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Imagine your life if cars did not exist. You may dread the thought of living without them. Some people likely think it would be a hassle to get where you need to go, but it does not have to be. Other people may love the idea of a car-free life. Believe it or not, lowering the usage of cars has many advantages.
Vauban, Germany is a community that has given up their cars. The streets are car-free -- except for the where the tram runs. The residents might hear a car motor from the distance, and that is only when the pleasant sounds of wandering children and bicycle riders are not blocking out that noise. The people of this community live their lives healthier and with less stress from getting more excercise. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," says a media trainer and mother of two living in Vauban.
Over the past two decades, there have been many efforts to make cities better for walking, now planners use that same concept in suburbs. This approach places stores on a main street within walking distance rather than in large malls on a far-off highway. Transportation for America promotes new communities where people would be less dependent on cars. David Goldberg, an official from Transportation for America, says that since World War II, all of humans' development has been centered on the car. Mr. Goldberg believes this development will have to change and people will have to reduce their usage of cars.
On top of being a healthier population, cutting out cars would decrease the amount of air pollution. Transportation is one of the largest sources of carbon emission into the environment. In 2014, Paris had to create certain bans on driving in an effort to clear their air of smog. Paris usually has more smog than other capitals in Europe, and has even rivaled the amount of smog in Beijing, China, which is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Bogota, Columbia has made their own efforts to lower the amounts of pollution. The people of Bogota created a program in which people hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to get where they needed to go during a car-free day. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said a businessman by the name of Carlos Arturo Plaza.
Many individual cities have tried in their own ways to decrease the percentage of car usage in their population. Whether it be a car-free day, carpooling, or just people buying fewer cars, all efforts help decrease pollution, stress, and many other bad things. Traveling without a car brings many benefits to a person, their family, their community, and even the world as a whole.
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The use of this technology is not useful because this really wouldn't be a good investment and not helpful in a learning enviornment. people might also find it as an invations of their privacy using it in class. The money can be spend towards a better education system and allowing our schools to get proper funding for what is needed. It wouldn't be helpful due to the fact that there is no real need for this technology when we could spend in other programs.
The money that is put into this for detecting emotions out of a straight face, but this can be considered as an invasion of privacy. This really isn't useful much due to the fact that it will try and read your thoughts practically. Even though it would be fun to see what someones mood is on a straight face, it be more of a burdon to have and wouldn't serve a major purpose in the learning enviornment. The only real reason to use it is if you were to test to see if someone was lying about a topic.
The money to invest into these machines would be costly and hard to afford for the schools that would need to buy it. This would cause the fundings for supplies maintence and learning programs to go down and would be difficult to run the school properly. This wouldn't be effective having it in the classrooms because of the software and the risk of kids possibly messing it up cause the school to fix or replace the machine. Schools already are getting budget cuts from the government so they have to ration and shorten supply due to money cost. These new machines would take up too much of the school budget.
The counter claim it that these new tools can be used to help aid with children and behavior, and allow students to be more honest with one another. This can also help the teacher see if one student is hiding something. The teacher can use the information from the software and help dicipline the students if need be. Teachers can also see if students are cheating or are lying to them and can be able to organize the class with it's help. These can be good but this new machine can invade on personal privacy and wll not help much other than dicipline.
The main thing to see is that this machine can be useful in some categories but wil not be of much benefit. This technology wouldn't be useful due to the fact that this sytem would cost more and would be invasive on the children. The schools would be more better off focusing on supplies and equipment to further imporve the school and learning.
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The car is one of our greatest inventions. It has completely reshaped the way we get around, unortunately cars are taking a hand in hurting our panet. Limiting car use is a great idea because its beneficial to your everyday life and it will help keep our environment clean.
Limiting car us would be very beneficial to our everyday life. Why, well yes cars are the best way to get where you need to go but they eat up alot of your living wage. Cars require alot of payments such as monthly payments, repairs, upkeep, and gas. If people started taking the bus or riding a bike then our enconomy would be on its way to improving with all the money people would save. Alot of people go in debt from car payments and gas prices an dit is very unfortunate. You would be alot happier if you removed the stress of trying to upkeep a car. Homeowners already have enough on their plate without having to keep up a money eating hunk of metal. Now I'm not saying that cars should be banned, what we should do is we should limit them. Alot of people have been happier with the removal of their car. Also alot of deaths have been from car accidents. They are dangerous machines and they should be limited. Yes I know it will be a hard adjustment, but its a good price to pay to save money and improve safety.
Smog is a big problem in countries around the world. And helping our environment is a pretty good reason to limit car use. Smog is not something we need to worry about in most of America, although the fumes released from cars do damage the ozone layer of our atmosphere. The sun releases solar flares from its surface and these solar flares hit our atmosphere. Fortunately it is strong enough to withstand the hits. But our atmosphere is weakening with all the fumes trapped inside eating it away from the inside and these solar flares could do alot of damage if they get through. Smog, like i mentioned earlier, is a big problem in places like Italy and Asia. This is because of constant fumes being pumped out of cars and factories. We are lucky that our environmental cnditions dont allow this to happen but the fumes are damagig our atmosphere and it needs to be stopped or at least reduced. If we keep going on this track we're heading on then we may not have breathable air or a livable environment in the future. And im sure nobody wants to have to put on protective gear every time they need to venture outside.
The car is one of our greatest inventions. It has completely reshaped the way we get around, unortunately cars are taking a hand in hurting our panet. Limiting car use is a great idea because its beneficial to your everyday life and it will help keep our environment clean. We have lived on this planet for over 2 thousand years, how about we start taking good care of it.
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It is hard sometimes to contol one's imagination, and this author's imagination is one to set free. The author has showed the readers that he believes that Venus is truly a worthy place to study and research no matter the cost. The author's claim can be supported by his sharing of NASA's idea in vehicle transportation, tools to properley study materials on Venus without harm, and having the use of older computers. With these claims, readers can infer that finding solutions to these dangers would help make Venus a much more worthy planet to study and research.
The author has gone into research and has found an idea from NASA that has to do with safe vehicular transportation on Venus. the author describes the idea by statisticly showing how it would work. It is said that NASA's solution is to have the scientists float over Venus' fray like pilots do to fly over thunderstorms. NASA has said that the scientist will need to ploat iver 30 miles aboive the danger zone. By including this, it points the author's perspective on studying Venus into a safer andpositve way.
The author then has provided a section where he explains the problem scientists would have in acquiring samples such as rock, gas, or other items from a far distance. The soulution would be to create an object that would last long enough for scientests to observe the planet's items. With devices that can help gain evidence and answers, it could make the study of Venus much safer and efficient. Even though this seems to be an idea that would help research Venus safley, the author shares other devices that would help make the reseach program leap forwand.
Even if the scientist have the "best" high tech equipment, it would not last on those hard conditions because they new technology has become fragile. Because of that, researchers have come up with the idea of useing computer that were used in WWII. The author explains that these computors show more resistant because of the gear that is in them. With this type of more resistant technology, the scientist would have more of an assurance of having a successful study and research of Venus.
Even if Venus' atmosphere is far to dangerous for humans to enter, there are ways that danger could be reduced so scientist can study the planet. With the making of compatible vehicles, reliable equipment, the use of older reliable computers, and the lowering of risks, it would make Venus a more worthy planet to explore.
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In this article, the author uses claims and evidence to prove Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers that may come on the way.
He starts his article by stating the position of Venus being the second planet from the sun. Since Venus is closer to the sun, this would mean that the Venusian landscape is dangerously hot. Having temperatures of 800 degrees fahrenheit. In the article, he states, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." He's using this information to prove that NASA has attempted to explore Venusian landscape bu due to the harsh conditions, they didn't last very long. The auhor refers to Venus as Earth's "twin". This is because Venus has similar density and size, Venus was also fully covered with large oceans but now have mountains, valleys, and craters. NASA is working on many different ways to approach the harsh lands of Venus.
In conclusion, this article shows the reader that NASA is fully determined to explore Venus. Out of curiousity and they also hope they could discover an outbreak in the space environment. They are striving to find something that could change the way, our scientists and astronauts look at space life.
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This Face from Mars is just a natural landform. It can't be created from aliens because aliens do not exist. Also, no one has ever seen a real alien before. They could just be making this up for the entertainment and attention. The Face even looks like a human head. I can prove that by the evidence that NASA has.
The Face even resembles a human head. There's shadowing that makes the Face a natural landform. The shadowing gives illusion of eyes, a nose, and mouth. According to paragraph 7, On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, and snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of web surfers all over the world were waiting for the image to appear on a JPL web site. It revealed that it was a natural landform and not an alien monument.
It may look like the Face was created by aliens but it is really doubtful. There is not that much evidence that it could've been an alien's marking. Perhaps, it could've been the wind and water making rocks collide to form the Face. There could be missing evidence that NASA might've not catched, but NASA does have evidence that can say it was just a natural landform.
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Have you ever heard about the face on Mars? Well I have, let me tell you that it freaks me out. Do you think that the face is actually a face?
A few days after NASA sent Viking 1 to Mars to take pictures, they got back photos of a face. Not just any face, it was a human face. Not only is this crazy, it's impossible. It's impossible because we spent a lot of time and money reaserching if humans can go live on Mars. And it has been scientifcally proven by us that no human can live on Mars, so for that reason I don't know how that human face got there in the first place.
I know that some people think that maybe aliens are the ones who made the face, and you may be right. In some cases though, while we we'er reaserching, we would have noticed already. What we think it is is a natural landform. I know that it sounds crazy, but it is a possibility. It would make more sense if it was a natural landform.
If you can't decide if it's a face, aliens, or just a natural landform, then let me take some details from the article to support my idea. One detail is that when scientists found out about the figure, they knew that it was just another Martian mesa. They are common enough around Cydonia. When the pictures were released, it revealed a natural landform. It turns out that there was no alien monument after all.
Dou you believe me know? All of theses details add up to only one solution, which is that it was only a natural landform. I couldn't make this decision without proof, and now that I got it, I can prove to the world that there is nothing but a landform.
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There is new technology out there that helps people understand what others are feeling. This may not always be right. Sometimes it could miss read what people are feeling. This technology could miss read, not fully understand, and miscalculate things.
This new technology could miss read what people are feeling. This technology could think that one person is happy when really they aren't. Many people can fake what they are feeling such as actors and actresses. Actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage( paragraph 9 line 6 to7). When actors do this it actually helps them feel the emotion they are acting out. This is why the new technology may get some things wrong. Not everyones face shows how they truely are feeling and it may never fully show what one is feeling.
It may not always fully understand what one is feeling because people are so good at hidding what they feel. Lots of people have trouble showing their true feelings because they may not want to be made fun of. Also they don't want to get hurt by others for what they truely feel. If people are hidding what they are feeling and showing a different facial expression then it would be really hard for this technology to accuratly read someones emotions. Which in turn would make it hard for this to have an accurate outcome.
It would always miscalculate how one would truely feel. Not everything works the way it was made to work. Some thinks may malfunction and have to be thrown away. Some things cant read things the right way. What is someone was happy and it read it as them being sad or even angry. We would know that it wasnt working right.
So if the technology miss reads how people feel. If it doesn't fully understand what one is feeling. Also if it is miscalculating how one truely feels then this would not be the greatest thing to use to tell how one is truely feeling. So most people would say that this wouldn't be such a great thing to have to read hoe one feels.
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Cars. Trucks. Motocycles. All these forms of transportation are drastically poluting the air due to the release of gas emission from the tailpipes. Some may say it's easier to get around with a car handy. Others believe too many people are centered on a car. Cities should become denser for the public in order to transport and reduce gas emission at the same time.
Up to 50% of car intensive areas are poluted in the United States as well as 12% in Europe. Drivning isn't the only way to get around. In Vauban, Germany- some in the communtity have taken the pledge to give up thier cars and go green. In result to doing this, locations like garages are generally not used to hold a four wheel vehicle anymore. Instead this "car free" area is encouraging those to join the 70% of Vauban's population to say goodbye to the waste product. In addition to a "car free" zone comes "smart planning". This is the practice of seperating the suburban life from auto use. In other words, creating a more condenced community will ensure more walkers instead of drivers.
Similar to both the US and Germany, many areas have committed to giving up the cars. In Paris, pollution had gotten so bad they almost hit a record! Depending on the even or odd number license plate along with the day that came with it, people were ordered to leave their car and/or motor vehicle home or pay a 22-euro fine. Pollution was down 60% in France after the period of time enforcing the rule. In Bogota, Colombia most chose to walk, bike, skate, or take a bus to get around, leaving the city barren of any to no vehicles. With a capital of 7 million a goal was reached reducing smog throughout the city. Violators paid the price of $25 fines.
Other research may suggest that leaving the cars home decreases some ability to get around at a decent time or may even cost just as expensive. Having somewhere to be and knowing you have to be their can be a haslte prioritizing your time. You have to calculate when you leave from both your home and the destination. Those who live in big cities will struggle even more from time to time. If cars on the street are limitted to taxis then the cost to get to a location will be as similar to that of a gas bill. Not only that but areas will require more taxi services to fill those needs of the people.
Vehicles, the deathly poison of the human race, will continue to pollute the area unless something is done. Many areas have taken the step to create more suitible living conditions of the human race. Globally, we are reducing the exposure of gas emission everywhere. Continuing this will ensure a heallthy present and furture for years to come.
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In the article ''Unmasking the Face on Mars''
NASA talks about how a spacecraft was circling the planet mars snapping possible landing sites for another spacecraft. When it suddenly spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face it seemed to be smiling back at the cameras.
The likeness face of a human most of been a rock formation as said in the article or a landing of an spacecrft or even from a take off but there so no such thing as aliens that would do that or they don't even exists. They even mentioned in the artilce how the cameras on board of MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face clearly but skeptics a different thing. That pobably aliens makings were being hidden by the haze. Which were not likely it could of been the air,because the human like face was located in the north martian latitude where it was already winter. It could of been the breeze from the snow.
Who would think that aliens would do that if they knew we were going to spot it evenutly. The picture that was taken in 2001 was more bigger and more proseize on what we would of been looking at then it was in 1976. The picture that was taken in 2001 made people see that there was nothing to worry about and that it was just a rock looking like a face. People even made it famous without knowing what it was at the time but then people saw the picture takened in 2001 that they had nothing be afraid of or suprised.
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author; Nick D'Alto starts off by explaining how The picture shows that "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." after telling us this the author proceides by telling us how the emotions were recognized by a computer softwhere. Reading emotions can be tricky. But for a computer its different. The idea of basically reading Mona Lisa's mind and figuring out her emotion is somewhat confusing because the Mona Lisa is just a painting and there is no way to know if the Facial Action System is correct because the painting cant actually tell us how it feels.
In the artical it states that "you can probaly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." We dont need a Computer to read students emotinal expressions because it is easy to tell how a student is feeling by how their face expresion is at the time or their attitude. even though this would be a great idea to put in classrooms it would also be conserning for the students because some students dont want people knowing how they feel because it might embarious them. But at the same time it would be good for techers because to learn you have to want to learn and if your in a not so good mood then you wont want to learn and with the Facial Action Coding System the teacher can see if the student wants to learn or not.
The mona Lisa demonstration is very intresting and it shows what all a computer can do. It is very amaizing how far the tech has came. Also it is crazy how a computer can know when you are happy or sad. There is a lot of good things to this subject and also a lot of bad things that come with it. An example of a bad thing is if someone dosent want you to know how they are feeling and they could get mad at you. A example of a good reason to see peoples emotion who seem suspious and up to no good.
In concluision I think that it would be a great idea to bring the Facian Action Coding system into schools because of the fact of seeing the emotions of students that arnt learing or working to the best they can be. Another reason is to help inprove those students and see who needs help or needs someone to talk to because they could maybe be going through a hard time but no one knows and the only thing that could figure is out is the computer software.
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Just like Luke, you can participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program for free!
What does this program do, you might ask? Well we're here to tell you just what it is, and why you should join it!
We're part of the "United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaion Administration," or in shorter terms, the UNRRA.
We have worked together to help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. All together we are 44 nations. But helping others isn't the only benefit, you get to see sights you've never seen before.
Everyone has the benefit of seeing atleast one country. Last year, our group had the benefit of seeing Europe and China. They also got to ride the gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. Our group also got to see an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on their way to China.
There isn't only helping people and seeing sites, you actually get to travel the high seas. However, this might be the hardest part. The groups were always busy and it took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. The part that had to be the most challenging for some members were caring for the animals during the crossings.
There are also fun times on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. Usually we play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals are housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than an adventure for some people. For most of our groups, it opened up the world to them. They stated that they were "grateful for the opporunity, and that it made them more aware of people of ther countries and their needs."
In conclusion, that is why you should join our Seagoing Cowboys program. Thank you for listening, and we hope to see you in the future!
