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9f6d017 | If you ask me whether I was for or against the development of these driverless cars, I would be completely against it. I think technology is taking over everything, people can't rely on technology one hundred pecrcent of the time, and imagine how expensive it'll all be. These driverless cars could potentially be a good thing, but in my opinion, I don't like the idea of it.
More and More as this generation goes by, we are seeing so much new technology being invented. According to the passage, before 2000, they couldn't have interesting stuff, they didn't have the resources. Now only 16 years later, they're coming out with driverless cars. It's astonishing how far technology has come. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't use technology in my life. Personally, I wish that wasn't true. I'm tired of everyone being so hooked and addicted to the use of technology.
I don't think driverless cars should be the next big thing because I don't like the idea of having to rely on technical work. I don't think people should have to depend one hundred percent on technology. We've all experienced technical difficulties in other devices, what stops the cars from having difficulties as well? Although the passage states that the driver can still maintain the vehicle, I don't want to have my safety within the control of a 'smart' car.
Cars now are as expensive as all get out. Could you imagine the cost of a self driving car? I'd assume it's pretty steep. Futurists have already determined that the 'smart road' idea was too expensive to be practical, so why wouldn't smart cars be just as impractical? Even if the government could afford to manufacture these cars, I'd imagine only the upper class society would be the only ones capable of purchasing them.
My position of being completely against driverless cars still holds strong. We shouldn't need to be so lazy we can't even drive ourselves. I don't think technology is that reliable for our safety. Honestly, I don't imagine people being able to afford such invention. In all, I just don't see the general population benefitting from a driverless car. | 4 |
9f6d671 | This is Luke's point of view to join in the Seagoing Cowboys program.
These are Luke's reasons to join the program. Luke said that being a Seagoing cowboy was much more than an adventure. Another reason is Luke found time to have fun on board. Another reason why to join the program is the caddle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity because he says he had a side benefit of seeing Europe and China. Another reason Luke said to join the program was that you can help out with the animals.
These are the details from the passage on why Luke enjoyed the program. Luke said "I was grateful for the opportunity." Luke also said
"It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." Luke also said in the passage that it opened up the world to him. Another thing stated in the passage was that "Besides helping people I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."
That's why I think that Luke is trying to convince people to join the Seagoing Cowboys Program. | 3 |
9f6fc50 | The author of this article makes some very good points to supporting the idea of studying Venus or also know as Earth's "twin" planet. In their article they talk about how Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. While it seems like a great idea to think about the planet to visit in the future, it's atmosphere and enviroment is lethal. It's thick atmosphere is about 97 percent carbon dioxide and most challenging is that Venus's clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid and the planet's average temperatures ranges over 800 degress Fahrenheit. Never the less, Astronomers are deterimned to study the planet even if it means getting up close and personal. By study what they could, NASA is determinded to find solutions and oppritrunities to study the planet for near future visits to the planet for humans. Even though the challenge presented by Venus has value, but its a cost that is worth for future space explorations and travels. | 2 |
9f76a8f | In a society where things are always changing and schedules are always busy, cars and other personal motor vehicles have become a necessity. It seems as if cars have become a necessary mean for survival, rendering as important as something imparative like oxygen or water. Many families even have multiple cars in order to get to where the need to go. Even though cars have been so convienient and beneficial for people all over the world, there are some factors of cars that produce a negative effect. By eliminating or largly reducing car usage, the world would be more safe, more eco-friendly, and save the precious natural gases that the Earth provides.
For years people have been driving, and while most do it safetly, some do it recklessly and do not abide by the rules, sometimes leading to fatal outcomes. Reckless driving, careless driving, and driving under the influence has become one of the leading causes of death among young people, making many very skeptical or cautious about driving. Millions of people are lost each year in car accidents, leaving behind family members and loved ones to grieve in their place. If cars were to be elimated from the equation, all of these deaths could easily be avoided. By walking, riding bicycles, taking the bus or subway, or even a trolly or ferry, there will be an ensured reduction of accidents and an increase in safety and peace of mind.
In additon to increased safety, there would also be a significant reduction in the emissons of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases and smog have been polluting the atmosphere especially since the coming about of cars. It says in source four that transportation produces half of America's carbon emission. If car usage were to be limited or eliminated, there would be a noticable and significant decrease in the amount of carbon emissions in the air. Similarly, source one states that, " Passanger cars are responsible for 12 pecent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." If cars were to be ridden of, there would be much less green house gas poluting the atmosphere, therefore creating a cleaner environment and a brighter and longer future for the generations to come.
Similarly, the removal of cars from the world would mean the preservation of nonrenewable resources. Since cars run on gasoline, diesel, and other natural gases, the resources are being burned up faster than they can replenish themselves. There are other things that rely on the natural gases to work, cars included. If cars were to be eliminated, and not use the gases at the rapid rate that they do, there would be a huge reduction in the usage for fossil fuels, therefore preserving the remaining resources and only using them when mandatory. This would allow the natural gases to slowly increase and be able for use in the future.
In conclusion, the limitations of car usage would make a significant change in the way the world runs, however there would be many positive outcomes to it. Not only would it ensure a brighter, longer, and more promising future for the coming generations, but it would also relieve stress and worrying and grant peace of mind to many. Although there is no way to take back the damage already done to the Earth, this would greatly reduce the potential damage that could be done, and protect the future. It would provide oppurtunities for a a cleaner atmosphere, safer life, living in harmony with the ecosystem, and a chance to respect and protect the Earth we live on. | 4 |
9f7787b | Many things on earth's surface have been formed based on other things. Not everything is made by someone or in this case aliens. To what the passage tells I think the Face was created by something other than an alien. There are many possible explanations to how it was formed or created.
One explanation on to how this was formed could simply be the weather. Throughout the years of the world, many landforms be been formed due to the weather and nothing else. The text tells of how scientists flew over to where the Face is located and clearly stated that this Face was a natural landform and that there was no monument made be aliens after all.
From what I have read and heard about mars, there is no such thing as life on that planet. Many may argue that there is such thing as aliens on mars and that they did create or form this landform. The text states that due to the time of season, skeptics may believe that alien markings were hidden by the haze. Little do they realize that with the technology the scientists could make the photo bigger to see closer in to what the face looked like up close and the markings or anything that surround the area of the Face.
In the last paragraph of the passage, the text states that this picture show the equivalence to a butte or mesa.
Also according to the text that there are landforms common to this one in the American West. On of the reaserchers, Jim Garvin states, "this landform reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." He also shares that that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height of as the Face on planet Mars. This clearly shows that this landform was not formed by aliens.
The paragraphs above show why I believe that the Face on planet Mars is not formed by aliens. | 4 |
9f7903f | Venus is like earth, but long ago it was it had some life but not a lot, big masses of oceans. But some of the features are analogus to like what we have on earth. For instace it has a surface of rocky sediment, and includes familiar features such a valleys, mountains, and craters. Today we recall venus as our "twin", because venus is the clost in size and density, and close in distance too. It is also recalled as the "evening star",Because venus is one of our brightest points of light in the night sky, the name is sometimes misleading knowing that venus is actually a planet.
Venus can also be a dangerous visting spot for NASA to go to or even humans. Venus has a 97% carbon dioxide atmosphere, making it hard for a human being to breathe. Whats even more challenging is that the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what earth experiences. The conditions for venus are far more extreme than anything that a human would encounter on earth. An enviornment would crush a submarine accustomed to diving into the deepest parts of our ocean and liqufey many metals.
Sister planet has the hottest surface temperature of all the other planets on the solar system, even though mercury is the planet right next to the sun. Through the high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earth quakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Scientists also stated that at thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be warm and the temperature of 170 degrees fahrenheit. But the air pressure would still be close to the sea level on earth. More importantly, researchers cannot take any samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therfore, scientists seeking a conduct a thorough mission to understand venus would need to get up close and personal risks.
Throught out the story its was describing about venus and how it had life on it way before human life was made. Also described the dangers about walking, touching, getting close to the planet venus. The story was also about How venus is our "twin" or "sister planet" and the "Evening Star", describing how they got those nicknames. Also about how NASA how some of their electronics could have been tested on venus's surface, and how devices played an important role in the 1940s during World War Two. | 2 |
9f792bd | There's a new trend that has been developing for years now, and soon will be in full throttle affect. The mass amount of polution being produced world-wide over the years has been at terrifying levels, up until the last five to ten years. Although not the first cause of the polution, gases emitted from transportation is the second largest contributer to this "green house gas" issue going on, according to source 4. An idea to hinder this growing issue and potentially put the polution levels at a decline is the effort to limit personal car usage. By doing this, we inhabitants of the world are able to help clear the air, reduce congestion on the streets, and live a simpler, more cost efficient lifestyle.
Polution, as we know, is an ongoing trend that is proving lethal to our environment. Factories and power plants are the number one cause of polution in the world. This is almost inevitable, since we have yet to develop a way to produce in mass amounts in a clean way. However, what we can have a part in is limiting the personal car usage to promote cleaner air. Public transportation, carpooling, and hybrid/electric cars have been seen as the alternative to owning personal cars. Those options are also seen as the solution, considering their contribution to the act since "the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak [of 2005]" (source 4). Reducing the amout of miles driven links to the amout of dangerous gases emitted into the air, therefor "having cleaner air."
Rush hour traffic is obnoxious and is the least fun part of driving. Encouraging people to drive less and either walk, bike, or use public transportation will help end the long waits sitting bumper-to-bumper on the roads. In France, a study was done where fines were placed on people who drove by themselves or with only one passenger (excluding hybrids and "plug in" cars). According to the source, "congestion was down 60 percent." Just a week of not driving with personal (gasoline or diesel) cars proved to be extremely beneficial in clearing out the streets, making for easier courses to work. The concept is truly simple. We use less cars, there's less people on the street, and you can get to and fro much faster and without hassle. Reducing the number of cars on the street is also a goodway to inspire motor companies to be inventive. Losing business will ultimately result in extermination of the business, unless the corporation is able to come up with new products to satisfy the consumer. Mitsubishi is a automotive company that also makes air conditioners. According to source 4, Ford and Mercedes are "rebranding" themselves to comply with the new trend.
Almost everyone wants to live a clean, healthy and simple lifestyle and participation in limiting the number of cars driven daily is a very easy way to do so. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, said,"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (source 1). This refers to the successful suburban trial in Vauban, Germany to no longer own cars. Parking on the street, personal garages, and driveways in general are seen as taboo in the living district near France and Switzerland's border (source 1). Very few people own cars, let alone drive them. Not only does lowering the usage of cars help the environment and make the journey to wherever you're going much less complicated, it also initiates the restoration of things considered not as important such as sidewalks, parks, and public transport systems. The more people using the utilities, the more cities will fund them and make the experience more enjoyable. In Bogata, the "day without cars" campaign has led to 118 miles of bycle paths being constructed (source 3). The chain of events will lead to more and more people utilizing their bikes and feet to get around, instead of cars.
Driving used to be considered the most popular way to get around town from point A to point B and back. But now, with a push to limit personal car usage, a positive switch is happening to where more and more people are no longer relying on their vehicles to move about-instead bikes, subways and buses, and even just our own two feet are our means of transportation. This "smart planning" reduces green house gases along with traffic congestion, and also promotes a simpler, healthier lifestyle. | 5 |
9f79642 | While the idea of a computer being able to reconize the emotions of sudents in the classroom is an intresting one, it simply wouldn't work well enough when put into action.
When it tells of how it could modify the lesson when it recognizes a student becoming bored sounds reasonable, when you think about it, having a computer changing a lesson simply due to possibly a single student becoming bored with it, would not only make the lesson longer, but maybe even worse off than it might've been.
There is also te question of what if the computer gets something wrong or has a glitch? what if it accedentily misinterpruts sadness as anger for example. Not only will this cause a plethera of complications, it may also lead to the computer making other mistakes in the process.
While it is an intresting idea, it really needs to be utterly perfect in every way or else it could cause many problems. | 2 |
9f7b5da | In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile,'' the author describes how a new technology called the facial Action coding system enables compututers to identify human emotions. I feel this technology can be useful but weird,Because it can help peopel be able to want to learn,but make you like the computer is watching 24/7. An example on how it can help is an paragraph 5-9. Paragraph 5 gives us facts and why we should use the computer. Paragraph 6 says the computer will bring you a smile that a little werid to werid. paragraph 7 give steps you should try out. Paragraph 8 gives us examples,and 9 says Did the computer bring a smile to your face. Like to me no its just to much their a computer that understands you,dont that make you fell weird. Like computer are becoming more human then us. And that scarys me more then anything like i cant have a computer watching me 24/7. but dont get me wrong this could be great as i said,this can help people who dont like to learn want to learn to better themselfs. Like i am right in the middle like its ok,but i dont trust it one bit at all. Like 1-9 Just makes me feel my computer is watching me now as i do a test. Like i l know technology is growing but the technology ias become more human then it already is. | 2 |
9f7b7bc | The face on mars created by aliens or just a natural landform. I have solid evidence that it is just a landform. In the photo from 2001 it is very clear to see that its just a natural landform.
The face on mars is just a mesa we have very clear pictures taken by our latest MGS in 2001. We have a satelite circling mars everyday the face is the only thing that resembles any past life on mars. in paragraph 12 it says " What the picture actually shows is the Martion eqivialant of a butte or mesa landforms commonly found in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." says Garvin in the article "unmasking the Face on Mars".
Yes the photo in 1976 looks like a face but in more recent better quality photos you can see its just a landform. which looks very similar to mesa's in the western united states. In paragraph 2 is says it was shadows that made it look similar to a Egyption Pharaoh.
Do you think it is still a face or just a natural landform? just look at the 2001 photo it so clear to see it is just a mesa. | 3 |
9f7fd3d | Having driverless cars would be cool, right? Not having to drive it yourself, being able to sit back and relax, while getting things done. Driverless cars would have their perks. But imagine the dangers and problems that having driverless cars could cause.
You think it would be easy to have a driverless car, which it probably could be. But so many bad things could happen. Your car could mess up and wreck, hurting you or someone else. Maybe your car can't drive itself through certain parts of road or around work zones because it isn't programmed to do that. There is also the possibility of if your car gets damaged, or if you get hurt in a car accident, is it really your fault? You would most likely be going to court against the manufacturer, but you would probably not be able to win because of legal documents and the power the manufacturer has.
Maybe driving a car yourself isn't so bad. The possibilities of driverless cars causing problems are hugher than driving a car yourself. The safety of the driver is important. | 2 |
9f804bd | Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. in the fourth paragraph it says venus is the most like our solar system. "long ago, venus was probably coverd largley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth". i believe scientests should go to venus or at least try. if they can get there and study the planet, we will find out new stuff. what if scientists figure out there can be life forms in the planet. that would mean we could have a whole new world. in paragraph 5 it says "The national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) had sent a human to venus". when they sent that person he/she survied. "not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. every day people are studying this planet. i think maybe one day people will be able to live on venus and that venus might be our new planet. this is why i think studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 2 |
9f8335a | Would you like to see the world?If you would like to then join the Seagoing Cowboys program.In this program you get to see the world and expirience once in a lifetime things.While I was in this program that's exactly what I did.
As a Seagoing Cowboy you get to do amazing things that not many others get to.''Besides helping people I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China,''that is what I said when they asked me what it was like being a part of this amazing program.I also got to ride in a gondola while i was in Venice,Italy.An awesome chance like this is something that I did not think would ever come my way, I was just a normal boy before joining but then turned into someone greater than I could have ever imagined.Yes,there is work involved but there is also fun and amazing opportunities that come with it too.
In conclusion,you should become a part of this program.When once in a life time opportunities like this come your way take them.I didn't think my life would change so quickly after I joined but it did.Your life could change drastically too and all because of one simple choice you could make right now.So go join the Seagoing Cowboys and take this oppotunity before it's too late,and I promise you won't regret it. | 3 |
9f83cbf | Driverless Cars, good or bad?
Yes, Yes driverless cars always sound like an awesome idea. Everyones dream, but have you thought of possible reprecussions? They say that the car will tell you when oncoming traffic or you are coming up on roadwork, but did they say anything in the article about kids running in front of the car, or even animals? What would stop the car from hitting this animal, or even a CHILD. I think kids are way more important than having a cool vehicle.
They did state that the driver should always have his/her eye on the road but, they were also talking about getting "in-car entertainment". I don't know if this sounds like television to you, but it sure does to me. And honestly, who's gonna watch the road if they're watching their favorite show?
They stated in the article that "we have to interpret driving fun in a new way". I don't think driving needs to be fun, you get where you are supposed to be and that's that. We do not need cars that'll drive for us. We are already beyond lazy, do they want us to be even lazier? Ameicans will do anything they can for an easy way out of doing something. Even if these cars will make loads of money, they aren't very safe.
