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47ac3aa | From what I understand, people are starting to use cars less and less.
Limited car usage has been seen in many different areas of the world recently and will continue to be seen in the near future. The green house gasses released from passenger cars is a tremendous harm to the ozone layer of our Earth. If one day a year we had a "No Car Day" then there would be a huge impact on the ozone layers.
Now I'm not suggesting that we just get rid of cars altogether, I love driving my car around, not just to get from point A to point B, but because of the freedom. Aside from that, cars are an essential for some people, like point A to point B for example. But, people that don't need to drive on a regular basis could get rid of their car and take the bus, or carpool. So there is always another option for transportation, I like to call it AT (Alternate Transportation).
If for one day of the year we had a "No Car Day" the ozone impact would be positively tremendous. Then people would also realize, "Hey, I have other ways of transportation like a bike, walking, or something else.", then there would be no problem with green house gasses guarenteed.
Now I know I haven't said a whole lot to make this sound good and all, but I do believe the percentage of people getting their drivers license is declining. My cousins in Texas feel they have no need for their license, when they always have someone to carpool them, or their parents just take them, or the city bus. Me on the other hand, I have a job, go to school, and I'm an active Boy Scout that helps with transportation on campouts throughout the year, it all depends on your circumstances on whether driving is appropriate for you.
Driving is an activity that many people do on a daily basis, but do they need to drive on that daily basis? Could they help towards a cleaner environment by finding alternate transportation? Or is a "No Car Day" in need? All of the above in my opinion. It all depends on your circumstance. | 23
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08669b6 | You have to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. It will open the world up to you. The program is really fun, and could help you with some of your problems. It really helped me in life. You get to see cool things. You can relax. Then sometimes there a lot of work involved. Anyone could be interested if they tried.
The article says there is a lot of war like things involved as well. It gets pretty dirty and rough to be a seagoing cowboy. I would suggest doing because it gives you oppertunities, and soemtimes it can be fun. You can't be weak and not willing to do work though. There is a lot of training to go through and it is not easy. So if your a hard working worker this is the place for you to be.
Then there are some severe injuries or even worse. You got to be tough though. I have a good time though. Beside the work, but sometimes it can be fun. You have company as well to cheer you up when your down. Some work you have to do is cleaning, feeding the animals, or even pulling or pushing heavy objects. Like in the article it said the animals have to be fed or watered two or three times a day.
Yet all the work there is fun. Like seeing all of the awesome landscapes or cities. If you feel down this will bring you up. Watching the sun set. Being with workers that are kind. There is more and more. It is just what kind of person you are. If you are a hard worker and like to see cool things. This is the place for you. It is really fun if you can see how it is fun to help people and animals. L hope this inspires you to be a seagoing cowboy. The program is great. | 12
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a99524d | The end of car culture around the world. Cities around the world are banning driving for weather conditions or for experimental purposes. In German suburb driving has been forbidden as well as street parking, driveways and home garages. People have been selling their cars just to move to Vauban, Germany. The limiting of car usage has been a great factor to help the enviroment, and to excersize.
The end of car culture is coming to an end because many people have been leaving their cars at home and taking the bus or walkin to work. People are driving less, and the youth have are not excited to be driving. Sociologists believe the decrease amount of driving is due to the fact that we are able to connect with our friends over the internet and no longer need to see each other in person. In many cities around the world are banning driving because of enviromental purposes. In Colombia, there is a car-free day where cars are being banned with only taxis and busses permited. The goal is to promote altenative transportation and reduce smog. In Paris driving was banned due to the amount of smog. They blamed the smog on diesel because 67 percent of the cars use diesel. Although cars were banned in Paris, congestion decreased about 60 percent in the capital of France, after the five-days of smog.
The limiting of car usage can benefit everyone. This is because around the world everyone drives, nobody thinks twice about it. Driving has been a huge part of the America can life, but it seems it is coming to an end people are relying more on walking and riding a bicycle or taking the bus. Car limiting benefits everyone because it will help people stay healthy and hike or bike to point A to point B. People are becoming more enthusiastic about not driving. Parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout cities; uneven sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rudh-hour restrictions have cut traffic dramatically; and restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
The end of car culture is upon us, people have been selling cars, countries have been banning driving, and cities are forbiding street parking, driveways and home garages. The amount of people driving has decreased dramatically since 2005, in the United States. People are taking the bus, hiking, biking to get from A to B. The limiting of cars can help improve your health and help improve the enviroment. | 23
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c99384d | If I was a scientist at NASA, and I was discussing the Face with someone whos belifs were that the face was created by an anilen, I would tell them it was created by a landform because, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, the MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos, and it was just a natural landform, A person part of the MOC said that when he saw the Face, it reminded him of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho and, when scientists first saw the Face, they figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia.
First, when the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, they snapped a picture that was ten times sharper then the orginail photos from the Viking, and it turned out just to be a natural landform. But people were not satisfied, they were saying that the camera on board had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face, maybe the alien markings were hidden by haze. So they looked again, Its not easy to target Cydonia, says Garvin. In fact, its hard work.'' said Gavin, but on a cloudless day, they looked again and found nothing but the landform again.
Second, When Gavin travled out to Mars he said that the landform reminded him of a natural landform in the American West. In the article, Gavin said It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Gavin looked at the face many times, even during the cloudly days and the cloudless days and he sees the Face as a landform, and there are pictures from a advanced camera to prove it.
Lastly, when the scientists at NASA first saw the Face they figured it was just another Martian mesa, which are common around the Cydonia area. Once the scientists released the photo of the Face to the world for all to see, thats when the problems started coming in. People and a few scientists were starting to believe it was actually a alien face, but most since the Martian mesa are really common around that area then why are people worrying? Its just a landform, not only did the Viking air shuttle take the pictures but also an advanced camera did.
I feel that the Face is just a landform, because scintists are proving that it is a landform with the advanced cameras that they are using, Scientists that are going out into Mars to look at the Face are saying that it reminded them of a landform that is known in America, and when the photo was first found by the Viking air shuttle the scientists first reaction to the picture that it was a landform, not an alien face. | 34
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77658a1 | How could a computer help improve a student's time in class? The new Facial Action Coding System developed by Prof. Thomas Huang enables computers to transfer human facial expressions into emotions. This is a valuable technology system for teachers and students to help improve learning and teaching inside of a classroom.
The new technology could greatly improve student learning inside the classroom. In the passage Dr. Huang predicts that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Such a technology could help teachers and students both. This would enable the teacher to slow down the lesson to help students catch up and learn or this could help teachers impliment new strategies to keep students focused and interested in learning. A teacher could possibly be able to tell if students are confused or bored but with this new system a teacher could be fully able to control the class and keep students attention.
Another way that the new Facial Action Coding System could help is to see what students understand a topic and what students need extra help, one on one with a teacher. This would help improve a students time in class by making the student more efficient and also could help teachers become more efficient with time. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." By having a computer in class a teacher could use the time with the students more effectively and this would translate into better homework and test grades from the students. In addition to just helping students with the class the system would allow teachers to see if a student is sad or upset and the teacher would be able to try to improve the students mood. A student who could be helped emotionally at school will value the new system and all of the capabilities of such system.
In online classrooms where the students do all work on a computer, the computer could generate strageties for each individual student based on a students emotions and facial expressions. "If you smile when a web ad apears on your screen, a similar ad might follow." This would allow a computer to give students a better opportunity to learn at the pace that suits that student on that particular day. This could also allow the instuctor of the class to institute different styles of lessons and more entertaining ways of learning the content of the class.
All of the capabilites of the new Facial Action Coding System are extremely valuable to not only students but also teachers. Being able to learn better within the classroom will be greatly valued by students and also teachers. Also a more direct learning experience with a better connection from teacher to student. Finally, better strategies for teaching and learning could be developed with the new technology system. All of the possibilities are very valuable to students in a classroom. Let's improve the education of students. | 45
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cd7ffd1 | Citizens who own a car should listen closely to the advatages of limiting your car usage. Even if you do not own a car you should listen to this. The usage of cars in big cities have always been a problem to our enviroment but now pollution is at an all time high in the world. Officals have said cars are one of our biggest problems of greenhouse gas emissions.
Not using your car can benefit in your health more than you think too. Like the capital city of Colombia, Bogota, car owners should try the program they did. Columbians used every other use of transportation, like walking, biking, roller skating, or used the city buses to get to their work place. This day was know as the car free day. The program they used was already spreading to other countries but after Colombia did, many other countries started to fallow.
Car owners who do not use their car very much, tend to have a healthier life style than most. They begin to walk, bike, or go to the local bus stop to get to work. Those who do not use their vehicle not only have a healthy life, but they also have more money saved so that they can invest into something better. For example a better house, being able to support their children easier when it comes to school or sports, or they might even have a little extra cash to be able to spend when they want to buy something for themselves.
If the enivroment had a mind of its own, I am sure they would apprecate the things you have done by stopping the use of your car. These may not be all of the advantages to not using your care but these are some that can at least start you off on the right track. | 23
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0670d67 | Driving into the Future
What if when you drove your vehicle there was a computer driving next to you and driving you? Google and GE have made self driving cars that survey the surrounding area to have all the peripheal vision as a human and drive for the human. Google estimates the vehicles would use half the fuel used today and that these cars would fundamentally change the world. Self-driving cars use computers that proccess situations and scenarios just as well if not better than humans, still allow some control through construction or traffic, and elliminate the despised people that text, do make up, or eat while driving.