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I agree that the use of this technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is convienent for these apparent reasons :Calculating our emotions ,computer software can recgonize your emotions , and technology can make computer animated faces more expressive
. First off ,Calculating our emotions is pretty awesome . Think of this as a good thing . For instance, Dr.Pual Eckman has classified six basic emotions such as:happiness,surprise ,anger,disgust,fear and sadness.Each one of us has experienced these emotions before just by the way our faces look and our feelings. In
the text it says "For instance , you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on his/her face .Like Mona Lisa ,Learnardo da Vince
painted a picture of Mona Lisa
smiling . Dr.Haung observes that the painting can help
paint facial muscles precisely enought to convey specific emotions. Did you know it is actually good to calculate your emotions ? Yes believe it or not studies show calculating your emotions is actually good that way you can keep track by the way you feel and it's
good for your mental health . Especially for students now a days .
Our emotions and feelings change multiple of times . Next, computer software can recogonize
your emotions . You're sitting down in front of a computer and by the way your facial expression is it can automatically tell how you feel . Dr.Huang new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code that's pretty cool . It's like a teacher teaching , when a teacher has got done teaching something and he/her looks at his students the teacher can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored . Furthermore, technology can make computer animated faces more expressive .The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model on the face ;all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles this is called "action unit". How satisfying
right ? You can even study for that .Students in a classroom can learn how to do all those type of things . In conclusion , I agree that the use of technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is convenient for these apparent
reasons:Calculating our emotions ,computer software can recogonize your emotions,and technology can make computer animated faces more expressive .
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Dear State Senator,
In my honest opinion I dont even think that we should have a President. Presidents dont do anything other than make things worst for our country. What they do is maybe fix one or two things that the previous president did wrong but they add more problems for each president to fix so instead of trying to add more problems to us just dont do the job and give work to the government because obviously the government has enough time to make up lies and excuses on why things happen when instead the government themselves can do it, that way no excuses have to be made up.
It may not be my place to talk about the government at all because I dont know what they are talking about but honestly thats not the point, the point is that Americans are too dumb to realize when the Government is lying or even telling the truth because they can never hear the real truth everything is the truth to them but if you deep and deep and deep youll find more and more things that to get suspious and you question yourself but youll never get to know the REAL truth because our government is corrupted and they lie to us Americans every time there is misery.
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Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus is also referred as the Earth twin. According to the article it's considered as the Earth's twin because "it is the closest in Earth in terms of density and size, and accasionally the closest in distance too." All planets obit the sun at different speeds. Earth is sometimes closer to Mars and somethimes closer to Venus.
The diffuclt planet that it is a challenge for humans to explore is the planet Venus because the temperature is nearly 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Humans can not stand high temperatures rather than 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Humans have had planned missions to visit Venus but not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus for more than three decades. The conditions in Venus are extrememly worst than what humans have encouter on the planet Earth. Scientistis believe that long ago Venus was probably covered with oceans and that it could probably could of hold life just like Earth.
"Today Venus has some features that are similar to Earth such as a rocky sediment surface, valleys, and mountains, ect. NASA has one idea for sending humans to study or explore Venus." Their idea was to float above the fray, the temperattures would still be hot (170 degrees Fahrenheit) it probably would be easy conditions but it will for should help the human alive and help them get back to planet Earth.
Therefore, Venus is one of the difficult planets to study but NASA has figured a way to expore some parts of Venus. Venus could probably be like Earth expect it would not hold life because of toasty temperatures that Venus Contains. It would be a fun experience if humans could actually step a foot on Venus and still make it alive to planet Earth.
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The advances in the medical field are nothing short of amazing. The fact that a computer can tell us how we are feeling to the exact percent is jaw dropping. Classrooms could definitly benefit from this in the future, and I am sure that they will.
Everyone that has been through school and attended high school has been forced to sit through an hour long lesson that you have no intrest in what so ever. Most of these lessons have homework to follow up what was just taught to you. If you aren't paying attention how are you supposed to figure out the homework? This is when the system could be used extremly effectively.
A teacher that might question weather or not his or her lesson is bring can check the computer and see how much of the class is happy and enjoying the lesson vs. the how many students are angry or upset with the lesson. Knowing this type of information, the teacher can change their lesson plan to accordingly. As stated in the article, you can't fake emotions and trick the system. Therefore, if a teacher notices that a student has been sad for the past 3 days in class, he or she can talk to that student and figure out if the school counselor needs to get involved.
Although this type of software can improve classrooms all over the world, teachers can't rely on it completely. An important part of a student's day is interacting with everyone and creating different relationships. A teacher needs to do the same thing and not only figure kids out by looking at a computer monitor but by talking to the children and getting to know them.
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Unmasking The Face
A lot of people lately have been suspicous of my company NASA. While I don't agree with them, I do see their side. The general public has all reasons to be suspicious torwards the "Face of Mars!" Sounds like something from "The Twilight Zone." Well, Mars, though so barren, might has well be considered the earth's twin sister... or brother. The two planet's sufaces have shown some interesting simularities, like water remnants and climates. Not to mention volcanoes. This is where we find the reason behind the face of Mars!
On our planet earth, we have land structures called "Mesas." These elevated lands are found in the "American West", where the surrounding deserts (used to be oceans in theory), are now filled with canyons, rock flats, salt flats, mesas, and other forms only found there. Mars might as well have a northwest region where one could find earthlike simularities. This may as well be the reason behind the face. Also, one should note that the shadows may be rocks making a shadow from the sunlight. Another logical explanation to look at France. Shaped like a boot, it is just a land form that naturally occured, looking like something we know.
My company would also like to state that this really "isn't" a cover-up. In true fact, the discovery of other life or remnants of one such time would be positive to us, and to our projects. So, say what you want. Believe in what you think, but we at NASA belive this isn't alien. Just another simularity between Mars and Earth.
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Venus, sometimes called the evening star. Also referred as Earth's twin. Visiting Vanus is a challenge for humans to study. The cloud-draped world would be instering to see. Calling it earths twin can make be an over statement. Venus seems like the opposite of earth.
Even though Earth's twin Venus is the closest planet in terms to density and size. The closest in distance too. Venus ha a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. Making it more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive acid in venus's atmosphere. Which these condition can be every dangerous for humans. Environment would crush a submarine.
Can be every hot actually the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solor system. Thirty milies plus above the surface, temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees.
Desite all the challenges Venus has, the information is every interesting. Venus may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. The planet Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Venus has some features that are same to Earth today.
So going to Venus could be worth going to because of the things it had. Also it was just like Earth so who knows one day Earth could end up just like Venus in the furture. Visiting Venus could help humans better understand the furture Earth.
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One of the biggest part of a human are feelings. Why? It is because we always feel something all the time. Whether it may be happiness, sadness, anger, or whatever basic feeling. Everyone does no matter what age. At a young age, we like to show emotions to get attention such as crying at the store because your mom didn't buy you candy. As you start to age, feelings start to get more personal. Have you ever wanted something that you are working for but someone else gets it? What would you tell them? "Congratulaions" or "That should've been mine". Yea I would go with the respectable one. What if they really knew how yo felt with computer technology? Well now one of the latest developments of Thomas Huang & Nicu Sebe is software to reval and tell what a person is feeling.
This is defenitly a huge innovation when it comes to technololgy. But will it benifit? In the artical, it states how a student will feel in a classroom if they are bored or confused. That is the part that the technology should not be involved. If we use on the students and they feel "bored" or "confused", will the technology be advanced enough to tell the reason why? What if the student had personal reasons to feel that way and it's not because of school. Family issues, sickness, depression, even the students around them influencing the feeling. Another thing is how will the teachers have control of it? WIll they have responsible use or use it with power? Therefore this type of technology should not be in a classrom.
As the years go on, technology will always inovate one way or another. It will influence the way life on Earth is. Technology is now a big part of our lifes but we must find ways to inovate it and benifit others physicly but not personaly. Putting more technololgy in the schools and to tell feelings and emotion is not a good step for public schools.
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In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," there are several given arguments to support whether the development on these cars are positive or negative. In my opinion, I think that the development of this futuristic concept is more negative and outweighs much of the positives.
Beginning with paragraph two, it states that Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific directions since 2009. I have one question regaurding that statement and that is, if these cars have been around for seven years already, why are they not the main source of transportation yet? The only answer to that is that these cars are not the most efficient way of transportation. In paragraph three, the author states that the "smart-road system", the only way for these driverless cars to travel, would require massive upgrades to existing roads. If we are being practical, it would not be possible for every road to be rebuilt so that it is sustainable for these driverless cars to operate on. In addition to that, how would we travel in the meantime while the roads are being rebuilt? It is simply not practical to do that with our busy societies today.
In paragraph four, it states that manufacturers soon realized that the development of smarter roads weren't going to be possible, so they turned to smarter cars. Although this is a little more realistic, there are still several flaws in this idea. Technology is not always a reliable source, and that is exactly what these manufactureres are doing-trusting technology. They're trusting these sensors in the cars to drive and operate smoothly without any human assistance. No matter how high-tech these cars are, there is always a chance of risk. You might argue that humans driving have just as high of a risk, but if you look at paragraph seven, it mentions that although these cars do not need human assistance, the driverless cars can not detect crashes or road construction like humans can. They have installed a warning system that lets humans know when they need to take over, which means that the humans must stay alert of the driving at all times. I think that this defeats the purpose of having a "driverless car" if you have to be prepared to take over once your vehical is headed towards something unfamiliar. In paragraph seven, it also mentions that the cars will have cameras built in to watch the driver to make sure that they are paying attention to the road at all times. Yes, this is safer, but again, it defeats the purpose of having a car that doesn't require a driver.
With that said, in paragraph eight, the author says that sitting in a driverless car, not having anything to do, could get boring so they are planning on programming entertainment sources in the car. In my opinion, I think that if the driver is supposed to be paying attention to the road, then the sources of entertainment in the car could potentially be a distraction to the driver and take their attention away from the road.
Although there are a few positives to these "driverless cars", such as saving fuel, the negatives outweigh the postivies. I believe that our society is safer and better off with normal functioning vehicals than getting into a car that comes with more possible risks.
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I feel like this would be very useful technology for helping many people in the near future. By having the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) we could tell and understand so much more about the human body that we don't already know about.
The FACS would help us in learning about how exactly how someone is feeling about something or someone. Say, if they could exactly explain how they are feeling we could use the FACS to figure out their emotions. We could also use it in classroom as paragraph 6 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." We would finally have the technology to help people who don't understand or are to shy to ask how to do something in the class. The computer would recognize that facial action and go more in depth to help the people who don't understand. Yes, it would make people lose their jobs and bore the other students who already understand the topic but we're still in the beginning faze of the FACS. By using the system we would become way more advanced and learn how to fix these problems. It just takes time to go over and fix. Imagine if we didn't have facial expressions. We wouldn't understand each other and the world would be bland but we do in face have facial expressions and we use them. We've grown adapted to having such a skill but some people don't know how to tell or just can't tell very well. We now put it into technology to help those people and ourselves!
In conclusion, I feel like we would benefit from having and using this technology. As I said above, it would help people understand in schooling, emotions, and in life in general. It would be an even better invention if it became more advanced but we have to use the product for that to happen. I fully support the Facial Action Coding System as it would help us in learning many great things about technology and about ourselves.
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The challenge of Exploring Venus is about suggest to stuyding Venus is worthy pursuit but it's danger. Over the play of the article develop from being danger to studying to its worth it.
In the beginning author suggest that studying Venus is danger. The text stated "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenhenit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planet." This quotation show that studying Venus is danger. The temperature in the Venus is twice bigger than our planet. The condition are far extreme than anything human encounter on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. It hard for us to studying because it's impossible to land human in Venus.
In the middle of the aritcle they wanted to send human to study Venus.The text stated "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compellin gidea for sending human to study Venus." This quotation show that they wanting to send human to Venus to study. They know it's hard decision to make because the temperatures In Venus would still be toast at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that dea level on Earth. They wanting to send humna to study but they also caring about their safety. t's not easy condition but survivable for humans.
In the end of the aritcle they wanting to approaches to studying Venus. The text stated "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus" This quotation show that they wanting to approach Venus. They creae machine that will help them find out more Venus. The scienctist think is worth studying Venus even though it can be hard.
In this article of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about how the author suggest studying Venus is danger but it's also worth it. The aritcle basically telling you all about the idea of how they wanting to approcahes Venus and what they create it for their safety.
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The idea of Driverless cars in the future can be a very controversial topic. Many may say that it is too dangerous, but others argue that there are ways to ensure safety and that these cars are the future of technology. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author presents both sides of the argument. After reading the article, I have come to conclusion that Driverless cars are a positive change in technology and can be used for the better.
Google has already invented the driverless car and has been making improvements for years. The car contains sensors on the wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted on the rear view mirror, a GPS reciever, and an intertial motion sensor. All of these things are used in the car to ensure you are provided with a safe ride. Because of Google and their invention of the Driverless car, in the future this could be the public transportation system. These care would use half the fuel that taxis use today and a driverless car offers far more flexibility than a bus. Paragraph 5 states, "Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own" This quote is showing that all the sensors and cameras that they have inserted into the car make it safe to ride in and make it so that the car is mimicking how it would drive with a person behind the wheel.
In conclusion, The google driverless car is an invention that could change the future and they way that we get places. There are both positives and negatives found while testing these cars and making improvements. Overall, with all of the sensors put in the car to ensure safety, google can make it possible to have a safe ride in the car. Once all improvements have been made to the driverless car, it will change the future of transportation.
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HI, I'm Luke and im part of the seagoing cowboys program. It's really fun and exciting too. I think you shoud try and join because it may be dangerous but it really is fun. We need more people to join! Would you want to join us on our adventures?
Our ship is really cool too! We're almost like pirates in a ship on the sea. We get to go to so many new places as well. I've been to Greece, New Orleans, the Panama Canal, China, and different parts of Europe. You always hav time to have fun too when your on board or off board. We play vollleyball, baseball, and table tennis. We also fence, box, read, whittle, and play games just to pass the time. This is an opportunity of a life time!
Trust me you dont want to miss this! I love this place and have made many friends on it. You will have so much fun too! I hope i see you here one day! I hope you will like it too.
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As we enter a world where humans want to depend on technology for everything, even the simplest of tasks, the idea of "driverless cars" is introduced. What sounds like a great idea now, doesn't have as much potential when looked in to. While these "driverless cars" are envisioned to use "half the fuel of today's taxis" and "offer more flexibilty than a bus", there are still some aspects that don't make the cars completely "driverless". Before driverless cars make their huge impact on the world, some of the "minor" details need to be further developed.
How often do you hear of people calling for transportation services, such as taxis or Ubers, because they aren't in a state of mind and being good enough to be able to operate a motorized vehicle? If taxi systems were to be replaced with driverless cars, who would drive those people home? A major flaw in the driverless cars is that they might require human assistance sometime throughout the trip. If there were to be a spontaneous accident, or large work zone ahead while the only human in the car was intoxicated, that would pose a lot of danger for that driver and every other driver around. The safety of other drivers on the road has to be taken into consideration.
Making cars driverless means no one would be completely in control of the vehicle. Keeping that in mind, in the case of an accident, who would be to blame? The driver could be at fault, but then how really driver-independent are these cars? With the possibility that the car will more than likely need human assistance, the driver themselves is only slightly benefited.
Just because "driverless cars" are assumed as completely "driverless", an actual human capable of thinking and doing for the car is indeed necessary. Where I'm sure there are certain groups of people that will benefit from being able to get from point A to point B without having to think anything of it, there's still that larger population that will find almost no practicality in watching their vehicle drive itself when they are capable of doing it themselves. Aside from the safety features that comes with a car having a mind of its own almost, I think we're better off without this technological advancement.
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With the information the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" covers, this advancement in technology seems extremely unnecessary and could potentially have negative effects even with the good intentions behind it. As far as what is explained in this article the only benefit to this technology is that computers will know what you are feeling, and the question that needs to be asked is; do we really want them to? Secondly, there was no mention of how much this kind of technology costs or if it would even be plausible for it to be in a classroom setting. Lastly, why is it be necessary for a computer to overtake yet another aspect of a teacher's job of human interaction and communication. Technology being able to read emotional expressions in the classroom sounds wildly ludicrous in terms of use, cost, and personal connections
Although all seems harmless on the forefront of this idea, the side effects could turn very sour very quick. Nick D' Alto says "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad." The author of this article talks of how it will improve ad placements by whether you smile or frown, however I know for a fact social medias, especially Facebook, are already basing information on preferable ads by just what material you look at. Why is it necessary for a program to constantly scan our face just to see if we like something or not? This gives the computer so much power of constantly knowing what your exact emotions are on everything. It is just so unnecessary that it causes one to question why in the world would we risk giving computers that kind of power. Also, is it appropiate to constantly scan childrens' faces as they are trying to learn? Would there be a security system in place or parental agreement necessary that would allow the permission of constant invasion of privacy in the name of education? There are many ethical questions and unknown future outlooks that one would not want to subject children to that sort of test of safety and security.
