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77c71c3 | Cars have been used for a very long time now and are a revolutionary invention that completely changed the way humans lived, since it became easier to move from one place to another and increase the size of our cities and mobility in general. Automobiles have alwayas been extremly useful and necesary to our society, however, it had too, some significant disadvantages that could have great impact on our lives. Having this clear now we can point ouit tghe advantages of limiting the car usage no matter how hard or difficult it might be to the biggest cities or more developed societies.
It is important to notice an experiment that was conducted in Germany, the city of Vauban was finished in 2006 and it is an example of a "car-free" environment with a few exceptions such as the main street and borders, acording to Elizabeth Rosenthal in her article: "In German Suburbs, Life Goes On Without Cars". In the passage it is explained how people gave up a certain lifesctyle to participate in this new progect and it proves how limiting the usage of car can create a very succesful and less stresful future. 70% of the population of this city do not own cars, one of them, Heidrum Walter said: "When I had a car I was aleays tense, I'm much happier this way," proving again how advantagous is this experiment.
In the other had, there is France's capital; Paris, which banned driving due to smog. "Diesel fuel was blamed" expressed Robert Duffer on his atricle, additionally refering to its use which makes up 67% of the vehicles in France. As a resulf of the fines and free public transpartation on business days the smog cleared enough so part of the ban was rescinded. Another example of the advantages of reducing car usage is how "its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" added Carlos A. Plaza, a colombian participating in the car-free day that takes place in Bogota every year. This event motivates people not just in the Colombian capital to ride bikes and be healthier but everyone around them, including adjacent southamerican countries. For instance, stadistics talk too, and it is possible that America getting over its obsession with cars, which is amazing news due to the fact that mobiles vehicles represent the second largest source of carbon emissions in America, as discused on "The End of Car Culture" by Elizabeth Rosenthal.
All in all, limiting car usage - although a difficul decision for most residents of develeped first-worls countries - might just be one of the greatest steps we could take towards helping our envirionment and forging a new society, shaping it a better way, building healthier kids that will excersice and ejoy more the outsides, and that will breathe cleaner, fresher air. We can improve our atmosphere's condition refereing to greenhouse gasses and carbon emissions and in addition, lead out economy a different direction, maybe to a better, improved world and society that does not depend on mechanic vehicles. | 4 |
77c9d3f | Swish swash the boat tips back and forth as we head forward.
LOVE animals, water, or everything become a Seagoing Cowboy. This will help you freshen up. You will be able to see fish, seagles, whales, dolphins, and much more. You will see many other people and you can comepeat in baceball, volleyball, table- tennis, fencing, and evan boxing. Not realy the sportsey kind of person thats fine you can read, write, whisle, and play other games.
Bang chrash heho the animals may make a lot of noise but ......... their sooooooooo cute. You feed the houres, the ponyes, and many more animals. ''I always say life is not always about what you feel the world consist of others or dose Albert Eistine say that I can not reamember anymore'' ''I know life is not seved to you on a silver plater you have to work for it BUUUT for a hourse it is toutilyey not fair I mean why do they get it all and we have to give it to them. SOOOO sorry I got of tipice waaaaaayyyyyy off topic.''
So as I was saying the needs of others come first not your own when your a Seagoing Cowboy.
It is all around you it is blue it is wet what is it...? it is water. a The water dose not come from a skink it comes from omm Well i do not know where it comes from. You can feel that ocen brease going throurth your hair. That solty air filling your lunges it is exstrodinary.
Mony mony who dose not LOOOOVE mony. The joney back is allll free time you can do what evver you want. So you get paid for doing nothing cool right. will at least I do. become a Seagoing Cowboy.
You might say I have to clean up poop gross. Well you are right sorry but it is worth it. I get sea sick. Then sty in the bottom of the ship. Idon't like fish. aThen do not look at them ovily. I have probles or isuse. Then stop with alllll the complaining.
Become a SEAGOING COWBOY now; you will not ever for get it. More info?: Go to www. More info on Seagoing Cowboys. joyn // have fun // .com
It will be the beest diseshion you will make ever. | 2 |
77caafd | The electoral college process consist of the selection of the elector, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president in a way to let us the people choose to keep our country safe and to help our community. So therefore i think we should keep the electoral college.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purpose of the Electoral College. Also we help choose our states electors when we vote for president, but if we did'nt have an electoral college there would'nt be any reason to have a president or government.
But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee (
and that trust is rarely betrayed
), what they mean by that is that if he or she were to become president they could not lie or betray anyone.
The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes cast. I think they should really make people vote because its not fair or equal if only half of us americans voted.
The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates as we saw in [
2012's
] election-to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states. which means almost everyone voted that year.
The electoral college method helps see who the right person is to help our country. Therefore they need to keep the electoral college for us to see where it will take us all through the years and for us to acknowledge how it has helped americans all around the world to get where they are today. | 1 |
77cb526 | The "Facial Action Coding System" or "FACS" is not useful or appropriate in the classroom. Paragraph 6 describes that computers basically watch your face to see what ads to use and it could be used in the classroom to see what you understand however, it is not likely that a teacher would want for their lesson to be altered because that can create some problems. Having a computer scanning your face 24/7 could also be viewed as kind of wrong and invasive. On the other hand, if people knew they were being watched, they could easily change the appearance of their emotion. People can be very convincing. Lastly, technology is not 100% correct 100% of the time. Things could always glitch and change things for the worse.
Some might view the concept of a computer scanning your face every time you are in front of its camera as minamally invasive. Everyone has different facial expressions that show different things and it could mean the complete opposite of what the computer views it as. Paragraoh 7 describes that a computer can scan your face to see if there is an ad that you don't like and show less ads like that one. Not only does that have nothing to do with using it in a classroom, but no one likes ads in the first place and you have to pay to get them removed. Also, some teachers like to try and read their student to get a feel of how their day is or see if they're "living their best life". While this is sometimes very sweet, sometimes people like to be left alone when they're in a mood. This technology could literally increase the percentage of teachers being in people's business. They already have that Dyknow app that screen records all of our screen so they can see what we're doing at all times, why would they need to know how we're feeling as well?
As an actress and show choir student I can safely say that we, in the performing arts community, can definitely put on a faccade. Others may not be in either of those activities however, people can still be very convincing. Personally, if I knew I was being watched I'd probably fake some of my emotions. People on shows like "Grey's Anatomy" and "Law and Order" are paid to put on a fake face. Their job is to literally be fake for a camera. There are episodes of those shows where people are crying and they look very pained. Chances are, they are not really feeling those emotions. Arizona Robins may have cheated on Callie Torres but Jessica Capshaw didn't cheat on Sara Ramirez. That's fake emotion. They might not be it their character is so they have to play that part and be convincing or they don't get the part. In show choir there are songs where we have to be angry and then suddenly happy and then concerned all in a matter of sixteen counts and if we can to that then we can change how we portray our emotions when we are being watched by a camera.
There are so many different applications and softwares tha are in the world now and no matter how advanced the technology may be, it is never always perfectly running. Even the latest technology glitches from time to time. Technology is constantly updating and changing due to bugs in the software. Technology like this could ruin something completely. Everyone has a focus face that they put on when they're reading something or solving an equation. Let's say someones focus face looks a little bit angry. Just because their face looks angry does not mean that they don't like the question or don't like how it's taught or explained, it just means that they're focused on what they're doing. If the software misreads a facial expression and changes what's on the screen it could completely mess up what the student is doing. Or if the student does need the way of teaching adjusted and it does change. it could cause problems with the teacher because some teachers want things done a very specific way. If something happes with the software and it could inconvenience the student in many ways.
In conclusion, Facial Action Coding System should not be put in classrooms. IT's not completely useless, but it it's not very useful either. People don't need their face read to see how they feel about an ad or about a teaching style, that's why surveys were invented. If someone wanted people to know hwo they felt every time they turned on a computer, they'd start a blog. There are really bad actors on this planet but there are a lot of liars and pretenders. If a lot of people knew they were being recorded and faked a smile because they think that their privacy is at stake, it would completely defeat the purpose of the system and it would all be for not. Technology is also very expensive these days and this type of thing can easily be hacked or it could glitch and once again, defeat the purpose of the system. | 6 |
77cc9c1 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it has due to many reason many reason. One of the reason why is because the Venus is referred as Earth twin since it the closest planet to Earth in the Solar sytem. Another reason is that Venus might have been the most Earth-like planet. Therefore Venus is a great planet for the human which will one day could live if study well and successfully.
Venus was often referred as the Earth twin due it similar with the Earth and it likeness with the Earth.Through the author suggest to study Venus since it's very dangerous like it say in passage 3 "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greather than anything humans encounter on Earth" saying that it very hot due the increase of 800 degrees and 90 time greater of pressure on earth which make it harder for astronomers to land it and study it. Due that since you can't really study Venus from the distance. Furthermore the author beileve it important to the Venus and study it. If studying Venus success it would be very worthy even after all the hardship that would have awhile trying to study it. Since Venus have been earth-like planet meaning if we study and learn about it there might a chance of living there and most of the problem on earth would be solve which can lead to human succes as.
In conlusion the author believe studying Venus is worthy even thought there are many hardship and that it would lead to better life and change in human kind due the Venus, planet which was once have life and features that are analogous to on Earth. | 2 |
77cdf2e | Venus is the brightest planet seen from Earth, the second planet from the sun, and one of the most dangerous planets for space scientists to explore. At just around "800 degrees Fahrenheit" the planet is rich with carbon dioxide, corrosive fulfuric acid clouds, and atmospheric pressure (3). These conditions alone should be solid reasons as to why the planet should not be touched, but despite this scientists continue to look towards it for research. Some of the supporting reasons as to why Venus should be explored are actually quite intriguing and can provide good support for reasoning exploration. Although the conditions of the planet can be horrednous the fact that the planet gives us Earth like pasts to study, vehicles are being made in order to combat the hazzardous areas, and technologies are making studying more possible, the planet may be worth investigating after all.
The fact that Venus was once like Earth is just one good reason as to why the planet is worth being studied. Even scientists believe that the planet was previously embodied with oceans that could have "supported various forms of life" (4). These long lost oceans are not the only Earth like feature that this planet has; according to paragraph four Venus has "valleys, mountains, and craters" that also match Earth's description (4). These features of the planet are fascinating and can help scientists uncover more of Venus' past which makes it a great planet to examine.
Venus has many earth like features worth studying but the different ways in which Venus can be visited is also a great reason to continue the research being done on the planet. NASA has been studying the use of vehicles that may be used to study the planet in the near future. They describe it as a "blimp-like vehicle" that hovers over the surface for about "30 or so miles" (5). This mechanism allows the blimp to stay out of reach from the horrendous temperatures and atmosphere of Venus. It also gives the blimp a way to maintain a sufficient amount of "solar power" (5). This blimp is one of many great upcoming studies on what kinds of options we have for reaching such a dangerous planet.
Futuristic vehicles are not the only positive part of upcoming Venus exploration, for technology in itself is continuing to evolve and provide ways to research the planet. For example, in paragraph 7, it shows how one electronic made out of "silicon carbide" was able to last "three weeks" under a simulation of Venus' harsh planet conditions. Another type of technology mentioned in paragraph 7 is from the past; they are called mechanical computers. These machines are "more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces," which is exactly what type of climate Venus harnesses. Both of these types of technologies provide a great way to look at examining Venus and why the pursuit of the planet is, and can be, worth it.
Even though Venus may be a dangerous planet to explore, its earth like terrain, specially designed vehicles made to withstand
harsh conditions, and advancing technology made for research
are some of the main reasons why the planet is worth studying. In the future technology may be able to resist harsh conditions and vehicles may be able to reach closer to the surface without being damaged. The terrain may even be looked at more closely to uncover some of the secrets of Venus' past. Before all of these changes can be made they must be looked at, judged, and accepted as reasons to overlook the dangers of the planet and to expand on our knowledge with the exploration of planets. | 4 |
77ced86 | In this passage "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author made very detailed and valid points about the use of technology detecting what our expressions say about our moods, but, technology reading students facial expressions is over the top. I belive that this new technology would force students to always want to force a smile so that the computer doesn't fully recognize their real from their fake. In this essay I am going to tell you about my opinions on why I think that this new technology is bad for anyone to even have.
First, I would like to say that this is a really good topic the author brings forth to the table, but who would want to feel like their being watched? "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." This information is truly invalid. Smiling at an ad does not make it appear the next time you get on a different website, and frowning at an ad doesn't change it either. It's the way the ads are set up that it makes them leave or come back. Student's shouldn't have to feel like they have to fake their emotions just so that the computer doesn't recognize how they feel in reality. I do not believe in this "new technology" that seems to be changing the way we see ourselves. I would not want kids to feel like they are being watched or even judged on by what they look like through a computer screen.
Lastly, I would like to say that this point of view that the author is taking is a very good start, but thinking about the author feels versus the way every one else would feel puts this topic on hold. Not every one wants their child to be watched through a computer screen that's looking at their faces to show how they feel. If some one is happy on the inside but frowing on the outside then how would the computer sense that? Sometimes we hide our emotions on the indside and show neutral expressions to everyone else outside of our hearts and mind. Computers can only detect what they see and not what is actually going on. That is why I believe that the value of using technology to read students' emotional expressions should be forgotten. | 3 |
77cffe7 | I feel that driverless cars are something that we as people should commit to. I feel that we should try to make that happen, so that we continue going forward into the future. Driverless cars 10 years ago seemed so futuristic. Well know we have the chance to make it happen, and I feel that is something we must do as people. To prove to ourselves that we are making somekind of progress.
The author pointed out some positives and some negatives about the current condition on driverless cars. My point on that is current driverless cars aren't fully driverless yet, so the argument that they aren't safe depends on how safe the driver is for know. We wont really know how safe fully driverless cars are until we have tested them more. So no complete argument can be made on safety.
These driverless cars need more development. They have already came very far. It would make no sense to stop know them most people would be left wondering about what could have been. The author made a point about the fact that driverless cars as of right know are already more skilled than human driver. Since that is the case, why continue the hassle of driving to your destination every day when an automated system could it fro you.
To conclude, we have all seen first hand how far technology has come. Why stop it at it's peak? Lets continue to push the world into the future. A future of a better tomorrow. | 3 |
77d1a04 | New technology is being made every single day. wheteher its by computers, or making new video game consoles. technology is always advancing and will continue to advance as the years go on. One new software in particular that has people questioning whether or not it is something made for good use is the ability to tell someones emotions from a computer screen. Some people might say that it is a good thing to have this type of software. Others might think that it is a waste of time. is this new technology worth something for the human race, or is it something that can cause problems with the human society.
I believe that this type of technology is valuable to students and everyday people to help better understand what someone is feeling. people are not always truthful with there feelings. They might say that they are feeling fine when in realality, they are feeling something different. It could be that they feel unwanted in this world, upset, tired, angry, confused, and yes even they can feel happy. If someone asked you how you were feeling, would you tell them the truth? If you were feeling down and sad and you were sad because you feel like you are not getting any attention, would you tell someone how you are feeling?
In today's world, they're so many people who feel like if they told someone how they really feel, that it could possibly upset them for any reason. For some people they share there emotions almost to much. This new software to determine and see how you actually feel, could be the first step into someones mind. I say step into someones mind because we as a society do not know how everyone is feeling. with this new software, it begins with a 3-D computer model of your face. it uses all 44 major mucles so it can move like an actual human beings face would. the movement of one or mores mucsles is called an action unit. from then on you can determine how one is feeling just by a simple computer analytic.
This new software is so valuable to kids and teens espically because they do not always tell you how you they are feeling. they can be upset, depressed, and sad but at the same time, you would have no idea because they would tell you that they are fine. I believe that without this type of software being used, we could never figure out what goes on in someones mind when they are upet and alone. this software could potentially save someones life one day. If someone is suicidle, this machine could determine why they are depressed before they try and do somehting stupid. I believe that this software can change the face of this country. It could bring people closer together. | 4 |
77d423f | Dear Senator,
I know you have a lot of things on your mind, but I really felt the need to address the way we vote for our president of the United States. Instead of using the Electoral College, I think we should select the president by popular vote. We, the people should be allowed to control who our president is and that not always likely to happen. We can't control whomever our electors vote for. If you keep reading you will see my reasonings for not favoring the Electoral College.
First of all, I favor changing to election by popular vote because of something we might call the "disaster factor." Us Americans should consider the fact about how back in 2000, there was one of the biggest fiascos of the century because of the election process. Just think about how state legislatures can just pick electors, and those electors they chose can defy the will of the people. Even if we go back even further to the 1960's the segregationists of the Louisiana legislatures almost succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new ones, who would oppose John F. Kennedy.
Secondly, I would perfer that he election was decided by the popular vote becayse some people refuse to vote. "These electors are called "faithless" electors. They refuse to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please" stated in souce 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, in paragraph 11.
Last but not least of all, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Only because of the winnwer-take-all system in each state. Because of this system, candidates don't spend time in states they know dont have a chance of winning. They mainly focus on the tight races in the "swing" states. Back in 2000, 17 states didn't see the candidates at all, which is not right.
In conclusion, I would like to say that I would rather have the decision to vote for our president by using the most popular vote. I feel that we don't actually get to make the decision of who our president actually is. I would like to say that the electoral college is unfair, irrational and outdated. All in all ,My opinion is that Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college! Any way I really hope you take this in consideration, not just for me, but for the people.