Most people would agree that computers are smarter than people and can proccess situations and scenarios faster than people too. For instance, I know of no one that can do math faster than a scientific calculator. So why not have a computer drive for us. In the end it would result in safer transit and maybe even earlier arrival itme. Smart cars, as the leading industrys call them, use a spinning sensor on the roof of the car to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. Humans can only see so much through their two eyes while maintaing eyes on the road. These cars are maintaing a constant image of their surroundings, not just what is in front of them. This leads to safer travel and ultimately smart cars driving better than humans.
While the computers do have a complete 360 degree view around them, they still require human interaction. BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant," a car than can handle speeds up to 25 mph by itself. This smart car has special touch sensors that make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel to ensure that in case of an emergency the driver can safley navigate out of it and overide the computer's autopilot. These smart cars allow you to steer, accelerate, and brake, but are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as driving through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must stay alert and ready to take control at a moments notice in case of an emergency, so humans are not completely out of control.
With all the technology and distractions at the wheel a world where the technology drove the car might not be such a bad idea. For example, there have been multiple accidents a year due to texting while driving. In many states you can get pulled over by the police for doing things such as texting at the wheel. But what if smart cars made the world safer from texting and driving, or make up at the wheel, or even the people that eat meals or take drinks while in transit. With smart cars people that do those things will have trouble doing them if they have to keep hands on the wheel, but if they still manage to get a text or bite of food, the smart cars will be in control and there to steer them to safety. This would keep not only the people who text and drive, eat, or do make up safer but the people around them would also be away from that danger that they themselves can not control.
Smart cars might not be the first thing many people jump at as the way to go. But smart cars might be one of the safe options to eliminate human error and reduce accidents, drving casualties, and risks. Smart cars are just as equal if not smarter than humans, they are not in full control in case of emergencies, and they can save a life if there is a driver texting, eating, or doing make up at the wheel. I would certainley choose the computer driving me, my friends and coworkers around for my safety and theirs. | 45
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930ab5f | I'm a scientist at NASA and I know that the face is just a natural landform. I have plenty of reasons why that is, and why it wouldn't be an alien. Yes, the face on Mars has become a pop icon, but that doesn't mean people could just assume it's an alien. NASA has plenty information and data for why it's just a natural landform. I'll explain my thinking as me being a scientist at NASA.
My first reason is that NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The picture noted a huge rock formation which seemed to be a human head that had eyes, nose, and mouth. You just have to think about it, those characteristics are obvious. I mean yes, it was found in Mars, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have been a human. People just have to think more into the possible and not the impossible, because everything is possible.
My second reason is that they photographed the face. Other scientists at NASA saw that it clearly looked like a human head. My third reason is that they even snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos! When the image first appeared on a JPL web site, it clearly revealed a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.
This is why I, as a scientist at NASA think it's a natural landform and not an alien . these three reasons I have should make people think about it again and decide it's officially a human head. Those who believe it's an alien, should believe more in miracles. Anything could happen in Mars or any other place around the planet. This is only my opinion, but it sure makes me feel like I'm right about my thinking. | 23
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2080bea | Their are many reasons you should join the Seagoing Cowboys programs. One of Luke's reason you should join the the Seagoing Cowboys program is having the ability to see the world. Luke did this when he was with the Seagoing Cowboys program. He traveled to Europe and China. Luke saw the Acropolis in Greece. Luke was also able to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy.
Another one of Luke's reason you shouls join the Seagoing Cowboys program is helping the animals. The Seagoing Cowboys program was hired by the UNRRA to take good care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas to other countries. Luke was able to feed the horses with hay and oats. Luke had to water and feed the animals two to three times a day. He also had to clean the animals stall. Luke had to haul bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower holds of the ships. Luke also had the job of checking up on the animals at night every hour.
Another one of Luke's reasons you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is how much fun you can have. On the return trips when the animals have been unloaded. Luke and his fellow cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty stalls where the animals had been housed. Luke and his cowboy friends played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading and other games also helped the cowboys to have fun and pass the time.
Those were three of Luke's reason of why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys programs. Lets review what those three reasons are the first one is being able to see the world, the second one is being able to help and care for the animals, and the last reason is being able to have fun. | 23
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68814ce | The electoral college is a thought that came up long ago by our founding fathers. Many people calim that it is antiqiuated and needs to be updated but I dissagree.
Although we are the "Democracy of the USA" we are really a republic (chosing representives to vote for us!) This system is much more effective then an ATCHUAL democracy. Just imagine if on every single issue every single person would have to vote on the outcome to pass anything would take such a long time. Including the elections, the electoral college makes a short sweet way for voting, the population votes and then they vote for what we voted for (most of the time...) Some people don't trust the electorates with this kind of power but I belive that those people are just parnoid pessmist and need to learn to have more faith in the people that we elect or the president appoints. The only flaw I see is the even number which calls for a tie. Also the winner takes all system should be changes I belive that each of the electorates should only have a certin percentage of the votes example: Alaska has 3 electorates, each are assigned 33.33333...% of the population and of course due to the decimals one electorate will have a bit more votes all the votes are then added. 76% voted Republican while 22% voted Democrat and the remaining 2% voted for third parties then the first elector would recive the votes of the 22% and the 2% and do fill up the rest of his 33% he would have 9% Republican his vote goes to the Democrates but the other two are left with only Republicans so there are 2 votes for republicans and the learger the population the more electors because of the increased ammount of citizens that each elector votes on behalf. This way the indivaduals that voted democrate are shown but did not really make as much an impact but it shows and may decide the out come during a tie. The electoral college Is a clean cut way for voting quick effective. Although we may not be a democracy per say we are all accounted for, just a few tweaks and it'll be perfect. | 23
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06d32ab | Do you like seeing different places and different countries? If so you should join the seagoing cowboys. You will be able to see lots off different cities and countries. Do you like to help people in need then you should join the seagoing cowboys. Lots of people need help ,they need food supplies ,animals and many other things. You will also be having lots of fun and you will be able to enjoy yourself.
There are lots of other place to see and different foods. If you join now you will see different cities,countries and foods. There are lots of diffent types of food to try and maybe you might really like one type of food. Cities are diiferent from other ones they may be alike but not really. There are different types of cities to see . Countrys are way different nthan other ones and some other ones speak a different langue. Don't you think it would be great if you to lean a different langue?
When you would come back to your home you would be ale to teach others different cultires and lanuges.
Helping others is a great thing to do and very inportant. There are lots of people without food or cloths to wear. People need help because their towns have been destroyed and they have nothing left for them. They also need animals to perduse meat, wool, and they can sell htem so they can get money to buy things. Lots of those people are dieing from hunger or they are out side with no place to sleep or even sit. They need our help,they need your help.
You might be think how am I going to get there. We will take you by boat but you might be wondering that seems boring and we will have nothing to do on the boat. There is lots of things to do on the boat. You can feed the animals as we take to different places. Does that seem boring to you if so you are right but there are othering things to do such as baseball and volleyball games and other games. On the back that is when you can really start having fun. SInce there are no animals on the boat that extra space can be use as a table-tennis room and you can have tournamets. You can also have fencing,boxing,reading, whittling.
Do you still think you will not like being Seagoing CowBoys? There are many different food,cities,and countires. Helping the people in the need who dont't have food suplies and animals. Also all those fun games you would be able to play and how you would be able to make new friends and talk to different people. That seems like a great program i would join and i have joined the Seagoing CowBoys. To see different things,to help lots of people ,and to meet different people and have a good time with them. I don't know about you but I sure would want to be a part of the Seagoing Cowboys. If you would join the Seagoing Cowboys program you would have a great time. | 34
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a27c3a7 | "Paul", Luke said "do you want to join the Seagoing Cowboys program?"
"Uhm I'm not sure luke, why would I join the Seagoing Cowboys program, like give me an idea of what it would be like" Paul said
"Well you get to help out Europe and China by giving them horses, baby cows, goats and so on.", Luke said, "You also get to see so many natural wonders, antiques, buildings from long long ago, and meet so many new and great people"
"Sounds fun but what about my kids and wife,they will miss me, and who will be man of the house after all I only have two girls with a mother that is sick. I'm sorry Luke I just can't go to many things to worry about".
"Well why didn't you tell me that i would've got that taken care of no questions asked", Luke said, "I can call up your brother have him come up here and take care of the house and call a docter to take care of your wife, I know you would've called a docter if you had the money to, but I will pay for the docter visiting so you don't have to woory about money".
In the meantime Luke called Dr. Philipe, (phil-EY-pay) called Saul, Paul's brother, asked if he could house sit for Paul, and payed for the docter visit and Saul's trip.
"So Paul, now can you go?", Luke said
"Yes I can go", said Paul
On the way to the Luke's barn that was on a hil next to the lake, they found multiple holes in the ground that hadn't been there before. "I wonder where these came from?"
"Me too, maybe a giant worm or a mole", Paul said
"Let's follow the holes to see where the main source is". They followed the holes and it led them to the barn. They heard a lot of noise from the horses then the cows and then the chickens. "What's going on in here", Luke said. ALmost right after he said that he spotted a cottenmouth snake on of the most deadliest snakes of all, besides the viper.
"Oh my chicken nuggets, it's a snake", Paul screamed. The snake heard Paul scream and turned around to face Paul. The sake bunched up and Luke said, "Run!" Paul was to late. The snake bit him on his ankle and Paul fell to the floor. Luke grabbed an iron horse shoe and threw it at the snake, missed the first time, but the second hit the snake in the head.
"Get away from my friend!" Yelled Luke, "Or I'll through another one!" The snake just stayed there hissing at Luke. Luke threw another one and hit the snake again and killed the snake. Luke threw the dead snake out of the barn and got all the venom out of Paul.
"Lets go now", Luke said. They left and was on the boat untill one of the horses saw a spider and ran towrds land. "Let's just leave it after all we have 337 horses", said Paul.
They left and was having the time of their lifes, seeing all type of sea creatures and weird fish. They made it to Europe and delived the animals safe and sound.