The drivers seat is supposed to vibrate when backing out, if somethings in the way. Well what if the driver isn't fast enough to come to the wheel? What if they are too busy trying to pick what show they want to watch?
Let's talk about liability, Someone could easily get out of something because they can blame it on the manufacturer, "my seat didnt vibrate", "my shows didnt turn off", "the car didnt notify me". Do they really wanna get sued because someone lied?
Another thing, what the heck is up with "having cameras in the car". What even is privacy? Because, I'm quite sure thats an invasion of it. Out of everything I don't agree with, this is a huge one. They want to spy on people. Not ok.
Now if they come out with these cars and you get one, best of luck to you. but I gave you alot of reasons why the devolpment of these cars shouldn't happen. From the safety of our children, to our privacy. | 3 |
9f843b0 | Dear Florida State Senator,
Im writing this letter because I think that keeping the Electoral Collage is unfair to the citizens of the united staes and the candidates running for president. I think that keeping the Electoral Collage is unfair for many reasons. When i read this passage it gave me a claim, to get rid of the Electoral Collage, and it gave me the counter claim, to keep the Electoral Collage. Both the claim and counterclaim gave facts to show what they thought was right, but as i read this passage i thought that we shouldnt keep the Electoral Collage.
The main reason i think we should not keep the Electoral Collage is because its unfair. For example when citizens of the united states go to vote on election day every four years and they vote for who they would do the best job at making choices for our country. Their vote doesnt go to the candidates it goes to the Electoral Collage. I think that is unfair because its atcually them who get to pick the president of the united states not the citizens. That is also unfair for the candiates becuase they spend alot of time and money to get people to vote for them and when the people vote for them it doesnt really count because the Electoral Collage atcually picks who is and is not president.
I also dont like the winner take all method of voting. When that happens its like the other peoples vote never counted. When the winner take all method happens voters in toss up states are more likely to pay attention to the campaign. They receive the most information and attention from the candidates. Even if they go all out when its time to start voting that doesnt mean that they should be able to decide the election. Everyone elses vote matters too.
Some People think that the Electoral Collage should stay because they think that the Electoral Collage is a process not a palce. The passage says "The Electoral Collage process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress." That just pretty much showed us how they Electoral Collage system worked. Even though most people think that the system should stay I think it should go. It should go for many reason. The main reason that I think it should go is because its not fair.
- PROPER_NAME | 3 |
9f8981c | I belive the devlopment of driverless cars is a great idea. Although none of the cars developed so far are completley driverless, that is something that we will more than likely see in the future, and as soon as 2020. There are many positive outcomes with having driverless cars. One outcome being cars that don't use as much fuel. Another positive from having driverless cars is that they have all kinds of sensors to ensure the safety of the passengers. One other benefit is that they have the ability to notify drivers when they are needed.
A really big and important benefit of having driverless cars is the potential they have to be better for the environment and the economy. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envensions cars that would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus. This would be a great improvement for the environment and the economy.
Another benefit of having driverless cars is that they have all kinds of sensors. One important sensor is located on the roof of the car. It's called LIDAR and it uses laser beams to form a constant updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. The combination of all this input is very important for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. This ensures that the car always knows what is around it to make sure it is driving as safely as possible. With this tool, people don't have to worry about keeping a safe distance from other cars or getting too close to the side of the road. The car has it all under control.
One last benefit of driverless cars is that they have the ability to notify the drivers when they are needed. In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. They notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, like navigatin through work zones or around accidents. In order to notify the driver, some cars announce when they are needed, others have flashing lights on the windshield, and some make the seat vibrate.
Driverless cars exist now, but I belive they will become more popular and advanced as time goes on. I think people will really start to see all the benefits of driverless cars. They can do many fascinating things; things that people would have never even thought of cars being able to do, and that is why I think driverless cars are so beneficial. | 4 |
9f8a611 | How do we decide somebody is happy or not just looking at the picture? Now, the scientists improve the new software that can tell us how the somebody really emotion is. Prof. Thomas Huang and his colleague are the specialists in development of better ways for humans and computers to communicate.
Can we calculate the emotion by using the computer? Of course,we can calculate the emotion by using the computer. Dr. Paul Eckman create the FACS(Facial Action Coding System).Eckman classified six basic emotions ;happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness that are associated with the facial muscles movement. The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in classroom have advantages and disadvantages."A class room comuter could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"Dr. Haung predicts. So, we can give them the appropiate lessons that make them happy and fun. In that way, we can improve the students needs in the school. Today,most of the student rely on the technologies and social media. Most of the social media today are intend to the bad. Most of the students use their phones to communicate each others. Therefore, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. People are rather talking with the phones than face to face. Therefore we can't see their face and we don't know how to help them. By using the FACS to the classroom,we can help the student who need help. Our face can't lie our genuine emotion. According to the article "Facial Feedback Theory of emotion show that moving our facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may eben help produce them. How do we produce the smiles. For instance, when we see the ad that is the ad of pizzas, in our mind we want to eat them when we see it. Like that ,using the FACS can help our student by making some funny movies to the sad students and making motivation speeches to the depress students. Most of our students are facing worries and fear because in our country has so many stress. And teachers should know their students situation and so they can help at least they don't know their students problems. And a genuine smile can infect to the others. The drama coach Constantin Stanislavsky said that he encourage his actors carefully produce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotion on stage. He knew that human can imitate other person facial expression.
Finally,we have the new technology to revel our trure emotional expression of face. We have so many others advantages using these technology in others fields. In our school we should use this tech because it may give us more improvement in mental of our students. But somes might not like it because some don't want somebody know their emotions. Whatever, we need to care is what is really improve our society and our education through technology. | 3 |
9f8b7c7 | Hey everybody I'm Luke Bomberger and I'm here to convince you to join the
"Seagoing Cowboys program,I am going to list reasons why you should join by telling you my excpriecnces .I've had good and bad ones but at the end it was the best choice I've made.
One reason is that you get to help many people and animals have a better and here is my example,It took about two weeks to cross the the alantic ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China .Caring for animals during the crossings kept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled upfrom the lower holds of the ship,Also stalls had to be cleaned.
Another reason is that you get to venture around the world and see many different things and places,like I got to see Europe and china,but seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special to me.
And one final example is that as you venture around the world and take care of animals you also get more aware of people of other countries and their needs.
I think that this would be a great opportunity for you guys and you also get see many different places and people and thier countries. | 2 |
9f91572 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new techonology system enables computers to identify emotions. The author makes his claim by stating, "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 preciving emotions of others." In this essay, I will argue my opinion whether the use of this technology in classrooms is valuable.
I believe that this technology to potentially be used in classrooms to recognise a student's emotional expression is valuable because, in the article the author states that,"A classroom computer could recognise when a student is becoming confused or bored." This simply means that in a case where a student isn't understanding a topic the teacher is trying to teach through an online program the computer could switch up the lesson and make it more intresting for the child. This is an extrordinary idea because, when a student isn't progressing with a lesson the way they should then the computer can make the lesson easily understandable and then grades within a student skyrocket and they become better learners.
With saying this, a student may need some type of extra boost while getting bored in the classroom while learning a lesson. Therefore, this technology that can detect facial emotions could become a crucial part in better understanding a lesson. These types of technology in the classroom is definely a valuable item for not only teachers, but the students themselves. Furthermore, this facial expression detecting device may be a breakthrough for all schools and education systems due to the learning rates within a childs success.
In addition to this, the author also makes a claim in paragraph six stating,"Then it coud modify a lesson, like a human instructor." The author simply means that with the technology identifying the facial expressions of a child while learning a lesson the omputercould modify the lesson as if it were the students instructor to help them better understand what is being taught. Not only would the student benifit from these things but, the teacher as well. I believe this because, the teachers may feel more confident with giving a challenging but also helpful lesson to the student, while still giving them the quality education they need. In addition to saying this, I believe that this newly discovered technology could improve schools and classrooms which are definitely extremely valuable within a clasroom's in enviorment due to these factors stated in the previous paragraphs.
In conclusion,I believe that the new technology is an extremely valuable concept to be installed in classrooms. In the article of "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author makes a claim about the technology with saying, "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other peope are feeling even when they try to hide their emotions." this statement says a great deal alone and makes a claim of why these peices of technology should be installed in clasrooms and helps define why they are valuable to classrooms. | 5 |
9f93c72 | The Face on Mars
Have you ever seen the face on Mars? If so do you think it was a natural landform or alien made? So let's assume you think it is made by aliens and i think it wasnt. I think it wasnt because there have been things like this on earth but obviously not as big of a dent on earth. I personally think it was a natural thing like when clouds look like faces or random objects. People dont say clouds like that are made by aliens.
The reason I think it isnt alien made is because there are things on Earth comparable to the face on Mars. We don't think those are alien made. We also see clouds everday that look like faces or random objects so therefore there isnt a diffrence between the two. The only difference being clouds are in the sky and the face on Mars is on Mars.
Another thing you could also compare is the face on Mars to it the easter island heads. They are gigantic statues that kinda look like the face on Mars. A lot of people also say that those are alien made but other people could also argue they arent because they have an opinion. Most likely they will express there opinion too but it is a matter of opinion and no facts because there isnt way to tell if the face on Mars was made by aliens or not.
You could belive that it was or not but evidence from paragraph 7 stating that on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfures were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web stie, revealing... a natural landform. There ended up being no monument after all. So that is my reason to believe that it was a natural landform. | 3 |
9f9702b | The "Face" on Mars is indeed just a narural landform. It was first recorded in 1976. When this happened everyone went crazy because they thought it was a form of aliens. Yet they were incorect. NASA has now said that it is just a natural landform and has evedince to prove it as well.
In paragraph 3 it talks about how the fce is just a natural landfor. Saying it is just a rock formation. Also it says that the shadows just give it the illoution of being a face. Which means the sun has cast shadows on the rocks and the way the rocks were formed it made the shadows fall in the wholes appering to be a face when it really isn't.
In paragraph 7 it says that there is no alien mounuments. Proving most theroy's wrong. They found this out by taking another photo with a better liense so they can soom in and see what is really there. By doing this they found no alie monuments and that it is just a land formation as NASA origonaly belived.
Also in paragraph 12 it says the face is equivilant to mesa or buttle. Which means that it is compare to mesa and buttle wich are both natural landforms on Earth. Also in this paragraph it was proven that the rocks were created by lava. So now it is considered a lava dome.
So over all scients now belive that it is just a natural landform and that there is no aliens ther and that there never was. Insted they say it is just a rock formation that was made out of lava. So it is now cocidered a lava dome. Also they say it is just like our natural landforms here on Earth. | 3 |
9f988da | In this day and age, car ownership is extremely common among people of all demographics, despite its negative effects on the environment. Cars burn fuels incompletely, releasing harmful byproducts into the atmosphere that can cause thick smog to occur, among other things. Many people have realized the damage caused and have abstained from using personal motor vehicles, or have at least decreased in their use. However, many people still do not know all the advantages that come from living a car-free lifestyle. Living without a car may seem daunting at first due to its reputation as the most popular mode of transportation since its inception. When these preconcieved notions are brushed aside, the benefits can shine through. Limiting car usage is not only cost-effective, but it also dramatically decreases greenhouse gas emissions, lowers obesity, and allows people to conserve the non-renewable resources that cars depend on. Cleaner cities lead to less illness and a better quality of life for its citizens.
Limiting car usage can be very cost-effective, especially in a place like Vauban, Germany. In this particular town, it costs $40,000 just to park, not including the costs of the actual car, gas, tolls, and repairs that come with being a car owner. It is much more inexpensive to simply walk, bike, or utilize public transportation. People may have to give up a small amount of convienience, but they will surely enjoy the spike in their finances once they become accustomed to life without a car.
Without cars, an opening becomes apparent for cheap transportation. Walking, biking, and skating can replace the need for cars. These methods require people to put in effort to get to their destination. This effort burns calories for energy and allows the user to commute and exercise at the same time, allowing people to lead healthier, more active lifestyles. With the current obesity epidemic occurring in the United States, human-powered transportation is a viable option that is worth considering for the sake of America's heath. If cars are banned, cities will build more and more bike paths to accomodate the needs of the people just as it has happened in Bogota, Columbia. Reducing obesity would mean reclaiming the millions of dollars lost each year to healthcare costs on obesity related illnesses, such as heart disease. Cutting out cars could be the healthiest choice people ever make.
Greenhouse gases trap heat near Earth's atmosphere and contribute to climate change and biodiversity loss. Car emissions are a large part of the total emissions released, but that has the potential to change. Building cities closer together promotes walking in leiu of driving and reduces the amount of cars on te road, spewing their toxic byproducts. Slowing down climate change should be the most important reason why cities everywhere should take the initiative and eliminate cars.
Any small inconvience caused by not owning a personal vehicle is quickly outweighed by all the benefits the world can reap through getting rid of cars, once and for all. The problems they have inflicted on the world can finally be neutralized. | 5 |
9f98b59 | The Face on Mars is most definitely something, just not what conspiracies say it is. It isn't some ancient alien artifact. Photos taken by satelites and other evidence shows that it is merely just a naturally formed mesa, much like the ones we see here on our own planet. It may be interesting to imagine that it's the reminants of an ancient civilization gone for thousands of years, but that reality will unfortunately end up staying in our heads.
The first images of the ghostly face, taken in nineteen seventy-six, were quite blurry. This is probably one reason that it has been mistaken as evidence of life on Mars. Another possible reason that it looked so human-like was because of the shadows the face was casting on to the Martian surface. The shadows blended together to create an even more obscured image. All of these things caused people to mistake the Face on Mars for something more than it really is.
The second time NASA took photos of the mysterious figure, the camera took them ten times sharper than the previous ones. This provided even clearer evidence that the face was actually just part of the rust-colored Martian landscape. Unfortunately, the pictures were take during a cloudy time of year for Mars, which in turn added a slight layer of haziness to the image. This cause theorists to says that the view of the markings made by the aliens was concealed by the heavy amount of clouds. I can't understand why skeptics would think this. It's pretty unreasonable in my opinion.
Some people even believe that NASA is hiding the true reality of the photographs from the rest of the world. My question to them is, why would NASA do that? If NASA really did find evidence of life on Mars, there would be no reason to hide it. In fact, it would be good for NASA. It would draw more attention to the organization and maybe more people would become interested in their findings. My point is that NASA would have nothing to hide.
The final images didn't have anything in them for conspiracy theorists to use against NASA's claims, finally putting the myths about the Face on Mars to rest. The images had extremely high clarity, better than any of the pictures taken before. These final photos proved that the face wasn't anything made by alien lifeforms, but just a regular mesa. The proof may have let some people down, but it has satisfied a lot of people, too. | 4 |
9f99985 | Dear,
Senitors
I Write to you about the Electional Colleges because, i beleive that it is fair to change it to which ever runner has the most votes will become president. I understand that each candidate running for prsident has his or her own group of electors chosen by the political party but it depends if they chose their electors respondsibly
Electoral College consists of 538 electors , but a majority of 270 votes are required to elect the president. Voters don't vote for the president they would have to vote for a a slate of democratic electors pledged to that person and if that person won they would go to congress and that runner would get that amount of electoral votes.
But if a tie happens the electrol vote would go to the house of representatives where they would have to decide who the president will be and senates would decide who the Vice President would be.
But in all my oppionion should be that who ever has the most popular vote will vbe prsedent.
Thank You ,
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
9fa048b | Many students go to school with different facial expressions. What if it was possible to know exactly what they were feeling. Well now there is new technology called Facial Action Coding System. I believe that reading emotional expressions with this system will be valuable to schools.
The Facial Action Coding System is a computer software that can recognize emotions. This could be really helpful in the classroom. In the passage it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This is saying that if the comuter recognizes you are becoming confused or bored it will switch the lesson up so that you are more interactive. This would also help the students so they can stay on track and pass their classes.
If schools could know what the students are feelings I think that it would be so much easier too teach. I believe that the Facial Action Coding System is needed in schools. It should honestly be used all over the world. | 2 |
9fa1a58 | Well I can tell you that the face wasn't made by aliens because 1976 when the first discoverd the face is was in the 3rd paragraph it said
a ''huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illsion of eyes, nose, and mouth.'' And also there has been no other alen markings that aliens exist on mars. And in the last paragraph it say '' what the picture actlly shows is the Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa-----landforms common around the American West. But in mission controllers prepared to look again.
'' As a rule of thumb, you can discren things in digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,'' he added. So now you can see that no
allen made the face was made by Mars itself. And also ''thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a jpl web site, revealing ....a natural landform. there was no alien monument after all in paragraph 7. | 2 |
9fa501b | Have you every wanted to go visit Venus or just see it through a telascope? Well NASA have been tryign to go and see Venus, and sent robots and other things there to take picture or recording what is going over on the planet. The are a few problems with sending humans to Venus and things could go wrong if we are not prepared to go there. But here is a few problem with sending humans there.