However if this technology was to be used in a classroom, the next question is of course the cost of such a new computer process. All computers would have to have facial recognition in their system and although there is no mention of cost in the article one can imagine that this new technology is not cheap. Is it realistic to expect that schools will pay great amounts of tax payers dollars just so that we can invade the privacy of our children to figure out if they are bored? It seems much more financially sound to not steal the jobs of millions of teachers and let them get to know their students, opposed to scanning their face.
Teachers are necessary in the classroom not only to impart knowledge but also to make those personal connections that tell them how to best teach their kids. Every student is different, learns a different way and reacts differently to every aspect of the classroom. The article says a computer will be able to detect if a student is bored, but teachers have that ability already, minus the cost and invasion of privacy. Teachers are in the classroom so that they can make those personal connections with each student and ensure that they are doing everything they can to provide the best education possible. If a computer detects boredom it will just try another lesson without knowing what is best for the student. So the question that needs to be asked is why would this sort of technology be useful in the classroom?
In conclusion technology that scans your face to read your emotions has too many ethical questions, financial problems, and no personal connections for this computer process to be acceptable in the classroom. Although this advancement is impressive, the classroom setting is most definitely not the right place for this type of computer process.
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I don't think that driverless cars would be a good idea. I think that many people would make them unsafe or malfunctions could be very dangerous. If there were only a few of these cars and not a large amount that would be better.
There can be people that try to steal things from these cars or purposly vandalize them. There's a chance that people could also sabotage them which could be very dangerous. People might also try driving the cars while under the influence because they'll know they're self driving but when it's time for them to drive it could lead to many accidents. If a car were also to malfunction while on the road it could put many peoples lives in danger or if there's an accident without a driver it could cost lots of money for repairs. If they make a large amount of these cars, lots of money would be spent on making them, and repairing them.
I think that these driverless cars, while being useful at times, will end up being a bigger burden on people than it will actually help.
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I believe that the integration of driverless cars into the current-day road system would only pose a threat to the majority of drivers. Incorporating a new form of transportation into a pre-existing form would only complicate the roads more than before. Cars have been around for roughly 100 years and society has adapted to this certain form of transportation that is used world-wide. Although driverless cars seems very advanced and the engineering involved in their production is beyond my imagination, driverless cars will have a negative effect on the current-day road system.
Being a teenager, I am approaching a new level of responsibility and encountering a world very foreign to me, driving. Having the ability to drive brings a whole new world of responsibility to teens all over the United States. Although there are many teen fatalities due to driving, I believe that driverless cars will not thoroughly incorporate the new level of responsibility that teens have as they approach legal driving age.
Another aspect of my argument pertains to the current driving and road laws. The reading states that a majority of the driving laws are focused on keeping drivers and their passengers aware that safety is achieved through alertness. Traffic laws are formed based on the idea that human drivers are in control at all times. Integrated driverless cars will interfere with the traffic and road laws that are in place today. If driverless cars became the popular form of transportation, would new traffic laws be incorporated to adjust to the new form transportation? Or since driverless cars are operated by computers, would there be the need for traffic laws at all?
Although driverless cars could bring a very efficient form of transportation, they seem to add too much technology to a long-lasting form of transportation. Driverless cars will take away the aspect of great responsibility from teens and new drivers as a whole. And driverless cars will only complicate rules, laws, and regulations of our road system that have been in place for decades. Ultimately, how much are we as a human race willing to give up to technology?
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While being able to tell someone's emotions can be a benefitial factor, it is also an invasion of the person's privacy. Many positive ideas come with being able to see how someone is feeling in a classroom, but there are some emotions that people just don't want other people knowing about. There are many different thoughts that go through a human being's head that therefore create the emotions that are felt. Students knowing that a computure is reading their every emotional status can create a very tense feeling and that could effect how the class lesson flows. There is no value in being ale to tell how a group of students are feeling in a class room.
Negative emotions are everywhere, which means anything can happen to anybody, so people can be emotionaly unstable. If a group of students in a classroom were to know that there is a computure that is telling the instructor that there is something wrong with a specific student, it can be imbarrasing. In the text it states " imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotion." That statement is an correct example of why computures that read emotions would be an invasion of every student's privacy. It's also justifying reason that there is no value in being able to tell how students are feeling because it is uncalled for.
The ariticle goes into futher explaining of how the new software in these computures are helpful and benefitial. Although it might be helpful in other ways than in a classroom, it shouldn't be used to collect information on how people are emotionally feeling without permission. Even with permission, emotions are a valuable part of humans that shouldn. t be taken for granted and used to collect data or research. For the value of emotions would be lost if a computure is using a software that reads the emotional status of the students in a classroom.
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There are positive consequences as well as negative consequences for the development of these Driveless Cars. It's good that thechnology is advancing and the world is in a better place because of these things. It's not bad that things are starting to change including our daily use cars. It's good to be able to create new things that are interesting and enjoy the things that are being produced. I oppose to this new invension of cars however.
People might be excited hearing these advance technology such as the Driveless Cars that are being introduced. However, I'm against these Driveless Cars that are about to be sold. You might think that cars being controled by itself without the drivers would be facinating and cool for you, but there is also danger ahead of us. Of course, it's the job for the companies to sell out to you and try to earn whatever amount of money they could, it's not their responsibility of driving for us after buying it. The cars are not even fully recommanded by the producers yet; they are finding ways to improve it. However, it's not fully guarantee that we will be safe as long as we are in the car.
It's our choice whether we want to get this new car or not, but know that in your mind there will at least a consequences. These cars are cool and looks awesome in our eyes, nor is a bless to own one. Even so, we should know that these cars are not a hundred percent safe. The text state, " This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. " This shows that we also have to ready to take over when something doesn't seem right. It's not like the Driverless Cars will take care of us.
Imagine you are texting while in these Driverless Cars going to your work. You just let the car control when suddenly a road ahead of you is being constrcted, at that moment, you probably might not be alert or anything. The car then had an accident and the one to blame is you, the driver. What I meant to say is that these cars aren't that safe as we think it is. We also have to take the responsible of beingon alert or else something might happen. The text said that if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer? This tells us that it's not guarantee that the manufacturer will take full responsibility of us when somehting bad happens. We have to take care of ourselves.
These Driveless Cars might be convenient in some ways, but always know that it's not always safe. What's the use of always staying on alert when you bought the car thinking it can drive itself without the need of the driver. Even thought it's a fancy thing that the car could drive by itself, it still needs the help of the driver. If something is about to happen in the middle of the highway, what are you going to do? It's really dangerous just thinking about it. Our life really determine on our own actions when driving this Drivelss Cars. Some people might find the cars a good thing, but for me, I really am against it.
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With all the possiblities that could happen if drivereless were everywhere on the streets, Driverless cars are a bad idea for the future. Driverless cars are remoted for a computer instead of a human being, Human have better judgement calls than a computer. With this being said, Human are more aware and experienced to their surroundings. Since Driverless cars are powered from technology, there is a very high chance that it can malfunction in use, not be aware of a situation of a traffic issue, and if an accident happens, no one is sure who is responsible for it.
One reason why driverless cars would have a negative impact on daily life is malfunctioning. Driverless cars are powered through technology and technology is not perfect. There is always a chance of malfunction. For example, a driverless car couldn't monuever through a work zone correctly or if there is a traffic stop or issue on the road. Because of this, this could cause more issues for the driver inside the car.
Another reason for why driverless cars are a bad idea is because of laws/law enforcement. One of the main purposes of the driverless car is to avoid accidents in traffic. With driveless cars being on the street driving themselves mostly, this would mean that there would be new state laws enforced on driveless. Since this idea is new to our generation and is developing, laws will constantly change to make sure the driver is safe and is driving/watching with caution. If a driver is in the driverless car and the car gets into an accident, who is in the fault? The driver or the car? Also individuals could argue their case of that the car caused an accident instead of them. If this were to happen, car manufacturers could be penalized from many different cases.
Last reason why driverless cars are a bad idea for the future is because of characteristics and human judgement. Companies can say "The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimc the skill of a human at the wheel." but the vehicle is not human at all. The vehicle is operating off of sensors and a gps to locate where it is going. In life, a human has better judgement on how to solve a real life situation than a computer. An experienced human driver can read a road sign and operate a vehicle from what the sign warns them of whats ahead. A computer/sensor can not do that. Also human driver knows what to do if their is an emergency like if they need to pull over off the road or take a detour. A computer/sensor can not do that.
In conclusion, Driverless cars would have a negative impact on the future of humans. There is always a chance of malfunction. Also new laws will be added and changed constantly. Another reason is for liability in the case of accident because no one will be sure for who should be held accountable.
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Have you ever wanted to get hit by a car that had a driver that wasn't driving? I can explain where that idea had came from.
There is a new car coming out that can assit you on driving. But would you really want to take that chance.
Here are simply a few ways why I would apose this idea. The chance of getting destracted while having something to assit you on the car. The other reason why
I would oppose this idea again is because the liabilitity of the acciendent. And the last reason would be just too many distractions all around and risk everything around when you can just drive normally. Also known as being lazy.
First, the thing on with this driverless thing is crazy. They are so many things that can get in your ways and mess you up. All it takes is a couple of seconds to end up in a wreck. and all of that can be avoid by just simiply driver yourself around.
Second, with all that drama with the driverless thing. There would a lot of complaining about it. And say if someone got an injury by one of these driverless cars that google has came out with. Whose fault would it be the driver or the manufacture that made the car. Who will ever known because people would lie to save themselves and also get a lawsuit on the people who made the car. and tha would save a lot of time and money if they would have just stuck to the regular car.
Last but not least the people who make the car will have a ton of lawsuits on their desks. To save all this time they should just keep the cars the same and work on preventing those cars even safer before they decide on doing something else. this is what i would call pure lazieness. In my opinoin we should not what to take the chance of injurying someone.
In conclusion, they are unlimited reasons why we should not have these driverless cars. So suport this answer and we will save money and have a safer enviroment. And really just rethink about the whole idea. But going with my instincts to help the people who do not know about it.
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Have you ever heard of "The face on Mars?" If so, what is your opinion or theory about it? Do you think it is an ancient body part , or made by aliens? I am going to share my theory with you using actual evidence.
First of all, if the face were some kind of artifact, NASA would benefit from it, and would make a lot of money off of it. If it were a human being at once where would that human get food or water? Space has zero gravity so all of their water would automatically freeze, and there is also no oxygen so where would the food grow, or develope without it? In paragraph 10, it states that after taking 2 photos already (which they didn't notice anything odd about), accusations got so crazy that they had to take a third and still saw nothing unusual!
In paragraph 1-2, it explains how NASA figured the figure was "just another Martian mesa" (which, by the way happens to be very common in the region of Cydonia.
If NASA had no explanation, or any idea of what it was I understand that people would throw out wild and crazy accusations, but however in paragraph 3, the textual evidence suggests that the "eyes and nose" part of the figure was an illousion from shadows, which is a reasonable or understandable accusation.
Plus, lets face it media hypes everything up , and over exaggerates constantly. As said in paragraph 5, "the face of Mars" showed in a Hollywood film, books/magazines, radiotalk shows, etc. People with no knowledge of space (such as a movie director) has no room to come up with accusations.
My conclousion, is that the figure is a natural landform, and that people need to stop making things sound more extraordinary then they really are.
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In this article the author describes the Facial Action Coding System and descrbes the wide range of its usefullness and power. From this article we can see how this new technology finds emotion through a face as well as how that information looks once it's calculated. From this passage I feel that this technology is very useful and could help alot of people.
One of the many uses for this technology is that it has the ability to help others when they are bored or confused in a classroom. This technology can modify the lesson in order for the student to better convey the information needed. This helps students get a better understanding of the material while still learning in a way that fits that students prefrences. If this were to be in schools today I feel that it would help thoughs who may be failing not because they want to but because they aren't understanding the material.
This technology can also help adults as well wheather it would be for advertising ,for video game companies,or for video surgery. When it comes to advertising this technology can recognize the enjoyment or displeasure you may get out of an advertisment. Say you like it and smile, the computer may regognize this and continue to provide you with similar ads that fit what you like. As for the last two being about video games and video surgery these two can construct faces in a more exprssive way than it would without this technology.
This article shows just how useful this technology is and represents just how far technology has come since. This is an important resource that could help many with alot of things. As well as help teach those who are confused. And even to better advertise a product to someone. And for these reasons I feel that this technology is valuable.
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There are many ways you can do things without using cars as transportation. In these two sources, "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars," and "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," they all explain how you can do things without have to use cars for transportation.
In the source, "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars," it explains that in Vauban, Germany, people have given up their cars to live a better, suburban life. In paragraph 3, Heidrun Walter states, "When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." This shows that people can be happier living a suburban life by walking, riding bikes, etc. without having to use a car for transportation. Not only does has this made it easier, but has made the city denser.
In the source, "Car-free day is spinning intoa big hit in Bogota," it explains that in Bogota, Columbia, people started a campaign called Days Without Cars, which basically is supposed to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. This is a good way to lower air pollution and help make transportation a lot less stressful. In paragraph 20, it states, "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." This shows that without using cars for transportation, there will be less traffic jams and it will be easier to get to places.
In conclusion, people prefer to live a suburban life and use transportation without cars rather than with cars. This makes transportation a lot easier and you can get to places without being stressed out by traffic jams. This also keeps the country less poluted.
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Im agree with the Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President. This is my claim, A dipute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible it happened in 2000, but it's likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. For example, President Obama recive 61.7 percent of the electoral votes copared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes for him and for Romney. Because the total number of votes 538 is an even number, but it is highly unlikely.
The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates, to focus on their campaign; the voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the competing candidates. The electoral college restores some of the weigth on the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. The most popular vote was in Florida in 2012. Who won the vote, got 29 electoral votes. So other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates ina campaign tahn a small state. Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College the 301 and 370 electoral votes, repectively.
There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which of would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner. Democrats in Texas, and Reublicans in California. Thir vote no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the compaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. But of course no voter's vote swings a national election, about one-half the elegible American population did vote in 2012's election.
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The idea of cars that drive themselves have been depicted in children's books, movies, and television shows. Driverless cars have always been seen as a thing of the future; however, we are currently living in that future. Car manufacturers are now teaming up with Google to create ways to make cars that require very little human control. Though it may sound innovative and convenient, there are many disadvantages to these new futuristic cars, making them unnecessary.
The first con to manufacturing these cars, is that they are extremely expensive. The amount of sensors, radars, and cameras that would be put into these cars are not cheap or cost-effective. The money that would be put in to this project would have better use going to some type of charity instead. Investing the time and money this type of idea needs, could lead to another project, possibly more beneficial than driverless cars, being neglected.
A major problem, that even car makers foresee, is the complication an accident would cause. If there is a collision, and someone is injured and/or killed while the semi-autonomous car is in motion, but the vehicle does not signal the driver to take control, it would be great controversy over who is to blame for the accident. If fault was to be placed on manufacturers, drivers would be inclined to drive more carelessly than they do today because they would have someone to place blame on and walk away without consequence. New laws would have to be made to ensure the safety of the drivers of these cars, and those around them.
The making of these cars also contributes to the laziness and dependence of technology in today's society. Americans have been labeled lackadaisical and the fact that more and more inventions are being made to accommodate our laziness is becoming a growing problem. A simple task such as driving a car is now being handed over to an inanimate object.
Driverless cars are a bad idea and should be left to be seen on television, and in books or movies. The risk factors and societal damage these cars would cause, greatly reigns over the benefits car manufacturers think the cars have.
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Many people say that the new programing sysem called " Facial Action Coding System" is a waste of time and that it has no purpose. I dont think thats true and heys why.
So the author says that the advanced science at the University of Illinois are trying to make a better way for humans and computers to cummunicate. Even though that souns radicalis this acutly might work cause the world us growing more and more every day, and if we humans and machines cna get along and work together then maybe we can do so much more. For example if we can calcute how a person is thinking all a math problem than we can find ways to help people out. All this process cannot be easy, because they are getting a computer to reconize all 44 major muscels in our face. Thats crazy! With this tecnology Dr. Paul Eckman has alredy classified 6 basic emotions. Such has happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Dr. Huang says that even though poeple show varying degrees of expression (like a light smile), but to get passed this useing video imagery, we use each expression to compare it agaisnt a neutral face.
So people think that this program is not worth the time, but overall it is and it should be used more in classrooms so teachers and administators can get a clue on what kids in class want to learn and focus on that. Also they could make classes way more fun.
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Since the invention of automobiles, cars have become a neccessity in the world. They have shaped our society today and are used by virtually anyone you see nowadays. However, car usage has had its toll on many aspects of our life today. Some places in the world have even gone as far to ban cars to promote a better lifestyle. Limiting car usage is a great idea because it helps the environment and the intrigue of having a car is slowly degenerating.
Cars are part of the reason that our environment needs constant monitoring. Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, only behind power plants. Our polluted air is mostly made by all of the smog that cars create. Even every-day citizens have taken a step in helping our environment. According to Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, A businessman, Carlos Arturo Plaza, stated that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." This shows that the problem our environment is facing has even caught the attention of ordinary people. Smog has also become a big issue due to the excessive driving of cars. According to Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear ther air of the global city." This evidence suggests that excessive smog has become such an issue that now driving has to be banned in order to help our environment, even if just temporarily. The increasing concern for the well-being of our environment has been directly blamed to the use of cars.