Sincerly, Diamon | 4 |
77d90e6 | The face that was discovered was not created by aliens. It was actually a natural landform. This was also proven by research and people taking pictures with high powered and accurate cameras.
NASA descoverd that the face wasn't actaully a real face. It was a land form it was proven that it was a huge rock formation that resembles a human head. Also it was formed by shadows which made an illusion of the face to have eyes, a mouth, and a nose like a human does.
Also Michael Malin and his very powerful camera took pictures of the face. He discovered that it was really a landform and it wasn't created by aliens. But poeple didnt believe that it actually was a land form because it was very cloudy near the planet mars. So Malin and his team, took another picture they discovered that the landforms were actaully common to a landform in America.
However, the face triggered a lot of attention. The face became very popular in America. The face appeared in movies, book, magazines, and also on radio shows. People started to think that the theoy was true because it was featured in things that people see or watch everyday.
In conclusion, The face was proven to be a landform after all. NASA discoverd that it was a rock formation, also Michael Malin and his team saw that it was a landform by conducting a study twice. | 3 |
77d9cb5 | I think people should stop relying on their cars so much for three reasons. I hope this can change peoples minds about using the vehicles for everything. Even going to the corner of their block just for a bite they use their cars.
The opening reason why I think people should really limit their car usages is that it causes less pollution in the atmosphere. If drives don't give a limit to their uses of their cars we might end up having global warming. That's not gonna be great. For example before when cars were rarely seen we had no global warming problem, but now that cars are seen all over the places, global warming is near of arrival.
The following reason why I think people should put a limit to their car usage is that it would benefit everyone because there will be less traffic. Having no traffic at all is a common dream for many drivers that drive to work using the expressway every morning. Unfortunely people have to be stuck in traffic everyday because they don't want to let go of their cars. They should experiment other ways to get to work or to even the corner of their block. They should try bike riding to their destations. That's double the benefit. They get to excercise their bodies and not damage the environment with deadly gases that can cause global warming. In the second source by Robert Duffer he states that "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France".
My next reason why I think drivers should limit their car usues is because they are basically killing themselves with fatal accidents almost everyday. There's a lot of causes for fatal accidents, one of them is texting and driving. That's the main cause of fatal car accidents. Drunk driving is at close second. None the less, if people would just pay attention while they are driving there would be less car accidents, or even better they stop using their cars as often to avoid car accidents. Even when knowone is distracted while driving there are still a few car accidents. Most of the time that's just a regular accident with knowone losing their lives, but it happens many tims because the streets are so compacted with drivers eager to move. That's why I think people should stop relying on their cars so heavily. To decrease the death rate to a normal level.
In conclusion, all these three reasons why I think people should limit the usage of their vehicles are the reasons why the world isn't at it's normal levels of natural events in traffic. If citizens would rely less on their vehicles, we would see a change in the air we breathe and less chances of having global warming, less traffic in city streets, and less fatal car accidents with less people being killed. | 4 |
77de1a5 | Dear State Senator,
I think we should get rid of the Electoral Collage vote. It's not fair that a majority of people get to vote extra. The candidate's get to choose people who will vote for the person who picked them just bc they picked them. They probbaly dont have good reasons on the they pick that candidate they just pick him/her because they picked that person. They candidate who did win the election their electorial voters get a przie just for helping them win the election. And the others well they get nothing. It's not fair to the other people who voted for their apponite. All they get is a "Thanks for voting". Presidents voters get a cerification for helping them when. It's not fair to everyone else. Sometimes they candidate they picked to win isn't even a good presidant. They can't hold up to their side of the deal. the President says he/she will fix our economy and then the economy drops. They say they will prvovied a better education for students and they don't. Two electors from the same state can go to Congress. The candidates pick people from the states who know that the will vote for that specific candidates. In 2000 campaign, in total, seventeen sates didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina. In 25 of the largest media market a majority of voters did not go see any of the campaign ads. Candidates will bribe voters and Electorial Collage voters just to vote for that candidate and not they other. It's not fair to the other candidte who plays by the book for losing to someone who goes around the book to get more votes just to be President. Again I think we should get rid of the Elctorial Collage vote. | 2 |
77e0ab1 | In 1976, Scientists made a discovery on Cydonia,a region on the Red Planet. NASA's Viking 1 was snapping photos of the area, looking for sites for its sister ship, Viking 2. While it began to take pictures of the region, it spotted a human-like face. Many believe it's an alien monument, many believe it's a natural landform.
It has been proven that the Face is a natural landform, but not everyone seems to agree. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equilvalent of a buttle or mesa, which are common landforms around the American West. Also, there are no scientific facts that aliens are real. Conspiracy theories lack credability. They question NASA, and conpiracy theorists believe that NASA is trying to hide something from them. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget with there was an ancient civilization on Mars. They photographed the Face as soon as they could get a good shot at it. On April 5,1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera snapped a picture ten times shaper than the Viking photos. There was no alien monument, only a natural landform. Finally, they gave up.
After eighteen long years of investigation, many researchers gave up on the Face. Many natural landforms disappear over time which is why scientists and researchers can no longer find it. Although, some researchers are still on the look out for the Face, hoping to find it again soon. | 3 |
77e4a63 | You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you would be helping animals get to other countries, you would be able to visit exciting places and countries and you woudn't have to be bored on the ship because you can do fun activities. I have to arn you, you might face dangerous situations.
If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you would be helping animals that weres shipped overseas. You would be helping animals such as horses, young cows and mules. You would be feeding the animals, giving them water clean their stalls and you would have to pull bales of hay and bags of oats to the lower holds of the ship. If you join the program you would also be able to visit exciting places and countries, I got to visit the Acropolis in Greece, an excavated castle in Crete and I marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. Some places I visited were Europe, China, Greece, Italy and Crete. One of the most exciting things I have ever done was when I took a gondola ride in Venice, Itlay. Another reason why you should join is because, when you're on the ship you get to do activities such as playing baseball, volleyball, Table-tennis, fencing, boxing, and if you want you can read.
I have to warn you, you could get hurt because when I was aboard on the ship one day, I slid down a slippery laddery on my backside, my heart raced as I shot feet towards an openingon the side of the ship. Luckilly a small strip of metal along the edge of the ship stopped me from sliding and keept me from flying aboard into the Atlantic Ocean. I was happy to be alive, but I couldn't work for a couple of days because I had cracked ribs. Even though you might face some dangerous situations when you join this program you still get to, help animals, visit exciting places and countries and do fun activities while you are on the ship. Please join the Seagoing Cowboys program, you would be doing a good thing and your family and friends would be proud that you are helping animals and the community. | 4 |
77e5e0d | If you waych the news chaces are you probelly hear about cars weither it be from car accidents, to drunk driving, to pollutents from cars. And everyone is in uproar about how do we stop all this stuff from happening well it could as simple as using cars less often. This maybe sound shocking to most people who drive but maybe if we use our cars less there would be less accidents or drunk driving and not to mention less greenhouse gasses. Did you know that 50% of greenhouse gas comes from cars in car-intesive areas in the United States. Thats right 50% of those greenhouse gasses come for your car. I'm not saying we should stop driving cars in general but make an effort to use them less. Like in Bogota Columbia they have a day dedicated to not driving cars and instead using public trainsportation. From doing this they improved there sidewalks, reduced traffic and even upscale restaurants and shopping centers sprouted up. And every year everyone is happy and very ethustiastic about the day. Not only does the less usage of cars make people happy it also makes the likelyhood of car accidents very low since there are no cars on the road. | 2 |
77f101a | The Mona Lisa painting is hard to tell what her emotions are ,but that's why there's science. They can figure out your emotions by looking at your muscles in your face or just by looking at how your eye brows are place or your mouth is placed. They have
computers that can see faces off of paintings emotion. All they have to do is make a 3-D model and make the same frown as Mona Lisa to tell what her emotions are. The students expressions are most likely to be happy and amazed
because a computer can do all of this. The students must want to try this on their emotions to see if it works.
The students must think
the computer does everything , they want to know
their emotions even though they know
their emotions
because they are thinking
about it in their brain. Just like the Mona Lisa painting they said that was her
happy face because she has 83 percent happyness in her emotions. You can have more then one emotion in your
face. They just have to see the muscles in your face and see how they are placed. It is a cool thing that they can do this so if someone can't talk they can check there emotion to see if their sad ,hurt , or happy.
That is really a good thing also doctors can use this to use on a unhealthy person to see how there feeling because not everyone want's to let everyone know their emotion.
They can do this on animals even they would have to do a 3-D model of it. This must of took a lot of scietists to do this because they could get lots of money for this. Science can do alot of things dealing with muscles and body movement. This knows how you are feeling because your movement in your body. The students must think that there is a other man using the technology to this ,but it's the computer.
They have to use the computer to get the 3-D models out then the scientists use their brains to figure where the muscles go.
The last thing is scientists may want to use this on children at school because it is a fun thing for the kids and it can give them more feed back on more emotions and how they look on students faces. That will help them out with maybe more emotions on certain people they can use it on more painting. They used it on the Mona Lisa becasue you can't tell her feeling because she has no movement and she's not smiling in her drawing. The students like this because it is a cool thing to look at and see it's emotion because it's its a drawing ,but with alot of details. | 3 |
77f3262 | The auther of the text "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" says that studying venus would be good for many reasons. He thinks it is a good and worthy pursuit and a good direction for people to focus on
but a lot of scientis and astrologis dont think it is. The people who dissagree think that it is a bad to focus on because it is too hot and dense to even land on and they think it is impossable to put people on however, the auther thinks that a lot of this is possable its just not gonna be easy. Venus is a planet close to earth that is also called the "evening star" it is one of the britest points of light in the night sky making it easy for many people to spot but people dont know what conditions are like on the evening star and they are not the best it can reach up to 800 degrees fahrenhite.
The auther believs it is possable to study it but if they did it would not be easy they woud have to have the best technolagy and the best aircrafts it would be hard to find idems that could withstand that kind of tec but nasa also have talked about this expadition before. Nasa is working on other approaches to studying venus they do have electronics that have benn tested in chambers that have survived for up to three weeks in simulated conditions. The people at nasa even have tecnology from back in the 1940s dating back to wwII that could help them with the venus study. The auther was right about it being possable and the technology is definatly coming togeather but their is still work to be done to make this possibility become a reality but that dosent change the fact that it is possable.
The auther said it is a worthy pursuit and so dose nasa and with time the hard working people will make it happen beacause its not just the auther who wants this to happen. I think so many people want venus to be studied is becaus their is so much we dont know about it and i understand because after reading the article i am also curius about what mysteries and what it has to offer us. their is a lot of
things to be learned aboult venus and it is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers and human curiosity will most likely be what leads us to studying this planet. | 3 |
77f3342 | Author claim that people should study more about Venus by conduct a mission despite the risks. It may expand the very edges of imagination and innovation, and for human curiosity. However, the author makes a fabulous statements by explain the Venus, talk about the missions that scientists are seeking, and pursuade the readers.
At first, in the beggining of the passage, he made a explanation of the Venus by comparing to the Earth. He first explain that Venus and Earth are similar in terms of density, size, and distance. Then he states that there are thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets in Venus, and their temperature and pressure is really high compared to Earth. This information that author gives us is great because readers can get backgroung information that can understand the missions and their risks that author will going to explain in the later passage.
Second, he talks about the mission and their pros and cons. First, He says that NASA is seeking for sending humans to study Venus, but it has difficulities. However, author says that it's avoidable. For example, temperatures in Venus is very high, but their air pressure is close to that of sea level on Earth, so it's survivable for humans. This supports the idea clearly that readers can know it's possible to travel to Venus.
Finally, author pursuades the readers. It's valuable to meet the challenge to send humans to Venus. Peering safely at Venus from ship can't collect anything. We need to conduct a mission to take samples of rock, gas, or anything else. As you can see, author is pursuading the readers that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. It seems it's not enough to pursuade the people and he can be more emotionally.
Overall, his statement and how he supports that idea is really clear for the readers and it is settled. It own a risks, but conducting a mission to go to Venus is possible, and valuable for the humans. | 4 |
77fa317 | Dear state senator
I think having popular votes would be better 3 reason why I say this is because Electoral Colleges has selection of electors witch makings them vote for the President/Vice President. The second reason why i pick popular is because when it is Electoral Colleges voters vote not for president but for slate of electors and thats who picks the president. The last reason why we should vote by popular is because Electoral College is unfair.
To start off with why we should have popular votes is because Electoral Colleges process consists the selection of the electors and has a meeting with the electors where they vote for the President and Vice president. Electoral Collegeonly consists of 538 electors but majority of 270 is required to elect the President.
Another reson why i picked popular voting is because with popular votes the citizens are voting for who they want to be their President and who they want to be their Vice President but in Electoral College electors pick and vote for who they think would be the best President for instance if you lived in Texas and want to vote for John Kelly you would have to vote for slate 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kelly in Electoral College but in popular voting you could vote for anyone you wanted to and not someone who pledged that person.
The third reason why popular voting would be better is because Electoral College was unfair, outdated, and irrational and had lack of democratic and is also a turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their states like them knowingtheir votes will have no effect witch makes them pay less attention to Electoral College voting.
This is all the reason why the state senator should choose populae voting over Electoral College voting. | 3 |
77fa5e0 | The advantages in limiting car use is very important. we would have towrroy as much as we do about drunk drivers or someone dying becasue of car crashes. We alwys hear on te news about how someone was killed by drunk driving if we limit car usage the deaths of people would be at an all time low. Also limiting car usage would also mean not as much polution. we breath in a lot of polution through the day because when trucks drive by all that black smoke goes up into the air that we breath in, that can't be good for our bodies.
Anoter example would be gas, we always complain about how much gas is if we limited cars then we wouldnt have to pay for gas anymore. To have cars we pay insurance every month if we didnt have cars imagine on how much money we would be saving, on not paying for insurances or gas and other things we need for our cars to be in good shape and safe for us to drive. Another thing is walking or riding bikes t get to point A to poin B would decrease the chance for obeasty.
I think less crime would happen if we limited cars. For example less peope would be hit, it wouldnt promote drunck driving, it would help the population, and we would have less money problems. Amerca is in debt so if we limit car usage we could pay off that debt and we would be helping te world at the same time. By not poluting the air, Our bodies would be in better shape because we would have to walk or ride ikes to get somewhere.
In conclusion, I think if we limit car usage America would be a better lace to live in. Not as many deaths, money problems, or polution. In my essay I listed examples of how it would help the economy and people around the world. The world would be a better place with no cars to worry about. money would not be an issue for most of us wwe would have one less thing to worry about. | 3 |
77fc59e | Venus has been proven to be a dangerous planet, yet scientist continue the attempt of research because it is believed to be a worthy cause, which is what the author believes in as well. Scientists have been trying to research and evaluate Venus for many years, however there are still many obstacles to be overcome. The author supports the idea that Venus is a worthy a pursuit despite the dangers it poses in a mediocre way. They could have gone about it in way which the idea was supported throughout the article, but instead the idea is not posed until the middle.
According to Paragraph 3 "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." These conditions are extremely dangerous for humans. The passage even states "These conditions are more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." At first the author does poorly to support the idea that Venus is worthy pursuing because only the dangers, such as those above, are listed and supported with details.
As the article nears the end some solutions to the dangers are posed, enabling the author to support the idea that Venus is worth the pursuit. A possible solution to the "hostile conditions" would allow scientist to get close enough to observe Venus, however it would cause them to be unable to get any rock samples. Humans would have to stay at least 30 miles above the surface. The temperature would still be high at whopping 170 degrees Fahrenheit, however the air pressure would be close to that of Earth's and even survivable for humans. The author also states in Paragraph 5 that "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels." This could also allow for the possibility of life on Venus. "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."
The author should have supported the idea that Venus is worth pursuing throughout the article, rather than beginning to support it in the middle. The author wrote plenty of negative facts about Venus in the first few paragraphs, causing the reader to wonder about the safety of "Earth's 'twin'". In order make the main idea clear the author should have listed a few negative things, and then contradicted them with facts and supporting details. This would have made the article stronger, immaculately organized, and more understandable as well. | 4 |
77fe7b6 | It just seems like yeasterday that technogoly was interdouce to our culture, from the telephone, to the probabily the most useful thing in out daily life, cars. For decades companies have been trying to perfect the whole idea of car from hybrids, to eletric power cars. But now the next big think coming from our generation is driverless cars oming from companies like google. Already other compaines are building driverless cars and sayign they'll be release by 2016. But I know if they carry out on that idea fro that release, its going to be a disaster in every way possible, here's why.
Before we I go into the mees that is driverless cars, what I can say is a great system that was added was a combination of still having the driver in the drivers seat with his hands on the wheel, and being able to perfect a error thats happen in the progam of the car. Becuase at the end of the day, technogoly was made by fulad people and will make tech fulad no matter what. But the compaines are praising this as if nothing is going to go wrong. The stats do show barley any crashes occur, but the one problem is were not talking about mutiple people having one by just one car in a certain area.
Lets say its 2020 right now, and everyone has a driverless car. You go cars from different companies and all running at different severs from that compainies. How are two different branded vehicles are going to react to each other with hundreads of cars running at the same time, the sever is going to crash. Althought a situation like this might not ever occur, theres more problems that still ned to be speak of the driverless cars.
