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8c1c2c0 | Yes, there is a Face on Mars and some people say The Face was created by aliens, but that statement is not true aliens did not created The Face. In fact it is just a natural landform. This landform was actually a lava dome that just got shaped funny when the lava got hard enough to stay the same for the rest of time, unless something happened really bad on Mars. We can state the fact that aliens did not build The Face because we have used the best camera and seen that there is no evindence that aliens build The Face. It is just like something we would see on earth it just happened naturally like how the Grand Canyon got on earth no human or alien built the Grand Canyon. It is just a natural thing that had happened just like The Face on Mars. In the picture that
NASA took has been zoomed into and the zoom would have picked up anything that was on the ground and there was not anything that showed that aliens or anything had build The Face there was absolutly nothing around the face that the aliens could have even used to build The Face out of. Therefore The Face was in fact not build by aliens. The Face is just a natural appering thing on Mars and there is no sign of anyone or anything building The Face on Mars excepcially not aliens. | 3 |
8c1c38a | The author states at the very end of the passage, "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". That is powerful. He is explaining that just because we do stuff here on Earth, or just because we find something out does not mean that we stop there. It means we strive and conquer our mission to do more, and here's why.
The scientists want samples, however, that would be very risky. Despite the risks, scientists would have to get up close and personal with Venus. They personally know that there are a lot of risks getting close to Venus. They mentioned that it could melt a spacecraft in a matter of a couple hours. However, they are determined. The author mentioned Venus had a lot of "value", he also stated, "not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". This has meaning, and what it means is that not only do the scientists want to know about Venus and their ideas may lead to exploring Venus , but human curiosity will also take over and other people will want to know about Venus as well.
In conclusion, Scientists want to know and explore Venus, and normal people are going to want to understand and learn about Venus as well. The scientists need this information to further the progression of learning and experimenting with Venus. They are probably going to do whatever it takes to learn about Venus, despite the dangers and fatal risks of going there. They will more than likely one day get there, but there will probably be a lot of trial and error along the way. | 2 |
8c1c7fc | Facial Action Coding System
Technology is advancing everyday. The use of electronics in the classroom is growing, due to all the useful tools it provides. Learning styles can vary when emotions play a role, exspecially in the classroom. The new technology called Facial Action Coding System allows for a computer to calculate a humans emotions. The new tool would help increase teachers knowledge of students to a whole new level.
Emotions in the classroom affect the students ability to learn. Lessons are fit to help a student succeed in school. The detection of a student's emotion enables teacher's ability to customize their lesson plans based on the emotion students are portraying. In paragraph five it states,"Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc," proving although humans may have the ability to read emotions to an extent, computers have the ability to exactly calculate the emotion. It provides an extra tool that would benefit the way teachers teach in their classroom's.
The calculation of a student's emotion would allow for classrooms to be more efficient. Time is a crucial factor when it comes to the amount students learn. Emotion ties into the mood of a human. The mood a student has can cause an increase or decrease in the amount of new information he or she can take in. The calculation of emotion can provide the teacher with information on how it may affect their attention span. "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions,"which would better the teacher, leading to a better classroom.
Emotions can be hard to read. All teachers are differernt and read emotions differently. Facial Action Coding System would be of great value in the classroom. It allows more information and knowledge to the teachers, which betters the students. The use of the new technology provides the classroom with ways to personalize the classroom for each individual student. The calculation of emotion opens a whole new door for classrooms all over. | 4 |
8c1e2db | I think that the new technology "Facial Action Coding System" is a great idea to use in the classroom. The new techology is perfect for teachers to use because it could give the teacher some insite on how the student is feeling, Lost, Confused, Distressed, Bored, Ect. Those are the main resons people do not learn much about what the presentation or lecture is about.
In the passage it states the teacher will be able to see if a student is confused. If the student is the teacher would be able to stop the lecture and ask some questions. Even if they are not saying anything about their confusion the teacher could ask them after class and save them from loosing a day of notes just by being confused. This new technology not only could save students from bad grades in class but it could tell the teacher how the student is feeling or even thinking.
If the student shows and emotion on his face like depression or anger the teacher would know and could ask that student what is wrong. The teacher would be able to comfort that student or even help he/she through that rough time in their life. The student could have just lost a loved one or got into a fight with a close friend so they may be only thinking about that and not about their classwork. Teacher could tell that students parents about what is wrong and their parents could comfort their child as well.
The Facial Coding System could you used worldwide around schools from elementary all the way through college.
This technology could help many schools that are big and many kids in one classroom. With this technology the teacher would even be able to know if the student has a question. This could primarily help many students with their grades. I know that when I get confused I do not stop the teacher to ask the question, I wait until the end of class and forget that I had a question. The teacher would know this and I would get that question answered either during the lecture or after class. That is why I think that this new technology is revelutionary. This could help thousands if not millions with their grades and school life. | 4 |
8c1fec4 | do yall ever wonder if its worth trying to study venus despite the dangers.well i think it is not worth trying.first no space craft ever survived landing.second the coulds of venus are highly corrosive sulfuric acid.and last there surface temperatures are around 800 degrees fahrenheit and atmospheric pressure 90 times greater.
first no space craft have ever landed and survived.its because sometimes where closer to venus and sometimes to mars.we cant force to keep losing money for the space craft if we cant land.what make you think we going to land right now if no one has ever done it.the more we keep trying the more money and maybe people we going to lose.
second the clouds around venus are acid and dangrous. what happens if acid get in the space craft it could mess up some of the stuff.do you think some of are space craft are made to block acid.or if the acid gets in and gets on the people inside.your risking people lifes to go study another planet.
last but not least the suface temperatures are 800 degrees and the pressure is 90 time greater.is space craft make to take that much temperature.would that much temperature do anything to the people inside the craft.what happen to all that pressure that is being force on the craft.would the space craft survive with all that pressure on it.
so do yall ever wonder if its worth trying to study venus despite all the dangers.i still think its a no for me.with all that force and high temperature on the craft.and the acid and dangerous clouds.and last that no space craft has landed and survive.i think its not worth how about you. | 3 |
8c25a44 | I think that the idea of driverless cars is an awful idea because, "None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless." This ruins the whole point of taking away human error and letting something else drive you. Plus I think that the transition between the car driving and the driver driving would cause more crashes. I could also foresee unprepared drivers to try to use these new "driverless" cars. Overall, driverless cars seem to be a waste of time and money to me because they would bore the driver and cause more accidents.
First of all, I think that driverless cars are a waste of time and money because you still need a driver to pay attenton. For me, this would just ruin the whole experience of not having to drive. Even Dr. Werner Huber from BMW agreed that drivers would get bored when he admitted that, "The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge." This was in response to the question, "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive." Secondly, I think that not having to focus on the road will lead the driver to lose focus so that when they are called upon to drive, they are not ready. The transition from the car drving to the human driving would likely lead to more wrecks because when you are not focusing on driving, you don't really care about focusing on the road. Driverless cars seem to present the same distraction that texting has, and texting while driving is illegal in most states. I also know that some people do not drive because they are not very good at it, and the idea of a "driverless car" might tempt them to drive one. These same unprepared drivers would still have to, "take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues," if they were driving a google car which would lead to yet again, more accidents.
Driverless cars are a big hoax. They are not even truly driverless because, " they still alert the driver to take over." This would just be boring waiting for your turn to drive. These would also cause more accidents with the rough transition of taking over the wheel especially when unprepared drivers try to use this new technology. I don't think that anyone wants worse drivers on the road, more accidents, more expensive cars, and an even more boring experience with the new and not so impressive driverless cars. | 4 |
8c26dc6 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because in this passage the author says, "Astronomers are facsinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This shows that the author supports this idea because he finds it interesting that Venus could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.
Another reason why the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents would be that in the last passage it states, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained onthe planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This paragraph states that we shouldn't only limit ourselves to just the Earth, but we should travel beyond that. The author also states that we shouldn't limit ourselves because of dangers and doubts but it should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
In conclusion in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the author finds it interesting and because the author also believes that we shouldn't limit ourselves just because of dangers and doubts. But instead the author believes that we should expand our imagination and innovation. | 3 |
8c28801 | The reason that people should join the Seagoing cowboy program is it saves animals over in Europe.
They shiped horses, young cows, and mules overseas.
They would take care of the animals as they where being shiped so Luke and Don sighned up.
They got their with 335 horses and enough hay and oats to feed them all.
They hade a long trip their they got there on August 14 1945.
It was the day the Pacific war had ended.
Luke was 18 before arriving in Greece so he could be drafted for military service.
In the text it states that when the draft borad hade learned that he was on a cattle boat trip they told him to keep doimg that, he made 9 trips.
So it was long but it sounds fun to me and they did good for the world by helping other people.
So if I coud I would. It's also the right thing to do.
After this would you do it? | 2 |
8c35402 | Dear Mr. Senator,
I believe that America should keep the Electoral College to elect the president of the United States. I believe this because the Electoral College makes a guarenteed outcome, it gives proper representation to big states, and the president has to have a trans-regional appeal.
The Electoral College has more of a certainty of outcome for an election. For example, in the 2012 election, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral votes (a very convincing number) but only 51.3% of the popular vote (not as convincing). The Electoral College also avoids the problem of a tie in the votes. Even though the Electoral College has 538 votes, which would make it possible for a tie, it is very unlikely that there is a tie in the Electoral College. For example, Richard Nixon in 1968 only received 43% of the popular votes, but won 301-237 in the Electoral College. Bill Clinton in 1992 had only 43% of the popular vote, but also won 370-168. The pressure of a run-off election is reduced with the Electoral College.
The Electoral College gives the big states more representation than the smaller states. For example, Florida has 29 Electoral votes, while a state like Maine only has 4. In 2012, the popular vote was really close in Florida, but Obama won and got 29 electoral votes. If the same thing happened in Maine, the winner would only receive 3 Electoral votes. If America used the popular vote to decide who won, the win by a few votes would mean almost nothing, and the big states would have the same representation as the small states.
The president can't win the election by just winning one region of states. The Electoral College has made it that the candidate would have to have a trans-regional appeal. This is desirable for most people because a president that is only popular in one region, and not everywhere will not be a good prsident. This is why candidates don't campaign in places that they know they will win, and branch out to the swing states. These swing states basically decide the election. They are the states that do not favor either the democratic or republican candidate, so they have important votes. If swing states go one way, so will the election. This is why many candidates campaign in these Swing States.
As you can see Mr. Senator, the Electoral College is the best way to go for electing a new president. It has a more certain and guaranteed outcome than the popular vote, it gives more representation to the bigger states, and requires appeal from people all over America, not just people in one region. | 4 |
8c39899 | Have you ever wanted to go to cool towns,city, etc. and help people at the same time?
A sea going cowboy is the perfect thing for you and before you throw this book down let me tell you why. One of the reasons is you get to help other people around the world. To add on to that you get to take care of all different animals.
In this paragraph Im telling you about taking care of the animals. You will have a cargo of 335 horses to take care of . They will give you a lot of hay and oats to feed them all . Every hour you will have to go check on all of them to make sure there ok and that they aren't going crazy. You have to get them water 3 times a day . That will be cool and fun because you will never be bored.
After all the horses are gone You and the guys or friends can play tennis ,boxing,fencing and even read if you would like in the horse housing.
Now I am going to tell you the good about the towns and the cities . You get to get off the boat and go see some things like if you go to greece you can go see the acropolis . If you go to China you can tour the excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the panama canal on his way to china. Even ride the gondola in Venice. That would be fun abd its an free trip and it would cost way more to pay to go to Venice, China, Europe
Right now I am telling you about the helping people you will be hyelpin g people by delivering the horse,mules and cows and taking care of them. Helpin them with the ruins of world war 2 . By Helping them with food supply.
Helping them fix up there town . You will fix many towns by being an seagoing cowboy. By joining you will also learn about people of other countries and their needs.
In conclusion this paragraph was about why you should join the seagoing cowboys and how it would help so many people . What you would get out of being an seagoing cowboy. How being an seagoing cowboy is awesome. | 3 |
8c44632 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author talks describles how the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to identify human emotions. It doesn't just help us understand and studied how we feel and how we can "calculate" emotions.
This new technology can help read the emotional expressions of students in a classrom can be extremely valuable. It will give teachers and schools the ability to not just understand students through communication but also through their emotions. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...,"(6) This quote shows that the new technology will help teachers and schools have the ability for them to understand if students like or understands an assignment or test. Facial Action Coding System can help extremely will letting them nknow that students need more help or they're just bored of it.
Also, knowing if a student is gulity of something bad they did or understnading if they are in a bad spot in their lives. "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,..."(6) This quote shows that most humans don't really communication verbally or even thtough emotion. Having this technology gives future insite for schools on students allowing them to help students out more not just in an educational way but in a emotional way. It's hard for student to ask or understand what is going on andnot wanting to say anything. Without students acknowledgement can be more valuable because then they'll know something is going on. Students will try hard knowing someone is watching them or as the new technology is doing, is studying them and their emotions.
The Facial Action Coding System can be valuable to all schools across the national not just for the students but for everyone. We should have this new technology on aboard for a better education. | 2 |
8c46e3b | Dear state senator,
I think that they should change the election way of how they are doing it. I think that the president should be chosen by the most popular vote. i aslo think that they shouldnt do the voting thing if they are gunna end up chooseing it them selfes. in the passage it said that, the electoral college is made up of 538 electors and only the majority vote is 270. So i dont understand why they thousand of people to vote if their vote doesnt really mater its what senators choose overall. i think it would be fair if what the peple choose the most shall win. What if one of them gets more votes and the senator picks the other because they had more votes in there group, thats not fair. i just think that the overall vote of the people should count, and not make them wast there time. it also says in the article when you vote for you candidate you actuall voting for the candidates elector, so they are trying to trick them into thinking that there votw would count. what if the persident that the senator choose didnt know how to work stuff and had bad disitions, the election is every four years on a tuesday on a november. thats a pretty long time if you ask me. I think that half of the people votes dont cont cause of the sentors that choose. i know it would be long to count everones vote but i dont think it matters because in the end it would be chosen by the people that wanted that president not what the senators wanted. | 2 |
8c4fbfd | "Vauban streets are completely "car free"-except the main street thoroughfare.." Soon our country will be car free. With all the gas pollution we in the air car's need to be banned from our country. Many countries for example have already banned people from driving cars, like Bogota,Paris, and German. In Bogota in stead of banning the cars everyday they what is called a "Car-free day" in this car free day people either hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work or school. Violators faced $25 fines. In Paris they enforced a partial diving ban to clear air of the global city. If people dint leave their cars at home they suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. When the smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party they only banned odd-numbered plates on Tuesday. In German you are not allowed to drive a car but you are allowed to own one and if you do own one you must pay $40,000 to have it parked at your home. " Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in eroupe, the untied states and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use.." The untied states needs to do something about the auto use. We should use the new trend to try and not use cars anymore or do what Bogota does and have car-free days. This new trend wou;d help our contries and states. It was help the air not be as polluted as it is now. We dont want the air to get as bad a china or any other counties because then we really wont have a choice of a car-free day. People today should take the oppertunity and walk place that are close to home instead of driving places close to home and putting that extra pollution in the air. Obama is rethinking about this trend because accordng the text 23% of young people driving has decreased witch mean either less people are going to be driving because they dont have a licenece or the young people will start to drive without a licence and not care. Countries have open new programs where they get kids to go bike riding aound the block or country or to go hiking or just anything to save from driving everywhere. these programs are across the nation. Many people do them adults and teens. Instead of using multiple cars to go to school or workwhy dont yall just think about car-pooling. walking or riding a bike. Technology today makes people feel like their more connected without going out to drive somewhere to meet. " ..America's love affair with its vehicles seem to be cooling." A research company in 2005 did a rea | 2 |
8c59dec | Hello Mr. senetor, my name is PROPER_NAME and i want to talk about some inportant stuff. For on i want to keep the electoral Collage . This is a syste that has been happeing since our founding fathers have been on earth. Its where they vote for the pesident and vice president of United States of America. Now you want to get ride of this great tradistion that we do. I know sometimes we might get confused and vote for the wrog candidate. But that is not all of us. Everyone thinks its a disastor factor. The electoral collage will improve and will keep improving.
In the text it says " The electoral college is widely rgarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a priesedent that ought to be overuled By declaring the candidate who recives the most popular votes the winner . The advocates of this positionare correct in arguuing that the electorl collage method is not democrticin a modern sence. It is the electors who elect th president, not the people . When you vote fora pesidentian candidate youre actually voting for slate of electores."