Venus is very common to earth and some call it our sister. It will be very hard to try to have humans walk on planet Venus. In the text it says that "On the planet sruface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenhit, and the atmospheric, pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". That means it is going to very hard to withstand the temperature on Venus surface.
Another problem is that in the text it say that " Beyond high presure and heat Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land." What that mean is that is very challenging to send human on Venus and it could destroy the space ship and other things NASA sends.
Even though Venus has though things as well as earth they both are still very much in common. Studies have shown that Venus has have largely oceans and could have supported life on the planet just like Earth. But still Venus do have some landscape features just like earth. Venus have valleys, mountains, and craters all the same as earth.
Taking a trip to Venus will be a challenge and it will happen some day. NASA will some figure out a way to get there. But Venus is still a little different from earth and dangerous. Venus do have some simliiar like features as earth do. And the planet will remain earths sister. | 3 |
9fa7764 | Dear Senator,
I agree with Bob Dole about abolishing the Electoral College. The Electoral College is unfair to the voters. It's called the diaster factor for a reason. The American people should be able to vote for who they want. It states that when a person votes you are clearly voting for a slate of electors not the president himself. The Winner-take-all system in each state, candidiates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning,focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states.
The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. It is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. Residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised- to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president.
Should residents of another region feel like their votes do not count? No, they shouldn't each vote should be counted in order for the president to get into The White House. The president is their president as well as mine and yours and they shouldn't have to feel as if he wasn't and wouldn't want to know what their interest were. They should be treated equally.
In the big states the Electoral College it 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. Other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campain than a small one does.. Every state should have the same amount of attention, not be treated differently. | 3 |
9faa0a4 | In this story A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves,I go on a trip with my friend to Europe and get a once in a life time opportunity, to be a Seagoing Cowboy. In this essay I will be covincing you to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I will talk about how you get to see the world, go site seeing, and get to have fun but also help your country.
First off, seeing the world. in the story I talked about how besides helping people I got to see the breath taking view of Europe and China but seeing the Acropolis in Greece was just beautiful. I also traveled across the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States. Now who wouldn't want to see the world like I did and still help people in need?
Next, site seeing. On my journey to help, I got to take a gondola ( a boat) ride in Venice, Italy a city with sreets of water. Wouldn't it be amazing to go on a gondola and to go explore Italy? Also,I toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. Is'nt that just amazing?
Last but not least, what is a Seagoing Cowboy? I can't persuade you to be one if I don't tell you what it is! A Seagoing Cowboy takes care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas . Don and I signed up. When we were Seagoing Cowboys it was 1945 when World War 2 was over in Europe. We helped countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. If you like helping people this would be a great job for you.
In conclusion, I hope I convinced you to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Now that I've told you about how you get to see the world, go site seeing, and what a Seagoing Cowboy is I hope I've helped you make up your mind. In the future, I hope more people will sign up and help better our would. | 3 |
9fac427 | Mona Lisa is one of the worlds most famous paintings, but did you know that even though she isnt real computers can still reconize her face and unlock things. In the article "Mona Lisa Smiles", by Nick D' Alto he explanes how Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of FACS, made a system where computer can reconize your face. Many may argue that the new facial action coding system leads the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable this is shown by, Mona Lisa being able to be reconized by compters even though she's a painting, computer can knowlege the students faces and lastly, the computers can make you happy.
Firstly, Mona Lisa is being able to be reconized by computer even though she is a painting. Dr. Paul Eckman made a system where computers unlock themselves and consisders your emotion by your facial expressiona and the tempertures from your body. Nick states, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry" (D' Alto 1). This quote show that the computers saw her facial expression and determined how she was feeling. It also shows that the computers can see anyones face and unlock any device.
Secondly, computer can reconize their faces and only unlock for the students. The system would be very useful in school because it will determine the students facial expreesion and alert the teacher or the computer if the student needs help or is having a difficult time with their work. Nick states, "A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored" (D' Alto 6). This quotes shows that the teachers will have a easier time teaching and knowing which student will need help by the computer alrting them and showing that they need help.
Lastly, the computer can make the students more happy. Making smiley to your computer can make you more happy. Moving your facial muscels expresses more emotions. Nick states, "According to Facial Feedback Thoeory of Emotion, moving your facial muscels not only expresses emotions, but also may help produce them" (D' Alto 9). This quote shows that making faces at your computer can make your emotions change and feel better.
In conclution, computers can help the students and schools just by facial expressions. In todays world we have phones that easily unlock itself just by looking at it. Many may argue that emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable, it is, because it will help the students learn more from the computers knowleging that they need help. | 4 |
9fae4ef | The electoral college is seen both hated and favored by many Americans. Some believe that the electoral college is an efficent way of reciving a effective president and should be continued to be utilziled in America, and others (In comparsion with me) agrees that the electoral college should be thrown out allowing voting to be more of an "equal chance". The vote really doesnt count if your electors of the state dont come to the agrrement of the president you would want In the electoral college Secondly, who are the electors? And lastly who pics the electors? this is the curicumstances of having the electoral college.
First off, the vote really doesnt count if your electors of the state dont come to the agrrement of the president you would want. In the elctoral college the citizen of that particular state vote for the president of their choice. Afterwards it would be up to the number of electors that pledged for that particular president would earn the runners a number of votes that the state has based on their population. The method used for selecting a president maybe effiecent but not correct. It maybe faster and easier to caluclate but which would you rather have? An not so good president that was choosen by some elector. Or a vote based on what the entire country feels. Not off what a certian side of the country are most likely to do.
Secondly, who are the electors? Although these electors are trusted and rarely betrayed, how would we know if it was betrayed during this certian election? What if almost more than half of the electors in every state was influenced,forced or was to "betray" that would be an serious issue the elction of that particular presdient. This is one of the many questions in having a electoral college. The electors can be influenced by the other electors. which cannot be good for our country. these type of decsions should be made by everyone in the country not 12, 45, or 44 elctoral votes. The electoral votes were in the constitution from long ago. These type of systems worked better because the technology wasnt as advanced, but now it is. Why continue on whats already worn out, and out of date?
Lastly, how are the electors choosen? Because of not always being able to control who their electors of the state choose for it really isnt accurate. If electoral college was and "correct" way to choose the presdient, then why arent they publicly annocunced? How do the people who selelct the eletors? which brings up the possiblilty of the electors have a strong bias belief in democrats/republicans. all together the electoral college sounds fishy, if everyone voted on their perosnal opionion there would be less choas on how the president was selected.
Although anachronism may seem like a tradtion in America, that worked when it was created and continues to work now, there are quite of few down falls of this system. things are different now, we (America) should adjust to the times we are living in. What worked then may not be the best possible choice due to the advancements that we nw have in america. We should be free to vote for our president directly, not through some system that is almost acient. The vote really doesnt count if your electors of the state dont come to the agrrement of the president you would want In the electoral college Secondly, who are the electors? And lastly who pics the electors? This is the curicumstances of having the electoral college. Maybe soon the country will see the differnce. | 4 |
9fbda7e | Having cars without drivers are a big deal because according to "Google cofounder Sergey Brin Can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi sytem". (Paragraph 1). Instead of having drivers in every car, whose drivers are teens, parents, elderly, disabled, drunk who are driving everyday, having a car without them driving would make their lives easier which would reduce the deadly automobile accidents that are reported everyday. I am not against the development of these cars, but in fact I am in support of the development because instead of having different drivers in different cars who are driving everyday, having driverless cars would provide more organized styems and more cautious sensors in the cars, which would lead to a safer environment whether inside the car or outside the car, while making a transprtation.
In the second paragraph it states "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash" (Paragraph 2). It explains that the cars has driven a million miles without any crashes. Having driverless cars also would only use half the fuel of today's taxis. I believe if the companies put more researches on the cars especially when dealing with traffic issues, and if government allows them to test the cars more often, it would lead to another better, and successful step to allow driverless cars in the future world.
In conclusion, I am for the development of the driverless cars because they are more safe and they would offer less complelxion for the drivers. Just like there are robots being invented, the cars would also be able to drive without drivers. | 3 |
9fc4dab | The Face is a natural landform in Cydonia on Mars, it wasn't created by extraterrestrials. I can prove the Face is only a natural landform bescause there are similiar rock formations near Cydonia that show zero evidence of aliens, NASA hasn't been bringing in thousands of dollars from the discovery, and scientists discovered nothing strange about the rocks besides its resemblance to landforms common around the American West.
The article, "Unmasking the Face on Mars", brought the fact that there are similiar rock formations near Cydonia that show absolutely no evidence of alien manufacturing to the reader's attention. This statement and fact proves that aliens did not create a face out of rock on Mars, let alone exist on Mars. The actual quote is, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unsual shadows that made it look like an Eygptian Pharaoh." A few days after the discovery, NASA released the image to the public along with this statement: "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."
Also, if the Face was really formed by aliens, NASA would be getting thousands and thousands of dollars from the discovery that there are other beings that aren't living on Earth. The author of "Unmasking the Face on Mars" also brought up the counter-argument that the Face was indeed made by aliens. But then provided the reader with viable information that shuts down the counter-argument. "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of NASA's budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."
The last piece of evidence that proves the Face is just a land formation on Mars is that scientists discovered nothing out of the ordinary about the rock formations, besides the resemblance to land formations in the American West. After using a professional camera, scientists released this statement: "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." These reasons support the statement that the Face is only a land formation and wasn't created by aliens. | 4 |
9fc5125 | Challenges of Expoloring Venus can be challenging to write about or understand. People often have different ideas/opion on this topic. Many people are indecievise though too. Which can lead to conflicting sides. His idea that it will be worthy it is not supported very well for a couple reasons.
His idea is not supported all that well. He used more of what he thought than facts. Such as this qoute " 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 qoute supports my idea because how does he know that there is insight to be gained on that plant. With that how does he know that human curiosty will lead us to equally endeavors. He needs to uses sources and support his sources. He even goes back to the dangerous that each one can lead to. He does not stay strong in just one idea, he circles back to the other idea. A qoute from the text that proves my point is " Modern computers are enormously powerful and flexible and quick. but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions.
He always has a reason behind why it won't work or why it is dangroues. the author may feel like he needs to put why it wouldn work or the dnagerous but it just makes their writing weaker
In conclusion the author does not support his idea well. He has conflicting sides and he always seems to have a reasons why it could be dangroues. He also seems to have very little facts they are mostly just opions. The author needed to stick to one idea and find facts to support that reason. Intead of just going back and forth between ideas. This topic can be diffcult to write about if you do not understand it or have studied it in school. | 3 |
9fc7cec | As a u. s citizen that we should get rid of the ellectoral college. I think that it should be the peoples desision of who should run the countrys main power. Being the president is the biggest job in america so i think it should be up to the people that will have to obide by his rules and follow his laws. It would not be fair if all the higher richer people get to decide cause they can all decide the one in their favor thats helps them out the most and all lower class people would be screwed. Some may think that the Electoral college is a better choice because their is different benifits about the electors voting instead of americas people. Like for instance when their are ties the ellectoral college is a huge help.
The popular vote is the best way to do it as long as the restrictions are being followed ,like no voting til you are 18 years of age and no fellonies policy. These rules can be very important to the elections concidering that would get rid of millions of extra votes. In the electoral college one thing i do not like is the fact each state has a different number of electoral votes. that would favor one state more than another rather than them all having an equal amount so the voting could be more justified and fair. | 2 |
9fc96de | I think that exploring venus pursuit the despite the danger so that people can learn many more things. The reason why i say that is because one is that the beauty of venus from far away, another is that they can't bring things to examine because of the distance and lastly because of the atmosphere.
Reason number is that the beauty of the planet. When the planet is close by us, the planet look so beautiful that even an amateur stargazer would know the place to look at. There are many other names that they call the venus start for example they might call it The Evening Star. But the thing is though the name is not telling us the truth because Venus is a planet and not a start because of the beauty it make it look like a star from far away.
Another reason is that the distance between us and the danger.
Because of that reason we cannot brings things from the planet to us to examine thing because of the distance. when venus is close to us "people have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the cloud-draped world".
Because of the danger no spacecraft have been landed safely more than a few hours.
My last reason is that the atmophere. The atmosphere is 97 percent carbon diaxide. Here the cool thing, the cloud are highly corrosive sulfric acid. the temperatures are oveer the average and the atmospheic pressure are like more than 90 times stronger or greater than earth. These are the reason why people can stay for only a few hours because these conditions are far extreme for the humans and would crush them.
These are the reason why i think that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger. one is because of the beautyness from far away, another is that they can't bring things back from venus to examine it and lastly because of the air and how the atmosphere are like. i think those reason are enough to explore venus again by risking things. | 2 |
9fced4b | Have you heard of "The Face On Mars"? If not then listen closely, the face is'nt real. It's just a Mesa that looked like a face back in 1976 cause of the technology back then. With today's technology we are able to see that it's just another landform on Mars.
The Face on Mars was a great mystery and a degree of surprise back in 1976 since they were just exploring mars at the time and didn't really know what to expect from it when they found that landform. Since then the Face became a pop icon and stared in multiple Hollywood films, magazines, and books. Because of the landform on Mars people thought that is was solide evience that life was on mars or that there was life on Mars. Thus aftward scienctists tried to take another picture of Cydonia (The Face) with the improved technology and show that there is no life on Mars and that the face is just a landform on Mars.
In the image it did look more like a landform yet it still resembled a face so conspiarators still beleived that there was still life on mars or that there was life on Mars. The people that weren't saticfied said that The Face on Mars is located 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April of 1998 which is a cloudy time on Mars. Thus the people also beleived that there could be alien markings but were hidden by the wispy clouds that the MGS couldn't see through.
Life on Mars is possible and the Face could be real and could have markings on it but because of the cloudy day the MGS couldn't see the Face clearly.
On April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day had come and it was time to take a picture of the Face. The photo was taken with maximum resolution, and when people saw the picture there was no mistaking it for a landform on Mars. Garvin also added "It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," said Gravin. So the Mar's Face was just a landform on Mars that looked like a face because of the technology back in 1976 and because of the cloudy day when NASA took the second picture of The Face. | 3 |
9fd7ecd | Did you know that in some car intensive areas in the united states 50 percent of pollution come from car emissions. 50 percent, thats half of the pollution in a city or area just off of cars alone. Thats a huge number, to huge if you ask me. But some step are being taken to lower of car emissions around the world. Creating communites like vauban, germany, also by banning driving and having car free days. These are some thing that have taken place in order to lower car emissions.
In the suburbs of Vauban cars are not a factor in everyday life. There is no street parking , driveways and no home garages. 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars. People get around get around by walking, bicycling and the occasional tram. This drastically reduces greenhouse gases. In result this is one of the cleanest communities to live in.
In paris after days of near record pollution, they enforced a partial driving ban. Motorists with even numbered license plates were "ordered to leaves their cars at home or suffer a fine. The same thing would happen with odd numbered plates the following. Car traffic was down 60 percent in the capital city of france. That helped the city a lot, enough to rescind the ban for odd numbered plates on tuesday.
Bogota celibrates a car-free day. Hiking, biking, skating and bus riding all great chooses to get from place to place on this day. This helps to clean the air around us and help us breath better air. The goal of this is to reduce smog in the air. Other countries have also took notice and started doing this as well. | 2 |
9fdad44 | Driverless Cars are usually something we see in movies, specifically in futuristic or sci-fi movies. When we see these movies, we are in awh and we would love to have them. I mean who wouldn't want a car that could drive it self, but is it the best thing for us?
There are companies now that have cars that drive, for exmple Google and BMW. Google has had drvieable cars since 2009 and they have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but there is still a person in there that has to help out. Although the cars do drive them selves, they can not go through work zones or go around crashes, so the human has to come into play. BMW has a car that they call "Traffic Jam Assistant", this car can handle driving speeds up to 25 mph, but drivers still need to keep their hands on the wheel and when the car does not know what to do then vibrations go through the seat to notify the driver.
Humans have been driving for many many centuries and to think of a day where we won't have to do that anymore is strange. If humans don't have to drive, then they won't pay attention. If these companies really make a car that drives it's self through any kind of condition then what will happen if the car gets into an accident with another car. Will it be the humans fault or the car and say it is the car's fault, who will we blamn the company for promoting a safe car or the people who designed the car. Something else to look at in the situation is how much will the repairs will be?
In today's day in age when we get into a crash the damage is pretty costly and the hospital bills are not very pretty either. But we are talking about a car that drives itself, so it is going to cast way more to fix. You have to repair the body of the car and the the inside just like you do now but these cars can drive them selves by computers and chips. So how much will they charge us to fix the computer and the body?