Every if this was never a problem in the first place, in this future there going to be people with vehicles that still need to be manualy driver, and vehicles that are driverless. What the problem is in the situation is when reading the text, these driverless cars hit a max of 25mph. Althought these cars will most likely be block of on going on hight ways, just on mains roads this is going to cause alot of road rage to certain. just for these car only going 25mph, soem people are going to be block off from going to their destation right on time.
So it seems driverless car are going to cause any more problem unless states outlaw car that arn't driverless to the public, but that would just be a stupid idea and would just make a problem all by itself. But in many ways that's what companies are think to do, make a system that would be too complex for anyone to understand. Changing the basic law of roads is what companies are thinking about. This would elemate many people do to the major change in the system. Most likely people would have no choice and be forced to buy a driverless car under their will.
This whole situation of saying this is going to be the next big thing is somthing we've seen before every decade. If I had to piredict what would happen if driverless cars do release in 2020. Pretty much any new like this is going to have problems now just becuase these cars now need to be quickly made which can lead someone to question the quality of these car. Not to mention the poor millage these cars will have, and pretty much these cars are going to be over price and not worth the vaule at all. The trend of these driverless cars might died around the mid 2020s and will have to wait until the tech is perfective to be re-release to the public. In a nutshell, theres going to be some major flaws with these types of vehicles if release in 2020. All you can do is don't buy then right as they come out, becuase I wouldn't be surprise if the next days theres numerous of crashes in the coming days. | 4 |
7802637 | NASA has found a face in Mars. Many say its just natural, but others say its from aliens. A few reasons people say it was created by aliens is its in an odd place, and it has unusal shadows.
One reason that people say aliens created this face on Mars is because where the face is located on Mars is a particularly odd spot. In paragraph 8 it says "The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98 a cloudy time of year on the Red planet." Also in paragraph 9 it says "It's not easy to target Cydonia," says Gavin. "In fact, it's hard work." Mars Global Surveyor is mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km wide stripes."
Another reason is it has unsual shadows for example in paragraph 1 it says "When (the Viking spacecraft) it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red planet. | 2 |
780f29a | "I say we change!" Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States can be a way better idea to do than keeping the Electoral college. In the Electoral College system the voters dont vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors & those slate of electors who in turn elect the president. In Source 2 they talk about why the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. In my own opinion, I think that by changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. In Electoral College, Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of votes would prefer a direct election of the kind we have now.
In source 1, they talk about what is the Electoral College & how it works. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. It's process consists of the selection of the electors, a meeting of the electors where they vote for President & Vice President, & the counting of the votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 votes is required to elect the President. In the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Colubia is allocated 3 electors & treated like a state for purposesof the Electoral College. The word "state" also refers to the District of Columbia. Every candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. Presidential election is held every 4 years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. When you vote for President you help choose your state's electors because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. Most states have a 'winner take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate.
In source 2, they talk about why the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. For instance, if you lived in Texas, & wanted to vote for John Kerry, you would be voting for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. It depends on the state to pick the electors in first place. Sometimes voters get confused about the electors & vote for the wrong candidate. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legilature nearly suceeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. | 2 |
7813094 | Venus called (Evening Star), is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Is misleading since Venus is a planet, is the second planet from our sun and is simple to see from the distance; is the closet planet to Earth in t erms of density, size and occasionally in distance too.
On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet also, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even though Mercury is closer to the sun. The Natonal Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's have the possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray, at thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at arounf 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea lovel on Earth. More importantly, researches cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance.
Many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to out knowledge of Venus, NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.
Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation, however Venus onse of the importants planets because it's like Earth where we live almost the people of the universe, we need to working and contribuate eith the NASA and take care of them. | 1 |
78133cb | Limiting motor vehicle transportaion by simply carpooling or just riding a bike to work or wherever it is that your doing would be such a great advantage not just to you, but also to the environment.
One main reason limiting motor vehicle transportation would be the best thing to do for the environment is because of the fact that, for example the exhaust of the vehicles in a densly populated area would cause a lot of physical damage to parks or gardens. The gasses that come out of the exhaust prevent full healthy growth of plants, which in terms means less trees and we need trees to help turn carbon dioxide into oxygen so we can breathe. It also helps us to breathe better if we could all just carpool with friends because it would cause less vehicles to be out on the road and in turn create an environment where all those chemicals aren't coming out of as many cars.
Besides just the fact that it would create cleaner air for us to breathe, the fact also remains that it would also be safer to drive everywhere without getting into a car crash. Car crashes are one of the leading causes of death for people all over the world, but if people stop driving their own cars everywhere there wouldn't be as many cars on highways, intersections or any other roads, there would be much less congestion making it easier to see what is around the vehicle you are traveling and it'll help save lives.
But limiting motor transportation doesn't only help out with the environment, it also helps out with your budget! If you were to sell your vehicle and ride a bike to work everyday or just catch a ride with a friend or relative, you won't have to worry about your payments on the car. You wouldn't have to pay for your car insurrence, your actual monthly payments,for any repairs on your car incase of an accident, and since you won't have a car you won't end up with any tickets for speeding or parking in the incorrect spot(s). The only thing you'd have to worry about is giving a $20 to whoever takes you to work that week.
If people would ride a bike to school, take a public bus to work or simply walk to their destination, it lower emissions, conserve resources, and it would improve safety in general. | 3 |
7813ea7 | I am against the driverless cars,beacuse most of our people will be without a job if they enforce these cars.The people that drives the buses where would they work how are they going to make a living for themselves and their family.What about the people that drives the taxis that we now have,if they enforce these cars what will thses people do to make a living.How would children get back and forth to school everyday.We have school buses that we dont have to pay for.
Technology is not always reliable,for instance what if the driverless car goes out or messes up then there will be an accident and someone will be injured maybe even death.Accidents happens now and we have people driving cars but like i said technology is not always reliable.they even said it in paragraph 9"If the technology fails and someone is enjured,who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer(the creater or maker of this car).Who will they blame if this car creates a problem such as an accident.I think that they will blame the driver of the car becuse they were behind the wheel.
They are probably going to say that the driver should have been paying attetion.To me an driverless car means the driver dosent has to anything but fill the tank up with gas if the car contains gas.They say the car notifys you when its needs human assistence,but what if it doesnt say anything then that will be an accident.The BMW is good enough there really hasnt been any accidents
with the BMW's i think that thats the closes we nee dto get to an automoblie.TECHNOLOGY IS NOT ALWAYS RELYABLE. | 3 |
7815231 | Today I -Luke- think you should join the progam i joined called "Seagoing Cowboys progam " . I joined the progam for a certain reson and thats because of a great friend of mine - Don -invited me to join him to go to Europe on a cattle boat . I knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. And at that time in 1945 in Europe the World War II had just ended which ment so many things were ruined i wanted to help out so I joined the Seagoing Cowboys progam .And if your not selfish and care about other people take this opportunity and help out a persons life join not only cause we wan't you to but it would be good for a change if someone you loved lived in a country were distruction had just happened you would join but these people you may not love or you don't know but they are still humans maybe even children still they have lives to live and children to have to keep the population growing. I'm giveing you a great opportunity just think about it consider trying . | 2 |
78192f8 | To begin with, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have found that the planet Venus is the most Earth like planet. Venus and Mars are the closest planets to Earth .
Venus is almost the same size as earth and has the almost the same density to. Theirfore scientist suggest that studying Venus is a worthy persuite despite the dangers it haves. It can give good result to NASA becuase if it is earth like they can see what is the problem to try and land. More studying is suggested because it can be anothe rplace were people can live and have alot of naturall resources a like a restart of the earth.
To continue with, It is alot analogous to earth that it has erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, valleys, craters, mountains, etc. It would be worth taking samples, searching, to get to know Venus better and maybe some day have a life over their. | 2 |
7819a73 | I know it seems odd! A human face on Mars! A lot of people have thier ideas on what it is. Some say it was an ancient civilization or people like you belive it's aliens. Well, im here to change your mind with the truth.
NASA looked into this "face" a lot more. Me and my crew where up all night for days just digging deeper for more information! Finally, after days of reserch I got some feed back. I unveild the images of this thing for all to see. It was seen and proven to be a ''huge rock formation'' . You could argue and say aliens made it. Could aliens make rock? Rock natrually happens for alot of reasons but, aliens isn't one of them ! Is there any proven facts that alliens exsist? No. After 18 long years we finally reveled it as a natrual landform. We proved that through pictures. Its hard to argue with that.
NASA compared "the face" to the Middle Butte in the Snake river Plain of Idaho. Aliens didnt creat that. They Aren't real. So what are you going to belive? | 2 |
781b2d3 | Driveless cars would change the world because, There would be less crashes, they wourld use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. Driveless cars still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents.
The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on indiviual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manange alone. Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving
safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own.
Telsa has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive by themselves by 2020. Automakers are continuing their
work on the assumption that the problems will be solved.The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day. | 3 |
781dec8 | Science could be where we can possibly find advances and great inventions for the future. Now in days a machines can tell you how exactly you feel!. We are humans, but technology could change how we think, how we act and high chances how we live.
First of all, technology have changed how humans can be in the future like computers. But technolgy can have a negative impact too. Proffesor Thomas Huan, invented A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System can let humans know how they feel. They could even read your facial actiond
"There are more experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to comunicate." do you think science has gone too far?
Second, somethimes you can harshly tell when a friend its mad or happy.
How would you feel knowing that a computer knows every single emotion that you are feeling at the moment and the percentage for example 5% angry, 78% happy, 2% disgusted etc. The creator of this technology started with the basic emotions which are happiness,surprie, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. It would be creepy when you "Imagine a computer taht knows if your happy or sad."
Third, humans make calculations and guess the emotions of others. For instance, you can infer how a friend feels or just by looking at their face but you can't tell an accurate number of emotions like the computers."A classroom computer can recognize when a student is becoming confused or boring." with the big advances of technology we might not act like humans in the future.
In conclusion, Science play an importent roll in technology and technology have created machines that can tell your emotions. We are humans and by the advance of technology, future then might change the way we act, think and possibly live our lives. | 3 |
78236b1 | The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" talks about a software that has been developed to percieve the emotions of others. This software determined that the Mona Lisa is 83 penrcent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry.
For sure is an interesting project, because sometimes we want to know how other people is feeling, but, this improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of the others as it is said on this article?
Dr. Huang explain how the facial expressions for each emotion are universal, but I think every human has different expressions, or they can hide them pretty well. For example: in a movie you can have a great actor. This actor can make perfect facial expression, as he was really feeling the situation; being truly sad, happy, scared etc. but he is an actor, and this feelings that he is showing for a specific situation on the movie, are not real. Those problems are not happening in his real life.
This actor can hide his emotions, and this software that can predict your emotions won't know that. So I think it's impossible know how people is feeling with just a software that works just by facial expression, because human feelings are more complex that this, and that's why whe have to study human behavior, or how their brains work with different feelings as love. Because humans are more complex than just an expression that you can hide.
In conclusion, sometimes, when people let you see their feelings, this program can work to show you the percents of your facial expression, but is not an accuracy way to do it because behind the human behavior there are more things to think about it if we are talking about feelings, and this may not be always the correct answer to the feelings of a person. | 3 |
7826c05 | When looking at the face it look baerly looks like a face, it could be literally anything just for the fact on how unfocsed and brod the shape is. When looking at a face you see all the details and diffrences but in this picture its just three smuges in the shape of two eys and a mouth. Also when looking at the photo you cant really see how large it is but its way to big to be the size of a face, its more the size of a building or larger. You can see its a rectangle shape that appers to be some sort of hill natrully created by the enviorment so saying it looks like a face is really dumb because if you saw a really blured picture of a rock with dirt in the formation of eyes and a mouth, would you call it a face? | 2 |
7832599 | Cars are benefits for getting you from point A to point B, but there are many other ways you can receive transportation that way. Cars can also get you there quicker, but its not worth what we are doing to our enviornment and ourselves. There are three major advantages about limiting your car use. It will help out our enviornment with the air pollution; you can hear the peacefulness of birds and kids playing, and its a financial rest.
First and foremost, it will help out with our air pollution. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..."(14). The gas we use to fuel up our vehicles is polluting the enviornment when we use it. If we used Paris as an example, we can have odd and even driving days for odd and even license plates (11). That means only half the people with cars would be driving on the road each day which could alter the air pollution. Another reliable example is Bogota, once a year they have a car free day to limit the air pollution (20). Carlos Arturo Plaza believes, "[i]t's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" (24).
In addition, the neighborhood or city you are in wouldn't be as loud. Have you ever imagined a peaceful enviornment with no car horns or engine? Heidrun Walter said she was always tense and now she is happy without her car, because she can hear the swiss of bicycles and the chatterring of children playing (3). Rarely do I ever have peaceful moments unless I'm inside school, or at the neighborhood library. For example, a peaceful walk to school can mentally prepare me for my day ahead, and save my mother gas money.
The amount of money one pays for a car could be equilvalent to amount some else pays for their house. Also, when you get the car, you have to put gas in it for your engine to power up. Limited car use wouldn't just effect you as a person, but the economy as a whole. "In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport" (9). If we reduced our car usage, the United States wouldn't have to spend 80 percent of appropriations to highways and they could even it out more to other transportation use. Plus, if you didn't have to pay for gas every week just imagine how much money that would save you.
Limited car use doesn't just effect you financially, but it also contributes positively to the enviornment. In additon, more peaceful moments can be added to your agenda of things to do. Cars are reliable for their speed and transportation, but when it comes to long term effects, I don't know if its really worth the risk. | 4 |
7835426 | I disagree with you that it "The Face Of Mars" was formed by aliens. I think it is a landformation that just happens to look like a face. From 1976 to 2001 we have found zero life on Mars. We have made many missions to it and we still have found nothing. Besides those reasons i still disagree with you about it and i do have proof of my reasons why.
The article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" tells me that scientist Jim Garvin was one of the men that took the picture of the "face" inApril 8, 2001. After Jim takes the picture and tells everyone, "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Eygptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" Jims says this because, each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
Also there are unusual shadows to make it look like the landform has eyes and a nose. The shadows also made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. But you have to remember that these are shadows and they dont tell always make out to what things look like. Sometimes your shadow makes you look taller than what you really seem to be. Shadows also dont always make you look the same either.
Plus Martian Mesa, are common enough around Cydonia. This could be just another Martian Mesa. Also if NASA wishes there was an ancient civilataion on Mars, why would they hide it. If they even thought that the "face" could have been formed by aliens im sure that they would want the world to know of there discovery.
In other words im sure NASA would let people know if they even think that the "face" could have been formed from aliens. This is like a mountain on Earth that just at a height and where the camera is at or the sun iot just so happens to look like a face. This is an unusual landform but i am very convinced that, that is all it is. | 4 |
7837555 | The Great Opportunities of Seagoing Cowboys
"He knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime". The Seagoing Cowboys program lets us help countries in need of food, animals, and much more. People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because of the traveling, the experince, and the opportunity to help others in need.
First of all, Seagoing Cowboys get to travel around the maginficent world. Some might say that it is not worth it because they might get hurt, however,they travel overseas, letting them see the marvels of the oceans.We can also tour an excavated castle in Crete and see all wonderful places at the Panama Canal on their way to pleading countries. In my opinion, joining has its benifets. You can awe at many beautiful places, and might be inspired.
Secondly, the experience would be wonderful. Some will argue and say that you might not even have an experinece at all, but in my belief, anybody can have an experinece during your time at the program. We sail all over the gigantic world and help hundreds of pleading people. You can take a gondola ride in Veinice, Italy, and see the Acropolis in Greece, which was very special. I believe that the experience gives us a lifetime of memories after our journies.
Finally, being a Seagoing Cowboy gives us the opportunity to help people in need. Some might say that you can get badly injured while trying to help others, but it is vital to say that it is more important helping people in need. It is the oppertunity of a lifeime. The cattle boat trips were unbeliveable opportunities for a small town boy.We get to help contries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. Join the Seagoing Cowboys because we get to save hundreds of people, which leaves a good feeling in us for helping others.
In conclusion, others should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because of the traveling, the experince, and the opportunity to save others in need. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than an adventure, it opened the world to us. If you want to help others, please consider joining the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 4 |
78399a9 | you should join the ''Seagoing Cowboys Program''. You should join the program because it is a wonderful opertunity to see some amazing sites, interact with a lot of animals, and have a lot of fun during free time.
One reason you should join the ''Seagoing Cowboys Program'' is because all of the amazing sites. When I was part of the ''Seagoing Cowboys Program'' I had the opertunity to see a lot of amazing sites. I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.
Another reason you should join the ''Seagoing Cowboys Program'' is because all of the great times we have during free time on the boat. There is a lot of free time on board exspecially during the return trips after the animals have been unloaded. We played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.
You also get to interact with a lot of animals. While you are sailing It takes about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Caring for the animals during the crossings keeps you busy. They have to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. Stalls have to be cleaned. Although it is a lot of work, when you are doing these things with the animals it forms a bond between you and the animal.
There are some reasons why you should join the ''Seagoing cowboys Program''. I hope you will take the oppertunity to atleast look into the ''Seagoing Cowboys Program''. | 3 |
783d431 | Driverleess cars have a lot of advantages and disadvantages to them. Right now, driverless cars don't have the proper technology in them to fuction the way that would have the most advantages. For the driverless cars to find a way out on the streets they would have to be able to drive completely alone, the laws would have to change about fault, and the roads would have to be upgraded.