"So did you have fun?" asked Luke.
"Yes, it is fun to get out of the house and two screaming girls and enjoy life while we still can", said Paul
They made it to homeland and had the best welcome back party of their lifes. Luke said bye to Paul when Paul went on his next trip and Luke went home to do house chores. They never saw each other again because it was said that there was a storm that year and the SS WiIlington 370 capsized in the water and was never seen again. That was the story of Paul and Luke, the Seagoing Cowboys. | 01
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b16f679 | The author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. It might be a danger to people but, that cannot stop people from going and discovering it. As we are on this Earth, we much not be scare to take challanges, we must go foward.
As we are on this Earth, we must take action to explore many things. as the Earth is still mostly undiscover, human must go foward and take challanges to explore as much as we can. The author says on paragraph 8, " Striving to meet the challange presented by Venus has value, not only becasue 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 travels on Earth and beyound should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This shows that human muct not have a limit to taking in danger of finding out many other unexplore things, and it would be amazing if human fianlly be able to reach Venus and be the first one. It would be a dream.
In addition, reaching Venus will not be a problem if we keep imagining and kepping our curiosity. Taking challanges and finding new things, even if its just a little bit, is better than finding nothing and giving up. We need to be able to explore the Earth while we are still here. | 01
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f743847 | Venus is worth pursuiting. It is Earth's "twin", its the closest planet to Earth. It can be a big benafit to know about Venus and its past. Its easier to get to Venus than to Mars. Venus has familiar features like Earth with in the sediment of Venus.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. We have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus, no spacecraft have survived the landing for more then a few hours. NASA has been working on studying Venus to make chambers to simulat the chaos of Venus surface. NASA making electronics to last for three weeks in such conditions.
Venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than in our own planet. Venus has erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting.
The temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit in Venus. Venus has looked like it had been support for life long ago. NASA has a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the Venusian landscape to see more what the ground looks like. Venus is a challenge to be able to land and exploer and it might be the next plant humans will land on. | 12
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da550db | Reading emotions is done on a day to day bases in the minds of people. That is how we can tell is our friends are upset or happy about something. The author of "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Nick D'Alto, talks about new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which enables computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology in a classroom to read the emotional expressions of students would be valuable so the teacher can see how well they have to students attention and what they can do to change things if they need to. If teachers had the ability to use the FACS, they would be able to see how many students enjoy the class and that they are focused on the class. Also they would be able to see how many kids aren't happy to be in class and no paying attention. The FACS can read the emotions happiness, surpise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness. A teacher wants to have all the attention of their students but, it doesn't always happen, teachers knowing when students start to fade out of the topic can help them change how they are teacher to help the student want to learn and stay on task. All around students need to learn and teachers need to teach, it would be very useful to have teachers be able to access the FACS to be able to teach to the best of their abilities so that the students car and will learn. Reading others emotions easily would make everyone's lives easier beacause they know how they really feel about something. So, people can change what they are doing to help other people want to do things. | 12
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c384cc2 | In 1976, NASA was taking pictures of Mars and found what looked like a human face looking at them. When the news got to the public they emediatly jumped to the conclution that it was an alian artifact. I can reasure you that it is nothing more than a natural landform that looks like a face.
When NASA went back to retake pictures on April 5,1998, it showed that there was nothing at all but a nautral landform. The public still were not agreeing on it just being a landform due to them taking the pictures on a cloudy winter day. So the NASA team took pictures yet again on April 8, 2001. This time a cloudless summer day.
Garvin, a NASA worker, says,"If there were objects in this picture like airplains on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" The 2001 pictures showed the "Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa."
So I rest my case. Even though an alian civilization on Mars is a really awesome thought, its proven to be not true. The face on Mars is no alian arifact, but just a really cool natural landform that looks lilke a face. | 23
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9040279 | The solar system, venus is the socond planet from the sun. Simple to see from the distant but safe vatage point of earth.and Venus is the most closeat planet earth twin vunus is the closest planet to earth it items of density and size.Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on vunus is more the three decades. And a thic atmophere of almost 97 percent carbon diovide blankets venus. and also notable venus has the hottest surface temputure of any planet solar system.Venus covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life and it was just like the earth.At thirty- plus miles above the surface temputure would still be a tasty at around 170 leveldegrees fanrenneit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth.Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value not because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating. | 01
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fb71126 | The Author Supports this Idea very well. Tells us the many ways that scientist researching venus is bennificial to us. Venus has many risk that we would take when studying such as the temputures there with the stupendous amounts of heat. They say that it would be great to explore from 30 miles up but I think the tempture would still be to much to handle in the aritcale it states the tempture would still be about 170 degrees . In the passage they state the pros and the cons of exploring venus and think that there are more pros and cons and the author supports thay very well and says all of them and admits that there is more cons the pros but then after they says that there may be more reasons not to explore but the reasons to explore out way the other reasons not to explore. They Talk about how testing things and new technology on venus atmosphere can really be a benifit to the human race because imagine if your cell phone could become more heat resistant or easier to use under extreme forces In conclusion i would like to say the authour supports themself very well and gives very straight forward details and provides argument to her own opinion. | 12
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4536037 | Ever since the invention of cars, people have used them in their everyday travel, whether it is to work or to pick up kids from school. However, over the past few year, car usage has been decreasing steadily in countries around the world. Limiting car usage is beneficial to the sociey since it reduces polltion and hinders stress to the citizens.
An advantage of limiting car use is the decrease of the emission of greenhouse gases and overall pollution. In source one,
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, it is stated that reducing car usage, "is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." In other words, the reducing of using cars in turn drastically reduces greenhouse gases emitted. This statement is important because the reduced amount of pollution in the air is an advantage to the citizens who limit car usage. Also, Elisabeth Rosental says in source four,
The End of Car Culture, that the limiting of car usage, "will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions." This illustrates that cars are a major source of damage to the environment in America, and that the limiting of using the car will improve the overall atmosphere of the area. In that case, it is a major advantage since it drastically changes the environment for the better due to the decreasing of emissions. Plus, in source two,
Paris bans driving due to smog,
Robert Duffer further states that, "after days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This explains that the using of cars affected the city of Paris so negatively, that they had to ban cars to clear the smog, or polluted air. The statement further goes to show that because of polltion, car usage has many disadvangtages in the sociey. Nevertheless, the decrease of pollution is an advantage in the limiting of car usage.
Lower stress levels in people is also a major advantage of limiting car usage. This is evident in source three,
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, when it is stated that when not driving, "it's a good opportunity to take away stress." This statement reinforces the fact that limiting car usage relieves stress in people. It is important because the lowering of stress in turn makes the citizens of the socitey happier, which is an advantage of using a car less. On the other hand, in source one, Rosenthal writes that, "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." This means that when this person had a car, they were stressed, but when they sold their car, they had a more improved lifestyle. This statement demonstrates that when using a car less, people experienced a more positive way of life in comparison to their life with the constant reliance of driving a car. In source four, it is also written that, "commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time." The reducing of traffic by not using cars impacts stress levels since people do not have to worry about arriving at a place on time and having to sit in traffic for hours. This results in demonstrating how limiting car usage has a positive influence in a citizen's stress level. Based on this evidence, an advantage of limiting car usage is the lowering of stress levels.
In conclusion, limiting car usage is very beneficial because it decreases pollution and stops the raising of stress levels. This means that not overly relying on a car has many advantages to a citizen and the atmosphere they live in. It is important because in order to have an improved soceity with clean air and happier people, cars should be limited in when they are used to travel. People should then stop using their cars to get everywhere, and should instead try to walk or bike to get to their destination. By doing this, people will clearly see the effects of limiting car usage. | 23
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f437d49 | The FACS, or Facial Action Coding System, can recognize emotions. This may allow us to "calculate" emotions like math homework. The computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscle in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscle is called an "action unit". Dr. Eckman, creator of FACS, has classified six basic emotions: happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.
However, my claim is that FACS technology shouldn't be used on people. Some people might want to keep some of their emotions to themselves. Most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy. For example, when talking about someone or a movie, some people don't want others to know how you really feel because it might hurt their feelings. You wouldn't someone saying they like your new haircut, when the FACS says they felt disgust when they saw your shirt. Peoples' emotions should be kept to themselves.
In comparison, others might say FACS technology should be used on people. You would be able to find the truth on how someone actually feels about something. In a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscule, the risorius. To an expert, faces don't lie. For example, when a dictator says he treats his citizens fairly, we can use the FACS technology to find out how he really treats them, or to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful.
In conclusion, FACS technology can go both ways. It can be bad by revealing sensitve emotions that no one wouldn't want to be seen or heard. On the other hand, it can be used to catch deceiving individuals. Either way this technology can be a blessing or a curse. But in the it depends on who is using it and what their intentions are. | 23
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53e4b2e | Can you imagine a world with free personal transportation? A world where there's not a need to own a car,becsuse the public tansporation is free and reliable. Public transportation such as the city bus is a common mode of travel within the city,but replacing independent driving with automatic cars is a controversial subject.
In my opinion,driverless cars are a wonderful invention. As it is commonly known,there is a ridiculous amount of c02 polluting out air. I think that lower amounts cars out driving would improve the air quality and the health of wildlife in the area. Drivers may become bored more easily when driving because they are not focusing on driving but in my opinion even this is a positive factor. I say that its a positive factor, because people tend to get distracted while driving which could cause crashes. Car wrecks are completely avoidable,and I think should make changes in technology to prevent occurences like that.
