themselves, their peers, and their teachers.The technological advancement is very out of sight, considering the reaping benefits brings us to have second thoughts. | 4 |
d6cbb21 | INTRODUCTION: A brand new software has been developed. This software improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others; This new software has promising applications for a variety of industries.
Imagine a computer can tell how you're feeling just from your face, like for example you go to a computer and ask her how am I feeling today, then the computer will say= 83%happy, 9%disgusted, 6%fearful, 2%angry; And you'll be like WHAT?, how can a simple computer make such a thing?.
The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D model of the face, with 44 major muscles this is called "action unit".
Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System)
BODY: Dr. Huang observes that the facial expressions for each emotion are universal and humans perform the same impressive "calculation" every day; How?: you can probably tell how is your friend feeling just looking at him or hearing his voice.
This software could change the whole world; For example imagine you are in the ethernet and then a web ad player pop's up, if you smile at it a similar ad might follow; But if you frown, the next ad will be different.
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" Dr. Huang predicts.
CONCLUSION: Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also can help produce them; we unconsciously imitate person's facial expressions. So in conclusion I would say that we can start using this magnificient software and his technology to read student's emotional expressions because it could also help teacher's to see how their student's are doing and if someone is distracted or bored the computer will notice the teacher so he/she can move on into another thing or go talk with the student. | 2 |
d6d04cd | The four passages provided explain that less and less people are buying cars and obtaining licences because of the multiple advantages it provides such as reduced polution, reduced stress, and reduced trafic.
All, four passages mention that an up side of limiting car usage would reduce pollution around the world. In paragraph five it mentions that "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe... and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the united states." By reducing the amount of cars driven in these areas we could reduce the amount of polution. Due to large amounts of smog created by polution in France, banning was put on drivers with even license plates for one day. This is shown in paragraph 19, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to recind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday." This shows how much can change in just one car-free day.
Not driving cars can also reduce stress. The families in Vauban, Germany experience less stress when not driving and instead walk or ride a bike. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two stated in paragraph three, "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.'" Even though this is just one oppinion, it is safe to say that the other residents in the community are feeling the same way. In Bogota, Columbia a car-free day has been that has been held annually for three years has a businessman named Carlos Arturo Plaza saying in paragraph 24 "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution.'" Not driving cars obviously is a way of lowering stress.
Finnaly, not driving can reduce traffic in heavly populated areas. In paragraph 14 it shows how not driving can reduce traffic, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog." In just five days traffic was down 60 percent! Imagine what a few car-free weeks or months could do. Again back to Bogota, Columbia, paragraph 20 states "...Millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took busses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." This shows that car-free days can even be done in large cities.
In the end, even though life without cars would be difficult there are many more pros than cons to living without cars. The pros being less polution, less stress, and less traffic. | 4 |
d6d1058 | On the day of March 2, 2006 a NASA worker Sally Herring was called to be on the news show " All about that news", she was asked to speak with news worker Ted Cruze about the sightings/picutres from Mars of the misterious "face".
As Sally was aproaching the stage of the news studio there was bunches of people in the audience waiting to hear the truth, but Sally was sure most of these people weren't going to hear what they want to hear because a lot of people are wrong with their opinions to this subject.
As the show begun the news reporter Ted Cruze asked the question everyone was waiting for, "Are those pictures from Mars signs that aliens were there and left those misterious faces?" Everyone was in gradual shock ready to hear the truth.
As Sally started to speak she started off talking about how people may think that aliens were the reasons we found these sightings on Mars. For years that is just what people believe, they think aliens were the reason for those faces but from what NASA has to say about it, all these people are wrong.
Most people don't even believe in aliens but if half of their state or city is saying that of course those people will go with the flow. But with the scientific reaserch NASA has done majority of these people are wrong! As the show continued on the crowd was going wild and Ted was shocked himself at was Sally was announcing out about the rare face. People were screaming and being argumentive because so far they are all just completly wrong on what they have been believing. As the show was winding down to the very end there was a quesion from the audience asking Sally how she even knew all this stuff and if it was even true. Sally's response was that everything she knows has been discovered by her and the other workers at NASA, they have all been very curious of what is going on as well as everyone else and so they have been trying their best to do their job and get the truth! Sally finished the news show making sure everyone knew the truth and to make sure she arugued her case. She also made sure that eveyone new that this misterious face was not left from aliens that it was infact just a natural landform we have captured on camera and that her information was very well certified because of course she works with NASA and they all know what their doing! | 2 |
d6d654f | There are many advantages to limiting car usage. For example, to decrease stress, to decrease pollution, to manage your time and communication better, and to avoid traffic. The reason I feel most strongly about limiting car usage is to decrease stress.