Driverless cars are not to their fullest potential now. The only way people would buy these cars is if they could completely drive themselves, and if they were proven safe. People would find it wast of their money to buy a car that could do most of the work, but they would have to pay attention because the cars can't manuver through tricky turns and work zones. If people are going to have to pay attention to the road they would rather just drive the entire time.
The way that driverless cars are going to become completely safe is if we upgrade our roads. The roads would have to include a track system in it. No car is going to be able to prevent a crash unless it is being guided by some kind of guided technology. Seperate roads would have to be made for driverless cars because there is always human error and the cars that are not driverless could crash into these driverless cars.
Driving laws were not made for driverless cars. People would have to look back at the laws and make changes. If someone were to crash a driveless car who would be at fault, the driver or the manufacturer. How old would you have to be to be alone in a car. There are many more laws that we would have to take into consideration.
Driving laws, upgraded roads, and being able to fully function alone are all things that would have to happen for these cars to become common. Driverless cars can be extremely revolutionary as long as they are safe and ready to use. | 3 |
783f267 | Cars have been the main focus of developement for many years now. Engineers attempt to create sufficient cars every time a new model is planned. Many citizens of the United States are slightly aware of the environmental damage that is caused by the cars, yet still do no think twice when it comes to driving anywhere. Many countries around the world have set fines and laws against using cars and have seemed to produce a positive outcome. These countries offer many different alternatives to using cars, creating a well developed society.
While cars are a huge advantage to modern day society, they take a big toll on our environment. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal, from the
New York Times
Company, cars are the "second largest source of America's emission" proving how much we rely on cars (source 4 paragraph 34).She also writes about numbers terrifying to the future generations. United States is responsible for 50 percent greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes while Europe is only responsible for 12(source 1 paragraph 5). 50 percent is proof that Americans are too reliable on transportation sources like streets, main roads, and highways. Paris was able to clear the air from pollution. According to Robert Duffer from the
Chicago Tribune ,after enforcing a driving ban, the air cleared after an almost record setting pollution fog (source 2 paragraph 10). Places in Asia like Beijing, China are just filled with smog in the air. The citizens walk around with masks because of the heavy pollution. That is physically dangerous for not only the adults, but the children of the communities. There has to be some alternatives to using cars in excess. Almost anything can be an advantage but when it is used too much, it will always be dangerous.
Even though cars are important to commerce within society, many alternatives can be taken to help lower the usage of cars. In places like the capital of Columbia, they have found a way to travel places and limit the car use. Andrew Selsky, from the
Seattle Times , speaks of this matter. He claims that there has been "construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths" in the city of Bogota (source 3 paragraph 27). Not only does this allow the citizens to be environmentally friendly, but it gives them a chance to exercise, which leads to better health. It is noticable the the healthier people tend to be more lifting than the sluggish, corpulent citizens. In Barcelona, Spain, being a vehicle owner is simple undesired. Other means of transportation like walking or bycycling have been the desired means of getting places. Even Bill Ford, the chairman of Ford Motor Company, admits to the impractical use of cars in excess. There are some many different ways the we can reduce the use of Cars in the American nation.
With the ability of using bikes to arrive at destinations, many places have seen the improvements in reduced traffic jams. What Americans hate the most are traffic jams. Think about those times when 10 minutes have slipped away in the morning and you are running late then there is a traffic jam. Millions in Columbia participated in hiking or biking and it left the street nearly empty (source 3 paragraph 20). The citizens were smart enough to recognize when they need a car. When going to work that is only 5 miles away, they take the extra time to reduce the usage of the streets. France experienced the same result, reducing traffic congestion by 60 percent, and then lowering the smog that had covered them (source 2 paragraph 14). This leaves the street safer for drivers and pedestrians. It also reduces the heavy noise from motored vehicles.
Many nations have improved their societies by reducing the use of cars. In result, the air pollution is reduced, the health benefits improve, and the traffic congestion is heavily reduced. Not only can reducing our relience on cars benefit our genertaion, but it can benefit the generations to come. | 5 |
7847f8f | The face you think was created by aliens was not, because we have no evidence of aliens throught all of our travels in space. The face is just a natural landform on Mars. If you think that NASA wants to hide this for their research your wrong. If NASA released that there was alien lifeforms on Mars their funding would be increased by a lot. The photos may look likes the face was created by something, but it is a naturally formed mesa. It looks like a face because the shadows form what look to be like eyes, a nose, and a mouth. If there have been spacecrafts surveying the land on Mars then why have there not been any pictures sent back of alien lifeform.
If the face was created by aliens where, the aliens should be nearby unless they can travel faster than anything the Earth has. The face could not have been created by aliens because there is not any lifeform on Mars that is not microscopic. We havesurveyed Mars several times and not seen anything proving alien liforns except for this face. If there are aliens then there should be more evidence than a face, which is most likely a mesa. If there are aliens and they built this face, it had to mean something to them. If the face meant something to the aliens then they would be found near it. The Middle Butte in the Snake RIver Plain of Idaho is a lave dome that takes the place of an isolated mesa and is about the same height as the face on Mars.
In 2001, the Mars Global Surveyor came close enough to the face to get a good picture. It was a cloudless day, so the picture was very clear. Each pixel measured to about 1.56 meters. The Viking 1 photo measured about 43 meters per pixel. There were no markings on the face from an alien lifeform.
The Mars Global Surveyor looks straight down on the planet taking pictures and sending them to NASA. Since the Mars Global Surveyor only does 2.5 km-wide strips it does not pass over the face very often. Even though it does not pass over the face very often the Mars Global Surveyor covers a lot of land and has not seen any aliens. You have the right to still believe that the face as created by alien lifeform, but I hope these facts changed your point of view on the situation. | 4 |
784933d | greenhouse gasses have always been a problem that riddled america and also politics, but many other countrys are limiting their usage of cars. paris even made there be specific days where people will keep their cars at home or be fined. paris is among the most densley polluted citys on earth, and they thought it might be good for everybody to take a break from polluting the city and maybe breath easy for a few days. almost 4,000 drivers were fined a total of 31 dollars (US) and 27 people had their cars impounded because they were upset about the fines. Its nice to see a country actually care about what it is doing to the enviroment, but it might take something big for other countrys to follow suit.
the small city in columbia bogota also took part in reducing the emmissions in the air. bogta encouraged the public to stay inside and anyone violating this rule was fine 25 dollars, many people would take out their bicycles and ride those around opposed to driving and polluting the air. the campaign in bogota bagan in the mid 1990s and has constructed 118 miles of bike paths ever since. other countrys should follow what bogota is trying to do, because if we dont pollute the earth too much then we can live her longer.
president obamas ambitious goals to curb the united states greenhouse emmissions, unveiled last week ,will geta fortuitous assist from an incipent shift in american behavior: recent studies suggest that america is buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer liscenses as years go by. that has left researchers pondering a fundamental question:has america passed peak driving? the united states with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had been one of the worlds prime car cultures. it is the birth place of the model T; the home of detroit; the place where Wilson Pickett immortalized "mustang sally" just kidding im not gonna copy all of that. but really america has cut down on the use of cars and we should be proud.
in nelson nevada there are no more cars to be found, people are literally flying everywhere! it sounds crazy, but its not ,because researchers in the area were working on a new unknown chemical when all of the sudden somehow the chemical got leaked into the citys water system and well it had profound effects on everybody and now people are flying everywhere, nelson nevada plans to make a super highway in the clouds including speed limits and even police officers. this has really changed society.
if we all just rode bikes everywhere then there wouldnt be emissions and we could save the world! sorry i know this essay kinda sucked but writing isnt my stronghold sorry. | 2 |
784ce74 | In the artical Making Mona Lisa Smile the author is describing how a new technology called the Factial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotiolns. No I don't think that using a computer will identify how a person is feeling and what there mood Is for the day. And I say this because what if they not really feeling that way what If they computer is guessing what thart person is really feeling. Like how would you even calculate what the percentage is and how would you even know what number to caculate. Usually how we tell If someone we know Is down Is by there face and you can tell If something happened or If they ae just tired. There is really no need for a computer to try to tell If someone is sad , happy, or mad It's all about your face expression and the way they walk and carry themselfes. When you look back at the text you can see that a classroom computer could recongize when a student is being confused or bored. You really can't though yes it's possible but for now you can't really try to relate to the passage and having computers read your mood and thoughts and feelings. This Is my reason why computers doesnt read minds and thoughts. | 2 |
784d732 | I think you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I think you should becuase you get to visit places that you might never get to go to in life or to see things that you may no get a chance to witness.
For example in text, Luke found as much time as he can to have as much fun. Him and his cowboy friends played baseball, vollyball games, etc. They also had some tournaments, like fencing, boxing, reading whatever they can think of to pass time.
Some more infomation from the article is The boat ride was fun and they had chances of seeing countrys like Europe and China and Greece. They took gondala rides in Venice, Italy, In the streets with water. If I was there i would enjoy myself more than other. Even in after the war in Europe was over left in ash and all they still went to the cities.
In conclusion this shows that you should participate in alot of things, Because you will never kniw what will come your way. It happend to me, my friends, even you one day. But even when things go wrong like war or trouble theres all ways is a little light. So Thats why i would particapate in the Seagoing Cowboys Program. | 3 |
7853ba5 | "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not foor prsident, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president," says Bradford Plumer in Source 2. If the citizens of the United States aren't voting for President then why do they vote? The Electoral College system should be change to an election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Other people, for instince Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing the electoral college. Having an election without the electoral college, where popular vote is used would make voting fair and the people's voice heard.
A popular vote system would be more fair then having other people, who use favoritism, choose a president for you. Plumer also said ". . . according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." That's just one example of the popular vote losing presidency because of the electoral college. They should change the system so the is a tie in votes from the U.S. citizens, then the Electoral College should come into use. It would make the system fair and a majority of citizens would not be upset. Having no electoral college would also make more people vote too. Some people do vote because they feel like there is no reason to when they have no say in who gets elected. If they heard that the elections for now on were based on popularity, they might even be the first in line.
Since the electoral college is deciding who is president, they might select an awful president that will make the U.S. the worse country in the world. The popular vote would have been for the other guy. The govenment would finally learn the hard way when the country is in ruins and would change election for the future to a popular vote election. Soon citizens are just going to stop voting because they are highly upset that the popular vote keeps losing because of the Electoral College. People are going to start hating the government for not changing the voting system. In the future there could be lots of riots and protests against the government. Then the United States would be a terrifying place to live because of the citizen killing and police killings. No one would ever want to live here anymore. | 3 |
7855f61 | I believe that Driverless cars are going to be a very important nessesity to the development and transition of transportaion technology. Transportation will change from getting to places by using your own brain, to getting to places without having to really think about what you are doing while you are going somewhere.
I feel that diverless cars will not only help with safety of people while they are on the road, but also benifit people by being able to get to places faster and get more things done in the day while driving to a destination.
First off, driverless cars will be the safest way to travel from place to place.
This is becuase of all of the safety features that are equipted in driverless cars.
They contain a numerous amount of sensors and alert systems. If there was something that would harm you while in the driverless car, the car would either be able to get out of the situation more effectively than an experienced driver, or would be able to alert the driver to take over and the driver would manually get out of the situation.
In the passage it says that the Google driverless cars contain many sensors. Some of those sensors include, the sensor on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor.
This shows first hand how safe the driverless cars are. The Driverless cars have so many built in sensors that even the most dangerous situation can be avoided while in a driverless car.
Next, if everyone owns or uses a driverless car to get to the places it needs to go, then the car can program itself to get to the place that it needs to go as efficiently and in the best route possible.
This is so that the passengers and driver can get to the destination as quickly as possible.
At some point, if the only cars that are used are driverless cars, and laws in all states, not just California, Nevada, Florida, and Washington D.C. have caught up with the driverless cars , then the cars will be able to move quicker and safer to the destinations that are programed into the car.
The more driverless cars on the road, the faster the destination can be acheived.
Lastly, if you use a driverless car to go to the places you need to go to in the day, you will be able to get a multitude of things done that you were not able to get done before.
Car companies like BMV are trying to come up with things that they can add to the car to have things to do while driving to a specific location.
If you have emails that need to be sent or a presentation that needs to be made, you can easily accomplish thoses tasks while "driving" the driverless car.
If at any point in time the car will give you a notification that you need to take over driving for a period of time, then all you have to do is stop your work for a short period of time to manually drive the car.
After that then you can get back to what you were working on before. This will allow you to get more things done in the day that were not possible before.
In conclusion, I think that driverless cars are the milestone of the future, and that they are going to help to expand the horizons of multitasking, stafety, and speed to destinations.
Driverless cars are the gateway to the future and will really help the world as a whole to keep moving and to bring more great things like the driverless car in the future.
Who knows, after the driverless car, next could be the flying car, or maybe even teleportation. | 4 |
78569ca | Limiting car usage would be a wise thing to do for the world, and places around the word have already started. In German suburbs there are fewer cars, Paris banned driving due to smog, there is a car free day in Bogota, and car culture is coming to an end in the United States.
To begin, in Germany people have given up their cars! This is a product of some of the new laws that they are enforcing on the outskirts of Freiburg. For example, street parking is generally forbidden. But car ownership is still allowed, if neccasary they can only park in large garages at the end of the development were you buy a space for $40,000! I deffanitly dont ever want to pay that much just for a parking space, and they dont either; 70 percent of Vaubans families do not own cars. On the plus side people feel more involved in their community when taking a bus or walking to were ever they need to go. "When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter.
Moreover, air pollution is getting out of control. To help, Bogota has a car free day. Millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid to traffic jams. "These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders," said Enrique Piera, the mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay. The goal is to promote alternative transpertation and reduce smog. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals. [last] Week Paris had 147 micgrograms of particutate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in Lonon, Reuters found.
Adittionaly, greenhouse gas emissions are crazy. Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer drivers licenses as each year goes by. But America's love afair with its vehicles seems to be cooling. If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will- it will have benificial implications forr carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. There has been a large drop in the percentage of 16-39 year olds getting license. | 2 |
78569cc | It is so amazing out her. I am sailing on the Atlantic Ocean. I have been on this sea for the nineth time. I thought all of my atemtes were fun but my last vouage was the best.
On my second atempted I serced as watchman. I think it is so awesome because I am going to be 18 years old when we reach Greece so I could help in the war! UNRRA hired " Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Don and I even signed up so that is going to be even better.
We got the seamans papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece-with acargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed all the horses. I felt really besy all the nine voyages I took out there to Greece. My job was to check on the animals every hour.
I really do hope that you want to go too becuase it was the best thing I ever did and I think I should go again this year and next year. I was so glad that Don and me signed up for helping the other "Seagoing Cowboys"
with all of the animals. I hope I can write another story next year. | 2 |
786771d | There are several reasons for which I do not belive in the process of the Electoral Collage, First of all the system in which the goverment presides is internally corrupt. Under the EC voters votes do not count. Even if the entire state votes for one candidate 100% the person representing the state may choose to say that the other candiate won. Therfore messing up the actual count by saying that all the people in that particular state voted for a singular candiate. Now lets be real no state is going to entirely vote for a single candidate,but lets say that Obama's count for Florida was 25% instead of the 75% it supposeably was. Obama would not have won. It is a well known fact that if not for the electoral collage Obama would not have won at all. Same with John Kerry. Who are the elcators who voted for him? Who are the electors at all? Well that's something for the state to decide. The state picks up to three people to be the speakers for those states. They try to find,(are
SUPPOSED
) to find a non decided not on any side representative for that state. But that plan has failed.
The disaster factor is the best known argument against the EC. According to S2:"The Indefensable Electoral Collage" By Bradford Plumer. Richard Nixon,Jimmy Carter,Bob Dole and ETC all agree on abolishing the EC. After Al Gore won the presidental election in 2000 due to the popular vote of the people, The thing best known as the diaster factor came into play. The disaster factor is a fiasco that happens in the American goverment. This happened because according to the law state legislaters are techically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. In 1960 this happened to then Vice President(also running for the big chair) Nixon. The state corresponders for Hawaii overthrew Nixons oppents electors votes in order for him to win. He cheated to win. He bribed the electors because lets be real who is gonna turn down 50,000 dollars? Its the electors fault that bad leadership comes to America.
"The EC is widely regarded as an Ananchronism"according to the article posted by Richard A Posner. Once again yet another reason to Abolish the EC.Being a Democrat myself the way the Electoral Collage is set up is absolutely preposterous.
The third and final reason for the abolishment of the EC is simple. The votes NEVER count, like ever. And im sick and tired of stupid presidents winning (like Obama the hijo de puta).No single president is going to be everbodys president even the greats such as Geogre Washington, John F Kennedy and Abaraham Lincoln were not everybodys presidents not everyone agreed on their radical ideas but NOBODY AGREES WITH OBAMA NOBODY!!!!!!!! But because of false votes made by the elctives Obama won anyway. But there is serveral things i would like to conclude with look below.
Anyway the EC should be abolished because it is a poopoo rule. And....................................................................