Thats what the text said and we dont want that. Us the people want to vote for who we want to. This will be something big if we can keep this thing going. | 1 |
8c5c541 | The positive I think about driverless cars it awsome. Becuase who wouldn't want to enjoy that drives by itself. The author says that the driverless cars wouldn't prevent car accedents. It would be awsome to drive one of the driverless cars to work, home, store etc. all day and all night. I would go on dates with that car and to surprise her to go to prom, etc. The passage says that when you are on a traffic jam that it would lead you out so you can get on time wherever you going like job interview, doctors appointment, picking up kids from daycare or school, or even at a job meeting. When the driver is driving the car looks at them by a camara to see if the driver is well consitrating on the road, more likely a carsitter looking out to the diver on the road every time. Cars makers of Audi, Nissan, and Mercedes-Benz by 2020 they will make their cars driverless and with sensors to worn the drive when they are getting in danger so that the driver get back in focus on the roadwhile driving. | 2 |
8c635e6 | The articles explain that the limited use of cars or automobiles is to our advantage. Two reasons that support this theory is that one you won't have to stress about buying a car and making sure everyone has one, and second you will help to protect the environment from the harmful gases of automobiles.
The limitation on cars may have its advanatges because, among the billions of people on this earth many of them own cars. Many vehicles give off harmful pollution gases to the environment and can cause many endangering problems to people as well. Evidence from source 2: "Paris bans driving due to smog" can support the following... "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a parial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This evidnce supports the fact that there was enough smog in the air that led to the prohibition of cars for a limited time. This is to the people's advantage because they were now able to breathe fresh air instead of smog. Another piece of evidence also comes from source 2: "Paris bans driving due to smog" "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensyfying smog...[The smog] rivaled with Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." This evidence shows that smog causes pollution which is harmful in many ways. It also shows just how much of a difference just five days of limitation on vehicles can help reduce pollution. So the sooner people can see what banning cars can do to their health and well-being then maybe they will see what the love and cherish so much, can actually be hurting them.
Car limitations may be the best thing yet for America and other places in the world. By banning cars we could reduce a lot of stress and the worry about the payments and supplying the vehicle with gas. Evidence that can support this comes from source 4: " The End of Car Culture" "the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995....recession, because cash strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway." This explains that many Americans cannot even afford cars. So they go about their days just fine taking public transportation or receivin rides from friends. So by banning cars we could actually reduce the stress of not having a car or making the payments on them... plus we would have better health. Out of the estimated 7 billion people on this earth, it is not guranteed that all of them around the ages of 15 and above are equipped with a a vehicel of their own. Evidence from Source 4: "The End of Car Culture" can support the following " What most intrigues me is the rates of car ownership per househols and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn," Thi just goes to show you that not only are cars bad for the enviornment and people's health but, they are bad financially for people to maintain and keep up. The automobile is what changed America back in the day. But it is causing some damae to us now.
Car limitations have some advanatges that are probably very beneifcial to us. We may think that cars are our only way of transportaion and that you need them to survive but, that is not necessarily true. Cars are great but up to a certain extent. | 5 |
8c67c23 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" i chosed to be on the maunufacturers side becuase the sensor is a good and safe idea for us people that drive. they can ster, accelerate,and break by themselves. There are some sensor that have a vibration in the seat it tells you when your vehicle is in danger backing into a danger.
object . Also using heads up displays when your driving like some thing are not available like trying to text and call someone on the phone.
The driverless car is a great idea beacuse the car tells you when you should break. Reason why this is a good ideas it can steer for you what if it really slippery out and you have no controll the sensor will help you keep calm of the car. The sensor tell you when you should go fast and slow down. this may reduce the amount of car crashes.
The senor that vibrate when you are driving is a well thought process because is your driving of the rode your seat will virbate telling you your off the road. also it tells you when you need to get back in your lane when you are driving. this will reduce car crashes because it helps indacte where you are driving.
lastley the camera and the beeping noise the car will make helps you move out the way. the sensor tells you when you are too close to a dangerous object so you should stop. | 2 |
8c7090b | I think that we should change from the Electoral College, to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Yes, the Elctoral College in good in some ways, but I believe the flaws it has out numbers the good things. When you vote you really aren't voting for the president but for a slate of electors, there was the 2000 fiasco, and there really isn't that many reasons to keep the current method of choosing our president.
According to the article "What is Electoral College?" The electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for the President and Vice President, and the counting of electoral votes by congress. So you really are'nt voting for the president but for a slate of electors. Elecotors can be anyone isn't holding a public office. Who is picked as the electors depends on the state. Sometimes there's state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, and sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Voters can't control who the electors vote for and sometimes voters get confused about electors and vote for the wrong candidate.
There was also the 2000 fiasco that was the biggest election crisis in a century, and the system allows for much worse, according to "The Indefensible Electoral College:Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong." There have been a few occasions where "faithless" electors have refused to vote for their party's candidate and casted the deciding vote for whomever they pleased. Oh, and what happens if a state sends two state electors to Congress? According to "The indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" it happened it Hawii in 1960. Luckily, Vice President Richar Nixon, validated only his opponent's electors, but he made sure to do so "without establishing a precedent." But who's to say it won't happen again?
The Electoral College does have some goods things about it as well. It states those things in the article "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President." 1. There is always a Certainty of Outcome "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible, but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. 2. It makes it Everyone's President."The Elecotral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal." Which means no regions has enogh elecotrol votes to elect a president. 3. Swing states, "the winner-take-all method of awarding elecotral votes includes the candidates to focus their campaigns efforts on the toss-up states." 4. Big States, "The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the Constitution" 5. It avoids run-off Elections, "Electoral College avoids the problem of electionsin which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast."
Now, you can see why I think we should change from the College Electoral to election by Popular Vote. The Electoral Vote does have it's advantages but I think the many disadvantages that come with it outweigh those advantages.
When you vote you really aren't voting for the president but for a slate of electors, there was the 2000 fiasco, and there really isn't that many reasons to keep the current method of choosing our president. | 4 |
8c70dbc | A planet that has enough heat and pressure to melt most metals and crush any submarine may not sound like an ideal location to visit, but scientists at NASA are determined on researching it because even though it has horribly immense climate, it may be the closest planet in our solar system to Earth. The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author speaks of how scientists strongly believe that learning more about Venus can lead to answers about the creation of Earth. It is an extremely difficult task to accomplish, as most rovers NASA has sent there have not lasted more than a mere few hours. In order to research the planet in depth, NASA would need to send living humans to Venus, however, this will be rediculously challenging and even more so dangerous. Even though it is dangerous, the author makes a valid point, NASA should be determined to research Venus since the discoveries made there can possibly give insight on what Earth may become.
Venus may have one of the harshest climates in our solar system, with an average temperature of 800 degrees Farenheit, and an atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than Earth's. Despite these major differences, it is also believed to be the closest to Earth by means of geological similarity. As stated in the article, scientists believe that Venus was most likely covered with oceans and quite possibly could have even hosted life. This idea is gathered from the similarities in structures between Earth and that volcano of a planet, like valleys, mountains, and an atmosphere. All of these facts are provide the possibility of being able to make human contact on Venus. Not only would that allow scientist to further research what Earth may become, but if humans are able to reside on another planet, it would greatly help rid overcrowding and Venus may be a future inhabitable location for humans.
Obviously, the idea of sending humans to Venus far excedes our current technology, but traveling to that planet may be the future of humanity. The author states that the value of returning to Venus is indesputable, yet horribly dangerous. Danger should not put off scientists into further discovering that planet, but rather it should encourage them to work even harder in order to someday provide a safe passage between Earth and Venus. This would be beneficial to human society, because it could potentially help rid future problems of overpopulation and even provide insight on what Earth may become. This all leads to concluding that the author made a most valid statement and provides evidence that provides wonderful reasoning as to why scientists should explore Venus and the benefits the exploration would provide. | 4 |
8c77043 | I disagree with the Driverless car. Any one could get hurt,and any thing could happen. The Driverless car s unnecessary and many ways. I will be telling you why I disagree with it and why it unnecessary.
The Driverless car is unnecessary because it will make people more lazy,and not want to do things. Doing that is not healthy,and it could turn and to bad habits. Having the Driverless car can make you lazy and being lazy can cause many health issues. It is not a good idea.
Also having the Driveless car is also can be a dangerous thing. Because it is technolgy something bad can happen any time. It could shut down in the middle of no where. Like for an example say the car stop working right in the middle of traffic. That is very dangerous for the driver,the person that is driving,and the person that is crossing the street. That is another reason why it's not a good idea.
In conclusion The Driveless car is not a good idea. It can be dangerous at many points. The article say "Presently,traffic laws are written with the assumption that only safe car has human driver control at all times." It can make you lazy. It also can be dangerous because technolgy is not alway reliable. That is why it's not a good idea. | 2 |
8c7c4fd | I was very excited about my first trip to the West Coast (California) that I took last summer. It was a place Ive always fantazized over because of its variety of beauty from the surfing beaches to the skiing mountains to the north. When I first landed in LA, I expected some hustle and bustle of the city like Miami, but it was overwhelming to see the smog and traffic that polluted many peoples views of California, along with the air. Unfortunately, this is the case in many car intensive cities across the globe where limiting car usage would go a great deal farther than people actually know. The advantages of limiting car usage would allow for cleaner cities with less air pollution, and provide safety for pedestrians and even other car-users.
According to source 1 on car-free cities, Elizabeth Rosenthal states "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in car-intensive areas of the United States" (Rosenthal, paragraph 5). This stat only presents part of the problem as the commercial and delivery industry add to that figure as well. Limiting car usage across the world is becoming more and more porular, as people finally come to realize the devastating effects of the greenhouse gas emissions on the atmosphere. Projects in places like France, Colombia, the United States, and other countries across the globe are making a huge effort at reducing car usage, and according to source 4 by Rosenthal, they seem to be working. " Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by"(paragraph 29). Obviously, car usage altogether will not end, but limiting it can do a great deal in protecting the only planet sustainable for human life.
Furthermore, limiting the use of cars in areas of large pedestarian population, such as New York City, would ultimately lead to less tragic car accidents. Approximately 500 car accidents occur daily in the United States and probably upwards of 5000 across the globe. Car accidents are the leading cause of death in many societies which is unfortunate because almost all are preventable. Its when the driver is given too much power behind the wheel that their guard is let down. The rise of cellphones and texting have not helped the situation at all either. The good news is that the programs used worldwide solely for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, are also reducing car accidents. " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France" (Duffer, paragraph 14). Also in source 3 describing Bogota's Car free day is spreading to other countries of Latin-America with the intention of reducing traffic and allowing safer passage for pedestrians.
Ultimately, the importance of limiting car-usage across the world is being seen as crucial and is starting to take off. Limiting car usage reduces air pollution which is a serious threat to humanity these days, and also diminishes car related accidents. At the end of my trip to California, I was able to see the real beauty of the nature outside the city, when I got off the highway. | 5 |
8c7ca7b | The Face of Mars is not created by aliens, NASA's Viking 1's picture was only thought as " made by aliens" because of the shadows. In 2001 NASA took another picture of the Face on Mars, but with better resolution. It was proved that the Face was in fact just a natural landform in Mars, called a mesa. One reason this was not created by aliens was because the Face was found around Cydonia, a region in the Red Planet. A Martian mesa were common around Cydonia.
First of all, It only looked like a face because of the unsual shadow that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah. Scientist from NASA even took picture of the Face more than 20 times already, and as the resolution got better; pictures of the Face got more clear, and one can see that it is just another landform in Mars that look like a landform on Earth. Scientists already proved that Mars was once just like Earth, which meant there were many different, odd shape landforms. Even in Earth there are a bunch of landform that look like something else, so this means that Mars will also have odd shape landform.
Secoundly, one can be fooled by everything they see, even sugar look like salt. The point is, the Face in 1976 does kind of look like an Eqyptian Pharaoh but in the picture taken in 2001 showed that it look like a common landform from the American West. Just because it look like a Face does not means it was created by an alien life form. Currently there is no prove that alien life form even exists, if NASA ever found of about alien life form, the news will leaked out and the public will be able to see it. Do not be decieved, you can not just make up random fact just so satisfied your curiousity, look at the facts more then make a guess on what might have happened.
With using common sense, one can see that it is just another landforms in Mars that look like Lanforms from Earth. One might be thinking "NASA could jusy be lying to us, the government does not want us to find out about alien life form in the first place" that might be true, but why would the government release this news out in the fist place if they didn't want the public to find out about any alien life form. In the article it even stated that a few days later after NASA sees this they release it out for the public to see.
NASA's scientist have already told the public about how they found new kind of landforms on Mars, so that's one reason to know that there will be more; that does not means that aliens created these "monument". There is currently no proof that alien exist or even if they created this Face on Mars. Currently saying, this is just another amazing landform found in Mars that is unique abotu Mars. It also looks like the Face have eyes and nose, but it is just and illusion created by the shadows.
In Conclusion, you can say that this is an amazing landform that is created by God. It was release because NASA thought it would be a good way to engage the publin and attract attention to Mars, which it did. It also make others believe in aliens more than they ever did. This was a win-win for both the public and the scientists. As technology advanced we can see more clearly that it is just a natural landform that exist in Mars. It also proves that Mars might just once be like Earth because of their landforms. Instead of Venus as Earth twin's sister, Mars and Earth are look alike than ever. Garvin, Mars Global Surveyor even said it reminds him of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. | 4 |
8c803bb | Did you know Venus is the second planet from our sun? Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point from Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. You will learn why Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present.
In the story " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it talks about how the study of Venus is worthy to be studied despite the dangers of it. In the article is said "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has surface valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long frames of space travel"
This explains why the author suggest studying Venus would be worthy because it can help us in the future with space travel. It also says NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. For example, some simplifed elecronics made of silicon caride have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and has lasted three weeks in such conditions. There coming up with ideas to study Venus.
Other example thats shows why the author suggest that studying Venus is worthy. In the article is said " NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray" This explains that scientist are trying different ideas to get closer to Venus. They want to see how it looks. They also want to send humans to go study Venus. In the text it said "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This explains that it make be it may not be easy for us to send humans to Venus but they will survive. That is very good for us to send humans to study Venus.
The author most likely suggest that studying Venus is worthy because it can help us with space travel. Even though there are some dangers that it can present. It will be very exciting to see how other planet operates. Those are my reasons why the author suggest Venus is worthy to be study. | 3 |
8c820ae | Are driverless cars safe? A new invention of cars have been created which allows you to drive without necessarly driving. In many ways this is a smart and creative way of thinking. Though it does have some negative sides to it. Though in some cases I would argue for the developement of these cars.
In many cases driverless cars are more useful and environment friendly. It would use half of the fuel used today by most cars and offers more flexibility than a bus. Even though they are considered "driverless" they still require the same amount of attention as you would if you were actually driving. Some of these cars have been tested and can drive more than half a million miles without a crash which is higher than average vehicle which can travel less and is more likely to crash. These inventions do the samething any normal vehicle would do, they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. This means that it could give driver a break to relax while stil focusing on the road. The individual gives all prioritites to the car itself but when the driverless car senses that it there is something ahead or near that it cannot do by itself it will alert the driver. The car has things such as vibrating seats and flashing lights on the windshield to alert the driver.
Not only does the driverless car drive by itself with the help of some human skills but it also helps with safety issues. The driverless car has a invention of sensors that are on the far which are said to "Allow far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." The built in software can cause the car to apply brakes and reduce power from the engine when it detects out-of-control skids or rollovers. Also it can allow drivers to do thinks such as text and drive without having the safety issue of recking because the driverless car is driving for them and can alert the indvidual when he or she needs to take over.
Although the driverless cars have both positive and negative aspects about it there are far more positive things to say. It allows drivers safer than any human could possibly driver and it also also the driver to have a break while still being able to focus on the road. While the only negative concern is if you wreak. Therefore driverless cars have proven that they are a good and safe invention. | 4 |
8c83d4f | According to the article there has been a new technology invented called the Facial Action Coding System. The new technology was made to be able to reconzie a facial expression od how someone is feeling. My prompt is to explain weather this new piece of technology would be useful in a classroom, and i think that it coyuld be useful in a classroom. I believe that i would keep many fights from happening because would be abe to stop it befor it happens even though the technology dosnt tell what your thinking it could extress your emothions and someone could just atlk to you about what going on before it was the go any farther. Also i think it would be a good idea to use ina classromm setting because wha if a studen thereats to be a school shooter and as a techer you jus let those words go over your head and a studen be serious that tehnology will determant the student emotions and i think you wouuld be able to base the feelings on their actions they said the would take. This would save student teachers etc from bring weapons into a school setting to protect themselves.
Also this would be a goood idea because in school some studen are just to shy to raise their hand in class to ask a question they would ofect express being confused through facial expressions and the teacher would be able to tell their confused, it would seperate the confused ones from the ones who understand. It also could work out well for the students you could be able to see how your teacher is feeling. Half the times some student just go to class not ac ting like a student but alos not knowing how their teacher is feeling, and I think if more people knew they would be more conciderent. | 3 |
8c8824c | Dear state senator,
I ask you to change the voting methods to popular vote instaed of Electoral collage because the candidates for presidency give no importance to small states that do not have many electoral collage votes; focus more on those that have many Electoral collage votes and candidates for presidency dont need to be the most popular of all to win the presidency.
Candidates don't really care for small states with small population because they know that they don't matter in the resultof them being elected as president or not. According to "The Indefensible Electoral Collage: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer "Seventeen states didn't see the candidates al all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get so see a single campain as. "You may ask yourself why they didn't see any of of this well one thing that both of them share is that they dont have as many electoral collage votes as other states like Califoprnia that has 55 electoral votes. And it's a winner take all the less popular candidate from the state doesn't get any votes at all.