First, many people that driving can cause a lot of unneeded stress. In the first article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Heidrun Walter says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Families or even individuals exercise and get out and communicate a lot more in my opinion when they aren't riding around in a car. Traffic also causes a lot of stress.
Second, pollution is beginning to be a very big deal that can't be fixed, only stopped. The first article states that "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intencive areas in the United States." In the second article "Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog" by Robert Duffer I learned that Paris enfored a patial driving ban to clear the air of the city. The smog went down by 60 percent.
To conclude, I believe that there are many advantages of limiting car usage for reasons like stress, pollution, traffic. There are many reasons that car usage should be managed and in my opinion stopped. | 3 |
d6d6a0d | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus"
I have a couple of reasons why it is worthy pursuit and a few reasons why it isn't a worth pursuit, but I will stick to the reaons why it is a worthy pursuit. There are many reasons and challenges of leaving our own planet to go visit and explore another planet, but with the right midset and will power anything is possible.
A couple of reasons why it would be a worthy pursuit to go to Venus is because it could show us what Earth will look like if we keep abusing our planet. The reason I say this is because in paragraph 3 it states that the atmosphere is 97% carbon dioxide. This really popped out to me because people on Earth are saying global warming and the main reason of that is carbon dioxide from cars. Another reason this would be a worthy pursuit is that scientist can study the planet with their own eyes. The reason that would bepossible is that because NASA had an idea that we have a blimp like object be about 30 miles or so above the ground and scientist would be able to study what a planet like our own cold end up like.
In conclusion, if this decision was up to me I would find a way to send scientist to Venus to study it. I also feel like this would help make a change in the way we live our lives to help prevent something like this to happen to our own planet. | 3 |
d6d88e1 | Driverless vehicles on the road.
To be completely honest, I personally dont believe that driverless vehicles should be okay to drive on the road. I only say that beacause what if something goes wrong with the car itself, and say u were sleeping because u were on a road trip. You have no idea that something is going wrong, and then boom!! Out of nowhere your dead because you crashed.
Yeah I dont think its a good idea. Only because you just never know if something will go wrong and then you crash or something. I mean yeah some people will think thats the coolest idea ever. Oh yeah yay I dont have to drive, I dont have to pay attention to the road because my car will do it for me.
So there is my reason i dont think driverless vehicles should be on the road. I just dont think its a very wise idea. But thats me, like I said, some people will think it the coolest thing ever. But not this guy.
So there ya go thats why i dont think driverless vehicles are a god idea Hope you enjoyed reading this. | 2 |
d6d8c34 | Technology may be a problem for other occasions, but if technology is used for good especially for students education it can be really helpful. In my opinion the Facial Action Coding System can he really useful in schools. If students don't understand the question or directions the computer can make the question easier for them to understand and if the teacher is busy the computer can help them instead on waiting on the teacher.
First, the system can make the recognize the student facial expression and help them understand the question better. In the passage the author includes "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instuctor." As included in the passage "modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" the system would be helping the student like if it was a real teacher.
Last, you wouldn't be waitng around with your hand in the air wating for the teacher to come help you the system will just help you out. Instead on the time waiting on the teacher you will have been doing your work all the time. The system may explain it better,you never know.
In my opinion i still agree that schools should have the access to use the Facial Action Coding System for students who have trouble understanding. | 3 |
d6d9605 | Dear Senator,
I believe that the Electoral College should stay. I believe this because even though many people think of it as a horrible way to have presidential elections, it's probably more effective this way. When people first hear about the Electoral College, they automatically assume that they don't matter to the election, that everything is taken care of by the Electoral College, that if they didn't vote, nothing would change. Now if 1 or 2 people actually had this mentality, then it wouldn't matter, but it's not just 1 or 2 people, it's a pretty big amount of the American population.
The Electoral College seems as though our government wouldn't stand for this. As I stated before, the people feel as though their vote doesn't matter. This is not true. The Electoral College only work if people vote. They need the people's votes so that they know which groups are voting for which candidate. Now of course, this system is flawed. There will always be flaws in every system that humans do. We haven't yet to have made anything flawless, but the Electoral College has far less flaws than the vote by the general population.