WE SHOULD NOT KEEP THE ELECTORAL COLLAGE BECAUSE ITS STOOPID. The end. | 2 |
786b550 | In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" a NASA air carft Viking 1 discovered a landformation that looked like a face but scientists proved that it's a mesa. Shadows from Marses clouds or from the atmoshpere could've formed the human like shadow. Theorists are saying that there is life on mars but don't have enough evidence from the article to prove so. NASA is wishing that there was evidence that there was life forms for the sake of their budget. These are some reasons that the conspiracy theorists are wrong.
When the Viking 1 took the photo of the mesa the maritian skies could've been cloudy,or the Viking's camera could've been foggy. Scientists have ruled out the idea that the picture could've been formed by some type of life form on mars. some scientists have concluded that the are is just another mesa. Which is common around Cydonia,but only with unusal shadows to form the human face. these are the reasons that scientists have ruled the area being a mesa.
Here are some more better reasons that prove that the picture from the article is just a mesa. On April 5, 1998 Michael Malin took a better photo of the mesa and uploaded it to a JPL website. But not everyone was satisfied with just this picture, the therorists were stills skeptical about the photo since it was still a little blurry. NASA's mission controller prepared to send another spacecraft to amrs for a better higher resolution photo. These are some better reaosn that scientists have ruled out that there is possible life form on mars.
NASA's misson contoller Garvin explains better reason on why the area is just a mesa and not a alien artifact. The photo that was taken in '98 was during the martiain winter,a cloudy time of the year. The cmaera on board the spacecraft had to peer through whispy clouds. On April 8, 2001 Mailn's team captured another photo of the area on a cloudless day on mars. The camera that Mallin's team used was at it's highest resolution so the picture couldnt be clearer. Garvin say's "If there were objects in this picture like airplanes or Egyptian-style prymaids you would be able to see it!", Garvins reasoning for this is because during 2001 if you where looking at the photo from a computer you could zoom in three times more to get a better quality picture.
In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" there have been theorists that have concluded that there is alien life form on mars,but only from a simple picture that was taken in 1976. Over the years scientists have been sneding spacecrafts to prove these theorists wrong,which they have. in 1998 sciencists sent a team under the leadership of Michael Mailn to take another photo of the mesa,once they captured the photo theorists still beleived that there was life form on mars. In 2001 NASA's misson controllers sent Mailn's team again to take another better photo during a cloud less day on mars. These are the reasons that the pictured caputed in the article is just a mesa not a alien artifact. | 5 |
7870511 | the driverless car seems like a really good idea but it is really dangerous to have. im going to give you three reasons why they are a dangerous car to have. one reason is that what if something goes wrong with the system and someone gets hurt. the second reason is that it could really expensive and not everybody will be able to afford one. the third reason is that what if the driver falls asleep and is not awake to take over when he or she is suppose to.
the first reason is that what if something goes wrong with the system and someone gets hurt. in the story the auother states that the system could go down and it wouldnt alert the driver so without the driver taking over someone could be seriously hurt. also if the system went down they could be stuck in the middle of no where.
another reason is that it could be really expensive and not everyone would be able to afford one. it wouldnt be fair if everyone couldnt enjoy the new technolegy. it shouldnt so much money so everyone can have one. in the story it says that in order to make these types of cars it would be really expensive and everyone would not be able to afford one.
my last and final reason is that what if the driver falls asleep and isnt awake to take over when he or she needs to. if they fell asleep the car could keep going and cause an accident. the driver could think its safe to text or sleep while the car is driving. | 3 |
7874eeb | Fellow citizens their are many advantage to limiting your car usage. With a wide range from not getting a ticket to helping the enviroment, and it's a social trend, driving cars are now a thing of the past.
In Vauban, Germany a community where only thirty percent of its entire population owns vehicals. The advantages for not owning a car are displayed in this upscale community by the ablity to walk, and ride a bicycles to stores, shops, and restaruants. The secret to this the innovative take on this community, is by not placing these all of stores, shops, and restaruants in some crowed mall, but accesible from a mere walking distant. Also a great way to burn off calories and in time put an end to obesity.
By reducing car usage smog and other pollutants in big cities can be drastically reduced. In Paris congestion of smog was down sixty percent, the way they got people to stop using cars was by putting a fine driving your car for the day almost 4,000 drivers were fined thirty one dollars that day. Another example of this is in Bogota, Colombia here most the millions of people were willing to give up car usage, a program that was started in the mid 1990s called the Day Without Cars with it's goal is to promote an altenative transportation. As a result of this added 118 miles of bicycle track, parks, and sports center to this city. Lower emissions of green house gases are also helping the enviroment with the help of Day Without Cars program.
People are slowly drifting away from their cars. The miles driven per person in the U.S. has dropped nearly nine percent since it's original peak in 1995. Many things have been suggested to reduced the car usage in the U.S. The number of car ownership per household and per person has come down three years before the downturn of car usage that started in the 2005. People in the U.S. are also more likely to retain a drivers license at an older age as to opposes to the younger age groups between 16-to-39-year-olds.
In conclusion, the age of cars are slowly coming to an end. People are planing for the cleaner and healther future that lies ahead of us, where pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation are woven together into a connected network. The revolution is upond us. | 4 |
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The more people that comes, the better. The more lives that get improved. The more people that learn something new that they never knew before. When you leave seagoing cowboys program you will leave with knowledge, that you can share with many of people. If you arent able to make the seagoing cowboys program, then tell a friend and have that friend to tell his friends, and it keep spreading until everyone know how great seagoing cowboys program.
I know most of you people are saying I dont want to join seagoing program because I dont have the money. We'll put your wallets away because guess what, the seagoing cowboy program is absolutely free. You don't have to pay not a dime out of your wallet. So i'm hoping this will convince you to join the best program ever, the seagoing cowboys program. I hope to see you there. | 2 |
787fa24 | Dear State Senator,
I'm
NOT
in favor of keeping the Electoral College. I wouldn't like to keep the Electoral Collage because under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.We are used to voting for the president and along with that president we would also have the counting of electoral votes, it's wrong. For example, If you lived in Texas, and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who pick the electors in the first place? It depends on the state. Sometimes state coventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themeselves.
All i know that it isnt fair. All of are hard work voting shouldn't go towards them. It should go towards the person we are voting for. Isn't thats why we voted for them? So we can see them suceed. Making us feel like we suceeded because we made them feel welcome and worthy. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always, and that's the problem. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes. And that's why
THIS
needs to stop. At them most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend thime in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it.
In conclusion, It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best argument in faor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. Bob Dole is right: Abolish the electoral college!
I hope you take sometime to think this over.
- PROPER_NAME. | 3 |
7883641 | In the article The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy persuite because it is earths twin, it could have been just like earth in the past, and scientists are already trying to explore it.
The author refers to venus as earths "twin" because is "the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." (P.2)
The author believes that Venus could have potentally been like earth long ago because "the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." Venus is known to be a very da gerous planet because of it is over 800 degrees farenheit on average (P.3) . "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals" (P.3) The author questions why scientist are not exploring the planit in persuite of inhabitation when he says "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"
Venus is a mysterous planet with charactureistics much similar to pur home plannet called earth. Because we know that our planet is our "earths twin", it could have been just like our planet in the past, and that scientists are already exploring it; Maybe one day we could have another planet to call our home. | 2 |
7885a7d | Do you think driverless cars are really necessary? Car manufactures and Google are trying to create cars that are fully operational by themselves. They would require no driver and operate based on computer technology, sensors, and self operating mechanisms. But would this be a good idea? Would it require changes to everyday life? What if the technology that goes into one of these cars fail?
I do not think driverless cars should be manufactured. It would rquire several changes including laws. Acording to the article Driverless Cars Are Coming, "traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." As a result of this laws would need to be changed if driverless cars were mass produced. The article also states "California, Nevada, Flordia, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars." Driverless cars could also lead to conflict over the owner of a driverless car and the producer. The article states, "if technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver of the manufacture?"
Cars should continue to be manufactured how they are. Adding more safety mechanisms would be better but allowing the car driverless would be dangerous. Laws and regulations should remain how they are without changes from a driverless car. | 3 |
788982e | Driveless cars are coming ? Would you trust getting in a car where it's guiding you and you little or no control ?I know i wouldn't i would be terrified the thought of me in a car moving with no control ,it's crazy. Everything in the world has mistakes or changes that need to be made .The driveless car could be good for months but one day just malifuniction and break down while your in the car .
I would not see my self investing my time ,money,or think about getting in a driveless car. Driving isn't nessicarly exercise ,but driveless cars will cause more obisity in american than there already is .Since 2009 Google has been working on this driveless car . It's 2016 they may feel like it's okay they are ready to be used and cause thousands of deaths . It's a risk a billion dollar company can make because they are wealthy .
Dr. Werner Huber says "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way . Driving shouldn't be fun .All your focus should on the road not trying to have fun when your life and other's life is on the line. You shouldn't get entertainment at all while driving listening to music i understand .Just the thought of "having fun while driving " is obsurd .
This year the car should be realesed .If it has a wrong turn in the project America or other countries will have shorter days than we already seek . We have enough causes of deaths already from cancer , to gun violence , to heart attacks / strokes. I just feel like the whole driveless thing is really out of proportion. We need to lower the numbers of deaths and higher the numbers of jobs and other serious things that are going to help the world today and not hurt it by bringing more pulition .
The driveless car only goes 25 miles per hour .The speed limits change on every street or road way. People have road rage and might get upset because the driveless car is going to slow .Road rage and drunk driving are the top two ways wrecks happen. Some people may think since their in a driveless car it could be better, you still have to control things in the car from the turns to the brakes .I agree with banning the new invention like , California ,Nevada and Flordia .Why create something when it could end more lives ?Why put america at risk ,These company's don't think about these things because they know they have money and plans if anything drastic would go wrong .
Google has said their cars has went half of a million miles without a crash ,but you still have to help the "driveless car" operate .I feel like we shouldn't innovate what we already have in the world today .Having and coming up with new invetions and recreating things are nice .Somethings we just need to leave alone .Their are already millions of wrecks each day .Do you think driveless cars would help that number go down or cause more deaths ? | 4 |
7889ca2 | The Callenge of Exploring Venus
Venus is the second planet from are sun . Venus is like earth twin it's the closest planet to Earth . Venus has been a challenging place to examine more closely . People have tried to study venus since t's so close but it has not always worked out.
So we have Earth , Venus , and Mars . those all have differeces in speed meaning that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times Venus . since Venus sometimes s right around the corner .humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the planet . every previous mission was unmanned , no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. This is why no spaceship has touched on Venus in more than three decades . This made it hard for humans to study .
Venus has temperatures of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit the atmospheric pressure is 90 times higher then what we experience on are own planet. These conditions are extreme . in the story it say's that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any plant in our solar system, the wearther erupting valcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface . That's why when we tried to land on Venus are craft got distroded .
Venus used to be like earth but mostly not anymore . since Venus is like what its like we can't take samples from rocks,gas etc. we would have to dig deeper into are work so we can find out why Venus is the way it is. Its good that they are working to better are craft to find out more about Venus .NASA is working on something that's seem like it would work well for Venus .
Venus is worthy of studying despite the dangers because if we stop we will never know what it's really like why it does the things it does . If we keep trying we will have the best craft and it will work . I know everybody wants to know if we can have life on a planet and Venus might just be the one . although Venus made it hard for humans to study it also gave them light weight on how to make the craft better and to know that it is dangrous so they know now that they need better craft. | 3 |
788f31f | I belive that it was not a alien. i Belive it was just a crater in
the rock. Ther where many pictures taken and i think a alein wouldnt look as much like a human like the figure does.
First,It is not easy to target the cydonia. It is kinda hard to find.There was no alein monument afterall. Many photgraphs where taken of this creater and it does look lke a human being.on april 8,2001 a couldness summer day appered in cydonia. they had to roll the space craft
25 degrees to the center of thr feild.radio talkshows would talk about this topic often.nasa has many diffrent resaons to back up that it was not a alein figure.
second,
It was a big pop icon for a litttle while alot of poeple herd about this from all the publisicy from the whole picture after NASA sent out the picture.Mars is around the same temputer as earth.
lastly,
i think there is most likey life on mars. i think this is just a nother reason to prove there may be life on mars.Some sintest clain the figure look like a acent pharrow. photo graping cydonia became a priority for NASA.
in cunclusion,
Those are some reason why nasa has been making these pictures a priority to find out the big mistory. NASA has good edvidance to supprt why they belive the figure was not a alien subject up in mars. And also other sinintest thought it was a allien subject. The subject was proven to be a non-alein cydonia afterall.
there is to much lava on mars for any wildlife on it. i beleve all animal life will get extinct from mars. 43 meter per pixel in the best photo takingh od cydonia. | 2 |
788f5c1 | Many americains are unable to drive, whether it be from disabilities or out of pure fear. Americains could feel at ease with driverless cars though. Driverless cars could provide a safe and efficent drive for everyday Americains. Driverless cars are safe, efficent, and even smart.
Safety is a key factor in a driverless cars hard drive. Sensors, anti-braking, and even driver assistance are all key safety functions in a driverless car. These help better protect the driver behind the wheel in case of emergency. Driverless cars made by Google have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. This shows that driverless cars are not only safe, but even efficent.
Although safety is huge concern, being efficent is a whole diffrent matter.
Driverless cars are efficent by allowing the driver to have full control of the vehicle and even making sure the drivers paying attention. These cars can be equipped with special touch senserss, which would allow the car to make sure the driver has ahold of the steering wheel. This makes sure that if the car is in need of driving assitance, the driver can safety comply. By allowing the driver full control, this makes the car efficent and smart.
Being efficent is one thing, but being smart is a whole diffrent ball game. These cars respond to their surrondings all the time. With the use of a tech called LIDAR, it uses lazer beams to form a constant 3-D image of its surrondings. This helps the car better navigate on roads and in traffic. These cars are not completely driverless though. If their is roadwork ahead or a big amount of traffic, the car allows the driver to take control and maneuver the car out of the situation. Special sensors in the steering wheel allows the car to know if the drivers hands are on the wheel. This makes the cars not only safe, but very smart.
In the end, Driverless cars should be in development because they are safe, efficent, and smart. These cars are capable of withstanding everyday traffic efficently and even safetly. Cars like these could potentially help thousands of Americains in their everyday life. These cars could revolutionize Americain life for the better! | 4 |
7893cfe | In this article they are talking about a way calculate our emothins called FACS. Prof. Thomas Huang is the creater of this technology with of course some other people. It is a highly advanced mood ring of sourts but intead of just guessing, it makes a 3D model of you face that allows it to calculate what you feeling. Thomas Huang paired with an psycholgists to determin the different signs of emotion so he would be able to prepare the machine.
This idea could change the way we learn today;we realy on our technology so much today kids now day do the bare minimum to pass. Most of the pappers we do we are googling the awnsers. It is about time we find a way to teach the future gerenation. If we had this kind of technology scanning us and being able to tell when the kids do not uderstand what they are being taught it could possibly boost our learning and help better us for the future. I know from expersience that if I am not aware of what I am being taught I will just look up the awnsers or find someone who already did it.
This may just make us get the upper hand in our nation on learning. As we sit today I really do not know how future generation will ever make it heck I do not know if we will. Yes this way of using FACS is a little creepy and it may be a violtinon of our right but really we have no right till about 21 years of age. So lets get this stuff up and running allow our future generation to learn better and not have to cheat when things get tough. What may also help is if we throw a tutor in there to help when they notice when we dont't understand something. | 2 |
7895e92 | In my opinion, joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a fantastic opportunity. If you get the chance, I recommend that you sign up as soon as possible. I did, and my experience was amazing. Let me explain why.
One reason that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because you get to help countries in need. The Seagoing Cowboys are a part of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminstration, and provide countries with cattle that the countries might not have because of war. You also get the opportunity to visit many gorgeous and fascinating places. On my trips, I got to visit Europe, China, Venice, and even the Acropolis in Greece, and many more locations. If you like to travel and see new areas, then becoming a part of the Seagoing Cowboys is an opportunity of a lifetime. Even if you're not very into traveling, but you like working with animals, joing the Seagoing Cowboys is still a great idea. On the trips, you spend the majority of your time working with horses, young cows, and mules, which can be a wonderful opportunity for a fan of animals. But the trips aren't all work. You can still fit in time for fun and pass time with a lot activities, such as baseball, volleyball, fencing, whittling, etc. Even better, though, you can become more aware of people in other countries and their needs, which can make you more sympathetic and kind to people who are from different countries, especially countries that are poor and aren't the best places for people to live. These are just a few of the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys.
As I stated before, the Seagoing Cowboys is a fantastic opportunity, and if you ever get the chance, you should join as soon as you can. You get to help out countries in need, visit many beautiful and unique places, and get more experience on working with animals. The trips are also quite fun, and there are many activites that you can do, especially after the animals have been unloaded. You can even learn about people in other countries and their struggles, which can prevent you from being ignorant, and that awareness can make you kinder. This is all why you should definitely consider participating in the Seagoing Cowboys. | 4 |
7899c04 | Is it a really a good thing to read someone emotions? well it is, if you see someone who's mad, sad, fearful, you can help them to calm down, to feel better, or to feel less scare. emotions really lets someone to show everyone how they feel. But using the Facial Action Coding System (or FACS) on classroom full with students could be a good/bad idea. One teachers can see if students are confuse or lost, two they see if there's something wrong with one of the students, three some students don't want their's teachers to be in their's problems.