You dont have to be the most popular in the nation in order to win the precidency and its a winner take all. According to the "The Indefensible Electoral Collage: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer "Voters vote not for the president, but for a slater of elctors, who in turn elect the president." For example when bush was running for precident he was not the most popular in the natuion and Gore was, in the end Bush was elected president for winning more the electoral votes then Gore. This is unfair for many people because more then half the nation didn't want Bush but yet he was elected without the popular vote.
However According to "In Defense of the Electoral Collage: Five reasons to keep our despised methods of choosing the
President" by Richard A. Posner there is less likely to be a dispute over the electoral collage votes then in a dispute over the popular vote. It also requires a a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. "The electoral collage avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.
This is why I ask you state senator to change from Electoral Collage voting methed to The Popular voting to elect The President Of The United states Of America because the candidates for presidency give no importance to small states that do not have many electoral collage votes and care more for those that do plus the candidate doesn't have to be the most popular in the to win the elections to become the President of the U.S.A. | 4 |
8c89d5d | There was a boy named Luke Bomberger. And Luke asked this friends if they want to take a trip to Europe on a cattle boat. And Lukes friends said no and Luke said why not they said cause we dont want to go, "ok said Luke".
Two weeks later Lukes friends came and said give us some reasons why should we join the program. Luke gave them reasons one you can get a chance to go away somewhere with your friends,2 this can be your opportunity of a life time,3 you are going to Europe in a boat with your friends,4 we are going to travel around the world,5 we are going to sail across the Atlantic Ocean,6 it is going to a great sightseeing to so I think you should come with me. And when I go i'am going by myself and I want some of my friends to come with me when I go.
One week later Lukes friends came to his house and said Luke are moms gave us pramishin to go with you to Europe and where ever else we have to go. Luke said so you can join the program yes they said so Luke went in his house and grabed a papper and have them snig a papper that they get to go on the trip with him. So two months later they went on the trip to Europe. | 2 |
8c8c4c0 | The science of emotion recognition is complex and is becoming exponentially more complex the further a topic is being disscused. In the realm of arguing weather the use of emotional recognition technology should be used in a classroom can be a very difficult tquestion. On one side, you can say it may invade privacy, but on the other hand, it could help teachers see if students are understanding the topic. The question still lies on which one is more important for both the student and the teacher. In my opinion, this technology should be implemented into classrooms internationally because it will help students learn more effectivley, but also it will enhance the teachers teaching ability when they know where they're students are going array.
This technology could be very benificial for students across the globe. The ability for a piece of technology to understand your emotions could come in handy. There are many outgoing students, but there are also many introverted students. Some students may not feel confident enough to ask for something to be repeated, so they may simply sit at their desks puzzeled for the rest of the class, while a simple question could've avoided this. If this technology is instituted, it will automatically know when a student isn't confident on the information and alert the teacher. By doing this, the introverted student won't be confused for very long and the topic could be revisited without the student to have to personally ask. It not only will help introverted students, but students across the board. Every student will benifit form this technology and will display in their grades. With this technology, the students acedemic achievements will expand exponentially. Becuase of this ability for teachers to understand their emotions, the quick turn around of revisiting the topic and teaching it a little differently could help the students absorb all the information, especially the information that they mau have not conprehended initally. This technology will be very valuable for the students for both their enjoyment throughout school becuase of the reduced stress, and their improvents in acedemic grades.
This technology is not only bennifical to the students, but to the teacher as well. For the teacher they will automatically know if a student is struggling and in what topic. Thius could be very valuable to create a strong teacher studnent realtionship where the teacher is able to understant the smallest change in emotion to when they're confused or if they understamd it. This relationship could improving the learning environment and how comfortable a student with their students and peers. This technology could help teachers in both big and small schools. In big lecture halls, it may seem to be difficult for a professor to understand the emotions of all the students sitting before them, they might not even be able to see everyone because some may sit further away. With this new technology, teachers could be notified when some students become confused and then revisit a topic. Small classrooms could benifit greatly to this as well. Althought they are in a closer proximity then in lecture halls, they still will have the issue of not understanding the emotions which could lead to confusion. In smaller classrooms the teacher could know what they're doing wrong and be able to fix this easily without having to disturb the students. They can evaluate the emotions throughout the lesson and then later, they can change their lesson plans to adapt to the confusion of the students. This is again, a very valuable piece of technology that could help the teachers grow in their profession.
Initally one may think that this technology is redundant and that a teacher could just help the student, and that it may be invading the students privacy. In reality, this technology continues to prove its many values, and it's evergrowing amount of benifits that completly overpower all the ideas that some may think its unnimportant. This technology is valuable to both teachers and students equally. The teachers are able to improve their teaching techniques and the students understand more in school. This technology, however, is nowhere near done. This technology can be further improved in many aspects. I could keep improving and always creating a smarter version of the present day technology, that may one day, change the course of education forever. This could be implemented in the online schools to understand if a student comprehends the information the value of this is unspeakable and should be institued in classrooms globally. | 5 |
8c97f35 | The way the author suports his idea is good enough to understand the danger and consequences of it. starting off on paragraph 1 the author let's us know that venus is
the secound planet from our sun. He also let's us know that venus is simple to see from distance but its every challenging to examine when you're closely. The author lets us know earth and mars are is other door neighboors. The author tells us that venus is hard to examine being close to it due to high tempeures.
The author also tells us that there haven't been a spacecraft that has touched down on venus for more than 3 decades. The author supports this with saying that spacecrafts only survive a few hours. meanig that venus is a very hot planet which makes it hard for humans to study it. NASA is working on electronics made of slilicon for us to be able to study venus.
The author supports the idea in every way he could when he said it was challenging for humans to study venus. He let's us know why and how he mentions in paragraph 3 that the atmosphere is thick of almost 97 carbot dioxide.
He also tells us that tempeture avarage aare over 800 degrees fahrenheit letting us know humans can't suprt that type of tempeture. He also calls out some solutions on how humans could live in venus but he let's us know that the conditions would be bad but that it is survivable.
The author let's us know in parageraph 7 that NASA is working on simplified electonics made of silicon. And that the ones that have been made have lasted about 3 weeks in such conditions . He also let's us know that another project is looking back to an old technolgy called mechanical comuters. He explains that these computers were used back in world war ll they were very important he let's us know that it did not require electronics at all he explains mddern comuters are more delicated. what the author is saying that these computers are resistant compared to the compiuters we use now in days the author explains his view and supports it in every paragraph. | 3 |
8ca8865 | For me this would be really useful in my math class, I tend to not be truthful when the teacher askes me if I understand what she had just said manily because I don't like to rase my hand. If we had this in school, in the classrooms the teachers could just go back and look at the computer and see if we are really understanding what she is explaining. I feel as if everyone could pass if the teacher knew what everyone was understanding and if she needed to stay on a topic a little while longer. Not only would this come in handly for school related things but if a teenager or kid was smiling all the time but really felt down the teachers would know and could talk to the person on the side. It could help prevent school shooting, suicide, self-harm, being afread of not passing and more. This could really take mankind to the next leavel and push us further, mentaly.
This could save milloins of lifes if we brought this into schools. people could fix there grades and not be ashmed of not knowing the answers to the questions. " The proces begins when the computer constructs a 3-D compurer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movment of on or more muscles is called an action unit." "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated each with characteristic movments of the facial muscles. For exaple, your frontalis muscle." therefore teachers could tell if we dont understand a topic, pulling us aside later on before moving on and letting us get extra help. They could pull us aside and ask us if everything was going alright at home if we look really upsed or sad, anger, or even disgust.
We could change lifes if we get this, there wont be school shootings and it could be more safe for kids to go to school and we wouldn't feel like it could be our last day. We as students have the right to feel safe, to feel like we can acomplish what we need to acomplish without feeling ashamed. This could be a new start to a new begining. | 3 |
8ca924c | This could be it, the new Facial Action Coding System ! This system is a very unique way to tell and spoil how you are really feeling and what your emotions are. This new system starts with a 3-D computer model and all of the human muscles. It will basically scan your face and tell you your emotions. I think this is a fantastic way to get people to change there mood or to tell how people really feel because people hide there emotions and this system could be a new big thing.
Some people may not agree on many things, but maybe people could try this. Some adults worry about how student or there children are feeling and if they did the Facial Action Coding System it would be a way to express there emotions and tell how they really feel. It's as simple as a fake or real smile, the rising of an eyebrow, or even the squinting of your eyes. All of those qualities can tell you what your emotions are with using the Facial Action Coding System. Like the passage states, " The Mona Lisa demomstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face ", and so could the FACS. Seeing student down isn't pleasent and shouldn't be. Using the FACS is a way to tell, but don't put on a fake smile !
The Facial Action Coding System could go world wide and change lives. It could go to every school and make a difference ! This system could be valuable but some people may see it different. Not everyone would want to do this because some don't want to express there emotions. If schools invested in this system, it could change those that don't want expressed to being expressed and happier. It could also just tell you where your're at and what emotions you could work on or otherwise. Some may like, and some may not. Reasearchers show the putting on a "
Real Smile " can make you happier and change your mood. The science of emotions could be a thing of the future, but even more so with the Facial Action Coding System. | 3 |
8cad5af | Germany-Residents are suburan pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting have ever gone before: they have given up their cars.
Street parking, driveways and hoem garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg. Car ownerships are allowed to park on the edge of the street, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development. They buy space for 40,000 along with their home.
70 percert of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. They all say they are much happy this way and love that they sold their car just to move somewhere they wanted to live. People that are walking down the street usually get talked about and get weird stares because most people have car and don't walk.
In 2006, Vauban completed an example of a growing trend in Europe, teh United States and elsewhere to seperate suburan life from auto use, a compnonet called "smart planning."
Middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to mkae their homes. Experts say thats a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. 12 percent green house gas emissions in Europe and up to50 percent some car-intensive areas in the United States.
New York suburbs with spread-out homes and private garages, ere the dream towns of the 1950s and still exert a strong appeal. The Environmental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities, and legislators are starting to act cautiosly. IN the previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport.
In Colombia a program that's set to spread to other countried, millions of Coolombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day, leavingthe street to this capital city eerly devoid of traffic jams.
The third straight year cars have been banned with only busses and tavis permiteed for the Day Without Cars int his capital of 7 million. The goal is; promote alternative transportation and reduce smog.
The day without cars is part of an omprovement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. Its seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of Latin American city, according to the mayor. Parks and sports centers also have bllomed throughtout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replace by bread, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.
President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will geta fortuitous assist. Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year passes. The United States, has no longer been on of the world's prime car cultures.
America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling. When they adjusted the population growth, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter. In January 1995, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was.
Many sociologists believe it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment. Companies like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves "mobility' companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle. With all these cahnges, people who stopeed car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit.
A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Whether members of the millennial generation will start buying more cars once they have kids to take to soccer practice and school plays remains an open question.
At the Mobile World Congrew last year in Barecelone, Spain, Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. Publice transportation traffic, pedestrains, bicycles, private cars, commercial are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety. | 1 |
8cade18 | I dont think that the technology that shows peoples emotions should be for everyone.I think it should just be for scients to see more into human emotions and to see how it effects us. Letting anyone to have the ability to see emotions just from one simple picture could be harmful at times.
For example, someone could be very happy then a second later something sad popped into there head like their animal died and it makes them slightly sad, and then they send a picture to their friend and they might think that something really bad happened
but in reality nothing really did, but they keep on bugging them about it and it makes them get to get into a fight and ruins a friendship.
I am not saying that it wont be helpful but it could ruin something.There are different ways to see this, some people could see how it will help others, some see that its a threat or invasion of privacy.
But i think that it shouldnt come out yet because it could harm someone if it gets out of hand. | 3 |
8cb44f5 | Hi im Luke and I joined the Seagong Cowboy program before. Its really fun we get to go on trips and really have fun. You can go on how many trips you can, but
I went on 9 trips in the Seagong Cowboy pogram. Baseally all you do is help people and go on trips. You help people by helping with there animals,unloaded the animals.
They also have some fun time too. I found time to have fun on board,especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. We cowboys played baseball and vollyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also helped pass the time. Like i said its really fun.
The Seagong Cowboy program it open up the world to me, Im really grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs,and that awreness stayed with me leading my family to host a number of international students and exchange vistors for many years. It can do the same to you if you just try. | 3 |
8cbf347 | Some people might think that the Face photograph taken from 1976 is an alien artifact, an alien monument, or an Egyptian Pharaoh. However the Face is in fact a natural landform or a Martian Mesa. A Martian mesa is common around Cydonia or the Red Planet.
The evidence that the Face is a natural landform is because the Face was found around Red Planet or the Cydonia that commonly have Martian mesa . Even though the Martian mesa looks like a face, it is actually a giant rock formation "which resembles a human head...formed by shawdows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Also, when the Face was taken again on April 5,1998, by Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team with a ten times sharper camara compared to the origional Viking photos, it reveals that the Face was "no alien monument after all." Still, some doubt the picture of the Face because it was not in the right weather or angle. However, when Mars Global Surveyor took the picture of the face again at the right angle and weather, it revealed that the face was actually a Martian which is equivalent to a butte or mesa.
Some people might still think that the Face is an alien artifact, alien monument, or an Egyptian Pharaoh. However, the Mars Global Surveyor showed and provide evidence that the Face was a natural landform or a Martian Mesa that is common around the Red Planet. To sum it all up, the Face is a natural landform according to the evidence that the Mars Global Surveyor provided. | 3 |
8cc3b1e | Luke Bomberger had just graduated high school. Soon after he graduated, his friend, Don Reist, had invited him to go on a cattle boat to Europe. Luke knew he had to say yes, because he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
Some reasons to join the program are to help animals such as horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. You will also get to go to unique places. Some places you might get to go are New Orleans, Greece, Venice, China, and many more.
Luke had turned 18 before arriving in Greece, which meant he could be drafted for military service. "They got their seamans's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece-with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them . "When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service."By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made 9 trips-the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.
"The cattle-boatr trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy," he says. Also " Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. These are some reasons you should join, and a boy named Luke Bomberger who signed up, and had no idea that this would change his life. | 3 |
8cc630f | the author is looking for the study of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers,"A thick atmosphere of most 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets." Venus atmosphere on the planets surfac temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit,and atmosphere pressure is 90 times great than what our planet has but our planet has more humans enater. Venus and Mars ,our other planetary neighbor venus was covered with largely oceans long ago could have supported various forms of life ust like Earth. Today still has some features are anologous to those on earth, sending humans to study Venus NASA'S working on other approaches to studing venus in the 1800's played an important role in the 1940s during worlde war ll. struving to meet challenge presented by venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet because human will likely lead us into intimidating endearers. Our travels doubts meet the edges so we can say when we et older in life on old can say i been in space to see venus. | 1 |
8ccc143 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author, Nick D'Alto, provides information on FACS (Facial Action Coding Systems). I beilieve that this technology is valuable, because it could be used for educational, political, and entertainment purposes.
The first reason that the FACS system is valuable is that it could help students learn. D'Alto quotes Dr. Huang when he says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it coud modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."(D'Alto 6). This technology would make sure that every student has the help they need if they are confused. D'Alto also says "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive -- for video games or video surgury"(D'Alto 6). The FACS could be used for medical training as well as every day learning.
Secondly, the FACS could be used for politics. In the article D'Alto states " The can even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."(D'Alto 7). This applies to politics, because politions who are ingenuine would be easily caught. D'Alto furthurs this thinking by saying "these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" polititian or celeberty isn't being truthful."(D'Alto 8). This shows that this field of study is already applied to politics, but that the FACS will only inporove our ability spot the fakers.
Lastly, this technology could be used for entertainment purposes. D'Alto mentions that mimicking facial expression is used in the acting world. D'A;to say that an acting coach has his actors "carefully reproduce smiling and frowning faces as a way of creating these emotions on stage."(D'Alto 9). The FACS could help these actors more accuratly display the emotions their characters are feeling. Another way D'Alto says FACS could impove entertainment is by saying "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive--for video games"(D'Alto 6). Making the characters in video games more expressive would have the same affect as making actors expressions more accurate. It creates a sense of realism and emersion to the audience, thus inproving the experience as a whole.
In conclusion I believe the FACS system could be very valuable in many ways.
It can help students study, call out fake celeberties or polititians, or make entertainment better. | 4 |
8ccf443 | The ozone layer is dissolving, there is no scientific question about it. The world is covered in pollution and in a million years the sun is supposed to swallow most of the planets in the solar system. If we need to flee our planet we need to find our best options and venus might be one of the best.
Venus is often referred to as ¨Earth´s twin¨ , it is about the same size and density, and contains many geographical features that are found on Earth. Many of the gases on this planet can be found on Earth or even be breathed out of your own body (CO2). Venus has many similarities to the Earth we love, learning as much as possible about Venus can help us in the long term. In the text the author talks of how Venus is right around the corner from us and how scientists are trying to build a spacecraft that will be able to withstand the tempretures of the hostile planet. If we humans can acsess information of the planet, when our ozone layer is completly perferated we may be able to switch planets for better living conditions.