I assume that the entire voting system, no matter how much we change it for better, will always be flawed and have the most flaws because we are choosing the leader of our nation. Someone somewhere will always do something wrong or figure out how to cheat the system in some way. The Electoral College is going to be the best way to handle this situation for a while. The people need to realize that their vote does matter (except in the case of Democrats in Texas, Republicans in California, etc.). People need to understand that the Electoral College is the best way to go.
This whole situation about believing whether or not the Electoral College should remain should be non-existent. People just don't understand that this is the best way to go so that the vote is as fair as possible and that the votes won't come in by the thousands. I hope that this letter makes you understand the people's thoughts on this situation. I also hope it gives you the motivation to create some sort of video or program that teaches people about the Electoral College with a lot of detail so that they understand why the Electoral College exists and why it isn't a direct vote from the people. | 3 |
d6def17 | This is not valuable to have in a classroom with students , it could casue problems with each other depending on how someone feels about what one another is talking about. This is also not valuable because what if the computer messes up and read a persons emotions the wrong way , you can always put a fake smile on your face just like when it says while looking in the mirror to raise the corners of your mouth , thats fake smiling. This also seems very personal , what if you didnt want somebody knowing how your feeling you didnt want to tell anybody then somebody brings a computer towards your attention just so it can read you . It says to an expert that faces dont lie , that is certianly not true i've seen so many faces lie just like on t. v how they say they put on a fake smile making everybody think that there just oh so happy but in reality there really hurting .This would also kind of do good in a classroom to help out confused kids when there to shy to ask for help , but this also could be bad because if the computer just throws the kid on the spot it would make the kid even more shy or nervous then what they already are. So no i dont think this is valuable in the classroom but then again it could help out alot. | 3 |
d6e067b | Us humans live in this solar system with a handful of planets. We have Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, to name a few. All of these planets can have huge scientific discoveries waiting to be revealed to the known world. Especially one planet, Venus. Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin because it is the most relevant planet within Earth's dimensions. Scientist even say it could well be the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. It was most likely covered in oceans and many various forms of life, like Earth.
We should really start pushing exploration into Venus. It is a dangerous mission as no human, with today's technology, can surive the severe climate of Venus. The surface is at average 800 degree's and would burn anyone to a crisp, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth.Even the atmosphere could kill you, with it being almost ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide!Even some of the spacecrafts couldn't survive the toxic,deadly atmosphere for a few hours.These conditions wouldn't make it plausible to even decide to investigate the planet,but is it worth investigating?
Venus is worth investigating because its the most similar planet to Earth. We could easily find remains of life forms and push scientic advancments through the roof. It'll help push technological advancments to find even more efficent and safer way to explore other planets. We need to push these boundaries that have been limited on us from the start. Human curiosity will lead to many projects to prolong our lives and to give us humans even more answers to the mystery of the world! We are having revolutinary inventions break through to help us with these types of adventures, NASA have made large advancments with simplifed electronics of silicon carbide that could last three weeks in those types of conditions as the author stated. With these types of electronics we could capture a captivating amount of evidence of life forms, and maybe even find forms of life living in these conditions.
With human curosity blasting with adrenaline, humans will push to do anything. We will sooner or later find a way to explore these types of avenues to make groundbreaking discoveries. With an exploration to Venus we could find large amounts of information that could help us even find ways to travel to other planets. There are many planets in the solar system that have many mysteries like the clouds of Jupiter,and with the striving mentality of us humans, we will pursue til the day we die. Human curosity will overcome any form of doubt because of the outcomes of these events. Humans defintely need to start pursuing avenues to explore the secrets of Venus, for the sake of humanities curosity.
In conclusion, we should investigate Venus. It portrays Earth, and has many similar qualities to Earth. It could be a sham but it could be a massive discovery for technology and for information. With intellect like ours, we will soon push past the boundaries and find the information we strive for. | 4 |
d6ea1d3 | I am going to try to convince you to become a seagoing cowboy. I belive you should become a seagoing cowboy because this is something that helps out other people. Also, sometimes us people in america can get very selfish and need to do things for other people. And I belive that God would want you to do this.
In the text it states,"The cattle boat trip was the experince of a life time for a small town boy." In paragraph 5 it also states,"Besides helping people I had the experince of seeing Europe and China." Doing this would keep you busy. But in paragraph 8 it says "Luke also had time to have fun on board." This also would be somthing you could do to serve our country.
