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Mesa on Mars
Who or what created this "face" on Mars? Was it aliens, or just nature doing its thing? The answer has been debated ever since it was discovered and the truth has been found. Although there's proof out there like the picture that was taken ten times better than the Viking's pictures, skilled scientist themselves don't even think it could be made by aliens, and there are similar landforms on Earth some people still find ways to argue. These people might say "the markings were hidden under the haze, but just as much as that could be true it could also be wrong. This "face" was created by none other than Mother Nature herself.
To start, the pictures taken in 1998 and 2001 were much clearer than the original Viking pictures and unmask the face for what it really is. In "Unmasking the Face on Mars" it states, "...Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten time sharper than the original Viking photos." To illistrate, the article is saying that this new picture was so much better and much more revealing. The day this picture was taken (April 5, 1998) was completely cloudless. This means that there couldn't have been any alien markings hidden somewhere. Garvin said, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size..." He's hinting that even small things that show us there was civilization there could've been seen in this picture. To conclude, the new picture was proof to the world that this was just a landform.
Not only did a picture tell us this was no sign of alien life on Mars, but so did skilled scientists. When the picture was first taken, "scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." We all know that scientists know their stuff so why doubt them? Their first intsinct was that it was just another landform, so why can't we all just agree with them and get on with our lives to worry about something more important? Even the caption for the picture (when it was released for everyone to see) noted that it was just a huge rock formation. So why can't we just see this "face" for what it is?
Lastly, there are landforms on Earth just like it. They're called mesas or buttes. Garvin says that " It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face of Mars." If these landforms can naturally occur on Earth can't they also occur on Mars? Garvin sees that this landform is just like something we have at our own home.
Some people might say that when the picture was taken of the "face" in 1998 that it was probably cloudy that day and some alien markings were probably just covered up by the clouds. They must have done a lot of research because normally April is a cloudy time on the Red Planet, but that day was completely clear and "sunny". These people might just be the kind who believe in the supernatural and say that they've been "obducted by aliens". There is much more proof to this face being a natural landform compared to it being a alien made landmark. Where one side would say that "scientists don't believe there is a chance of this" the other side would say it was cloudy the day that picture was taken. Overall, there is no excuse for the fact that this is naturally occuring.
All in all, this face is a natural landform that has nothing to do with extra terrestrial life on Mars. There is proof behind it like the picture taken in 1998, the fact that actual scientists don't think there's any chance of it being alien related, and there are landforms like this one on Earth called a butte or mesa. All of these things proove that not only was "the Face of Mars" just a natural forming landform. Will you know the real cause of something like "The Face of Mars" next time you see one?
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The author uses and explains many ways how to explore and how we can improve our knowledge on the environment and conditions on Venus.
He supports each idea in it's own paragraph and giving several options on how to travel and land on Venus. He informs on the dangers of Venus and how we can work around it and focus on ideas on how we can land on Venus. The author states that why hasn't a spaceship touched down on Venus surface in more than three decades. Is it about the temperature or have we not studied enough about the planet Venus?
In the introduction of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author opens up giving Venus the nickname "Evening Star", but then informing the readers that the nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet, not a star.
The author supports the idea of the pursuit to Venus by giving the readers more information on Venus and what it is like.
For example, the author states that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size.
Earth and Venus have similar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. In paragraph four, he states that venus might of been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system a very time long ago.
The author then informs us, the readers, that NASA has a compelling idea for sending humans to Venus to study.
So the idea is that Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray of the planet. The author compares on how the scientists would do it to jet airplanes.
Traveling at a higher altitude to fly over storms. Doing so, the conditions would not be easy, but survivable. In the text, the author gives the conditions of Venus, such as the atomsphere. It's about ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide that covers all of Venus.
So it would be tough to see ground conditions. In addition, without being able to set foot on the ground, scientists would not be able to get samples of rock or gas to study and observe.
The author supports the idea of studying and if it's possible to travel and succeeding to Venus in many different ways.
In the article, he gives off examples on both ways. On if it's worthy to go to Venus and what the dangers are if running into them.
The author gives an idea on mechanical computers. Instead of using modern computer, mechanical computers can be made more resistant to pressure, heat and other forces on Venus. One of the dangers he stated in the text was about Venusian geology.
He talked about the additional impediments such as erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, and frequent lighting that strikes on the surface.
In conclusion, the author does support the idea of studying Venus and if it's a worthy pursit despiting the dangers Venus has. He compares and contrasts the ideas of Venus. In addition, giving off many informative facts about Venus and it's conditions it has. In the last paragraph of text, the author thinks that human curiosity will lead us into futher investigation on Venus and many other endeavors. He thinks that we shouldn't be limited to the dangers and doubts we have ,but the imagination and innovation we all have. The final paragraph brings it all together and saying that we will one day set foot on Venus.
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Dear Florida's Senator,
I disagree with the fact of having a Electoral College. I don't think it would help with the elections. I think it should go the most popular votes. The Electoral College is not giving Florida's cizitens, like myself, a oppurnity to vote for who would be right for our state. As you may know some people call the Electoral College, a "disaster factor" because of the way they handle and deal with the voting. More people would want to for is right and who would do good for the state. Someone who would listen to what is needed. Not someone who just wants to make everything worst.
But, in a way it is more helpful to organize it. Make the state better, also it let's each party select a slate a electors, who are trusted to vote for the party's nomine. Think about it... do you really think the electors would vote for who they are suppose to vote for? No ! They are independent, they can do whatever they want. But, the trust is rarely betrayed. The Electoral College lacks of democratic pedigree. Why is that? Because of cerainty of outcome, everyone's president, swing states, big states, and avoid run off elections. They all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons.
My point is, is that I truly disagree with the fact of having a Electoral College. You do have some good reasons for it. But, will it help the cizitens as a whole? You have to think out us out here in the real world, not yourselves. Help make the state better by, cutting off the Electoral College and going by the most popular votes that a canidate gets. It will Florida be a sun shine again.
Sinceraly, A Proud Florida citizen
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In today's world, many of us see cars as a necesarry tool used to get us where we need to go in the shortest time possible. However, what many do not realize is how much restricting our usage of the personal automobile will actually help society in the long run. Decreasing our usage of the car will not only cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, but will also improve congestion and see an a boost in the economy of cities and countries around the world.
There is no doubt that cutting down on driving will greatly reduce the emission of grennhouse gases. As detailed in "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, the effect of just one day of reduced driving played a signifigant impact on the amount of smog in Paris, France. The smog which covered the city of Paris rivaled that of Beijing, China, one of the most polluted cities in the world. The cause of the intense fog is thought to be diesel fuel, which is the most commonly used type of automobile fuel in France. Because of this, Paris has a very high smog concentration compared to other Western European capitals. The temporary ban on driving drastically improved the conditions in Paris, and the ban was lifted after only one day. If this idea of reducing the use of automobiles spreaded to other car-dependent countries such as the U.S., there is no telling how much the impact of society on the emission of greenhouse gasses will reduce.
Additionally, the increasingly popular idea of favoring walking or biking over driving to one's destination has seemed to have a signifigant impact around the world. In the passage "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky, the capital city of Bogota, Colombia has participated in the Day Without Cars program for three straight years. This has led to an increase in the creation of bicycle paths and cut down on congestion and traffic jams normally common in the city. In addition, the uprising of parks and recreation centers has also helped to boost the city's economy. However, this program has not been restricted to Bogota, as many people from countries around the world have come to see the event. This has the potential to become an internationally now phenomena, which will greatly improve the health and well-being of the people of the world. New bicycling opprotunities will mean no longer getting in traffic jams and will reduce stress and congestion in the long run.
In conclusion, the limiting of car usage would have a profound impact on our society, not only on pollution and the envorinment, but on our personal well-being. The limiting of our dependency on cars has had a great effect on the emission of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, and smog has the potential to be removed from modern cities all together; the economy would also benefit, as fewer cars means fewer roads needing to be built and an increase of bicycle trails, parks, and shopping centers in walking distance of neighborhoods. Overall, the limiting of car usage would have a fantastic impact on society and our world as a whole.
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Dear Senator of the United States,
I am a student in Miami Senior High School and I've been learning a lot about the Electoral College Vote. I know that the Electoral College is a process in the system and it consists of the selection of the electors and you don't want to get rid of it but I've got some reasons why you should remove it.
I've been reading about the Electoral College Vote and I found a passage that is full of details about how the Electoral College is affecting us, the citizens of the United States. The passage, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", states that, "-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." This is trying to say that the citizens don't like the fact that we don't even vote for a president anymore, we just vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electoral college vote isn't giving us the opportunity to pick a president we want to win and we sometimes even get confused about the electors and the candidate we decide to choose. This makes it really hard for all of us to have the rights of voting.
Also, I found another quote that supports our thoughts, it says, "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states." What we're trying to say is that we need a chance in choosing who we want to win in an election. In my opinion, the electoral college vote is unfair to all the voters. Most citizens do agree with what Bob Dole said one day: "Abolish the electoral college!"
To sum it all up, there are some positive things about the electoral college. In the passage I found called "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" says that, "Obama received 61. 7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney..". However, we just want the electoral college vote to be abolished because the citizens would appreacite to have a chance in voting for a president by our opinion. I think that the popular vote is a better way to let us do this because it depends on the voters and who they chose for. This way, it will be equal for all of us.
I would like to thank you for taking your time to read this letter and to think about the thoughts that some of the citizens in the United States have in mind. Your service is appreacited by all of us.
Sincerely,
A Student in Miami Senior High School
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When you think of smog what do you think of,thick blanket of cloud covering a citie like China or Los Angeles. What if it was all over becuase of cars in every crowded country around the world. People like Mr. Goldberg have built suburbs that have it has a new car zone in Vauban,Germany. They have done this because there tail pipe emmisions,the smoke is unhealthy to breathe,and most people cant afford a car.
The emmisions from the tail pipe that comes out of the car is cause in most passengers car is the cause for the 12% of the greenhouse gases in Europe and 50% in the U.S.A.most cities have been trying to cut back on the car use or public transportation many will still ride a bus or drive to avoid walking or bycicling. The united states EPA is sugesting to promote cars reduced communities as it is stated in the article to play a larger role in a new six-year transportation program.
Ever walked out side and it was reallly foggy and it didnt clear up for the whole day or week even, that is the un-healthy way of saying your citie is polluted,its smog. Smog is that thing that hangs in the air like fog,ecept its alot of chemicals,nasty water droplet,and other stuff you probably would fear smog if you knew what it was. Are cars do that in Paris,France mondays nobody with a Even-number license plate were ordered to leave there cars at home or pay a fine. The officials of France enforced the ban after a near-record breaking pollution, they only did it to clear the air of the city.
I dont know how the econime is in Europe but most people in america cant even afford a car. Mostly all of america is strapped for cash so buying a new car isnt there on there mind. They either live close to work to were they can walk,but if they dont have a job then why even bother with a car were do you really need to go,come on now. The percentage of miles driven per person was nearly 9% below the driving peak in America and almost equal with the same percentage taken in the year of 1995. Michael Siviak said "the rate of car ownership per household and person went down by two to three years before the downturn.
Most people dont realize that luxury comes with a hevfty price in life. You want to get there fast to that certain place and destroy what helps you breathe and survive or do you want to get there still and keep alive this rock.
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I am for the development of Driverless Cars because it could use half the fuel of todays taxis and be way more felxiable than a bus, they are not totally driverless, and it could make driving a lot safer. Imangie what the Earth would look like if we were to cut down on the fuel we use for gas. If we were to switch over to "driverless" cars then it would use only half the fuel for a normal car. This could possible help us bring down our Co2 levels. Also these "driverless" cars aren't really driverless. The car can steer, accelerate, and brake by themselves but once there is a road block like a car accident or going through a work zone, it switches over to the human driver. Lastly, with all of the reckless and careless driving wouldn't you want you and your kids to be safe? Well with more advance sensors you can be safer. They can respond to the danger of out-of-control skids and rollovers. They can apply brakes to individual wheels and reduce power from the engine if needed. This has a lot more control than a human can manage.
In conclusion i think Driverless Cars are a good idea because it uses half the fuel than a normal car, the car is not totally driverless so we would have some control, and it could make driving a lot safe.
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It is reasonable that the mask shown up on Mars' surface is not an alien. In order for a creature to live somewhere it has to be the right environment. As the artice "Unmasking the Face on Mars" said the creature or "alien mask " was very large. Planet Mars is not nearly big enough to have creatures with the head size of a whole mile to fit. Just think your body is much more bigger than your head. A head that steratches two miles ear to ear in a very large head, just imagine how large the body would be!
Over time land can begin to crak or break. Something could have been going on inside Mars' crust ,for instece here on Earth we have earthquakes, that could have happened on Mars. It has been said that it is common for figures to start to appear from a region in Mars called Cydonia. Not all of the figures have the apperace of a human face but dont you think if it were an alien it woukd have looked very differant than a human? It has been scintifictly proven that aleins don't exsist.
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to apperar on Mars' surface is normal as it was stated in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars". Therefore I do not know what makes people think an alien has just magicaly apperared on the face of Mars. For thousandes of years scientist have invented ways to look at planets, take pictures of them, even get a little sample of the planet. With that being said scientist have checked Mars inside and out up and down and after many years of reaserch and testing they have still never spotted a alien. If the figure would be an alien Mars would'nt
be fit to provide a home for a whole community of them the planet would be much to small.
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Is the Facial Action Coding System worth it? will it help fix societies happiness. I agree the FACS is worth using it because it will help fix alot of peoples problems, It will help people from getting thier feelings hurt, and it will help lots of children in schools and parents.
FACS will help fix alot of peoples problems. The system is used to recognize peoples emotions throughout there everyday life. Knowing that in are world today many people are dangerous and have things that are going on in there life that know one else knows about. The Facial Action Coding System can help detect that because in the text it states that the system "has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". This can let us know how that person is feeling.
This system can help other people from getting there feelings hurt. Because you can tell how a person or your friend is feeling that day based on there emotions and how they act. Without this system you may not be able to figure out what type of energy that person is bringing. for example if you were to make a joke towards your friend they might take it personal because they are feeling angry and they take there anger out on you. So you both end up begin mad at eachother and now you're relationship with your friend is ruined.
The FACS will help children in schools and the parents. Because humans they perform the same calculations in there everyday life. The FACS system can help show a parent or teacher that a child needs help because they might look confused and this system can detect that. Because for instense on a test a student might be confused and worried and the teacher might not know that without the FACS. This can help prevent alot of students and parents from failing school and failing as a parent.
Therefore i believe that the Facial Action Coding System is worth it. It is a great tool that can help with many things and many people in this world. This sytem will be a big impact on the world and change alot of things for the better.
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In that work we gonna explain, give ideas and talk a little bit about the problems at the study of Venus because that planet is very dangers to survival
Though Venus is a "sister" of the Earth Planet is not the same, Venus is not safetly to people live in their because doesn't have the sufficient oxygen to survival. Thoughthe austronomers are fascined with Venus because is the most similar planet to the Earth. But this planet obviusly have a differents to Earth like, the surface on Venus temperatures average over 800 degrees that is crazy and impossible to survival and in venus are present Volcanos eruptions.
A idea for the NASA from me to send people to study the planet, is implement a new jetplane more security for thr austronomers for they can survival and can study the planet. And a new uniform most special for the can have the capacity to survival that dangers problems at Venus.
With that work we can explain and understand better about the problems with that planet and have ideas to a better study.
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In the text the outhor suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despirate the dangers it represents, which is correct. The text explain correcthy each factor that Venus has, it also explain with details what are the dangers that being on Venus presents.
At the begining the text, the author explain where is located Venus and what are some factors about it. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus is also the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Venus temperature avarage is over 800 degrees Farenheit,and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than wht we experience on our own planet, it means that Venus is unable to have humans living there, because the factors like temperature, water, and ways to get food are so complicated. The fact of Venus being the second planet from the sun makes it a lot more dangerous for a human to be there.
Scientifics explain that Venus has the hottes surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. People ask "Why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?", well Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, it means that Venus was the most similiar of the 8 planets in the solar system that looks more similar to the Earth, they belief that really long time ago Venus was covered with oceans and it could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters, which is another idea that makes the author think about know more about Venus.
Now The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) has one particular compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. The NASA has some projects in mind to do one of them is to send mechanical computers to Venus to take pictures and videos that way they can have a better idea of how Venus looks like. They are trying to use the same mechanical computers that they use during World War II, because mechanical parts can be made more resistant to preassure,heat, and other forces, it means that the NASA plans to send an electronic device to Venus just to see the place and star planning a visit, the would adap the device that way it could resist the different factor that are fount on Venus.
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.
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"Driverless Cars Are Coming" discusses the idea of regular automobiles and automobiles that are able to be controlled remotely by themselves. It states that companies such as Google have had self driven automobiles since 2009 and have continued to work on them. The arguements stands on which of the two are better for the overall socitey. From my standpoint I believe that regular automobiles from today's day and age are the best for everyone. I belive that self driven automobiles are much more of a safe choice to go with out of the two.