Knowing what thrives around us and our planet is not particulary a bad thing. We may have to make adjustiments to our work ethic but it will eventually pay off in the scheme of things. What if there is more life out there? What if the movies you grew up watching are more nonfictional then first thought? Precious metals that can be used to fight wars on Earth are plentiful in surrounding planets and astroids, we just need to find them. Regardless the ozone layer of our planet will not hold forever, we need to know our options for our future progeny.
In conclusion the risks m ay be high but the reward is much higher, we need to explore our options as homosapiens and decide what the risks are worth. The stakes are set pretty high for us, and Venus just may be the answer we've been searching for. | 3 |
8cd1c55 | The use of this technology is , identifying human emotions. This technology has classified six basic emotions which are , happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. This new software is called, the Facial Action Coding System.
This technology should be worried about other people, other then students. I say that because there's other people that go through stress and would like to know whats going on with there selfs or having problems.This technology could help alot of poeple. One of my opinons is to have this technology in a class , so students that want to learn this stuff or interested in this stuff should take it. But this technology shouldn't just read peoples emotions without asking. For example , they use this technology with videos games as well , like thats a good use for this technology; so the characters on games could appear more realistic. But this technology should only be in the use, if only the person wants to do it.
Yes , this technology caught my eyes, something I would try and something I would love to learn more , because I would like to see if you're happy or depressed. | 2 |
8cd41e6 | The author does not support his idea well. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." the author never really gives us a good reason to explore and investigate Venus. The author mainly supports his idea with the fact that Venus may have been like Earth a long time ago, but it is not really necessary to learn about Venus.
In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." the author supports his idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by comparing it to Earth and how it has many Earth-like features, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" paragraph 4. And even though this may have been true this is not nessacary. If we do somehow figure out a way to study Venus, what would we do with that information, it's just useless information.
The author gives us some information about Venus in paragraph 3, "temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." from this description we know that Venus has extreme conditions, and that it is inhospitable for humans, paragraph 4, "our sister planet is so inhospitable". If human cannot inhabit Venus what would be the purpose of spending a lot of money in order to obtain information for our curiosity.
In the article the author spends more time talking about how we would be able to explore Venus than why we should explore Venus. Out of 8 paragraphs the author gives us 2 paragraphs on why we should explore Venus, in paragrpah 2 he tells us that it is one of the closest planets to us. In paragraph 4 he tells us that astronomers are curious about Venus because it is so alike to Earth. Then in paragraphs 5, 6, and 7 he talks about NASA how they will go about exploring Venus, "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape." instead of just giving us more than 2 reasons on why we should spend our money and time to do something pointless.
The author did not support his ideas well. In the article he wrote more on how we would get to explore Venus rather than giving us more than two reasons on why we should explore Venus. In the article he gives us one big reason why we shouldn't try to explore, we can't inhabit Venus because of the extreme environment. And if we can't really do anything with that planet why bother trying to explore it. | 4 |
8cd665c | In our world today people have so many emtions they use on a daily basis. Emotions can help someone figure out if a friend is upset or how their day is going. On the other hand Dr. Thomas Huang of Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois wanted to decode all human emotions. The way that he could decode emtions is through a system called them Facial Action Coding System. Being able to read peoples emotions can help people under stand and learn what someone is feeling.
Dr Huang wanted a better way to read peoples emptions, instead of reading every indavidual muscle in the face. Then having to figure out the emotions of thr person on their own. Having a computer system to detect the emtions is faster snd easier to detect. Dr. Huang and his collegue Dr. Sebe are "exsperts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate." The computer is built to construct a 3-D computer model of the face and all 44 muscles on the human face to detect what emotions. One reason why the system was built, was for class rooms. The system would identify the mixed emotions of the students and help solve the problems. The system would observe the students to see if they are bored, upset, confused, and more. Dr. Huang states "Then it could modify the leason, like an effective human instructor. This system would help so much in the class rooms. Even tho the system would cost alot and would be awkward for it to watch your every face muscle. But the system would help in class rooms and to help the students with their problems and needs.
The Facial Action Coding can help generations of people in the future and their emtions. The system can help with fixing problem for students and even passient of doctors. Even tho people normally communicate through talking, alot of our communication is from the faces that humans make. The emtion system will forever change the way scientists look at peoples emotions and the way they feel emotionaly forever. | 3 |
8cd77b3 | Life has revolved around driving since the termination of World War II. In sources 1 and 4, the authors mention the population's inhabitants have greatly reduced or stopped car usage wholly voluntarily. While in sources 2 and 3, the cities have banned car usage on certain days. The advantages of limiting car usage include less pollution and increased accessability to the entire city.
Pollution is an large issue in todays world. According to Rosenthal in source 1, "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States (P5)." The use of cars has created smog in many large cities. The 2009 Olympics in Bejing required the city to reduce car usage in order to clear the air. Those participating and attending the event were in danger of harming their lungs. The citizens of Bejing has already been noted to wear respirators and other devices to filter the toxins from the air they breathe. In this extreme case, it was manditory to cut the usage of cars down. But in other cities, they have not reached this extreme and it can be easily prevented by limiting car usage. Duffer mentions the pollution in the skies of the global city of Paris has been noticably decreased(P19). In another scenario of pollution in the atmosphere, the city has taken initiative to ban cars depending on the number of their license plate. Without the emissions from the cars, the air would be clean to breath and a better sight as well.
The new generation has grown up with cars yet when the time comes to obtain a license, they forgo the oppurtunity. Selsky says that without cars, the city's parks and sports centers have been heavily visited. The pedestrian walkways and shopping centers have also came in large numbers(P28). Due to the abandonment of cars, upscale commerce and new restaurants were constructed. Rather than a large mall near some interstate or other large roadway, shopping districts have transformed into locations in which are near public transportation or in walking distance. Rosenthal shares an anecdote that outlines that public transportation, car-pooling, and even walking have replaced the car for himself and his children(P40). Public transit is not viewed down upon anymore, it is a smarter way of getting from one place to another. Car-pooling isn't a desprete call, it is a resource that has become essential and benificial to both parties. A combination of car-pooling, walking, and public transit makes the city much easier to access and explore.
The development of cities is no longer based on cars. It is now be based upon the access it will give to those without cars. Limiting the use of cars makes the city improved in many ways. Clean air and more efficient ways of transportation highlights that cars are no longer needed and limiting car usage will have even more advantages in the future. | 5 |
8ceea76 | With a time like this, your country needs you most. That is one of the many reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program, you will see amazing sights, and have fun while you work.
When you join the program, you will have opportunities to see parts of the world you never thought you would see. You will see Europe, China, and even Greece. You an even take a gondala ride in Venice, Italy, or marvel at the sight of the Panama Canal. You can see th Acropolis in Greece and castles in Crete. But those are not the only benifits. Even tough taking care of animals is hard work, you still have time to have fun. When we unload the animals, We often do things to pass the time where we used to keep them. Games like baseball, volleyball, and even table-tennis tournaments.
We sometimes do boxing, fencing, whittling, reading, and other games.
When you join the Seagoing Cowboys you will open up a world of opportunities. But it is much more than just an adventure, it opens up the world to you. | 2 |
8cf1992 | Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. In paragraph 3 the anthor include the dangers in Venus. The author stated the atmosphere is thick and cover 97 percent of carbon dioxide, Venus's suface temepatures is over 800 Fahrenheit, which the hottest in the solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Even thought it's dangerous, Venus can be fascinated plant to explored.
In paragraph 4, the astronomers are fascinated by how Venus is closely ralated to Earth. They even says Venus was once a Earth like planet. Long ago Venus was probably covered with a largre oceans and may have some form of life, just like Earth. This may be a great oppituneited for Astronomers to land on to discover more about Venus. In paragraph 5, the author stated NASA is trying to find a solution to send human to study Venus. By studing the suface of Venus they will build a vehicle hovering 30 or miles above the landscape. NASA is also working on other appoaches to studying Venus.
They are doing simplified electronics made of silicon carbide, and looking back to old technology. The author give details about the old technology which gave a better understand on what they are capable of. For example, It play a big part in World War ll. The author also stated the mechanical parts in the modern time has more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.
In conclusion, the author gave the reader a great supporting idea about Venus being a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Even mention how dangerous Venus can be, so the reader can have the better understanding the dange it can be. | 3 |
8cf1c57 | The introduction of the Facial Action Coding System to the classroom is not an intelligent plan. The way the system would read a classroom to tell if a student is confused or happy would go well for some, but prove only to be a barrier for others, while also raising the issue of privacy.
Firstly, classrooms are required to focus on more than one student. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." (Paragraph 6). However, a computerized teacher cannot change the lesson plan for the whole class based on the needs of one student. If one single student gets confused, it is no benefit to the whole class for the teacher to go over the whole lesson again, especially if the student is not paying attention or messing around. This leads into the second issue.
How would a computer handle a student that is not paying attention? "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."(Paragraph 6) However, even the most effective human teachers struggle to deal with some students. There are always students that refuse to pay attention, no matter how much the lesson plan is modified to suit their needs. Modifying for the needs of the students would only be damaging to the class.
Speaking of damaging, there is the slight issue of the privacy of emotions. While there are no doubt many people that would be excited to bring this technology into the classroom, there are also many people who would probably take issue with a computer reading their emotions like a book. "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad.", the article states in paragraph 6. While this is an exciting possibility, there are obviously many people who will say that this technology goes too far. A computer reading your emotions may open you to being taken advantage of, which is certainly not something anyone wants occuring to our students in the classroom. There will always be people who prefer to keep the privacy of their emotions, well, private. Especially from a computer.
These reasons are what I believe to be solid proof that you canno introduce a technology like the Facial Action Coding System into the classroom. There are just too many issues that will need to be sorted out before anything like that can be allowed to happen. | 4 |
8cf3994 | Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries. Do you ever get bored at school? This technology will help keep you concentrated and excited to do school work. The program is a good idea because it will keep kids from zoning out because their bored. It is a well needed device because, it will help students interested in school and not wake up in the morning and say," I dont want to go to school today."
We humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. But a teacher can't do it to every student at once. The program will see if kids are happy, sad, angry, and bored. Then it will change the lesson to adjust to your emotions. Say you were doing a lesson on the computer and it was really boring. The program would see that you are bored and adjust the lesson to make you interested in the lesson. This program would help a lot of students stay interested in schoool.
Some might say it's an invasion of our privacy. It would invade our emotions and some might not like that. But this will help your kids stay interested in school and want them to porsue a career that they want because this taught them what they wanted to do and showed them what excites them. | 3 |
8cf48b2 | Many Americans today use cars to commute from one place to another, like work or going to school. However, in recent times, car usage has significantly decreased due to its beneficial effect on many communities. Based on the information given, there are many advantages of limiting car usage.
One of many advantages of limiting the usage of cars is that it can help the community. With lower car usage, the community's environment can potientally become much better. According to Source 2, France's partial driving ban caused its congestion to go "down 60 percent... after five-days of intensifying smog." This drastic change in France's car traffic prevented further pollution and smog, which hurts the community. Addtionally, limiting car usage can push more people into excercising more. In Bogota, Colombia, many Colombians "hiked, biked, skated..." during their car-free days (source 3). Also, many "parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city" (source 3). With an increase of excercise, the community's people will not only become healthier and fitter, but prevent any more damage to the community.
Futhermore, lowering car uage will benefit the community's patrons by providing a cleaner lifestyle. With limiting their car usage, the people of the community will save more money. According to Source 1, although cars aren't recommended, a car-owner may "buy a space, for $40,000, along with a home (source 1)." Normally, a decent size house is approximately $100,000 to $ 150,000 with parking as well. To add onto this, gas prices can become very expensive, especially to those to drive a lot. All this money spent on a pollution causing car can be put towards a child's education, or the community's benefit. Plus, the stress of ensuring a car's wellbeing at all times is eliminated as well, decreasing the amount of stress in citizens. Addionally, people are more happy with limited usage of cars. People like Heidrun Walter have said "I'm much happier this way (source 1)," because they feel safer and can provide more to the community. Happier people in the community leads a much cleaner, stress-free lifestyle where its inhabitants are able to thrive more.
The advantages of limiting car usage includes assisting the community and providing a cleaner lifestyle for its patrons. With a positive community, the future generation's lifes will be enhanced. The youth of a community with a great outlook on the world will provide futher citizens with another fantasic community with the potential to grow and change. However, without this, the community will not thrive nor grow. | 4 |
8cf6d8b | Dear senator of Florida. I am here today to tell you what I think about the Electoral College. I think the the Electoral College is a very irrational way to elect our presidents of the untied states of America. It might have been effective when it was first created, but now it dosent seem like it can work out anymore. Let me tell you why.
Well for starters, under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. This was stated by Bradford plumer in his article : The indefensible Electoral college: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. This is not fair to the citizens. They should be alowed to vote for whatever president they want, instead of letting a bunch of electors "pledged" to the candidates vote for them.
Plumer also writes : "Can voters control whom their elctors vote for? Not always." What does this mean? It means that the times when they can"t control them, they could be using the citizens vote to vote for other Candidates other than the ones they are supposed to be pledged to. It's not fair that sometimes citizens can't control who their elctors vote for. This shows that this great "system" is starting to fall Apart. If it was such a great system, why cant citizens always have control over who their elctors vote for?
Plumer deides to write: "Do voters sometimes get cofused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes." This is why the Electoral College needs to be abolished. The electors put on a facade and allow the voters to become confused. This allows them to easily fall into the trap. Its like trying to show a blind man a picture. You must give details about it in order to create a picture for him to follow. This is what is going on with the voters. The electors sometimes gove them false information to follow, allowing them to vote for the wrong candidate.
In an article written by Richard A. Posner called: In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing our President, He states That the advocates are correct in aurguinng that the Electoral College is not democratic in a modern sense. Even an article that is supposed to support keeping the Electoral College says that it is not democratic. The irony of this is rather amusing. This clearly proves that the Electoral Collge is not democratic at all. How can we live in a democracy if we do not have a democratic voting system to live by? This is not a feasible system for a coutry thats supposed to be a democracy.
In Posner's article, he incorparates a Picture of the United States of America, which each state containing a number on it. The number represents the number of electoral votes given to each state. Why is it that larger states like Texas recieve 38 electoral votes while smaller states like vermont recieve 3? Lets be realistic for a minute. What can a state do with 3 electoral votes compared to one with almost 40? It dosen't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it's not much.
In Plumers article, he talks about the time a state sent two slates of electors to congress. It happened in Hawaii in 1960. Luckily, Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the Senate, validated only his opponent's electors, but he made sure to do so "without establlishing a precendent.". He finishes that section by asking: what if it happened again? This was not just a small little mistake that happened. That was a big problem that could have changed everything. The Electoral College Has to many flaws to keep running and this was one of them.
Before jumping to conclusions, you must ask yourself, is it really benaficial? wouldnt you like to be one hundred percent confident that your vote is give to the candidate that you chose? Not only sometimes? We the people are supposed to be able to vote ourselves, not some other imbicles that dont even get our votes right half of the time. America was meant to become a democracy, and if we keep the colleg, it will always keep us from becoming it. I agree that the Electoral College was one of the best Sytems created. Unfourtunatley, not everything was meant to work out in the long run. Jobs, careers, school, buisnesses, relationships, and the Electoral College. It has made vital mistakes that has caused us not to be able to have much faith in it anymore. It was good in the begining, but now its time for it to come to an end. | 5 |
8cf9d9a | I think its a good idea to have emotional expression in school and here's my reason why , its good to have something that with help a student to become susseful in life. The way it can help is that, it can help to help a student by if they get confused, loss and bored. the emotion type senear can let the teacher know or the computer know is that the student is sturgging, In the article at (pg 6) it said "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,". the computer can also can help someone in class with depression or saddness and the school can help them. it can read the muscule on the face to tell which face expression its doing. in (pg8) it say that " muscles called orbicularis"
"zygomatic major and a different muscule,". In conclusion i think its a good idea to bring out in to the world, also help out in class. | 2 |
8cfbbc9 | Dear Senator,
It is my belief that there is something unfair about the electorial college. Shouldn't the voters opinions matter?
With the way things are running now, the answer to that is a big, fat, no.
If we, the voters, vote for a presidential candidate and he/she gets the popular vote, then we want he/she to lead our country. But with the electorial college, what you're saying is basicallly, "We acknowledge that you like this candidate, but we don't, so your votes don't count". But please Senator, correct me if I'm wrong.
Another thing that grinds my gears is the fact that, by voting for a presidential candidate, you also vote for 34 or so electors pledged to the candidate. What if one of those electors recently caused a scandal? How can i trust them?
One thing I can not stand is dirty politics. But dirty politics is all we, the people, have been exposed to recently. How can I put my trust in the government with scandals left and right?
If you can not trust that your votes will be taken into account, how can you trust the leaders of your country?