Doing this would be a very good experince to have. You would have a lot of time to get to know the other people on board. For those reasons and more it would be very good for you to become a seagoing cowboy. | 2 |
d6ee819 | Have you heard of the Facial Action Coding System, also known as FACS? It is technology that can identify human emotions, such as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disguist, and surprise. This would not be useful in school classrooms on students for many reasons, but it could still be valuable in some situations at school.
To begin, one reason the FACS wouldn't be useful to use on school students is because school is for getting an education and learning. School is not for figuring out whether a student is happy or sad, so for that reason the FACS would not be useful. Also using the FACS on students, would take up time and waste it, when students could be learning, which is what they should be doing in school. So basically, the school should be focused on education students, and not trying to tell their emotions using technology.
Secondly, the FACS would not be useful because some students may not want it to be used on them. Students don't need a technology to show what emotion they are feeling, when the student their self knows what their current emotions are, and if the school used the FACS it would be a waste of time for the students who didn't need to, want to, or disagree to using the FACS. Also some parents could disagree and not want the school the use the FACS on their students in the school.
On the other hand, using the FACS could be valuable. For example if a student is being bullied it would be useful to use in a situation like that. Also it would be useful if a teacher was trying something new in the classroom, and the teacher could see whether her students were happy or not with it. The FACS could also come in handy and be useful and valuable, in acting or drama classes. The FACS could be used to tell how good students are at acting out emotions.
In conclusion, using the Facial Action Coding System ( FACS ) can tell emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger,surpise, disguist, and fear. The FACS wouldn't be that valuable at school, because some students may not want others to know their real emotions, and also using the FACS in school would not be valuable because school is for education and learning, not for figuring out emotions. Although the FACs could be valuable to use in school in drama or acting classes to tell how good or bad students are at acting out certain emotions in which they aren't currently feeling. | 4 |
d6ef00f | I think limiting car usage is a great idea for america. Studies show that in Bogota, "the people are generating a revolutionary change." Says Enrique Riera, the major of Asuncion, Paraguay. People are either walking to their destinations or riding their bicycles. Also the less you use your car, means less air pollution everywhere so the Earth is more healthier.
Limiting car usage could also help people's physical and mental health. Walking could lower your stress levels and let you think about the nature that you see instead of thinking about what your mad at. I know this from experience because I get stressed very easilyand walking anywhere helps me calm down. Another thing about limiting car usage is that the car wreck percentage would be lower than it is right now. There would also be less deaths in the world if they limited the usage of cars.
Did you know that there are aproximently 118 miles of bicycle paths only in Bogota? Well there is and acording to Mockus, the city's major, "It's the most of any Latin American city." Also you could use the bicycle paths as walking paths for exercise or just to walk anywhere. People would be in more shape if they limited cars. But the only bad thing about using a car in Vauban, Germany is that you have to pay for the car and a spot to keep it whie only being able to drive it on the main throroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs.
In conclution I think it would be a great idea for America to go car-free. | 4 |
d6f213f | Dear Senator,
I am writing to Complain about the electoral college. It is not a good and reliable way to elect a president. The desicion needs to be up to us, not the electors. It needs a change, badly.
For starters, the electoral college is small. It says in the passage, "What is the electoral college?", that "The electoral college consists of 538 electors". Now, its no rocket science to me, but that is nothing compared to the Billion people that live in this country. Now, i know that some might say that even though we have the right to vote at the age of 18, not every one votes. And, as that is true, i can tell you for a fact that more than 538 citezens of America vote every year. That is the problem for the electoral college.
Now, if that isn't convincing enough, just know that in the passage, "The Indefensable electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", it says that over 60 porcent of voters would rather have a direct election instead of the kind we have now. And, it says that the voters are not even voting for a president, but instead, voting for a slate of electors to vote for a president.
Another reason that the elecotral college should be disposed of is that it can turn off voters whose state is already set on Democrat or Republican, and have no desire to vote due to the fact that thier vote may not matter, as it says in the last paragraph of "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our Despised method of choosing a president". That is wrong because every one's vote needs to count, wether it makes a difference in the end or not.