We have come so far as humans to go from developing forks and knives to cars that can drive themselves. I believe this is a big accomplishment in mankind but I also belive that it's not practical and safe to do so. Cars driven by themselves will cause so many issues for drivng if they were ever brought on to roads and streets. So many things would have to be adjusted in order for the veichles to be able to be on public roads and highways. Driverless cars would change everything we know about the automobile and it's inner workings.
Laws would be changed immensely and in a multitude of different ways. Mechanics would be of no use to us driverless cars. They would have to learn go back to school and learn a whole new way to operate on these cars. Many glitches could happen within these cars and end up causing accidents and many fatalities to drivers.
Driverless cars are not way to go in terms of veichles. Cars driven by people is the only way we can keep control of what's going on within the highway and on the road itself. Driverless cars would cause more deaths and injuries within automobile accidents. We must stay with cars driven by people.
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Do you think that there are emotion detectors or even others can feel your emotions by seeing and copying your emotions? There are multipus diffrent conclusions and multiple diffrent opinions. I'll give my personal opinion, and you can think about yours!
In my personal opinion is that, yes, you can use technology to create a emotion that you are feeling. You can also use someone elses emotion to tell how they are feeling. In the story (paragraph 9) states that a drama coach, makes his actors try all kinds of diffrent emotions to use on stage, so that others believe their emotions are true. In paragraph 1-3, they aurthor explains that there are all kinds of different schools that are using machinery to come up eith diffrent emotions.
The universities tell us that they have a 3-D computer that can detect the emotion that you are feeling. The computer detects all your facial muscles and they must move exactly like them.
That is my opinion of if others or machiens can detect your emotions. I do believe that they can do that. I also believe that they can make others feel the same way.
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"The Challenge of Exploring Venus," suggests that future indeavors for studying Venus, the 2nd planet from the sun and one of Earth's closest neighbors, is worthwhile because of the possibilities of exploring possible forms of life that may have inhabited Venus long ago.
Geological formations on Venus are also similar to those of Earth and by exploring those formations on Venus we could learn a lot about our home planet.
However, the author does not go beyond these assertions and does not provide ample evidence to support that exploring Venus is fundamentally worthy, the author even counter argues explaining that Venus is, and could be, a dangerous human indeavor; not to mention that it is challenging enough just to get there.
Ultimately, the author does not make a strong enough arguement to support the idea of exploring Venus for the benefit of humanity and of Earth.
The author explains the theory of having a balloon like space station that can protect humans from the deadly environment of Venus's surface in paragraph 5.
This possibility however is countered by the uselessness that the author then explains in paragraph 6 writing, "peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions."
It is interesting that the author does not explain that the exploration of Mars, for instance, could be a much safer future indeavor.
In paragraph 2 the author mentions Mars as one of our neighbors but then does not procede to use it in any part of the rest of the article.
By doing so makes it look like he/she intentionally did so for the betterment of his/her own idea.
This article, in the mind of the reader, feels counter intuitive because the author provides more evidence to support the idea that exploring Venus is not worthwhile.
The author explains in paragraph 6, "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance."
In paragraph 3, the author initially explains that the surface of Venus's "temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet[,]" these conditions are instantaneously deadly to humans and do not provide an argument that would support exploration of such a deadly environment.
Space exploration agencies like NASA have sent in the past, autonomous landing craft to the surface of Venus; none of which have "survived the landing for more than a few hours."
If the best of humanitie's technologies have been unable to conduct any worthwhile field work in the name of science and the only possible solution is to use "old technology called mechanical computers[,]" (paragraph 7) then how would such a computer be able to send a message back to Earth?
The author's article about the exploration of Venus is lacking in just about every available aspect of being worthwhile or viable ideas.
The author makes a good argument, but for the opposite idea that he/she is trying to explain.
By not taking into consideration the fact that any form of space exploration is extremely expensive - even more so in accordance with Venus - there is little to no good reason to explore Venus for the sake of humanitie's and/or Earth's betterment.
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Having the facial action coding system computer in a class is a good idea and valuable. One reason it is because you can tell how someone is feeling and how you cna help. another reason is because you can tell if the students learning or not. Last reason is it can brighten up the day to make someelse happy who is feeling sad or not. I think it is useful and who do good in a class room.
Just by telling if someone is down or not can really help alot with this computer. If you a teacher you can help your students be great. Having a bad morning can ruin your whole day. not even sleep can and being hungry can also if the teacher can see these things in there students it can make there jobs much easier. To help them not be sad or mad so they can clear there mind and learn .
This can aslo help for the kids to. They can get help if something is really wrong with them. if there sad or mad or if something going on at home if there not safe and etc. They can also tell there classmates mood. this can prevent things from happening such as fights and agurements ,conflict with anyone. becase everyone know how each other is feeling that day.
This computer can relly help without. it can help with kids who wanna grow up and create them computers who does that type of technology. maybe if one school get it and try it new schools would to and it can be in every school. maybe just not schools wanna try it , it can be for doctors to. it can be for everyone just to try out and figure each other out and be helpful.
in conclusion this computer the facial action coding system would be very helpful in a claaroom. For kids and adults, it can prevent things from happeing i. this computer can help other kids how needs help. and can see if kids are learning anything. and you can just see how everyone is feeling. so yess i think thr facial coding system is valuable for classrooms.
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The face on Cydonia isn't made by aliens because there is no life on Cydonia, the Jet Propulsion Lap were happy, and the face is equivalent tolandformin the American West.
Cydonia has no life living there. It became main priority to NASA in September of 1997. This Red planet became the priority because they have captured a photo of what looked like a face. Although int he passage scientist state that they thought it was just anouther Martian mesa.
Back at the controllers Jet Propulsion Lab the passage says that the face apeared on there monitors. It was a sensationto the lap and the scientist even thought it was shortly lived. Common around Cydonia they thought it was just anouther Martian mesa. After afewdays NASA unveiled the image of the face to the puplics eye.
The picture of the face on Cydonia shows that it was/is equivalent to a buttle or mesa. Jim Garvin said " It reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."At one point Garvin also said the dome takes the form of an isolated mesa, almost the same height as the face. If there was aliens on the Red planet you could see them. A picture taken was able to be as clear as possble.
I see where people would think the face was made by aliens. Yes, we don't know if there really is life on Mars. Some scientist belive the face was an alien artifact. Skepticals said perhaps alien markings were hiddenby a haze. But, there will not be life on Mars until NASA says so.
There isnt life on Mars. If you have proof then show NASA if they belive it then isuppose there is life being lived on Mars.
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The use of technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable. Having computers be able to detect the emtions you are feeling will be a good thing.
Technology will start to help students do better in school and help to learn understand how they might be feeling while doing school work. Paragraph 6 states " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored Dr. Huang predicts, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This quote shows that in the future technology could help students become more engaged in their school work and help them be able to focus. Teachers teach in certain ways and it usually doesn't work for all the students in the class, while having better technology will help the student possibly become better at the subject. "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, notes Dr. Huang, so computers need to understand that, too." Communication in humans is mostly read through body language and facial expressions and techonology right now can not detect those things. Once computers can read facial expressions many classrooms will have students who are more excited about doing their school work because it'll be based on what they prefer and how they learn best.
In the future technology will be able to do much more then it already can now. The use of technology to help read peoples' emotions in a classroom will become valuable.
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In my paragraphs I'm going to be talking about how Luke convinced other people to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, because it's an opportunity of a lifetime. Also you can see wonderful things and also tour wonderful places, like Europe and China just like I did. When I joined the program in 1945 World War ll was over and the whole place was ruined (which wasn't very beautiful in my opinion). That is my introduction.
Luke said, "I knew this was an opportunity of a lifetime." You can join this program, because it is just full of interesting sites, and places that you could go see and tour just like I did. "The places that I toured was Europe and China" ,says Luke. When Luke went to Europe which was 1945 World War ll was over and the place was left in ruins. You can also find super interesting and people that have fulfilling minds about all the places in Europe.
To support my claim Luke an some other cowboys had an amazing time on board (The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed) says Luke. He had more fun playing games then he did helping the animals. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United Statesand a month to get to China. "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. Those are my sentences to support Luke's claim.
In conclusion after reading these paragraphs you think about joining the Seagoing Cowboys program, because you can see all the things that maybe you have never saw before. You might have a blast just like Luke did. Luke also played baseball and volleyball with a few cowboys that he hadn't met before you can meet alot of people onboard.(Europe and China was the best tour ever).
Thank you for reading my essay about joining the Seagoing Cowboys program, and I hope you join.
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I think that they should use this technology to read teenagers faces because if they do it would make school more interesting and actually make us want to go to school. I also think that it would be a great idea to do so because if it see's that you are feeling down, it can inform the techer and the techer can see if something is wrong of if they are having trouble. For example, when I am at school i get frustrated and mad becuase some of the work is not easy. If we had the facial expression monitor, it would let the teacher know that i am struggling and that I need some help. Also, if someone doesn't know how to ask for help and gets nervous, it can inform the techer. There are many possibilities and outcomes of this.
In the passage, it says that Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy. When I first saw that I thought "WOW! technology is really advancing but at the same time I thought no one really knows what Mona Lisa was really feeling.
In conclusion, I think that this might work in many ways and might not. Many people are going to dislike and like this invention but to find out if it really works, they should put in in schools and work places to prove everyone who thought it wasn't going to work wrong.
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Why does everybody suspect that their is life on Mars when they see a wierd form of rock on it when really it´s nothing like that? Well thats how a lot of people were thinking when NASA revealed the picture of the Face on Mars. However thats not true. NASA has proven in so many ways that it´s just a natural landform, but of course some people think that it´s not natural at all.
First, NASA was very suprised to see something like that on the camera of Viking 1 spacecraft. But that went away really fast. ¨Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa,common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows made it like an Egyptian Pharaoh.¨(2) This tells you that it´s just a natural landform. Not a alien artifact .
Also, NASA wanted to go see if it´s a artifact or just a natural lanform. ¨Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing ... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.¨(7) This tells you that they never found an alien artifact on April 5,1998. All they found was a natural landform on Mars.
Finally, since not everyone was convinced that it was a natural landform, NASA decided to go back and get an even clearer picture of the Martian mesa. This time they used an even stronger camera to show the world that NASA is right."As a rule of thumb, you can discern things 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!¨(11) This can tell you that NASA was trying to tell everyone that their cameras are good enough to spot and see if it´s just a natural landform, so now you shouldn´t be complaning about the pictures.
All of this evidence can tell you that the Face of Mars is just a natural landform, not a alien artifact. Their are still a lot of people who think that martians do exist and they will think anything that is not normal on Mars is martian. However there is no martians on Mars. What do you think?
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I would keep it the same because it would put more work on the poll workers because they would have to count all the votes for each president. If they miss a few votes the wrong person could be elected as president. I would rather them keep it the same because its simple, faster to calculate, and easy to read.
I say its simple because you just have to count the votes and make an elctoral vote and then if u have the most electoral votes for that state it mean that you won the vote in that state. At the end it matters who has majority of the electoral votewhich is 270. It'sbasically the same as how much states you've won to see who will be elected as president.
I also think its faster to calculate because when you do electoral votes you would see how many electoral votes yu have out of 538. The majority of electoral votes is 270 so, If you have majority of the 538 votes you will be elected.
It's easier to read electoral votes because you are adding and subtracting only 538 people, but if you are counting from popular votes you would have to add up millions and billions of votes that would be miscounted. If it's miscounted the wrong person could be elected for president.
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The author said that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. He tells us about how nobody survived on each misson but a few hours because of all the problems there and he said
"not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in 3 decades". Venus is 97 percent carbon dioxide. It also is very hot, has one of the hottest surfaces and is the hottest in our solar system.
Yes it is dangerous goinf there but they want to see if life is on there and how different things are. The only reson they keep going back is because they think there was life and oceans just like on earth. They are all putting their life on the line just to figure this out. I think they want another place to take people and maybe start something there on a new planet. They also talk about how technology today is way better and could help more since its improved.
It is very dangerous and most of the reaserchers when they go there look for things to take back so they can see if life was there or is life can be there. The author says "many resherchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus" meaning they most likely won't give up on venus. "our thought on earth should not be limited by the dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
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All young adults should consider participating in "Seagoing Cowboys."
They would most likely like it a lot.
Luke Bomberger certainly did.
"Seagoing Cowboys" is a program where young adults take a boat to Europe.
On the way there, they raise horses, cows, and mules.
When they get there, the cattle are taken to countries who need them.
I wish I was old enough to do that.
The "Seagoing Cowboys" help people in need.
There are millions of people out there who need a horse to eat, or a cow to get milk.
They might need a mule to help carry baskets of food or buckets of water that are too heavy for a single person to lift.
If a person were to join, they could see many unique and interesting places.
They would be very lucky.
A lot of people in the U.S. don't even have enough money to visit sites within our country.
Luke got to visit the Acropolis in Greece, take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, tour a castle in Crete, and even see the Panama canal!
It would also be an incredible experience.
How many people get to raise cattle and sail the Atlantic Ocean at the same time?
You may say that there would be no time for fun, but on the way back they do fun games in the space where the animals were housed.
Some of the games they play include sports, so you would also get exercise.
Some of the games they play are: baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling.
Some might say it is very dangerous at sea.
All you have to do is be extremely careful and you won't get hurt.
If you do, then the other ship members will take extra good care of you.
"What if you go to a place with nothing interesting?" you may ask.
Make it interesting.
Play in a field, run around for a bit, just chat.
The place is only as interesting as you make it.
Look into the "Seagoing Cowboys."
You could have the chance to help people in need, visit cool places, and
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Teachers can have a hard time telling if their students are ingaged and focused. Students can be disingaged and a teacher wouldn't know. With technology, such as teh Facial Action Coding Systm, teachers can see how their students are feeling about the classroom. They can see how they feel about the material they are learning and the work they are given.
When a teacher is trying to find a new method to use when teaching, it can be hard to see how the students feel. They could like it or hate it. Most students like to keep their emotions to themsleves. Using this technology would give the teacher the oportunity to see how their class might feel about the material or lesson that they are trying ot teach. It can also show you if a student might be confused. There emotion will change and you can tell if they aren't understanding something going on in the class.
In conclusion, his technology can change the way things are in the classroom. If a teacher can know how their students are feeling, they can improve the way they teach. If they improve the way they teach, students will be more ingaged. If studenets are more ingaged, then they are most likely to learn what is being taught and understand it.
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In this article called "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" The author said that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. There's good and bad reasons why studying Venus is good and bad. The bad reasons why going to Venus to study it is the temperature it is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we have in our own planet. Even if they did go there they would burn to deat because on how hot it is. It could crush and even liquefy the metals of a submarine if they go down deep in some parts of the ocean. In the article it said that we can see it from earth because on how close it is and it's the same size of our own planet.
The good reasons for studying Venus is that what has it been doing, has anything happened? Scientist has asked these3 questions and we still don't know the answers to them. They said that the planet which is Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features that are analogous to those who are on earth. The planet has rocky surfaces, has some valley's, and some mountains in it too and also craters. The way scientist experiment Venus is by putting a ship in the sky from a good distant that nothing can happen to it it shows the whole planet with cameras that show the ground and the conditions on what is going on.
NASA is working on other appraoches to studying Venus we don't know what it is yet but we will know later on. Overall I think it's a good idea to study Venus not just that specific planet but other one's like Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn all of those planets they should be studying here and there. I wonder what they look like from the ship that they have put in space. Studying the planets would be good but sometimes dangers because of how hot it is and how cold it is. The author has written this perfectly he tells us in detail the good and bad reasons why studying Venus is important.
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Ths technology is has helping the humans by their invention over the time.
The software that detect how people are feeling, while they are try to hide their emotions. The system is called the Facial Action Coding Systemis now on variety of industries. It classifien on the basic emotion like happy, surprise, anger, scary, and sad. The computer it structure by a 3-D model of the face to detect their feeling.
When you are happy and smile looking on the computer it going to detect, so how has you been. In school, is better and helping in students doing better on their grades so, facing to the screen of your classroom that students if they are boring or just confused on their class. Showing student they don'tlike the class by their teaching. Also students it just wanted it to be an interesant topic on each of their class. It also developing wat to communicate with humans and computers.
It help us by recognize the face of our peer, "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have troubles actually describing each facial triat conveys happy, worries, etc.". Just the computer can know the feeling you feel. if we face with an angry face but meanwhile it showing a happy face to us."They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forces one". By identifity a real smile not a fake one its muscle it go the cheek. A fake smile the mouth its stretched sideway
Is describe how the computer can detect on a real face or just on a painted face descrbing of the facial movement were. The muscle of the facial is not expresses their emotion, and also can structure of their face with a smile. By feeling other their emotinos it can also us feel it,as just of creating an emotions. Describing a face is can't lie because of their different muscles, is just telling the truth of your self. It just to communicate between humans and computers with their feeling.
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The authour suggests that studying Venus is a worth pursit despite the dangers it presents. Even though its dangeruse the author still thinks its a good idea to go and study Venus.