Sincerely,
A Concerned Floridian | 2 |
8cfc1df | In the article the author trlls how a new technolgy called the Facisl Action Coding System that identify human emotions. The software is used to "calculate emotions". They can caculate six basic emotions "happiness, suprise. anger,disgust,fear, and sadness". It can tell all of thoes things by your face movements and how you talk. Anyonw can tell if you are sad and dont want to be bothered so it shows emotion but if you "put on a happy face" it could accully make you very happy.
The tecnology could help the student becuase it tells them whenthey are looking bored or sleepy. Dr. Huang is predicing that the tecnology could have a "effective human instructor" the tecnogly is very smart it could also make computer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. In the passage they gave an example of a real face painted of "Mona Lisa" becuase in the picture she has a stright face and she shows "no emotion". But it is also made to put a smile on your face.
The computer model of the face technology has to have a 3D face model and has to have "all 44 muscles in the model must move like human muscles". Humans "preform the same impressive calcualtion everday". everybody had diferent facal expressions.
In conclusion the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in the classroom is valialbe becuase they all need to know how there emotions are and how they are looking in a classroom or jsut on the daily basic. And they can also see what emotional are meaning at that tiem when they didnt. It aslo tells if someone has a real smile and a fake one. | 2 |
8d0350d | Driverless cars are coming to every day lives. We have to accept the fact that we as a nation are advancing in every way possible. I think the idea of having a autonomous car is mental. If the nation had "driverless" cars, drivers would still have to do all of the hardwork, like weaving in and out of construction. It's not safe having driverless cars on the road. The biggest question that goes through most peoples head is "Who is going to take the blame for the wrecks?".
As a current driver I think the worst parts about driving are dodging pot holes, getting cut off at your exit, going through heavy traffic, and lastly driving through construction. These new driverless cars are still forcing you to drive through the pot holes, traffic, and construction. The surrounding towns and roads around my town is full of pot holes and there is always something going on that requires roadworkers and tons of construction. I stil have to swurve around pot holes even if I had a smart, driverless car. I would have to still sit for an hour in traffic. I would still have to reduce my speed to twenty miles per hour to drive through construction. The autonomous car doesn't take away the worst part of driving. You still have to curse in the name of sweet mother Mary of Joseph everytime you see the orange road signs or when you see around two-hundred red brake lights.
"Driving" around in the driverless car is not safe at all. There is always going to be that one driver that sleeps, on the way home from a long, busy day at work. There would be vibrations in the seat that are supposed to alert the driver to take control when needed. Deep-sleepers and cars are not a good combination. A freght train couldn't wake the deep-sleeper up, let alone a little vibration in their seat.
The Google car is supposed to map out the world and not make any mistakes or crash. Recently a Google car wrecked into a bus or truck. The vibrations in the seat didn't tell the driver to take control. Driverless cars are not safe.
When a autonomous wrecks who is going to pay for the damage? The manufacturers? The driver of the driverless vehicle? It would be ridiculous if the passenger of the driverless vehicle had to pay for the damages. The company should pay for every single wreck that their abomination has caused.
Having driverless cars is a terrible idea, and we should stop trying to change the way automobiles are driven. We have bigger fih to fry like; upcoming wars, who is going into office, what do I need for dinner this week. All of those things are more important to think about than driverless cars. | 4 |
8d0fdf7 | Venus has been in our solar system's life for trillions of years now. Since the beginning of time humans have always looked up to to the sky with wonder and hope. Hope that one day we'd be able to take a better peek past our large atmosphere. One day we did finally achieve this by using spaceships and sateltes. Even though we achieved this, like many humans we'd still want more. There's always more to see out there in vast open space.
Fast forward many years later to present time. We've discovered most of the planets near our planet, Earth. Technology has even came so far to let us see things thousands upon thousands of miles past Earth. Even letting us have a glymps into other solar systems, but people still want more. It's always a good thing to want to learn more than you already know. One of the major things many people want to know are what planets we might be able to call our next home. The two major planets being Venus and Mars. The author of the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." breaks down this topic very well.
The authors claim within this article is that how there's a lot of dangers that come with Venus, but it's still worth studying and examining. The author states, "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features that are analogous to those on Earth.
The authors claim is a claim that many could probably pick sides with. The author constructs some good points and informs the reader about Venus's past while doing so. He even uses opinoins from other sources than his own words to back up his claim, these opinions/ideas coming from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The author of the article states, "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one partiocularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venujs would allow scientists to float above the fray. . .NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbibe have been tested in chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and has lasted for three weeks in such conditions". This text shows how other people, even NASA may feel about the idea of traveling to Venus.
The author of this article ends the article very well. He finishes it off with encouragement to the exploration to other planets near us and how we should keep pushing thru the dangers that may lie ahead. The text states, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". This sums up the essential idea being this essay. People more than likely can agree with his statements, although on the other hand many people may not.
Traveling to other planets may have its risks with it, but its always worth a shot. Learning more about our other planets like Venus can help us evolve as humans and help revolutionize the ideas behind space and the planets in space. | 5 |
8d177ee | The author gives facts all the through the article about venus. "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size." Saids the author. Each previous mission was nunamed, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for mare than a few hours. The author explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study. Which means for the author to get this much information about Venus, is kind of crazy in a since.
"On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit, and the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." The author has all of these facts, numbers, data, proof, ect, to back up everything that is being said through out this entire article. Also, the author talks about the conditions of encounter on Earth; such as environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. The author supports the claim by telling us all of the facts and details about Venues. That makes sense and goes right along with the article. "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even through Mercury is closer to our sun."
I like how by reading this article, you can learn many things; new things. That you might not have even known before. Not just about Venus; but about our solar system as a whole. "why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" The author creates questions through out the article to make the reader get into the article more. To get the reader thinking. The author gives reasoning.
"Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth- like planet in our solar system." Venus is a lot more important and more powerful than any. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather prersent additonal impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. The author is taking in facts about Venus and still asking questions. The author isn't going for anything less.
The author begins to add the "howevers." Which indents to come up somewhere in this article. "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions." ..Then
the reasoning starts to approch; "Because most forms of photography anmd videsography ineffective." It's like a cycle through this whole article. The author brings out the facts then the reasoning behind it.
With supporting the facts, the author tends to go back into the pass sometimes telling us how it use to be back in those times as well. "These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II." Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexabile and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. I like how the author is very careful with the wording and how she/he puts things. | 4 |
8d19eb4 | I think that this technology is not vauable because you can tell the emotion on someone's face by just looking at them. " A renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage". These actors did not need technology to see their emotion they knew what their emotions already were. With this technology people are able to read your face and see what is wrong, why have this when you alrwady know what face your making and if other people around you know what face your making. In the story it say's " a computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face". Why have a machine do this when you can just simply ask what's wrong or why make that face? This machine could be millions of dollars, why spend money on that when you could already see what is wrong with that student. So no I do not think that this technology is valuable. | 2 |
8d1c468 | Making Mona Lisa Smile
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human motions. How people are feeling even when they are trying to hide their motions. In the smile of Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Felt the experince of "The Mona Lisa demostration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do".
People are feeling even when they are trying to hide their motions because in a new technology can describe the human motions. They know that the painting of Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy 9 percent disgusted they calculate the facial expressions for each emotion universal. The motions of any students in a clasroom computer are confused or bored. In the painting many know the feeling motions of her smile but have 83 percent happy in her smile.
In the painting of Mona Lisa is 6 percent fearfun and 2 percent angry. This is painting to recorgnize for many people in all the world, because is an painting of Leonardo da Vinci's. The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games to learn more about the motions of people. An example of the text is "Perhaps Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms are a different sort of Da Vanci Code".
The theory of motion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. The Mona Lisa demostration expression is really intended to bring a smile to your face. The new motion-recognition sofware tracks these facial basic motions are happiness, surprise, anger, sadness, fear, and disgust. The facial emotions for universal to many students want to investige the painting of Mona Lisa. Many use the same techonology for conclude the different motions of the painting. The students can talk about the experince of the Mona Lisa demostration of her emotions about a painting very good.
In conclusion the author describes a new technology called "The Facial Action Coding System". Because the technology help to know the emotional expressions to students. The painting of Mona Lisa is very famous in the world however many students can use the new technology to learn more about the human motion. | 1 |
8d1fd2d | Dear Mr. Senator,
To keep the Electoral College or to change the election by popular vote is the question many people are facing today. There are many different reason why we should keep, and same for as why we should change it. I believe we should change the election from the Electoral College to popular vote because, with the Electoral College people are voting for a slate of electors not an actual presidential canidate, it is unfair for our American people, and most people prefer the popualr vote.
By voting for a presidential canidate you are actually voting for a slate of electors who vote for the presidental canidate. This means that our votes don't really count for much. It also means that even though we voted for someone the slate could have voted for someone completely different. Also we the people have no idea who the electors are. Who even picks them? The electors that are chosen depends on the state, sometimes it's the state conventions, sometimes the states party's central committee, and sometimes it can be the presidential canidate himself. Some voters didnt even see campaigne ads, so how did they chose their presidential caidate? They didn't, the Electoral College did.
America is suppose to be a free state, that is fair, but are we really? The Electoral College is one thing I can point out as unfair. Most states have a "winner-take-all" system, that awards all electors to the winning presidential canidate, but what if the people didn't want that candiate? Why should he get our way of speaking to the government? How are we even sure that he didn't elect himself? Also canidates don't spend time in the states they know they will have a chance of winning because of biasim. They mainly focus on the tight races in the "swing" states.
In reality we all want our way, or our voice and or actions to make an impact, with the Electoral College that's not happening, which is making the people of our country unhapy with the government, which means we all can't get along. Most people prefer elections to be based on popular vote so they know they get what they want, so they know they're actually making an impact.
With this being said, I believe I have made my impact on your thoughts of the question, " to keep the Electoral College, or change election to popular vote?". The Electoral College has both it's upsides and it's downside, but I believe it has more flaws than perfections. Yes, it has been around for many decades and is apart of our histroy, maybe it worked then, but it's not working now. And we need to make a change before things get worse.
Sincerially,
PROPER_NAME | 4 |
8d20032 | In the aticle callled "Making Mona Lisa Smile'. It talks about Dr. Huang made a new system that the computer coul indentift your mood like happy, sad, mad , fear and etc. This new system could work in classrooms by telling the teacher whats the stundents mood, like if they are bored the computer could tell the teacher to lighten the lesson up a bit so the students don't get bored.
This system is a really good system for schools, why? well because it could identify the students emotional expressions and could help the teacher if the studnets either bored or sad. The teacher could help the studnet if he/she is sad. If the stundents are bored than the computer could tell the teacher to make the lessin more fun. This new system could help the students to do their homework and assignments. This could increase the studnets to graduate when they are suppose to gradute or graduate early.
This system could help the school for better eduaction and help the students to learn even when they get bored. This could help the students to graduate when they are suppose to graduate. This could help the parents how they can tell if their child is happy or sad when they come home from school. | 3 |
8d2a95c | Dear state senator,
Everyone has their own opinion on whether or not you should keep the Electoral College or if you should change the election to popular votes for the president of the United States. My opinion is that you should change the election to the popular votes.
To begin with, The Electoral College is a process. In the article "Does the Electoral College work?" it states that "the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens." The Electoral College process consists of picking the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for the president and the vice president and then the counting of the electoral votes by congress.
Next, The Electoral College has a few things wrong with it. In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency to George W. Bush because Bush recieved 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266 electoral votes. Over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now. When voting you don't even get to vote for the president. You vote for a slate of electors. It would be nice to actually be able to vote for who you want to be president. The Electoral College is unfair, outdated and irrational.
Also, If you were to change to the popular vote, it would be fair. Everyone would get to put in their opinion on who should be the president of the United States. I think that if everyone was to be able to individually vote for their president, there would be less chaos and arguements about the election and also the new president. But, it is possible that the winner of the electoral vote won't win the national popular vote. But, it is very rare. Some people don't bother voting because of the fact that their vote will have no effect. They have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.
In conclusions, I think that changing to the popular vote instead of keeping the Electoral College would be the best thing for the united states. Everyones vote will count, it would be fair, and more people would pay attention to the elections and vote. Like Bob Dole said, "Abolish the Electoral College!"
Sincerly, a concerned student. | 3 |
8d3822e | Ill be sumerizing the article over venus and why it is not we can not step foot on this planet.
It says in paragraph two that venus is drapped in clouds and that the un manned ships that have been send did not last more that 2 hours. That is whay no man has ever steped foot on Venus. Venus is a chellenging planet the last time a space craft touched down was 3 decades. Beyond high pressureand heat, eupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikesto probes seeking to land on its surface.
If Venus is so inhospitable why are scientists even discussing visits to its surface. Astronomers are fasinated by Venus because it may have been much like earth long ago. The planet has a surface of rocky sediments and includes familiar features such as vallies, mountains, and craters.
Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the the planet itself. also because human curiosity will likelylead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
8d3c254 | Many people think that the face are created by aliens. Myself thinking i dont think aliens are real. This face from Mars in 1976 is natural form from Earth. We're still researching on the real idea of what is may have came from in the pass years. Also, many says it may be a reflected or shadow from something. Other scientist conclude that it may be just rocks in a hug formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows or dust giving illusion of eyes, nose ,and mouth. They called it "The Face on Mars." Most of the commuication of it started in a Hollywood film. Appeared in books ,magazines, radio talk shows , even hauted grocery store checkoutlines for 25 years. I think theres just a rock with holes in the it , looking like a human face but no one will never know til someone takes the trip to find out. By many think it was aliens creating it, people just assummed that idea. Other scientist still today wonder what it really is or how was it really created. There may have been a ancient civilization on Mars years ago. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for research to post a better and good viewer of the Face on Mars. Im thinking , by revealing alot of research, taking pictures and not approving that the face isnt changed by the amount of days and years, that it may just be a natural landform and that theres no aliens monument after all. There will still be other thinking and having their own opinions about the Face on Mars. Everyone wont just be satisfied with one fact or option about the face. Still many and most scientist are till snapping camera shots of the face and posting them on the web. More and more people and scientist will have diiferent thoughts about it and the world will never know what is going and what is it really until someone actually observed face to face. In my opinion, I think by wasting time doing research on something so little that have been lasting for years, no one never had the time to really go observe the reality about the face. Doing this research and conclude things will never tell the people answers about what the face. | 2 |
8d3dc6d | Driverless cars is a bad idea I disagree on this idea. I think driverless cars is a bad idea becuase its unsafe I fell like its going to be more recks. Driverless car would not fundamentally change the world. Televinson and movies have long been facinated with cars that could drive themselves but, not all movies all real.
Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars. If the technologly fails and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or the manufacturer? I think it is the manufacturer fault becuase that what the people are going to blaim it on they giong they didnt have full control of the car but, if they had full control of the car it be a differnt story.
Another reason why I think its a bad idea becuase if your are going to make driverless cars why are they not compelety driverless? Driverless car on movies look nice so that mean driveless cars are going to cost more and some people cant afford it. I also think it a bad idea becuase some kid like to play in their moms or dads cars an what if they push button they didnt know of in the car starts taking off and the kid get hurts that wont happen with a normal car thats why i think driver cars are bad. | 2 |
8d4298b | Students already have to face the embarrasment when we have to talk in front of the classsroom. We dont want something like a computer to tell us. However the technology can help us detect other thing such as in art,to get more of a pricise emotion and face expression.
Most sudents like to keep quite to themselfs. The pressuer of fknowing that someone else migh know how you feel is scary. There are things that we dont not like to share and to me my emotions are hiding. They used Mona Lisa as an exampel of how they deteced her face there is one benifit where that technology can be used. In finarts. That I do agree with.
Another benifit that can help is a theater teacher to help select the actors that use the right emotion and it will make the play/movie even better. This can be taken in a whole lot diffent ways.
In conculsin i disagree with the fact that it may leave other students in embarrsedment but i also see how far we can take it. | 2 |
8d5be25 | A computer software that scans your face, just to see what your feeling. The company that makes 'Facial Action Coding System' is trying to encourage schools to have these devices in their classrooms. Isn't it bad enough most of us is already trying to learn take test on computers? I don't believe classrooms should have FACS at this point of time. I do believe that our world is making new developments on this type of technology, and their idea of FACS could be improved on the near future.
One of the reasons why I believe schools should not accept this software is because it could not be safe. Yes, it is incredible to show emotions, but a camrea on your child while they work. It could be a little creepy or even stressful on them. When they work they want to feel at peace so they can work without destractions. If you put a camrea on a child they will get distracted, and feel an abondence of pressure they do not need. Your child is at school, if the teacher can not tell a student is having trouble or bored, then there is an issue.
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." "Then it coul modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Dr. Huang predicts. Personally if a child is getting bored or confused, why doesn't he raise his or her hand up, and ask the teacher to explain it to him or her better, or make it more exsiting. Will some teachers get mad? Possibly, but possibly not. Teachers could take this feedback, and teach in many different ways instead of one or two certain ways, as FACS does. Teachers are all different and creative, so are the students. FACS could make it easier, but some students will still probably get confused and become bored in front of a screen all day. Students should stick with a classroom enviorment, and not a computer lab for 8 or more hours a day.