So, Senator, I hope you understand where i am coming from on this, and that something can be done. Thank you for your time. Good-Bye. | 3 |
d6f2c78 | We should get rid of the electoral college because with the electoral college when we vote we aren't actually voting for the who we want to take over as president of the United States. We are voting for electors that help to elect the president. Under the electoral college system, voters do not vote for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Therefore, many of us could be dissapointed by the outcome of who has been elected. For example if you wanted to elect John Kerry, you would vote for 34 democratic electors pledged to John Kerry. I believe we should just stick with popular vote for the president because then it is only fair. We would vote and which ever political leader got the most votes is the one who takes over in office. Who pick the electors in the first place? depending on the state, sometimes state conventions, state party's central committee, and sometimes even the presedential candiates themselves. Also, voters can't control who their electors vote for and they get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. The single best argument against the electoral college is that it is called the disaster factor. The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state. its official the electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational. Some people may argue that we should keep it because of 1.) The certainty of outcome 2.) Everyone's president 3.) Swing states 4.) big states and 5.) Avoid run-off elections. It is argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate that has no hope of carrying their state. Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president was picked by poular vote. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee...however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. The Electoral College is widley known as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by delcaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The Electoral College method is not Democratic in a modern sense...it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate your actually voting for a slate of electors. Perhaps there is a tie in the electoral vote, then, the election would be thrown to the House of Representives, where state delegations vote on the president. If thats the case then i definetley think we should overthrow the Electoral College because then the election is now in their hands which means we have no control over who is elected at all, it is an unfair process that needs to be taken care of. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe. Consider that state legislators are technically responsible for picking electors, and thos electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy. In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. Over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. Yet, the Electoral College still has its defenders. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Now that i have made my point, I would like to add that my opinion isn't the only one that matters but I am positive there are plenty of other people around that agree with my decision. I believe that we should overthrow the Electoral College because it is the most unfair way of voting for our presidential representive and we have no way of controlling it. | 3 |
d6f5942 | PROPER_NAME
January 21, 2015
Dear Senator,
Im PROPER_NAME, writing you to ask if you could change the Electoral Collage, I'm sure I'm beside hundres asking for the same. Instead of voting for our slate of electors, we perfer to vote for the president himself. I have reasons, I will be glad to sure them with you.
In my opinion, I believe the Electoral collage is not fair. The bigger states get alot more electoral vote, So it's obvious if the president wins all the bigger states their going to win. The way I see it, is that the little states don't matter, or they aren't as important, since they got little electoral votes. For example, If I was running for president my main goal would be to win all the bigger states first, like; California, Texas, Florida. With them three states I already have 122 electrol votes, Thats when I'll start focusing on getting my other 148 votes by winning the little states over.
My other reason why myself, and hundres would rather vote for the president himself be, because of the mistakes of voting for the wrong canidate. Remember in 1960, Hawwii sent two slates of electors to Condress? What will happen?If you think about it anything and everything could go wrong!
Lastly,Voting for the president himself would be easier, You along with others in your range would not have to worry about the electoral votes. Not only that it may also be less stressful, and crazier. Voters like my parents would not get confuse for voting the wrong elector, and giving her vote to the wrong canidate.
In conclusion, I honestly think not having the electroal votes would be best for our voters. I'm sure the candidates would enjoy us the voters making the mistake and voting for the wrong elector, since at the end of the day the Canidate is the one getting the vote, that wasn't meant for him. Instead of voting for our electors, why won't we vote straight to our president?
Sinceraly,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
d6fd8ff | In my essay i will be telling you the advantages of limiting car usage. I am going to state facts from the the 1 st source through the 4th source.
In the 1st source one good fact they talked about was the greenhouse gas. They talked about how they can drastically reduce it. They all ready did it in the suburbs of Germany. There is a place there were you can not have a car and there are no drive ways no streets as a result more then 70 percent of vauban families do not own cars. And 57 percent sold there cars to move there. Even the environmental Protection Agency is promonting "car reduced" communities, and legislators are starting to act, if cautionsly. Some more advantages is it will be a healther place in the world because of less toxic gases.
In the 2nd source they took action and this takes place in paris. They passed a law were if your license plates were even numbered they were ordered to leave thier cars home or suffer a 31 dollar fine same goes for the odd numbers the next day. And if the dont pay there car gets impounded. They prefer to use diesel over gas because its better for the car. One fact is that it will give you less smog.
In the 3rd source there advantage is less pollution. It was the 3rd straight year were they banned cars. All they had was taxis, buses, bikes and, skateboards. Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. For the first time two other colombian cities Cali and Valledupar joined the event.