You can tell the author belives this to be ok evon though its dangerous when he said," Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intemidating eneavors." This means that he knows its dangruse but everyone is curuose about what they will find, even if its dangerous he thinks its worth it. The opertunity to find signs of life or rare metals it would prove tempting for some even if it was dangrouse.
If you continue to read the passage he goes on to talk about how Venus is inhospitable. He then says he still wants to study it by saying, "Astronomers are facinated by Venus beause it may well once have been the most earth like." This means they are trying to see if Venus had life just as earth dose now.
In conclusion the author thinks the pros of going to Venus out way the cons. Honestly I think he is right my self we could discover so much if only we knew what secrets Venus holds.
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While most people believe the "Face" on mars was just a natural landform there are also people who believe it was created by aliens. Those people believed it was an alien artifact that was seen in the photograph taken above Mars by Viking 1 during 1946. But there are many peices of evidence that support the idea of the "Face" just being a natural landform.
For starters, when the "Face" was first seen on Cydonia, Mars, it was photographed by Viking 1 on 1976, which during that time cameras weren't as powerful as cameras now so the picture quality back in 1976 was blurry compared to today's photos. The '' Face" was actually just a Martian mesa which is a lava dome, which are common in Cydonia. Soon after, scientists concluded " it was a huge rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." And if the "Face was actually created by aliens NASA wouldn't have told the public since it could've caused public panic, but instead NASA used the ''Face" as a way to attract the public's attention towards Mars. So in the end, the "Face" did bring much attention to Mars which was NASA's intention.
While conspiracy theorists believe the "Face" was real evidence of life on Mars, it was actually not, defenders of the NASA budget confirmed it when they said that they wished there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Even when few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA. So on April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Then, the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team took a picture which was ten times sharper rhan the original Viking photos. And so, the Face was confimed by Micheal Malin and his Orbiter Cameria (MOC) team to just be a natural landform.
But still again people were not content since the Face on Mars was located 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998, which was a cloudy day. And so, the camera in the MGS had to take a photograph though clouds to see the Face which skepics still said "alien markings were hidden by the haze." So once more, on April 8, 2001, which was a cloudless summer day in Cydonia the MGS or the Mars Global Sirveyor grew closer until it was 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. The 2001 photo spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
In conclusion, the photo taken on 2001, finally confirmed that the Face on Mars was really a Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa. So in the end, the Face was never created by aliens but it was just a natural landform.
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NASA has recently been discussing what is believed to be a face on mars. Some people think that this is some kind of alien marking. The essay says, "scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."(paragraph 2) This may convince certain people to believe that there was once life on Mars.
While it may be true, the essay does not say anything about anyone actually getting on Mars to see if it was really just a rock. Maybe there were bones from a human body attatched to the head. Also in the essay it states, "although few scientists believed the face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor arrived at the Red Planet in September 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended."(paragraph 6)
As a result, the essay also said ' "we felt this was important to taxpayers," explained Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program."(paragraph 6) So this statement could be implying that they could be making stuff up just for money. If they put that in the newspaper everyone would want to buy it, which would result in making a lot of money.
In addition, the essay says, "only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."(paragraph 2) this evidence from the article supports my claim and says shadows made it look like something. It could also have been the way something was reflecting off of it.
In conclusion, I believe that this thing was just a natural landform. Many of us have seen weird shaped rocks sometimes we just dont pay attention. Also just like the sun forms shadows, that could have been what happened on Mars to make people believe they were seeing a human face.
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The future is open to many possibilities that have already have gone to the surface. Things such as upgrades to technology and new ideas for phones have been announced frequently every year at the least. Several companies around the world are trying to bring the next big thing and some like in this article are trying to change the future of the world with their new discoveries that they are trying to create. People such as Apple founder Steve Jobs and Google cofounder Sergey Brin have already presented their ideas to the world. In these cases, they strive to make their discoveries even better, safer, and more user friendly. Many people that have heard about these discoveries stand on their own side if they are for these inventions and discoveries or if they are not supportive for their own reason.
As Google cofounder Sergey Brin has publizized his new innovative ideas for self driving cars many people are for these new discoveries. I am one who stand and support Sergey Brin. These cars can change and shape the future. To my knowledge, many deaths and injuries are from wreckless driving. These are mainly the fault of the drivers that were involved. With these self driving cars the future can be more safe and can be more friendly to the user.
On the other hand, much of the hard earned money that people have earned from their jobs go to their gas that they have to get to run their cars. With self driving cars the money that they have to pay will be greatly reduced. The money that are country has to pay for is because of the high cost of gasoline. On top of this, there has been a lot of time for people by getting gas. This might reduce the stress and the lateness of people's attendance to school, work, or other events that they might be going to. With self driving cars, this can decrease the stress and lateness to certain people to school and work related subjects that they might be apart of.
With the question of if we should use self driving cars, people are against this because they don't feel like this is useful currently. They believe this because many companies have learned from their inventions through trial and error. People doubt these companies and don't believe these can be improved. They mainly focus on what has gone wrong they don't have faith that these will ever work in the future. I do not believe that these are failed inventions. I believe they are the opposite. The self driving cars are the stepping stone to the future and the hope that might still exist.
In conclusion, these self driving cars will benefit the future and the world all together. Manufacturs and companies will continue to innovate their improvements in the self driving cars. By doing this they can increase the number of positions that are opened that need to be filled. These job opprotunities are for people like me and also the people that are around us everyday who support the idea. By continuing the production of these cars, the future can be benefited. The money that we earn can be put to other things instead of the ever changing prices of gasoline that is currently essential to our mode of transportation today. I believe that the most important thing that will be changed is the ammount of deaths that occur every year from wreckless driving. By self driving cars the future is brighter and safer for all mankind and for the people that we love dearly. People might think that the world will be rather harsh in the future but with people who stand for innovative, clean, and safe inventions the future will be brighter if we stick to what we believe. So are you debating which side to take on this subject? I encourage you to stand with me and bring the hope to the future.
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Self Driven Cars
A car that dirves its self? That's outrageous. For decades humans have been driving cars in order to get where they need to go. This talk of self driven cars is absolutely rediculous. First of all, people enjoy driving. second, the car doesnt even drive completly by itself. Lastly, even if you wanted one, its not availiable every where in the counrty. I beleive this car would be a waste of your time and money.
People Enjoy driving. Driving is something that every teenager that i know cant wait to do. Its freeing and relaxing. If your angry just go on a drive and mabey youll feel better after wards. If your sad, go on a drive. People enjoy driving so much because they know that they are in control of what happens.
Wow. The car does not even drive its self completely. According to the article, driverless cars can only do basiC driving skills. Such as: steering , braking,and accelerating by them selves. Which means they would need help if there were to be an accident or people working on the road. They say that the car will alert you when it needs your help, but that means youll just be sitting thre waiting for your turn to drive. Quick question ,who wants to do that? That would be extremely boring and a waste of your time and money. Then, according to the atricle, you would have to have yor hands on the wheel at all times. So you would litterally be sitting in the car just looking out of the window until its your turn to drive.
Lastly, why in the world would you get a car that you couldnt drive anywhere you wanted to go? The article specifically states that only three states and a district allow driverless cars. this is because if you were to get into an accident, they wouldnt know who to put the blame on; you or the maufacturer. That is definetly a saftey hazard if you ask me cause if it is the manufacturer alot of people could get hurt. But besides that why drive buy and expensive car tht you can only dirve on one side of the counry?
In conclusion, the idea of these driverless cars are rediculous because people enjoy driving,they dont dirve completly by themselves and they aren't avaliable everywhere. I beleive that driverless cars are a waste of your time and money. We should just stick to the same old stuff weve been doing. If we let technology take over the one thing we can control then it would take over our entire lives.
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Mr. senator i think we should get rid of the electoral college and change to popular votefor the presidency. I know im not even old enough to vote yet and your probably thinking what is this kid talking about but i dont think it is right to vote for the president of the united states canidate and really not even vote for him. The electoral college should vote for us because believe it or not it isnt always the right desicion sometimes. They say people of age and an american citazen that we can vote then let them vote for who they want they shouldnt have to vote really for an elector people want to feel like there vote matters. The peoples votes should go right to the box and count the votes and see who wins. The electoral college is of no need for the election process we the people can vote for ourselfs please just let us. And i know it isnt really in the writing format the way they want it i just want you to know my oppinoin and i know your probably going to just skim right over this but please if you have the time just please read over this and take the time to understand were im coming from.
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Throughout history, advanced technology is what everyone shoots for. However, advanced technology has caused many problems, as it has also been effective.
There are certain things "man" should control themselves; automotives is one. Yes, a assemly line is much more easier than carrying heavy things to where they need to be, but completely removing a person from an object that can easily end a life is not only lazy, but abserb. Us as humans were given one specifc thing that seperates us from everything else; a brain.
As stated in the prompt, if an accident occurs, who will be held responsible? The driver "behind the wheel" or the robot that is controlling the vehicle? The car may have an overide system, but a human will not be able to react quick enough in that split second in the chaos that the robot has created.
There are, however, certain things robots will thrive in that humans don't. For instance, a "whiskey throttle". This is when a human panics and gets a heavy foot, which causes an accident that was not intended. Robots do not panic, therefore, they will not rear-end the car ahead of them.
I am all with saftey, but letting a robot have complete and total control over a car is not one of them. I disagree with driverless cars.
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Driverless Cars is hard.Because the Driverless Cars don't have a complete system and some suddenly thing happen it still need the driver.
Now lots of people said drive cars is fun.Because We enjoy the process of vehicle communication.
Although the Driveless cars are easy to drive, but it has a lot of security risks. For example when a pedestrian suddenly appears in front of the car, if the car's speed is higher than twenty-five miles per hour, the car can not automatically brake until the stop.As mentioned in the article:In 2013, BMW announced the development of “Traffic Jam Assistant.” The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. If a Driverless cars still need a driver be there so why you call it Driverless car?
The second aspect, if you enjoy driving, enjoy the communication between the car and you, you need to drive their by yourself, just like your pet, you are the owner of it, you will understand his habits, the cars is the same.
The traditional driving mode can not be replaced, the concept of a brand of every brand is not the same, such as BMW, it is the pursuit of driving quality.
But the Mercedes Benz driving model is comfortable, if each manufacturer are manufacturing unmanned car, then they will become the same product, they will lose their own brand culture, so the car market will be turned into a disorderly.
Why is there a lot of expensive models in the world for hand made? Because the designers want to communicate with people through the vehicle, to tell us their different views on the car, so please do not let Driverless Cars replace the traditional driving mode!
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Many people may believe that the Face on Mars was created by aliens, but research claims it's something not as exciting. NASA has been researching this "face" for many years. Their studies and pictures have concluded that the Face on Mars is a huge rock formation. Even though scientists have proved this theory, people still believe otherwise. It all started in 1976 when NASA unveiled the image for all to see.
NASA found a huge landform made of rock on Mars in 1976. The landform was found on a region of Mars called Cydonia. This landform came as a surprise to everyone. Large rock formations were common in this region of Mars, but something stood out to NASA when they came across this rcok formation. This landform looked like a giant face. Scientists didn't know if it was an alien artifact or if the shadows and the way the rock formed just made it look like a face. There was no way to tell other than the photo's taken from space. NASA had to keep investigating this to come up with an explanation for this "face" on Mars. So in 1998 they took another picture of the rock formation that was better quality. They still couldn't tell what it was because it was very cloudy on Mars the day they took the picture. They had one more shot to get a good image of the landform. In 2001, NASA took one last picture and they found out what the rock formation really was.
Just as they had predicted, it was a mesa. Which was common for the area on Mars where they found it. Even though scientists knew it was a mesa, conspiracy theorists still believed it could be an alien artifact. There are many signs that prove that this rock formation is not an alien artifact. First of all scientists have ruled it out as an alien artifact. They have done research on this "face" for over 20 years and they have proved it's a huge rock formation. People have always wondered how and why the face appears if it's a mesa. Well the face is created by shadows. These shadows give the illusions of the eyes, nose, and mouth. Scientists have also told us that things in a digital image are 3 times bigger than their actual pixel size. This tells us that if there were some type of pyramid, alien object, or airplanes on the ground we would be able to see them.
The Face on Mars will always be a controversy to some people, but scientists have proof of what the face actually is, a mesa. The pictures you see are actually showing a Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa. These rock formations are commonly found on Mars and on Earth. So even if you still believe the Face of Mars is an alien artifact of some kind, you can at least know Earth and Mars have something in common, huge rock formations.
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Technology is the future, and with the advancement of technology comes the addition of responsibility for the people using it. One hundred and fifty years ago, we had a thriving textile industry, and the long awaited introduction of railroads and canals. Today, we are advancing with the hopes of creating a cost efficient self-driving vehicle that people from all reaches of the world can use. While this task may prove to be difficult, it is definitely a task that we should take on. Self-driving cars are a beneficial gateway to mastering concepts like artificial intelligence. Continuous experimentation with self-driving, or driverless cars will only prove to be benefical to humanity. I believe that the development of driverless cars will make driving safer, create opportunities in transportation, and lead on to greater advancments in technology.
Think of a world where technology is what gets people from one location to another. One would get in their vehicle, speak or type in a few commands, and be on the way to their desired location. If scientists can master driverless cars, the road would be a much safer place. Driverless cars would make many less mistakes than the average human being. With the use of the advanced sensors, GPS, and radars that have been developed, cars will be able to communicate with one another and make decisions faster than any human. Every vehicle will be on a network communicating with one another, allowing for the safest and most efficient driving. The mental and physical aspects of humans play a huge role in driving conditions. A human's driving capabilities are hindered by mental and physical feelings like anger or fatigue. These feelings do not have an effect on driverless cars. Driverless cars can only make the road a safer and more efficient place, as they are able to communicate with one another and eliminate common human mistakes.
Driverless cars are a stepping stone for greater transportation. With the developments of these technologies, improvements will be made in all aspects of transportation. Bus travel will become safer and more efficient. When this technology hits the world of aviation, planes and other aircraft will go beyond what they are today. Flying already uses extremely advanced technologies, but scientists can definitely push it to be better. When a well-made driverless car is developed, doors are opened for all types of transportation. Driverless cars will not only revolutionize all aspects of transportation, but it will also open doors in other areas of technology.
With the advancement of driverless cars, comes the eventual advancement of other technologies. The investment in the development of driverless cars will yield a great reward. Scientists will be able to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence, which plays a huge role in driverless cars. Artificial intelligence pushes for a greater future, as it allows for robots and alike technologies to complete tasks that would be difficult or time consuming for humans. Radars and sensors will also improve. People see radar technology in the weather, and GPS systems. With the advancements of radar technology, there will be a day when scientists can detect a tornado hours before it is going to touch down. At that point in time, there may even be technology to stop natural disasters.
In conclusion, driverless cars will take time to perfect, but driverless cars will be worth it when this perfection comes. There is a plethera of advantages that driverless cars bring to the table. They make the driving world a safer, and more efficient place. The technologies used in driverless cars also open doors to new types of technology. The benefits heavily outweigh the consequences when it comes to the development of driverless cars. When the world wanted to reach the stars, we did, so now let us reach for a technology that will make the world a better place.
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I think that the author made a very good point about the exploration of Venus. The author is tring to make people understand that, even though Venus is a very inhospitable planet, its still a good idea to study it. The author says that astronomers think that Venus could have once held life.
One piece of textual evidence is in paragraph 4, line 2, it states "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus becuase it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." I chose this quote because the author is telling us that since Venus may have been like earth once before then maybe it had complex life. If complex life is on Earth then maybe complex life was on Venus at some point as well.
In paragraph 7, line 1, it says"NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus." In this quote he is saying that NASA is already working on more approaches to Venus and, therefore that proves that NASA is still intersted in Venus.
In paragraph 7, line 7, he states"Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin" This quote was chose because the idea behind it is not far fetched because if you use any modern electonics then they would probably melt and, then they wouldn't work. The heat on Venus is far greter than on Earth so we would need a special type of metal to useon those missions.
In conclusion the idea of returing to Venus is not that bad of an idea. The author did a great job explaing why we should go bake to Venus. I understood everything that the author wrote.
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The face on Mars is just a natural landform. I think this because the face reminds someone of middle butte in the snake river plain of Idaho.
Just becuase the face is in movies and magazines do not make it true their is lots of story in magzines that is not true.
If this was a face,The face would have been gone after 25 years later. The picture may look like a face but its just a landform.
I think the face is just a landform bacause the picture is actually showing is a mesa lanform that can be mistaken by a face.
The face on mars can be related to some things on earth like the middle of the butte in the snake river plain of Idaho.
When someone had made the picture larger the face just looked more and more like a mesa or a butte landform. Micheal malin went to take more pictures which was more clear and he found out that it is just a natural landorm.
I'm not the only one who believes that the face on mars is just a lanform. a scientist want more proof of this so went to take more pictures and he found out the true about this face. For the people who believes the face is real just go to JPL web site, you can find better picture of it and you will see what I'm see. Which is just a landform mistaken for an alien face.