All in all,I think that self driven cars are a positive innovation. I hope to see them on the road soon. | 12
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50abc78 | Have you ever wanted to know what it feels like to liev another planted? well I cant blaim you. Knowning we have other plantes that are surrounding us amd there are probaly a lot of cool things we can do out there, does sound pretty fun and cool. Most people would ask, when we get there wont we die or not even make it? Well
I´m going to chnage your mind and tell you why should vistit venus and discover all the things there,and maybe later you can think about visting he rest of the solor system.
As we all know venus is pretty close to earth. They even sometimes call it our ¨Evening star¨ or even the ¨twin¨ of earth. They feature a lot earths density and size. They really only deffer in speed ¨sometimes we are closer to mars and other times we are closer to Venus, because Venus is soetimes right around the corner¨. In my option venus is like another sun, it has the brighest points in the sky and is a very hard plantet to even look at because of its brigtness.
I´m sure we have we have all seen picture Venus or have heard story about what venus looks like or even the solor system. The pictures we have seen are sometimes close but not all the way, I´m sure there is way more background to what we know than what sciecntist know or have discovered over the last years. Astronomers are fascienated by Venus out of all plantes because¨long ago Venus may looked just like earth today.¨ Some say that Venus was probaly just like out plant, filled with water, liek a ocean type form or even have some features to our way of life. On the other hand we all know that´s not what Venus looks like today. Some say Venus still has have some features that is like earth but learning from NASA¨the plantet is like a rocky sediemnt but also have some cool feathures like valleys, mountains and maybe even creaters.¨
Finally we should just meet any imaginations that is bring upon us, even if we know we shouldn´t or it can put us in some type of ¨danger¨, you only live once so u might as well take a chance and do what you can. Even through it might take years for it to happen its worth seeing new things outside of earth. sceinctists says that we ¨cant take samples of rocks, gas or anything esle, from distance¨ hopefully they can find a way we can so if we do send people to Venus they can bring back things for us to look at. More likely I´m sure they are having resecahers working on things to allow people to go on a long lasting mission. Scienctist have thought about bringing back old technology called ¨mechincail computers, they played a important role¨.
That´s how we know and got all the info we got till this day.
Now you have all the info or cool things about how Venus is like a baby version on Earth, how venus formlooks are like and the imagination of things. We plan to hope we can learn all or se more things about Venus than what we just know | 23
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27dcaba | In our generations we have many ways of transportation. Some of the transportation that we are using is effecting our ecosystem and causing us to have a very high percentage of greenhouse affect. Some countries are helping to stop from the percentage from going up.
In Germany they have an upscale community and they dont use vehicles as much. Their streets are generally forbidden street parks, driveways, and home garages in the new district of Freiburg. "Passengers are responsible for 12% of greenhouse effect in Europe, and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the United States." All of that is due to vehicles. In Germany there is only two places to park, large garages and where a car-owner buys a space.
Paris is helping also with banning driving ecause of 'Smog'. They fine even-numbered license plates that didnt leave their cars at home on Mondays, they were charged 22-euro's. The same with odd-numbered license on the next day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and twenty-seven people had their cars impounded due to their reactions to the fines. It really helped because the congestion in the air went down 60%. Cold nights and warm days cause the warm layers of air that is trapped in cars emissions. "Diesels make up 67% of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3%average for diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe". They had more 'smog' than the other European capitols.
In Bogota, Colombia they set up a program to have a car-fre day. That led to leaving strees of the capitol city eerile devoided of trffic jams. They had three straight years of banning cars ad only being able to use bused and taxis, they were permitted for the 'Day Without Cars' in the capitol city for their seven million population. In that day they had millions of people hike the Colombian mountains, bike, skates, or the people took bused to work. "For the first time, two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar, joined the event." Their 'Day Without Cars' campaign because in Bogota in the md-1990's.
In conclusion, cars and anyother type of vehicles are bad for our enviornment. They are causing us to have greenhouse effect. Its polluting our air, and ruining our earth. Soon our president inh the United States in going to end th culture of cars. Why dont we all practice not having cars for a day like Paris and Bogota, it will be better for our enviornment. Because the congestion in our atmosphere is bad and almost at 60% of greenhouse. | 12
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6d893ff | In the following ideas and information passage set we see the effects of using cars too much and how limiting our car use can have a huge impact on, not only our environment, but also on cities on people. Limiting our car usage isn't only a thing that the United States has to work on, but we see that Central America and Europe also has to work on it. Limiting our car usage isn't a small issue, but more of a global issue. Over the years we have seen the effects of global warming (something cause by fossil fuels, which is gas coming from our cars) and how they have had an enormous impact on our world. So, why is liming our car usage even remotely important to us?
In the second article "Paris bans driving due to smog", paragraph 10, the first thing it says is "After days of near-record pollution..", well, what does this say about how we're living today? Paris so close to to being on record breaking pollution, not that it's anything to be proud of. But, if that's how much pollution Paris has, which is a famous city for not only being the "City of Love", but for also being big, how will every other city's pollution be? Cities have been growing and expanding so much recently, factories are being built and more cars are being sold, how will this help limiting our car usage? If cities keep expanding, we'll just be adding to the pollution that already exists. After a couple decades all the issues we seem to be ignoring will come up and if the problems are bad now, how bad will they be in the future? This isn't just something we can ignore!
Like David Goldberg says in paragraph seven in "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car..". Why have we been focusing more on a car than on health and medicine and cures for some illnesses? Why is a car so important? Yes it makes going to places much more easier and quicker, but at what cost will we go to to make things easier on us? It isn't jsut about the pollution caused from our cr usage, but it's also about our health. There are fewer and fewer parks by the year because we'd rather have all our tax money go towards roads instead parks. More malls are opening up and more fast food places are opening up on big interstates and highways, and now all we really have to being close to nature is when we pass by the trees near the interstates and highways. We need trees in order to have oxygen, but if all this pollution is slowly killing trees, how much more time do we have left before we realize it's too late to try saving our trees and limiting our car usage? Back then no one really worried much about limiting our car usage and pollution, because it wasn't that bad. Now all you ever really hear is about pollution and how to stop it.
Even though we really have got to start limiting our car usage, there is still hope in lowering and or even stopping pollution. We could start off small, for instance, by having a day where no one is allowed to drive their cars to places or be fined if you do drive, like Bogota, Colombia does in "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota". It must've had a positive effect because it encouraged Cali and Valledupar, two other Colombian cities, to participate in the event as well. | 34
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0a6ac75 | Citizens of German,
As you may know that you have to own a car to get around in some cases you may think to your-self that you dont have the money to get a car or the job to keep a roof over your head. Well in French and Swiss borders, Friburg runs a few streets on the adge of the community. More or less Friburg has you paying for a $40,000 car-ownership with space along with a home.
70 percent dont own a car, everyone should have a car and park where ever they want to its not right for them to have to have a $40,000 car-onwer-ship with a house just to have space. Vaubran homes are $5,500 within a rectangular square mile, 80 percent of laws have been gone to highways and the 20 percent have went to another transports.
Paris has band driving due to smog they know the amound of license plats that were order to leave their cars at home or fined a $32 fine. It shouldn't matter if ther were to leave their cars at home or park it somewhere they are grown people and if something was to happen to them or the car then thats on them. It's not right to have all of these rules because, if someone was to vist a loved one and they didnt know or understand what was going on or they had gottan a fine then their going to get mad.
Diesel fule makes up at least 67 percent of vehicles in France, 53.3 percent of diesle engines in Western Europe. in the mid-1990s cars without improvement campaign in Bogota. People all over wants to be safe and have nothing to worry about so why on earth would you put out there tha you have to have a car to buy a house or to have more space?. Children that are now coming out to the world that are driving is going to look at the world a different way. Between 2001-09 found that driving by young poeple decreased about 23 percent.
America's love affair with its vehiclse population growth the number that had been driven in the U.S. peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily. April 2013 the number of miles drien is 9 percent below the pea an equal to where the country was in Janurary 1995. | 01
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2b260d4 | There have been many claims about the Face being a sign of intelligent life forms on Mars. The Face is not an extraterestrial artifact. It is just a natural landform. By looking at the images from 1976 and 1998 I can see where someone might mistake it for a humaniod face. The images are a little blurry and because of this you can see what appears to be eyes, a nose and a mouth.
Upon closer inspection of the 2001 image you can see it is just a natural landform such as a mountain that formed from the wind blowing sand over the years. NASA has done scientific research to prove to you that the Face isn't really a face, it's just a mountain that resembles one.
There have been many claims of extraterestrial life forms on Mars. Most of these claims lack evidence. There may still be life on Mars, but we have yet to gather any real evidence. I assure you that the Face is nothing more than a natural landform that shadows had an effect on to make it appear to resemble a monument. If it wasn't for the high resolution camera that was used to take the 2001 image of the Face, we might still believe it to be an extraterestrial monument. | 23
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d4b87f4 | The developement of driverless cars is an important, and significant technological milestone. Driverless cars are a perfect example of how well we have devoloped sensory, atomotive, and GPS systems. They also have extraordinary potential to make travel safer, and more efficient. They could prevent countless deaths or injuries because the majority of all car accidents are caused by human error, a driverless car would never make decisions out of haste or excitement. Instead cars would travel consistantly and safely.
The developement of driverless cars could lead to several significant technological advances. Innovations inspired by driverless cars could lead to safer, or more efficient vehicles. At the same time, developing driverless cars could lead to significant inventions.
Driverless cars are the solution to the biggest cause of car accidents, human error. Thousands of car accidents are caused as a result of poor, or impaired judgement. If cars could drive themselves, this problem would be effectively eliminated. A driverless car would never make the decision to speed or run a red light.
In addition to being a safer alternative to human driven vehicles, driverless cars could also be more efficient. Driverless cars would never get lost because of their advanced GPS systems. They would also take the fastest, and safest routes. Driverless cars would rarely run out of gas because they would alwas be aware of the nearest gas station, and how much gas is in their tank.