"They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." says the author in paragraph 7. I think it's very impressive to use that material, but in a different enviorment. A school should be a safe place for students, teachers, and staff people. Students should know by now that if there is something wrong they need to go talk to someone. Now days so many things are happening in schools, it is completely crazy. Some students are now having a lot more chances in speaking with a person in their school district, than they did back then. Teachers and staff also should see the signs of emotions of their students. A computer software can determine these emotions, but can it help them? I don't believe so, and I'm sorry if you do not agree.
FACS is an amazing and fresh device people can use. In my opinion it can be a great material for counsilers and theripists. For schools though, I don't see it working out very well. What if a hacker sets in the computer, and can see what people are doing? New technology is scary, but maybe Dr. Huang is an amazing inventor, and has checked these terrifing details already. It's hard to trust something you are not fully for sure about. This moment is our new day and age, eventually technology will be our new world, but please leave it out of the education enviorment. | 5 |
8d625bf | Why do you think the "Face of Mars" was made by aliens. I think it is just part of the landscape. I don't believe aliens created a "human face" on Mars. Idon't believe it because the mouth and eyes are fored by shadows and NASA is based off research and theorist are based off conspiracies.
First, the mouth and eyes are formed by shadows. You can see the face from a far, in the picture tooken in 1976. When the picture was taken up close in 2001, it just looks like a mesa or a butte. Up close on a pictures, taken in 1976-2001, doesn't look like a face. It looks more like a messa or butte.
Second, the NASA is based off research and the theorists are based off conspiracies. NASA have checked three or four times. Theorists only think they know. They were just guessing. Jim Garvi, the chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, says he looked and it was only a mesa.
Based on the evidence I have, I think the "Face of Mars" is apart of Mar's landscape. | 2 |
8d678bc | Use of FACS in the Classroom
Isn't it just the worst when you're frustrated with your homework, but your teacher doesn't seem to get the hint? This is why the Facial Action Coding System was created, or partly. The Facial Action Coding System would indeed be valuable if used in a classroom. It could be useful to kids, teachers, and parents of students. The FACS would be useful to change course of the lesson, or to help teachers decide on lesson plans for following years.
The FACS uses it's technology to evaluate the expression of Mona Lisa-- a painting. If the machine can figure out a non-living painting's emotion, then what could it do on humans? The FACS focuses on facial muscle movements to interpret the emotion of each item it scans. In the classroom, this could help kids by determining whether they understand. If a kid frowns, it can be obvious to the internet instructor that the student isn't understanding what they're being taught. The instructor can then go into deeper detail on how to finish a homework assignment.
In the case of boredom, it can help increase average scores. The software can determine whether a student is bored or not. If a student is bored, they will not pay much attention to the lesson, fall asleep, or maybe even shut it off. It is important to make sure the students are having some sort of fun with what they're being taught. The software could detect boredom and the online instructor would know to put more animations in the lesson, or even change the sounds and add music or a new polytone voice.
This software can also identify mixed emotions. If a student somewhat understands a lesson, but is also bored with it, the instructor knows to create a more lively detailed presentation. It's important to have a reader of mixed emotions in a classroom because of the amount of uncertainty in student's minds. It can also help the instructor know what lessons students understand and which ones they don't. The teachers can then decide what to do from then on, and/or next year, which ways the kids learn and which ways they don't.
The FACS is valuable in the classroom because teachers can change their lessons to fit each kids needs, and change their lessons for the following students next year. Each kid has their own personality, which requires different ways of learning. This software can almost guarantee improved scores in homework and tests because of how it helps teachers determine what the kids don't understand. Having the FACS in the classroom would deeply benefit the students, teachers, and parents. It would be the smartest choice to include this system into every student computer. | 4 |
8d67ce2 | The Seagoing Cowboys program is a great way to travel the world. If you love animals this is a great job for you because you can take care of them. This program keeps you busy,but there is always time to have fun.
The Seagoing Cowbys program gives you many oppertunites. Us cowboys take care of horses,young cows,and mules that are shipped over sea. You have the benifit of helping other people and seeing other countries such as Europe and China. Exploring the way of life in other countries is amazing. Sometims the job does keep you busy,but it is for a good cause. There is time to have fun,when us cowboys finish unloading we head to empty holds where animals were housed and play games such as fencing,boxing and other games that help us past the time. Being a cowboy is more then helping animals and having fun. When we travel we become more aware of other countries and there needs. This job gives you many ways of helping others.
There are many reasons to become a cowboy. You can be someone who helps not just animals but others if you sign up. Being part of this program may change your life and give you more of an eye opening view of the way people live in other countries. Its not just having a job its helping others and having fun at the same time. This is why you should sign up to be part of the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
8d682cd | Using technology to read students' facial expressions isn't the best thing to do. It could help the teachers show who understands, who doesn't understand, and who does and does't pay attention. This could help the teacher in many different ways.
Using this to help the teacher is alright. It could also become a distraction for the students. The teacher uses it to determine if the lesson that they are giving is hard for the students to understand or if they are doing really well with it. If the students realize that their facial expressions are being recorded or used for something, they could make so many faces into it. It would be a nice thing to do, but the students may not be very mature with it.
With this kind of technology, it could help the teacher plan their lesson so the students can understand, but they don't get bored. Interacting with students help them learn better, so if there are some confused, or not into the lesson, it shows that and can help get them to understand and get into the lesson.
Teachers would have to think if this is really worth having, or is it going to do nothing for them. Teachers want students to know how and what they are doing, but they need to learn how the students, know what to do and how to do it. | 3 |
8d6ab91 | Some people complain that by not having a car they aren't allowed to complete certain tasks or it limits their chances for actually "doing better" in life. If only those people knew how bad having a car could be sometimes. I myself is a person without a car, and I already am stressed out. When having a car you have to deal with the constant prices of gas, the troubles of if your car breaks down or not, and being a relaible taxi as they like to call it for those people who are car-free. I do believe there should be some car limitations enorced.
You just read that last sentences of that paragraph and probably thought man this girl is crazy, but no I'm serious. There are actually a great amount of advantages for limitations on car usage. For example the constant worrying about gas. How much is it going to cost? Can I afford it this week? Will I make it to work with only half a tank? as stated here "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way", said Heidrun Walter from
In German Suburb, Lies Goes Without Cars . Think about it this way a giant weight has just been lifted off your shoulders.
Being without a car isn't as bad as it may seem. There's no more having to deposit your life savings when your car breaks down or better yet having to constantly think about that nasty smog that comes out of the back muffler when you need a tune-up. | 2 |
8d6be06 | In today's society, people have become more and more dependent on technology. It is everywhere a person goes, whether that be to school, work, and even outside. In some ways, technology is good, but in moderation. For example, it helps with communication between long distances. Although technology has shown no sign of slowing down, it has began to become unrealistic with driverless cars. Companies should not be allowed to continue to develop driverless cars because they are unrealistic, dangerous, and can bring up legal conflcts.
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author makes the driverless cars seem exciting and futuristic, when is actuality, they are unrealistic. The article states that each car needs to have sensors everywhere along the car in order for it to work. The driver also has to remain alert, which makes the car not completely "driverless." Driverless cars are also unrealistic because not everyone wants to manufacture these cars. The article explains how "it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars" ("Driverless Cars Are Coming" 9).
This explains that in order for it to work, each car in the world would have to decide whether they want to have driverless cars also and manufacture their cars with this technology. With that being said, driverless cars are unrealistic because each manufacturer would have to agree to driverless cars in order for the sensors to work.
Another disadvantage of having driverless cars is the safety reasons. Companies today still have not figured out how to prevent safety problems from happening, which is causing companies to be reluctant to produce cars without drivers. The article states, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents" ("Driverless Cars Are Coming" 7). This explains that even with all of those sensors and the hard work put into the technology provided in a driverless car, they are still not safe. All in all, driverless cars bring up safety considerations since they will not fully be able to drive be itself.
Because driverless cars are not completely driverless, they can cause accidents to occur. In this case, it would be hard to tell if it was the cars fault for malfunctioning, or the driver's fault for not staying alert. The article states that "lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with an alert driver," hence the multiple states with laws against driverless cars. The article also states, "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" ("Driverless Cars Are Coming" 9) This explains the rising legal issues that would result from continuing the development of driverless cars.
In the end, companies should not continue the development of driverless cars because they are unrealistic, result in safety problems, and cause legal issues to form. It is inevitable that technology will continue to develop into amazing wonders, but driverless cars are too unrealistic. They would require functioning sensors at all times and for every car to be driverless. Along with that, they result in safety and legal concerns is accidents occur. With that being said, companies should not continue the development of driverless cars. | 5 |
8d735cb | Dear senator of Florida
The Electoral College should not be kept in the system because. One, the electoral college are the people chosen by the candidate that are running for president and are made of House of Representatives and Senate. The electoral college votes for the president based on what the people from the state vote on. " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president , but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." so in other words you may vote for someone but it's all upon the electors to discide who wins the election. another thing that is wrong with the electoral college is we don't was vote for our electors. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to the voters. becuse of the winner-take- all sytem in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they knjow they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind of election we have now. the people believe that we should have the power to discide who we choose as our president not the electoral college.
their is some upsides to the electoral college system. "In the winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates- as we saw in [2012's] election-to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. . . . Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign.... the more likely to be more thoughtful voters favoring the people of the state." And in the bigger states the electoral college therew are more electoral votes due to the amount of people in the states and in this case more votes equal higher of a chance of the person you picked to become president.
yes there might be an upsid eto having an electoral college but the risks out weigh the benefits. And so in the end i believe that we shoudn't have an electoral college i believe that the people should vote for themselfs. | 3 |
8d7516b | The author does not support the idea that studyng Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because he or she provides no explanation of facts stated and creates conflicting ideas that cast a grim shadow on travel to Venus.
First, the author doesn't support the idea effectively because he or she presents facts without explaining the significance or importance of them.
While describing why scientists consider visits to venus, the author states "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in out solar system...The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable"(4).
By presenting that scientists want to visit Venus then almost immediately jumping to the weak conclusion that the "value of returning to Venus seems indisputable", the author fails to explain why the scientists want to visit Venus and why those reasons are important or significant.
Without an explanation of facts, writers leave the reader to create conclusions in their own minds, possibly without a complete understanding, weakening the authors support of his or her own claim or idea.
Second, the author doesn't support the idea effectively because he or she creates the picture in the reader's mind that successful and worthwhile travel to Venus is nearly impossible and certainly not attainable with today's technology.
While writing on what would be necessary for travel and observation of Venus, the author states "a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions...[and be] survivable for humans.
However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions...[Also,] standard forms of photography...[would be] innefective...Therefore, sciendtists seeking to...understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks"(5).
By stating that "a vehicle hovering over Venus" would be safe for humans and then directly stating that it would not be enough and that scientists who want useful information would have to "get up close and personal despite the risks", the author states conflicting ideas.
In addition, earlier in the passage the author states "On the planet's surgace, temperatures average over 800 degrees"(3).
This creates another serious flaw in the author's idea, because the conditions stated are not even close to survivable.
Combining the evidence presented by the author would point to the conclusion that astronomers would need to be using vehicles and photography equipment that currently don't exist and, even with unavailable technology, they must be willing to die to travel to Venus for study.
This creates the idea in the reader's head that studying Venus is impossible, which greatly weakens the author's claim.
All in all, impossibilities, conflicting ideas, and a lack of explanation of evidence crontribute to a weak argument in favor of the idea that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 5 |
8d7747d | To the Senator of Florida,
"The founding fathers established... the Constitution" to make sure that there was a way to vote for one elector to portray the role of President of the United States of America. However, this action has resulted in electors to lose even though they won the popular vote, the age of the electoral college, and there are numerous possibilities of ties. In the United States there are hundreds of millions of people who want to keep the United States a democracy, but the United States may change their stand point.
Popular votes are collected from the people of the United States. With stating this, "over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." This is because voters will be able to have only their votes taken into consideration. For example, the President of the United States is the offical who sends people to places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran to fight for our country. These people vote for the elector they want to send them over seas instead of the politicians in the electoral college system voting for who they want to be the president. There are only 538 electors to vote for the elector they desire and that is still more important than the millions of people that vote. "We are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is a part of the Declaration of Independence and the right of liberty involves our right as people to vote.
The electoral college has be are for hundreds of years, but with the age of the system comes problems. In modern times, we have to make slight changes to our government so the United States does not get held back from when the Constitution was first created. Things are meant to change and so is the electoral college because over time thins changes to better and more efficient things. "The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century." This evidence exclaims that there was a problem with the electoral college 15 years ago, which means that it can happen again.
Furthermore, the electoral college already has problems and there can be more with the possibilities of a tie. It states, "perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote.," this is not a democratic thing because democracy has to do with the vote of people, not the vote of the legislature. Also, in source 2, it exclaims that "the election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe." This is a dangerous situations because if a tie occurs the popular vote still won't be taken into consideration as much as the electoral votes.
To conclude, the electoral college system should be abolished because it does not benefit the citizens of the United States. The elecotral college takes away the popular vote of the people, is way too old to still be around, and there are possibilities of a tie. I don't want my President to be voted in based on the votes of the legislature. The electoral college should be abolished!
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME
A concerned citizen | 4 |
8d7c140 | Do the advantages of not driving a car outweigh the disadvantages? As cities start to give options for transportation like buses, terminals, and taxi's is it worth driving and spending money on gas. driving produces carbon dioxide which is bad for the air so some cities have banned cars for a day or even banned cars forever.
In the city of vauban, germany the residents have decided to give up their cars.
the city provides transportation with buses but most of thew stores or places to work have been placed in walking distance. as a result people started to ride bikes more which is a pollution free way of transportation. in the united states the enviromental protection agency is promoting car reduced communities and expertes believe public transportation serving suberbs will play a major role.
its horrible when there is so much pollution you have to ban driving for a day.
in paris they had to ban driving because there was so much smog that they had clear nthe air. as a result the smog was clear just after one day just because half the city of paris didnt drive. in the city of bogota, colombia they ban driving one day every year to promote alternative transportation and to reduce smog. the people of bogota like the idea of using alternative transportation because it relieves the stress of driving. but for the first time two other cities decided that they wanted to participae in it so maybe one day the whole world will participate.
the idea of not driving might be a shock to some but not driving only has positive outcomes towards the enviroment and the only people that would suffer would be car companies. so what if the world stopped driving for the day how would the planet be affected? | 3 |
8d80c00 | limited car usage can ve beneficial i many ways. In a since if you are talking about money you can save money on gasoline or diesel. If we are talking about nature we are reducing the amonut of bad air pollution or gas emission.
For people in europe the cost for them to buy a space in a large garage plus the home that they choose to buy comes up to 40,000 (source 1).they money that you would have to spend on diesel which makes up 67% of vehicles in france is out rageous. The money that you are not spending on diesel you can use them others things that are more inmportant or you can save it up for rainy days or college funds for your kids.
In the united ststes because we use so many cars we make up 50% of the greenhouse gas emission. This negitively impacts out world because it kills off our plants which are nessity to life on earth. In the article it says sice the no car rule came about congestio hyas been down 60% in europe after just 5 days .
havig no cars is useful because it helps save money and it helps give us better air to breathe. Limit the amout of car usage and help save the world. | 2 |
8d82dec | In the article " The Challenging of Explore Venus" it is about the author suggesting the study of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus is the brightest point of light in the night sky which is a challenging place to examine more closely, it explains how they sent numerous spacecraft which none survived the landing for more than a few hours " Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades" (para 2)the author is explaining how its been so long that no one has touched down on Venus or survived the landing which makes it a challenging planet for humans to study. It has a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide which blankets Venus " Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrisive sulfruroc acid in the atmosphere. On planets surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmpospheric pressure 90 times greater" (Para 3) this means Venus has the hottest surface temperature from any planet in the solar system it has weather like Erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes, and lightning strikes to probes going on the land on its surface. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow the machines to last long enough to knowledge Venus, " Nasa is working on other approaches to studying Venus" this means Nasa is finding better ways to make their technology last longer and be resistant to Venus and its weather condtions. Therefore, the author has good explanation why its challenging the idea to study Venus with its worthy pursuit of dangers. | 3 |
8d87606 | Driverless cars are quickly becoming popular as they progress in technology. Imagine getting in a car and it taking you to your destination with just speaking to it or typing it in somewhere? would you trust it? Would you be for or against driverless cars?
I am against driverless cars. Although driverless cars have been a fantasy to the real world, they are also a danger. Driverless cars are only safe in certain situations;
who would want to be in a partially safe car? Or better yet who would trust a partially safe car? Driverless cars need the driver to take over once driving conditions are slightly modified. For example, if there is construction up ahead the car will make the driver take over. What if its early in the morning and the driver falls asleep or if its late at night and the driver falls asleep in the car and doesnt here the alert? The car will keep going right into
the construction site. Driverless cars arent so "driverless" in all honesty. The car still needs a driver to take action in slightly complicated road complications, for example in traffic. These cars are made to sound like the best thing in the world, but they do not include safety hazards nor their flaws. Flaws as in not being able to drive around a part of the road that is under construction. Driverless cars are not reliable. A driver is still needed to be in the vehicle when driving.