In coclusion to my argument, no. I dont think we should keep making and testing these driverless cars. There is so much at risk and Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of drving on autopilot 90% of the time. That is not 100% so why are we still wasting our time and money on this. The cost for repairing these cars if there is a crash will go up and there will be law suits to the companies. These cars will not make it very long on the market, so we should stop now and continue makeing the cars that we have now safer and continue rebuidling and finding more things we can add them. | 3 |
9fdc1d4 | Don't you like to some times drive and have somewhat freedom? You won't have no fun sitting in car and not driving.
If we have self driving cars we still need to pay attention to the rode so we don't get in a crash and when the car want humans to take over. If the car requires human skills for navagating through a work zone wont it be a lot of problems.
If we have self driving cars we wont have to work to get I.D. No more and teens wont be happy that they don't have their name on a plastic card that says you can go almost where ever you want.
We will lose some things like multitasking because are brian is used a lot when we drive and if we listen to the radio. We will just be listening to music or on are phones just rotting brain cells.
Thats why i think we should not have self driving cars, because we will lose some freedom and skip some parts of growing up | 2 |
9fe2c49 | Imagen no longer having to sit though a boring online lecture, being able to find the lecture helpful and not a drag or a bother. Well with technologies like Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman's FACS or Facial Action Coding System, that is quite possible. With a technology that is able to read and recognise facial expressions, it can help improve students online lectures and help them pay attention and focus. A technoloy like FACS that can read emotions through facial msucle movment would provide the education system with a better way to connect to the students and aid in their emotional focus to the lectures and assignments providing a valuable aid to student education.
Even though humans can already perform similar actions, being able to tell what those around you are feeling by looking at their face. Humans can only "calculate" how such individuals are feeling and many fail to get a appropriate calculation. As Dr. Huang notes, " most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." so for a computer to be able to read nonverbal expressions is very helpful as most students are kept to themselves. A computer with the FACS tecnonly would be able to recongize a studetns needs when learning on line. As Dr. Huang states, " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored [allowing the computer] to modity the lesson." This ability to recognize emotions through facial movment can help improve the students performance by modifying lessosn to meet their educational needs. As some students already have trouble focusing in class and loose attetnion when lessons are boring or they just simply don't understand. Technologies like FACS provide the students with an adaptive and responsive system that will help them improve their focus and learn more affectively.
On the other hand some people may argue that technologies like FACS are an invasion of privacy. Or that these technologies can not really tell your emotions. These technologie dont do anything millions and millions of people do not already do everyday, read facial expression. The is what tecnologies like FACS do they read and recognize facial movments to determine emotion. Just like all of us do when trying to figure out the feelings of those around us. These techonlogies use a complex level of facial recognition invented and tested by proffesionals like Dr. Huang. As well as Dr. Paul Eckman who studies anatomatical movments and sturcutres. Being able to classify six basic emotions those being, " happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness". Even though these six can not analyzse every single emotion it will analyzse the one expressed the most.
Allowing those around, like teachers and instructures to aid in figuring out what is wrong with an individual and how to help them perform better.
So overall technologies like FACS which are able to read facial muslce movments are benefitail to student learing. A technoloy capable of adapting to analysed human emotion will help studnets learn , focus and feel more attented to in their learning. By identifying the emotion these technologies can also help teachers and guidecne counselors work towards aiding those students which are emotinally depressed and need help but wont verbally say it. Such technologies not only offer a way to aid and improve student attention in learning but also help those students who hide their emotional prolems, which affect their learning by having teacehrs and counselors provide that help thanks to technologies that can read emotional expressiosn | 5 |
9fe31ac | I Luke Bomberger am a veteran seacowboy. The segoing cowboy program isn't all hard work. You should join the program because it is a chance of a lifetime, you visit cool places, and you get to have fun. The cowboy program is meant for you.
This a one time offer. You don't know how long this opperation will be running. When my friend asked me to do I thought, "I knew this was an opportunity of a lifetime." I decided I am going to go. You should go too.
Another reason you should go is that you travel all over the world. You get to see things that you would never imagen. The places were unbelieveble. When I was a cowboy, "I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. Another event I remeber was in Venice were we road a gondola on the streets of water.
I always liked the end of the trips because after all the hard work we had fun. We had had so many games. "The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling." with all these games we never wanted to leave the sea. If you came too, you could do play too. We spent so much time having fun I knew it was the best decision I made.
After all those years I stopped, but I still remember the adventure. Most of all I remember it was a chance of a lifetime, all the trips we made, and all the fun we had. The trip was definintly worth it. | 3 |
9fe42f3 | Imagine you could tell anyones emotions just from a computer. Thanks to Prof's new innovation you can! It can recognize emotions from a 3-d model of your face. I think it is a great idea for teachers to use on students in classrooms. I think it's a great idea because it can work on real faces or paintings, it can tell between fake and real smiles, and it can help students get better grades.
I think it is a great idea to use this new technology in classrooms because it can work on real faces and paintings. This shows that the technology used is acurrate. If the technology can be used on students or paintings to tell their exact emotions it must be very accurate. It can calculate the emotions by using the 44 major muscles on your face. Then, it can calculate the movement of those facial muscles.
I think it is a great idea to use this technology in the classrooms because it can tell between a real and fake smile. This could help the teachers to understand what the students enjoy so they stay ingaged in class. If a student is fake smiling at a teacher that means they don't like what they are talking about or don't understand. They could also tell if students are talking to other students during class. Then teachers could stop them from talking and all the students around them would be able to listen to the teacher rather then be distracted by the students.
A reason you may not want this technology in your classroom is because it can't detect nonverbal communication. Many students now a days use social media to connect with others. Some students even connect during class. This technology can not detect any emotion from it. Which could be a problem because for many people social media gives you many emotions.
The final reason I think it is a great idea to use this technology in the classroom is that it can help students get better grades. Teachers will be able to know if students are angry, sad, confused, bored or afriad. Students may have things on their mind and it may keep them from focusing in class. It can help teachers to calm students down or to understand why we were not able to focus during class. Teachers could also recognize when students are confused or bored. Then they would be able to modify their lesson to help students have a better understanding. I believe this technology could help many schools around the world and improve the next generation. | 4 |
9fe8c87 | A butte and a mesa these are all natural things on our planet Earth. So why do you think that the planet Mars also can't have these things. Earth is covered in these mesas so more than likely other planets including Mars probably have buttes and mesas, its just coincidentall that it looks like a face. With the other pictures it proves that the mesa isn't an alien artifact and just a natural landform.
If you go out to the Rocky Mountains and look around you can probably see tons of Mesas maybe not as big ,but they are still the same natural landform. The mesa is big and does look like a face at first glance ,but there is no way you can prove it. But for scientists you can back it up with facts not just opinions.
If you look at the image taken from the spaceship Viking 1 from 1976 you can see that only looks somewhat similar to a face. And then 22 years later a picture from a Mars Global surveyor you can see that it very clearly isn't a face and instead just a natural landform.
The only way that this could be an alien artifact is if the martians are inside of it or underneath it. That would explain how the camera can not see any other buildings around the object because they are all inside of it so no one is outside. They also could be inside of the butte because the planet is deadly for some paticular reason and they have shelter inside safely away. And another reason is because inside of the planet there may be some source of running water that is keeping them alive.
Although this could not work because they more than likely would have gotten a picture of a martian outside doing something. And they would need some source of water which has already dried up on the outside of the planet.
In the end it is not possible that the mesa is an alien artifact and is instead just a butte or a mesa that happens to like a face. Because the clearer picture shows that it now looks nothing like a face, water stopped flowing on the red planet a long time ago, and Earth also has these land forms all over the place. | 3 |
9fed850 | The gorveners and presitdent are trying to bane cars for good. First they're trying to bane car so that are eviroment get's better and so that's what there doing. Second in German they banned cars for couple days and if you refuse to not drive your car you'll have to pay a fine. They have also started this community were you can't drive cars and if you wanted car space it' 40,000 along with the house you're paying for,some people even had to sale their cars just to get an house in that new community. Thrid as a result of 70 percent of vauban's families do not have cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move. Frouth middle class families from chicago to shanghai tend to make their homes and reduce greenhouse gas. Also all of our development since world war 11 has been centered on car, and that will have to change said " Daivd Goldberg".
I think it's crazy that Paris has banned driving due to smog. First on every Monday no one can drive their cars do due to smog so they're trying to reduce the smoke in the air. Second on that same day people with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 31$ fine. Thrid almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to reuters twenty-one people had their cars impounded for their reaction on the fine. Frouth Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals.
First in Bogota their is car free day spinning into a big hit. Second they pay for you're ride so that you don't drive you're car. Thrid so their turnout was large,despite gray clounds that dumed occasional rain showers on Bogota. | 2 |
9ff1dec | Dear Senator,
Electoral college may be a despised method to some people but it has been the system established by our founding fathers and remains until this day. It may not be perfect but every method has its flaws, including popular vote, respectively. The popular voting system is not the best method since it can end up not defining certainty of the outcome. Electoral college has prevailed until this day and it should remain this way for the United States of America.
Although electoral college may be called outdated, irrational and unfair (Brandon Plumer 14). This isnt true because if it were so outdated and unfair it would have been substituted or changed by another system but it has remained because of its effiecency. This system is certaintly not unfair because as stated in a article by Richard A. Posner,he explains "each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)." As for the irrational portion of the opposing view, as stated in " in defense of the electoral college..." article has mutiple reasons but one of them is "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal."
No region (South,Northeast,etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president."
The single best argument against Electoral College may be called "the disaster factor" as claimed by Brandom Plumer in his article opposing the Electoral College. Certainty of Outcome is a strong point for Richard a. Posner in his article defending the electoral college and carefully states "A dispute over the outcome of the Electoral College vote is possible-it happened in 2000-but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." He (Richard Posner) also reminds the reader that the Electoral College avoids issues in elections in which no candidate receives majority of the votes cast and there is no pressure for a "run-off election" when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast.
Another factor brought to our attention by "the indefensible electoral college..." article is that since the Electoral College uses the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont lose time in states they are most likely to not win in and they focus mostly on "swing" states. Although the "swing" states system is used, it is simply utilized becauseit induces the candidates as seen in 2012's election. But the voters in toss-up states are most likely to pay more attention to the campaign, and it is decreed that the most thoughtful voters should be the chosen ones to decide the election.
Ultimately with all the information cited it is quite obvious which option is best for the U.S. Electoral College may have it's cons but the pros outweigh it. This is not a new method. It was defined by the Founding Fathers that wrote our constitution that has held our country in unisom until this day. Now in 2015 it is still the leading force in the government and should be kept that way. the Electoral college is the best suited for America and should'nt be altered.
Sincerly,
A future voter | 4 |
9ff5651 | I am here to tell you why I think the, "Face on Mars" is a myth or misunderstanding. The Viking 1 Space craft was circling the plantet when they spotted the resemblence of a face. Here are a few reasons why I think this "Face" is just a misconception.
The NASA crew had stumbled upon the image when they were orbiting their sister ship Viking 2 Spacecraft. They may have gotten a clear image of the "Face" but they hadn't known the conditions of the planet before they made the assumption of Martian activity. They plastered it all over the US not knowing if the "Face" was really evidence of alien life on planets; excluding Earth.
Garvin recognized the landform. He said it had looked like a butte or a mesa he had seen on earth. Who knows if the the landforms on earth can form on a different planet. Garvin said, and I quote, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."
Scienctists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia. There have been "buttes" or "mesas" in the region of Cydonia before. I do not understand why this "Face on Mars" is any different if it was common in the region where it was found. The formation looked like a face. Okay well, sometimes you see random formations on the street with trash. You wouldn't give it a second glance. So, I don't know why this formation on Mars would be any different.
I believe that the formation is just different shadows coming together to make one big shadow. The brain can do crazy things, even trick you at times. I think the formation is just a mind trick that everyone fell for. | 3 |
9ffa2f1 | Is studying the planet Venus dangerous? This article i am reading is called, " The Challenge Of Exploring Venus." This article mainly mentions about the planet Venus, it's conditions, and expierences. This Planet is sometimes known as the " Eveninng Star." This Planet has alot of reasons why it shouldn't be studied. The temperature conditions on planet Venus are extremely high, It is also the second Planet closest to the Planet Earth, and scienstist wont even be able to observe this Planet closly.
To start off with the Planet Venus temperature are extremely high. In the text it mentions, " On the planet surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenneit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." This is a piece of evidence with specific datails exlpaining how hot this Planet could get. This Planet is 90 times greater than our actually temperature. If a human were able to go to this Planet and actually land they wouldn't even last atleast 30 seconds on that Planet.
Secondly Planet Venus is the second more nearest to the Earth. Which means Venus is also most closest to the Sun. Venus goes around the Earth in different speeds. That could probably be a reason why Venus has extremely high temperatures. In the text it states, " Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This text talks about how they had to stop giving missions to Venus because the NASA realized they couldn't do much more if their partners couldn't even survive.
Instead of keeping the missions for this Planet they had to cancel it all since they were eventually getting no type of information but for the weather.
The last reason was that NASA can't even get near the Planet because the conditions are terrible. They will have to experince the Planet from a specifc distance. In the text it states," At thirty- plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level o Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."
This is a piece of evdence explaining on how distance NASA will be from the Planet.
It even mentions the temperature, and how the conditions would be hard but it helps for humans to survive. NASA will be floating around the earth trying to experience any little thing they could possibly get their eyes on. The can't even take samples of rocks, gas , or anything else.
In conclusion, i believe Venus couldn't get studied. My reasons are becuase the temperature conditionsare pretty high, It is the closest to the sun and the Earth, and NASA wouldn't even be able to experience this Planet closelsy. These reasons are why I believe Planet Venus shouldn't get studied, it is too dangerous. | 4 |
9ffbcd2 | In this essay I will be explaining how the face of the moons theroys began. How the face of the moon was captured and found by NASA. I will be expaling the description of the face of the moon. Also how the face of the moon became famous. In conclusion the face of the moon was not made by aliens but made natural.
The paragrpah I'm writing will consest of the theroys of the face of the moon. The first theroy of the moon began when a camrea on board the MGS had to peer through a wispy cloud, and thought alien markings were hidden by haze. After the examination from labs they found out that the Martian face resembled a butte or mesa landform commonly found in the American West. The face of the moon represents a lava dome that has the form of a isolated mesa the same size of it. In conclusion the theroys are incorrect of the face of the moon.
This paragrpah will be explaining the face of the moons discovery. The face of the moon was discovered by Nasa's Viking 1 spacecraft on May 24, 2001 when it spotted a shadowy figure of some what of a human face. When the face of the moon was examined at the Jet Propulsion Lab scientist figured out it was another Martian Mesa. After examing the face of the moon the authors resaoned a good way to attract public attenistion to Mars. In conclusion the face of the moon startled many scientist.
My paragraph will be demostrating the charactics the face of the moon has. The
face of the moon has a face like a human which is located in the center of the moon. Also the moon resemblise the nose, eyes, and mouth of a human. The face of the moon has a shodow that makes it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. The face of the moon has many charactics that have followed its discovery.
This paragraph will talk about how the face of the moon became famous. It became famous by starting off as an illusion but then becoming a pop icon that has stared in Hollywood films, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. People even think the face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars. A few scientist belived the face of the moon was an alien artifact after examining the facts. In conclusion the face of the moon has made a big impact on fame.
In this paragrpah I will be describing the face of the moon. Nasa has done reasherch, and has figured out the face on the moon was not made by aliens. Also the theroys of the moon were proven wrong by experts concluding the face was made natural. Even after experts examined the pictures taking from the moon conclude it has similar charaistics to the human face. The illusion of the face of the moon has brought many attention to it making it a big event in fame espacalliy in Hollywood. In conclusion the theroys and facts behind the face of the moon prove that it was not made by aliens but made natural and is similar to a butta or mesa. | 3 |
a004e6d | What would you think about driverless cars driving around your neighborhood? I would totally disagree and be against of these cars. I wouldn't accept it at all because of these three reasons: It will be a big risk of our lives, we can't trust in technology on everything, and it would cost a lot of money. You are probably thinking "How can it be dangerous, useless, and expensive?". Well let me explain it to you why.
The first reason: it would be a big risk for all our lives. Why? Well, it can really be dangerous. For example if you are driving in a highway with your children the car might malfunction and get in an accident and damage or probably worse kill your children. It could happen, like another example what if you are driving in your driverless car and out of no where your car stops and the car behind you malfuntions and crashes into you, you could be severly damage anything could happen like that. We have to know what we are getting into before we all try it because it can save our lives.
Another reason: we can't trust on technology on everything. Like I said driving can be very dangerous and letting our lives in technology's hands can be a big risk. We can't trust them on everything, sure it's really cool thinking "Hey we can have driverless cars" but no it can be very dangerous. For example what if we need to go somewhere and we trust that the car can take us to our destination, but we realize later the car took us to the wrong turn now we are heading the wrong direction. It is better for us to drive our own with us humans controlling the vehicle.