In conclusion, Driverless cars should be fully developed, and manufactured for public use because they are a safer alternative to human driven cars. They are more efficient, as well. Also because the developement of driverless cars would be a significant technological milestone, and they could lead to newer better tachnologies. | 23
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be8ce73 | Accoring to the pargraph they are talking about Venus how danger and how hot the surface is and Venus also have the hotted surface even thought Mercury is closer to the sun.
The author should support his idea like saying if we build a spacecraft that can survial for a month in Venus surface we might get to study more and by only sending a machine not sending a human
Venus is the 1 hotted planet even thought mercury is closer to sun and Venus and Mar is Earth neighbro this two planet are the closet planet to Eath in our solar system
Venus is the first hottest planet in our solar system, long ago Venus use to have an a Ocean like our planet Earth, Venus is almost like Earth , it have some feature and NASA also think vehicke hovering 30 or miles above the roiling venusian landscape , like our jet airplane travel ar a higher altitude to fly over many stoem, and a vehicle hovering over Venus would aviod the unfriendly ground conditions by staying uo and out of their way. a t the 13+ miles above the surface the temperature will still be at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit but the air pressure will be close to the sea of level on Earth and Nasa also saying sending human into Venus. | 01
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7a12686 | Dear senator I have a problem with the current voteing procesess. You see senator with Electoral Collage the votes can be swayed very easily, all one would have to do is threaten or bribe the voter into voteing for that particular person. This in-turn could effect the outcome of the voteing procesess greatly be it by leagal or ileagal means. Beacuse of this i think the voteing procesess should be based off of the popular vote so that it would be difficult for one to do what was stated above. But this is only one persons opinion there is also the other side of this.
There is another group that thinks that the voteing procesess should stay the same. i think that this group thinks this because they know how to get around the system or play it. Doing so makes it easy'er for them to have someone that they trust or control on the top of the game. But then if this ocuurs are we really choseing our president, i dont think so. Even still that is only my opinion.
This is what I think the outher group wants to achive. You have read what i thought on this subject and i hope to bring you over to my side on this argument. There is curuption every were and we need to stick together, if we dont then who can we trust. Make your vote count and help make the U.S a better place. Hope this helped you decicde on who to pick. | 12
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c117260 | Venus is the second planet from our sun, its referred as earths twin. Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density, size and distance. Venus is one of the brightest stars in our solar system. Venus is easy to spot since its so bright.
But earth wants to study the plant to try to find life. Long ago Venus had oceans and maybe had life just like Earth. But now it's probably to dangerous and I can tell you why.
On Venus the temperature average 800 degrees fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 times greater than Earth. Earth sent mutiple spacecrafts to Venus but they only last about a few hours. Earth hasn't even had a single spaceship that touchdown on venus in over 3 decades. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide the blankets over Venus.
You may think why Earth wants to study Venus even though it's dangerous. If anything happens to Earth. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary vist. | 12
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88dc279 | Honestly truth be told there is a valuable cause in this because alot of technology today will ask you to rate this website or did you like this song?.The computer will read only what u tell them. Although the computer cannot read how you really feel because sometimes people lie about what they do and dont like. So just because you rate that website a 7 doesnt mean you like it you might just want them to think its a good website. The computer would have to be very reliable and trusting for it to be valuable. The students these days is hard to tell because they just don't care anymore. If they don't care then there is no way to tell if they like something or not.
In the article it says "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is call and "action unit." In that paragraph its technically talking about how the computer will recognize facial expressions but in my opinion I feel like that would take alot of work for computer technicians to actually put more devices in a computer just to see what people think about them.
So in my opinion no I don't think they should use the technology to read emotions because it will make things more expensive and less people will buy them. Some people wouldn't like technology to read their emotions because alot of times people wont be angry at the computer they would be mad because the computer is trying to tell them how they are feeling. | 12
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a3c0f35 | Venus or called the Evening Star now it can be posible watch the planet for ourselves?
Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, Venus is a important part of our solar system. Venus is actually a planet the author's point is give us information that not all people know about Venus or details like Venus is the second planet from our sun.
One important point is
"Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun" and also that present addition impediments like erupting volcanoes. Our atmosphere it is almost 97 percent carbopn dioxide blakets Venus. On the planet's surface. temperatures average over 800 degrees which is more extreme than anything
humans encounter on Earth.
That is not a impediment for humans to visit Venus as the author express in the article " NASA has one particularly idea for sending humans to study Venus and send more details to us so we can have a express idea of how Venus reality.
Another point to demostrate is that " radiation would not exceed Earth levels, not easy conditions but survivable for humans" that what NASA express but the people who visit Venus cannot take samples like rocks,gas, or anything else.
In conclusion that would be interest if the NASA aprobe send all type of people to the Earth, if they aprobe that would be safely because the NASA is working with old technology that is safe to control, and now the human curiosity will be done because we should be expanded to meet Earth. | 12
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dac3832 | Driverless cars would be scary to be in. I mean think about it, your in a car, in the driver seat and let's say the car crashes. you can't do anything to prevent it from crashing because the car is in control.
In my opinion I don't really think it's a good idea to have "Driverless cars" because, what if the car mulfunctions. The car could hit another car by accident. They say it's safe, but i still wouldn't get in one. Just knowing that these cars may become apart of my future actually scares me, because i don't want someone to get hurt or have their life taken away fromthem because they couldn't do anything to stop the car.
In conclusion I think it would be safe to frop the whole "Driverless car" idea because I mean come on its rediculous. Someone can get seriously hurt if the car maulfunctions or dosn''t stop, turn or whatever when it's supposed to. How is the car supposed to know the speed limit? It;s just obvious to some people that "Driverless cars" are just a waste of time. I'm one of those people. | 01
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43d40a3 | "The Face''
As we all know in the year of 1976 Nasa's Viking 1 spacecraft captured a photo which was belived to be a "face'' formed in Mar's surface. There has also been arguments over the years if "the face" was created by aliens or was it just a natural landform. Here is why I belive it is a natural landform.
In the article "Umasking the Face on Mars, in paragraph 12 it says what the picture that the picture actually shows that the Martian is equaivalent to a butte or messa which are landforms common around the American West. Some migfht that you can't actually tell what things really are just from a picture because it is only a proportion. Well, in paragraph 11 Garvin says that ," As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Eqytian -style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were.
Some might say that you can tell by the picture thaat Viking 1 spacecraft took because of the type of technology they were using in the 20th century. Well in paragraph 10 they said that they rolled their spacecraft 25 degrees to center in the Face in the feild of veiw. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camer's absolute maximum reslotion. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters, 43 in the 1976 Viking photo. This tells everyone that they did not make their decsion based upon 20th century technology, but they captured thier photo with morden day technology.
In conclusion, I belive that "The Face" was a just a natural landform. I belive this because of the eveidence that NASA provided and the fact that they went back to space and took anthor picture with up to date technology. | 34
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b5b01ce | The way the author supported his claims were ways of providing examples. He defined his examples in a way to make worth of pursuiting Venus despite its dangers. He did this by comparing them to the actual project of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus."
First off, he explains that Venus is our neighboring planet. Despite of Venus being close to Earth; we don't know much about it. However, later in the article he mentions something interesting that catches most people's eye. He mentions, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This caught my eye, especially, because it goes with the idea of Venus being an interesting and worthy pursuit to discover and learn from. Despite of Venus having no life and probably not worth to look at. But all of that changes when he states how the conditions actually are.
Furthermore, as said in the question, despite all of the dangers, it will be worth to study Venus. Since we'll be able to know what actually happened long ago. In paragraph three the author states, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus," also he states, "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." These are the dangers of Venus. When considering to send some sort of probe or satellite to investigate this planet these are the circumstances we must consider. The way he incoorperates this idea fully just shows how incredible and extreme these conditions are, to even try and land a rover on Venus.
Lastly, in paragraph five the author starts explaining ways to study and investigate Venus without having to worry about its weather extremes. The author explains, "A vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." He shows us that it has even more worth to study Venus. We are now able to study Venus but at a different angle. This ties in with his idea of pursuiting Venus because we have the chance to find out more about it. Even though it is not the best insight of Venus, gives a perfect example that every little detail we learn about Venus is important and nteresting.
Tying all his claims together, he shows us that Venus is worth the danger to pursuit the planet. The way he compared and contrasted with each detail supports his claim strongly. As the author states, "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humas." Meaning it is not going to be easy, but it is definitely possible. | 34
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9409a54 | Hey Earth has a twin. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author strongly suggest that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Although the author's idea may sound wild to some he does support his argument very intelligently.
To begin the author supports his ideas by giving back ground knowledge on Venus. The author then preoceeds to scientificly explain the orbits that Venus, Mars and Earth under takes."Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Because Venus is sometimes right around the cornerin space termshumans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." The explanation that the author gives us shows us the simalirty of the planets and the efforts of exploring Venus is important despite its conditons.
In paragraph 4 the author uses a rhetorcle device "If our sister planet is so inhostible, why are scientist even discuusign further vistits to its surface. The author uses a rhetoricle quetsion to get his point across to the reader. The author goes further into depth by describing the geogrphics of Venus and how it could of been a Earth like planet long ago." Today Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth."
The author brings in NASA into the conversation and explains to us how they have been working to explore Venus. "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." Although the author is fully aware of the extreme condtions of Venus they still don't believe that hoviering 30 miles from Venus wont provide them with enough information. The author also argues that scientist wont have the ability to take samples of rocks,gas,etc. The author even goes further by saying" Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to undestand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks".