Before I explain more about why it's a good idea for teachers, I want to talk about how i feel about FACS. It something that i never heard about and i think it's somewhat a good idea, but i dont recommaning it to put it in a A.I. It would get a bit weird and creepy if it's in a robot, but that's how i feel about it. Back to the topic, if a teacher is given out a lesson and some students don't get it they use the FACS to see if they get it or don't. They can even use it as they teach and see what they in to work on long until they understand the lessons or topics.
You know how some teachers would ask the class how are they doing before they start the lesson? well there are some teachers who don't ask that but do care for their's students. If they use the FACS before they start class and see someone depress or sad they can wirte their names down on a note or peice of paper and after class or school they talk to them one on one to see whats wrong or if there ok. they can even try to help them or make them feel better.
There are some students who need help or need to talk with someone, but they chose not to get help because they feel like it's gonna make it worst for them. I know some people who really need some help but they dont want to get help, but we had they FACS in my school they get help faster. than again they would get mad with teachers fast becuase they don't teachers to help them with their problems.
Thats what's I got to say about the FACS being a classroom. It would be really helpfull for teachers, but some students would be annoy by it easily or would think that teachers are trying to be apart of there personal lives. | 3 |
789a96e | I agree with this new technology that can read students emotional expressions. Many students today especially high scholors are more emmune to depression. With this new technology being able to recognize students emotions can be useful. It should be used the same when students get their vision and hearing checked. Every student in the school should be checked by the technology to read their emotional expressions. Someone might be going though deep depression on the inside but seem to be fine on the outside to where they dont show their depression. My oldest sister was depressed but didnt show it, we could have lost her to suicide. I wouldnt want anyone else to go through what my family did if they can just get help by the new technology.
This new technology is to tell the six basic emotions and which emotions the person is feeling more. Sadness and being angry are the two emotions that should be focused on more. Somone who cant express their emotions can take this test and end up getting help from others who can help this person in makinging them feel loved and cared for. It could also help in school when students are confused or bored with the lesson. This technology can read the students emotions and help the teachers help their student comprehend what is being taught. In the article it states," A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Having this at school could be very useful to students in many ways.
Reading this article made me think about my facial expressions and how advanced we are getting in technology. People today show their emotions by using facial expressions. In the article it states," The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." Us human preform whats called "calculation" it's when we can tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look are their face. This article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," now made me have a different perspective on others and my emotional expressions. After reading this I do support the technology that can read students and other humans emotional expressions. | 3 |
78a2c82 | Limiting car usage can prevent accidents and deaths by cars. Experts say passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent ofgreenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas like the United States. If people took their bike or walked to their destination it could help people lose weight and be healthy.
Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifiying smog. Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Last week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found.
Car-free day became a big hit in Bogota, Colombia. The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. It has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin america city, according to Mockus, the city's mayor.
Cars should be cut down in use in many other country's espically in places like the U.S where cars are used all the time. Experts say America's love affair with vechicles seems to be cooling. Miles driven in the U.S peaked in 2005 and has been dropping since according to Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995.
There are the many reasons and what places are doing to reduces the usage of cars. | 2 |
78aa0e3 | Throughout the years, in fact between the years 2002-2014, numerous newspapers and reporters have reported that having the lack of cars can actually benefit the earth and its population. Also, they say, there are advantages to them. but what exactly are these advantages that could prosper so many car loving fans? Well, there are actually 2 advantages of people would love to have:1, People are much happier and 2, the stress that afflicts many today are gone and also parks are blooming throughout one city because of the lack of the automobiles. So let's consider these wonderful advantages of not having any car.
First, People are much happier without cars than they are with cars. According to the New York times, one mother who is a media trainer and the mother of two reports as to saying: "I'm much happier this way." Her Name is Heidrun Walter and she lives in an area of Germany called Vauban. Vauban is a city where 'street parking,driveways and home garages are generally forbidden.' If to enjoy this kind of happiness in a world full of grim people, who wouldn't want to take up not driving a car?
Second, The stress that people have today are gone and at one city parks are blooming. According to the news reporter Andrew Selsky, from the Seattle times, he writes these words spoken by one businessman in Bogota, Colombia: "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress." Mr. Selsky also writes this about the parks blooming throughout the city of Bogota:"Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city." The Advantages of not driving a car are pretty great.
In conclusion, the advantages of not having a car to drive are very numerous. another reason for not having to drive a car is that of pollution. and the list could go on. So as has been shown, People are happier and stress-free without having to drive cars. So may you ever be happier if you don't have to drive cars. | 3 |
78ab3a1 | Have you ever seen a picture of Venus, well in this passage it talke about exploring venus. Did you know venus is the second planet from the sun and it is the closest to Earth. Venus is one of the brightest. It's sometimes called "Evening star, because its very bright. It is important to learn about plants such as Venus.
The author stated "studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents". The meaning of this means it is important to learn about plants such as Venus so we can learn about it. In paragraph 2 the author stated " Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us". This explains one reason why humans should study the plant venus. Another reason why the author thinks studying venus is important is because " Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth". The author thinks the venus was just like Earth.
Overall the author thinks studying Venus is worth pursuit despite the dangers. NASA is working on appraches to studying Venus.They are using electronic to have test chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface. They're even going back to old technology called " mechanical computers". It was made in the 1800s. These devices caclulate using gears and levers and doesn't included electronics. | 3 |
78ac219 | Cars have been used as the main means of transportation for a long time now, but just because we have counted on it for such a long time doesnt mean there are not better ways. There are a ton of advatages for limiting car usage. Lower emissions, conserving resources, and it make us more healthier are just some of the reaons ways that limiting car usage will improve our daily lifestyles.
To begin with, one of the advantages of limting car usage is improved emissions. Today cities all around are poisioning people with toxic air, cars being the main contributers. But it doesnt have to be this way, some cities are doing things to change. In Paris, after days of near-record pollution, the city enforced a partial driving ban to clear up the global city. Also in Bogota, Columbia has made a difference by incorporating a yearly Day Without Cars. One day out of the entire year is not going to clear up the global air quality but it does opens peoples eyes up to alternative ways of getting around without the use of cars. A businessman even reported that it is a good opportunity to take aways stresses. For the first time, two other Columbian cities have joined in on the event. All of this just proves that cars arent the only way.
In addition to lowering emissions, another advantage of limiting car usage is it would conserve resources. Think about how many cars are in the world. THERE ARE ALOT! So every car in the world uses resources to keep it running, even electric and hybrid cars eventhough they are a great alternative. But most use fossil fuels. The world doesnt have a unlimited supply of fossil fuels. It took millions of years t make the gas we put in our cars. So eventually we will run out and when we do it will take a very long time to get it back. Also think about the generation of people after us. What will we leave behind for them?
Lastly, limiting the use of cars will improve our heath. Before the invention of cars most of the population who walk. Eventhough it would take longer to get from place to place it will benifit use also. American, sadly, is probally the laziest county in the world. You rarely see people walking or riding a bike to and form work on a daily basis eventhough in real busy cities you probally would get to and from work faster cause you wouldnt have to wait in the morning or evening rush hour. Its also ceeper than using your cars, you are going to spend a rediculous amount of money on gas in a year, so think it will help the environment and your wallet.
A study last year has showed that driving by young people has decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Maybe we are the generation to make the change to other ways of getting around, advantages being lower emissions, conservation of resources, and a healthier you. So just remember the next time you have ot go to the store, just take a bike. | 4 |
78ac23e | Do you think you could live without your car, even just for a day? Well, in Vauban, a German suburb near the French and Swiss borders, they dont just live without them, they thrive. Vauban is the result of a test that proves planning a city in a way that compacts it improves life for everybody, from reducing the stress of drivers who fear collisions, to downright making cars undesireable. Heidrun Walter, mother of two says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." After it's completion in 2005 Vauban began it's happy path to showing the world that cars are not a neccessary or even good thing. Automobiles are the main source of emission from familys that live in suburbs, this is because they don't have many options of transportation, and that is said to be a great impediment on efforts to greatly reduce greenhouse emissions.
In the U.S. it seems as though the car culture is coming to a close, as the number of miles driven hit it's peak in 2005 and dropped 9 percent per person by april 2013, equal to where the country was in 1995. According to Professor Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan's TR institute, car ownership per household per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn. If the pattern follows throughout the coming years, and many believe it will, the impact on carbon emission reduction would be outstanding. But how would this affect the car industries? Well, as stated by Ford and others, they've already started rebranding themselves as mobility companies, and no longer focus entirely on personal vehicle production, so you need not worry about their futures.
And with the decrease in personal vehicle sales comes a decrease in the next generations interest in personal transportation, as a large drop is taking place in the amount of registered drivers, between the ages of 16-39. Mr. Sivak (mentioned earlier) says his two children have yet to get their licenses, even though they live in places where one could benefit them. This shows promise for the future and how we handle the health of our world and plan our futures better, as less and less people pollute it. But many say this trend coud just be a small thing. Perhaps only time will tell if the culture of cars will end. | 3 |
78ae718 | You should join the seagoing Cowboys program because you help a lot of people. You take care of different animals. The work is hard, but you'll get use to it and have fun. You should come join us and have some fun.
You helped people that fought for the country. These people almost lost their life in World War Two. It feels great to help out. It's giving back to the people who almost died for us.
It's hard work, but you'll get used to it and start having fun. Once I broke my ribs but I didn't quit. I worked harder and longer. I had to sit out until my ribs were better. When they heeled I was back to work in no time.
Last you get to work with farm animals. I feed the horses and give them water. After a while you make a strong bond with these animals and take care of them like they're yours. It's hard work because you have to fed them three times or twice a day.
Come join the seagoing Cowboys. We will enjoy your comings. We need more people to help out, so if you have a freind tell them to join as well. That's why you should join the seagoing cowboys. | 3 |
78b0217 | Do aliens really exist and are they capable of doing something like this? I don't think they could but if they were capable of doing something like this. We will need some proof to stand with this. There is 3 reasons why this is just a natural landform. They can just be like any landform on earth, a face like this can happen anywhere else, and if you believe in aliens are they really capable of doing something like this?
The first reason why this is just a natural landform is because it can also happen on earth. For example, this can happen upon natural sources. Such eratation and it can just be a mesa. Another example is, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough round Cydonia"(2). If this is common than most likely it wouldn't be made by any alien. My last example for this is, most landforms have ways it can look. The landforms can happen anywhere and that wouldnt mean it was caused by an alien. If something like this happened on earth most people would think it was caused by natural thigs like the weather.
My second reason is that things can happen anywhere. For example, another planet my have this but that doesnt mean an alien went and left it there so we could find it. If an alien did this we would be able to find something almost the same as this face. Another example is, "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars"(5). This can be true but if it was an alien wouldnt they do a face they new or reconized. Lastly, in the passage it states that "There was no alien monument after all". The picture clearly showed a landform not an alien made monument. In conclusion, things like this can happen in different forms but nobody has proven it was made by an alien.
My last reason for why this is not an alien made monument is because there is no proof that aliens made it. For example, have aliens been proven to exist. No proof was every made that aliens exist in the planet mars. Secondly, how could they build such a thing. if aliens built it than there must be a great amount of them that we did not know about. Lastly, if aliens aready built a Face on Mars why can't they do the same thing on Earth. there is no explanation of they wouldn't be able to do this. In order for the aliens to make something like this that would mean they are capable of this and more but they still haven't been proven to exist.
In conclusion, the face could have been made by something other than aliens. The three reasons explaining why it couldn't have been aliens is it could have been done by nature, it can happen somewhere else, and are aliens capable of this. This can prove that aliens didnt build it, that it could have been made by different things. | 3 |
78b92a0 | Many people rely on their cars that they do not think about limiting car usage. However liming car usage can have a positive effect. Less car usage can mean less pollution, more humjan interaction, and can save people money. Maybe people should look into the idea of car usage limitations.
When you go to a big city like Paris, France or Beijing, China you can look up and see the smog caused by pollution. Pollution can be caused by things other than cars, like factories or paper mills, however car pollution is a big contributer. When car usage is limited for just one weekend the pollution and smog can decrease by incredible numbers. It may seem like pollution is here to stay, but just by half of the population reducing car usage we can make heavy smog a thing of the past.
Limited car usage can also cause more human interactions. People using public transportation or walking on the sidewalk can lead to people talking and making new friends. When waiting for the bus or subway you could start a conversation with someone new. That person could become you new bestfriend or your future husband. Maybe they could just be someone you talk to on the way to work each morning. The samething can happen when walking on the sidewalk to your favorite cafe. You could accedently run into them and start a conversation. Maybe you happen to like the same shows or restaurant. Being in your own car alone can cut you off from the world, which is why car pooling can also be good. The four people in the car are all using one car instead of four different cars, so they talk more. This causes more human interactions with everyone in a car together.
Car pooling can not only cause human interaction, but can also save money. You do not use your car everyday meaning you do not use as much gas. Gas is very expensive and not paying for it as often can save hundrends of dollars. Each person that is carpooling can switch who does it when so that not one person is paying for all of the gas and driving all the time. This makes everyone save money, which can be spent at businesses making the econemy rise.
Limiting car usage may not seem like such a big deal with only little effect, but it can make a huge difference. Limited car usage can cause less polution, more human interaction, and can save people money. This might make you rethink how much you use your car and if you should limit your usage. | 4 |
78b9424 | My name is Luke, I have been a Seagoing Cowboy for quite a while now and it is sure fun! I was about 18 when I started to work as a Seagoing Cowboy. I knew that it would be neat experience, but it was more that just a neat experience. It was a wonderful and unique experience, the people I worked with were wonderful.
How long did it take to get there? What if I don't like the jobs there and the people are rude? Are the jobs boring? What if its not the same as it was when you were there? I don't like those kind of jobs where you have to go overseas.
It took a while to get there, but it was worth it! I got to explore unique places and unbelievable sights. Working there keeps you busy, but you get to work with great people and the jobs are usually fun even if they sound boring.
Is it a unique adventure getting there? What if I don't like the way they do things and your telling me a different story?
When my friend told me that it would be a neat adventure, I got excited, but it was way more than that, we rode in on a cattle-boat, so we got to explore the Panama Canal and much more! Being a Seagoing Cowboy allowed me to experience unique places and an important thing is, it made me more aware of people and their countries. It helps you learn how to help and care more about people, you should go be a Seagoing Cowboy because it was an awesome experience! | 3 |
78bcc7f | For me I'm againts with this technology because you can't just show others what they feel because some people may not like to show their feelings with others. Sometimes technology makes mistakes too technology is not always right. Can technology actully calculate emotions like math homework? I don't think so because not because they are showing sad emotion it doesn't mean that they are sad. The new technology might sometimes wrong.
Does expression in the mirror suggest an emotion? of course you can tell what emotion what others is showing in the mirror. Can computer tell what emotion does a person is showing by just looking at it of course not. Can technology indicate the difference between a genuine smile and forced one. I don't think computer can detect a fake smile because it didn't say that the new technology can tell if a person is showing fake smile or real smile. whoever thought that making making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotion.
To an expert, faces don't lie, these muscular clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful. Other people can tell other people faces if they are not being truthful. I know that technology can solve anything but we made them we program them thats why technology can detect our emotions, that means that technology is not the one who is telling our emotion its humans.
Using this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not right because this emotion is private for other people. technology should stay away from other peoples business. It's not right for the technologies to just go and detect other students emotion. Students have the right of privacy for their own self. We should not use this technology. For some people they are ashame of their to share their emotion with other people.
Technology should give privacy for the students. Even though Scientist proved that they could detect someone's emotion. We know that technology is important but we have to use it in a right use not using technology just to detect the students emotions. I can tell that mona lisa smile is fake because she didn't show her teeth and she don't have a big smile. | 3 |
78c07e9 | The use of the Facial Action Coding System can be valuable to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because we can know how that person is feeling at the time. Would you like to know if a person is feeling sad,happy,bored, or even angry? Of course,not only do we know how they feel but we can also take a step futher on helping them. If a person is depressed we can talk to someone close from them and explain what they are going through, or advice them for that person to take therapy.
The Facial Action Coding System is also a great start to poeple who are new to school or even to sports. If a person feels sad because they arent doing as good as their other teamates, The coach should use the software because it will let him/her know why that person isnt really trying in the sport. Another reason why im for it is because teachers really dont know when you are bored or confused. Especially if you are one of those shy prsons that dont like raising their hand. By using this software teachers can go up to you and explain you with what you are having trouble. If a student is bored with what the what teacher is teaching, she should probably try something new to get the students attention. This technology can also show us when someone has a fake smile for example if you think that you have a friend that really isnt your friend and you talk to her she might be giving you a fake smile because she probably doesnt like you.