Final reason: it can be very expensive. What is one thing that is a big pain in all of us in our lives? Money. Money is difficult for all of us, it basically controls us. The one thing we all know that the car will be really expensive and it will be hard to buy one. People will want to buy because it looks cool or it will really help them in their lives. I think they are a waste of time, we are perfectly fine with normal cars that take us wherever we need to go and that's it we don't need expensive cars. This car isn't a need but only a want for everyone.
So in my opinion I think driverless cars are a dangerous, useless, and expensive. Dangerous because it is a big risk in our lives. Useless because we can't always trust on technology about everything even if it involves our lives. Lastly, it will be too expensive and it will not be a need for everyone. So in your opinion what do you think of driverless cars? | 3 |
a00b247 | The Electoral College is a process that has been used in the United States Government for many years. It is the process that selects a candidate for Presidency based on electoral votes rather than the popular vote of the people. Many believe that the Electoral College should be abolished, but if we were to take it out of our governmental system, it would take away most of the effectivenss of our elections. The United States election process has worked very efficiently for many years with this process of election, it is very effective for choosing a candidate, and when it comes down to it, the last process of the Electoral College (House of Representatives stepping in when there is a tie) is very unbiased and is also effective in choosing a candidate. If we were to abolish the Electoral College, the United States government would basically be starting over with their election process, which isn't necessarily a good idea once you are nearly 300 years into being an official country.
The United States' election process has worked very effectively with the Electoral College for a large amount of years. There is no reason why it should be abolished from the country. Throughout all of these elections, the best candidate was chosen for each presidency in the end because of this great process of election. Rather than choosing the majority of the people, which could have a biased opinion, it is left up to both the citizens and a vote in Congress. This forms a balance between the two opinions. It is a very evenly based system, as said in Source #3 "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our deprised methos of choosing the President", the article states that "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal." This means that just by having one region of the United States really respect you and vote for you, this does not mean you are going to win the election. No region can get you the win. There simply are not enough electoral votes. Therefore, you must cover the most ground possible in the United States, because the more states you win over, the better your chances of becoming president are.
The Electoral College is a very efficient process of election. Instead of only the people voting and the decision of who becomes president left to the popular vote, the power of selection for presidency is evenly spread between Congress and the people. Some say that the electoral colleg is unfair, and that it is irrational. This is stated in the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer. He states "The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality." This means Plumer believes that those who argue in favor of the electoral college do not take a look at the reality of things when talking about this subject. The electoral college is very fair when it comes to the election of a president, because we all want to choose the best candidate for the job, and the only way to do that is to have an effective system for choosing a candidate without having a biased opinion tossed into the mix to mess up the process. It's sort of like a job interview. You show what you have to offer to the boss (in this case it is the whole country), and if you are chosen for the job that means you were the most qualified and that you are the best choice for the job. Whichever candidate gets chosen for the job was obviously the best candidate at the time, and there is nothing that anyone can do to change that.
The one situation that most people worry about within the electoral college is when there is a tie in the electoral vote. In this situation, the decision of the election would be placed into the hands of the House of Representatives and the Senate chooses the Vice-Presidential candidate best suited for the job. It does not matter how many representatives there are for any one state, as stated in the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer. He states that "Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, representing 35 million voters." This means that no state has more power than another in this process, and every representative has the same amount of power when it comes down to chooosing a candidate best suited for being president. Additionally, it creates a sense of balance between all of the states and nobody has an unfair advantage when electing the next president.
As you can see, the electoral college is a very effective process used in the United States to choose a presidential candidate that should not be abolished from the country. With this system, the country has functioned very effectively for a very long time, the system is very effective for choosing a candidate best suited for the presidential position, and it is very unbiased and fair when it comes down to the decision of the House of Representatives for the election. Abolishing this efficient process would just do a disservice to the country's election process, and I highly doubt that any whole-hearted citizen of the United States of America would want to do that to his or her own home country. | 6 |
a00ba58 | The limiting of cars in the world and commuinities sounds terrible but in a way its not all that bad for one reason it helps reduce smog in the area, people get more physical activity by walking and by cleaning up the city new business will come to the twon/city you live in people drive there cars everywhere they go, to the store , the mall, out to eat even if its in walkinng distance people relay on there car to get them where they need to go and this is a big problum because its creating unheathy smog in the environment that people and animals live in and by relaying on cars to get them where they need to go the people are only making the situation even worse then its becoming. Smog is like a poison fog created by cars and things of that nature and is put into the atmosphere for people to breath into there lungs and is but into there body just beacuse they "need" to drive where they "have"to go in such a hurry.
when you remove cars for an extended period of time or just the day people are forced into physical activity to relay on when they have to go places like the store, the mall, out to eat ect. its good for people just to get out and exercise instead of someone saying im going to the drug store that is a 5 min walk down the road. now its alot more reasonable if the place your going in like 5 miles from where you live then yes drive but if is 5 min walk just walk its not going to kill you. even if its just biking up the road to get the mail it still beats driving for no reason on somthing you could walk/bike to get.
If you remove cars once a week, evan once a year you could clean up the town/city you live in to bring new business to the town you live in and new busnisses means new jobs so that an econome increases in the town because it been cleaned up and new busniess has be created in your town.
in these three paraghaphs ive given three great reasons why imiting cars is a great advantage and help the small towns to big cities around the world. | 3 |
a011468 | The Face on Mars, a face that is natural and looks like an Egyptian Pharaoh. It is a very big deal because people think that aliens have or maybe made it. Some people think the Face is Bona Fide.
The face is two miles from end to end, and it has become a very big deal to everyone in the world. Cydonia is the name of the head. It had very weird shadows on the face, so it made it look even more like a face. This was a very good way to attract a lot of attention to mars. I believe that NASA wouldn't want any attraction to mars because they would want to find out things themselves.
On April 5, 1998, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took ten times sharper images than the first time. They thought that it would be an alien monument but it wasn't. What the picture actually shows is that it is equivalent to a buttle or mesa.
The Face on Mars was just natural and no one made it. It was just all Rock and shadows. No one believed it at first but it was just rock that came naturally. So it just turned out that the face was a rock with shadows. | 2 |
a0154df | I do not see how you would think that it would be created by aliens I mean we have rocks, hills, and mountains. So there really is not different sure it may be weird that there is a structure on a planet that looks like a face. But we have weird structures that look like crosses and or objects. If you think it is made by aliens than I guess almost the whole earth is made by aliens. It's an object that is on a planet in our solar system.
For all we know there could be water and all sorts of things on Mars. There could be a whole nother life form on that planet. If so are you going to say they are aliens too. They may lok at us and say that we're aliens because they have never saw us before. For all we know that could have been a mound that people or animals lived in.
If you look carefully at the picture it looks like there are more than just that one mound. So there very well could be a whole nother life form we will never know. My opinion they're could be people on Mars. I mean there was another planet that a while back that we found out had some type of water type substance on it. So I think there are people on Mars.
Because if we can live on a planet that means there must be another one somewhere. Earth cannot be the only planet with water, trees, grass, sand, dirt, humans, and animals. This means we should look farther into this and maybe we wll find out if there really is any other life form. It very well could be an odd shaped mound or it could be a home. Think of it this way we have weird looking houses, hills, trees, and clouds.
So why don't you think that there is life on Mars. If we saw any weird looking space crafts or any type of alien equipment we would have let you know. So if you think that it is an alien creation explain why it would look like that. If I was to show you a odd shaped rock would you say it was created by aliens. So just think to yourself "is this thing really made by aliens or am I just over thinking things".
After you think about that does it really seem like it's created by aliens. But out of all seriousness there is no way that its made by aliens. The thing about it being made by aliens is why would they make it a human face on Mars. Don't you think that if they were trying to say something they would put it on the moon or something. I mean just think logically if they were wanting us to see something they would put it closer.
This is just an object on a planet. There are many objects on many different planets and I do not think they're made by aliens. If they were like I said they would be closer to us. But they are not close enough. Have you ever heard about the man in the moon.
So you are going to try and tell me that the man in the moon is an alien creation. No it is just a natural landform, nothing any different than what we have on earth. the moon has craters from asteroids, are the asteroids from aliens no they are just boulders that fall out of orbit. For all we know it could have been hit by multiple asteroids. | 3 |
a0231b6 | Driverless cars are good and bad for us human beings. Here are three good reasons and three bad reasons. Three goood reasons are: the person in the car desnt have to worry about driving, the person in the car doesnt have to worry about texting and driving, and also the seats vibrate whenever the car is in reverse or vibrates to let you know your about to hit something. Three bad reasons are: the cars can malfunction and cause serious damage to the car and the person in it, the brakes can automatically stop working and cause serious damage to the car and the person in it, and in the passage it did not say whether the car had a GPS system or not so how would the car know where were going.
I am with the Driverless Cars because we dont have to pay any money for them It's like a taxi. They let us know when were to close to another car when backing up, they accelerate, steer, and brake themselves. It also saves fuel.
I am not with the Driverless Cars because they can easily malfunction and put a adult/child in danger. It doesnt have a childs lock for children under 7, the brakes can easily be tampered with and stop working automatically, so therefore if the brakes were to be tampered with and the car was still going it could put an adult/child in serious danger.
But then again if i am with the Driverless cars I just hope the patrons in the car are safe and enjoy their ride. | 2 |
a02ab8f | Dear State Senator,
I think we should keep the Electoral College. It's been with us for a very long time, passed down from our founding fathers. They establish the Electoral College in the Constitution for a reason. There is no need for us to get rid of it. It's been helping us choose the right president for this country for decades. Sure the popular vote is important too but I think the Electoral College is more helpful and here is why.
The electoral votes know more about who and what they are voting for. Because they pay more attention to the campaign than the people. It also helps with close or an even amount of the popular votes so it could break the tie even though it is unlikely we can always have the Electoral College to decide. Sometimes when people vote they don't even know who to vote for and could just check the box they see a name for. They don't know what the elective could do for the future of America. Some also vote for certain electives because someone told them too or because someone else voted for that elective. Some candidates go and try to win increase his or her plurality and presuade the people of certian states that they know they'll win to become president instead of trying to get all the states too vote for him or her. Which won't be that sucessful of a president as stated in paragraph 19. Candidates focus their campaign on the toss-up states because they know what they are voting for. Which adwards electoral votes to the candidate. Popular votes helps by letting the candidate get more electoral votes because of the winner take all basis as said in paragraph 18.
That is why I think we should keep the Electoral College. It helps out with a lot of things. It has helped us for many years and have gave us great presidents for America. It makes the method of choosing a president easier too. Hopefully the Electoral College will stay with America for a long time. | 3 |
a02b877 | I think im leaning more on the positives of driveless cars. i Mean i also think it could be a bad idea for many reasons but im gonna go for them. Like my dad always said he wishes that he could have a car that could drive itself. Now his dream could possibly come true. Me, I dont think I would fully trust the fact that the car in controlling itself but im still for it. Here are my reasons why.
I would trust a drivless car more than I would trust some of these idiots driving on the road today. This could also help with the whole texting and driving or drinking and driving. Which im not saying now you can do those things but your car will drive itself so we dont have to worrk about that person hitting and killing another person. Plus they put alot of effort and great hardware into these vehicles. But none of these cars are completely driverless they have touch sensors on the steering wheel to make sure the driver keeps a hold on the wheel.
I think it would be a very cool experience to drive in a car that can steer, accelerate, and brake on their own. Once again i dont fully trust this idea but im willing to go to the positives brfore the negatives. I like how if the driver wants to take over all the mechanics that the car is doing itself shut off instantly so you can take over. That would make me feel a whole lot more comfortable in a car that drives itself.
It says in the law that traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all time. So that has something to do with the release of these new cars. They just have to prove that these cars can be safe on the road then manufacturers believe that more states will follow. Open up to this new and cool idea. But i dissagree with this idea at the fact that it could be dangerous. In the text it states, if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or the manufacturer. Im not going to jail for life for something I had no control over.
So all in all i think that this idea is neat. It would be very fasinating to see if they really do operate well. But like i said I also kind of disagree with this driveless car thing because if that tchnology fails then what happens. So if they prove the safety and hardware to make it 100% safe then im in. And im pretty sure my dad will be too. | 4 |
a02b9bc | The unmasked face of mars had remained a mystery to others, so researchers have been trying to uncover what the face of Mars actually meant. Some say that aliens made it, but others said that it is a landform. When NASA discovered a shadowy likeness that almost resembled a face, Mars made or evelated a new Landform that resembled a face. The face of Mars may have been popular, but everone in the world was oblivious, yet so indesicive about what Mars really showed other than a face. Conspiracy theorists have no proof that Alien life form existed in Mars. "We felt this was important to taxpayers." No alien mounument is proven but a new landform spouted into place which resembled a face. Not every researcher or anyone was satisfied, so though the face of Mars has been proven either a mystery or scientists are still researching about how the landform looked like a face. Never the less, after a few years later, Malin's team shot a photo that was extraordinary using the maximum resolution.
The pixels showed clear hard proof, in the one 2001 image spans that are 1.56 meters,and compared 43 meters per pixel in the best and original 11976 photo. Not everyone can agree that the face of Mars is just a landform or alien life; thus the face or landform still remained as an anonomys fact of mystery. | 2 |
a02fadf | Veunus is also called the "Evening Star", is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. The author suggest studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present. There are numerous reasons why the author suggets to study the Venus, such as: human should not have limit exploration,
human should discover more about the space and the most important one is Venus is similar to Earth and human can visit there one day.
Venus is dangerous for human because temperature average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth. Human has sent few spacecraft to land to Venus but all the mission was unmannned. Those spacecraft has once send to Venus has no longer survived on the Venus's land for more than a few hours.
Even though, Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our system. Venus is our nearest option for planetary visit. It has similar landscape like Earth.
For example Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. At thirty-plus miles abouve the Venus's surface, temperature is about 170 degree Fahrenheit, and the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth.
Human actually can survive on Venus. There are Earth life's basic need-water on the Venus and similar landscape just like Earth. Because Venus is close to the Sun, so there will be enough sunlight. So if human live their, solar power would be plentiful.
The author suggests that studing Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present because Venus is the most Earth-like planet, people should learn more about the outside of Earth. Also human should not be limited by dangers or doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 2 |
a034266 | "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change." (David Goldberg). Automobiles have been a major impact on today's technology. The creation of the car was a huge turning point in history. Even though this machine has been such an amazing creation, it still causes a lot of damage in society. Cars affect both the environment and humans. The limit of car usage would be great because then the amount of pollution would decrease, less traffic would occur, and it makes way for alternative transportation opportunities.
In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. The reduction of cars can lead to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal, cities are choking due to the increase number of emissions. Paris had hit near-record pollution which lead to an enforced ban of partial driving to clear the air of the global city. Acoording to Robert Duffer, Paris typically has more smog than other European capital. In Bogota, Colombia there is a day called Day Without Cars, there they only let buses and taxis drive around and their goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. If anybody goes against this, they would have to pay $25. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza. This day became really big in Colombia and improved their cities' overall look.
Furthermore, the limitation of car usage would decrease the amount of traffic. Traffic is an on-going issue in everyday life. People arrive late to work or school or wherever they need to go due to traffic or an accident. During the Day Without Cars in Colombia, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses, leaving the city devoid of traffic jams. Traffic jams are usually stressful so if that gets reduced with the limitation of car usage, then stress levels get reduced as well, causing mentally healthier people. Traffic jams also occur due to accidents. Car accidents are one of the many reasons why people end up in hospitals, get sued, get hurt, or loose money. With the limitation of car usage, all these issues will be resolved.
Moreover, new alternative transportation vehicles can come into play with the reduction on car usage. There is a plan where they want suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill to be approved. Also, during the Day Without Cars, the goal is to promote alternative transportation. Lately, new transportation vehicles have been discovered and created. Some include, a flying car, an elevated train that gets you from point A to point B in seconds, and new hybrid cars. Technology keeps progressing every single day. Today people may be driving their normal SUVs but by tomorrow, they could be drivng the new high-speed flying Ferrari. People are always keeping in mind while creating these machines about how it will affect the community and the consumers. Since it is obvious that the environment isn't as healthy as it was before, they must make sure that these machines limit pollution and emissions that affect the world negatively.
Overall, the limit of car usage would be a good thing. As time goes on people may not even need cars anymore to move from place to place. If everyone works together to solve these issues then the world would become a much better place. The final goal is to get rid of all the bad emissions and issues and just stick to what is best for the environment. When the environment is healthy, the humans are healthy. | 4 |
a036d3b | People have been debating if the use of new technology should be used in the classroom; however, people have yet to decide. There are two sides to this arugment the pro side. The people who want the use of new technology and then there are them who think newer technology is not needed to learn. These people are the con side. The author Nick D'Alto made great points on how new facal technology could be helpful in the classroom.