Well Earth may have a twin, but they are not identical. Despite the harsh conditions of Venus the aurthor does a great job with supporting their idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit. Not to forget the author supported their claim with lots of evidence provied through out the text. | 34
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c00fcbf | In many places all across the world, the amount of car usage is decreasing more and more as the years pass by. In places such as Vauban, Germany; Paris, France; and Bogota, Colombia; there are times when you are fined if you operate a vehicle. Why would a city ban one of the most useful personal transportations invented? These cities all had goals for transportation to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and costs, improve safety, relieve stress, and to promote public transportation. All of these goals, by which were accomplished when the use of motor vehicles were limited.
According to source 1 'In German Suburb, Life goes on without cars', the residents of Vauban, Germany disagree with the usage of cars. The entire suburb is designed to be "car-free", besides the main thoroughfare. Understand that car ownership is allowed, but there is an exteremely scarce amount of parking spots, and that the price of a garage, that is located at the edge of this suburb, costs $40,000 when you buy your home. As a result of this, 70% of residents do not own cars, and 57% of residents sold their car to live in Vauban. The goal was to start a movement called 'smart planning', which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes.
According to source 2 'Paris bans driving due to smog', the city of Paris, France enforced a partial ban to clear the air of the global city. Almost 4,000 drivers were given a 22-euro fine, which is equivalent to $31, because they were driving their cars. Diesel fuel was at fault for the excessive amount of smog in the city. Diesels make up 67% of the vehicles in France. The goal was to decrease the amount of smog throughout the city.
According to source 3 'Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota', the residents of Bogota, Colombia are familiar with a 3 year running 'Day without Cars'. There is a large turnout where one day out of the year the use of motor vehicles is banned, which would face violators with a $25 fine. The goal of this city was to reduce smog and promote alternative transportation.
In conclusion, the result in limiting the usage of cars would be very effective and beneficial. The residents, as a whole, would save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and costs, improve safety, relieve stress, and promote public transportaion. | 23
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248162f | Did you know that if you are a Seagoing Cowboy than you will have a lot of unique adventures? Some of the adventures I went on were going to tour an excaveted castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China, Going to Europe and China, And seeing the Acropolis in Greese was very special to me. You should join because there is lots of fun on deck like playing baseball, volleyball, and table tennis tournements and much more. Being a Seagoing Cowboy was a gret adventure.
One great reason to join the seagoing cowboy group is you go on a lot of unique trips on the way there. I went to the excaveted castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. I also went to see the Acropolisin Greese and that was very special to me. Last i went to Europe and China.
Another great reason to join the Seagoing Cowboy group is you have a lot of fun on the deck. One thing we used to do was play baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals used to be. We also played table tennis, boxing, and fencing. To make the time pass we used to read and study a lot after playing the games.
The next reason you should become a Seagoing Cowboy is you will have much more than an adventure in your life. I am very greateful for this opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure to me.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy changed my life and made it an adventure. All the fun I had on deck all the trips and being a Seagoing Cowboy enspired me. It will change your life to an adventure and you will have a lot of fun with your crew if you join. Would you like to become a Seagoing Cowboy? | 23
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8b627c2 | Dear Senator,
The Electoral College is a very unfair to many of the states.Some states are left in the dust without being visited or even seeing anything about a campaign. Also the voting is misleading because they vote for electrols not the president which the people should be voting for.In the passage
The Indenfensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong states
" Under the electoral college system ,voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." this information tells us that Electoral College is wrong and should be changed.
Voting for a new president is left for the electors we choose as a state to pick and we dont even get a say in the matter because we can not control who they vote for and it could be very confusing and people might vote for the wrong person.In the passage
The Indenfensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong states "Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case ,Elections would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president." With this information it shows that the election is out of the people hands that are going to be governed but to the governement that can make very bad decsions and has the United States populations fate in there hands and make the wrong move and have a crisis for the next four years to come.Also the winner take all system doesnt spread eqaully through the states, In the 2nd source it states" During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina ,and voter in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." This shows that it doesn't matter that the candidates go to get states because they only depend on certain states that have alot of elctorols like California and Texas an Ohio.
The Electoral College idea is outdated and irrational and needs new ideas that wil make voters happy. It would be easier just to have a popularity vote to pick the president instead of going through so much chaos with all the election. Ther should be campaigns and a couple of debates but then one big election that every one vote on at the same time to elect our president. This idea might help bring togetheir the population in each states to decide on one president to run our nation. The Senate and the House of Represeitatives already have a job and doesn't need to be taking the job of the citizens. To prove my point in passage 2
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Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the sysem are wrong states "
In 1976 a tie would have occurres if a mere 5,559 voters from Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted theother way. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe" The citizens can be confused and easily mislead if something is confusing like the Electoral College. Swing voters can change everything .
In this type of election there can also can be segregation invovled which unfair because mostly all people in the Senate and The House of Represantives are white and maybe have a problem with different races or women becoming the next president. In source 2 the last paragraph :
"It's offical: The electoral college is unfair ,outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.And the arguments against elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this but Bob Dole was right:
Abolish the electoral college!"
I agree with this is and I beleive that the Electoral College should be abolished because it is so unfair to the voters because thet are mislead and are not voting for the prsident but for the electors to vote for the president. I hope you agree with my opinion and decide to take this matter in your own hands and make a better election and happy citizens.
Sincerly,
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9cd87c2 | Have you ever been upset, but not wanted anyone to know? Well having this type of technology exploits personal feelings without consent. It can be a valuable peice if used correctly. Overall though, I think we should keep this technology away from classrooms.
For starters, a persons feelings and emotions is his or her buisness. Giving a computer the option to read us like a book and evaluate us is something that just wouldn't make much difference. We are human beings, we have feelings and if we wanted someone else to know we would tell them. We show emotions how we see fit, it's just what we do.
A computer does not need to do that for us.
Secondly, every single human on this earth is different. How could one machine read every emotion? I know for sure that my happy face is not the exact same to another. My surprised face could by their happy face, and the opposite aswell. No two are alike in this world, they're will always be a biased factor in this technology. Which is why we cannot rely on technology everyday, some things are better face to face.
On the other hand, having this added onto a online school, or even on some online learning website could help. As it could change the lesson if it senses boredom or confusion. In paragraph 6, it states that exact message, Dr. Huang says "A classroom computer could regongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored". Which in all ways could be a great addition, but if you take into consideration all the cons. That one pro just isn't enough. We have amazing teachers who have the same possibility to bring classroom joy, we don't need computers for that.
In Conclusion, this product is one that could potentially change the online world and maybe even schooling. If in the right environment though, we don't need it. We have an amazing staff in all schools working around the clock to make sure kids learn what they need to succeed in life. Students will express emotions, and when they feel they need help they'll l have all the counselors and friends needed. We don't need a computer for that. | 34
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9c72dba | Changing the world is seemingly hard to do on this Earth today. Our society has made so many breakthroughs in technology and science that it's hard to find someone who doesn't have the knowlege of the world in their front pocket (a cell phone). However, cars that don't require a driver or that are "self-driving" could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in history. Imagine, "...a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system." that would be magnificent! Right?, maybe not.
The text says that these cars would only use half the fuel of today's taxis, offer far more flexibility of a bus, and they would be driven by computer or binary code road systems. But such cars lead to the question, "Are they safe?". My position on this topic is, if it is not proven that these cars are sufficent and lives are being saved before they are put in danger on the road then I want no part in them. All throughout the history of technology there has always been a shadow. You cannot have any peice of technology that doesn't have difficulty, a crashing sytem, or complexity closely following. What if these seemingly robot cars happen to have a system failure and take the lives of all it's passengers? Who is to blame there the manufacturers? Now, I do agree that the roads today are dangerous due to wreckless drivers, people driving under the ifluence among other things, but if a new automatic transportation sytsem causes more problems then what exactly is the point?
Sometimes it's best to sit back and be satisfied with what we have before we have nothing to sit back on as well as nothing to be satisfied about. People today are so focused witht the "hip" and the "now" that us as human beings are becoming more and more disconnected everyday. We spend more time in technology then we spend with those around us and it is very heartbreaking. We aren't going to live forever but some of us aren't even "living" right now. I understand that we are trying to better our world for the generations to come but is new advanced technology really what is best?
From the way we treat our planet right now there won't be any green for the next generations, we'll have to tell them stories and show them pictures because we took all of it away from them. So if you asked me about "advancement" I'd say I'm more focused on preserving. Maybe instead of new cars that drive themselves, we need more people driven to save our planet. Because cars don't "... fundamentally change the world." , we do. | 34
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7bec740 | They are sayin how to detect other people feeling. How other people feel. The software of some new computer that recognize emotions. Can they like calculate emotions like math homework i think they can not calculate emotions like a math homework. Your frontalis pars lateralis muscle above your eyes raises your eyebrows when you're surpised your orbicularis oris around your mouth tightens your lip to show anger. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal. They would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy worried etc.
Computers know when your happy or sad 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. Most human communication is nonverbal inculding emotional communication so computers need to know that to. You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. A computer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery.
According to the facial feedback theory of Emotion moving your facial emotions, but also may even help produce them. Putting on a happy face actually works a renowned drama coach had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions. | 01
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9af4a25 | This story about Venus talks about how NASA wants to study the planet."Evening star"is what they call Venus. The nickname gaive the rung idea of Venus. Peolpe where misstaking that Venus is a star. Venus it's a own plant. In the text says "Venus is the second plant from our sun." In phragraph one. Reserchers study Venus becouse backthen is was closer to earth. Dispise of Venus bing dangers. Reserchers what to fide out if it still hase some earth fechers.