These are some reason why you should believe me when i said the face is just a landform nothing else not and alien face or an human face. I understand why someone would think this is a alien face because the first picture was not so clear and it did look like a face.
But now there is a better picture on this web site thats show nothing but a landform.
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The electoral college is a very important process in congress. It gives citizens that are in the college a chance to meet the people that will be running for a very powerful position. Sometimes voices arent heard and of these 528 people, some will be humble. its also a good thing that they use a majority ruling system, which can make things easier instead of detailing.
If the voting for election of president was changed to popularity vote only, then it wouldnt be quite as fair. Obviously the president who has apppeared more times on television or at meetings will win. This method screams unfairness. Whichever candidate has more money and funding will obviously become more popular, even if their intentions as president arent as good as the qualities the other candidate's are.
Although both methods by themselves seem a little unfair to work on, i say it would be better to work with both. If you leave it to the electoral college, then only those people will be able to have a say in who we want as president for the united states of america. However if we leave it to just popularity, whoever has more money will get the votes and win.
Some people say that the voice of the people in America is the most important and it really is. What is the point of being in charge of a country where no one is happy and everyone wants to get rid of you? By this standing pount, many people say its critical to use populartiy vote but as i stated before, whoever has more funding will win. But its also unfair to those who have less access to media. Whichever president they hear more about is the one they will unconsiously choose. Or some will rely on the trusting of their party ie. democratic or republican.
Both methods are extremely unfair by themselves, so we should not sigle out a voting process. The way we have it now works perfectly well and should not be changed in my opinion. Taking the overall amount for all the different categories seems like the perfect solution. This way you get an opinion from those in congress, those in the senate, those in the Electoral College and most importantly the voices of the people.
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The author did alright at supporting his idea (studying Venus is a worthy pursiut despite the dangers). There are some things that the author explained well and others where he didn't defend his case. When reading this it will seem questionable if this is something to go off of.
When the author was explaining his thought on this he made a convincing argument. He told some simularitys between Venus and Earth. "Often referred to as Earths "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Venus and Earth are very alike in terms of aperance. The author uses a point that Venis is close to Earth that it makes it easier to travel there. "These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to venus." Being closer to Venus would make the trip there easier then to most other planets.
There are also some things in this topic that the author doesn't go into. He tells you that it is dangerous to be on the planet. "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." This tells you it is not safe to be on Venus but to study it better we would need to get up there to know what it is like to be there and we don't know how to get there alive. Why would studying Venus be worthy if the atmosphere is dangerous? "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere." It doesn't seem that worthy of exploring if you can even survive on Venus.
there are good reasons and bad reasons for studying Venus. Overall the author did an ok job supporting his idea.
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To whome this may concern the electoral college is out dated and unfair. Examples of this would be that bias can take up a big part of it. For example if an electoral does not like who is running for president on the winning side they can bend the votes into there favor. Another example would be in the case of a tie the election would be given to the house of representives witch would be another unfair vote, beacuse each representive stands for everyone in the state. So if the representive in MA was demcrait and the representive in TX was republican then the mjorty vote would most likely go to the republicans.
Other examples of how unfair the system is the "winner take all" system. Reasons it is unfair is that the the running candidates don't go to states if they no they are going to win or not. Some states don't even get to see the adds for some candudates beacuse that stat mjorty is either repubclain or demacrat. That is unfair to the people that are in the oppsite party in that state. Futher more the system is unfair to people in states where the mjorty is something diffrent from the party they are in.
Last but not least the system is out dated. The electoral college has been around since the constution was writen but since then it has gone down hill with the bias and mjorty votes. Examples of this can be found int the two parragraphs above as well as in this one. Another example why is out dated and unfair is the people most likely do not have a say in who they pick. a reason for this would be the bias the members of the electoral have to a candidate. The vote they cast has a grater power over ours and can sway the vote to there favor is they want to. More reasons would be how the electoral college has been around since the constution. although other systems from that time still seem to work this one does not and it will continue to fail until it just stops working altogether.
In concluestion the electoral college needs to be changed due to the bias in the system along with the unfairness of the system. Also the age of the system and the fact that it seems to keep failing,And not showing any signs that it will get better. Or help with elections in a fair and approiate way. Later on in other elections.
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Would you like to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. It will will be a fun experience for newcomers. We have a lot of fun in this program. We helped a lot of people. We cared for a lot of animals most animals are back in their habitat. So please think about signing up.
First,your proabably asking youself why should i sign up. You should sign up because you will be able to help other people. By sending resources to countries in peril. It will make you feel so happy because you know you supported a lot of people. If you wanted to learn more about the world. This is the perfect program for you.
Second,it can change your life you will have a good time. You will be able to meet new people,and you can study their languages. This program is a great experience. If you like enteracting with animals,and you will have fun caring for animals. Maybe you could make a lot of new friends. This is very interesting give it a try.
Next,if you are a student still in college and your failing language if you join this program you will learn more. You will grow a bond with different people. You will be able to go sightseeing. You will see ancient statues,and artifacts. You will be able to get awesome photos of statues.
Last,I hope you like the reasons why you should join Seagoing Cowboys. This program can changle your life in so many diffferent ways.
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Every day more and more people are surrounded by a toxic smog. This is caused by burning fossil fuels like gasoline, oil, and natural gasses. One of the main reasons toxic smog comes up is because of the mass amounts of vehicles on the road. Organizations and governments from around the word are trying to find a solution to our pollution problem. But when you think about it a car free world wouldnt be all that bad.
There are many pros for limiting car use. imagine breathing in the fresh air and seeing the beutiful skys above smog free, governments from around the world already see this dream and they want to make it into a reality. "after days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." said Robert Duffer author of the article Paris bans driving due to smog. Cities around the world are trying to find new ways to reduce pollution from massive cities. Its a wonderful idea especialy since Paris rivaled Beijing China possibly the most polluted place in the world.
But when we get rid of all of the cars then what will be our means of transportation new ideas have scattered across the globe. Many countries are starting to rely on trains to move their citizens from one place to another and with revolutionary technology trains are now faster than ever. How many parking lots are in your city? thats another thing without parking lots cities wil be more open and more stores and super markets will take their place. More and more countries start to relize that reducing vehicle emissions will make the quality of life in their city higher and cleaner and it apears that the ideas are taking action "a program that's set to spread toother countries, millions of columbians hiked, biked, and skated or took buses to work during a car-free day". said Andrew Selsky author of Car-free day spinning into a big hit in Bogota. Cities are now taking action and are helping the enviorment by starting days where no cars are allowed. this is one example of how many countries are going green and helping the enviorment.
With plenty of ways of reducing gas emissions the world will soon take a turn for the best being able to reduce pollution and make the overall populatin happy. more and more means of transportation pop up every day so just wait and you will see an impact on your comuntiy as well. in the mean time hop on you bike and go green the change starts with you.
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Imagine not needing to own a car or having to ask family or friends to give you a ride. Imagine not having to get a taxi or an uber and having to worry about if the driver is a dangerous person. Instead you can ride in a car without a person driving the car. Soon there will be driverless cars driving people everywhere.
Driverless cars is a great idea because it is safe so far. Google's driverless cars have had no accidents. They have been driving since 2009. Even though they are not completly driverless yet. Soon they will be completly driverless in the future.
So far driverless cars can steer, break, accelerate,and drive themselves. The only problem is that you would have to be able to take over the wheel,if the driverless car is not able to do something it can not do. If driverless cars were to be available now, you would only be able to ride if you can drive a car and able to take over the wheel at anytime. It is safe because the car will alert you if you would have to take over.
Many automakers are working on solving problems that the driverless cars have. There will also be a law on what happens if there is an accident.
Driverless cars are a great idea because it is safe so far , reliable, will be completly safe in the future, has not had any accidents, and more.
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Dear senator
Im am wrighting a letter to you In hopes that you will change the way we ineletion to change it to populart vote for the president of the united states. In election, for example, obama had received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3. this means to me thatif we like someone we can mostly end up having them our president. Flordia for the electoral votes given to each state. Flordia only have a 29 for electoral votes. Yes some people might say that is a lot but if we were to do it on populart votes it would be more fair to the other state. For example rode island on have 3 how is electoral votes fair for them? In 2000, when gore had more popular votes than bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888. The popular vote was very close in Florida in 2012 nevertheless obama who won that vote got 29 electoral votes.
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Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is the closest planet to Earth of density and size. Venus is the brightrst points of light in the night sky for many can see it. Since Venus is sometims near Earth people have sent many spacecraft to land on it.
Each times they sent a spacecraft it was not successful because the surface is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, clouds of highly corrosive sulfic acid, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater. Even though Venus is so inhospitable astronmers are fascinated by it because it's once believe to been Earth-like long ago. In the text it said, " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particulary compeling idea for sending humans to study Venus." They make the spacecraft hovering over Venus so it avoid the bad ground condition. It will be thirty- plus miles above the surface but it will still will be very hot around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but pressure is close sea level of Earth. People are striving to meet the challenge to show Venus has value, not because to gain insight on the planet.
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Should we use this technology to read emotions. Yes, we sould use this tecnology to identify emotional expressions because it can be helpful to us.
The technology it talks about should be used. First of all in the article it says A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.
This shows how it could be helpful to make future lessons based on the students emotional expressions. This also helps to identify which students are bored or confused. Secoundly in the it says "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery." It would help make video games and video surgery more realistic. It also will help the people feel like its real.
This technology should be used to help indentify emotional expressions to help us. For exmple in the article it says "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." In the qoute it shows how this technology is able to help based on the what person likes. This can also help people find other thing they might like. Finally the article says Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, notes Dr. Huang. So computers need to understand that, too. this talks about how how this technolog could help communicate better and determine how some one is feeling.
We should use this technology to help indentify emonional expressions. First of all this can help instructors make plans based on the student emotion. Secounly it can make video games and video surgery more realistic. It can also bring up ads based on what you like. It also would help us communicate and help identify how people are feeling. In the article Making Mona Lisa Smile the technology it talks about should be used.
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Hello, my name is Luke Bomberger and I am a Seagoing Cowboy. Seagoing Cowboys are very fun to be! You should become one. Seagoing Cowboys are hired at first to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. After you master that then they have to start going over seas and traveling different places. This is what you do when you start to become a Seagoing Cowboy.
It is very hard to become a Seagoing Cowboy. They have to take care of a lot of different jobs. They have to travel all around the world. You must practice and practice to become very good at what they do. You have to learn to jump out of boats and sometimes you have to watch gard of the places the workmen stay. They also have to learn to swim. This is why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy because it will give you a lot of workout and you can get very very fit.
Becoming a Seagoing Cowbot is very fun. You make lots of new friends when you go to the trainy camps and things like that. I think that traning with all your friends is very fun to do. You get to be with them all the time and even stay with them in cabins. Theser are some other resons whe you should think about becoming a Seagoing Cowboy.
At first Seagoing Cowboys can be a very scary job. Sometimes you even have to fight people and make sure that you don't get hurt to. You have to learn not to be scared and just do your job. Sometimes there will be very tough times like if one of your friends die but you just have to get through it nad not let that make you stop trying. This is a coulple resons why you need yo become a Seagoing Cowboy because it will teach you to be not scared at time.
This is why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. It is very fun most of the time but a times is can be very sad to. Seagoing Sowboys are so much fun. Do you think you become one?
Sincerly,
Luke Bomberger
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I think Venus is worth studying because maybe in the future us humans can live in venus. Earth and Venus are close in terms of density and size. Venus still has features that are similar to earth maybe in the future venus can be habitable. Us humans should travel from earth and beyond we can not be limited becasue of the dangers there are out in space.
Since Earth and Venus almost have the same density and size i think venus will habitable in a couple of 100's of years just like earth is today. venus is the closest thing we have to Earth. So I think that is why people want to explore Venus. the author even said " Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insights to be gained on the planet itself, but also becasue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors".
Like the author says " Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth". The author also says " long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth" so why cant venus be habitable ever again? It probabaly will but we have to explore it first becasue we dont know what we can encounter oursleves with in the farther future.
Us humans should travel outerspace and look for places where can live if anything ever happenes to earth. We have to think about our future kids, grandsons and theyre children we dont know what the future hold for us and we so we should be prepaired. We cant be limited becasue of how "dangerous" it can be out there. If we are scared we"ll never succeed.
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In the article "making mona lisa smile" it talks about being able to tell someone's mood. Is being able to tell someone's mood in a classroom valuable? I think it is very valuable. I think this because the teacher could be able to tell if you understand something or how you feel about it. Another reason is because You could be able to tell how your friend is feeling my last reason is because when a painter paints something you would be able to tell how the painter wanted you to feel when looking at it.
My first reason for why i think this is valuable is because a teacher could be able to tell how you feel about something new she is teaching. For example "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,Dr.Hung predicts"(paragraph 6). This is stating that the computer sofware would be able to tell when you are confused or bored and could help the teacher.
Another example is "she's 83 percent happy,9 precent disgusted,6 percentfearful, and 2 percent angry"(paragraph 1). This computer sofware and cell all of your emotions at once and there percent. This is how a teacher would be able to tell how you're feeling.
My second reason for why i think this is valuable is because you could be able to tell how your friend is feeling. For example in the article is states that " Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy,worried, ect (paragraph 5). This states that you cant exactly tell a persons every emotion by just looking at them so this would be able to help know their emotions. Another example would be "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one" (paragraph 7). This also means that if a friend is lying abou how thye feel or putting on a fake smile the computer would know its fake. These are soem examples on how the computer is valuable when it comes to friends.
My final reason is because when a painter pants something it would be able to tell how you feel when looking at it. One example I found in the article is "The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face while it shows just how much this computer can do"( paragraph 6). This is explaning how when looking at the Mona Lisa painting it is supposed to make you smile. Another example is "using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition sofware tracks these facial movements in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa" (paragraph 4). This is explaning how it shows the real face or in the painted face. These are some examples of how this is valuable to paintings.
This new technology called Facial Action Coding System is valuable to students in a classroom. This new technology can help teachers undertsna dhow a student is feeling about the subject. It alos helps with friends and paintings.
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The electoral college is a process,not a place. are founding fathers established it so that congress and election of the president by popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral college consists of the selection of the electors where they vote for the president vice president an the counting of the electoral votes by congress. thew number of electoral college consists of 538 electors. majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Why do the state of senator wish to take away electoral college votes? because they think there is to much voting bc under the electoral college system voters vote not just for the president but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president. but who pick the electors? who are the electors? the electors can be anyone that not holding public officean they pick the electors by the state. that how voters sometimes get confused about electors and vote. But the outcome of all this is that electoral college vite is possible an its less likely to dispute over the popular vote. A electoral vote is possible because the total number of vites is 538 is an even number. So to rap it all up it can be argued that the electoral collge method of selecting the president may turn off pontenial voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying for their state. voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. so state senator i think we should keep the electoral college.
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In 1976 NASA found an interesting sight on Mars, a giant face! It shocked the mission controllers and when it was released to the public, it sent people buzzing. Theorists said that the "face" was made by aliens but NASA disagred.
After the Viking photos, NASA made getting better photographs of the face a priority. In April of 1998, the Mars Global Surveyer (MGS) reached Cydonia and got a picture of the face. "... snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking Photos." The photo then revealed that the face was no more than a natural landform. But, theorists said that there could have been markings that the Mars clouds blocked out. So in 2001, they attempted again with thier best resolution and once again found that it was just a natural structure.
I can see why theorists would say the face was made by aliens because it was really life like and acurate to a human face.
They discovered that it looked a lot like a mesa or a butte. Jim Garvin expllains that, "It reminds me of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." and "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."
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How would a person feel if they could drive places without actually driving? Seems insane, but as in the passage "Driverless Cars are Coming," it possibly could happen soon. People need to have driverless cars. Here are some reasons why.
First off, people need to have driverless cars because it is proven to be safe. As said in the passage, "Their cars have driven more than half a million times without a crash.." Over the past few years there has been over a billion car wrecks causing injuries or worse, death. Driverless cars can decrease the stiutation, and there will be safer roads.
Second, people need to have driverless because it is the next big thing! In the passage, they talk about how a google cofounder, Sergey Brin, evinsions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. How relieving would it be to go places, especially at night, without worrying about the next car to get wrecked? Some people say that such cars will fundamentally change the world, as said in paragraph 1.
Some people may think that driverless cars would not be safe at all, and may cause more wrecks. Little do they know, driverless cars have a lot of sensors, such as a soecial touch sensor that makes sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. Driverless cars are not completely driverless, it will require human skills when needed, as said in paragraph 7. Driverless cars do not put people in danger.
In conclusion, people need to have driverless cars. It is safe, fun. and the next big thing. Although the driver may still have to drive, he/she do not have to drive the whole time, and will not have to worry so much. Are driverless cars the future? Or illegal? If a person is for driverless cars, they should speak up and be heard.
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The struggles in many peoples lives rely on time-related events such as work, school, and other priorities. These time limits have been built up through our transportation and the bumps that come with it. Traffic is an obvious limit on peoples time every day. However, if traffic was non-existent, how could these struggles be taken away? Simple, everybody gets to their destination without polluting the air or wasting time behind cars; walking or using a bike is the way to go. Avoiding the usage of cars has many positives such as, being free from time constraints with transportation, being more active, and being an avid "green" human that is saving the Earth.