The use of this software can determine if you are having problems in your house,the expressions that will show would be sadness and probably anger. In todays world you may be going through a lot but people may not know and they would treat you like garbage. This would then cause you depression and probably then commiting suicide. Having this technology "Facial Action Coding System" in hands can help you stop somone from danger.
having this technology can ressolve a lot of problems with putting yourself into it. Every perosn has a falling action and a resolution to their story. With just a facial expression it can change realtionships and friendships."Making people smile" is what we need with Facial Action Coding System! | 4 |
78c3ec3 | The authour supports this stament well by showing details from the nasa discovery's and showing how it change venus accroding to the acrticle in phargaph 3 it shows how scientist has been exploring venus for such a long time now and how nasa wants to send humans to study more about how venus works. In passge seven it also states that "nasa has been working on studying venuse for such a long time that some of there electronics made of slilcon carbide have been tested in a chamber and have latsed for three weeks in such conditions".
scientiste have once said that venus was probably cover largely with oceans and could have suppoted human life now scientist have discover that the temperture around venus is more than 800 degrees which means sending humans to venus we wouldn't be able to survive it and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greter than what we experince on earth. venus also has simlail things comparing to earth it has rocky sediment, mountains and craters. | 2 |
78c495d | We use technology everyday. Technology helps us get through the day and our work a lot more effeciently. Im actually using technology right now. Thankfully this computer isn't examining and scanning my face right now (as far as I know). I don't think we should go this far and use this software at schools. Students need privacy, it won't change our opinions about school work, and plus its also probably petyy expensive.
Students are entitled to their own privacy. In the artile is said, "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow."
The last thing you need in school is a bunch of soap ads poppping up because someone made you laugh but the computer thought you were laughing at the ads it was showing you. We dont want a computerscanning our faces everytime we are using it. Its just disturbing to think that this machine is studying every muscle movement in your face to know how you feel.
Of course most kids are going to be bored if they're doing school work on the computer. How is the computer going to change that? Its pretty useless if you really think about it. It will just get annoying after a while. If youre confused you could just ask the teacher instead of exaggerating a confused look until the computer recognizes it.
This software is also probably pretty expensive. We would have to pay for not only the software but also new and better computers because as it said in paragraph 7,"Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." This means that we would need a really, really nice computer to run this software. Schools don't have enough money to buy a software that just reads peoples emotions.
In conclusion I don't think schools need this at all. Its pretty useless because it won't give us students privacy because it will just be sitting there scanning us the whole time we are on our computers, It definitely won't help us with our boredom, and its probably way too expensive. Nobody wants to be baying a bunch of money just to know Tim was 40 percent happy on wednesday after lunch. This software just a waste of money. | 4 |
78c496d | do you want to know the truth about the red planet and the "face" on mars? the face on mars is just a natural landform and i can prove it.
if there really were aliens on mars NASA wouldnt hide it knowing that the taxpayers would donate more money to NASA if therce was actually anything out there to research. the second image first appeared on a JPL website revealing nothing but a rock formation. although the second image of the face was slightly out of focus and blurry due to the clouds, the third image from 2001 was ten times sharper and was taken with a better camera, still revealing a natural formation.
there is enough proof showing that the "face" on mars is not even a face its nothing but shadows and a rock formation. the pitures actually show the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the american west. | 2 |
78c4efe | Although traveling outside of the Earth seems very cool, there are many risks that have to be taken into consideration when choosing what adventure may want to be taken next. In this paper, being shared will be opinions on how the author supported his claim, some of the ways the author backed up or tore down his claim, and finally we will share some of his claims. With Venus being a completely new terrian to be looked at, it is diffivult to show how the planet would react to tests that NASA would like to try with sending a space craft onto the surface of Venus.
In this first paragraph, the authors claims are going to be shared with the readers. The author stated some very interseting things when it came to finding new ways to travel up to Venus. The authors views on traveling to Venus were more one sided towards going and risking it to try and make a new ground breaking discovery. The way the author was describing some of the methods of trasnportation that could be possible to the austronauts that could potentially be travleing up there, was very sided towards him wanting to go through with anything that NASA wanted to try. This quote from paragraph 8 states, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imadination and innovation." This quote from his article is that we should not limit what we do, but oh do not forget that the risks are kinda high and your sruvival rates might not be the best. This is an opinion that the author is feeding to us that risking peoples lives to go to Venus, in test missions, is more important than actually trying to find a solution that will work one hundred percent of the time.
In this next paragraph, being discussed will be some of the ways the author either stood up for or tore down his own claims. In paragraph 7, the author states, "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus, For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such ocnditions." This quote is stating a back up to his claim that he is making. With NASA working on traveling to Venus in the near future, the technology could also be used by researchers who are trying to allow people to go to Mars and investigate what is going on there. The technology they are talking about in this article might be about Venus, but it is still and option to use it for other projects as well.
However, there are still a few ways that the author tore down his own claims that he was making about the mission its self. In paragrpaph number 6, the author states, "However, peering at venus from a ship that is orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective." This quote is showing that the author had thrown out one of his ideas but then he starts tearing it down because he is stating that it will not give the information that is neccessary for this trip. With the author tearing down one of his own ideas about how to get up to Venus and get information on it, it is a little harder to try and trust some of the options that he is putting out.
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" made many claims about how NASA could get space ships and different things onto Venus to show whats going on there. In this paper, it was stated that the authors views on traveling to Venus were more one sided towards going and risking it to try and make a new ground breaking discovery. The author was able to give pros and cons to all of the options that were as options for equipment that could be used to get the information that is wanted from Venus. In conclusion, the author did a great job on proving his points and views on ways to get to Venus, and how we can do it. | 5 |
78c57a0 | For many decades scientists have tried to land spacecrafts on Venus but any of them had succeded. One the reason is because of Venus extreme temperatures which there average is 800 degrees Fahrenheit, making it really hard to land because it will even melt submarines who are used to dive in the deepest part of our oceans. Another reason is he's thick atmophere of 97% carbon dioxide that will make things even more harder but that is not all; Venus also have highly corrosive clouds of sulfuric acid.
Then why try to visit Venus by such extreme conditions? This is because astronomers are amazed by the similarities that once had with the Earth. Long ago Venus once was covered by with oceans. Imagine that a living hell once had water that could have supported forms of life, just like Earth. Scientist also says that the Earth have a future of were it can get to amazingly high temperatures in which no human can't live no more and they are considering moving to another neighboor planets.
In conclusion Venus sounds not a option but the fact that once had water it make us this a option to. By this the NASA have a idea to hover 30 miles or so above the ground to have a sight on Venus, doing this can have a limited insight of the ambient and scientist cannot make experiments with Venus's rock, gas, or anything else, by such a distance. NASA is also making other approachment to study Venus. They are trying some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide which has been tested and can last around three weeks in the conditions of Venus. | 3 |
78c8c18 | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore a planet while fighting through the dangers the planet brings? What about a planet that at ground level, has far more extreme conditions than humans can handle? This is what exploring our planetary neighbor Venus would be like. Even though the author claims it would be worthy to make the dangerous trip to Venus, he does a poor job of supporting his claim.
The author uses a credible source, NASA, but the author fails to back up why the pursuit is worthy. The information from NASA talks about possible solutions to the harsh conditions of Venus, but not about why the trip should be made, despite all the harsh factors. The text states, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." The author has valid reasoning for solutions, but this information does not mention why it would benefit us to risk lives just to make the adventure.
The author also includes an abundance of information about how dangerous and risky Venus is, and yes it is important to know these facts, but in the beginning of the article, the author seems to scare the audience into not traveling to Venus. Paragraph 3 states, "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 an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquify many metals." The author goes into detail about just how deadly Venus would be to humans, instead, if he was trying to prove that it is a worthy point, the author should've been lighter about these facts and not gone into such scary, vivid detail; the author also could've added a counterargument in this paragraph instead of waiting until later in the essay to start showing what he was actually trying to prove.
The author could've included more evidence to support his view, but he did provide one piece of sufficient evidence. Paragraph 4 reads, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This piece shows that some scientists want to explore Venus for its ancient possible ability to explore life, but the author needed to support his claim with other information, other than strictly in this paragraph.
Ultimately, the author did have evidence in his article, but there needed to be more in order to make his claim well-supported and also more credible. Exploring Venus may be a good idea, but the author's claim wasn't clear enough throughout the essay to be able understand his point. The only time the author's claim was clear was in the conclusion when he stated reasons why Venus should be explored. All in all, the author did a poor job of supporting his idea of the worthiness of traveling to Venus, despite all the dangers it brings with it. | 5 |
78dc0c3 | Do you think that venus would be safe to study? Well in my opion I dont think that it would be
good idea but the aurth does and I'm going to let you know why he thinks going to study venus is a good idea.
The autor thinks this is a good idea because he thinks people should be able to go and see whats it's like and how it looked like compared to earth otherthan look at it on a website or a piece of paper.
The author also suggeste to studying on venus because it is the nearest planetary vist and less space travel unlike mars and other plantes. If you had a chance to go would you want to be in space for a long time?
The author might have a point but I don't think venus would be a good place to go and study because it's so hot because it right by the sun and you don't know what kind of damge it can do to your body. What do you think about the authors purpose of studying on venus?
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why I think the author thinks its a good idea to go and study on venus, me personally could not do it because I would get home sick and have anxsidy all the time. What about you, if you had the chance of a life time to go study venus would you do it ? | 2 |
78e7a3f | Dangers Taking The Risk
In The Challenge of Exploring Venus , the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because its the ''Evening Star '' and its similar to earth and often referred to as it's twin.
Even though venous is dangerous its a mystrious planet to look out for and its the second planet to the sun.''Atronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well may once have been the most earth like planet in our soloar system''.'' long ago venus probably was covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth''. Till these day venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys mountains and craters. Venus can be our nearest optio for a planetary visit. Whats the value of returning to Venus if the mission can be both safe and scientifically productive?
Although NASA has thought of sending humans to study venus to see how the conditions are up there . However the conditions are not easy but its survivable for humans. Its the risk to take because venus its fastnacting to discover and see what life is up there? Can humans surive yes or no life changing experence.
In conclusion of the challenge of exploring venus it has value ''not because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself but also human curiosity will likey lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.'' The travels on earth and beyond should take no limits by dangers and doubts but should meet and risk to the ends of earth imagination and innovation. | 2 |
78e7c87 | Many people think that the face might have been an alien's. I think that the Face is a natural landform because scientists beleive that the eyes,nose and mouth were cause by shadows. Some scientists believe that the face was an alien artifact. Scientists have used better camera that could even show a small shacks. Some say alien markings were hidden by haze.
First, I think the Face was caused by natural landforms because the eyes,nose, and mouth were caused shadows. A few days after the the picture, NASA unveilded the image and the caption noted "Huge rock formation, which resembles a human head, formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth." Some scientists still disagree saying it could have been an alien's face. When looking at the picture, there is a shadow of the rock. If it was an alien, why haven't scientist found any other alien like?
Second, the face was formed by a natural landform because when you look at the 2001 picture it is more clear than 1976 or 1998. The clear version shows that it had no eyes,nose, or mouth. Garvin said "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." Scientists are able to see pictures closer than before. Garvin also said "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on ground or Egyptian style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" All the new technologies can get the actually picture more clearly unlike the picture from 1976.
Then, scientists have better technoloy, they are able to go to Mar with new machines. Scientists can even go near the Face with new spacecraft adn get a better picture. Other scietists think that alien markings were hidden by haze. Even if they were hidden, scientists would be able to find it by now.
Finally, the Face was formed by natural landform because it was caused by shadows, and scientists have better technology. On 2001, scientists used a camera which were better than the camera they used on 1976. This is why the Face was formed by natural landform. | 3 |
78e8b03 | I believe that it would be a cool thing to have in a classroom. It would entertain kids after they are done with work and it would give you an idea of who is happy more often.
First of all, the technology would be able to tell what percent happy, disgusted, fearful, and angry someone is. The technology might even be able to turn your day around. If you make a funny face into the experiment do you think it might turn your day around just a little? As stated in the article, "putting on a happy face really works!" The things this experiment can do may give children an idea of what they want to do when they are older. If a child is interested in the software then he or she may pursue that as their occupation when they are older so they can make things for younger kids like the ones who did for them.
There are so many positive reasons I would enjoy them being in classrooms. The negatives are slim and just for that they should be slowly moved into schools. | 2 |
78eb6b8 | A lot of people don't know that this techonolgy nowadays could determine the way you feel, it could determine the emotions that peope feel. It also shows the emotions or feelings of others. People probably think that this some type of joke or laugher kind of way when its not there really is techonology nowadays that could detect it. There's probably many ways people can detect to read the emotional expressions of students. Some ways that you probably didn't even know of.
A lot of people wonder how this works they don't really know that one easy way to show emotion or to show how you feel is by looking at them and looking at their actions. Once you have already seen them and that they are feeling some kind of way that's when you realize that there is something going on or that their sad or happy or that they are just going through stuff. People know that by the facial expressions on their face. They say that us as humans perform the same impressive "calculation". Some people struggle or have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried,sad,etc. This would be one easy way students can detect emotions.
Parents probably disagree about using technology when showing their emotions. Not just parents but maybe some students wouldn't like it either but if they think about it instead of waisting your time just guessing what their emotions are you would know if they use the proper techonology. They had made a process that began when the computer constructed a 3-D computer model of the face and it showed that all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles.
Another interesting thing that they discovered was that Dr. Paul Eckman was the creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). He had classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. It also associated each with characterestic movements of the facial muscles. They invented somethIng else called video imagery, the new emotion software is that they track facial movement. As you can see its so easy to see their emotions or how they feel. They even show different weighting of units.
The author says that the Mona Lisa demonstrates is really to bring a smile to peoples face while it shows how much the computer can do. It would be really strange if a computer can tell you if your happy or sad.
In my opinion parents and students should get the idea of using techonology its way easier to detect peoples emotions instead of just guessing or thinking you know how they feel. They shouldn't have a problem trying to make the place better. | 3 |
78ec7f6 | There is a lot of technology being made to try to help human communication. Computers can read the emotions on the face of a human. Isn't that awesome !? This could help out with things that some humans dont want to say. Like depression or worriness ect. However some people still say that this technology will not be useful. I toatally disagree ! Think on the brighter side.
With this new technology it could be a little easier on the students. It could help the teachers know what type of mood the student is in. This would probably help by the teachers showing empathy to the students. Also this could stop conflicts with students. When two students are feeling angry you could remove them. I think this Technology is very valuable.
Also having a computer that know how your feeling at the moment would be such a big help. If it knows your feeling sad it could post ads to try to cheer you up. If your feeling happy it could play music to go with your spirit. When you are feeling confused about something , it could ask do you need help ? Also if you get bored with something it could make the next assignment different.
Evidence to support my claim that this technology is valuable is all through "Making mona Lisa Smile". " Imagine a computer that knows when your happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow." "A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"Dr. Huang predicts. "it could modify the lesson, like a effective human instructor."
It also could be valuable by helping make computer animated faces more expressive."Most human communicvation is nonverable, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang."So computers need to understand that, too.
This technology called the Facial Action Coding System reading the expression of studednts is very valuable. It helps with showing empathy,It helps understand some reasons behind things ect. This technoly is so valuable because it can help stop so many conlicts, failures and save students education. If this technology keeps evolving no wonder what they'll have in the future. Maybe technoly that actually coversates with you with a real brain? Only time will tell. | 3 |
78ed392 | Making Mona Lisa Smile
Althrough author desrcibes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding Sytem enables computers to indentify human emotions .Using the articles ,arguing whether the use of this technology read the emotional expression of student in classroom.
When looking at the new technolgy called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions .This technology is valuable for e the expressions emotion of a students classroom because ,this technology can calculate the emotion of a student .Looking at the article it said,"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 or more muscles is called an "action unit" Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists ,such as Dr. Paul Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise ,anger ,disgust, fear,and sadness-and then associates each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. This technology help calulate each facial muscles that is showed.
Another reason why this technology is valuable to student and classroom because this technolgy can help with what the student is feeling "For example,if you smile when a Web ad appears on your sreen ,a similar ad might follow .But if you frown,the next as will be different."A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bores ,"Dr. Huang predicts ."Then it could modify the lesson ,like an effective human instructor "The same technology can make computer -animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery."Most himan communication is noverbal,including emotion communication,"notes Dr. Huang."So computers need to understand that,too''.That make this technology useful recongnizing a student behavior
Last this technology can help indentify the different between a genuine smile and a forced one such as a fake smile. In the article is said ,in the real smile , the zygomatic major ,which is the muscles that begin at your cheek bones is lift the corners of your mouth. Also the muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabreaus make crow's-feet around your eyes .In a fake smile is said"But in a false smile,the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a differnt muscle,the risorius .To an expert ,face don't lie; these muscle clues are soemtimes used to spot when a "smiling" politican or celebrity isn't being truthful. Which this technology is very valuble to see if a student is faking a smile.
This technology is great for finding the student emotion and class .For example, help see if the student is bored of confused in class or even faking a smile. | 4 |
78ed400 | Many people are wondering why more researchers are concerned about rising carbon emissions around the globe. Carbon emissions are gases that are released into the atmosphere by transportation and other types of industrial manufacturing. Lately, there has been a change evolving in different areas as supported by each source, that is moving toward "[car- free cities]". However, most citizens are also wondering what are the advantages of limiting their car usage, and how will it effect the life around their community; There have been ways of doing this as stated in these sources.
In source 1:
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it explains how in "Vauban, Germany, the residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few... [people] have gone before: they have given up their cars" (paragraph 1).
The statistics show that "[a]s a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here"[:] to limit car usage. As it seems economically and environmentally effiecient, people such as Heidrum Walter feel "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (paragraph 3). The people in this area have noticed that " all of [their] development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change, said by David Goldberg, an official of Transportation for America, a fast-growing coalition of hundreds of groups in the United States..." (paragraph 7).