NASA whats to get information about Venus. One of the idea of NASA is to seand peolpe to Venus. People will hover throw space. In the text says"our jet airplanes travel at higher altitude to fly over may storms."In phragraph five. Flying aroud Venus is not placent. Dispice that Venuse is very hot,bing above is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The air pressure is lower like the sea leveal. Resiving infromation in venus is limited becouse of how much lights it gives. We can not take anying from mars frome a distance. NASA have not founed a way to get far in to Venus. With this problem NASA takes it risky or as a challeng.
Anuther way to resive infromation is by sending elatronics to Venus. NASA had sent mutuple objets to mars. The objet semes to only servive fore some few three weeks. In oder to make somthing beter to sent in Venus is lookng at obld technology. Looking at phragraph siven it tells us that "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers.". NASA uesd newer technology but it has not over three weeks. Sending mechens that are made with meatel it will mealt or over heat because of the heat in Venus. With the old mechens and with the newer we will fined a more resestent salustion that can healp us with information.
One day we will have the limets to go in Venus. NASA has not gavie up Venus. Venus is valuble to us not olny because it's just a nuther resuers but because it will let us have the lemits to explore other plants. I do balive that we should know other plants. We shouled tot be limited with awer inmagination. | 12
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7dcb253 | The Facial Action Coding System, is a system that can read expressions of humans. Whether they're lying, sad, mad, or happy. I think it would help with crime and school.
The uses of the Facial Action Coding System would be helpful because it'll make things so much easier with crime and school. In crime the police would be able to use this technology against the accomplice and the thief. It'll be helpful because it would be able to tell whether the thief's lying or not. this could be helpful in many different areas as well such as schools and jobs even sports.
School would be nice to have a Facial Action Coding System because it would help with cheaters and thieves. Schools have many cheaters during tests. They're sneaky and really annoying. It'll just make things easier in school because students wouldnt want to cheat anymore because they'll know that they might get caught. Other reasons why is if a student is lying to the teacher about understanding the lesson or the chapter because they're embarressed of it. The teacher could just use this piece of technology to see whether the student is actually understanding the lesson or chapter.
What I think about this piece of technolgy is that its great for many things and that this could possibly make think so much easier in the world. | 23
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8a469e5 | In countries such as America, Germany and Europe air pollution is high and one of the main reasons of that is fuel coming from a truck or car. Cities such as Vauban, Paris and Bogato realize that their atmosphere is full of pollyion and have decided to make a changer of that. Although people may not give up their car for a long periiod of time, even just a day makes a huge impact on their atmosphere.
In hte citie of Vauban, Germany you will not hear the loud sound of a car engine very often. This citie is very unique and residents of this upscale community are what we call pioneers. Street Parking, driveways, and garages are forbidden in the community of Frieburg. The streets of Vauban are "car free" except for the main thoroughfair where you can catch the tram to downtown Freiburg and a couple streets on the edge of the community. If you are to own a car their are two places to park, large car garages at the edgeat the edge of a development which wil cost you 40,000$ to own a spot. 70% of Vaubans families do not own a cars, and 57% sold a car to move here.
In Paris, France they nearly faced a record pollution due to excess driving on several days. To put a stop to it the city enforced a rule that on mondays even-numbered cars were permitted to not use their vehicle and on tuesdays odd-numbered cars were too not use their vehicle. If the people did not listen and use their cars on that day they were given a fine of 22-euro (31$). Congestion was down 60% in the capital of France, after five days of the idea of non-vehicle use.
Another city that believed in non-vehicle use is Bogato, Colombia. On this certain day, Colombians used their bike, skatebaored, walked or took busses to get to work. This left the streets of the capital city clear of all cars except for buuses or taxis. This has been the third straight year that cars have been banned in a citie with 7 million people. The goal of this trend is to promote alternative transportation and to reduce secrete pollution in the air. Along with less air pollution parks and sportes centers also have bloomed throught the city; eneven sidewalks have been replaced with more broad, thicker sidewalks; rush-hour resrtictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new resturaunts and shoppings districs have cropped up.
These particular cities have seen dramatic changes due to their no car use belief. One day a week of no vehicles can make a change on not just your city but on yourself also. If every city folowed along with these cities we would find ouselves in great shape when it comes to pollution in our atmosphere. | 12
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ac6a5bf | Is the landform on Mars created by aliens or just a natural landform. In the article '' Unmasking the Face on Mars'', it talks about this landform on Mars. Some conspiracy theorists say that the landform was created by aliens. NASA says that they wish that there was an ancient civilization on Mars. In my opinion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform because it is not seen as much often, it is proven not to be created by aliens, and the landforms are common around Mars.
First, the landform can not be seen as often. In paragraph 9, it says that mission control scanned the planet and they rarely pass over it. Mission control also took pictures of it. They took pictures to have a better look at the landform. In April 8, 2001 Mission control used Mars Global Surveyor to take more photos on maximum resolution because it can hardly by seen. So that is why the landform can be seen less than usual.
Secondly, the landform is proven not to be created by aliens. In paragraph 6 and 7, it says that on the scientists' research they found that the landform is not created by aliens. It is not created by aliens because the landforms are common in that area. Also that when they tried to find the answer, they used photos they took with maxium resolution on it. So that is how the landform is proven not to be created by aliens.
Thirdly, the landforms are common on Mars. In paragraph 12, It says that the picture of the landform is common. It also said that the landform is like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. In the text is says,''that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa is the same height as the face on Mars. So that is why the landforms on Mars are common, not created by aliens.
In conclusion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. There are many reasons or details that says that it is a landform. Some reasons or details are that the landform is common on Mars and that it proven not to be created by aliens. The reasons for this is the formation of rocks. So that is my opinion on why the face is just a natural landform. | 23
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30618ce | The author is studying that Venus or sometimes that "Evening Star" is a worthy pusuit despite that dangers it presents. It is a worthy pusuit because Venus is also referred to as Earth's "twin." But the challenge is the atmosphere, clouds, and the Fahrenheit. NASA is trying to study Venus. I will tell you why Venus is a worthy pursuit.
Venus is referred to as Earth's "twin" because Venus is the closet planet to Earth's density, size, and the closest in distance. Mars is also close to Earth. Earth, Venus, and Mars is our planetary neighbor, but Mars and Venus orbit the sun at different speeds in the solar system. The differences in speeds between Mars and Venus means that we sometimes are closer to Mars and other time to Venus. Astromomers believes that long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and have various forms of life, like Earth. Even today, Venus have Earth-like features like valleys, mountains, and craters. Humans have sent numerous of spacecrafts, but no spacecrafts have survived for more than a few hours.
The challenging of Venus is the atmosphere, the clouds, and the Fahrenheit. Venus's thick atmosphere is almost 97 percents carbon dioxide and it blankets over Venus and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on Earth. The most challenging of Venus are the clouds because the clouds are highly corrosive sulferic acid in Venus's atmosphere. Venus's surface temperatures is average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Venusian geology and weather presents additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes,and frequent lightings strikes. Also Venus has the hottest surface temperature in the solar system.
NASA is trying different ways to study Venus. NASA has been compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, but the possible solutions to the hostile conditions on the surface is that they would allow scientists to float above the fray. They want to try and create a spacecraft that is hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling landscape. The temperatures will still be at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth. NASA is working on different approaches for studying Venus like some simplified eletronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber stimulating the chaos of the Venus's surface and it have only lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is to use mechanicals computers, which are devices first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in 1940s during the World War II. They would use these devices because it make calculations by using gears and levers and it do not require eletronics at all.
It is a worthy pursuit because Venus is also referred to as Earth's "twin." But the challenge is the atmosphere, clouds, and the Fahrenheit. NASA is trying to study Venus. It is a worthy pursuit because it shows that how difficult it is just trying to get and sample or studying Venus, but astronomers are so fascinated how Venus may once was the most Earth-like planet. Venus have gained human curiousity that will likely lead us into many equally itimidating endeavors. | 34
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c03c5de | In recent years, the fascination of driverless cars has boomed. Movies and television have depicted a world in which driverless cars are the future. This imagination is now becoming a reality. Recently companies, such as Google, have been making driverless cars. While having a driverless car would be something extraordinary, these cars should not be produced and sold on the market to the consumer. A driverless car could be even more reckless than an irresponsible human driver.
Driverless cars should not be produced because of the saftey hazard they can possibly create. All of the cars deemed "driverless" that have been produced are, in reality, not actually driversless. While these cars do have different features that allow them to drive, a driver must still be present. Also, these driverless cars are not fully equipped with the skills necessary to navigate on a road. The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" says, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." In a driverless car, the passanger must still remain alert and ready to take control if issues were to arise. Cars such as these could possibly malfunction even more than a regular one. A car in which a human is not in control posses threats such as the car not judging the distance between itself and others cars correctly and crashing, or the car continuingly accelerating due to a glitch in the system freezing the ability to break. On top of the safety hazards these cars make, new traffic laws for these cars would have to be made because it is illegal in most states to even test computer operated cars. The cars would have to be proven reliable and safe.
In conclusion these driverless cars should not be made. They should not be produced due to the many hazards that can happen. Besides, who would buy a driverless car just to end up having to drive it anyway in the end? Getting a driverless car would just be a waste of money. A car that has safety features that assist and enhance a driver would be a good idea. But as for a car that totally drives itself, it's safe to say that they wont be on the market anytime soon. | 34
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cc266ee | Using Technology to Read Emotional Expressions
Using technology to show exactly how other people are feeling can be very valuable. New software has been developed and it can help determine how people are feeling based upon their facial expression. This is called FACS (Facial Action Coding System). FACS seems to be very promising for many different industries. Using technology like FACS would be a very valuable experience for students.
Calculating emotions is like math. The computer can recognize facial expressions and show others how someone really feels. This process starts by making a 3-D model of the face, and the muscles must move like human muscles. If these muscles function correctly this can be a very good learning opportunity for students to learn about facial muscles. This can also help them learn about facial expressions, how others are percieving their own facial expressions, and they can read each others facial expressions. Teachers could also benefit from this because then they could see how students are really feeling even if the student says they feel one way.