Cars are not as ground-breaking as they used to be. In fact, the driving of cars has been steadily decreasing throughout the years. According to Source 4: The End of Car Culture, "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." This evidence shows that peolpe seem to be losing more and more interest to cars as the days go by. People just seem to be driving less which has given a sharp decline to the number of miles driven in the United States; the ownership of cars per household has also seen a drop and may continue to drop, according to many scientists. Also, driving somewhere seems to be a waste of time and energy. In todays society, new technology has helped people communicate in the same ways that driving would, but without the hastle. According to Source 4: The End of Car Culture, " the internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends." This suggests that ebcause of technology, cars are not relied on as much to get messages from people or to go see someone; everything and everyone is just a click away now. In addition to that, riding bikes doesn't sound so bad either and other new forms of transportation has helped question why cars are still heavily used.
The limiting of cars could lead to a variety of new possibilities. It could help better our environment and help make the world a better place for future generations. Also, cars just do not seem as appealing as they used to. New technology and forms of transportation has reduced the need for cars and one day, cars may not be needed at all for our society to thrive. Limiting car use could have a very beneficial effect to not only people today, but also to the people of tomorrow.
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I promise you, this landform on Mars called "The Face", is just a natural landform. The only picture that really looks like a face is the picture NASA took in 1976, now we have better technology to show the landform better. A few reasons why we now know that it is just a natural landform are: scientists figured out that is was just another Martian mesa and NASA took another picture in 2001 where it shows the landform in high definition. To learn more about these things, keep reading.
My first reason is soon after the 1976 picture was taken "scientists figured out it was just another Martian mesa, common around Cydonia." Now I know what you are going to say, "What made the landform look like a face?" The reason the landform looks like a face is because this mesa has "...unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptiam Pharoah." After this got out, most people who still believed that it is a landform created by aliens said that it was taken on a cloudy day in Mars and "...perhaps alien markings were hidden by haze."
My last reason is that when they went back to see the face later on a cloudless day in 2001, the picture revealed that the landform was just a butte or a mesa common around the American West. "'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin." After this picture was released most alien believers, believed NASA.
In conclusion, I hope you realize that this Face is just a mesa and not a alien form, although it is okay if you do. I am not here to change you opinion. NASA has spent years and years studying this landform. People should not always listen to conspiracy theories, they are not always right. Through all of this proof they have, I sure believe them that this is not an alien created landform, it is just a mesa or butte.
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Can you imagine what would the future be like if there wasn't anymore gasoline for our cars or other thing that we use it for? We can't use gasoline forever with the cars we have today. There are many different ways that we could drive cars without using gasoline. The sun isn't there for no reason. I'm going to tell why i think i see cars in the future, but made different.
Earth does not have a life time supply of gasoline. We can desgin cars in different ways to make them drive. I think cars should be desgin to take over sometimes, but only at times when you need them. There are probably car crashes every day because someone has fallin asleep on the road, or texting, or drunk. Texting and drinking & driving have became a big thing these days for people these days.
Instead of using gas we could use energy for the sun to drive to car. such as solar power. but just imagine how much those cars would cost. Would they cost way more thsn the cars as of today? Would it have to have less people in the car because what if it takes a sertin amount of people bepending on how much people are in the car. Like i said before the sun isn't there for no reason. Many things as of today live off the energy of the sun's energy.
I believe there are so many ways we could drive cars in the future. I've seen videos where the car was suppose to stop on its on sincer in it. The main two things that i think we could use to keep cars running is solar power in water. The Earth is covered with 75% of water and pretty soon the ice up North is going to start melting and land is going to start over flowing with water in the future.
This is why i think we will still have cars in the future.
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In "Making Mona Lisa Smile," Nick D'Alto introduces a new idea of using computers to intepret emotions from facial expressions. Dr. Thomas Huang envisions a possibility in which online classrooms could use facial analysis in order to more effectively instruct students. However, despite the possible benefits facial analysis could provide online classrooms, things like privacy, practicality, and effectiveness are obstacles that must be addressed.
Privacy has long been one of the post important aspects of life. The same holds true for the internet as well. People value their anonymity, and they often go online in order to be someone else - someone different than they are in real life. Facial recognition requires access to the face, something many internet users are not fond of allowing, especially on the internet where everything is effectively open. Counterarguments might say that online classrooms could keep images of faces secret and secure, but every since the invention of technology, hackers, crackers, and similar people have always been able to exploit security issues and gain access to the databases with images of faces. Many people would rather no one see their faces and have no customized ads or information as opposed to having a computer know "when [they're] happy or sad." While facial analysis may prove to be quite a useful and revolutionary technology, many users would forever remain wary that their privacy (and their face) might be compromised.
Praticality also remains an issue for would-be-users of this technology. As D'Alto writes, not everyone's "home PC [can] handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile" (and subsequently their own). Many would be unwilling to buy a more powerful PC simply to allow the facial analysis software to work. While most, if not all, people acknowledge that education is important, powerful PC's often cost over one thousand dollars, a price that many are unable or unwilling to pay for a convenient online education. Also, there remains the issue of the technology itself. How would it be distributed? Would it be software or would it be built into computers? Would there be a price tag attached? These are all questions that affect how practical this technology is. Imagine people empty their wallet of a couple thousand dollars only to find that the algorithm only comes preinstalled on certain computers, or is incredibly buggy and doesn't work properly. People might argue that users should educate themselves on how the system works before even considering buying the product, but often, for products like this, the information is woefully incomplete or exaggerated. Until the technology can become accessible to the average everyday user, it will fail to successfully be implemented in online classrooms.
Lastly, there remains the question of truly how effective it would be. Softwares relating to human qualities are often rather inconsistent and require extensive testing. Emotions are also a tricky thing, as people sometimes try to hide them or fake them. While D'Alto states that "to an expert, faces don't lie," in a educational setting, that often doesn't matter. Most students are often relatively reluctant to learn, possibly putting their face in a perpetual cycle of anger, disgust, sadness, or even fear. In school, education carries on regardless of emotional state. While teachers do care about the emotional wellbeing of their students, they still must teach like the do any other. In general, emotions are often ignored in the face of studying and education - students study what they need to, no questions asked. This raises the question of truly how useful would facial analysis be in an online classroom? There isn't much computers can do to adjust to human emotions. Computers also lack a soul, so they therefore lack emotions and empathy and sympathy. Without those, how could they possibly understand what a student needs? Humans, as D'Alto states, indeed "perform this same impressive "calculation" every day." However, humans can also react much more appropriately. Also, there is no guarantee that the technology would read emotions correctly. And unlike fingerprint scanners or facial recognition, there is no second chance with emotions. Either the computer interprets them incorrectly or correctly. The fact remains that having a facial recognition from an online, unemotional avatar simply would not provide many advantages over a regular online classroom.
Nick D'Alto's "Making Mona Lisa Smile" provides a detailed analysis of a new, potentially revolutionary technology that could prove incredibly useful in future projects. Facial analysis has the potential to totally revamp our online experience. However, the online classroom isn't one of those places. Due to privacy, praticality, and effectiveness issues, facial analysis seems to be a ratherless worthless technology to implement in an online classroom.
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Just because the Seagoing Cowboys program seems old, it is still a good thing to join. The Seagoing Cowboys fit many people's needs. Our number one reason for this program is to do good deeds for other people in other countries. We help these people after wars, and when their towns are destroyed. Although I only helped take care of the animals that were boarded on the ship being sent over, I still benefitted to the people on the ship by doing work for them. It kept me busy. I watched the animals and and checked on them, and I also reported on how they were doing. I also had night shifts to check on the animals each hour. One night, however, I slipped on a ladder, and couldn't work for a few days because of racked ribs. Thankfully, I fell on a piece of metal, and it caught me from falling into the ocean. I am lucky to be alive!
We don't work the whole time in the program, however. You would like what we get to do when we aren't working. We exlore and visit new, interesting places. We go to several different countries, and get to see how the people's culture, life style, and needs are different than ours. I had gotten a tour of a castle in Crete, visited China, Europe, and the Acropolis in Greece! Not only did we visit places, but we also had some freetime once in a while on board. We had baseball games, volleyball games, tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling.
If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program, it is beneficial to 18 year old men, or men older than 18. Why? It is because when you are drafted to the military services at age 18, the military will count this program as your serving. I had turned 18 while I was on board and before we had even arrived to Greece, and I knew I couldn't be in the program and military at once. Lucky for me, the military coutned it as my service. Lastly, if you have ever wanted to meet other nations, you should join this program. Up to 44 nations join together to comeplete the tasks of the Seagoing Cowboys. Overall, I think that the Seagoing Cowboys are a very helpful, beneficial group of good people.
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My thought on driverless cars is that they will or can be more safer so people dont get road rage. Some people get mad because they cut them off on the high way or they flip them off, but if the cars drove by them selves then the people wouldnt have to worry about going to fast to cut someone off or crash. The almost most deaths of todays society is crashes because people are texting and driving or they just dont pay attention. people could just kick back in their cars and just sleep or listen to music and tell the car where to go and the car will take them on its own.
The only reason i dont like the idea of smart cars is because something could malfunction or miscommunicate and go bad and it crashes or catches on fire. NOt saying its true but you never know if the car will come allive and terrorize the world and take over, but then again it will be safer and better gas mialage.
its good to have sensors in the car to alert the driver in case of an emergency to keep them safe but if it goes all computer and cars opperate them selves just hope we have a plan B.
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Who would want a driverless car that will still need a driver? These so called "driverless cars" can be very harmful to anybody in the car. For one, the technology could fail, the driver would still have to pay attention as if they were dirving, and the car doesn't take care of all the gears or know all the new routes or old ones that have been shut down.
So a driverless car sound like a good idea doesn't it. It probably is, but lets not forget about all of the faults that could take place. The car could have technology difficuly and could just flip for all we know. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" Now, does that sound like a risk to take? If someone is injured you could be at risk of getting in trouble. The article says "If the technology fails" which does not sound like someone who is sure of what they are doing. Think about this.
Get this, the driverless car will still need a driver. For everyone who was thinking about getting one of these cars, think again. As stated in the article, "This means the driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." Isn't the good in a driverless car the fact that you would not have to drive it? This does not give you that option. Why not just stick with Ubering where you dont actaully have to pay attention; the driver does that for you. What a great idea, a car that is driverless, needs a driver remaining alert.
These cars do not take care of all the gears. They only take care of the steering, acceleration, and braking. The driver will have to stay alert and take care of the roads that are being worked on and around accidents. Why not just stick with normal driving then? These new cars are nothing good. It will take all the fun out of driving and your freedom.
Okay, have to give props to the founders of the driverless car. It is a good idea, but also we have to keep in mind of all the faults it can and will have. The car is not actaully driverless, a driver will still have to be present and paying attention, the technology could fail, and the cars do not even take care of all the gears. These cars are mostly ran off of sensor and motion, so what happens if someone accidentally touches something they were not supposed to. Crash right there. Just think this over and make the right choice that driverless cars are no good for us.
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"BOOM, CRASH!" That is the sound of 2 cars crashing together. The first queston asked will be "How did this happen?" The answer, Driverless Cars. People believe that if all cars are driverless they wont have to pay attention to the roads. Why should they have to? The car they are driving will do everything for them. Drivers today barely pay attention to the road as it is now they wanna give them a reason why they don't have to. There are alot of distractions now a days for example, text messages,a phone call, car radio, women applying make up, an adult late for work, etc. If they have driverless cars they will think being distracted is okay. BMW says that the car will alert the driver when the driver needs to take over control is a smart idea but, you can't expect someone to drops what they're doing just to take over the wheel. If they are distracted they might not even see the signal. The next question to be asked is who is to be blamed for the accident. Technically the person was not driving, the car was. So what will the other person have to do sue the company? Or will the driver still be responsible because they were in the driver seat? Would that person have had the abilitiy to stop the car even if they seen the accident about to happen? There are so many questions that come along with the driverless car. As oppsed to that the normal car that has been around for years is easier to understand. The driver must pay attention to the roads at all times and self opperate the vehicle. If there was to be and accident where the driver crashed into another driver, the driver will be responsible for all the damages and fines because they were opperating that vehicle. Why change what is safer and traditional to something dangerous and that people would hve to try to adjust to something new? Driverless cars are not something that should be put out into he public.
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Luke's participaition in the Seagoing Cowboys program made him want to be apart of that program because he got invited to travel to Europe to he help and he wanted to be helpful. I know this because in the text it states,"He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat."I also knew why i was why he wanted to go but he probably had a little doubt but couldn't resist the opertunitiy. I know this because in the text it states,"He knew it was an oppertunity of a lifetime."
It allowed him to experience ad ventures and visit many unique places because when he heard about the "Seagoing Cowboys" had to help Europe get food and supplies ever since World War 11. In the text it state's,"It was 1945,World War ll was over in Europe, and many contries were left in the ruins."The text also state's,"To help these contries recover their food suplies, animals, and more, 44 naitions joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaitin Administraition)."The text also state's,"Luke signed up."He signed up because he wanted to help and make a different.
Luke can convince you all to join the Seagoing Cowboys by telling you all the oppertunities and chances you will get ,and I know you will have a wiled adventure. I know this because in the text it state's,"The cattle-trip were an unbelievable ppertunity for a small town boy",he says. The text also state,"Besides helping people, I had side benefit seeing Europe and China."
Thats how I know you all would like to join the "Seagoing Cowboy's"program.
I know that you would all like adventures and learning about all the unique stuff they do on a boat for 2 weeks or longer to get across the Atlantic to China, to behonest I would probably get sea sick after a while. In the text it states,"It took two weeks to cross the the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern of the United States and a month to get to China."The text also states,"They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day."
It was very difficult sometimes to be on a boat for about a month because you have to keep everything clean and lift hay and oats on the boats and do all of your jobs all of the time. I know this because in the text it states,"Bales of hay bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. I also know it was probaly a little difficult because the text also states,"Stalls had to be cleaned."I could tell that was very hard by the sound of it and how I can picture it happening. I would still say it would be a very cool thing to do.
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The aurthor say's that it is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers of going to venus. He says that it is dangerouse and not worth it. He said 'it is very challenging and it is proved' which means its hard to get their and could be dangerouse. Many people tried to go their but never landed on venus. They even also sent out space crafts and they disapear or just dont even make it close to venus.If someone evr makes it their it would be dangourouse.
No space craft has made it their for more then 3 decades. He says that that it is dangerouse beacause of the bad things that could happend , like if humans
go check it out it will be bad because there is acid flowing around the air. I also think it is dangoures because it was proved to be challenging and because no one ever made it their even spacecrafts havent. venus also has the hottest temprature on the surface then any other planet which is dangourouse for humans. If a human ever makes it their it could be dangerouse if they are their for to long. They have a limit of how long they should stay their.
To me this means that it is dangourouse to go to venus. I also think that NASA people should just not try to go their because people could get nevouse when they go their and just forget about the limit time they should be their. The aurthor was right fro
what a read and the reasons i saw of why it was dangorouse to go to venus.
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In the article "The Challenge of Explorng Venus" the author discusses the Earth's neighboring planet closest to the sun, Venus. The author discusses the possibility of studying the harsh planet and why it is a worthy pursuit to take on despite the dangers that come along with exploring it. He supports this idea of exploring Venus by discussing how there is habitable area on Venus, presenting ideas that NASA is experimenting with, and giving background information on Venus.
In the article the author discusses how harsh and inhabitable the landscape of Venus is. Becuase the atmosphere of venus is "97 percent carbon dioxide blankets," has "clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid," the teperatures "average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit," and the "atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater"
than the atmospheric pressure of earth, humans could not live on venus, but the author presents how humans could study it. If scientists were to be in a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape" they would be in livible conditions of 170 degrees Fahrenheit and an air pressure close to the air pressure at sea level on earth; also, "solar power would be plentiful and radition would not exceed Earth levels." Venus may have very harsh conditions but there is an area where scientists would be able to safely study it's landscape.
Another point the author brings up to suport the idea that studying Venus is a risk worth taking is that NASA is alreday working on some things that they could try to use to study Venus. NASA has been testing "simplified electronics made of silicon carbide... in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and [they] have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." One other project NASA is doing is looking at mechanical computers, an old technology that was "first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in World War II." The author explains that mecanical computers, that can "be made more resistant to pressure and heat," that can make calculations using gears and levers ; unlike, modern computers that are more powerful but tend to be more delicate. These ideas that NASA is working on that the author brings up support the idea of safely exploring Venus very well.