Comporable to source 1, source 2:
Paris bans driving due to smog , by Robert Duffer, states that "after days of near- record pollution, Paris [had] enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" (paragraph 10). People were "ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22- euro fine ($31), (paragraph 11), and "[a]lmost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters- an international news agency headquartered in London" (paragraph 12). Most believed that it was a rivalry between Paris, France and "Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world" (paragraph 14).
Because of the tremendous fog, "[d]elivery companies complained of lost revenue, while exceptions were made for plug- in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying [several] passengers. Also, [p]ublic transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday, according to the BBC (paragrpah 18).
Source 3:
Car- free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota , by Andrew Selsky, states that in Bogota, Colombia "a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombials hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car- free day..." (paragraph 20).
They participated in this special occasion consecutively for three years, banning cars, but allowing taxi cabs, and buses for the "Day Without Cars" in the captial city; This promoted other transportation methods, while reducing smog output. Any people who violated this day were issued " $25 fines" (paragraph 21). Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said, "[i]t's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution, as he rode a two- seat bicycle with his wife" (paragraph 24). "[This] day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid- 1990s" (paragraph 27). "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city..." (paragraph 28).
Source 4:
The End of Car Culture , (another article) by Elisabeth Rosenthal, provides more information towards this evolving movement nationwide. Not only is change occuring in the previous countries described, but the United States has started to be part of the change. "... [G]oals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions..., will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior..." (paragraph 29).
Numerous researchers are contemplating "a fundamental question: Has America passed peak driving?" (paragraph 30). Over the years the United States of America has gained notoriety for "its broad expanses and suburban ideals, [which has] long been one of the world's prime car cultures. Over the years, there has been an assembly line in Detroit, Michigan during the '40s- '60s and the "Model T" gave Americans the way to take a spin in "Mustang Sally" during the "Midnight Hour", while listening to Wilson Pickett (paragraph 31).
Overall, most countries including America, have seen changes in their economy. [T]he number of miles driven in 2005 dropped..." and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway, [b]ut by many measures the decrease in driving preceded the downturn and appears to be persisting now that recovery is under way" (paragraph 32). Rosenthal states that there was a recession, and that the unemployed weren't working, but regardless, the people that were working still couldn't dodge the recession, which ultimately impacted not only the Automotive Industry, but everything else. Car companies like Ford and Mercedes rebranded their businesses (around the world, as it is Ford is an American car and Mercedes is a German car) (paragraph 32).
"Many sociologists believe it will- it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants" (paragraph 34). One thing that most of these people can agree on is that [d]ifferent things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long- term cultural shift..." (paragraph 35). All of this information can help lead citizens to new cures for shifting this change on the right universal pathway to preserving the atmosphere, ridding us of Global Warming and Greenhouse gas effects. | 3 |
78f0cbd | I know cars are the center of our lifes, it's how we get from place to place. So when I tell you that limiting car usage could actually be better for us you would probably tell me i'm crazy. Studies show that people are less stressed without cars, there is less greenhouse gases in the atmoshere, and lower smog.
We probably would not think that limiting our car usage and walking more would make us less stressed. It's true a city in Germany has gone car free. They did a survey on everybody in town and they all say that it has reduced there stress. You are always stressed while you are driving, worried you are going to crash into someone, worried someone will crash into you. Everyone would be happier if we just got rid of cars.
Another benefit about limiting car usage is that there is less greenhouse gases going into the atmoshere. Scientists did a study if we did not use cars the temperature would be three to four degrease cooler in the summer. So just think when the temperature is in the 90's you are going to want that four degrease difference. Cars are responsible for 50 percent of greenhouse gases here in the united states. The greenhouse gases slowly eat away at the ozone layer making it thinner and thinner, that's what is making the temperature hotter and hotter.
These are all reasons why it would benefit to get rid of cars. It wouldnt kill you to walk a few blocks to work. by doing that you would be putting less stress on you and limiting the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. | 3 |
78f21f5 | Some people say that the Face on planet Mars is just a natural landform; is it really? Maybe it is maybe it isn't. Some people think that the Face was an alien formation of some sort. Mars, along with many other planets have strange things on their planet. Whether it's a crater, a wierd looking shape, or whatever it may be. It could just be that it was formed like that. Have you ever been walking outside on a sidewalk or even found something shaped, or formed into something that you have seen before it may be a face carved into a rock, or something carved into cement. Maybe that is what happened with the Face on Mars.
In the text it says, "Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artiifcat, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997, eighteen longs years after the Viking missions ended." In the beginning of the sentence it says that few scientists think that the face was an alien artifact. That might be true but it says that FEW scientists believe the face was alien. Few isn't many.
The text has something else that will amaze some of you, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginal Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers, were waiting when the image first apperared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The text said it all. They have a picture to show that the Face is just a natural landform that this planet has made. And it may just look happen to look like a face.
As you read on in the excerpt it says, "What the picture actually showws is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." The key word is landforms, landforms form all over earth; why not on other planets as well?
Some people may still be conviced that it was an alien artificat that did all this. They may think in their minds that nothing can look that much like a face; some things actually can. Again if you go outside and say you find a rock that is shaped funny, then you pick it up and it looks like a face, unless someone did that on purpose, that was earth's creation.
After reading this article, and writing this, I still am convinced that the Face on Mars is a natural landform. It all makes sense; the pictures, the explantation, the mesa, etc. But again some people may think otherwise that the Face is a alien artifact. | 4 |
78f48e0 | Cars have been helpful to citizens since before the 1800s. They transport us wherever we need to go and allow us to get to our destination faster then walking. Cars are more bad then helpful to human beings and nature in many ways. Limiting car usuage is probably the smartest thing in helping everyone in the world and keeping our planet clean. Instead of driving a car everyday which makes a big difference can also effect us to start walking once in while and effect our exercising. There are many advantages in limiting car usuage such as stopping air pollution, lowering gas prices, and worrying about our health. Citizens will never stop driving cars even if the cars are flying in the sky, but it would be an amazing way to start 50% of people to start using cars for only needs.
An advantage in limiting car usage is stopping air pollution. Air pollution has been a big deal since all transportions such as cars,train, and airplanes were created. If us as citizens stop air pollution, it can drop a high number of people that have conjestion problems and stop smog from appearing. Also, the change in temperature of cold nights and warm days will cause our cars to trap the emissions which is making it even worse. Limiting car usuage to eliminate pollution we see everyday can cause a cleaner air that we breath and preventing alot of heart problems. Also,pollution does not just affect us but animals too. By driving our cars daily,polluting the air can cause an animal to be extinct.
Gas prices are an important thing to a car. Citizens pay weekly to add more gasoline to there car which is expensive. Decreasing the amount of time we drive a car can give us twenty dollars back into our bank a week. Gas is what causes air pollution to enter the air and cause us humans to have health problems. Having a car really makes alot of things complicated and stressful with money,health, and our planet. Also, taxes on gas causes us to be upset because we get our money taken away to keep our veihcles on the road to get where we need to go. Limiting car usuage will help everyone have less problems.
Limiting ourselves to driving a car everyday will help everyone. If we started to walk more or have hybrids , that helps the planet and us rather then polluting and suffering under gas. Biking is a healthy way of transportation because we are exercising and not wasting money on gas. We do not need to stop driving because it is necessary that we need veihcles to go places and take us to see other people as well but limiting ourselves to driving less then 7 days a week, 24 hours will help everyone. Even completely not have having a car is a brilliant decision for people who do not depend on driving or spending money on gas. We would be alot more caring towards nature and having more advantages towards car usage. | 3 |
78f88f5 | With technology advancing you can drive your own car like how you see them in the movies. Technology is advancing to the point of driverless cars and they will be seen more in the near future. Though severl might think that having driverless cars can be dangerous, the technolgy advancing will make it to where you might not have to buy a car in the future. Driverless will be safe to drive on the roads even without a driver.
Sensors on the car can keep you from danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. Sensors are nothing new, but with the technology advancing since the 1980s automakers can make a car that allows far better responce and control than a human driver. With futher improvments on computer hardware and sensors, automakers can design car that can handle more driving tasks on their own.
The anitlock brake and driver assticance system has made its own way on helping the full invention of driverless cars. Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car project, believes that with the technolgy progressing consumers can have a driverless cab take us wherever we would like to go. Along with the sensors the radar will help with the antilock system to make that dream come ture.
BMW has already annouced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant". It's a car the can handle driving up to 25 mph, but touch sensors keeps the driver holding the wheel in case of a malfunction. The human driver must remian alert and be able to take over in certain situations. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road.
Several may argue that a driverless car is not safe. A variety of car companies have and are developing safety devices to assure the safety of everyone. GM has developed drivers 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. Automakers and manufacturers are assuring your safety while deveopling the future.
Safety is the number one key to the adevances of driverless cars. From sensors, antilock brake and driver assistance systems, and development for the advanced technology; automakers and manufacturers are assuring your safety. That is why they are developing the technology further to insure that consumers are safe while they have made technological advances. | 4 |
79006ee | This passage talks about the development of "driveless cars". I do agree that thses cars are a good thing for us. Here is why.
First let's talk about the idea as a whole. We are wantingto create a very alert system that is going to prevent us from car accidents. It has been rumored that if this does happen, we will be the last generation to know someone who was killed in a car wreck. How awesome does that sound?
Now let's talk about what features the car will have. To have a "driverless car" we will need a whole bunch of sensors. (Which isn't new. we've had them in our cars since the 1980's.) There will be video cameras, radar sensors, ad GPS, and an inertial motion sensor. These will help the car "think" like a human. The sensors that we have already developed can, as said in paragraph five, detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers.
Lastly let's discuss the control humans will have over their "driveless car" if they were to get one. None of these cars that have been deveoped or tested are completly driveless! They are made to steel and brake all by themselves, yes, but they are still going to let the driver know when they have to drive. These cars will not be ablwe to handle construstion zones by themselves. Us, being the human drivers have to still stay alert to the things around us.
I understand that some people may think these cars are not good for us, showing that we are lazy, and not responsible but I think these cars have more positives than negatitves. We are going to use less fuel, the percentage of accidents are going to decrease to one or none, and we are still going to be alert when things are going on.
From leses fuel, to more sensors, i think these human like "driveless cars" are a great idea. I think we are showing how the future is going to look, and we are going to make these successful one way or another! | 4 |
7902cba | Dear, State Senator
I think we should keep the Electoral College. Even though it is despised method of choosing our nation leader, it is the best form of desiding who will run and the winner. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding father established it in the Constitution as a compromise between elections ot the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting for the electors wherer they vote for the President and the Vice President, and counting of the electoral votes by Congress.
I think that we should keep the Electoral College for five reasons. Number one,
Certainty of Outcome . Which is a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. Number two,
Everyone's president . Which is the Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. Number three,
Swing States . The Swing States is a winner-takes-all method of awarding electoral votes incluces the canidates. Number four,
Big States . The Big States is the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the politcal balance that the large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. Last but not least is number five,
Avoid Run-Off Elections . Avoiding Run-Off Elections is when the Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. The Elecoral College is not all that fair though because it is an anachronism, a non-democtratic method of selecting a president the ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner.
I think we should keep the Electoral College. Even though it is despised method of choosing our nation leader, it is the best form of desiding who will run and the winner. But it is the way our founding fathers made this nation and wanted it to stay that way because they created it that way.
From,
Austin | 2 |
790576f | Dear senator please keep the electoral college. There a few reasons why we should keep it heres a few. The electoral college is a easy way of picking the president the most popular canidate with most votes is the winner. Also each party picks a nominee and trust is very rarely betrayed.
The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate receives a majority of the votes cast. The electoral college system is a fairly simple way of voting that most people understand replacing it with something else would just instill alot of mis understanding in people ,wich could possibly result in a huge decrease in the amount of people that vote. Also the negatives of the electoral college are not really a big deal that coud cause a fixing or a inbalenced vote towards one side over another.
In conclusion I think sticking with the electoral college is a wise decison because there isnt anything wrong with it ,why fix something that isnt broken? | 2 |
7906564 | Most people think that driving is a top priority. There are other ways of getting from place to place. There are many advantages of limiting car usage. For instance, there will be no more pollution, most people stopped driving, and many people will gain plenty of excercise without the use of cars. There are many other positive ways to get around the city instead of driving a car.
This world already has enough pollution, but with the limitations to car use there won't be. Cars these days give off extra gas that is harmful to the animals, plants, and even people. According to Source 3: Car-free Day Is Spinning Into A Big Hit In Bogota, by Andrew Selsky, "It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines." This cause is a good way to lower air pollution. For example, many women and some men face the struggle of having breast cancer. On certain days there will be a walk to help cure breast cancer. It won't stop it completely, but it's a great cause to help cure it. According to Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, "Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." The efforts are strong and with more people being included will help make the air pollution lower to a better percentage. For example, when people are sick they have to take medicine in order to get better. This world and the atmosphere will become a better place to live if more people get involved with the limited auto use.
Driving isn't in the number one spot on things-to-do anymore. Most people stopped driving in America. According Source 4: The End Of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal, "Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." The change in fewer people getting a car will also be a good way to stop traffic in the cities. For instance, if someone brings in chocolate cupcakes, but no one except one person likes chocolate, then they would take more for them. Same with the road; less people on the road the more room for people who want to or need to drive to some place. Also in Source 4, "As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." A lot of people can't afford cars or even think they are a waste of money. For example, no one would buy something that they don't nessecarily need. People would take the money and use it for something more important. There are many advantages of limiting car usage. When people stop driving, that means there wouldn't be a lot of people on the road. There will be more space for people that have emergencies or important business errands, or people that just want to drive.
Without many cars around due to limited auto usage, people will have the advantage to excercise. There are many people that are overweight and need help to fix it. According to Source 3: Car-free Day Is Spinning Into A Big Hit In Bogota, by Andrew Selsky, "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, and skated to work during a car-free day yesterday." Without cars for a limited time would be a great idea to take control and work out. It helps people live a healthier life style and build muscle. For instance, some kids are forced out of the house for atleast an hour of play time and get on track to become healthy. Not just children should be doing this, but also adults. Although when someone needs to get to some place, taking a car would be quicker, but having no cars has advantages too. Some people might complain and be too lazy to go ride a bike to the store, but as a result in the end, the person on the bike will be in better shape than the person in the car. There is nothing wrong in staying fit when there isn't an option in driving a car somewhere.
There are other ways of getting from place to place. There are many advantages of limiting car usage. For instance, there will be no more pollution, most people stopped driving, and many people will gain plenty of excercise without the use of cars. There are many other positive ways to get around the city instead of driving a car. | 4 |
790697f | Would you like to go to Venus? Venus is the second planet from the sun which makes it easy to see it's a beautiful sight but is still dangerous. The author stated that "Venus has proved Challenging place to examine more closely". There are many examples of the dangers of Venus.
Venus is not a safe planet to land on or to get near and the author explains why with two reasons. Venus's clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid is dangerous and is why we cant go there. The author stated that " On the planet's surface, temperatues average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosperic pressure is 90 times greater than what we expierience on our own planet". Venus has the most hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. An example of this is when the author says "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 author says that it is dangerous to travel to Venus because of the Surface temperature and the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The author makes some good points on the dangers of going to venus. After reading this do you still want to go to Venus? | 2 |
790af05 | When you go to vote for the president are you actually voting for the president? With the Electoral Collage system your not realy voting for the canidate directly, your just voting for someone else to vote for you. Is that realy how voting should work? What if the candidate with less votes wins and is a terrible president.
Say you vote for an elector and he loses, then what is the point in your vote. Everyones vote should count right? But with the elecoral college system not everyones vote counts twards the presidential election. What about those few republican voters in a population that is mostly democratic. Thats why the Electoral college system should not be used anymore. In the 2000 election Al Gore actually had more votes than George W Bush, but because of the Electoral college system George W Bush was elected because he had more electoral votes than Gore. The Article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses or the system are wrong" by Bradfor Plumer states "the single representatvie from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters". What about all those other voters whos electors didn't win, shouldn't they have a say in who our leader should be?
The only person you would trust with everything on the line is yourself right? So why would you want to trust someone who you have never ment with something as important a your vote. If you asked 100 people if you could vote for them if they just told you who they wanted to vote for, most likley 99 or all of those people would say no. But they are realy just going to vote for someone who will vote for them. The article "In defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner states " it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has happened very rarely". Can we realy trust "rarley" for when we are deciding on the future of our country! We must be certin that the right person is chosen for the job. It dosent matter if your female, male, white, black, hispanic, human, or not human, if your the more popular vote you should be elected.
What if the wrong person gets voted in office. What if the person with the majority of the votes still dosent get elected to office and it turns out to be disaterous for our nation. When your electing the president your electing the person who is going to lead our nation for four years! The person who gets elected needs to be favored by everyone. Lets say that the electoral college never exsited and Al gore gets elected in 2000, our country could be in a much better state then it is now. We wouldn't be in as much debt, and mabey we wouldnt be fighting a war in afganistan, but we would never know because the electoral college voted the less popular candidate in office. The article "What Is the Electoral College" by the Office of the Federal Register states " Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate". But shouldnt the winner take all for the majority votes of the whole country? There is alot of lost votes because of the electoral college system.
There are endless arguments for both sides. But with a decision as big ass who should be the leader of our country, we cant trust any system that has even the slightest chance of failing. The wrong candidate can get elected at any given election with the electoral college system. That could lead to disaster or even worse. | 5 |
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