The first way, new facal technology could help in the classroom is by showing when a student is confused and not sure whats going on. In paragraph 6 Dr. Huang states " A classroom computer can recognoze when a student is becoming confused or cored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." As for example, of this when doing math homework online or english the computor could recoginize when the student is confused and then send the student step-by-step insturction. Also the teacher could request this imfomation on which problem the students are confused on and go over them into more detailed.
The second reason, as to why we should use facial technology is for students who are intrested into coding and computer-animations. Students can learn how to make video games charactaers more expressive. As in paragraph 6, "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video suregery" This could help when student is taking and computer-animation class and is very intrested into becoming an coder. When making these games the more detail and expresstion the animators can put into these games the more infomation they need. This program can help provide that kind of knowleage.
On the other hand, yes this new facial technology is not nessary. People often say teacher can read their students facial expersstions just fine without technology; however, an teacher might just over look it or not be able to tell what the student is feeling. This new facial technology can track facial movements and identify mixed emotions. The teacher could also access this and use it to help their students for the better.
Should schools allow new facial technology in classrooms? That what has been decussed in passed years. If they do allow them in classrooms it could help students when they use work online. When the computer detects a student is confused or having trouble they could send out helpful work. Or when a student is intrested in computer animation, the computer could have facial expresstions and detailed know how to make these possible on the computer. Schools should allow these in their classrooms not only for students but for teachers also. | 4 |
a03839e | I disagree on all of this because if the student does not want to talk to the teachers or anyone at school about there problems the teachers shouldnt be able to do that to the student. if the student isnt really happy or sad ect. they should talk to their parents or somone who they really trust about their problems. now if they were to go to like a family doctor and have that tested there that would be another story because to me personaly i wouldn't want my school to know anything about my personal life, but that is just me.
If the student was at their family doctor and the docor wanted to cheak for anxiety or depression that tool would be perfect in that line of work but do you really think that the schools should have acees to this, i don't. I would rather just go to school and get my deploma and go to the doctor to get that test done.
The students at school probably want the same thing because honastly that would kinda be embarassing for me to have to sit and talk to the teachers at my school about my problems, But i always talk to my parents about whats going on in my life, and my parents know when there is somthing bathering me or not. | 3 |
a0412dd | Driverless Cars
Driverless cars are the future. They are definietly coming and we all have to be mentally prepared. Cars are already getting driverless for some things now. They have cars that park themsleves and have drivers assist which are features that the car lets know when you about to hit something, about to drift into another lane, etc.
I am not surprised at all that some dealerships are starting to make driverless cars. My only question is... If they make driverless cars, what will the driver do or will there even be need for one?
There are many different types of assistants and they keep coming and creating new ones to help keep the driver safe and out of harms way. Soon they are going to have "Smart Cars" that wont need any help with driving at all. Some people are afraid of the future and "in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars." Only certain states like California, Nevada, Florida, abd the District of Columbia are ready to test the cars and get them out there becasue they know that the future is coming and they want to be prepared for what will happen.
People think that this is going to be a huge controversy when it comes to accidents. As we know and understand America has many car accidents a year, but its the peoples fault when they do get into them. With driverless cars, would it be the person's fault or the car/ manufacturer's fault? These are just some of the pros and cons of having a driverless cars. Safety is a huge part in driving becasue the safer you feel the better the driver you will be.
"Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Ausi, and Nissan plan to have cars drive themselves by 2020." See the future is coming. People just have to mentally prepare themselves for the next couple of years becasue if notthey wont be ready for the future. | 4 |
a041c53 | Do you know what the Seagoing Cowboys program does? It helps people from around the world. There are homes that have been ruined by the wars.
If you participate you will get to see amazing places all around the world! You also will be fild with kindness after helping people in need! If you like taking care of farm animals this would be a good place for you. You be taking care of an animal or a you be helping other people.
If you don't go the will be people dieing. If you don't go they my not have enuf people. The people will die cause of you. If you don't go you will not see amzing places in the world. It would be better to go so that people won't be dieing cause of you not participating.
After all the fun you had exploring you will back hame. You will also feel amazing from what you did. You could share it with your family and maybe they can come next time. | 2 |
a0520ae | I am for driverless cars because they're more safe, they're more advanced and there has been no accidents reported according to the data. I would personal buy a driverless car for all of the reason listed above.
Driverless cars are more safe because they alert you when you are about to hit something by vibrating the drivers seat .They also brake on there own when you are to close to a car or an object. They have sensors that sense when a stop light has changed colors. They also can steer themselves and hold accelerateion. Also the self driverless cars are good because alot of people are texting, eating, and putting make-up on while driving and this would decrease accidents having to do with distraction.
Driverless car are more advanced. The driverless cars has been around since the 1950's just not as advanced as they are today. They are more advanced in technology because they have updated sensors, cameras and GPS receiver. The driverlees cars are becoming more advanced every day because people are finding out new technology almost evey day. That's why driverless cars are more advanced.
Driverless cars has been around since about 1950's and no accidents has been reported for those owning a driverless car. Driverless have been tested and are a great way to help us.
Driverless cars have alot of positives. Also driverless cars helps saves alot of live. so think of the next time you want to put a little make-up on because you're running late or texting somebody because you haven't seen them in a while, just think could this driverless car save my life. | 3 |
a055628 | I am against the making of driverless cars. Us as human have been driving for quite a while now, and as they say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Many people bring up the statistics of car crashes and deaths. What they do not see is that almost all of them are because the driver was impared. They could have been drinking, under the influence of a drug, texting, or distracted by some other object. There should not be driverless cars because it is too dangerous with the technology and hacking there is now, it will also cost millions or even billions of dollars,and in a dangerous situation nothing compares to the human mind.
Making these driverless cars is too dangerous because of the technology. Someone could easily get in the cars system and make it crash or break it in general. If a human was driving, that would not happen because he or she would be in control of the car. The car could also get bugs or viruses like an everyday computer does. With all the technology already in it this could make the car stop working completely. Maybe when the car stopped working the driver was coincidentally asleep or not paying attention. Then they would veer of the road injuring them or someone else. Many people would not be comfortable knowing a car is driving itself when someone could get into it and sabotage it. WIth all this fancy technology in these cars, it will not be very cheap.
It is expensive to make cars today with little technology in them, just imagine all the electronics they would have to put in the driverless cars. That would cost these companies a lot which would make these cars even more expensive for the average people. Adding this to the cost of insurance, everyone would be in debt, just for a little more safety. They say these cars have not crashed yet, but eventually some will. When that happens you will just have to buy another one. Only the very wealthy wouldbe able to afford them. Why spend all this money, when we can do it already?
In dangerous driving situations, nothing can compare to the human mind. Computers do not have emotions or reflexes to veer out of the way. If all these cars come to a four-way stop at the same time, who will know when to go first. Also these cars could not compute with all the drving situations there are. Humans do because we have experience. That is something cars cannot have. We made cars and we have learned how to use them well, why change it? We should keep having humans drive cars.
Instead of spending all this money on safer cars, let's just hit the source and fix the drivers. We could spend money on cracking down on drivers under the influence, stopping texting. If you want to spend money on cars, make one that notices when the driver is texting or has been drinking. We should not spend this money in advances insted of fixing the problem. We should not get driverless cars because the technology people can get is too dangerous, this will cost people loads of money that they need somewhere else, and these cars can't do what humans can do. | 4 |
a057d58 | Aliens on Mars making a huge monument is very contarversial. Some people think that the monument is made by aliens but some people think it is man made. But now the "face on mars" is being photo graghed with better detail than ever. The "face on mars" is natural.
NASA has sent spacecraft to observe the surface of mars and the first on they sent was Viking 1 took pictures of the surface of mars and there seemed to be a face and they thought that there was an anceint civilaztion that built it. Later on they sent another spacecraft to take even better detail of the surface of mars. And in 1998 they got even more detial than in 1976. Then in 2001 They took pictures of it again and with even more resolution.
Others say that it looks like something made by somehing esle other than humans or nature. And they say it has the look of being man made. But it has been photograghed numorous time and with even better detail and it look like it was made by nature not some other beings. It also states in the artical "That a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on mars."
The "face on mars is natural". There is more evidence of it being natural than being made by aliens. The photos are better and they clearly show that it is just a rock formation. | 3 |
a06587f | Luke wants to convince you to become a seagoing cowboy. I am here to tell you that no one has to listen to him but im going to write an argument about luke trying to convince you.
So luke is trying to tell you to become a seagoing cowboy but luke qutoes that he had experenced being a cowboy but some of you might not of had that experince like he did so when your working you might get hurt really bad. Also if you are sea sick which means that you really cant go on trips like luke does because you might get sick. Luke tries to convince you by telling all these great things you would see but the captian might have you a different job on then you will be missing out plus i would rather go with my family how about you?
In this paragraph ill be talking about the dangers of becomeing a seagoing cowboy. In this story luke claims that he got hurt on night watch. On night watch you might get hurt because it was to dark out and the the floor was slppery and you fall and get hurt. Another danger is crashing say everyone is sleeping in their cabins and your boat gets drifted and crashes right into a iceberg. There is also another possibility is that your boat gets drifted into the middle of nowwhere and no one knows where there at so you just get stranded at sea. Another possibility is that if your crew is on a long long journey you might run out of food for the the humans and the animals which will lead to starvation and some humans might die but most of the animals probably will die. | 2 |
a068742 | I was in for a great jurney when my friend asked me to be apart of the Seagoing Cowboys. I could not say no, I knew this would be an oppportunity of a life time.
In world war ll the crew had to go to Eurupe. The UNRRA hiered the Seagoing Cowboys to work for them. We took care of horses, cows, and mules that were shipped over seas.
In August 1945, we recived ordres to report to New Orleans. We arived on the 14 of August. I turned 18 before ariving to Greece. I was discharged in 1947. I was now traveilng the high seas, I had to feed all the animals and clan all of their stalls. On my sencond trip I seved as a night watchman. I had to check on the animals every hour. When I made my report to the captin he slid down slippery ladder on his backside, a strip of of metal stoped hime from sliding, but he could not work because he cracked his ribs.
This was an amaizing experince for me and it may be for you if you are into what I was, so I encurege anyone to experince what I experinced. I am greatful for the opportunity that I had. You should be too. | 2 |
a06b9af | I agree with the use of a machine to express emotion. Like how the machine was able to decifer thye face of a famous painting called, " Mona Lisa." This machine might be able to produce some benefits in real life. Reasons why, is not that many people can tell if a person is sad or happy. Like if a person was crying, some would presume it was sadness. When in reality it could be tears of joy,
And even the slightest face expression like a light smirk, can be explained by this machine for the use of its comparison to a straight face. It could explain to us how much emotion the person is feeling by percentages, which could give us a better understanding on how they truly feel. Using this type of technology could help the society know more on emotions, and be able to help us have a better understanding on what others may feel. Which makes this thechnology valuable to other students in classrooms. | 2 |
a06ce47 | I am more on the against side of technology, I feel technology is already bad enough to society. I feel this tecnology is just as bad as texting because its not acurate. In a text message you cant see the person so you never know what tone a person is texting you in. I feel this is a waste of time because we already have video call and facetime and these apps are more acurate than the Facial Action Coding System.
In this passage it states that by moving your muscles may not show your true emotion or face expresions, it just goes by how your muscles move in your face. This makes so much sene because we are all as humans have different musles, for example if a baby were to make a face expression and you mocked the baby your facial expression wouldn't exact turn out to be the same, which means your emotion could also be diferent when really it could possibly be the same emotion. In section 4 it states that humans have different ways to express themselves through different emotion, but then says these muscles can detect that, but if your not showing thee correct facial expression then the technology still wouldn't know your emotions.
In my opinion, theres enough technology in this world. Technology isnt always accurate either which could either be a good thing or bad. I feel we wouldn't even use this the facial coding system because society is so hooked on apps and facetime that they wouldnt even understand why they would need this app. Technology is overcoing society and is turning out to be a bad thing, these's barely any communication anymore or braceness when it comes to speaking out in front of people. The Factial Action Coding System is worthless. | 3 |
a06da16 | Mustangs, Mercedes, Hummers , and the "Punch buggy " are just a few brands of vehicles well known in America . Vechicles today are big factor in life for the reason that cars are used every single day all around the world as transportation and although we have the bus or other ways to get to places , driving is the most selected choice to get to a location. With that being said , vehicles being used everyday has it positives and negatives . Positives could be how it takes you to a location quicker than riding a bike or taking a walk , but have you ever thought all the negatives there is when a car being used has ?Could you only imagine a world without car? It may seem like a crazy idea to think a world without cars but a life without cars could be a well functional world for the reason that cars could have contribuation to polution in our air or could make the world a so called different place.
In Addition, driving could have a contribution to pollution . Many may not think about it but cars emissions pollute the air we breath. In a article called "Paris bans driving due to smogs" it states how " after days of near record pollution in the air ,Paris enforced partial driving to clear their polution. Also how cold nights and warm days caused a warmer layer of air that trapped cars emission when used in Paris." Pollution in our air may seem a bit scary but the movement of less driving has already began without us noticing .In another article named " The End of Car Culture" it speaks on the subject " there has been a decrease in America in buying cars and driving." Which is a great start to a better future in our world.
Furthermore , We can make the world a so called differnet place for the better. In a article called "In German Suburb, Life goes on Without Cars" it states how "their world with any cars has been sucessful by making where they live more compact and accessible to public transportation. This new approach now stores can be placed a walkway from main street than malls along a distant hallways ." Many places around the world have made a step to a better world for example in a article named " Car-free day is spinning into big hit in Bogota" it states " they had a day free of cars aka driving free to reduced thier pollution and have a more clean better world . Results from this event turned out sucessful , for that other countries have joined this event."
In Conclusion , A world without cars may seem crazy however just think of all the damages it does to the world than the positives because pollution is not something easy to get rid of and by stepping up to make change as it already began will help us live in a better clean world. | 4 |
a0702c7 | Imagine a world of cars driving themselves. You would think "that's so cool!" or it's just like the future!" but I assue you it may not be all cracked up to what it seems like.
Driverless cars may seem like they are going to become the next big thing, but they will not to work out quite a bit before they can even test driverless cars on the road. Driverless cars will become a safety issue. All traffic laws were written assuming that drivers would be at the wheel at all times, but obviously driverless cars do not have drivers at the wheel. If these cars do become the next big thing and are out on the road a great deal of traffic laws must be rewritten to accomdate the new cars.
Another issue with driverless cars is that they are not human, so they are not near as safe as a human driver; that is assuming the take all the precautions seriously and drive safely. Although these cars have a great deal of sensors, that does not mean they are safe. The cars can only mimic the humans drive; they can not think for themselves. What if the sensors do not work properly and you cause an accident that results in injuries or death; what will you do then? Would you be responbile for the accident or would the automobile manufacturer be held responsible? these are things that need to be carefully thought out before driverless cars become the next big thing to hit the United States.
When manufacturers say that a car is "driverless", they do not mean that it can drive itself completely. Sure, it can drive itself for the most part it a lot of the cars require a human to take control in certain areas. If you are in construction zones or traffic you would have to take over the car. Why would you ever want to buy a driverless car that you have to drive? Most people would get sick of having to take over the car or having to wait their turn before being able to drive.
So, driverless cars, are they cracked up to what they seem? The answer is no, driverless cars are not cracked up to what they seem. They are a safety issure, they still require a human to drive, and they can be very frustrating to drive with. | 3 |
a0737c2 | Imagine if we found a face on the red plant Mars. Well we did and I will tell you what happend in NASA durring this. The face is a land form like the one in Idaho.
The shadows are giveing the illusions of a face. And the Mars Orbiter Camera found out that it is a land form.
This "Face" is just a land form wy can you guys not see that. It looks and has the same formations as the rock formation in Idaho. They both are the same hight and they both look alike. Don't forget that it looks alot like butte or mesa.
This "Face" was confurmed A few days later after NASA unveiled the image for all to see. "The caption noted a huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."
Lets not forget that the "Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." "Revealing... a natural landform." There is no alien monument after all.
There is no alien artifact because it has the same apperenses than the butt or mesa in Idaho. And the shodows are giving the illusion of a face. And the Mars Orbiter found that it was a natural landform. | 2 |
a07f7d0 | Have we not all thought how good it would be having a car driving by itself? But have we really thought would it be such a good idea for our future? I believe driveless cars are dangerous for our future. Its just our dreams actually being more of a nightmare when it happens. We may think its helping us but it's a dream putting our lifes in danger.