Finally, the author gives the reader a lot of backround information about Venus that not only introduces Venus but also supports his claim. One thing he brings up is how all the previous missions to Venus have been unmanned, mainly becuse no spacecraft "survived the landing for more than a few hours. He also says that this "explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." Because there are such harsh conditions on Venus no man has been there, but It wasn't always like this. Venus was most likely covered "with oceas and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth," and even today "venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth;" such as, the "rocky sediment... valleys, mountains, and craters." Venus was once like Earth so the discoveries tht could come from studying it are great.
In this article, "The Challeng of Exploring Venus," the author discusses the planet venus and its harsh conditions that he believes should be studied. He presents many supporting ideas such as how on Venus there is a livible area that could be used to study the planet, NASA is already working on inovations that could help push the exploration and study of Venus, and that Venus used to be very similar to Earth. The author supports his idea very well and presents very good examples of why scientists should explore Venus in the future.
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The innovations in the field of facial recognition and analysis have expanded beyond just identifying someone based on a picture. Now, computers with the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) can identify human emotions from facial expressions. This innovation would be a valuable asset if used in a classroom environment due to it making it easier on teachers and helping student actually understand and learn the material.
One reason this technology would be valuable in the classroom is the aid it would provide to teachers. FACS can recognize when students are confused or bored by analyzing their facial expressions and each "action unit," which is movement of one or more facial muscles. No teacher can always recognize when a student is zoned out or confused, which is why employing FACS to do it for the teachers would be extremely valuable. One of the primary developers of the technology, Dr. Huang, says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." By recognizing boredom or confusion and notifying the teacher, FACS helps teachers be able to recognize when their lesson is not being effectively heard by their students. FACS also changes the lesson plan when it recognizes that a student is bored or confused, which helps the teacher keep the class engaged and allows them to participate more. Thus, FACS would be valuable in the classroom due to the help it would give teachers by enhancing their lesson.
Another reason FACS would be valuable in the classroom is that it would tremendously help students actually understand what they are learning. Students do not always understand what they are being taught, and even though they might not understand they often do not ask questions to clarify. This means that students are basically just being talked at, with it all just going above their heads. However, when FACS recognizes that a student doesn't understand or is bored it "... could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor," says Dr. Huang. This means that when a student needs help understanding something the computer will cater to each student until it senses that they understand the lesson. This could drastically improve participation and engagement in the classroom by ensuring that each student understands. Thus, FACS would be valuable in the classroom due to it helping students learn more effectively.
Through its ability to help both teachers and students, FACS would be a valuable asset in the classroom. Sitting in classrooms around the world right now are students who do not understand what they are being taught. This could be changed forever with the implementation of FACS in the classroom, with a smaller percentage of students failing classes and a higher level of understanding being a direct result from the implementation of FACS.
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American citizens know that the cars driven throughout America is polluting the air. Not just the cars in U.S but cars all around the world. Residents on Vauban in Germany, Paris, Bogota and even the USA cars are reduced from bieng driven or they had been banned to reduce the pollution from the air. They dont want to turn out like China, which is know as one of the most polluted cities in the word. Cars been a very help, but it looks like the end of car culture beacuse less cars that are bieng used less pollution we are causing to the Earth, which mean its better of with out them.
Vauban, a women named Heidrun Walter said, "when i had a car I was always tense. Im much happier this way". There for one of the advantages of limiting car usage is that losing tense about a car. Also in Vauban,street parking, driveways and home garages generally are forbidden. That mean it take less space for parking, past two decades there was an effort in making cities denser, and better for walking now they can if they limite the usage of cars. It lower emissions and improves saftey, These are some advantages of limiting car usage.
Almost 4,000 drivers were fine, according to Reuters in Paris. They been fine beacuse Paris had banned driving due to smog. Trying to fix the problem to clear the air of the global city they ordered to leave thier cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). Less cars mean less warmer climants beacuse cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Benfits would come from less car usage. Now in Bogota there is a car-free day, when u leave cars at home and you cant use them for a whole day. For that day there isn't any traffic because all of the residents are hiking, biking, skating or taking the bus to work. This car-free day reduce smog and if any person violats that day they are going to be fine $25. They said its a good way to take away stress and lower pollution. Municipal authorities from other countries came to Bogota to see the event and were enthusiastic.
President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United states' greenhouse gas emission, unveild last week. Recent studies suggest that the Americans are buying fewer cars. They are driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The love of vehicles seems to be cooling. Population growth,the number of miles driven in the Untied States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter. Car ownership per household and per person started to come down.
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An Electorial College compromises between election of the president by vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electorial College consists of 538 electors, a majority of 270 electoral votes is requires to elect the president. This presidential election is held every 4 years on the tuesday after the first monday in November. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors and are chosen by the candidates political part.
Personally I believe that the preisential election should be based on popular vote because as citizens of the United States we should be able to help the output of what our futures will look like and be able to choose who we want to lead us. Whichever candidate gets the most votes wins and they become the new president of the United States. Not that Electoral college is all bad its just when you vote you vote not for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president of thier choice.
Citizens would be more likely to vote for their preisent if they felt like their vote would actually matter and have an effect on who the future president will be. People are less likely to participate or care if they feel like their vote doesnt matter and is taken up and not counted. If people knew that it was over popular vote that will decide the furture president then they're going to vote more and be more active when stuff like this takes place because they feel like their vote actually matters and is making a difference.
Electoral College is unfair to voters because "winner-take-all system" in each state.
Candidates dont spend much time trying to win the votes of a state they think isnt going to help them in the long run by winning. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all. This included Rhode Island, South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt see a single campaign ad. Electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
Bob Dole once said "Electorial college should be abolished" and from the looks of it he's not wrong. Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, the U.S. chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO are standing with Dole on this accusation and both agree on aboloishing this act. A Gallup poll was taken in 2000 and won the popular vote but lost the presidency. Over 60 percent of voters would perfer direct election over the kind we have now which is Electoral College.
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I know for a fact that the Face on mars is not an alien artifact. Instead i know that it is just a normal landform. One of my reason for saying that is simple,on paragraph two it states"Only this one had an unusual shadows that made it look like an egyptian pharaoh,"but that is not my only reason for saying it is just a mesa. I will be explaing why i think that this landform on mars is just a natural landform.
First,i will continue to explain the shadows that gave this landform a face. On paragraph 3 the article states that the landform was given shape by shadows. the face parts the shadows gave were eyes,mouth and a nose. Also on paragraph two the article tells us that this landform was just another Martian mesa,which was common enough around another planet called Cydonia.
Next,i will be explaining the three diffrent pitcures that were taken,and how the (moc) knew how it was just a regular landform and not an alien artifact. On paragraph seven it tells us how the second time they took another pitcure of it,but with a better camera. Many people were very anxious to see teh first image appear on a JPL web site,revealing that it was just a natural landform.
That's not all,one paragraph eight,it states"but not everyone was satisfied". After that on paragraph nine mission controller looked at the face again,but it was not easy finding it,so they searched for the face until they found it again on April 8,2001. Then the Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look,they took the pitcures using a camera's absolute maximun resolution. If there were any objects like Egyptian-style pyramids you could see what they were. Then on paragraph twevle it telles us that face was just a messa or landforms common around the American West.
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In this essay i will talk abot how using FACS in a classroom can help in knowing whether a student is confused with the lesson. FACS is a facial action coding system that can scan a students expression in order to modify the lesson if the student is confused, this helps the student if they don't like raising their hand. Some students don't like asking for help in class, making FACS a helpful subsitute. Using the facial action coding system can be proven to be useful in a classroom.
By using FACS, a teacher can help a student whether they ask for it or not. For example, the facial action coding system can scan a students expression while taking a lesson and help modify it according to the facial expression they give. This goes to show that using FACS in a classroom can be proven helpful to both the teacher and student. The facial action coding system can help a student by giving the student help that he/she needs without them having to ask. FACS can help the teacher by helping them make sure their students needs are fullfilled when they don't ask for the help they need.
In conclusion, FACS is a technology some schools need in order to help their students be successful in school. FACS helps both the student and the teacher go through the lessons smoothly. Some students need the extra help but don't want to ask for it, that is where FACS becomes useful to both the student and teacher. It lets the teacher help their student be successful, while it helps the student with the help it needs without having to ask for it.
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As time goes on, there are many aspects of life that change, technology being a huge factor in today's world. A lot of things come from technology, the advancement of it has helped people in many ways possible, but many people ask what the downfalls are or if could we take technology too far. Scientists today are experimenting with driverless cars which doesn't always rely on a person to control it. While it is a cool thing, some people fear that this could cause a lot of accidents in the community and be a negative thing rather than it being positive. I personally think it is a good thing and there are many reason to consider advancing into it.
The first reason I think driverless cars should be a thing is the convinence of it. Technology has proven to be more reliable than people in a lot of cases, such as a taxi. With driverless cars, you don't have to worry about getting into an accident because of the efficency of the technology used in the car itself. I think it is safer in most ways because of the smart sensors and brakes to prevent wrecks that are put onto the car. Overall the response on smart cars can out do any of that of a human driver.
Another factor that comes into play with smart cars is how it compares to humans. Lawmakers say that the best safety is from an alert driver. Today there are a lot of people that aren't so alert, such as people that are intoxicated or just tired. Wrecks as we know are a big issue and a lot of them come from people that aren't alert because of them drinking or using other drugs, now I'm not saying this is most people, but quite a few. Another thing is roadrage, people tend to get mad behind the wheel because of slow traffic or other causes thar cause accidents or incidents that cause the law to come into play.
The last reason I think we should consider driverless cars is efficiency. In the passage, driverless cars would have sensors that cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, which in general allows for better response. Imagine if you were driving and got distracted, something bad could happen really fast. That would never happen with a driverless car since the main goal of the car is to get to any destination. The efficiency comes in to where the person in the driver seat could take over at any time in case of something in the way or just bad traffic issues. There are many ways for the car to notify the driver to take over such as vibrating seats or sensors to tell the driver what to do.
In conclusion, I think that driverless cars are a thing that we should continue to strive towards. They are convinent to use, are considered really safe, and compared to humans, will be better overall. Traffic issues would go down as well as accidents originally caused by human drivers. You also wouldn't have to get bored on the drive since they have ideas of having a screen to watch entertainment on while the car is driving. Driverless cars in conclusion would be a good idea to improve on in the future.
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As we are growing up riding in the front seat of our parent's, friend's, brother or sister's car we desperately can't wait until it is our time to achieve our license and follow their footsteps. The thought of having the responsiblity of someone else's life while driving can scare some people, but not me. Even though there are many different types of laws enplaced in each state following driving, it is a priveldge to be able to drive, not a right. Some people are able to drive, some are not. My parents often say don't rush to get your license because driving isn't all it seems to be but I don't care to listen, I will see for myself.
There are many different occassions in movies that take place in the future that include floating cars, driverless cars, all types of advancements in technology. We all have imagined that in the future that this would be an amazing invention that everyone would love but actually in reality, not everyone favors this. People speculate the consistency and safety that comes from techonology almost everyday, through their phones, laptops, and even their very own car. But me, I'm all in for trusting driverless cars and depending on technology to ensure the safety of my life. I feel that if these automakers can put together a car that can steer, accelerate, and even brake all on themselves, I'm sure going to try it because it would just make driving all less stressful. Even though I don't even have my license yet, I am surely optimistic in the success and excitement that these driverless cars are to become in the near future.
Techonolgy advancements that have occured just in the past decade have already impacted the quality of life for the normal human being. Inventions such as the iPhone, have made billions upon billions of dollars to Apple because people love the advantages that come with them. This is just one of the many successful technological advancements that have taken place in the past 10 years. A phone really isn't a neccesity to some people but a car on the other hand is, depending on where you live and the status of your life is a need to the average person. So if a new inventions in a phone has affected billions of lives of people around the world, then why can't a advancement in a car making the lives of people less of a hassle succeed? We can only wait and see what type of new improvement in the quality of life is soon to come any day now.
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Driverless cars seem like a neat and fun idea but they are not as great as they seem. Driverless cars can be dangerous and are not more efficient then a normal car. These cars seem to have many good things about them but actually have plenty of negative effects. The diverless cars ahould not be developed.
Driverless cars are not practical because the cars are not 100% driverless. The driverless cars can only be alone in 25 mph conditions. The car also can not be alone in traffic or near construction. As stated in paragraph 7 "the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." The human in the car can not even relax while the car drives itself because he/she must still watch the road and be ready to drive when the car can not. Then the driver will be nervous waiting for their turn to drive when it is time. The driver will just feel much more stressed. Is it not better for the driver to just drive at all times and avoid stress about getting on the wheel on time?
Some might say that the driverless cars are great because you are much safer in them. These cars have a lot of new and smart technology that helps in making a car trip much safer for the driver and its passengers. Also it alows the driver to multitask while the car drives. Drivers can be on their phones or finish up their hair and/or makeup. When the driver is in a tough situation they can just let their cars get through it and take back the wheel whenever he/she is ready..
The driverless cars are not as safe as they seem with all its technology. The number one reason people get into car crashes is because they were distracted ,usally by their phones and encouriging drivers to be on their phones in a "driverless " car is very dangerous. With these new cars it will be very hard to try and even multitask. Since they are not self-efficient the driver must pay attention to the road at all times ,therefore making it very hard to safetly turn around and do something else. Drivers when trying to do something ,in a hurry will have to leave what they are doing to attend to the wheel when the car can no longer drive. Since the car will only be able to drive in specific conditions the driver must attend to the wheel constantly.
The driverless cars are in fact not so "driverless" and beat their own and only purpose. These cars have many negative sides to them and should definitely not take the place of normal and safe cars. Driverless cars should not be developed by car manufacturers!
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The world is growing and growing as we know it. We are making more cars that could act as phones. But now, someone was actullay brave enough to come up witht he idea of driverless cars. I think the driverles cars are a great idea, more effiecent, and more reliable. Let me explain some of the reasons why.
The reason I think it is a very good idea is because the model would be more safer than the average car today. Today's cars you have to worry about gas, and if you don't have one of those fancy cars you won't know where to go. Unless you have really good phone serve. If we went with the driverless cars it would be more effiecent.
The reason I say that the driverless cars would be more effiecent is because the rate of cars crashes would go down at least 25 percent. You gotta think about it. If the car is already to go all you have to do is tell the car where you want to go and wah-lah, your good to go. If we were to make them the proper way, we wouldn't ven have to worry about drinking and driving or texting and driving. The rate of accidents like those would go down at least 25 percent if not 15 percent. That's when the reliable part comes in.
The reason why I say that the driverless car would be more reliable is because of drunk drivers and careless texters. This way we wouldn't have to worry about them. I mean it's still bad to drink and drive or text and drive but, still it'll keep them off the streets unless the car requires you to drive by hand then we really have a problem
In conclusion, If we make these cars the world would be a better place. We wouldn't have to worry about polution and stuff like that because the car wouldn't have to rely on gas. Also, it would keep the text and drunk drivers off the streets.
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Many people thought that the Face on Mars was made by an ancient civilitation on mars. The Face on mars was not made by aliens. Instead it is a mesa or a natural landform. Due to new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft, We now know the Face on mars is accually a mesa.
Many people thought the image taken from the Viking spacecraft in 1976 was a face in the surface of mars made by an acient civilization. Although many people were fooled by the image many scientists were skeptical about the idea. Because of all the confusion, on April 5, 1998 Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took a picture that was ten times sharper than the one that Viking had taken. The picture that was taken in 1998 revealed a natural land form. Not everyone was satified. On april 8, 2001, Malin's team decided to take another look at the Face on Mars. This time his team captured a photo of the landform using the cameras absolute maximum resolution. What the picutures showed was that the Face on Mars was a Martian equivilant to a mesa.
The Face on mars was mistaken for a hand made landform that was made by a Martian antcient civilization. Now we can see that it is nothing more than a natural landform.
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I don't believe that we should keep the Electoral College. Popular vote seems more like the way to vote for a president. Considering there are only 538 electors in the Electoral College, and only 270 votes are required it doesn't seem right that the people don't get to voice their opinion. Also considering the fact that the Electoral College may not be an efficient means of voting because of what happened in the 2000 election. Bradford Plumer states that it was the biggest election crisis in a century. We wouldn't want something like that to happen again.
If we use the popular vote instead there may be less chaos and the system would be more efficient. In the Elecoral College one person could say what is going to happen over thousands of people who may agree or disagree. Which to me doesn't seem like the right choice. The people of the United Sates should have the choice of who should be our next president. We as U.S. citizens have the freedom of speech and the right to vote. The Electoral College is simply unfair to voters,as well as irrational, as Bradford Plumer has stated. But Richard Posner does state that the Electoral College gives political balance to bigger states when it comes to the elections. Though it may benefit in some way it still has its flaws and shouldn't be used in something as big as an election for the president of the United States.
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The Electoral College is a place. In the passage, they are deciding wether or not to abolish the Electoral College. It was originally made as a compromise in the election process for a new president.
Based on the information given in this passage, the Electoral College should be kept. It makes it easier to decide on a new president. The normal citizens vote for who they want, then those vote go to the electors. Those electors then vote for who they think should be president. If the Electoral College is abolished, then it would become way more diificult to decide on a new president .