Traffic is all around us, whether it be internet or transportation traffic. The usage of cars has limited job arrivals because of the time that should be taken to drive to the job site. Yet, job sites should be centered around the employees as cars should toned down in the first place. "... stores are placed a walk way, on a main street, rather than in malls in some distant highway." (Source #1), this quote directly supports and addresses a problem that has been prolonged for too long. Restaurants, sporting good stores, and shopping malls have all corralled themselved in areas that are too distant for consumers to readily access. With cars slimmed down in numbers, stores would be in place for the consumer and the employee.
"...millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital eerily devoid of traffic jams." (Source #3). When being are more active throughout the day, occurences such as this are allowed to happen much more often. A day free of cars in Bogota left streets almost completely traffic free which in turn reduced smog and allowed for alternativ transportation.(Source #3). Cars allow us to ride through hundreds of miles with just the use of a few muscles. Running just 1 mile burns hundreds of calories and gets people feeling good. When people are fit and healthy, they feel better about themselves and have more confidence. The limitation of cars would allow this feeling to arise in thousands of people. People felt so good, they let nothing stop them; "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating," (Source #3).
Saving the Earth is extremely important and many people are aware of that. However, very few of those people take action. This is primarily because of the way our daily lives are ran. Work is a necessity to support for one's own and their families, so getting to work, whether by car or by bus, is something that will not stop. However, the alternatives of tranportation allow us to reach that goal without using gas-emitting cars or buses. Bikes and even hybrid cars are now rising up in today's society; "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009". (Source #4). Young people have a strong influence on society and if they worry less about the car that they are driving or even driving at all, then there is certainly something going on. Cities are now also taking part in this action, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city... Congestion was down 60 percent in the captial of France..." (Source #2). A simple temporary ban can not only change the mind of an individuals view on using other alternatives for tranportation, but also allow them to experience those alternatives.
The consequences that cars toll people with today are greatly weighing on an individuals daily life. They have their schedule built around their car and are constantly being time constrained because of it. The effect greenhouse gases have on the Earth is huge and has not stopped. In order to help the Earth in this parituclar topic, this action would be miraculous. Not only do many people become lazy and very unhealthy because of cars, but they also take for granted what they can do without them. Hiking and other activities are missed out on the daily because of these vehicles. Many people can accomplish new goals and set new goals if it were not for certain transportation methods.
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This articall is about the planet Venus a nabor to eath but yet millions of miles away. One may think this planet is not much different from earth but it is very different. Venus is closer to the sun so the suface tepertur is some times over 800 degres Fahrenheit. this is where the problems come in and hanestly makes it harder to bealeve it is posible to explore Venus.
In the artical the author sounds very confident about this exploration but the conditions seem to risky and how are they 100% shore about these thiges anyway. In the artical it states "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, teperatures would be around 170 degrees but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth". I mean how can you tell they temperature of a planet that far away and even more know how hot it will be at different altitodes.
What it all come down to is the author did not give enough evidance or they did not prove it. They just gave us some numbers that we did nit even know where they came from. And they use the word "about" in the quote in my second paragraph. I don't know about you but we probubly should not be voying peoples lives on the word about.
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Dear, Senator PROPER_NAME
My name is PROPER_NAME and i am attending SCHOOL_NAME in LOCATION_NAME.
I have recently been learning about the electoral college. i have been learning alot about it, actually, and i have to say. the electoral college sounds like a really bad idea!
First off, swing states? that sounds completely unfair. sure its good for states like Texas, California, and New york. but what of the smaller states like Montana, or Maine, or Wyoming even? they deserve as much of a voice as the others.
Also, this is presidency here, not what game we should play in Gym! majority vote makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever. I mean come on, we are deciding the next LEADER of our country! Again. everyones wishes should be accounted for.
Now im not saying that popular vote is perfect either but it sure beats the college. there are too many variables for the college. too many areas where something can go wrong. If something gets tied then they just throw the vote to the house of represenitives. I think if there is a tie that it should result in a re-election. But thats probably just me (personally i think it should be like the hunger games).
Well thats really all I have to say. I hope you read this letter and maybe you can send it to your superiors or whoever it is you work for to get my letter read by the President. And see if we can fix this problem here.
Yours Truly,
PROPER_NAME
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This Face is a natural landform. It's probably just an old hill covered in dirt or dust. There are hills on Earth that are probably shaped like this. It just has holes in the hill that makes it look like a human face.
This Face is a hill. It just so happens that it is in the shape of a human face. If you look very closely, there are holes, or craters, in the face. I do see why you would think that it's made by aliens. There are other things on Mars that people think are built by aliens, such as pyramids.
It kind of reminds me of pyramids that the Egyptains built. There are pyramids on Mars and there is proof of that. Yes, aliens COULD have built this, but I don't think so. There have been sightings of "aliens" on Earth, but this does not mean that aliens built this. Do you have proof that aliens built this? No; there is no proof that aliens built this. If they did, you would have to find some kind of evidence that they did. I do myself believe in aliens, but that doesn't mean they built this face.
I know I have said it a lot, but this face is a natural landform. It is simply a hill or something in the shape of a hill. People find all kinds of things like this. I myself is very intersted in these kinds of things (aliens and such) and yet I think that it is just a simple hill covered in dust that just so happens to be in the shape of a face. There are probably hills on the Earth that are in the shape of a face. It is just a natural landform. There are natural landforms on the Earth that are shaped like this.
If this face was built like aliens, where is your proof? You have none? That's what I thought. It is seriously nothing other than a hill, covered in dirt, in a shape of a face.
Therefore, this Face is a natural landform. It is just a hill covered in dirt or dust in the shape of a face. People are very fasinated by this. Some think it's an acient thing built by alines; however, it is not. It is a hill that has holes that make it look like a human face. If this was a an acient thing buitl by aleins, there would be proof.
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"Join the Seagoing Coboys program" I yell.
A guy walks up to me and says "Why would I want to Join?' he asks.
"Well you can see many places in the world from a boat out at sea. You also help animals get transported safely to and from countrys around the world."
" I think you would like this job if you like animals, and if you are a farmer because the animals are farm animals and farmers know a lot about them,"
"I was working at a bank and a groccery store and my friend Don had invited me to do this job and I accepted it becasue I knew it would be a opportunity of a life time."
"why would I want to this job... I am not a farmer and I don't like animals that much?" said the guy.
"Well do you like being on boats?"
I have never been on a boat." said the guy "you should take the job the because there are so many things you get to see and if you have never been on a boat befor e it would be fun i love doing it." I say.
"What do the boats look like?"
he asked. "Well they are really big." I say.
"how big" he asked
"Um... [I couldn't find the right sized thing] lets say about the size of the base of that building over there." "WOW, that's big" he said in exitement. I could see he wanted to do the job and then he didn't. "So do you want to join the program?" I ask. "Sure I just want to ask one last question... do we get breakfast, lunch, and dinner breaks?" "Well yes we need meals to do all the work on the boat so yes."
I take the next guy who wanted to join. "Hi" I said "whats your name?" "Paul" he responded with "Hey Paul how you doing, oh yea I forgot I am Luke, Luke Bombomberger?"
I asked. "Good." he responded. "So, do you want to join the Seagoing Coboys program?" I ask "I think so, but I do have a couple conserns." he said.
"Great what are they?" I ask. 'Well i want to know if I get to see my family often?" he asked "You will get to see your family once a month is that ok?" I ask. "I Guess so."
"what of your other conserns?" "well I guess I only had one so, i'll sign up." "Thanks for coming" I say just as he walked out the door"
"Hello" i say to the next person. "Hi" he said in a grumpy voice.
"Do you want to sign up?"
"NO my mom jsut told me to come and look for a job and said I might like this one but i hate boats,and i also hate animals goodbye!" "wow that guy was rude." I say. i was done for the day talking and agruging with people "bye."
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Driverless cars can be dangerous to use for many reasons. I am against driverless cars for many reasons. The driver of the car might not be alert when they need to be, the car could cause a crash, Also it could do the wrong thing at the wrong time. Theres many more reasons but those are the main ones.
When driving a driverless car the driver of the car must be alert at all times. If the driver feel asleep behind the wheel thinking its okay because the car drives itself something bad could happen. Some people are heavy sleepers and might not wake up if the seat just vibrate and that can cause a serious car crash. Also if someone is paying attention to something else like their phones or maybe children in the back seat something can easily happen when it is the drivers turn to drive and they aren't paying attention to the road or whats going on becuase they depend on the car to do everything.
Another reason why driverless cars are dangerous is because it could cause a crash. If the car isn't alert when it's sudden road changes or if something instantly happen like a crash infront of it then thedriverles car could crash along with it. Also if its construction work and the car doesnt know about it the car might just take the wrong turn or go where its not supposed to go because it didnt know the sudden change of whats going on. Also if the driver is expecting the car to kow what to do the driver might react late to the sudden changes and the car might just drive off the road or somewhere its not supposed to be. Also if the traffic laws change and the car doesnt know it could run into another car and do something that could hurt the driver and other passengers.
The last reason driverless cars are dangerous is because it could do the wrong thing at the wrong time. Lets say something happens to the car or the cameras on it or radar gets damaged and now the car can't tell the difference between the yellow or green light. The car could easily speed up when it's time to slow down and cause a crash with another car. The driverless car also might not know whats going on when people are at stop signs. It could be the other persons right away and the car might go and cause a crash to happen.Also someone could push the brake and the car probaly thinks it should keep going to it might and cause a serious car crash.
That's the main reasons why driverless cars are dangerous. They can cause something bad to happen, Th driver of the car might not be alert when they need to be and the car could do the wrong thing at the wrong time. All these reasons could lead to a car crash which could cause the people in the car to die. Thats why I am agaisnt driverledd cars.
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Driverless cars can still be dagerous because it still needs to be more advance in technogly. It still needs more to be safe. Theres a lot more to be checked for the car to drive itself. Cars are not yet ready to perform to drive itself or you being in the car controlling it.
The cars should have more sensors to be safer in the roads. And lot more smarter, it has to have a lot of control when driving in the high speed roads. Driverless cars has to have immedantly brakes and if it doesnt it may cause some serious damage to the car. May cause an accident.
Why you have to be in the car if you are not driving. If your going away for a long trip you should be driving instead of the car itself driving. Driverless car can miss under stand signals or stop working. The sensors can cause problems to it. It can be risky for the car driving you where you want to go.
If your in the car by your self and going for a long trip it would be boring. You would fall asleep easily and when your not paying attention and the car driving itself can cause some serious problems. Think about you falling asleep and up ahead a sign says constructions workers up ahead and the car alerts you and you still asleep you may cause a accident.
Waiting on the law should be another 5 to 10 years to check all driverless cars can do great in the roads.
And all states should agree take more time. Driverless cars technogly is risky because you so use to driving youself and now they think that their company of their cars are ready. And when passengers and pedestrians get in an accident cause of the technogly who fault is it?
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Imagine a world where you get out of bed. Fix your self or your child something to eat, Get ready and walk out of the door. Only not to a car that you youself will be drivin, but a car that will drive you any where you want it too.
The problem that I have with driverless cars is, that I believe it's another way for humans to be lazy. In todays world we have machines to vacum our floor, and wash our dishes. Now we want cars to drive us places? The world is getting lazy. America is one of the countries with the highest obesity rate, now driving a car has nothing to do with your weight, but it has something to do with your mind. When driving a car you have to be alert. Not only for yourself but for others around you. When I drive my mother always tells me to watch myself and the people around me, because you may be paying attention, but others might not be. When growing up getting and driving a car at 16 is almost every teenagers dream, but how will the future teenagers of the world get that experience if we have driverless vehicles? When I got my license it was a feeling of accomplishment. I had read that long drivers manual forover a month and when I took both of those test I was ready, but with a driverless car will a person even get that feelling? Will they even need a license or even a car of their own?
Now I get what the article says about driverless cars use less fuel than a normal one, and "Driving fun in a new way".
Having a driverless car would be pretty cool. Getting into a car and typing in where you want to go and the car just taking you there. Or just telling it what to do due to voice actiivation. But, is driving suppose to be fun? Or a way to get to one place or another. If driving was fun it wouldn't be safe. People would be drag racing throughout the city causing chaos and getting into serious damage.
Moving into a world where technology is becoming more and more relevant is good, but driverless cars..Not so much. It was very innovative,and futuristic, but in my opinion a waste of money, time, and space.
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Many people in the world today think that cars and driving everywhere is a necessity; however, many people feel that owning a car is "impractical (and) undesirabe." (paragraph 43) There are many advantages to having cars, but there are also many more advantages to not using cars wherever people go. Some advatages include conserving resources, making people have a little more money in their pocket and it also improves safety in many suburban cities.
In the world today, a major problem that still exsists is greenhouse gases. Cars emit a lot of gas that isn't good for the enviroment. In the first source, it says that people living in cities "is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes... passanger cars are responsible for 12 percent...in Europe...and up to 50 percent... in the United States."(paragraph 5) Exports mean to say that it is better for people to live in cities so they don't have to drive everywhere. This means that the more people that live in cities, the less gas goes into the air. In Paris, the city issued a ban for driving to try and reduce the smog. The second source says that "congestion was down to 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." (paragraph 14) Only after five days of the no driving ban, more than half of the smog was gone in Paris. It also says that the amount of smog was almost as polluted at the city of Beijing, China, which is the most polluted city in the world. Bogota also did the same thing. They have an event called "A Day Without Cars." Participant Carlos Arturo Plaza says it is a good way "to take away stress and lower air pollution."(paragraph 24) They also got other cities, and even other countries, to follow suit and join the event. America faces the same problem as Paris; too many greenhouse gases are being put into the atmosphere. President Obama has a goal that he wasnts to achieve and that is to try and make the enviroment healthy. The last article says that driving less "will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants."(paragraph 34) This implies that the amount of gases let into the air will be reduced. If peolpe didn't drive as much from place to place, the world would be a happier, healthier place.
Apart from the fact that cars give of gas, not driving everwhere also means people save more money. In Vauban, Germany, nobody has any cars, they walk or bike to wherever they need to go. "Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the egde of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home."(paragraph 2) People would be more inclined to not getting a car rather than spend an extra 40 grand on top of getting a house for a parking space. Also, in Paris, a fine was issued for people who drove their cars during the car ban. The second article says "even-number license plastes were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine.."(paragraph 11) If people didn't drive their cars around when they weren't supposed to, they would still have the 22 euros they lost. The same type of fine was issued in Bogota, Columbia. If people drove their cars on "A Day Without Cars", then they would have to face a $25 fine. However, in the United States, "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."(paragraph 29) Without having to pay for a car or gas money, Americans are saving way more money they had been when they first got a car. Wit people not having to worry about payments or gas prices, they have more money in their wallet.
Not only does not driving save money and reduce gas, it also improves cities and people's lives. Heidrun Walter, a German media trainer, says that "when (she) had a car, (she) was always tense. (She's) much happier this way." (paragraph 3) She likes not having to drive everywhere, it makes her feel more calm and less tense. It's not only changing peoples lives, but it's changing the cities. Cities are attempting "to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with eless space for parking."(paragraph 6) Cities are changing their apperance in order to intice people into driving less and walking or biking more. They intend to make the stores closer together rather than having to drive across the highway to get to the next store. Also in Bogota, there has been a "cunstruction of 118 miles of bicycle paths" and "parks and sports centers...have bloomed throughout the city."(paragraphs 27&28) With more people walking, the city wants to make the outside apperance different and more appealing than what it looked like before people just used cars. Not driving is not only good for personal well being, but for the a city's well being.
There are many advantages to driving cars, such as saving time and getting to places faster but, not driving cars is way better in the long run because of a better enviroment, saving money and better cities and personal health.
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I will be giving you guys an essay of why you should join the program.
you should join the program because it is fun to ride a cattle boat. And you get good deeds if you help people. It is a big adventure. And you should join it because you do a lot of activities.
For example the text states that "The cattle boat trips were an unbielivable oppurtunity for smal-town boy. The text also states that "The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed.
Some people think that people shouldn't join it. They think that it is a dumb program. They even think it is not an adventure. I think they are wrong and a lot of people like Luke think that it is not dumb and that it is an adventure.
Hopefully you injoyed my essay and want to join the program to.
I gave you guys some details why you should join it. And i showed some examples of people that think you shouldn't join it. Hopefully you guys are on my side.
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Explore the unknown planet Venus with smartness and work. Venus is a worthy pursuit of studying where it have values of discovering new knowledge and the finding more about the planet itself. Scientist could discover the difference between our planet and other planets by atmosphere, geographic, time and speed. That is why Venus is a great challenge to us for humans to study.
First, in the text, Venus often referred as Earth's twin since Astronomers thought that Venus used to be a planet with many different life forms. The planet have suface of rocky sediment similar to our valleys, mountains, and craters. The planet might be a survivable place for humans but, not in a good environment.