Driveless cars aren't such a good idea for our future. We have to think of it in a certain way honestly. What if something goes wrong with the programing, for example the car turning off when you are driving. Would'nt that be a nightmare alright. The system could fail when you need it the most. Just imagine your car taking you to the wrong place, just times wasted when you could've done it yourself.
Safety plays a big role for a driveless car. We have to think in our safety.
The system in the car could go wrong and when you know it you are in a crash. You're putting your life in danger also the people who are in the car with you. You are basically letting the car have your life and other in it's power, when it could be yours. Imagine it failing to detect people around, you're going to hurt someone else for what your car did, and not you. It better to know you have control of your car and do what you want to do. It's not the driveless car is going to stop accidents, it will most likely increase car accidents. And the driveless car can't read signs, it could go wrong ways, keep on driving when the light is on red, and change lanes when you don't want it too.
Is a car that drive itself even worth it? We can already imagine the price for a car that can drive itself, it's obviosly going to be expinsive. It maybe a car that does not do certain things you want it to. Like for example, will it go a certain speed, change lanes, and give services you want it too. Most importantly will it let you sleep? It will not because it most likely want you to check on it even if it's driving by itself. Like in paragraph 7 it says "While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." It's basically saying you are still going to have to pay attention on the road.
We all seem to have thought have a car that drive itself would be good but when we think about the cons of it, it makes you not want to buy it anymore. When you think about it, you are putting your self in danger. You dont want yourself or your love ones to get hurt. It's better that you who knows the road, to be in charge. A car that drives you isn't so benificial as you thought. It's better to keep it the way it is and you drive it yourself with your two hands and be caution of what happens around you, and to be safe. | 4 |
a08552e | I do not believe the development of the driverless car is a good idea. The creating process would be too expensive. Most of the "driverless" cars today still need a person to operate at certain points.
In the 1950's General Motors made a test track and concept car. They placed electrical cables that sent radio signals to a reciever on the front of the car. Engineers at Berkely did something similar but with magnets. And although it worked it would need major updatese to existing roads that is way to expensive to be done. Driverless cars may seem like a good and safe alternative but they're too expensive.
Google has had cars that can drive themself since 2009, but these cars can only operate under certain conditions. And there still needs to be a driver for pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. So "driverless" cars still technically need a driver to preform certain tasks.
BMW made the "Traffic Jam Assistant" that can drive up to 25 mph, but it still needs a driver to have their hands on the wheels at all time. None of the cars that have been developed so far are completely driverless. Some cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themeselves but still alert the driver when human skills are needed.
"Driverless" cars are too impractical to be developed. They are too expensive, and most of the time still require a human driver to assist. | 3 |
a08b804 | Want to know how it would be to be on the surface of venus? Scientists are trying to work on discovery on this planet closes to earth. Scientist want to be able study this planet because of how well this planet was once the most earth-like planet. They also been wanting to send people to venus so they can go and study the planet. Scientists also have been working on a vehicle to be able to be on venus surface.
Scientist have been working on studying this planet for a while now and it have got worst. This planet was once in the better condition in fact in the article it says "Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. So scientist are still studying while knowing the danger this planet conditions are in.
Scientist have been working so hard to know about this planet and it conditions to know if there a safe way to arive on this planet without any struggles. In fact in the article it says "The national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) has on particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus". Scientist have been trying to find ways for this to happen.
NASA have been studying ways where humans can be on the surface of venus without getting in any danger. So NASA is trying to come up with a way to be able to stay on the surface of venus with a vehicle. In the article it says "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape". So they have been trying to come up with ways for humans to hover above the surface of venus.
With Scientist studying the planet because it was the most earth-like planet and with scientist trying to send humans to study this planet. Also with NASA trying to make a vehicle to stay 30 mile above surface so it would not be in any unfriendly ground conditions. Scientist are coming up with ways to explore this once earth-like planet. | 3 |
a090ddf | I feel like it would be a great idea to have Driverless Cars. Why? It'll prevent people from crashing into others and risking their lives and also it'll decrease chances of trafic on express ways. And marketing would sky rocket. Many people would love to travel places but they'll get lazy to drive, but if they have a car that can drive itself then it would make it better on the humans life aswell.
Many people also agree on how bad it is. Honestly it does have some flaws and miss happs. One of them are getting sent to a different location. Just like G.P.S., you type in your address and sometimes it sends you somewhere you didn't want to go. A Driverless Car is like a driving G.P.S., it could also have a malfunctioning problem it could put your life at risk and others.
At the end of the day technology will have a lot of malfunctioning problems and a Driverless Car will be one of them. So be smart and purchase one at your own risk. | 2 |
a092f5e | No not really that has nothing to do with the classroom and a lot of kids feel the same in a classroom. The kids in a classroom that i see or seat in are mostly bored or tired,but some kids are awake and have their eyes on the board or teacher to learn.
I think this would be a waste of time in the class unless you are useing youing it on little kids. Most of the older kids are way past a computer that can show a happy or sad face . I have a fine time talking to people in the real world not a computer,if a computer made a weird face at me i would probalby get up and walk away from it. This is kind of dumb i think you should be able to know or ask some one about their feelings in the real world not on the computer pull up a weird face to show how they feel. I strongley dislike this in a lerning zone because then how are kids to know how other people feel without the computer telling them,with a happy,sad,and mad face coming up on the screen. This is somthing a human should know how to tell human feelings. | 2 |
a097c8b | Facial Action Coding System
Facial Action Coding System is valuable to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because it tells you six basic emotions. Which are happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness. This technology will be able to tell how students are doing at school or in there daily lives. It can let other people be aware what they need in order to live a good life. This system can reveal so much about the science of emotions.
Another thing is that according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. Like for example ''putting on a happy face'' actually works! In the article it states that ''A reowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage''. Empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions. Thats why this technology will be useful cause in the article they showed an example of when you are looking in the mirror you have to do an expression.
Following that being said it asks you if it suggests an emotion. These are the instructions for a face that looks happy. It's all about those muscular action units. It can even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. When it comes to experts , faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ''smiling'' politican or celebrity isn't being truthful. | 2 |
a09fa5a | This passage will be about reasons to join the program. This program is and adventurous opportunity. You would travel all over the world to different countries.
One reason you should attend this program is because it is a once in a lifetime event. You'd get to visit places all over the world. It would be very interesting and fun.
According to the story, you could even help some countries that are poor and in need of food and supplies. Plus you'd get to sail a boat across the Atlantic ocean. While on this journey, you could learn so much different countries. If you are a traveler and a person who loves to learn about different countries, this program would be perfect for you.
This is why people, and you, shoud attend this program. Its adventurous, learnful, and exciting. This program would be great for travelers and learners. You could learn so much about how countries spend their holidays also. These are all the reasons that people should join this activity. Maybe someday, one of those people will be you. | 2 |
a0a15e3 | Would you feel comfortable standing in front of a computer and letting it try to figure out how you feel?And how would a computer that can read someones emotions help them in the classroom?Although technology has been great in the past few years,can we do better in our classrooms.I say yes with this valuable technology that can read students emotions.
So how would this work? The computer would first construct a 3-D model of the face,with all 44 major facial muscles.Then the model must move like human muscles,this movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit."Afterward you use the six classified basic "emotions-happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness."These are associated with each characteristic movements of facial muscles.For example,your frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows when you're surprised.
Why would this technology be valuable?Because will be able to see emotions that other people may not.Like for instance,your in a math class and the teacher is teaching the class on algebra.Your doing well until he starts to ramble about how he loves algebra and you lose focus.Then that is when the computer could recognize that your are confused and remind you what you were doing.The same can be said with any class not just math.Say your are at home and don't understand the history homework.Then computer sees this and sends you to website that can help you understand the subject.
The last reason why the FACS is valuable is to recognize emotions that people can't.Because most human communication is nonverbal we may not be able to know exactly how someone feels.But with FACS we are able to detect exactly how someone feels,even when they are trying to hide their emotions. For instance,an ordinary human being they are not able to see the muscular action units,these determine a genuine smile from a fake one,so they will not be able to tell how you truly feel.They will only see what you show them on your face.But FACS is able to use facial software to convey how you feel based on your facial muscular movement.
Now that all of that was said.Do you now see how it is valuable to students and schools?And not even schools but to people in the workforce.This can improve the way we communicate with each other.Beacause we will know how they really feel and then we will start to care more about each other's feelings.This is why I belive this technology is valuable to read students' emotionsl expressions. | 4 |
a0a4296 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus " the author accurately shows
and supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers that come with it through the supporting details and facts he uses throughout the article .The author gets his point across and supports his main idea well.
For example , in the text when the author is explaining why astronomers are so fascinated by Venus in paragraph 4 the author states "astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system," this represnts how despite how dangerous it is to visit Venus it's worth it becasue they can study and examine a planet that has a lot of similarites to Earth to hopefully see if there is life on that planet and if anything happens to Earth we can examine Venus to find anwsers / possibly a new planet.
Secondly, another piece of text that is used is when the author is listing all the dangers that exsist in visting Venus in paragraph 3 "a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus ... on the planets surface temperatures average over 800 degrees .. pressure is 90 times what we experience here ,"
the author includes all the negatives to better understand why he still belives that despite all those negatives and dangers it still seems worth it to visit Venus because to the author the study of exploring Venus weighs out the dangers and what could go wrong.
Lastly, another piece of text that the author uses when supporting his main idea is that NASA is working on projects that will withstand such conditions and dangers for example in paragraph 7 the author states "some simplfied electronics made of silicon carbide have beem tested in a chamber and have lasted 3 weeks in such conditions " the author includes this to show that astronomers are well aware of the dangers but despite that they are coming up with new ideas and things to be able to go to Venus to explore but at the same time be safe because despite everything the study is worth it.
In conclusion , the authors supports his idea that i'ts worth it to explore Venus despite the dangerous conditions through his details in the article such as inlcuding the dangers , what is being made to not face thoes dangers and the positives of how studying Venus could benifit us.The author trys to accuately show and support his main idea through various details and supporting evidence. | 4 |
a0a89c2 | The electoral college must be replaced with popular vote because it's unfair to the people. The leaders are meant to be elected by the people and the electoral college elects electors to vote for you and they don't always vote for who you want. Most states have a "winner takes all system" in which the presidential candidate who recevies the most votes gets all the electoral votes from that state and even that isn't guranteed.
Some presidents have won popular vote but haven't won the election because of the electoral college. Some electors have even refused to vote for the candidate that they were elected to vote for. The worst case senario is that the election will be thrown to the House of Represntatives where the vote of millons of people now rests with less than a hundred. The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the "winner takes all" system. Candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign add.
In source three it states that "The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense...it is the electors who elect the president, not the people." There is no certainty that if enough votes go to a certain presidential candidate that he/she will be elected. Presidents Richard Nixon, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in ther time, agreed on abolishing the electoral college. When it comes down to it, the founding fathers had good intentions in trying to make it so that the people elected a president but, instead electors elected by the people get to vote for the president. It is unfair to the popular vote when more people vote for a certain presidential candidate but, they don't get elected. The electoral college is unfair and should be replaced by the popular vote. | 3 |
a0b35e6 | Driveless car, we have talked about driveless car for years and now that there here people are spectical. Driveless car they car cool that are a good form of public transportataion. Why you may ask brcause drunken drivers now dont have to spend money on a cab so instead they just drive drunk and some times kill people in carwrecks with the new technology this will be no problem you might say but on the oher hand these car are going to be expensive for the adverage human to buy.
Some other issues are the computers so people are scared that he computer in the car will be abel to get hacked or it will shut off when your driving and you could wreck there is many ways that he computer could mess up so that is also a dangerous part of having a car that drives its self. There are some other great featurs that the car will have such as the traffic jam feature that will have heads up displays around he car telling you when your going to have to take over the car and drive it your self . The car also watches you and he road so that the car always knows if your ready to take the wheel or not.
Although it is illegal to drive a computer opperated cars or even test them states like California, Nevada, Flordia and the District of Columbia are leading the United states in est self driving car manufactures such as Bmw, Tesla and gm have tested self driving car, also Google is testing self driving car. Also in 2016 Tesla released a driving car that can drive on auopilot 90% of the time.
This is a huge step in making the roads safer it could help with drunken driviers it can make where there is less wrecks it is a all around better way to drive on the road. There is the other side of things people who arwe afriad of the computer controlling where they wreck or not and there is also people who just enjo to drive and go on thoese sunday crusies and be incontroll of there car not having the car drive them but them drive the car. Im more on there side of that is makes the roads safer so we should mass build them and make them at a cheap price where every one can get one. | 3 |
a0ba91c | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming, the author presents first the positive then he presents the features that are designed to be the negative.
The Positive outweight the positive in a sence of accomplishment. So people take more into acount of what they could accomplich
instead of having to be physically driving their car, and not think about what a bad idea such thing would imply. the author first state the year the design was made then he gave readers the automatic function of the car and finally he gave the detail features that would not allow the driver to just completly be separate from the car "In 2013...the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but speacial touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel" (paragraph 7).
Proponent for completly driverless cars would state only the positive while leaving out that if the car for exemple were to malfunction then there would be no drivers to steer it back in control and the lives of the civilians would be put in danger. Most level headed peope however are aponents of such an idea as a completly driverless car. Most people would not willingly put their lives in the handle of a machine not directed by a human hand. people shoud be wary of such a unassisted technology.
Throughout the article the author persistantly bambarde readers with the more positive aproche of having a driverless car then following it up on how the manufacturers are trying to protect human lives by not allowing the car to be completly driverless. Most people should take into account of what they're in for before buying the opions of a bias source. Not to be a ludite but, human beings should be in control of their own lives and not let a piece of machinery handle it for them. They should be cautious of the dangers of having an unassisted machines, even if the government said it was safe, so that when something does go wrong they can not blame anything on another. | 3 |
a0bd23c | Firstly I thought that the author did a good job writing this essay. Studying Venus is a worthy and risky thing. Scientist know how dangerous the planet is because of how close the planet is to the sun. The reason that I said the planet is so dangerous is because in paragraph 3 it states that "Additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on it's surface". That's a reason of why it's so dangerous to the human studying, like i said it's worthy or risky task to do. Although our planet Earth is be compared to planet Venus in the article, both planets are about the same size and density wise.
Secondly I don't think anybody would survive in such harsh environment planet Venus is in. There are horrible conditions scientist have to think about before exploring it. In paragraph 3 it states that" A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus". Basically it's saying that there's like a shield covering most of the planet covered in carbon dioxide. The temperature in planet Venus is so horrific that suns hottness could burn an entire submarine even when it's in the deepest part of the oceans.
Nasa could be working on other approaches considering to study planet Venus despite the dangers it could bring. Electronics are being made to help such a dangerous exploration. Nasa are making heavy electronics to help guide scientist. They are making them in good heavy armored materials. There are many challenges they have to go through because like I said its a worthy or risky task for Nasa and scientist.
Lastly I think that this type of work should involve like the government and military. Theres literally no way someone could survive in such enviornment or such dangerous weather, like come on in paragraph 5 it states that "At thirty plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Eath". In my opinion I don't think that going to explore a planet such like Venus it wouldn't really be worth it because of how dangerous it could be. The scientist are onlu fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system.
In conclusion I don't ever think that the scientist will ever go to the planet. Even if Nasa does and try to create something in the future. The planet is too dangerous anyways. We've seen and read and heard of what that planet has in store for us, the best thing to do is to stay away and work on something else rather than trying to pursuit a dangerous exploration to such a dangerous to such a crazy planet such as planet Venus. | 4 |
a0bec96 | The computer could help in the clssroom by telling the teacher how a caertain student is acting or feeling, then the teacher could possbly recognize the face of the student without the computer. The teacher could tell how bad the student is feeling. They could prevent violent actions before the occur.
These computers can help the teacher learn more about the student and what they do when they are feeling a certain. Like when the student is confused the could use the computer and learn to see what student does when he is confused. If the student is confused again, the teacher could walk over to him/her and ask them if they need help.
The teacher could use the computer for better use. They could tell when a student is mad, and send them to the counsler to talk about the situation. If you get the mad student to the counsler, then you could help prevent fights and negative activity in schools. I feel like this computer could make schools a lot better and a lot safer.
This computer could help schools academically and help make it a better/safer place for students. The computer can help the students in so many different ways. | 3 |
a0bed6b | Limiting car usage would have many advantages to the community around it. But the main two advantages to limithing cars is the reduction of polution,and also the reduction of congestion in many suburbs. Many cities including Bogota,Paris,and cities surrounding those have already started to limit the usage of cars.