Although over sixty percent of citizens want a direct vote, it still has its upsides. For example, the Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism. Each state selects a group of their own voters to decide on the next president. Using the Electoral College, this is a certainty of outcome. The winner-take-all method froces candidates to focus on not only the large states, but also the smaller ones. The Electoral College also helps to avoid run-off elections.
In short, the Electoral College should not be abolished, because it makes the voting process much easier.
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Today in the world everyone needs a car. A car is one of the most used and most needed appliances in the world today, but cars also cause many accidents, injuries, and fatalities. One way to avoid accidents is by allowing the car to assist with the driving. If self driving cars becomes a common thing there will be less accidents, less drunk driving, and less deaths. Many people believe that cars should stay manual to the driver because the enhanced amount of technology for a self driving car could have a glitch or have a technology fail. Although there is a great fear of this happening to the new style of car, many cars already use extended amounts of technology. The cars being created today have better, more enhanced technolgy that cause the smarter car to help everyone.
The average car made today has a great amount of technology already being designed into the car. If a self driving, smarter, car is created for the average customer the difference between the smarter car and the average car made today would be the amount of sensors. Many people may question having an extended amount of sensors in the car because the more sensors the more likely a sensor has a chance to fail. While the fact of a higher possibility of a sensor failing is true but there is already a great amount of sensors in cars today. Also, new cars being developed will have a better sensors than the sensors currently in cars. Sensors in cars today detect seatbelts, open doors, and impact of car to deploy airbags. Advanced cars around the world today already detect the surroundings of the car to help avoid crashes and improve parking. One flaw of the technology of the typical car to day is that a driver does not always comprehend or listen to signals and sensors being given by the car. In order for safer driving to occur cars must become more self dependent. Smarter cars will immediatley understand and react to the sensors in the car. Also a self reliable car will help fatigued and worried drivers. The car could automatically program routes via GPS, relieving the stress of directions. Another area of concern raised by those who oppose the smarter cars is that pedestrains will be in greater risk of harm with a smarter car if the car has a malfunction. This is a true problem, but the smarter car is not full reliant of technology. The car will still need guidance of a driver who can see pedestrians and stop. None of the cars developed are driverless, although the cars have its own sense of direction, acceleration, steering, and braking can be done by the car alone, the driver has the final decision on what the car will do.
Although many critics oppose the idea of having a car that has so much power and freedom, the smarter car is safe and functional. The smarter car is the next generation of cars and the next great invition that can change the lives of everybody evryday. Most people who think a self driving car think that there will be no need for a driver when that is not at all true. The smarter car still requires a licensed driver but it can provide great help and security to the driver. The self driving car can do many more things than the average car which makes the new car of tomorrow a smarter car.
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Keeping or changing the Electoral College would be something to carefully process out. Since the Electoral College is "regarded on a non-democratic method of selecting a president that to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner"(10), then there should be a change made towards it. If there is ever a presidential election then there should be a fast process to organize each votings. As Americans have the freedom to choose, there shouldn't have to be a problem going on. To keep any confusion from starting, whoever's encharge of declaring each voting method has to keep the rights of each voter. "Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a politicial preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election" (23).
Making decisions can't be easy most of the time. People have to cautiously think about which will best benefit. Everyone goes through that stage when they are stuck on a decision. It's normal. We all know that the most powerful people are stumped on any decision too. Freedom of speech, freedom of mind. Sometimes, each state will have different opinions on voting; everyone is different. What people have to remember is that America is a land of freedom and that they have to choose wisely on certain things or else the country will go downhill fast.
"The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational"(14). It's not allowing the voters to actually "listen" to what each candidate is saying. People should have the right to vote based of what they think. It's almost like the feeling where someone is forcing somebody to do somthing that they don't want to do. As if they have no other choice. It will be best if the decision-makers start thinking about other people's thoughts. Not everything is based off of one certain process. The Electoral College sounds like it lacks the unison of people's rights that every voter will need. Certain people have to start thinking about changing certain things.
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"Seagoing Cowboys" take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. When one becomes a Seagoing Cowboy, one's life is changed forever. There are three main reasons for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy, and they are the beautiful places one might visit, the good cause that one is helping, and the fun one can have while doing the job. In this argument, I will elaborate on each of these reasons. First, I will expand on what is meant by beautiful places.
The first reason that I think one should become a Seagoing Cowboy is all of the beatiful places you might visit. When one is a Seagoing Cowboy, and one travels through Europe to help people, there are plenty of opportunity to visit beautiful places, such as Venice, Italy, where one can take a gondola ride through the streets of water, or the Acropolis, in Greece. One also occasionally finds beautiful places on one's way to another place, such as the Panama Canal, if one is going to China. That is the first reason for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Now, I shall elaborate on the second reason.
The second reason for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy is that one will be helping a good cause. War is a horrible thing, and sometimes, animals cannot be kept. Animals are very important beings, and we should try to protect them to our greatest extent. So going on trips just to help animals, which happens to be what Seagoing Cowboys do, is a very worthy cause. If one truly cares for animals, and one has the opportunity to help both animals and people, then why shouldn't one do so? There is no reason at all. Now, I shall elaborate on the third, and final reason for which I believe one should become a Seagoing Cowboy.
The third, and final reason, for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy, is the fun that one will have while doing the job. When one is a Seagoing Cowboy, one often has spare time during the job, and there are plenty of opportunities to meet new people, and to have fun with them, playing games such as volleyball, and baseball. One might even find a lifelong friend, working as a Seagoing Cowboy. If someone does not have very many friends, they would have a chance of finding one as a Seagoing Cowboy. That is the third and final reason for which I think one should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Now, I shall finish this argument.
Seagoing Cowboys take care of cattle that has been sent overseas. There are several reasons for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy, and they are the beautiful places one might visit, the worthy cause one is serving, and the fun one might have. Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a good idea for all of us. Now why would anyone think otherwise?
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For example, some simplifed eclctronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War 2. The thought of computers exiting in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronis at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to tablet to acid or heat capabel of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value , not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our tavels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
It still important in those day , learning about Venus and what is near by our human world .So, we should keep learn about NASA.
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In this article, the author talks about the dangerous it presents in Venus. Venus is Earth like planet, it supports some forms of life. It has some valleys, mountains, and craters, similar to Earth. It would be a great option for space travel. However, the author discusses that there are many challenges to study Venus.
Venus is almost impossible for human to live. The atomospheric pressure in Venus is 90 times greater than it is in Earth. The temperature is 800 degrees fahremheit average. The author says that, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes makes researcher harder to approrch.
Author did a good job of showing specific number to makes reader easier to understand his idea, such as showing 800 degrees or 90 times more. Also, he showed "dangers" by making many comparasion to Earth, which is very familiar to us and it ade easier for us to understand.
In conclusion I think author well supported his idea. The author first showed why it is worthy to study Venus. And then, he discussed what type of dangers are present.
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Venus is important for many different reasons. Not only is Venus Earth's "twin", it is also the closest planet to Earth in denisty and size. In the article the author belives that studying Venus despite the many dangers it brings is very much worth it. I will talk about why he is correct.
The author of this article suggets that studying Venus is worthy of our time because it could help us learn about it and it's past. Also the planet is the most geologically similar to Earth in our entire solar system. In paragraph 4 the author states, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". This quote shows that learning about Venus told us that in it's past it was capable of sustaining life. I belive also that the author is correct in saying that we should study it more because, if Earth every came to where it was not able to sustain life, we could look into moving to Venus because it was capable of sustaining life. Despite these dangers that he presented such as a very high tempature, exploring more into Venus is very important.
In conclusion, I believe the author was correct in saying that we should look more into Venus becasue we could learn about it past and it's capability of sustaining life in the future. That is why Venus is so important not just to the author but also to NASA.
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Dear every state senator of the United States of America and the District of Colombia, the Electoral College has an unfair sysytem. The Electoral College 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. The citizens of the U.S doesn't have a say in the desicion of whose going to be their countries leader. Hopefully these senators come to realize that it is a fair oppurtunity if citizens also have a say when the desicions are being made. For the good of the United States of America and the District of Colombia, Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America would be an amazing change.
To commence with, citizens don't have a say in whose their leader. According to the Office of the Federal Register, "Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are." No where in the process of deciding which president should be chosen , does a citizen have a say in who they want. These are citizens who work and give tax money to the state and help the important people like the senators, presidents , vice president etc., they deserve respect and have a chance to be a part of a popular vote for the president of the united states of America. Although having popular vote can still fail to satysify some masses of people , it is a way where everyone could be involved in fair desicions. "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." The man said it himself. Bradford Plumer is against having the Electoral system. Hopefully one day state senators of the U.S. and the District of Colombia doesn't fail to realize that their system of voting for the president and vice president are unfair to the Citizens of their country. Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America instead of the electoral college because citizens aren't having a say in any important decisions.
Furthermore, desicions may fall into the wrong hands. "Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the house of representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. (The senate would choose the vice-president.)" The election is only a few swing voters away from a disaster. What if the house of representatives only has one political party? then does the president who is in that political party always win? There are so many reasons why citizens should have a chance to have vote by direct popular votes, that way descions wont fall into the wrong hands.
In conclusion, the state senates should consider making a new sysytem of voting;changing to election by popular votes.
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One method of chosing a President is having an electoral college here in the U.S.A. That means, the people vote for a group of electors. Not the candidate running for President. In that group they count in the votes and elect witch candidate would win.
There are many people that do no agree with this method. One should be able to put in there vote straight to who wins at an election not send it off to a group of people that one does not know. It's part of the list of rights the people should have. Any one can be a elector. In the past, an elector has change there candiate. so instead of who a person's vote going to who they voted for... it would go to the other candidate. Not everything hat should be right in this world is.
The "winner-takes-all" system is when all electors are awarded to the winning presidential candidate. This helps when it comes down to what is fair and what isn't. When Obama got 61.7 percent and Romney only had 51.3 most electoral votes were on the "winner-takes-all" basis.
Yes, it's true. Not all state has the same number of electoral votes. But that is just because not every state has the same population as one and other. If every state got the same amount of electoral votes, them it wouldn't be fair. North Carolina doesn't have the same populations as Texas. it wouldn't make sence to give them both just 3 or both 38.
People like to do things on there own and like to feel like the contrubuted to socity. One should vote for themselfs on who should run our country. An electoal college is not needed anymore.
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I think we should have computers that read emotions so it could keep us on track and make students wanna learn and help us focus on our work inanclass room its an good thing to technology.
A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Hauang predicts . then it could modify the lesson , like an effctive human instructor." the same technology can make computer - animated faces more expressive . this would make students wanna learn more because some times students get bored looking at the same thing on an computer for long periods of time but if there was an computer that reads your emotions and could fix how we learn it would make us want to learn more and keep us from not being bored while on the computer you will want to get your work done and not wanna go to sleep in class .
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The Face on Mars has been a pop icon for years. Many people believe that the Face on Mars is made by aliens. The Face on Mars is a natural landform and was not created by aliens. The evidence that proves this is true is there is another landform just like it on Earth and there are detailed pictures that show it is just a natural landform.
The first evidence that shows it is just a landform is the fact that there is another natural landform like that on Earth. The picture shows an equivalent to a butte or messa, which is a landform that is common around the American West. The text says, "'It reminds me of the most Middle Butte in the Snake Plain of Idaho,'...about the same height as the Face on Mars.'"
This quote is giving a clear example of someone saying that the Face is like a natural landform on Earth. If it is like something that is made on Earth naturally, that means it could probably made naturally on Mars too. There is another great piece of evidence showing that it is a natrual landform.
Another piece of evidence that proves the Face is a natural landform is that there are detailed pictures that show it is all natural. In 2001 NASA could take pictures with each pixel thats spans 1.56 metes, which is very detailed for the technology we have. The text says, "'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.'" This example goes to show that NASA took a picture using the best resolution they had on their cameras to show and see the fact that it is not alien made and is all naturally made.
Many people believe the Face on Mars is made by aliens but that is not true at all. The Face is just a natural landform. The evidence that goes to prove it is the fact that there is another landform just like it on Earth and there are detailed pictures that show it is just a natural landform.
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There is a new computer progam software that tell you how are you feeling. The subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting. It tell you if are happy, mad, or sad. This computer progarm software also tell you what percent of each emotion do you have. The software was invented by the Prof. Thomas Huang he is of the Beckman Institude. This institude is for Advanced Sciense at the University of Illionois. He didn't make this computer program alone this was a collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe. He is from Amsterdam University. Thomas Huang and his colleague are experts developing ways for humans and computer to communicate.
This all begins when a computer constructs a 3D computer model of the face. As an example that this work they used a picture of Mona Lisa. In the picture she was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. I think this is a really good program because this way you know how are people felling and you could undrestand a little bit more thier emotion. This program according to the Facial Feedback not only expresses your emotion but also may even help produce them. Overall I think this a really good program because even with a picture you camn know how people are feeling and it tells you the exact percent.
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A lot of people probably don't think of computers being able to identify peoples emotions. This technology is new. Some people would think it is super cool and some people would think it is strange. This new technology might be useful. This technology to read emotional expressions of students is very valuable.
This new techonology could help detect how a student is feeling in a class. The computer could detect how they feel by scanning their facial expressions. For example, in the text it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored..." This quote shows that the computer could detect the students emotions and how they are feeling. This could help the teacher make the class a little bit more exciting. This new technology could benefit in new ideas. This quote also shows the teacher could help the student because they are confused.
Some people might not like to express their feelings. They might really be confused and need help but don't want to be embarassed. A person could be sad and need someone to talk to but wont speak up. For example, In the text it says, "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions". This quotes helps support the idea of people hiding their feelings and not saying anything. This quote shows that this new technology will be able to detect how someone is really feeling by their facial expressions even though they aren't talking.
This technology to read emotional expressions of students is very valuable. This new technology is super beneficial. It could help in classrooms and in peoples lives. This new technology might be the new big thing. It can be very helpful. It is a great idea.
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We could be closer than ever exploring the planet called Venus. Nasa is thinking of ideas every day of how to overcome the obsticals Venus gives us. Venus is a "neighbor" right around the corner. Venus is a very harsh planet that might be explorable in the near future.
Venus is a very hard planet to get any information on. Everytime Nasa sends a spacecraft to get information it is harmed by the planets conditions. The text shows, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."
Venus has some simularites to earth. The planet nicknamed "Evening Star" may have once been like the most Earth planet. For example, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."
Venus is a very harsh planet that might be explorable in the near future. Venus is the neghboring planet that might be another planet that Nasa can some information on. Venus may have a ton of hardships but in the near future it may be another planet we "explored".
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Zroom! Cars have been developing for hundreds of years all over the world. They have become very dangerous to the environment and there are many advantages to limiting the use of them.
There is only so much space on earth and alot of it is taken up by parking. No matter where you go there will always be parking spots on the fertile ground that we need to preserve. Garages, street parking, and driveways not only house vehicles but they also take up valuable space! By limiting the use of cars we can cut back on the land wasted to house them.
Another important advantage to limiting car use is that it will save you money! Everyday we hear about a new car that just came on the market but the price only keeps on increasing. No one wants a cheap car that they are embaresseed to be seen in and many pay vigorously for new upgrades. The biggest expense is gas, which you will have to pay for almost everyday as the price keeps rising.
Finally, car usage is extremely bad for the environment. Paris is in days of near-record pollution and its become so bad that they had to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air. Every time you start your car smog comes out of your exhaust polluting the air. After awhile it falls back to the ground and sticks so when it rains the roads become very slick which is a major hazard.
In conclusion, we should all limit the use of cars. Although its ok to use them in moderation; they are still space consuming, expensive, and bad for the environment.
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Emotional expressions
According to the article there are new ways to find out how a person is feeling such ass computers.
Computers can tell how someone is feeling according to the article ''some new computers software that can recognize emotions''.
You might ask how can a computer tell how we feel.
They can tell how we are feeling because of our face expression with our face expressions they know if we are feeling good or bad.
Humans can tell how a friend or family member is feeling aswell by the same way computers can tell by our face expressions if your head is down or your face just doesnt look like youy wanna talk that mcould mean that your really not happy or when your face is heald high and you want to talk to everyone that can mean your really happy it all depends on your face expressions.
The mona lisa demonstration is one of the paintings that showes how someone felt Accordig to the facial feedback ''theory of emotion movig your facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may even help produce them''.
Students should have the technology to see how they feel because they would actually understand the emotions people are going through putting a happy face sometimes is not your real happy face it could just be a fake smile.
you can see how fake your smile can be by looking in the mirror and doing these three things.
1. Raise your lips at the corners of your mouth 2. Then squint your eyes slightly to produce wrinkling at the corners of your eyes.
3. Holding that,raise the outer parts of your vheecks up toward your eyes.
Dr. Huang even knew individuals showed degrees of exprssions he used video imagaery to track the new facal movements on a real face. this software tracks all the facial movments and mixed emotions every face they get is compared to a neutral face.