In the 4th source there ideas were to get rid of cars in genrell. At the mobile world congress last year in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford, executive chairman of the ford motor comany, laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which "pedestrain, bikes, private cars, commercial and publictransportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." | 3 |
d6fda7b | The use of a technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is in fact valuabe and should be introduced to our public schools today. The article states that this new technology is able to detect exactly how others are feeling using calculations in percentages. I believe this will help teachers with giving support to students who are confused, upset, frustrated, or bored with the work taught in classrooms.
In many classrooms today, students are either passing or failing, there's no in between. The students who struggle to pass tests and understand lessons suffer in silence because they are too embarrassed to speak up and ask for help from their teachers. However, this new technology will bring those students to their attention by giving teachers a resource to recognize the confusion, frustration and disappointment on each child's face. The teachers may then take this into consideration and address the material in their lessons that is not understood. This will create broader, more explained and thoughtful lessons in the classroom while also making learning more simple and enjoyable for all students.
This new technology will make both learning and teaching comfortable in a classroom environment. By introducing this idea to public schools, we can work to help get students better grades and support which will increase their chances of success. | 3 |
d7023dd | Dear State Senator,
We have a big conflict containing the electoral college, Im debating on what we should do. Im all in favor for keeping the electoral college, Instead of going by the most popular vote. The most popular vote can be very difficult because the citizens that are voting are just choosing mostly perhaps they dont even know whats going on. They choose based on favoritism and that shouldnt be the case, when you're choosing something so important like this, you have to know the facts about that person and what they're willing to do for us as a whole. Theres a million reasons why the most popular vote shouldn't be even recommended for this, its unnecissariy It should never be based on favoritism its about what they bring to the table.
The electoral college is widely known as an anachronism. I have my opinion they have theres, their gonna give you opinions about how unfair the electoral college is when in reality its not anything thats gonna harm you. Perhaps i think its safer then choosing someone that you have no idea about the decisions they wanna make. Yes people may no be that much interested in politics because their not involved that much. They have to do whatever it takes so our nation can be a great one. Leaving our nation in someone hands that doesnt really know what their doing is completely absurd. Do you know how bad that will make our nation look if we had one? I would be ashamed to claim this as my "Home". | 2 |
d7038fe | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author included both the negatives and positives that computer-driven cars have to offer. I support the development of these self driven cars. Many are againts the development of computer-driven cars because they believe that they offer more negatives than positive but in reality it brings positive change and is safe, Google has been testing cars that drive themselve independenty since 2009 and they have driven more than half a million miles without a crash.
Computer-driven cars is becoming an idea thats easier to achieve as each day passes and it is a great thing, these cars will use half the fuel of todays taxis and cut down pollution, will be more reliable than regular cars, and decrease car accidents
Only half the fuel of todays taxis is what a computer-driven car will be using. The amount of money one will save due to driverless cars is major. Computer-driven cars will reduce the ammount of feul used, not only benifiting ones pocket but also decreasing pollution. Global warming is a serious problem that is getting bigger and bigger each year. No computer-driven cars will not get rid of global warming but yes they will cut down on the carbon monoxide pollution that is emmited into the atmosphere by transportation, slowing down the growing problem of global warming.
Computer-driven cars will be more reliable than buses and faster than regular cars. Running late to an appointment and any kind of meeting will cease to be a reaccuring thing. Computer-driven cars would be able to take anyone anywhere in a safe and fast way, GPS and the advancment of sensors will allow the selfdriven vehicle to find the fastest route to any destination and find a way around any obstacle that it faces. The computer-driven car wil have advanced technology that will give it the ability to see more than driver and find safe solutions to problems.
The amount of car accidents will drasticly change, decreasing because the self driven vehicle will always be alert and attentive unlike many human drivers. Imprvements in sensors , computer hardware, and software will give the self driven vehicle more control in accidents reducing harm that could be done to drivers. Computer-driven cars will inform the owner if something is wrong with the vehicle preventing any accidents ahead of time. Computer-driven cars will take anyone incapable or not in good condition to drive safely to the destination that they desire. If one is hurt or intoxicated the computer-driven car is what they will need help from, decreasing many car accidents that occur for many reasons.
The develpment of driverless cars is a great thing that is becoming easier to achieve and will fundamentally change the world. These cars will reduce money spent on fuel, having and ecomomical effect on the world. They will also reduce the amount of carbon monoxide pollution that goes into the air that people breath, being more healty for humans and the world. Computer-driven cars will be more reliable and safer than regular cars saving many lives. The developmen of driverless cars should be supported by all. | 5 |
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