In conclusion, I am against driverless cars. I will remain this way until they can go around small complications on the road, dont require a driver, and can handle traffic. Until then the driverless car is not safe enough to go out into busy streets. | 2 |
8d8a13e | The author does a really good job with explaining in great detail as to why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. There are many dangers to this such as how hot and how unearth-like Venus really is today, but Venus used to be just like earth with many oceans and sea like creatures that we have on earth as well.
"Often referred to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occassionally the closest in distance too." (paragraph 2) He then goes on to explain how Earth is sometimes "right around the corner" from Venus and because of this we have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus. Since no aircraft would be able to last over a few hours, no man has ever been in these spacecrafts that get sent there. Scientists are discussing further visits to Venus because they are fascinated with how much Venus used to be like Earth. "Long-ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" *(paragraph 4). Scientists have discovered that to this day Venus still has many of thsoe earth-like features and are wondering if there is any form of life on this planet. Venus has valleys, mountains, and craters which makes the scientists think that man could probably try to take a trip to Venus in the years to come. Venus is so hot that it is one of the brightest points of the night sky which gives it the nickname "Evening Star" and it is really easy for stargazers to spot.
NASA is working on other ways of studing Venus such as silicon electronics that could withstand the 800 degree and 90 times greater atmospheric pressure that is on Venus. Studying Venus is very much so beneficial because it seems like there could be a great deal of life-like creatures on this planet within years to come. | 3 |
8d8a93d | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the planet itself is dangerous. Venus is the same as the Earth, I mean it is reffered to as Earth's "twin", but there both the same only because of the density and size. Both planets do have the same shape and density, but planet Earth is much more safer than Venus.
Venus has a thick atmoshpere, so it makes it harder to breathe. For example, in the text it says," 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." It's impossible for somoene to even live on Venus because of it's own atmosphere.
Exploring and studying the planet Venus is actually challenging when you think about it. People tried to study about the planet, people have tried to explore, but in the end, it ends up failing. For example, in the text it states, " since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us." This is explaining how bad the planet really is.
No spacecraft can even touch the ground on planet Venus. The reason why no spacecraft has touched down on planet Venus is because of the clouds itself. For example, in the text it explains," the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmoshpheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." Venus has a temperature of 800 degrees fahrenheit, while Earth's highest temperature is at least 110 to 120 degrees. So planet Venus is very hot, that probably explains why no spacecraft can land on the planet because it's so hot in the planet that the clouds trap all that heat inside.
In conclusion, these are the reasons why the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
8d8ac7f | The electoral college should be stopped. The electoral college takes away peoples rights.
The electoral college takes away from peoples rights. The people of the United States should be the one who decides what our president, not our senators. The votes that us citizens put in should be counted and not the senators votes. In my opinion, it should not matter what the size of the state/population for a number of votes to be put out. In the end we are all a whole. If youre voting for the president, why would you vote for the slate of electors?
A big argument there is, is called the disastor factor. Some electors have refused to vote for a certain candidate. This is why the people should take responsibility and vote. There is also less likely to be a tie if you let the people vote for the president and not the slate of electors. There is an even number of people so there could be a tie at any point. The state population shouldnt depend on how many representatives are given to the House of Representatives.
As to the candidates, they cannot spend time in states they have no chance in winning in. They mostly worry about the 'swing' states because either one could win in it. But it shouldnt be up to the slate of electors, but up to the people.
Maybe one day this electoral college will be abolished, but until then we have to live with it. It should be up to the people and not the states. It is unfair to the candidate and the people of the United States. | 3 |
8d8c4a0 | The value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions is an extremely smart idea. They see if they were confused or not. This software could help kids understand their assignments easier, explain more things throughly, and break the subject down into smaller sections.
The way that this software could help kids understand their assignments easier is that it could read their emotions while they're taking notes and the teacher says something they don't understand. The software could then read that emotion of confusion and show them a simplier way to understand it. Thus making the lesson easier to understand so they could actually do their work right instead of doing it completely wrong.
Another way that this software could help students understand things better is that it could explain more throughly. For example, a student could be sitting in math class and taking notes. The kid might not understand what the teacher means as he's talking about a specific formula. The software could reconigze the look and explain it better to the sudent so that they understand what they meant.
The last reason why this software could be useful is that it could break down in the lesson into smaller sections. A kid could be completely lost on what he's learning about in science and they're overwhelmed by everything together. The program could reconigze the confusion of the kid. It could then break the whole lesson apart and explain it one step at a time so could make more sense to them.
In conclusion, this software could do amazing things to help students understand and comprehend a lesson better than anything else. While this program will probably never be available for my education, it would be amazing asset for future students. The software could make it easier for assignments to be understood, explain a lesson further than the teacher did, and break lessons down into smaller sections. This software is the future for our world's education. | 3 |
8d94b1a | limiting car usage can have many benifeits, not only to limiting emmissions of greenhouse gases but also increasing health. Putting a ban on cars on america might not effect us in a way that would be extremely inconveinient either,since the people of today have decreased driving. Also, it would help tremendously with helping the earth and decreasing greenhouse gases and pollution.
Cars have always been one of the top causes of greenhouse gases next to power plants in america. In fact, 50% of greenhouse gases generated in america are caused by passenger cars. Other places such as Bogata, Paris and Germany have limited car usage or banned cars all together to help decrease smog and pollution to better their nations. It would be of benefeit to America to do the same, maybe not ban cars all together because that would put many big car companies out of buisness but perhaps for a day America could walk or bike or ride the bus to work to better our future.
With the younger generation comes change as well. The developement of the unerground and busing systems have made it all together more conveinient to not take a car. Most young people center their activities and jobs around places they can walk or bike to easily. Recently even Bill Ford the chairman for the Ford Motor Company said "personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable". He want to partner with telecommunications to provide systems where biking and public transportation decrease emissions and increase safety.
The younger generation of adults have decreased their driving in america. In fact, it has decreased by 23% between 2001 and 2009 and baised on that statistic its OK to assume that its just going to go down. So, in reality a day without cars in America wont inconveinience us that greatly anyways. Limiting car usage is benifeicial and an important step to keeping our earth clean. we only get one earth and biking to school or work every now and again is a sacrifice we should be willing to take to keep it for our future generations. | 3 |
8d9682b | I think people should become a seagoing cowboy because you do alot of things. Like raising some cattle like cow and horses. Play games on the way home like vollyball. Plus you can visit places like italy and china. You can feed cattle or work the night shift its fun.
You can raise animals. Like cows because there are alot of young cattle on the boat. There is 335 plus horses on the cattle boat plus loads of food so you can feed them which is kinda helping them live so they can help other people that were affected by world war 2. Plus the cows can give them meat and milk so they can feed their famliys.
Plus you can have fun on the way home by playing games. One of the games are baseball/softball which is played in the place the horse and cattle were. one other one was table tennis which is basically ping ball but was called table tennis. We also did tornaments with the table tennis. There was also boxing. reading was also a option with whittling wood was also a nother free time.
One of the best reasons for going on these trips are the place we went like china. You had time to tour the city you went to on the boat. so you go to new places on these trips like to castles fameous citys and things you can think of. I went to so many place on this trip so i hope you do too.
In conclusion i say you go on these trip because they are fun but dangerous i cracked a few rips on a night shift and almost fell overboard too. so don't get to excited because you can get super hurt on these things because i didn't get hurt to bad does't mean you can't get hurt that bad. But i still think you should get signed up. Its super fun but you can get super hurt. ive made alot of trips and helped alot of people more people than trips. | 3 |
8d985e2 | Presidents are leaders that are chosen by the people. Presidents are chosen by the Electoral College. "
The Electoral College is a process not a place" according to the article Does the Electoral College work
?. It consists of 538 electors and a mojority of 270 votes is required to elect the President. So why change it to a popular vote now? I think that we are doing great with the Electoral College.
First of all, I think we should keep the Presidents' election to the Electoral College because the Founding Fathers established it to compromise a vote to elect our leader and we should keep it that way because it has worked for years. In
Source 1: What is the Electoral College it says "
The Electoral College is not a process, not a place. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise
". This is why we shouldn't change process because as soon as we try to change it we would mess up the sequence.
Secondly, wherever there is something good there is something bad. The Electoral College isnt perfect and it has had its flaws so I do think we should use the Popular Vote because of the winner- take-all systems in each state preventing a fair vote. The term " The Bigger they are the Harder they fall" it doesnt work in this part. The bigger the state the bigger the vote. Its unfair because states like Texas the people who they vote for always gets an edge in elections and small states like Mississippi gets small parts in voting.
Lastly, the Electoral College is a better choice because it gives each state a chance to go for who they believe is going to win. Competition is something we all do and we should be able to compete in the sam league no matter how big or how small a state is. | 2 |
8d98a49 | Limiting car usage can put a new perspective in your life. Limiting car usage can be a huge benefit because first of all, you'll have better health. This even goes out to the healthiest people in this world. Secondly, Global Warming will be less harsh and dangerous to all the living creeatures of the world. Lastly, you can be more open and associate with many people. Limiting car usage is probably the best idea to reduce all the hazards and bad things on Earth.
To begin with, I want to inform you that car usage has become worse and worse over the years. Our health is in jeopardy because of how much we use cars. But with limiting car usage around the globe anyone can become a healthier person. A great percent of our population in th United States are overweight or obese. Even all over the globe! With limiting how much time we use cars we can reduce that percent and become healthier people because that way we can walk to our places and not just sit down in a car doing absolutely nothing. People have become much happier in limmiting their car usage. Those people go out and get fresh air and not sit in a car going from place to place. And with being much happier has come less stress. People who are too stressed are not to happy that's why its better not using a car just to go grocery shopping. You wouldn't have to worry about the lights and stop signs or be scared if your going to be in a car accident. The only time you should be able to use a car is going long distances and places like other cities.
To move foward, Global Warming has become a really big issue for us. All the pollution that Planet Earth gets from cars is absurd! Cars release so much gas and harmful substances that we breathe in. It doesnt only affect us but animal too and all living things. Now the smog has gotten way worse. Paris has a huge percent of smog covering the city that even France has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the city. Congestion has gone down to 60 percent. Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted city in the world. Now everywhere you go even if its really cold nights arent as cold as they used to be. Cold nights and warm days have caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions.
Another thing about limiting car usage is that you can even associate with other people around you. Just walking to you local market or a food restaurant you are probably say hello to different people some even communicating with them. You can walk to parks or go walk to a nearest pool or beach and I gaurantee you that you're going to be talking to many different people throughtout the day. You can use alternative transportation such as bus, bikes, scooters and let me tell you being in bikes and scooters is a lot more fun a relaxing then driving a car or being in one. Walking and hiking around is a huge relieve of stress.
Hence, limiting car usage is a big improvement for us it will help us in so many ways. Such as, we can improve our health and we could be so much better because a great percent of this world is either overweight or obese and limiting cars can help you go out and walk or even bikes can get you where you want to go and thats a form of exercise. Global Warming has been on the rise. It's been rising and rising and limiting how much we use cars can absolutley help with it by lowering the pollution the temperatures may not be so hot you wont feel like your boiling just walking outside your front door. You can associate with many different people throughout your day even if it's just a simple hello. Walking to grocery stores and restaurants can make you feel a whole lot better and relieve your stress and also communicate with other people. We all need to put a limit in everything good or bad, so lets start doing it now! | 4 |
8da1f55 | In this artical, Driverless cars are coming, tells us about the technological development that we are able to come up with today. My standpoint on the driverless cars is that I am against them. Not only are they dangerous, but they can also be deadly. they can easly crash, they can put people out of jobs, and they would also take a lot of money to build firstly, the driverless cars can easly crash. If the driver is not paying attention, the car would not be able to navigate by itself, therefore causing a possible accident. The driverless car is still technically not a driverless car, it still needs human help, like backing out of driveways, navigating in difficult traffic construction, and also navigating through roadwork. if the driver is not alert, then the cr would not be able to turn itself.
secondly, they would put millions of taxy driver and other people out of work. if the problems are worked out of the car, them they will soon be on the road. the taxi services and other car makers will soon be out of work because then would the people of the usa want to drive themselfs around when they could just sit back and relax while the car does all the work.
thirdly, they will be a lot of money to build. Just to build one of them would cost millions and millions of dollers. this would then put the economy at risk because it is being taken out of state taxes. this would cause the government to start taxing everything to help get the taxes back up. with all of the sensors and technology put into the driverless car, nobody would be able to buy it, maybe millionairs.
in conclusion, the driverless car seens to be a good ides, but thinking about it now, with all the new styled technology bring put into it, you just have to weigh the risks and the good things involved with owning it. its a great idea, but it still seems to have some gliches. | 3 |
8daba5f | Dear Citizens,
I wanted to inform you that there is a limit for driving a car there has been some changes during this few years. Its not only in America that is going on its in other cities and also in states, where people have been droping there adavantages to drive around and dicide to walk instead or to ride a bus to get to other places, they also do that to save money for the gasoline especially if they drive long distance. For example in German Suburb they have forbidden street parking, driveways and home garages, new district on outskirts of freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. There's a place called Vauban's and its a total Car-free, 70% of vaubans don't own a car and 57% sold thier car to move here. In Paris, they have banded driving due to smog, can ya'll believe that?;they have done because after days of near pollution paris inforced partial driving to clean the air of global city. people that drived with a even-numbered license plate they were charged a 31 dollars fine almost 4,000 drivers were fine according to Reuters. Now the "smog" came from Beijing,China which is one of the most polluted city in the world.
Paris typically has more smog then other European capitals, but eventually the smog cleared enough for The Ruling French party. There's was also a Car-Free day in Bogata and it was a big hit, Colombians usually hiked,biked,skated or even took buses to work during the car-free day if you left early people avoid traffic jams. and there goal is to promte alternative transportation and reduce smog it was a good ways to take way stress and lower air pollution. there's parks and sports centers that have bloomed throughout the city; uneven pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad,rush-hours have dramatically cut traffic. The End of Car Culture, where president Obama ambitious goal to curb the United States greenhouse gas emission,unveiled last week. Americans are buying fewer cars and driving less, but also getting fewer licenses as years go by. theres a question that says 'Has America passed peak driving?"i mean am not sure how to explan ,but am sure america ids the the same as it use to be and now that they are talking or writing a articule about it means that alot of people are driving less and buying cars. A study has shown that young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009. | 1 |
8db1244 | Venus is dangerous and scientist cant get close enough to study it . Scientist are to just study Venus but cause of its crushing atmosphere and hot temperatures and wether. Scientist cant get close enough to the planet to study it so they are trying to create a solution on how to. The scientist already know if they get to close to the planet the planet will crush them and if it is possible to land it is way to hot. So scientist have came up with a solution thinking if they can hover over the planet will they be able to study it.
Scientist believe that Venus once use to thrive with life. Scientist believe that Venus many years ago Venus had oceans with life like earth. And also that Venus is close to the same size as Earth along with Mars. And thats why they may believe it had some life on the planet. They have made some electronics to go along with Venus harsh conditions but it is said that it only lasted 3 weeks. So they are trying something old called mechanical computers.
These mechanical computers and stand harsh conditions such as pressure,heat, and other forces. The mechanical computers are more powerful flexible and quick they played a important role in 1940s of world war 2. Since electronics cannot stand harsh conditions of Venus they are using something that does not require it. The mechanical computer only uses gears and levers which makes it good for the job. As the scientist work on it they are taking it on as a challenge to see the surface of Venus . | 2 |
8db2234 | I'm against driverless cars because i feel like that letting a drone take over your car and drive for you is dangerous. This idea is not good because it would cost a lot of money to produce and not a lot of people would buy the cars since they are so expensive so therefore they wont be making much profit from it.
It's dangerous in someways because if you just let the robot do the drivng then it would propbably take you to another destination. If it stoped working for some odd reason then the person who isn't driving could be in serious danger because if they are not paying any attention to the road then they could get in an accident and get seriously hurt' and who would be responsible for the accident you may ask? The robot becuase they are supposed to be driving you and making it safe for you while you can do something else, The company who built the car would get sued because they say that its supposed to be safe, but being safe on the road is just you paying attention to the road not lettig some robot do it for you.
Sticking to drivng yourself is much better and cheaper becuase you won't have to spend so much money ona car that does that for you. Imagine having this technology in a super car now that would be really dangerous and stupid because the drone could fully take over of the car and start speeding, and supercars are meant for those type of things, but not on a public road you would be putting evryones lifes in danger. My conclusion is that driverless cars are not great idea, maybe for the greater future but for now not really. | 2 |
8db3141 | The advantages in limiting car usage in Germany is to not buy one. Heidrun Walter said, "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm way much happier this way." From people not driving cars, it reduces the greenhouse gas emissons. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percenet of the greenhouse gas emissons in Europe, and 50 percent in the United States. From people not using vehicles, and walk or ride bicycles instead, they tend to take the suburbs to get around. The suburbs are more compact and more accessible to the public than your own personal car. Now that they have taken away personal vehicles and gave them suburbs, the stores are a walk away on the main street, other than a walk on a distant highway. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency promoted "car reduced communities."