Dr. Huang is a colleage expert at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate.
Imagine being able to communicate with a computer and being ablle too see how you feel. thats why now technology is getting better for us to interact with them and be able to communicate.
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In my opinion, joining\ participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program is a very intelligent choice for a job. Especially for, someone who likes to travel in long periods of time.
I say this, because being in the Seagoing Cowboys program includes lots of different things such as; caring for animals. Shown in paragraph 2 as it said," UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys, to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.
Being a part of the Seagoing prevented Luke from having to be drafted by the military. It clearly states in paragraph 4 by Luke ,"When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to keep doing that for my service."
Even through times when Luke was hurt, there was still other things that he could do like play games. As shown in paragraph 7. "One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside." But Luke found fun on board in paragraph 8.
This is why, I think being a participant for the Seagoing Cowboys is a very imortant oppourtunity that everyone should be able to do.
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The picture that has been roaming our society for 25 years and counting, is known as "The face on mars." The " Face on mars" has been put in hollywood films, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery store lines. Many people believe that this face was created by aliens, and its not just a natural landform. But I can almost prove to you that this "face" was not created by aliens and is infact a natural landform.
First, If the face-like landform was created by aliens why would that be the only mark? Usually if the face was created by aliens there would surely be a way bigger mark. As well as there would be plenty more marks surrounding that face. This proves that this mark is simply just a landform.
Also, there is plenty of life-like landforms created with the surface of the area. Just so it happens to be on a planet doesn't mean there has to be a wild explanation to this landform. There is life-like landforms that sometimes look a a full body and there are some that look like half of a body. Many of those landforms have been scientifically proven to be just a landform. Also, with all the human shaped landforms we have all of them should be claimed to be created by aliens! Once again, there is no way this landform can be created by aliens. Yes it is indeed unusual but if humans cant travel to Mars how would aliens be able to travel to mars? It's impossible for aliens to make this landform.
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We are all human beings. We all have some different opinions and some same opinions. The interesting debate was about the Face on Mars. I am here to tell you that the Face is just a natural landform.
I have reasons to why the Face is just a natural landform. First, aliens are not scientificly proven to be real. Therefore, the Face could not have been an alien artifact. Second, the face appear that a person is inside the moon trying to come out and that is impossible for someone to be inside the moon. Finally, no one could have been to Mars and created that Face because it would be stated on the Internet on who created it.
There are numberous of evidence of why the Face is just a natural landform. First, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture that is ten times sharper than the original Viking photos revealing it as a natural landoform. In addition, the camera that Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo of using the camer's absolute maximum resolution. Futhermore, each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compare to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. Finally, the picture that Malin's team capture showed that it is Martina's equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West.
Others say that the Face on Mars was not a Martian's equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms. Some people believed that it was from an alien artiface. Others like conspiracy theorists said the evidence that NASA would rather hide.
There are reason why the Face on Mars was just a natural landform. This eassy helps you to rethink your thoughts of what it really is. There are logoical supports and evidence. The Mars is an interesting place for a planet.
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Venus or the "Evning Star" is one of the well known planets in our solar system.on previous missons to venus not a single spacecraft was able to survive landing for hours.This may explain why the callenges NASA is having for humans to study this planet,eventhought venus is pretty close to Earth.Venus has a thick atmosphere that is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide,that makes it even more callenging for humans to land on venus. Venus surface tempuature is over 800 degrees and the atmosphere is 90 times greater than the atmosperic pressure here on earth. The astromomers are intreged by venus because it is well-know for once having a similar earth-like fetures, to this day astromomers still think that venus could have been inhabitable at one point a long time ago But, for now all we can do is peer over the planet in our space crafts orbiting safly over the planet venus. If we strive to meet the difficult challenge of finally landing on venus we can meet our goal to explore more and beyond our limits.
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car usage should be limited across the world there are many free car citys. After days of near record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. paris ban driving due to air smug cars are the cause to air pollution today. passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe. If we keep using cars as much it will hurt us in a long run. Are enviroment and the air will not be healthy to breath people will die it will be a huge break out then we will not be able to drive cars.
car free day is turning to a big hit i Bogota in a program that set to spread to other countries. millions of colombians particapated in the event. It was the third stright year that cars have been banned with only buses. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and ruduce smog. people that does not listen and violators faced $25 fines. no0w people are hraing abouty the cause of less driving and diffrent cities are joining in on the fun.
Internet is a big part of why people have stop driving because people fill like they can use there social life to communicate with people instead of getting in there cars and going places to meet up with their family or peers. As of april 2013 thge number of miles driven wentr down 9 percent below the peak and equel to where the country was in january 1995.
Another benifit of limiting car usage is that it will benifit the health ofd citizens citizens both mentally and physically. in the german subborn of vauban, citizens have given uup their cars. A resisdent there says " when i had a car i was always tense. Im much happier this way," Said Heidrum limiting car usage also limit the frequency of trafic jams, accidents, and unfriendly drivers in a hurry along with the stress and frustration that accompany them.
in sumation, a life with out cars mean a healthier, longer lasting planet so every one should particapate we should wanna help the planet not destroy it. This could help everyone in the long run dont have to worry about smug or dangerous air that could kill you. please spread thge word that less driving is very important and cvan save the enviroment. thats the eavantages of limiting car usage for you and me can live a healthy life and dont have to worrie about pullutin and we could breath fresh air.
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Exploring Venus will be a good idea. It is the closets plant to Earth astronomers have found, even though Venus is a very challenging planet to examine because the planet is dangerous and unstable. In the article," A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" (3). Exploring Venus might give NASA a reason to believe how the planet is so closely related to Earth. Therefore, despite the dangers Venus produces it was once just like Earth, the planet had charcteristics and life forms that are similar to Earth, now the planet still has some of those characteristics but is dangerous.
The author stated, "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary vist" (4), with all NASA's visits into space Venus would be the closet plant to Earth resoulting to where astronoauts don't have to make a long trip, but how will the get on the planet? NASA has been trying to create a safe but effective way to study the planet so they can travel on the planet safety despite the dangers it holds. NASA has been working on complicated technology and has been going back to WWll technology to help with ways to get onto the planet with out losing a person.
Finding ways to explore Venus despite its dangers may be benificial to Earth explaining what might have happened to the planet. Was it always dangerous? What if something abnormal happened to Venus resoulting in why the planet is so dangerous. Studying Venus wll open our minds and answer all our questions and putting people onto that dangerous planet might give us hope, hope that if we can study Venus then that is saying how we are evolving and that we could find a way to get onto any planet despite the challenges we might encounter.
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"The Seagoing Cowboys program is an adventure," stated Luke. We go all over the place, for example we have been to China and Greece. The Seagoing Cowboys program made me more aware of people's needs in other countries. When we had nothing to do we would waste time by playing games in empty holds where animals had been housed.
When I was in the Seagoing Cowboys program we helped baby cows, mules, and horses that were shipped overseas. We arrived August 14 when the Pacific war ended. Don and I headed for Greece with horses and hay and oats to feed them.
You should be apart of the program because it is fun to go on adventures and take care of the animals. Even if you don't like animals you get to have freetime and play games and visit places like China. When you unload the animals you can play tennis, boxing, reading, and whittiling. The program opened up the world for me.
When I took care of the animals they had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Also you had to pull up bales of hay and bags of oats. Next then you had to clean the stalls out. When I worked at a farm for my aunt Katie, it prepared me for the Seagoing Cowboys program. I was greatful for the opportuniy to help the program.
You should join the program because you help people by bring the animals and you have fun at the same time. I want to go back and join the program because it was the best thing ever and it opened up the world to me by exploring and seeing other countries. When I saw the family's in need my family hosted a number of exchanged students for many years.
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Can technology can detect how a persons felling by look at the painting.
One of the greatest painting by Leonardo da Vinci, The Mona lisa was being into questioned it she was really happy or not. WIth the technology we have today by the Facial Action Coding System. They figured out that she's mostly happy but a bit digusted, fearful and a little bit angry. This can be use of techology to read emotions in a classroom so we can know how they feel about us.
In the University of Illinois, Dr. Huang and his students developed a a better way for humans and computers to communicate. They were amazed how far technology has when people now can calculate emotions like math and science. They start off witha 3-D model of the persons face, each muscle on the face can tell how people feel. There are 6 different common emotions, happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadnes that characteristic movements move the facial muscles. With it, it can change everything.
When they tried it on the Mona Lisa, it shows that her emotions may have been some kind Da Vinci code with Dr. Huanfs emotion algorithms. It is really useful in computer and science class by how the face muscle move and how the computer analyizes the face and come back with the results. It can work at a normal PC at home, but you can test it by looking in a mirror, smile when your cheeks hurt and see if that is an emotion. It can be a use as an experiment a well, it might also made you a little happy now don't it.
According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotions, moving your facial muscles not only can expresses emotion, but also may even help produce them. What it saying is it can also detect it a persons faking it or not, that called Empathy. So they can use it on the students to tell that if they are sorry for punching another kid or happy when they're actually not. Whoever though of making reveal the truth is thats theres so much to explore.
With this kind of technology, student may can not get away with stuff once we have this in our own classroons.
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A face on mars! NASA found a face on mars that is said to be a natural landform but many think it is alien creation. There are many reasons that shows that claim of it being an alien creation is false for example there have been 3 pictures of the "face" the face looks different in each, it is a lava dome, and there is not a reason for NASA to keep it a secret.
In the article they give 3 pictures to look at and in each one the landform looks a little different because of the new advance technology. For example the picture in 1976 yes it does look like a face but that could be just because of the low camera quality at the time of the picture taken. The picture could've been anything at the time a rock formation is and was the logical explanation for this. For example in the second picture taken in 1998 the landform is a little blurry but easier to see and in this picture it doesnt resemble a face at all it was revealed to be a natural landform. The example shows that NASA confirmed that it is just a natural landform and is not an alien creation. It does not even look like a face in the sharper picture take in 1998. The last example is the picture taken in 2001. Many thought that the picture taken in 1998 was not proving anything because it would have been winter in mars so the picture had to be taken through wispy clouds so they went again in 2001 they went on a cloudless summer day. For example in the passage it says," Malin's team captured an extra ordinary photo using the camera's absoulte maximum resolution." The example shows that NASA took an amazing clear photo revealing that it is just a land form.
In the article there are three different missions. In the first mission they fiqures it was just another common Martian mesa. For example in the text it says," Scientist fiqured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows." The example shows that they said that it is just mesa with unusual shadows. The next mission sais that it is indeed a natural landform. For example in the story it says,"Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginial viking photos and posted on a JPL web site revealing a natural landform." The example shows that the new cameras showed that it was just a landform but that still wasnt enough evidence to some. The third mission was in 2001. For example in the text it says," a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look." The example shows that this mission was on a cloudless day so there would be nothing blocking the view of the landform. All three missions they all agreed it was just a natural landform
Why would NASA want to hide it and there is enough evidence that it is just a natural landform There would be no reason to "hide" if aliens were found. For example in the text it says,"Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on mars." The example shows that if there was a civilzation they would not keep it a secreat because they could get more money to study it and in the long run more money for discovering it. Another example is in the story it says," As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital 3 times bigger than the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes ont he ground or Eqyptian-style pryamids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" The example shows that if there was ancient civilization there they had to live somewhere and we would be able to see their shacks. The last example is in the story it says," What the picture actually shows is the Martian equaivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of the middle butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." The example shows that it is a butte or mesa and it even looks like the middle butte in the River. There is no way the "face" is anything but rocks.
In conclusion there is no evidence what so ever that the landform is an alien creation. There was though 3 missions that have evidence showing that it is a landform, there were three different pictures,and there was no reason for NASA to hide this dicovery. The "face" is just a natural landform.
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Have you ever thought about changing your life, going to China and Europe, or wnating to join a program and find out how it works? I will describe details why I wnat you to be in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I will include how it may change your life and the amazing sights I've seen, to try and persude you to join us in the program.
Firstly, I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because of how it will change your life. Before the program I was just a kid, graduated from high school, and working two part-time jobs. I worked at a grocery store and a bank when my friend, Don Reist stopped by to invite me to go to Europe in a cattle boat. I could not say no and I accepted the offer. That decision changed my life a lot.
In addition, I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program beause of all of the amazing sights you will see. Besides helping people, I got to see parts of Europe and China. I got to see the Acropolis in Greece, which was very special. I also got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, where the streets are water. I also got to tour an excavated castle in Crete and I marveld at the Panama canal on my way to China.
Lastly, I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program beacuse of how it works and how it helps people. You were probably thinking "How does this program work?" I have an answer for that question. When I was young and I got the opportunity to go to Europe with Don, I signed up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. This program is where you take care of horses, young cows, and mules that have been shipped over sea. When World
War II ended in Europe, many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and much more, forty-four countries came together and formed the UNRRA ( the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitaion Adminitration). The UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the animals.
In conclusion, you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program for many reasons. You will help ruined countries, see amazing sights, and go on an adventure of your own across the sea. This program will change your life and hopefully you will understand now why this is such a good and helpful program. I hope you will consider going into this program, and remember that if you do you will be helping thousands and thousands of people in different countries.
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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author makes very valid points on why people should support cars that drive themselves or why people should not support these driverless cars. I am in favor of this idea of a driverless car.
Companies that are making computer-driven cars have come along way until now. These companies have taken so many safety percaussions to insure that the driver will be safe all of the time. The article says that the car will alert the driver to take over "when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." Google has inserted sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an intertial motion sensor. The driverless google also includes a spinning sensor on the rooof. Telling by the example I just gave, Google wants the car to be safe and cautious but it is more important on focusing on the driver and passangers safety. Improvements in sensors and computer harder keep growing further and further, this makes driving safer and it is closer to having a driverless car.
Although, a driverless car has not been fully proved to work yet, safety is the most important aspect of making a driverless car. " GM (General Motors) has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays." These companies are in favor of the driver's best interest.
Do not think that the driver wil totally not be in control, because they will be in control. In the year of 2013, BMW annound that they have developed what is called a "Traffic Jam Assistant." The "Traffic Jam Assistant" can handle driving functions of speeds up to 25 miles per hour. The car is just driving but the person does have control of the car whenever they want too. Google also has cars that have driven more than half a million miles without a single crash. And if a crash does indeed happen then it could possible not be the car or the manufactors fault, it could be the drivers or the condition of the road. Many futurists belived that maybe the reason that driverless cars couldn't be created was because of the roads now. "General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track. The track was embedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car." Engineers at Berkeley University tried the same thing but using magnets with alternating polarity.
In conclusion, driverless cars have not been fully invented but should have been given the chance to be driven. So many positives can come out of a driverless car. Safety is the main problem with this car in my opnion but give the companies some time to come out with the perfect autonomous car.
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Have you heard of the Face on Mars? It is said to be two miles from top to bottom. What do you think formed this? Aliens? An acient civilzation? Out of all of the possible answers, I say it is just a natural landform with shadows that causes it to have a nose, eyes, and mouth.
Paragraph ten and eleven of "Unmasking the Face on Mars" states, "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." As rule of thumb, you can discern in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," he added. "So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" This leads me to belive that there is nothing but that natural landform on the Face of Mars. With these images it says you can see the tiniest thing as a shack, so I am positive that we would see any evidence that aliens were there.
The landform actually shows the Martian eqivalent to buttle or mesa----landforms common around the American West. This face on the surface of Mars resembles many of those on the Earth, which we know were not created by aliens. ""It reminds me most of the Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain in Idaho," says Gravin. "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" These lines in paragraph twelve show that there is another landfrom, on Earth, that has formed out of natural causes such as lava. The Face on Mars could just simlpy be lava that has caused the surface to rise.
Many conspiracy therorists say that it could be aliens and NASA is just trying to hide the evidence form the people. Yet in paragrpah five it states, "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." This shows that if this was caused by aliens, that it would be benifical to NASA. Few scientists believed that the Face was an alien artifact, but there was no actual proof that it was. There were only pictures that clearly showed that there were no signs of aliens.
Although this Face on Mars is a big deal, I believe that it is just a natural landform. Images that have been taken show no sign of aliens or ancient civilizations. There are also many landfroms on Earth just like this Face on Mars. Last but not least, the theory that NASA is keeping information from us is not true because the Face actually being aliens or an acient civilization would only benifit them. All of these reasons is why I belive that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform.
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Driverless cars next big thing ? Sergey Brian cofounder of Google sure does thinks so. Sergey thinks drivless cars could be the next public-transport taxi system.
First off I agree with driverless car. Driverless cars sensors could help prevent accidents. The text states " The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." This quote for the passage explains that the cars great technology is a big help for preventing accidents.
Although being in a driverless car might get boring , you can look at it has assisting. For example when your at a stoplight and your not paying attention to when its your turn. The driverless car has already got you covered. another exaple is when your trynna park and you're worried about hitting another car or pulling up on the curb the sensors on the car is a great help.
In conclusion, Google driverless cars sounds like a good idea. its helpful, safe,and very thought out. So why not make driverless cars the next big thing?