The second reason, it is a diffcult challenge. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Venus's thick atmosphere have almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that human can not breath it. They have limited time to breath if they are on planet Venus. It have atmospheic pressure that is ninety times greater than planet Earth. And that's not the only problem, the text say that, "Even more challengeing are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." These condition are more dangerous than other human could ever encouter on Earth but, the worth of discovery is an enormous value for better technology.
The third is that researchers could come up with new better technology that can survive longer in worst condition. One of them is computers from modern time, since, they are "enormously power, flexible, and quick." And the other is using a material made for electronics named silicon carbide since silicon can survive on Venus's surface for three weeks. Humans can actually survive on planet Venus but not for very long time.
Discovering new knowledge with studies of Venus can lead us with equal thought of mind.
This proves that this have some value from going through dangerous challenge and hardwork. New ways for better survival is a worth to accept. Be always up on your challenge for new discovery.
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I think people should join the program becuase it can be a life changing experience, in parargh 5
Luke says it opend a world to him, he also says that he is grateful for the opertunity that he has. Being in something can make you feel better about yourself because you would have a lot of oppertunitys like making new friends, or being something thast you can call yourself a team in. In the program you also get to have a lot of fun you can do a lot of thing insted of just doing one, people like to hang out and play sports and just hang out and have fun. You get to go on the most adventurous journeys. When you are a Seagoing Cowboy You get to do a lot of trips by yourself or with other people and it is just a good oppertunity that someone would have. Some cowboys even travle and go over seas. This program is something everybody should be in because you never know maybe along the way a good oppertunity comes along. The program can also give people courage, because if they are scared of maybe being with people they could learn to build up strenght. Not everyone will agree about joining the program and that fine, all that matters id that poeple who care will be joining. People can become something of themselves and they would aslo be proud for doing and accomplishing something. Being a cowboy can also make you be a good role modle and also many kids could look uo to you and also they could be one some day to all because they saw hiow it could change someones life. This is why i think this progra can help a lot of people, i have supported my claim and gave many reasons. So this is why many people should join the program.
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In the future your grandkids and great grandkids will not have drive cars because they will most likely drive themselves. They won't have to learn to get there permits or pass driving school to get there liscenses the cars drive themselves and, will have no need for a human to control the steering wheel, and the skill of learning how drive and understanding what freedom comes with being able to drive will be lost.
Cars that can drive themselves are a very bright idea, but they take away a the freedom that comes with getting your liscences, and learning the ablitily of driving. Having cars that drive without humans can mean more accidients if the cars can not account for traffic jams, other accidents, roadwork, and a work or school zone. How will these cars know when people are crossing the road or know how fast the speed limit is for that area.
Learing how to drive is an important skill for teenagers and young adults to learn, because they don't just learn how to drive they also learn responiblity to pay for the gas and insurance bills. They start learing to take care of themselves so when they get in to the real world they don't have to rely on their parents to keep paying for everything they need.
What will these cars be powered by? Will they be powered by a gas engine, a diesel engine, battery powered, or a gas eninge and a battery powered engine combination. What would the price to buy one these cars be, would it be low enough where the average employee can afford to buy it or will it only be were only the richer people can afford to buy them. Are these cars going to be allowed by every state and what laws would be inplaced for these cars incase of an accidient were to happen on the highway.
Therefore, These cars are a good idea but shouldn't be used because they take away learning responsibilty and everyone needs to learn that skill so they can surive in the real world after they graduate from either highschool or college. We don't even know if these cars would be afordable for the average female or male employee, or where you could buy these cars at.
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This could be a big problem because humans can't always realie on the technology, because what if there comes to a point where the car doesn't alert the driver on time and the driver cause an accident. Than that would be the problem of the car and to the person who made it. Just if this keeps happening then this is a problem that the manufacture has to solve on how to make it actually work. Otherwise they could be in big problems. Another point could be the electric car goes off limts and gets pull over becaue the guy didn't know it was going that speed, because the driver is going to have confidence on the car and not himself.
This is a problem where humans can't control technology. There is a lot of bad things out there in technology where people can't figure out how to stop it. People build there own creation and not knowing how to stop it either. How are these makers are sure that the car will alert the driver on time. What if there car company that make
these electric cars doesn't work and keeps causing accidents who is there to blame the driver or the electric car that didn't alert the driver in time. Its diffently going to be the electirc car and also going to blame the person who sold the car and where it came from.
If now days people reliae on technology and find everything from technology and not finding it themselves; than that means that the driver in that car is going to feel soo comfortable riding because he is going to realiae more on the car and not pay attention on the road. The driver is going to feel like the car is going to do everything for him. Thats the problem we have with humanity is that we realiea on the technology and not on ourselves. That why i think that having these cars could cause trouble and could also lead to injuries or even death.
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I think that driveless cars should not be allowed in the U.S becuse, they can be a danger to the citicens, or people on this planet or they might start messing up and might cost a lot of money to repair.
First I think that driveless cars should not be allowed because they can be a danger to the people of america, they can develop a mind of their own or they ,ight cost too much money to fix or mechanics may not be able to fix them, they weren't trained to do those type of cars.
Another reason, is that companies might stp making that much gas because we would have robotic cars and they might not run on gas so companies might not make that much money so they might slow down on producing gas and it would just cause a lot of problems.
Also, why driveless cars should not be allowed is because what if thr robotic driver and a human get into a car accident the judge or whoever is handlling the case wouldnt know who to believe so probably the human would be at fault most likely.
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The "Face on Mars" is just a natural landform. There is no civilization on Mars. What made you think that there was a face on Mars was the shadows being casted on the landform. We have many of these landforms on Earth.
Nasa took the picture of the landform and wanted to attract attention to Mars. According to the story, Nasa unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illustion of eyes, nose, and a mouth."
The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars, and it did. (Paragraph 3 and 4)
Nasa wanted to show that there was no face on Mars. Nasa took another shot of the face. They felt that is was important to taxpayers. On April 5, 1998 Michael Malin and his MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. The image first appered on a JPL web site, revealing a natural landform not an alien monument. (Paragraph 6 and 7)
Another fact is that we have many landforms like this in the United States. The story states that, on April 8, 2001 Mars Global Survetor drew close enough for a second look. What the picture shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin, " That's a lava dome that takes the form of a isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." (Paragraph 10 and 12)
Many people took the Face on Mars too far. People made the "Face on Mars" in movies, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and it even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. Some people thought that Nasa was hiding evidence that there is life on Mars. Nasa would have wanted people to know if there was life on Mars, because Nasa's budget has been cut.
This is why the "Face on Mars"
is only just a landform with shadows on it that makes it look like a face. People have just taken the situation a little too far. There still could be a chance that there is a life form on Mars, but for know we know that the "Face on Mars" is just a landform.
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Driveless cars should indeed be the next big thing. Having a driveless taxi service will be even better for people who can't afford a stable transportaion everyday. Starting off the cars may not be as safe but things will progess to get better to where you can trust your child being in a driveless car. Having these cars will make streets more busier but it will help everybody get to where they need to be at a certain time. We are expecting to run out of oil in the next 30 years so trying to find a solution now is something that needs to be done now. Cars are something we use everyday in the world, we will not be albe to use them is we have no oil so trying to find more better and less expensive ways are better. Having a driveless car saves tons of many with not having to buy all of the time.
Cars will forever be needed all around the world for everyday use, rather its with oil or not we will forever need them. This was will be a very good way to continuing on to have cars and getting place to place. With technology being so good now, we can make a very safe drivless car that will attract everyones attention to switch over to a driveless car. Not only will we not have to spend tons on gas there will also be less air pollution and that is something we need because air pollution is just going to continue on getting worse if we do not try to stop it now before it gets to hard for us human and also animals to breath than that will bring many health problems which leads on to death for humans and animals. If us humans lose our animals that us losing everything to where it won't be any man kind left here on Earth. One tiny mistake could hurt everything, maybe driveless cars don't sound safe but you can only find out if you try them out. Everything happens for a reason so maybe this is for the good and we have to get poeple to understand all of the postiv ethings that a driveless car has to offer to people. Letting people know the pros and cons will change people minds knowing that the pros outweigh the cons.
There is both good and bad things that can result of of this but we will never know until perople test it out. Driveless cars are something that us as humans have to work on together to make it come true. Viewing it as a postive thing will be a good way on making this come true. Be more open-minded sometimes we as people have to take risk to see what the results are. Driveless cars will be a very good way for people to get transport.
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Driveless cars are not safe enough yet to be on the roads. First, there are no completly driveless cars yet just cars that assisit. There are too many problems driveless cars could bring up with the law. There are too many saftey issues that could happen with driveless cars. So, are driveless cars really coming?
As of today there are no completly driveless cars out. There are only cars that can assist with driving. It will be awhile before driveless cars are out on the roads. Even cars that are just assisting are not safe. Assisting cars are very limited in assisting for saftey reasons.
What happens if a driveless car gets into an accident, is it the dirvers fault or the manufacter? This could bring up many legal problems. There would be many lawsuits against the manufacturing companies. Also, the laws would have to change for driveless cars.
A lot of people would assume that their car is in control, so most likley many of them would not pay attention to the road. Many accidents would happen this way. Putting cameras in cars to asssure that people are paying attention to the road would be an invasion of privacy.
Driveless cars may be a thing of the future. Driveless cars are not a thing of today. Too many legal issues would arise. Driveless cars bring too many saftey issues. No, driveless cars will not be coming anytime soon.
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Imagine having to worry less about being to tired while driving, not having to take your kids everywhere, not having to wake up really early to go to work for a really long drive, or not having to worry about your child being endanger when they get there liscense. Well guess what driveless cars are coming and they are a lot safer then what most people think.
Driveless cars can be helpful to evryone in there everyday life. You wouldn't have to worry about wasting so much money on gas. Gas prices arent always gonna keep getting lower and lowere like they now are they are gonna shoot up i the future once again. Imagine how many people's lifes can be saved from all the wrecks that happen annually around the world and you wouldnt have to worry about people driving under the influence anymore. If driveless cars are in our near future more lifes will be saved you wouldn't have to put your kids who are new at driving at a risk of getting hurt. You also wouldn't have to wake up so early and drive while your half asleep that can stop people from being in an accident. You also probably wouldn't have to worry about any traffic stops or any speeding tickets, so those cops can finially leave you alone.
Wheather you like it or not driverless cars are coming. They can save so many lifes and you wouldnt have to worry about so many things when you are driving, there would be a lot less more accidents and a lot less drunk driving and texting and driving incidents. They also save a lot of gas, so why dont you come aboard onto the driverless cars train.
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In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a wothy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Exploring the solar system is one of the most fascinating things to explore. Finding places that will inhabit life other than just earth is something that presents some challenges. Is putting life in danger worth exploring Venus? The author supports his idea by naming the consequences, telling us how we could benefit from exploring Venus, and giving scientific reasearch.
The human mind is filled with curiosity. The idea of living on another planted is exciting to some, but to others it seems too dangerous for exploration. The author states, in paragraph two, "No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." If a spcecraft cannot survive more than a few hours on Venus, then how can I human live of Venus? The author also states, in paragraph three, "Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." These details from the text show just how dangerous it could be to explore Venus at a closer look. The author does present all of the dangers of exploring Venus. Is curiosity worth putting lives in danger?
The author gives some supporting evidence as to how we could benefit from exploring Venus. The author states, in paragraph eight, "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 questions about Venus would be answered by getting a closer look. The author also states, In paragraphs six and seven, "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." Scientists are creating new and improved technology and spacecraft that we are benefitting from. The safety of traveling to Venus is being improved. The research that will be done on Venus will help us to grow more knowledgeable bout the solar system and the planets around us. Learning more about a planet that could inhabit life is beneficial to us.
We need to get a closer look at Venus to aid our scientific research. The author states, in pragraph six, "More importantly, researchers cannot take sample of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." We will never know if we can live on Venus unless scientific studies are done.
Exploring Venus will be dangerous even if we can improve our technology and spacecraft. Our curiosity is what will drive us to explore beyond our fears. The author gave reliable reasons and research as to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite all its dangers. We should exoplore what is close to us. After all, "Venus is the second planet from our sun." (paragraph one).
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Dear senator,
I am in favor of getting rid of the Electoral College. First of all, even if a candidate wins the most popular votes, they could still lose the election, which is not fair. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind that we have now. The Electoral college is confusing to many, and voters can even get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.
Also, there could always be a tie in the electoral vote. If that were to happen then the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where people in the state would decide on the president. The electoral college is unfair to voters. Candidates spend time on "swing" states and not on the states that they have no chance of winning. According to the Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong article, the electoral college is "unfair, outdated, and irrational."
In conclusion, the electoral college should be abolished. It is confusing, unfair, irrational, and the many people want it to change. The voting process should depend on the voice of the people, but with the electoral college, some of these voices have been taken.
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Some may say right now, at the start of 2015, the whole world is at a peak for technology, cars, and advancements. Some are saying differently. In this day and age, many countries, also can't afford any more pollution than they already have, due to how many vehicles there are on the road. Some cities have even stopped using cars all together, and have been very sucessful. All of these reasons help further prove the point of how limiting car usage could really be an advantage in today's society.
Are the peak of vehicles in the United States over? In the past, people predicted flying cars for 2015, but no one predicted a downfall in vehicles all together. Elisabeth Rosenthal states, "the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily after... As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the contry was in January 1995." So overall, less driving seems to becoming a trend.
Pollution caused by the gas of cars is a huge issue in today's society. Some cities are finally taking action. "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" (Robert Duffer). Few may argue with this, saying that these sort of bans are not fair, delvery companies aren't able to work, or a some may argue about the fine of 31 dollars you're charged if your vehicle is on the road is riduculous. But, "the smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling french party to rescind the ban"(Robert Duffer).
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Many cars haven't been use in different countries , some cars have just been ban for cerain reasons. Many says its from reason of pollutionin the air of the streets of paris. There have been many others some streets in the area are not allowing cars in the zone so they are car free zone. The smog made many affects towards the area , it created bike paths , side walks replacement. Diesel gas vehicles made the most polluted smog in each area
Car ownerships have been making a big deal about large parking garages for the development which also comes with a home for $40,000. French and swiss borders Vauban's streets are completely car free zones. More then about 70% percent of the Vauban's families do not own cars. Which also leads to 57% percent of them sold a car to move into the local area. Most of the women and children use bicycle to travel around the area to get to place to place. The sitiuation got so bad that 12% percent of the passengers cars were responsible for greenhouse gas emission in Europe. And 50% percent of some car intensive areas in the united states. Many people tried to make an effort for the past two decades to make the cities denser.
Developments have started to change since world war II , David goldbreg made efforts for the transportation for america amd fast growing coalition of hundreds of groups. In New york suburbs with out spread out homes and private garages were the dreams town of the 1950's and still exert a strong appeals. Why did paris ban driving ? after days of the pollution recorded nears to high rates to a danger zone. The pollution causes motorists to leave their automobile at home or get fined 22 euro ($31),many reports were saying almost 4,000 drivers have been fine because they chose to drive their cars. The smog congestion was down to 60% percent because beijing,china was one of the biggest cities with most polluted cities in the world.
Diesel fuel was one of the worst ways to travel around with ,because it causes alot more pollution,diesel makes up to 67% percent of vehicles in france compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western europe according to reuters. The smog created a car free day , the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in this capital ofcity of seven million. Many violaters faced a $25 fines, municipal authorities from others countries came to bogota , improvements campaign in the mid 1990's. The smog also created a 118 mile paths for most latin american city according to Mockus,the city mayor. Some sidewalks have been replaced by broad .\, smooth sidewalks, rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.
President Obama ambitious goals to curb the united states greenhouse gas emissions unveiled. America adjusted the population growth, the number of driven miles in the united states peaked in 2005 anmnd dropped steadily. By the many measures the decrease preceded the downturn and appear to be persisting now that will be recovered under way. Over the years driving has been decreasing because of the polluted areas in other countries. But many citizens refused to ride bike or take buses for transportation. So the causes has everyone to end of the car culture.
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This new technology could possibly be valuable to students in a classroom.
It's different, it could possibly help students, and it can change a direction in school period.
As a student its easy to get bored in class, even when we're on our computers, as stated in paragraph 6, "..if you smile when a web ad appears on screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." That doesn't only help at school but anywhere, because we hate ads, also stated in paragraph 6, Dr. Huange says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This is can be a big time help to students in school.
Another way this can help students is by possibly making them get to know new friends. If two or more students found alot of things in common they thought no one else would, or they never expected that person to like the same thing they like, it could possibly make new and unlikely friendships.
Propponents may say people can easily put on false emotions, such as a "false smile" but in paragraph 8 it states, "..muscles called obricularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscel clues are sometimes used to spot a "smiling" politician or celebrity [that] isn't being truthful."
Overall this can be a major change in direction for students and schools, and maybe even the world, this technology is new, different, and before its time.