While in Paris, they banned driving because of the smog. On Mondays, vehicles with even-numbered license plates were told to leave their vehicles at home or suffer a $31 fine. The same thing with the odd numbered license plates the next day. Almost 4,000 of the drivers were fined because they didn't follow the rules and their cars got impounded. The cold nights and warm days caused the smog to form which made a thick layer of air to trap the car emissions. Diesel fuel is the biggest issue because it makes up 67 percent of the vehicles in France compaired to 53.3 percent in Western Europe. When the smog cleared up on Monday, the French party went after the odd-numbered licensed plates on Tuesday and fined them.
In Bogota, Columbia there is a program that was sent to spread to other countries, millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses, left the city and avoided the traffic jams. Cars have been banned to the point were people can ride buses and be taxed with the Day Without Cars in the capital city of 7 million. Their goal is to promote the transportation and reduce the smog. For the first time, two other Columbian cities joined the event. The parks and sport centers were fixed throughout the city. The uneven sidewalks have been replaced, rush hour restrictions have cut traffic, and new restaurants and shopping areas have cropped up.
The end of car culture is president Obama's goals are to change the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies show that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as the years go on. Mr. Sivak said that when he was in his late 20s early 30s, he was curious about what kind of car he drove, but no one really cared as long as it got you from point A to point B. A study was done last year and it stated that young drivers decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. At the Mobile World Congress last year in Bill Ford, Barcelona and Spain, the For Motor Companys chairman laid the business plan out for the world to see. He said to create the cities so the pedestrians, bicycles, private cars, and other transportation are brought into a connected network to save time, conserve recoursces lower the emissions and to improve the safety. | 2 |
8db7911 | Everyday the world makes advances in the frield of techonology. But what would the world look like with driverless cars? The results can be only one of two outcomes, a world that is a ittle bit easier or a world of complete chaos. Driverless cars only make for more lawsuit cases, job loss, and dangerous glitches. Yes, the correct, safe technology could eventually be worked out and perfected, but that calls for trial and error, a risk the world should not take. Driverless cars are not something the world is ready for and this will only cause more problems.
An accident in a driverless car has occured, and who is to blame the owner or the manufacturer? Driverless cars are just lawsuits waiting to happen. The owner nor the maufacturer are going to want to take the balme when things go wrong. This then leads to a long drawn out court case of several individuals wasting time and money on something that could have been prevented. Several accidents happen everyday between cars with drivers, but there is already a set way on how to handle these accidents. Driverless cars will have to have a whole new set of rules and regulations. Just as the article states, there will need to be a new set of laws initiated to handle liability. The only problem, no one wants to be liable for wrong doing. But there is a simple solution, forget the driverless car and let the driver do the work.
The next issue with the driverless car is the fact that it will only create job loss. The economy already struggles with job loss as it is and with driverless cars it will only suffer more. The car will of course bring in engineers to work out glitches and fix software, but what about mechanics and taxi drivers? Sergey Brin elaborated on how he felt the driverless car would create a whole new form of public transportation. The mechanics will be replaced by engineers, and only visited every so often, if at all. The taxi system will be jsut about extinct, no taxi driver will be needed because the car will drive itself and give the passenger plenty of warning when needing assistance. This new technology will only destroy what is already working conveniently now.
Finally, all around the world there are struggles with technology. In the case of a driverless car, what happens if the car begins to glitch? There have been several cases in which a company has released a "perfected" product only to have it glitch or mess up in the long run. No matter how many test there are, you can never be sure that the car is one hundred percent safe. There is also no promise that a car with a driver is one hundred percent safe either, but at least that person has control. Why should someone trust a car with their life? There are so many things that could go wrong at any moment. There are hackers, glitches, and a whole list of technolgy failing things. The engineers at Berkley have made advances with a magnetic road, but the magnets could easily malfunction at any time. A car with a driver in full control is the best bet, driverless cars are just to risky.
There are so many amazing things the world has done with technology, but a driverless car is just not one of them. There are to many faults that could occur, and people's lives could be the consequences of these faults. With all the hackers and glitches out there, people can harldy trust that their cell phone will work at times, so why would anyone trust a car? A driverless car is a big risk, accidents will happen they happen with drivers behind the wheel. These accidents will only cause huge, drawn out lawsuits. Also a driverless car will take jobs away from the people. Just remember the next time you are asked to support a driverless car say no. Do not let a car make the decision of life or death for you, choose to drive the car yourself. | 5 |
8db93a2 | "Making Monta Lisa Smile" by Nick D' Alto that how was describe for Facial Action Coding System of her varierty of her industries, I will mention there names, how they process with the computer , emotion or expression and the diffeneces musles.
That Monta Lisa was 83 percenthappy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry becuase of the some new computer recognize her emotions. Dr. Huang has his colleague are expeert to better ways humans and computers to communicate. That pretty cool but how possible, I beleif we got some question we want to know how so.
The process begins when the computers contrust with the 3-D that a model of the faces that can cause the major muhumanbs musckles. About the Dr. Hunag relies the work he had as being psychologist woth the Dr. Paul, the one creator with the FACS meaning Facial Action Coding System. To mention about the Monta Lisa classified her saix basic empotion she has: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness bceuase of charactersitc movements of her facial muslces. Dr. Huang try to imagery the new emotiuon recognition softwre tracks these facil movement in the real face of painted
Mona Lisa. By using the wieghting the different units that can varitry her emotions.
To studied human to help them paint facial muscles precisly enough to convey the emotion to see hpw Mona Lisa smiles. For Dr. Huang has his computer software to inform as electroic code to the emotion sort of Da Vinci Code.
Overall that Mona Lisa was a demonstration to bring her smile to her face while it show on them computrer can do the process it to know if she sad or happy. Empathy may happen becauyse we unconsciusly imitate another person facil expressions. This was a scinece of emotion of human can relatives vs Mona Lisa smile all the time for 83 pecrent that no one can becuse of there ecmotional. | 1 |
8dba23e | When walking in the halls of my own school I see all kinds of emotion. In high school, you can probably find every single emotion in just one class. To me detecting emotions isn't hard. Most teachers don't find it hard either. I don't believe that technology to read students emotions is a good thing. Nor do I believe it would be a valuable source for a classroom. In my opinion, it would be another way to make society more like robots. Cell phones have already demontized our emotions and ability to detect how someone is feeling. Having a computer at school to detect how we feel would not be a good thing.
I understand that computers are becoming more advanced. However, nothing can replace the prescence of real teachers. In paragraph 6, it talks about having a computer at school to modify the way a class is taught based on the emotion of a student. This paragraph goes on to say the way it would modify the lesson is, "like an effective human instructor". To me this sounds like taking away teachers all together. Which in the long run heightens the unemployment rate once again. Teachers aren't payed for the money. They teach because of the interaction they have with students which comes from emotion. As much as we talk about not liking homework and tests, many students have a relationship with their teachers. Teachers can see when a class is bored and modify classes already as a whole. They don't need fancy equipment to do that. They were born with it as a part of human nature.
A lot of people claim that the youth of America already spends to much time in front of a computer. This would be taking that theory to a whole new level. As students would literally have to just sit and stare at a computer for this technology to work. I think the use of computers to further an education is great. However, detecting what emotion a student is expressing won't help. In paragraph 8, the author states that this new technology can even state when someone is faking a smile. While this is great and extroidinary, what will the computer do to change the fake smile into a real one? Lets be honest, who smiles in class while learning about statistics? Interactive games to learn don't even produce real happiness. The students still know they are being taught and have to pay attention.
If you see someone is sad, looking at them and detecting it won't help. Even if you give them a tissue to try and modify how they are feeling, it still doesn't change their sadness. Not to mention, how many people have the exact same interests? No one! With the technology to modify the lesson for students, they would almost need to fill out a form telling the computer what a student likes and doesn't like to fit a computer to a person. While being able to detect what emotion a student is feeling, the computer will not be able to successfully modify a lesson without knowing how to get the students attention again. It only knows that the student is either bored, happy, sad, etc. A computer can't know how to focus a student and get their attention based on their personality unless you program it to. Which is a quality teachers are once again already equiped with for free. Paragraph 3 states that there are only 6 basic emotions. However, what about confusion. The article as a whole never states how it would help a confused student. Paragraph 6 breifly states that this technology will be able to detect a confused student, but how exactly will it modify the lesson to help the student?
I haven't yet touched base on the cost of this technology. While in paragraph 7 it doesn't state how much technology like this would cost. It does state that, "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms". This would be yet another expense for schools that isn't needed. There are better technological things that a school could spend it's money on. Such as security systems or even more interactive classrooms to get students to move around and have fun at school again. Teachers do a great job at reaching students to get them more invloved in class. Once again they don't teach for the money. They want to change lives through real interaction with students. Which to them is free of charge. Maybe instead of a new fancy system we use the money to pay teachers more for what they do.
Facial Action Coding System will not help out a classroom. There are to many factors that computers can't detect that a teacher can. Such as their emotion from the previous day. Teachers know their students better then any computer will be able to. It will not increase they learning capability of students. It could quite possibly hold them back. A confused student doesn't know how to tell a computer "I don't understand this, could you please help me?" Students don't need a fancy system to help them learn and detect what they are feeling. They really already know how they feel. | 5 |
8dbbb38 | In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" in NASA they are arguing and discussing what or who made the face. Some NASA people are thinking that the face was made naturaly. Others are saying that aliens used rocks and other things to create it.
The face on Mars is probaly naturally made because if you look at the images in the beginnig of the article, it has three different dates. If you look at the first one, 1976, you can see the face clearly. In 1998, the face is starting to get a little blery. Now at 2001, you barely see the face, in fact there is not a face anyone.
If this face was man-made or made by aliens, the shouldn't the face be more clearly in 1976. If man did make this face, how would they get there in the first place.
The face on Mars would be naturally made, cause no human or alien could make this. | 2 |
8dbbcc8 | Dear Senator,
I am sending yhis message to let you know that i strongly believe that we should have Electoral vote. With the Electoral collage it allows for us to make there a set number on the amount of votes we can get. That being said the Electoral collaeg wpuld make it alot easier so the states adn national governmant to get the right amount of votes.
With the Electoral College, it all depnds on if you state agrees to have a certain person as president. As informed in "What is the Electoral College?" it states that " The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. This makes it a majority vote i order for you state to win for which ever candianate.
During the 2012 election with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, Romney had to win Ohio and Florida's Electoral vote. But becasue Obama won Florida he remained in office as our president. With this Electoral vote its a amke or break. Its not always the best thing but its the right thing. With the Electoral College you vote for a slate of voters who then vote for president. As Richard A. Posner informed us, " Its entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has happened very rarely. It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular vote than Bush yet fewer electoral votes." This shows you that the Electoral Vote is more important.
The Swing States are what determines the election. These states are different for every election becasue they will always find which one is better. The Big States is the states witha lot of electoral votes , including California who has 55 electoral votes. The higher the population the more Electoral votes you have. When a Run off election happens the Electoral College doesnt allow for Majority of teh votes cast.
Overall you should not take the Elctoral College away. Without The Electoral College there would not be a fair shot for the canidate to win. You should keep the Electoral vote!!! Help A canidiant bye keeping the Electoral College. | 2 |
8dbc20e | The author supports his idea of how the knowledge of Venus and how it can contribute innovations that would allow their machines that they us to last long enough and the dangers of that is that it can be striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself due to human curiosity it will likely lead us into many equally endeavors.
And my evidence that supports my claim is that the NASA is been working and studying on approaches of Venus, one of the examples that they have found is some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos on Venus's surface. Venus still features such as valleys, mountains, and craters to recall Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.
My introduction is about Venus is that the value of the indisputable of it is where the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive. My body that Venus is the same as Earth since their twins since their close to each other in terms of density and size and Venus even orbits the sun at different speeds. And my conclusion is Venus has a atomosphere at almost 100 percent of carbon dioxide and more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid on Venus that makes the hottest surface temp of any kind of planet in the solar system in outer space. | 2 |
8dcd813 | Years after World War II, the United States started a misson to provide automobiles to the American people. 97 years after the automobile industry has flourished a beyond words, with cars with WIFI, touchscreen, and even hybrids. These are all great advances from were we started, but what if we limited our car usage? Would we still be able to get from point A to point B? The answers to this question is Yes, and in doing so we will be able to lower the amount of Smog in cities,roads will be safer thus creating a better society, and large amount of cars are not needed due to the ability of carpool and something called walking.
First I would like to draw to your attention that cars opporate on gasoline, which are produced from fossil fuels. When driving an automobile, a car produces smog which gets trapped in the air causing emissions.
"Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States(Rosenthal)."
Europe and the United States have the top sell of cars thus explaining the reason why they have the most emission. Limiting car usage will help us reduce these frightning numbers. In the capital of France a law was put out preventing citizens from driving their car, this may sound unfair but the results were outstanding, Paris has more smog than any other European capitals.
"Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog---The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban"(
Duffer). The limiting of cars in Paris resulted in the lowering of smog in the city.
Not only would the limiting of cars result to the lowering of smog but it would also create a better and safer community for everyone. Each day while driving to our destitation we turn on the road to hear what road to avoid due to accidents. If the amount of cars on the roads we're limited we wouldn't have to worry about an accident, or a road blockage.
"Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams"
(Selsky).Not driving a car to work does not make you late if you planned it right you could hike to work, without worrying about being late because of some accident in your way.
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Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"
(Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza)
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Without the large amount of highways,and roads on the streets cities can use the money they might spend to fix up the roads to build parks, sports centers, and even musuems. The city of Bogota have already turned this idea into action.
"Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven,pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic"
(Selsky).This action creates a better environment for us and our future children, thus making the world a better place.
We're in an era where technology could do anything, meaning we do not have to drive, or ride a horse just to tell our friends something important. With technology you could either Message, Facetime, or Skype your friend. If you have a project you must type together Google Drive comes in handy.
"The internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends"
(Sheller). Limiting car usage will not harm us because we in fact do not use them besides going from point A to point B.
"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"
(Short). Not only that but most people in fact have carpooling apps such as Uber. In 2012 a study found that young adults driving rate decreased.
"A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009"
(Rosenthal). Us young adults would rather carpool than drive on our own.
I strongely believe that if we limit car usage the amout of smog in this world would reduce, roads would be better. Mainly because its not needed as much as it was years ago. | 3 |
8dd4edf | Today I am discussing the topic about the "Face".
I am discussing this topic with someone who thinks that it was created by aliens.
So today I am going to talk to him about it, and give him facts that it was indeed not greated by aliens.
That it is just a common landform that is on Mars.
One reason is that NASA would say if it was there.
We would tell people if it was really created by aliens.
We would tell people because, it would be very benifitial for NASA.
I mean NASA's budget wishes there was an ancient civilization on Mars.
I there was why would we hide it. It would be one of the most greatest discoveries in NASA's history.
We could then really look into building a civilitation on Mars because, we would know that it has been done before.
We would want the world to know that NASA has found what once has been a civilization on Mars.
I not going to lie to you, it also would bring in alot of money for us.
Just like in the past it was a pop icon. It starred in a Hollywood film, appered in books, magazines, and radio talk shows.
We would want that all to happen again, so why wouldn't we tell.
Another reason is that we how such advanced tecnology now we would be able to see if there was an ancient civilization.
One example is the pictures that was taken of the "Face".
The camera that took the pictures spans 1.56 meters. So in the picture you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size.
The point is if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground, or Egyptian-style pyramids, or even small shacks, you would be able to tell what they were.
My last reason is that you can compare the "Face" to common landforms on Earth.
It can be compared to something equivalent of a butte or mesa.
A butte or mesa are common landforms around the American West.
It can be compared to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
That is a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mese, which is what probably happened on Mars, because they are about the same height.
So now you know my reasons why I think that the "Face" was not created by aliens.
Those reasons again are: NASA would tell becuase it would be benifitial to us, we have the tecnology to tell if something was there, and it can be compared to similar things on Earth.
NASA would want all of this to happen so why would we keep it all a secret? | 3 |
8dd6188 | Have you ever wanted to go somewhere without having to drive your car? I know i have, well Google cofounder Sergey Brin, and Sebastian Thrun founder of Google car project are trying to come up with a way to get cars to be faster and secure for us.
Today in our world of driving there are many people that don't care about the security of our kids and their ownselves. Many Adults and teenagers are always on their phones distracted from the road and putting theirself in danger. Especially teenagers, teenagers are the most irresponsible on the road today. A lot of teenagers like to go party and get drunk. Well unfortunately for us that is a big problem for drivers and parents. Teenagers drive drunk and text on their phones while driving. Well with Cars that dont need drivers, Teenagers will be safer more than ever instead of putting their life and someone else's in danger.
In Conclusion, if we have cars that don't need drivers, teenagers will be less likely to get in a car accident, and aldults including teenagers won't be on their phones because they're not driving. So if we had driverless cars today there would be less accidents, deaths, and we could also save money on gas. | 2 |
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