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'Space. The final frontier.' This is a very commonly used phrase that is the helm for space exploration. Since the beginning of time, humans have looked up to the sky and wondered what might be in that vast place above their heads. The problem is, there is simply no technology advanced enough for scientists to explore all that lies around them. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author definitely states the challenges of exploring the planet, but does not effectively support their claim that it is worth the risk.
The author presents the challenge of Venus's inhospitable environment in relation to the Earth by simply laying down the facts, without defending their side. In paragraph two of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the text states, "Each previous mission [to Venus] was unmanned...since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." The author gives an explanation to the quick deaths of these spacecrafts as well, clearly outlining how hostile the environment is. "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon blankets Venus...the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." The author goes on to list more negative attributes, such as the temperature, which averages "over 800 degrees Fahrenheit...the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system." It seems, so far, that the risks definitely outweigh the rewards. The author then describes technology that would help scientists explore Venus, but it is clear that this tech has not yet been developed.
The author mentions "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus" which is that "scientists [would] float above the fray." The problem with this statement is that the technology has obviously not been tested yet, and very likely not even developed. The author's use of an uncertain word, "possible", connotes uncertainty and doubt that this idea will even work. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" then proceeds to counter their own argument in the next paragraph: "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can only provide limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere". In addition to listing yet another drawback of the environment, the author blatantly states that the previously mentioned idea would not work for proper exploration of Venus. The author is simply relying on the reader's emotions and assumed interest in space to agree with the author, rather than presenting facts to back up their argument.
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" does give a couple good reasons for exploring Venus: initially, the fact that it was once the most Earthlike planet. "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." The author then goes on to describe these features: valleys, mountains and craters. Another reason is given: "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration...the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?" It is assumed that the author ends this sound claim with a statement to pique interest, but it does just the opposite. The use of an interrogative relays to the reader that even the author, who is arguing for space exploration, is uncertain how these explorations will be accomplished; this effectively discredits the validity of their statement. The author relies too much on objectiveness to get their point across, and that is how they fail: to propose a strong argument, one must back up their claims with facts to persuade readers, not simply state facts in relation to the negatives of a situation without refuting them.
In conclusion, the author presents a weak argument that is backed up by unfinished projects and an assumed advocacy for space exploration. Rather than give the cold, hard facts of opposition and counter them with more facts that support their argument, the author gives no definitive research on how scientists will go about exploring Venus. The author simply states ideas, accepting them as sound solutions to any problem that space may throw at them. The vast unknown is not something to toy lightly with, lives and multitudes of financing are in the balance. There is no room for possible ideas, one must know with proof that these inklings of imagination will be sustainable when put to the test. Space may be the final frontier, but this argument persuades readers to believe that time is yet to come.
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Do you think drivless cars are safe? Someday everyone in this world might have a car that can drive itself. For this reason I think driveless cars should be given a try and be used by others in the world. Having drivelss cars may also be better for the environment.
Having driveless cars is a very cool and interesting thing, but it can also be very dangerous. I am all for having driveless cars but there are some dangers and questions that come with that. Such as "How do we know that the technology is up to par?"and "Will it know when to exactly tell me when i need to take over?". It can also be dangerous because the may be driving in the right direction, but you have people that get out of control or do dumb things when driving. Sometimes it might not be you or the cars fault.
The article says that the driveless cars "would use have of the fuel od today's taxis." Having the cars use less fuel will help the environment function better and it would cut down on some pollution. Pollution now days is very bad due to more factories being built and more crisis evolving in the world.
So I think driveless cars are a good thing. There just needs to be moremodifications and research done on having them. Driveless cars could be a way to cut down on pollution. I think manufacturers should give it a try and see what the turn out is.
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I know people think the face on Mars is something that was created by some kind of life, but really it is not. This is acually just a landform. The face was found in the region of the red planet called Cydonia. It is very hard for NASA to get the picture because they have to angle the satalite just right. I am not trying to be pestimistic but, NASA has seen landforms on Mars before and the article says,"the mouth, nose, and eyes are allusions caused by shadows". The facts just dose not add up to their being life on Mars.
This face is just a landform. There are many ways this landform could have happend. For example, a duststorm, astroids crashing on the planet, or underground volcanos. These are all examples of how the face could have been created. The article says it was caused by butte or mesa. Time for everyone to come up with a new theory!
This face was found in the area Cydonia. One day the aircraft Viking 1 was circaling the plant and found the face. Could you imagine the scientist face when the aircraft reported it back. A few days later they released it to the public. Lots of people were confinced that it was caused by some kind of lifeform, but really it was not.
It was hard work for NASA to get the picture because they had to rotate the aircraft at 30 degrees. This was not easy because if they went to far Nasa would miss the face. If they did not go all the way around Nasa would still miss it . It had to be perfect. It could have been 29 degrees, one of, but it did not matter it would still miss it. It had to be perfect. NASA finnaly got the picture and proved that there was no lifeform.
The nose, mouth, and eyes are caused by shadow illusions. They might have been formed by astroids crashing there, but are most likely shadow illusions. These illusions are caused when the Mars acsis are tillted a certain way and the sun hits it. This is most likly how the shadow allusion happened. This is what scientist says caused the illusion.
In conclusion there were many ways for this landform to happen. Do not think this was caused by some kind of life form because there is not enough proff. There are many ways this could have been formed. For example. A dust storm, or underground volcano the list goes on. It may never be solved what caused it. Just face it it is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
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The author did good on writeing the article he or she.
They can be do alots better then whst they have in the storey ecauses they can be the same as what there did now baceuse they need more detalis. What they did was that they could have "How Did They Work."
Venus sometimes called the Evening Star tis one of the brightest points of light in the sky making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. However this nickname is misleading sice Venus is actually a planet from our sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only bacause human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidateing endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be llimited by dangers and doubts but should be expaned to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. More importantly researchers cannot take sampples of rock, gas,or anything else from a distance. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Immagine a blimp-like vehiclw hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. 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 levell on Earth.
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Dear state senator of Florida ,
I beleive that we should get rid of the Electoral College. It may have been good and all back in the old days, but the Electoral College does not many voters the passion to vote today. We should abolish the Electoral College beacuse it will encourage more people to vote and it is on the brink of catastrophe.
To begin with, if we get rid of the Electoral College it will encourage more people to vote for Presidident. For example, as seen in the article, Republicans in California realize that their vote does not matter because Democrats tend to dominate in that state. The same can be said for Democrats in Texas who beleive their vote does not matter because Republicans dominate in that state. However, if the U.S had a popular vote, voters may think that there vote may mean more and will be encouraged to go out and vote for the President.
On the other hand, you may argue that the Electoral College helps America have a better President beacuse in order to win you must do so in all regions of the country. For example, Mitt Romney won pretty much the whole south region back in 2012 but did not become President because he did not gather enough Electoral Votes. Barack Obama had a more widspread tally of votes. But he counter to that he did win California which gave him 55 extra votes.
Secondly, the Electoral College is on the brink of a amjor catastrophe and must be changed before it happens. In paragrah 12, you see that just 5,559 votes that voted the opposite canidate would have made it a tie. That would be chaos. Because then the Electors of the Electoral College can then basically choose whoever they for President and not by what the people want.
In conclusion, we should abolish the Electoral College in order to encourage more people to vote and to stop a catastrophe that is bound to happen soon. Acorrding to a Gallup poll done in 2000, over 60% over the American people would rather have a popular vote. This just prooves that the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
From your friend,
Adam Solis
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We should explore venus and three ressons why are that people can not survive the landing, and the air is 97% carbon dioxide, and lastly the enviorment is really hot too hot that people can not be able to live on.
And one resson that we sould start to explore venus is that people can not survive the landing to venus and a quot from the text is "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." and that proves we need to start exploring venus because it shows us our mistakes in our space craft. Just think of how we will be able to improve our studys in space exploration. And we can upgrade our spaceships to spacecrafts maybe.
And anouther reson on why we need to keep exploring mars is how there is 97% of carbon dioxide in the ai. and one pice of evidence from the text is "A thick atmoshere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. " And that is anouther reson to keep studdying mars, because we can learn how is was created and how it got there and also how long people live there before they die so many posibilatys that we can have about gasmask and air chambers.
And lastly the final reson on why we shouldn't end the venus exploration is that the heat the planet has. and one piece of evidnce that the text gives us about on hot venus is, is " on the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fhrenheit" and that shows us that we can learn on how to live on hot planets without buring into a crips also it shows us how far we can go with our air coolers to try to lower the heat.
And that is all the ressons why we should not stop exploring venus.
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if you join the sea going cowboys you domany different types of things .one thing you can do is go exploreor even do an activity that you have alwase wanted to do but never did. you can also get to see many different types of animals. the best of all is that you can get to help other peopledo there job.
you can see many different types of caves,monuments or even statues on your adventure. if your going to drop off animals you can gothere a quick little cave. if you go to china you can get to see the great wall of china, even if you go to itaily you can get the chance to see the leaning tower of pisa. finallyyou can get too see many different types of statues you nerver had the chance to see. so if you come and jpoin you can see many different types of animals and monuments.
if you come and join i will promise you atleast one anial that you have never seen in reallife. as your in your job you feed different animes almost about every month or so. your going to see mostly horses because thats what goes on the boat. but if you get off to see something new you can see animals on a farm from a different country. espaccaly you will see some fish LOTS of fish. so if you join you will seeatlest one different animal.
but other that sight seeing or seeind different animals you are mostly helping someone go threw there job. you can be bringging an animal to a farm to feed a family. or you can be helping someone put an animal at a zoo so everyone can see it. as you ar helping you are helping somebody be excited to even heathy all because of you. you can feel like some sort of hero if you ask me so if you do join you will be doing many different types of things. you will be able to see different types of monuments. or even see atlest one different type of animal. vfinally (and most importantly) you will be helping someone do there job and accually be excited because of it. so those are some best reasons why you should join us.
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Technology is gradually developing as we go into the future. New inventions are being created everyday, such as driveless cars. When you think of driveless cars you may picture things like you see in the movies, but they are much more complex. I personally think that the developement of driveless cars is a good thing and will benefit us later in the future.
In the article, the author believes."Driveless cars will use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus". As you can see driveless cars will benefit the earth and the needs of humans. The company,Google, has had independent driving cars since the year 2009. Their research states that their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. This research shows that the developing of driveless cars is improving and actually becoming a product that will later be in use.
Although these cars are categorized as independent, they still require the alertness of the driver. The car itself will need the driver's assistence when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with traffic issues. I believe that the car not having complete independence will actually benefit the driver. Since drivers today are already being distracted by phones and passangers, not having complete control could help them be safer on the road. I appreciate how the car can move on it's own, but also requires the driver to be somewhat aware of what is going on. Let's face it humans will always be distracted, but not having to actually drive a car might reduce the number of accidents caused by texting. I know it sounds crazy that the driver not paying as well attention, but with the car driving on its own the driver would be able to text and get distracted.
Driveless cars are improving scientific research and inventions. Back to the benefits of the driver just having to be aware, technology has helped so much in the process. The car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Scientist and workers were also able to create a viberating sensor in the seat to help the driver be aware when the car needs assistence such as in a traffic jam. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. The author believes, "Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road". I believe that this would be a great idea and will improve the drivers safety. I know that driving might not be as fun and people will use interest if all they do is sit there, but then they will be able to text and do whatever else they are prevented to do when actually in control of a car.
In conclusion, I believe that driveless cars will actually benefit us later in the future. Its high-tech equitment and special sensors will fascinate people and lead to the purchasing. I believe that allowing product in other states will improve transportation systems and the needs of people. I predict that in the future, there will be other independent vechicles and systems being created. Driveless Cars are coming and we better be ready.
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Cars were invented to be physically handled by a safe driver. Cars are not the certified one's who spend their time and effort to get certified as a safe driver. Yes it may be easier to be hands free but your more aware if your aware the whole time the car is operated. You would be more aware if your focused instead of waiting on an unexpected heads up that something is going to happen. There could be a major or minor set back while in the car.
If cars were driverless and you got into a wreak how would you explain to that person's family? Oh it was the cars fault and I was not really prepared to handle the situation quick enough. That is going to make you loook like you are an unreliable person to ever have the safety rights to even operate that car. An set back to the car such as the "electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car"(3) could be damaged at any point while operated or not operated. The owner would not know and lay back and think everthing is all fine until they hit a bump causing an acident. Things used to opersate the driverless cars could have a major set back as damage done to the cables or other things like weather damages and thieves and other things such as break downs or over runned electrionics. Who could even afford to be driverless in the first place its unpractical to purchase this with out the benifts of it being 100 percent safe. In the article we are told twice the car is far beyond our reach and besides these next examples that its illegal and can not yet cover liability. The car is described that it is "something that was simply too expensive to be practicual"(3), and that it "cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at radio Shack"(6). This shows us how hard it would get to even try to purchase this car.
The car is far descirbed as an unreasonable sourse to our world's society and unneeded to the driving life of a person. The ones who desire to purchase an expensive, illegal, and unsafe car, is a fool to waste hundreds of millions on a waste such as this car. Your car would be considered illegal and your limited to drive that nice smart car only in the resricted places you might want to explore somewhere else but it is too bad or sad that you can not. Think twice if your driving it to be always aware of your souroundings you might be hands free but your not concious free.
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The Electoral College is a process that should be around for plenty of years to come.
It was established by our founding father as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualitified citizens. It's a simple process in which a running candidate would need a majority of 270 electoral votes.
Our founding fathers came up with this process in order for the election of a President to run smoothly. When using the Electoral College you have an exact percentage of the outcome of the votes, no guessing or estamating. The Electoral College has a method of awarding electoral votes, inducucing the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. This is because voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign, making it easier for the candidates to study what the certain states needs are and convincing them that if they vote for them, their needs will be met. Some may say that the winner-take-all system isn't fair to some states because most of the candidates don't even bother going to the states that they know they have no chance in winning. Well this can be argued by saying that this method may help the candidates because if they know that they have no chance in winning in some states, they might specifically prepare a certain speech that may persuade the state to vote for them. Also no voter's vote swings a national election.
The electoral college has many ways that can help a candidate win the election and it might make things more easier for him/her. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal. This means if the voter is from the south, they have no reason to campaign heavily in those sates. Instead they can spend more time in states that need a little more convincing fot the candidate to gain their vote. It also restores some of the weight in the political balance that a large states loses by virtue of the mal-appotrionment of the Senate decreed in the constitution. Some may say that the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote is something to worry about. But the Electoral College avoids the problem of there being a run-off election. If there was no Electoral College, this would put pressure for run-off elections, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, which it invariably produces a clear winner.
So all in all, the Electoral College should be kept and stay the way it is. It isn't complicated and makes the election run more smoothly. It provides multiple ways for a candidate to win the vote of a certain state and avoids major problem during the election.
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I do not think that the Facial Action Coding System is valuable when using it to read students' emotions. I have many reasons why I am against this new technology. I believe that unless a person wants to share his or her emotions then nobody else has any business knowing what that person is feeling. My three main reasons why I am against this are because some people hide their emotions because they don't want other people to know about them, emotions are personal, and this new technology will invade the privacy of people.
Fist of all, I will be talking about my first reason that I am against the Facial Action Coding System. I am against it because some people hide their emotions so that way other people don't see them. Many people in the world like to keep their emotions to themselves. They do not like others to know how they feel, but with the new software it will be almost impossible for people to keep the emotions to themselves. In the caption underneath the picture of Mona Lisa, there is a sentence that says, "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions." That sentence explains that this new software will be able to tell exactly how a person feels. No matter how hard the person is trying to hide their feelings they will no longer be able to fool anyone because of the Facial Action Coding System.
Second of all, I will talk about my second reason why I am against this new software. The second reason why I am against this software is because emotions are personal. They are not to be put out in the open all the time. When someone is experiencing negative emotions he or she may want to keep those personal feelings private. Paragraph 7 and 8 state that the face uses different muscles when fake smiling and real smiling. If a person is not happy and uses a fake smile then he/she is most likely indicating that he/she does not want to share his/her emotions with another individual. This software can detect which musles in the mouth are being used when smiling. This means that fake smiles will no longer fool someone who uses this software.
Last of all, I will be taking about my final reason that I am against this technology. This technology is an invasion of privacy towards people. The caption underneath the picture states that this software can detect exactly how a person is feeling. Imagine if this techonolgy was used on a student who had a lot a personal and private things going on in his/her life that made him/her not want to talk about his/her emotions, but then comes along a new software that can detect the emotions of a person. If this is used on that student then that student's private and personal emotions were just uncovered. What if that student didn't want people to know? It's too late now and that student feels worse because he or she did not want them to be known. Emotions and feelings will be detected without that person's consent too.
In my opinion, this new technology is not valuable when it is used to read the emotions of students in a classroom setting. I do not think that it should ever be used on a student, child, or even an adult. If a person feels that he/she wants to share the emotions he/she is feeling then he/she will tell someone. All and all I 100% disagree with this new software.
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