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How the author supports this idea is that he states from the text " strivivng to meet the challenge presented by venus has vlue, only becuause of the insight to be fained on the plante itslef, but aslo because human cuiosity will likely lead us intoo many equally intimdating endeavors our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by danger and doubts but should be expanded too meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." There in his statement he supports saying just becuase its dangers it shouldnt stop us from travels and the doubts shoud be expanded to meet the very edges of imaination and innovation. The author aslo listed the dangers about venus, he aslo compairs the thing that would happen in venus to thing that can be shown with a exampel on earth. Here is one of his exampel " just imagine a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capble of melting tin." Thats showes the venus is really hot. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study nenus, venus world allow the scientists to float abover the fray " imaging a blimp-like vehicl hovering 30 or so miles abovethe roiling vensian landsacape". that shows that its would be risky but it should not stop us from studing venus.
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The face on mars is just a natural landform because when NASA captured a face on mars the scientist had figured out that it was just another Martian mesa.in the passage paragraph 2 it states that "there must have been a degree of suprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when it appeared on the monitors".in
other words the scientist are saying that it is common enough around the planet.
in the passage paragraph 3 describes the picture on mars . they said that "it resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth."
some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars . "Although few scientist believed the face was an alien artifact Micheal Mailn and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times shrper than the original Viking photos."
in the
story it says that thousands of people anxious were waiting revealiong a natural landform. there was no alien momument at all."so if there were objects in the picture like airplanes,Egyptian - style pyramids or even a small shacks ,you could see what there are" said Malin.
What the picture actually shows is the martian equvalent of a butte or mesa thats the lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on mars .
inconclusion the face on mars is a natural landform because of the camera snapping,and researches.inconclusion the face on mars is a natural landform because of the site evedidence are researches and photos wiyh better technoligy that can be better than the Viking.
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The author supports the idea that studing Venus is a worthy persuit despite the danger is there's alot going on Venus which we dont know. Venus is close to the Earth , in short term we are neighbor becuause Venus is the closest planet to the Earth in term of density and size. If you to visting or landing in Venus you cant stay there for long, you can only stay for an hour becuase the author said in the text"since no spacecarft survived the landing for more than a a few hour" and also the reason Venus is almost same as Earth.There can also be danger in Venus just like Earth, we have alot of things happened.
Venus has 97% carbon dioxid and the temperature is also higher than Earrth.Venus has 90 times greater than we can experience here our own planet because those condition are far more than anything.What we have on Earth , Venus also has becuause Earth tiwn is Venus and we are close to.Venus is the hottest surface temperature of any out planet even though Mars is the cloest to the Sun.There's also ocean and rock at Venus and Venus also have weather and geology present, just like the Earth have.
In the text the author said "just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin" what the author trying to say is , if you live at Venus then you will feel very hot and feel like your whole body is exposing. Venus is fully cover by large ocean and if you look it , you canonly see blue color.this planet has surface of rocky sediment and alot of familiar features, just like the Earth.
In conclusion venus can sometime our nearest option for a planetry visit, just in case if something happen to the Earth .Acorrding to the text" NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus". Many NASA worker study becuase electronic made of silicon carbide and electrionic is what we need the most at Earth.If we travel on Earth and beyond it shouldnt be danger because venus is mostly like Earth.
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Fellow citizens should know about the advantages of limiting car usage. It is less stressful and it saves money. It does not pollute the air as much and keeps the global healthier. Limiting the car usage helps a alot to the citizens and to the earth.
One advantage of limiting car usage is that it is less stressful and it helps you save money. From source 1, Hedirun Walter said " When I had a car I was always tense." In the community you could own a car but you were not allowed to park wherever you wanted. You had to park it in large garages and you have to buy space for $40,000 with a home. So most people didn't have cars but they were saving lots of money. 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold there cars to move to the community. Most of the people liked walking around the community or just taking the transportation they gave them. It peaceful and less traffic.
Another advantage is that it reduces pollution and also reduces global warming. From source 2, "After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." If they did not leave thier cars at home they would have to pay a fine, 22-euro ($31). After they have had the cars off the streets "Congestion was down 60 percent in the of france, after five-days of intensifying smog..." The cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer to trap car emissions. They also blamed the diesel fuel..."A tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vechicles in france, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines.."
From source 3, Colombia had a "car-free day" where all colombians hiked, biked, skated or took the transportion buses to work. For 3 years they have been doing this being they wanted to reuduce the smog. People who disobeyed had to pay $25 fines. " It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"said businessman Carlos Arthuro. Since people have started waliking or riding bicyles, they have improved the city by fixing the uneven sidewalks and making them smooth. Also since there is no traffic, " new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."
In conclusion, there are many advantages limiting car usage. It saves money, helps the enviroment and a human's health. Limiting the car usage teaches the citizens that we also have to car about the enviroment and that is it less dangerous.
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Imagine someone receiving a text that happens to be an emergency, but they are on the interstate and can not pull over to respond back to the text, that they have just received. This is the reason that driverless cars need to be released to the public more. Driverless cars have both postiive and negative attributes. However, these cars have more positive attributes than they have negative. Driverless cars are safe, reliable, and helpful for the passengers and other drivers.
Driverless cars can be really safe for the driver and the passengers within the driverless car and for others around them. According to the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming", "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." However these driverless cars are not completely driverless, there is a driver behind the wheel at all times, just in case if there is an accident or construction ahead so that the driver behind the wheel can take over the control, until they are past the interference.
Driverless cars can also be reliable and helpful for drivers. The cars drive themsleves for the most part, and the driver is supposed to be paying attention to the road at all times. However, they could receive a text or a call that might happen to be an emergency, so in turn they would be distracted. These cars could lower the deaths of texting drivers by a considerable number. Most everyone texts while they are driving even though some if not most of the states in the U.S. have laws against texting and driving. Many people disregard this law, and police do not stop these people that are texting while driving. The deaths and accidents are really bad in some states, so the state government have put laws in place so that drivers can not even be on there phone while the car is in operation. California is one of these states that has this law, and if drivers are caught driving while texting they can possibly get a huge fine. That is why driverless cars can be helpful and reliable for the drivers within these cars.
However these driverless cars also have some negative attributes. These cars could happen to be really expensive. Also according to the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming", "... in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars." There are many laws put in place so that these cars can not even be tested.
Driverless cars can be safe, reliable and helpful for the passengers and other drivers. These are the reasons that driverless cars should be used. The positive attributes out-weigh the negative attributes.
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Driverless cars seem like such a great idea to many people including myslef. There are many pro's to this but there are also many con's for driverless cars. Driverless cars appear to be the easiest way to get places for some people, but for others they would like to get to where they are going knowing they are safe because of their own driving.
There is way more to driverless cars than some people know about. Many people are thinking this is the safest way to go. Reading about driverless cars make me wonder if they are safe for any type of conditions because when you're driving somewhere far you never know what the weather will be like. In my opinion, these cars are not the best choice. Having these cars around means less people paying attention to the roads.
In this passage about driverless cars it says "Presently, traffic laws are written with thr assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." I completely agree with this statement because no one knows when the technology will fail. Even with regular cars, you never know when something will go out. And with these cars and the person "driving", not really paying attention, could end up in something very serious.
In the end, driverless cars are something that shouldnt become a big thing in the world. Although it may be easier, are you still safe? Buying a driverless car that some states won't allow companies to test drive doesn't seem like the greatest idea to me. Being alert to your surroundings and driving your own car is the safest way to go.
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Recently, in many countries around the world, there have been actions made towards the reduction or complete banishment of most automobiles in order to help advance society. In Paris, there was a law enacted forcing drivers to leave their cars at home every other day. A majority of the reasoning behind such a ban was the pollution that were constantly emitted into the atmosphere. This is not only accepted by the general public, but some even say that their stress was much lower than with automobiles in daily life.
The people who give up their vehicles to live in Vauban, Germany report having less stess than when they did use cars as daily transportation. As stated by Heidrun Walter, a media trainer who lives in Vauban, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." In this experimental surburban community, places to park a car are forbidden in most areas. They go as far as to rid of all driveways and parking lots in the community. This cerates more spaces or businesses to operate, causing all stores to be built closer to households. This in turn makes getting to and from places faster and safer. The people in Paris also prefer the decreased amount of vehicles during rush hour, which allieveates their stress tremendously when navigating the city. This has affected less major cities also, such as Bogota. Their annual car-free day has lead to the construction of over 118 miles of bicycle paths, which is the longest amount in any Latin country. Not only that, but other recreational activity centers have also emerged throughout the city, according the mayor of Bogota.
Pollution has had a large impact in large, car-intensified cities like Paris, which was, at some points, comparable to places with the most pollution. The smog eventually resided, but some aspects of the ban still remained. The cars there typically use diesel over gasoline due to tax policies that prefer it specifically. Thus, about two thirds of the vehicles in France prefer diesel engines, which are to blame for the smog that engulfed Paris. According the New York Times, Passenger cars in Europe are responsible for twelve percent of the total greenhouse emissions. The percentage in the United States is over four times that in some congested areas.
The cities of Paris, Vauban, and Bogota are few of the many global areas that have taken on the challenge of removing cars from their daily lives, which has benefited both their health and their environment. This is a part of the long-term shift in our societies' way of commuting from one place to another. The amount of people going to get driver licesnses has been on a decline since 2005 in the United States, and is projected the continue that path for a long time. In fact, there was a twenty three percent decrease in young poeple driving form 2001 to 2009. People are alreading seeing the benefits of decreasing the use of cars, and the amount of traffic is only going to keep decreasing. As a local businessman in Bogota said, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
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There are many ways of limiting car usage. Some advantages of limiting usage are people are much happier and safier, you dont have to hear the aggravating sounds of motors and tires screeching by, and air pollution is decreased majorly.
In the first passage, Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two children stated, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". By this she means she doesn't have to worry about her or her families safety as much, being on the road is a lot more dangerous than walking. Driving you can never tell when there's going to be an accident, everything just happens so fast. There is nothing you can do to prevent car wrecks from happening. You may do everyting in your power to be a safe driver but there will always be other people on the road not paying attention and cause a crash that you can't prevent. Walking where you need to go is the safest way to get around. You don't have to worry about car crashes or worrying over your families safety.
Another example of the advantages of limting car usage in passage one is, not hearing the screeching sound of car motors or tires flying by. Instead of hearing the familiar sounds of cars passing by you hear the joyful sound of children wandering around or riding their bicycles. People find it more calming to hear the sound of a child enjoying themselves instead of hearing the roaring and deafing sound of vehicles going by. When people are at home trying to relax they do not want to hear loud noises through their neighborhood. That's suppose to be their winding down time to escape from everything. Without vehicles people would be a lot more calmer, and relaxed.
The last example came from the second passage. It states that there is a major decrease in air pollution in Paris as they enoforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. One day they ordered people with even-number license plates to leave their cars parked or suffer having to pay a fine. In the text it states that, "Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and Twenty-seven people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine." With this being done congestion was down sixty percent in the capitol of France. By them taking control they reduced the amount of air pollution in Paris.
By limiting the usage of vehicles we make people a lot happier and safeir, you don't hear the annoying sounds of cars screeching by, and last but not least air pollution is decreased in a huge amount.
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The value for this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a bad idea. Because then we would be in there faces every day trying toget them to feel better and what if they don't want help.
An example i could use is the fact that what if they have a blank expression and the technology doen't work. Then what would happen if they're anrgy with you because you don't leave them alone. Also we don't need this technology to tell what is wrong with our friends, like whats it says in paragraph 5 it says "you can probably tell how a freind is feeling simply by the looking his or her face". And another thing we do not need the software to get in people faces with. Iust cause Dr. Huang can tell your facial expression by a certain way we smile doesn't mean his soft ware will always be right.
In conclusion I think this software is not a great idea to do any thing for the human enviorment. Because we are just fine without this software update.
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venus is our twin planet and it has a variety of interesting festures. the author provides us with plenty information of how we could explore mars.
although the conditions in venus are different
and far more dangerous than the ones on earth there are some ways we could still study the amazing planet of venus. NASA alredy started these expeditions. so far they have failed due to the conditions of the planet, but as the author said there are some ways we could still study the planet. he gives us ideas and tells us that some of the ideas are alredy in progress. like the silicon carbide electronics have been tested and proven to able to ast up to a week in places like venus with high temperatures. a week could be enough for us to bring a smaple from venus where we could study in our labs. also the idea of bringing back old computers made out of gears is good too because they could be made in a way where they can stand the environment venus has because of its properties. also the fact that an old invention like these computers could hepl us this far into the future compared to when they were made is fascinating and should be given a try.
the planet that once could have been another "earth" is worht studying, it could answer a lot of questions and bring some ideas to our world. like the author said "our travels on earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" he gave us enough ideas of why we should explore this planet. it will be a challenge but nothing we can't solve.
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Election after election, candidates are winning the popular vote but are losing the election. The U.S. is making a terrible decision on keeping the Electoral College. The Electoral College consist of 538 electors, but only need a vote of 270 electoral votes to elect a president. It would probably be best to elect a president with a popular vote to make the election fair.
When voters are voting for a president they are really voting for a slate of electors. The problem with the Electoral College is that they are not giving the U.S. citizens a chance to vote for who they want as president. In 2000, with the Gallup poll, Al Gore had won the popular vote, but had lost the election do to having over 60 percent of voters prefering a direct election. It is not fair to people that if the president they like is winning that the Electoral College can change the election by making a mistake on choosing the other candidate or take the majority vote and elect that president. In the 2000 campaign, seventeen states did not see one candidate at all. The Electoral College has been named "unfair, outdated, and irrational". As for Bob Dole (lost election do to the Elector College), he was correct for hiw words "Abolish the Electoral College.
The Electoral College is a anachronism(a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by the declaring the candidtate who recieves the most popular votes the winner). Even though it is true that the Electoral College elects the president, and not the people, the citezens would still want a word it electing the president. The parties selected are trusted to vote but they can make a mistake and nobody will know. In the Gore vs Bush in 1888, Gore had more popular votes than Bush, but Bush had a few more Electoral vote that Gore which made Bush win the election. Also in the Obama vs. Romney election in 2012, Obama got 61.7% of the Electoral College cpmparing it to the 51.3% of popular votes between him and Romney. Which Obama put the USA in to deep dept. By which almost all states were with the votes on a winner-takes-all basis.
The winner-take-all method is used when to focus the campaign on toss-up state. The voters in toss-up states pay more close attention to the election. In Florida in 2012 election, Obama had won the state with a 29 electoral vote. Just like in Wyoming with only 3 votes. About 1/2 of the eligle American population did vote in 2012. They are the people that wanted to express the political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. People can argue that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a canditate who has no hope of carrying their state which is unfair.
To add it off, the Electoral college can be quite unfair to an election. They are still going to make bad decisions on which person to elect. So I would want to change the Electoral College to a popular vote takes all.
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The face on Mars was actually landform on mars and not a face if you still don't believe me I'll tell you some facts. In 1976 viking 1 was snapping pictures so that viking 2 could land while doing that it snapped a picture of a landform that looked like a face. Many people thought that it was a face but it wasn't. In 1998 they took another pivture but this time it didn't look like a face it looked more like a landform on the ground. Many people thought that the landform was created by aliens many others thought that it was made just like land forms on earth.
People still thought thet they were made by aliens many other people disagreed on it until 2001 when they took the final picture and they saw that it was actually a landform Garvin said that it reminded he of snake river of Idaho.
So after that happened mny people saw the truth about the face on mars and completely forgot about it. Some people still believe and talk about it but maybe those people are just the scientists trying to find out if there is more land forms that look just like the onein 1976. Many people say that they might find another one and start the arguement that it's an alien artifact or that it's just a land mass this time. Many other people study about this things and think they find out the truth about ehy this landforms look like faces. Even though some people think there is life on mars some might be true and some of it might be fake. Some people think there is aliens but maybe in another galaxy.
Many people might still think that mars landform was a sign form aliens and saying that they exist personally I don't think there is aliens in mars or any other planet in our solar system. That was just my idea about it I don't think my statement could be true. Maybe smart kid like a nerd would say " scientists who are studying this kind of martian studies could get results of a real life alien that could be roaming around earth". That's what I would think a nerd would say or maybe he might just say it even smarter than I said it, but that is my opinion I would like to hear about more peoples opinions on the face on mars. Even though many other people will just argue over that it was a face but maybe the aliens destroyed it or just abducted it like they do in boring fake movies of aliens but that's my opinion not you if you don't agree with me it's fine with me.
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Can you see us having driverless cars in the future? I can see it but i'm not fully for it. There are many problems that would come with these type of cars. But I know it would be so awesome to have these in our future. It would be like a dream come true, it would be like a reality of the movie "Back to the Future".
It would immeditately affected everyone's life and to be honest, I don't even think most people would have the money for these "driverless" cars. It would also effect us politically, our environment, and also our economy. Most people probably think this would be a good thing and so did I but the whole process of it would absolutely be way too expensive. This is a life changing movement and I believe it will happen but probably not any time soon. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author said that they have cars probably as smart as they can get them but what about smart-roads? They would have to work on all roads all over the United States and how long do you think that would take? Think about it.