One big problem many scientist are beginning to find out about our world is that our ozone layer is being desroyed by polution we put in the air. A big contributer to polution is the exhaust being produced by the million of cars used everyday. Another big problem countrys all over the world have to worry about is smog,or a thick layer of fog that is really hard to see through. having this very dangerous factor in the road many car crash ratings have sky rocketed. One way this can be stop is to do what these few country have been doing, that is to have days through out the year where people cant use their cars at all. To help in force this day police have been giving people fines roughly around thirty dollars. In Bogota,Colombia it was the third straight year cars have been banned. after all these years of banning cars the turnout was large. despite gray clouds that poured rain all over Bogota. When the smog went away from Bogota many other cities from Colombia have joined the event of banning cars. a qoute from
Car-Free Day is Spinning into a Big Hit in Bogota says that " Parks and sprots centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven,pitted sidewalks ahve been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts ahve cropped up". To have these results to such a simple idea is incredible.
Another big problem in pretty much all countrys is congestion of their inner streets. When streets have major traffic alot of things change including the mood of people,and there is a higher percentage of car crashes. To fix this problem many cities did pretty much the same as before to retrict cars on certain days. A brilliant idea was presented and used in Paris. The idea was that "on Mondays motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave= their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31), The same would apply to odd-numbered plates that following day". After this brilliant event finished congestion was down sixty percent in the capital of France, and after five days the smog was gone.
In conclusion the advantages of limiting cars had a far greater output than input and has also solved many big problems. All we canhope for is the parcipitation of more and more countys or cities to help lives and our world. | 4 |
a0c461b | Dear,
Senator
I think we should change the election by popular votes for the President of the United States. It's a more accurate process and who knows what people running for office has up there arm. The electoral college voting has a repeated tendancy to vote for the state of electors and that way they end up voting for the President. People prefer to vote for exactly who and what they choose to vote for and Electoral college isn't the way to go for it. What would happen when we run out of electoral votes just stick and choose a President? In what world is that fair and accurate?
Popular votes will actually help the voters voting and it might even be a faster process, whose to say, it could even be better. People aren't voting for President anymore which is the most important person in the senate, besides you the right hand man. The Citizen's voting are starting to vote for the state electors do to where they originate or live in. Citizens have not yet grasped the rules of voting and tend to vote unfairly and not for the real reasons we urgently need these people in house,senate, or office. In some states electors refused to even vote for their particular party's candidate and choose to vote for who ever they wish to vote for which is a good thing. these electors prefer to vote for whoever will do a better job in office and that's what were scoring for with popular votes. What happens to votes when there's a run off, because there isn't enough votes to be held accountable for? Thats a question to think about , because there could be a lot of problems to be the cause of it.
To have a certain number of people vote for who they choose to be President is surprisingly unrealistic. Why choose the majority rule when you could have thousands of People praying for a change vote for a change in their their future for a better life. The "winner-take-all" system has to be the most challeging systems of them all but seems to work out after all. "Electoral College is the best way!" what happened to the People actually living off of the rules that the Electoral college Voters choose for the people all together? It's time to make a change, why not start now and see how the congress feels. The biggest Decision that should be made should be made fairly by the people, the citizens. In paragraph 13 it even states "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." why not make a change make a difference.
To whom ever it may concern, Big States are the main key. If we could get the big states to take part in the Popularity vote the smaller states will join in. Hoping for the best the Popularity Votes will soon rise and all the discrepencies won't be needed. If you understand where I'm coming from you'll think about what I'm saying if you care about the citizens your trying to help out. | 2 |
a0c55c2 | The car can be very helpful in some way. If a blind person needs to go somewhere and they have like service dog that can guide them to the places they need to go. The car isnt realy helpful when it comes to road blocks and crashes on the road, the person have to drive the car past whatever is in the way and then it goes back into being a car that can drive by itslef. Google needs to update their car so it can drive by crashes and road blocks instead having a person drive the car past it.
The car can be very helpful but Google just needs to update the car on things so it can be a better car for TONS of people. They need to make the car driveless because most people hate driving and their hands and arms get tried of holding onto the wheel. | 2 |
a0c59ca | Some people think there is life on other planets and some don't, but in 1976 many people thought NASA had found life on Mars. In 1976 Viking 1 took a photo of mars which looked like a face on the planet's suface. Many believed that this was a sign of life on Mars.
Many of the NASA scientists didn't believe that the face was alien related, but it became a priority for NASA. Soon the Mars Global Surveyor was sent to take more pictures of the face to better find out what it was.
In 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor reached the red planet and took the pictures NASA needed. The pictures it took were more detailed then the ones in 1976. At home, thousands of people waited for the image that the Mar Gobal Surveyor took to reach to web.
The reveal was a natural landform and not alien artifact after all. Still some people didn't belive that
NASA was hiding something. Even though NASA and it's supporters said they would have wanted it to be alien.
Some people still believe NASA is and was hiding something, but we may never know. | 2 |
a0ca798 | Dear state senator,
Im in favor of keeping the electoral college. This process might take a while but not as much as election by popular votes for the president of the united states.
The election by popular vote is saying that the electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational. Well I think its not, it's widely regarded as a thing that seems to belong to the past but also not to fit in the president. The electors are the ones who elect for the president not the people. When we vote for a presidential candidate we're basically voting for a slate of electors. The residents of the other regions are most likely feel that their votes don't count and that the new president will have no intersts, also that he really isn't their president.
Keeping the electoral college is the best idea. Some people might not like it but some would. Others might not like the idea of voting by popular votes for who can be president. Also under the amendment of the constituation, the district of Columbia is allocated three elctors and treated like a state of purposes of the electral college. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Unlike the others. They just vote by how big the state is and by how many repesenitives there are.
The electors are picked by depending on the states which makes it fair enough. Back then the louisiana legislature barley succeeded in getting rid of and getting new democratic electors. If the election was a tie it would be handed over to the house of representatives, where state delegations vote on the president beacuse each state casts olny one vote.
The winner of the take all method of awarding electral votes as a couples years ago. Election focuses their campagin efforts on toss up states. the voters in the toss up states are more likey to pay attention to the campaign, knowing their going to decide the elections. but the most thoughtful voters should be the ones the decides the elections not the electors. | 2 |
a0d3aa1 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author very well explains on how a future technology innovation called Facial Action Coding System will be able to indicate the emotions of a human being sitting in front of a computer screen. I say this is a pretty outrageous but innovative system but here is some evidence to back that up.
First of all, the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is able to detect the 6 basic emotions of a human being such as happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. In the article, Author Nick D'Alto says,"the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". Meaning, that the computer can recognize the movements of your facial muscles to be able to determine your emotions. Examples of muscle movements to indicate your emotions are like raising your eyebrows. That can indicate that you're surprised. Or how around your mouth can tighten up, that can mean you're angry.
On the other hand, I feel like this system of being able to determine a human beings' emotions by facial expressions may seem a little faulty. Due to the fact that there will always be more than one person in this planet who has the ability to hack into the system of an adult or even a child and potentially put that person at a risk of danger. Referring back to Paragraph 6, I feel like if this Facial Action Coding System was to come into play of our daily activities through technology, it should stay in an educational public environment such as a library or a school. Even then, I still feel like we need to receive some sort of permission to access this type of computer software due to the fact it seems like some high quality program.
Back to my claim, I feel like this software program would actually be pretty unique not only to test it out but to really know that the system itself does function properly. You can only imagine how chidren are going to react seeing that type of technology around them. Even without using the system, humans perform the same type of "impressive calculations" everyday. For instance, if you're really close with a person it's like you can immediately tell how that person is feeling by looking at their facial expression. For example, if you walk into a room and see your friend with their head down and eyebrows lowered, you can kind of get a hint that your friend isn't feeling too well.
In the article, it speaks about how about if you look in the mirror and make a particular facial expression referring to a basic human emotion, you can potentially start to feel that emotion. Like if you were to just stand in front of the mirror smiling, you would start to feeling happy or boost your mood a little bit.
Overall, I feel like the Facial Action Coding System is a pretty unique program in helping humans interact more with computers. Although I also feel like there are some major concerns about the software, it can help us understand more and more of the technology that us humans have around us. | 4 |
a0d4f2b | Has anyone ever actually seen an alien? I believe we have no reason to believe this supposed 'face' was created by them. The 'face' is just a natural landform because I can't even pick out the face, aliens are most likely not even real, and it looks like a natural build-up of sand or dirt.
I can't even see the face in 'the Face on Mars.' To me it looks like any normal pile of hardened dirt or sand. From what I can tell, this 'face' isn't even a face. It's more like when you see a crack in the sidewalk, and pick out a cool design, making it seem like something it's not, with your imagination.
Aliens probably don't even exist. No one has ever seen one, so why should we believe aliens created it at all? Even if it did just happen to be aliens, they probably weren't intelligent enough to create a 'face.'
The pile looks like a natural build up of sand or dirt. Stuff like that happens all the time with hardened dirt or sand, whether by accident or by choice. It doesn't make any sense at all, personally those are my thoughts.
Just because aliens haven't been found yet, doesn't mean they don't exist. While this is true, we also have NO evidence that aliens ARE real, therefore, this means there is a chance they still don't exist at all, which just as much chance that they do.
The face on Mars is probably just something that formed by accident, because there really is no point to it all, which brings us to the question, even if it was aliens, and it is a face, what reason would they have to do this? That isn't something that can be explained which is why it's just a natural landform... I can't even see the face in it, aliens probably don't exist, and it looks like a natural build-up of hardened sand and/or dirt. | 2 |
a0d94f0 | As time goes by, there are many things that change the world everymintue. The ideas of humanity has lead the world to a different direction. One example of this is the developement of the diverless cars. For years many creative people have always dream of making this real to help humans' enviorment, transportation, and safetyness. If this developement of these driverless cars is to help humans improve their lives than the developement should countinue.
If people are going to invent something that helps the humans they must as well invent something that helps the enviorment. In todays world we know that there is a lot of chemicals in the air and that many of us are affected. Actually everyone is affected be it. If the amount of gas is reduce in half and maybe we can safe todays' world. Wiht the reducement of contamination in the air the more safer is the air for humans to be able to breath it in.
In today's world transportation is assensional in our lives. Because today's society has made humans move and have faster lives than a human that lived in the 1700s would have we depend more on cars or anything that has four wheels and a motor. Just image being in New York City and not being able to get a taxi or always arriving late to imortant meetings. In this kind of problems the diverless cars are able to fix this since they offer far more flexibility than a bus and finally you are able to get to place on time without a problem.
The most important goal of creating the diverless cars is for the safety of humans. As the years pass people have created sensors. Sensors can causes the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce the power from the engine of the car, allowing far better response and control than and human driver could mange alone. But this is not the end of senors. People have made futher improvements on them and computer hardware and software to make sure to make driving safer also leading to cars that handle more and more tasks on their own.
Eventhough the invention of the drverless cars has a long way to be completed the difficulties are not going to be an obsticle for the people who want to see this dream become real. In conclusion the development of the diverless cars can be a positive outcome on the enviorment, transportation, and human safety. | 4 |
a0da0ef | From the very start the author explains the pure beuty of venus, it's nicknamed the "evening star" because its one of the brightest points of light in the sky. Another name for this planet would be Earths "twin" giving the planet a more welcoming and safer tone. The planet is nearly identical in density and size and in distance, Because of its close range you would think studying such a planet would be easy. the only problem is that earth, venus, and mars orbit the sun at difrent speeds making venus sometimes farther from the earth than mars. Venus is, in space terms, "right around the corner" so humans have sent numerous spacecraft, all unmanned, to go and inspect the planet to see if it's safe for human contact. The only problem has been that all the spacecrafts sent have only lasted a couple of hours so to our knowledge it is un-inhabitable. This could explain why we havent had a single spacecraft explore the area in over three decades.
The info we have gathered also contributes to the dangerous nature of venus's reputation as a planet, the atmosphere is described as thick with a blanket of 97% carbon dioxide. A even more challenging factor is the fact that the clouds of venus are highly carosive. Temperatures are over 800 degrees farenheit, the surface temperature of venus is the hottest out of all the plaenets in our solar system.
There's other factor that make venus sound nearly inhospitable but if thats the case why do we still strive to learn more about this vishious planet? Well its because this planet was most likely one of the closest planets related to earth, and still is, it says "long ago, Venus was probobly covered largely with oceans and could have suported various forms of life, just like earth." It is our sister planet and theres many fweatures of the planet that are undisputably analougous to those on earth. SInce the planet is so close it is a crucial factor in play giving how long it takes for spacecraft to reach its destination, saving us time and more reaserch.
Now the only question is making reserch safe and scientifically productive, which National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has already been discusing and they have a compeling idea. What theyre discusing is a spacecraft that can hover over the planets fray ,30 miles or so, out of harms way, safe for scientists to examine from afar and quicker to send spacecrafts to the surface. Solar power would run the spacecraft and radiation from that distance would not exceed that of earths. Conditions wont be easy but they would be managable enough for humans to survive. Here on earth even theyres plenty of studies in the works on seing what technology would work best for surviving on venus. This includes a simple electronic made of silicone tested in a chamber simulating that of venus's harsh surface condition, this simple electronic has lasted three weks under these harsh conditions. With thechnology advancing and humans more and more eager to discover our sister planet, if we keep at it we should one day be able to survive on earths twin. | 3 |
a0e10ae | He tells us that venus shows signs of once having life and watter because of all the hills and mountains and valeeys and craters. and since venus was the second earth like planet it makes sense since earth is home to all these life forms and all these metal and materials. and the examples are scattered through out the article and are actually very fascinating and cool because its weird to think other plnets couldve helped life forms other then earth itself. this article was pretty fun and im so glad i got to read it and learn from it. but the thing about this is i learned so much more about venus and what it is like on there with the sulfur acid and the hot temperatures and the prssure on it and how a human would die instantly but how scientist are finding ways to look at the planet without anything getting destroyed or damage. life is so amazing if you rell just stop to look at it and have time to realize how lucky we are to have all these things next to us in our own life and what we will have in the after life in heaven with God himself and how everything we do will pay off and we'll have endless peace and hope forever. | 1 |
a0e57ff | I'm going to type an essay about an arugement for this technology to read students emotional expressions. The newest software update is called Facial Action Coding System. I really feel like this type of technogoly would be really helpful.
There is a lot of prons and cons to this technogoly because some students may not want you to know how they are feeling or what there emtions are, I feel as if some students need the help or may feel, let's say lonely but don't like saying they are so they fake a smile but those are the students who really need someone to know. So I'm going ot start out in my first paragraph saying why I think it would be good to have this type of system.
My first paragraph is going to be my first reason why I feel that it would help and a little bit about the software. The software update has promising applications for a variety of industries. The computer constrcuts a 3-D computer model of the face all 44 major muscels in the model must move like human muscles. I feel that it will help a lot more with young teenagers in our generation.
A lot of people in our generation are going through depression and they don't like to telling people about it, so if you have this software it would help kids from sucide thoughts or some things like that.
Another reason why it woud be helpful is because you could use it on anyone not just students. My first reason why I think it would be a brillant idea would be an example such as this, if you went to class one day and seen your friend upset you would be able to look at her and know shes upset but if you asked her and she said no I'm fine, she would be lying. If you had this software update and you used it on your friend it would say she is 70 percent upset and 30 percent mad. So now you know she is upset most of the time and you could change that by talking about things with her letting her parents know. Little things like that could change someones life forever.
My last reason I think it would be helpful is because you would know how everyones feeling. The Mona Lisa is to demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while showoing how much a computer can do. It also says in paragraph 6 that "
A classroom computer could recogonize when a student is becoming bored or confused". That could also help the teacher out a lot. Some students don't always let the teacher know if they are bored or confused because maybe they are scared or embarssed, but now your teacher would know if you were confused about something. She would be able to help you or do something a little more exciting.
My conclusion paragraph is going to wrap up my essay. As I said in the introduction I think this would be a really good idea for this software update to be in classrooms for teacher and students. I think it would help with teenagers. I gave a couple reasons why I would want this software update or why it would help. I have seen a lot of students falling asleep in class and the teacher just keeps going. I have also been one of those students were I'm really confused but I don't want to say in front of the class so I either don't say anything or I say something to my buddy next to me. Those are my reasons why I am for this Facial Action Coding System. | 3 |
a0ebb9d | The idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. While Venus is simple to see from the distant, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. I'm here to show you both sides of studying Venus.
Venus is often reffered to as Earth's "twin", its the closest planet to Earth as far as density, size, and occasionally in distance too. Scientists believe it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and inclides familar features such as valleys, mountians, and craters.
Venus is really attracted by Scientist, although it has some factors that prove as challenges for them. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon diocide blankets Venus. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric presssure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet. Also notable, Venus has the Hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Murcury is closer to our sun.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. The scientists want to use a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or s miles above the roiling Venusian landscape.
In all therory studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The adventure provides numerous factors that contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study. But NASA's studies provide that solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earths levels. Basically its saying not its not going to be easy but its survivable for humans. | 3 |
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