Manufacturers still havent even figured out the whole driverless part. You would still have to be alert and sometimes take over when pulling in and out of driveways or when going through complicated traffic issues. Like navigating through roadwork or accidents. But besides all the negative aspects of driverless cars, there are many positive things. It would be better and energyless when traveling from place to place. Google has cars that drive independently under certain circumstanes since 2009. Their cars are said to have driven more than half a million miles without a crash but still aren't truly driverless.
"Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of drivng in autopoilet 90 percent of the time" says the author of the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming". These cars seem like it would take a long time to be released based on laws and what not. But they might actually be worth it in the long run. Maybe after years of them being out and safe, everyone worldwide will have these surprising driverless cars. People might actually love them and think why couldn't they been out sooner. Maybe my opinion will change after the years. Who really knows what will happen, if this will turn into a disaster or will they become very successful and amazing.
Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have their driverless cars by 2020. Do you think its possible? yeah, i think not. Even though theres so many good things about these so called driverless cars, theres still so many problems that can affect us and the whole idea of these cars. We really don't know how safe they are or anything. There's so many things that have to change around us for this to even happen, such as laws and our environment. When these cars come out they will be very over priced for the average minimum wage worker. How do they think this will work? Just to change the laws and our roads for a couple people that can actually afford these cars when they come out. There's stuff they still need to think about. But automakers are continuing their work and they believe the problems ahead will be solved. Only time can tell now, We're only in 2016. We'll see what the future holds for us.
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This new software, the Facial Action Coding System can tell if you're trying to hide your emotions. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The computers will know if you're hiding your true feelings which is pretty cool. It's amazing when you move your muscles it would know what your emotion is. People hide they're feelings because it's either they don't have no one to talk to. So when the computers know your true feelings there could be some people helping you. For an example, when you're confused in a class when the teacher is teaching the computer would know that. Some people are afraid to go up to a teacher and ask for help. That's why it's a great idea to use some technology. When the computer knows that your confused the teacher would know and he/she will come up to you and help you. Having this system would make things better. It would be easier to figure out who's confused or not. Plus the teachers wouldn't have the blame if a student doesn't understand what's going on. I feel like the other students in the classroom would think having this system would be great. This new sofare actually works. They tried it on Mona Lisa and she was about 83% happy, but also 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. In the Making Mona Lisa Smile article it states, "The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do." I think it's a great idea to have this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. The students will get more help and they will understand better. They wouldn't have to be afraid anymore to go up and ask for help because the computer system would let them know.
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A boy named luke that graduated for high school and had worked two part time jobs in a grocery store . His friend had ask him if he wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat ,luke said yes he said he couldnt have said no beacuse he doesnt like saying no to people. And he also said that it was a oportunity of a lifetime. It was 1945, world war ll was over in Europe, and many countries were left in runis . And too hope that those familys recover on food and animals. Then there were sign ups for a UNRRA Seagoing Cowboy and so Luke and Don sign up for it .In August 14,1945 ,'' Luke said , the day the Pacific war ended.'' they got their seaman's paper and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster , headed for Greece- with a cargo of 335 ho rsees plus enough hay and oats feed them . L uke turned 18 before arriving in Greeece , which meant he he could be draft ed gfor military service.
When my draft board learned that i was on a cattle- boat trip , they h ad told me to just keep doing t hat for my service . 'by the time he was discharged in 1947 , Luke had mde trips - the mast of any saegoing cowboy. The cattle boat trip were an unbelivable oppportunity fo ra smalll towm boy,; he said , besides helping people , I had the side benefit of seein of seeeing Eurpe and China.
Then time past and Luke found time to hhave fun on board , especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded . The cowboys played baseball and they aslo had played volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournament, facing , boxing, reading , whittling , and games als help pass the time . But being a Seagoing Cowboys was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. it opened up the world to Luke e. '' i'm grateful for the opportunity'', he says . its made me more aware of people of other counties and their needs.'' And that aareness stays with him leading his familly to host a number of international students and exchange wisitersfor many years.
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What would you do if you were left in ruins? Have you ever thought of being a Seagoing Cowboy?
Well here's your chance to be that person to help all those people that are left with nothing. A person that is a hero to those who need one.
Have you ever thought of helping someone who can't even help their own family? If you don't want to help them. You should be ashamed of yourself. Put yourself in their shoes. You would be starving, sleeping on the ground with no bed, you would have nothing to cover yourself with, and watching your family starve too.
Have you ever wanted to take care of a animal for a good cause? If you have you can become a Seagoing Cowboy. "Its better than having two jobs." Just think of taking care of the horses. You can feed them , and give them a baths , and even pet them all day.
Have you ever wanted to see the world? Is it to much to go places. Well know you can go for free. You can become a Seagoing Cowboy, and still see beautiful places. Where ever your going I bet they have something you would love to see." I had a side benifit of seeing Europe and China, but seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special."
So put yourself in a person who needs help. What would you do if that was you and your family that were left in ruins. You would have no money to even buy meat. So if you even give them one cow that means a lot to them.
What would you do if you always wanted to become a animal care taker, but you can't because you can't find one in your city. Well you can always become a seagoing cowboy, or girl.
Is it to much to go places. Well you can become a seagoing cowboy, and still see amazing places. Every courty has its beautiy. So if you wanted to become all these things. I think you should join me, and become a Seagoing Cowboy.
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In the article Driverless Cars Are Coming,i think having driverless cars is a good idea. They say that these driverless cars had driven more than half a million miles without crashing, thats pretty awesome.Many people dont like this new idea because they think its dangerous, it can cause accidents, the car wont work right or wont know what its doing. What they dont know is that, when the driver is in the car and they car is driving by itself, they arent truly driverless because they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents.
That Right there tells you that, even if it doesnt sound safe it is safe because your car is really not driverless when it comes to stuff like that, you can control it whenever you want to control it, or feel like you have to. Driverless Cars aslo have a lot of good sensors like, position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof of the car, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar senors, a GPS receiver, and lastly an interial motion senors. All of those senors are a very good use for your car and is very helpful throught the drive.
The Driverless Car, can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch senosrs make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. In fact, none of the cars developed so far are not completely driverless. This car can steer, accelerate, and brake themsleves when coming upon a stop light or traffice jam, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skulls , for example, navigating through work zones and around accidents.
The Law does focuses on keeping the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in some states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars. Such as, California, Nevada, Florida, anbd the District of Columbia have led thye country in allowing limited uses of semi-autonomous cars.
By 2020, Automakers plan to have cars like a Mercedes-Benz, Audi,and Nissan drive by themsleves.
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Exploring a new planet always has pros and cons. The Idea of Sudying Venus might be scary and new, but why cant that idea be a good feeling? The worst thing that could happen to us is we have to spend more money on another mission, and try again. Studying Venus is worth pursuing, because Venus is the closest planet to earth, Venus used to have oceans on it's surface, and
Venus is the most earth like planet in our solar system.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth. "Venus is simple to see in the distant but safe vantage point from Earth, It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely"(1). This tells us that for a planet so close to us, we know nothing about it, and that he dont have a clue what we could do to study it. Venus has a thick and deadly atmostsphere,it is made up of 97 percent carbon dioxide and the clouds are made of acid This makes exploring very difficult to do. With some tweks to the rovers, or shuttles we could explore this unlown planet, and we could end our ceriosity.
Venus used to have oceans on it's surface. From the information that the author gave us on this subject we can tell that Venus may have been hapitable by life in the past but now it can not. But that answers the question for us that we might be the only life. If we go and study Venus the possiblitys are amazing for us.
Venus is the most earth like planet in our solar system. This is a great point made by the author, they really explained in depth how important it can be to study this mysterious planet. and it is worth exploring due to the three ideas that: Venus used to have oceans on it's surface, and Venus is the most earth like planet in our solar system.
Studying Venus has more pros than cons. Even though it will be a challenge, Striving to go and research/study Venus has its value. So mush intel will be gained on Venus, explaining its mystories; but "also human curiosity will likly lead us to equality"(8). This will be our chance to prosper as a people, and grow as a race. Venus is worth the money, and worth the journey.
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Venus is our lovely neighboor that we know the basics of. Venus needs to be our pursit despite the dangers of it's challenging surfaces and it's known proximity.
Venus is well know for being Earth's "twin," because of how similar they are to each other. Venus is one of the brightest points in our sky, so why shouldn't we learn more about Venus in depth?
Venus is a lot harder to learn about than what you think. NASA has never been able to send an aircraft to venus because of it's very harsh conditions. Venus atmosphere is very differnt from ours. Venus atmospehere has a blanket of ninety- seven percent of carbon dioxide. As well as a high rate of corrosive sulfric acid. Since venus temperature can range from eight- hundred degrees fahrenheit. NASA has a possible solution that is ready to be tested by floating over Venu's hostile surface and observing. Even though Venus's temperature is ninety times a lot harsher on Venus then what we are used to on Earth there is still a big possibility that NASA is able to do further research and is able to expand our knowledge. Venus is a beauiful planet that we have very limited knowledge about. If we could look over danger posiblities and do more research we could have plentiful visit's to our neighbor.
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Venus, other wise known as Earth's sister planet. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" they talk about may parts of Venus good and bad. Home to alot of hostile enviroments such as a 97% carbon dioxide atmosphere and temperatures at around 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Believe it or not though, Venus could have been like earth many years ago. With similar geographical features like mountians, vallys and craters, may suggest that life could have lived there. The author say that it would be worth our time to study Venus despite its dangers. The author does a very good job supporting this quote by saying how we can study it and why we should study it.
Venus has a atmosphere that is very hot and acidic. With sulfuric acid strong enough to melt your phone from your hands, none of the robots we have sent have ever made it back. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) may have a solution to these enviotments that may help us get some more information on Venus despite its hostility. Which makes for a why for how we could study the planet. In the text it states, "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape" (Paragraph 5). Even though the tempaturese at this altitude would be still 170 degrees Fahrenheit, the atmosphere pressure would be normal, and we would have solar power. Then we could study the landscape of the planet more and we could learn more about the enviorment. With this knowledge, Venus would be worthy to study even though it have dangerous conditions.
Another way we could study the planet is with new and old tecnology. It says that if we used the computers we use today which are fast and powerful, then we could risk them getting damaged or lost becuase of how delicate they are. NASA has though of another solution to this problem too. Insted of using these comupters, why not use the mehanical computer. In the text it says, "By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces" (Paragraph 7). This way, we could use the computers to find out much more about the planet then just what it looks like too. We could study the mass of the planet, what it is made of, and so on. Which proves that studying venus is worth it.
Even with some of these things support his idea of studying the planet, he does take away from his idea. The text states, "Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface tempature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun" (Paragraph 3). This take away from the idea that we should study it. This thought makes it seem overwhelming to go and study Venus. They do a nice job recovering by using NASA's idea of a "blimp-like structure" to take care of some of the heat issue. He also supports his idea by clearly stating that this would make the planet easy to study.
Venus, the Roman God of love, may not seem so kind on the looks of the planet, but with the new ideas scientists are coming up with and the testing that NASA is doing, the idea of a closer study of Venus might not be so far after all. Even though we've been presented with the struggles of the planets hostile enviorment, we as humans have been intrigued with the planet and won't stop untill we know the planet. We have the ideas of how to study it and why we should, we just need to do it. These, as stated from the author, are the reasons we should should study Venus.
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DOES ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORK?
I think is the electoral college is important that is established it in the constitution in the country . the security in the person. for good electoral gollege have much progress congressional , election and vote .no easy. the diferent person think the ideas diference through. they think easy the working realize and think delit and no just election and vote for person is going tramp and the diferent person think is no just that president have more the time stablished is incorrect other person necesity have oportunities in be elector.
The electoral college is popular for used.''Abolishing the electoral college! They're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after al gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency , over 60 porcent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. the dirent argument in united states '' the single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor'' te united staste have diferent forms the using electoral college sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidares themselves.''the senate would choose the vice-president. the diferent senator's popular did diferences electoral college in parts of the united states. example : ''Nixon, Jimmy carter, bob Dole, the U.S camber of commerce, and the AFL-Cio all.''
One example ''republicans in california. knowing their vote will have no effect , they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaigh than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.... but of course no voter's vote swings a national election, and in spite of that, about one-half the eligible American population did nvote in (2012)election''. In electoral consist in vote that person going is necessary much candidate for fine electoral college " the electoral college consts of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president." The electoral collage is ver important in big responsability for status." After the presidential election, your governor a 'certificate' of scertainment' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors." the responsability the electoral college is better status. the candidate is going election and promosion for going electives'' However, maine and Nebraska each have a variation of '' proprotional representation..''
In conclusion, the text electoral college is import for status. The electoral college is big method of selcting that using very good for election in candidate and president and diferent causes no required. In the electoral college requires president and candidates for diferent region. So region have president or candidate that proportion benefic and help for person much through. the united statates is country in much posibilies where using better the electoral college . where going good the through and using more democratic.
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Seagoing Cowboys aren't like pirates, or like land cowboys that rob people and do aweful things. They help out people when they are recovering from the terrible things that hitler and World War II brought them. When you sign, up you don't have to risk doing army time and going to fight becasue when you are a seagoing cowboy, it counts for your service time. Also, you get to see the world and how other people are living and how cultural our world is. In this essay I will tell you reason why is I know I did the right thing by sighning up to be a seagoing cowboy, and why you should sign up too!
The most important thing that I was able to do was to help out my community and beyond. When people were suffering from traumatic losses and hunger I was able to help heard and bring animals to the Jews, Germans, and Aisans that were all suffering from the outcome of the war. They were in poverty and were in need of people to safely get livestock to them so they could eat and be whole again. I think that by sighing up you get that sense of heroism and you know that you did a good deed. I think that by also sighning up it really helps life or death problems.
When I sighned up I knew that I would have to go fight for my country and maybe even die in battle. So, I turned 18 during my first trip and I knew I would have to stop what I was doing and to go serve in the army. But, when I went to go speak with the army, they said that helping to bring food to families wounded in the war counted as War time. I overjoyeced becasue I loved to do what I was doing and I didn't want to have to end that. Also because I didn't have to risk dying! Phew, thankgoodness! So thats why you should also sighn up so you don't have to go out and get shot! I also realized how big of an oppertunity it was and how much of the world I was going to be able to see.
The cattle-boat trips where an unbelievable oppertunity for a small-town boy like me! I had the benifit of sight seeing Europe and China. I saw the acropolis in Greece, and took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, with streets of water! Water people, I mean who would pass that oppertunity up? I toured an excavated castle in Crete, and awed at the Panama Canal on my way to China. Grece was very speacial, and China was amazing! When you take the chance of going out and doing things in the world you get see magnificent things. Even when your traveling between countries, you get to experiance marine life and biology!
See? That's the thrill of it all, that you get to be a real hero, not die, and see the world through your own two eyes! Now people might say that you don't get to see everything and you need to "die for your country." Don't listen to them, they are just being cynical. You make the decisions and you don't need one bad review to change how you feel about doing something! People might just judge you, but guess what they are just jealious that you get to see the world and be a true hero. That is why you should sign up to be a sea-cowboy. You never know where tomorrow will take you! I'm going to try to immitate Uncle Sam now, We need YOU to be a seagoing cowboy!
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Face Action Coding System (FACS) is a system designed to analyze and predict what emotions are being shown on a human face. The software can detect happieness, surprise, anger, fear, disgust, and sadness. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author describes FACS being used to display ads, change video games, and analyze school children to learn wether they are bored or confused. This however brings up some questions in respect to analyzing school children and some dangers as well. FACS should not be used in a clasroom to analyze school children.
To start off, this software is very challenging for a normal computer to run, as in the article D'Alto states "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms..." (D'Alto 7). This statement says that a home PC cannot run FACS which means neither can a school computer as the two are practically identical. If this is the
case, for FACS to beincorporated into the class room, a huge overhall of computers would need to be made. This would require a lot of money from the school system that the school sytem does not have.
Another argument against the incorporation FACS into the classroom is the chance of a breach in security. This FACS system, if used in a school system, could be installed on every computer in the building. This means there would be
constant survailence from the cameras on the computers that would be searching for a student's face to analyze. If these cameras were hacked by an outside person or group, the system would show the hackers everything happening in the school at that time. This breach in secruity could cause catasrtophic occurances ranging from a school shooting where the shooter knows exactly where each person is in the building to a mass heist from theives late at night.
Fianlly, along with the two reasons stated above, FACS could also cause numerous teachers to lose their jobs. As stated in the article, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused ot bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'" (D'Alto 6). This shows that FACS can manipulate and change the work a student is doing to fit that student's needs. Because of that, physical teachers would no longer be needed to make, change, or teach a lesson as the computer software is already doing so. This could cause thousands of teachers to lose their jobs sonce they would no longer be needed.
Overall, FACS is a unique and advanced system that is amazing at analyzing human emotions. However, because of the high processing cost, risk of security breach, and the fact that it would cause thousands of teachers to lose their job, the software should not be incorporated into classroms to read students' emotions. Instead, it should be used in other ways that the article states including Web ads and video games.
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