The reading states that "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" as I previously stated, this can help students learn about facial expressions and how everyone within a classroom can read each others facial expressions. The reading also states that you can probably tell how your friend is feeling based upon the look of their face. If students were able to use this type of technology some who do not understand could have a better understanding of how facial expressions work.
Each person uses different facial expressions to convey an emotion. To do this everyone must use certain muscles to display that emotion. In paragraph 9 of the reading it states that your facial muscles not only express emotions, but they help produce that emotion. This means that if you smile to show happiness then it can also help you produce that feeling. This evidence proves that this technology can be valuable in a classroom because if a student is sad that student can try to change how how they feel emotionally by producing facial expressions that are happy.
Using Facial Action Coding Systems would be very valuable for reading students' emotional expressions. It can help them understand how facial expressions work and how the differnt facial muscles affect them. This can also help some students who are unfamiliar with the topic become more familiar with it, and help them have a better grasp on the concept of FACS.
Someone who has emotional problems could benefit from this knowledge and this could teach them how they could improve how they are feeling, or other students could pick up on the problem. In conclusion, using the Facial Action Coding system would be a valuable learning experience for students because it can help them understand how expressions work and understand how others are feeling. | 34
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2b5d872 | Land either froms by its self, by people, or by having chunks taken out of it by meteors. The face on Mars could not have been created by a living life form, for the planet is unsafe for life. The rocks created a formation that looks like a face because of all the shadows and dust that were in the picture. Mars was hit by a lot of meteors and that is also why it looks like face. The face on Mars is most likely a volcano, a mountain, or a valley. Meteors have hit Mars so it takes some of the rocks and land away and it could happen to look like a face made aliens, but it cant be because it is a natural land formation of rocks.
Many people would disagree because they believe that Mars could have living lifeforms. Mars cant have living things on it because of the air being as toxic as it is. People think that there is a possability for things to be able to live on Mars, but there is no way for life to sustain on Mars because there is no where to grow food and raise animals to eat. There is no oxygen to breath so animals would just die because of lack of oxygen. | 23
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9465a3e | Do you like traveling? Do you like helping people in need? Well if you said yes to these questions you might want to become a seagoing cowboy. There is a lot of hardwork,but you get to do a lot of fun things to. One of those is sight seeing.
Getting to see some of the places that you would get to see, are some places I was dreaming about seeing, before I became a seagoing cowboy. The seagoing cowboys made it a reality. One place you would get to see is Europe. In Europe you could see countries such as Greece, and I got to even see the Acropolis. I also got to take a gondola ride through the streets of Venice, Italy. Another thing I saw in Europe was a castle in Crete. Another country I got to sight see was China and in China I went passed the Panama canal. Even with all this fun we had the pleasure of helping people.
I knew I would have a good time and have many adventures,but not like what I had when I was a seagoing cowboy. One thing that I did was helped out with cattle. I got to see and take care of many animals during my time in Europe and China. One of my jobs was the night watch job. During my vist it also helped me understand that not everyone had the type of great life that we take for granted. It showed me that a lot of people have basic needs that they can't even fullfill, because of something that had happened to them.
As one can see my experience was fun! I not only got to help people in neeed, buy I created life lasting frienships. | 23
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991002b | Was life better when we didnt have cars? There are many advantages to giving up our little priveledge to ride around; If we as a community were to give up having cars we would have less pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emmision and our communities would improve rapidly. We need to give up cars to form a better more safe environment for our families.
First off, an advantage to limiting car usage would be less pollution in our areas. "Cold nights and warms days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emmision"(Duffer 15). "In source 2 "Paris bans drving due to smog" it also shows that becuase of the enourmous amount of smog from cars they had to ban driving. After just 5 days of no car usage, the amount of pollution was down 60 percent. We as a people have to realize how drastic that change is. All we have to do to help the environment and nature grow more efficiently is to not use our cars as often.
Another advantage to lessoning our use in automobiles is the reduction of green house gas emmision. "...Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe..."(Rosenthal 5). There our many programs and agencys trying to reduce greenhouse affects; such as the one above, by banning the use of cars; one being the Environmental Protection Agency. President Obama is also trying to curb the United States greenhouse gas emmisions as shown in source 4 "the End of Car Culture." David Goldberg, an official of the Transportaion of America says "All of our development since World War 11 has been centered on the car..."(Rosenthal 7). We as a people are so induldged with cars and how efficent they may be in some aspects we dont realize the harm its doing to our communities.
Lastly an advantage to the limitations of car usage, is our communities improving rapidly. An example of this is The day without cars improvement campaign in Colombia, shown in source 3. During this day people that lived in those areas would have to ride a bike, hike, take a bus or walk to work or scool. Becuase of this there was no traffic jams and parks and sports centers bloomed. Also, becuase so many were envovled in this, the sidewalks and streets were improved and new restaurants and shopping centers were developing.
In all, The effects of limiting car usage would cause less pollution, lesson the amount of greenhouse gas emmision and cause our communities to improve rapidly. Fellow citizens we could change the way we live for the better. limiting the use of cars would have a drastic change and help our communites blossom. | 23
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b9e2f51 | Luke is very courageous because he joined the World War II. He left his family to save other peoples lives. He is hardworking because he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. Even though he got hungry and tired he didn't quit. He discovered unique places in the world and meet other people.
Luke helped people that are in the war and people that does'nt have food, water, and shelter. He would want other men to join the war because it made him feel good about hiself because he repected his country. Luke didn't even think if he wants to be a a military he just said yes because he knew that it would be a oppurtunity of a lifetime.
I think that people should join war, so that we could have our freedom by getting it ourselves, by fighting in war and being courageous like Luke. Luke can inspire people and wanting themselves to join the military. Most military says that "We die with honor". | 01
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79f0b51 | Dear Senator PROPER_NAME,
Just recently President Barrack Obama, won the presidency in 2012. He recived 61.7% of the electoral vote, but only 51.3% of the actual population voted for him. Now, you might be thinking. So what? But there is something wrong here, and that is the "winner-takes-all" basis. Starting this of I will talk about what I think is wrong with the elctoral College, and how we can change it. In reading this letter I hope that I may persuade you to take this into consideration.
To begin, the Electoral College was created when the founding fathers thought it would be good to have a, "
compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and end election of the President by a popular vote or qualified citizens.
" This states that the electoral college votes for President and Vice President by counting the number of electoral votes by congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. To win the Presidency at least 270 electors must vote for that President, but what if we the people vote another way than what they think?
The Presidential electon is held every four years. Most states have the "winner-take-all" system and most of the time we "help" the state electors chose who to vote for. As I said before in the 2012 election President Obama Recived 61.7% of the electoral vote, while the "people" voted only 51.3%. Now the "winner-takes-all" basis caused for him to get all of the votes in the Electoral College, rather than not having the College, and dividing the respective votes to the respective canidate. This ensures that everyone who votes has a say in who will become the next President. Even some of the small states that feel that,
"The residents of the other region are likely to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes do not count, that the new President will have no regard or their intrests, that he really isn't their President."
Furthermore, if we take the Electoral College out we will have a direct way of voting, and it will not take alot of manpower to do. We are in the great age of comuters, and this is how we would do it. Everyone stays home and when its time to vote, they pull out their smartphones, tablets, laptops, or desktops. Then they simply enter their social security numbet to make sure everyone gets only one vote and then,
BAM
, the computer takes all the numbers on who vote for who and this then creates a voting average on who won the most votes. Then the computer takes up the average from all of the states, and
DING DING DING, WE HAVE A WINNER.
Easy as that.
In conclution, we have all of the tools we need to remove the Electoral College and have, "We the people of the United States" vote for who we think should be in office. As I said we are in the age of technology and the voting now is slightly corrupted. If the people are voting for one thing and not getting it, or not getting the apropriate result then this is a parlementary goverment where the high ranking officials vote not us. So I beileve, and I hope I persuaded you enough to help argue against taking the Electoral College out, and repacing it with something that can give all of us a voice.
Thank You,
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14a193b | "Venus, something called the Evening Star" is one of the brightest points is the night sky," from this article woudl they make you vistit Venus even though it's extremely dangerous. In the article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author express hsi feeling toward the topic should we vistit Venus, and the author answered yes. I will be explaining why I believe we should vistit Mars and why i agree with the author so much.
My first point I want to bring up is that Venus is often called Earth's "twin", since it has identical density and size compared to Earth. Also fun facts are that siencitists has also shared that Venus has supported life long ago and this is proven by the planet having volcanoes, craters, and weather patterns. These reasons can also help us live on Venus.
And now are some reasons why we shouldn't vistit Venus. Number one is that it has the hottest surface tempurature in the entire solar system this would be difficult to live on. Antoher reason would be that the atmosphere is 97% carbon dioxide this would be a major issus becuase human need oxygen to live and with little oxygen in the atmosphere this would just simply kill us. And my final reason it that weather would be an issuse becuase of high pessure and heat of the atmosphere, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and lgihting which strike land; none of these would be great to live on Venus.
In conculion what I believe is that we should explore Venus because of it simlarites to Earth and that we could possible live here and expand human life. | 23
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2836ae3 | Technology is developing new stuff everyday. Things that are usually an everyday thing are becoming less and less, like the driverless cars, some people despise driving and some people love it. Can you imagine cars that you don't even have to drive? You just tell it where to go and it takes you there on command.
I think that's crazy, driverless cars starting out are going to be very dangerous and the road to explore and find new ideas to make them safer is going to be a long one. Some of the cars Google has built have been able to "drive independently under specific condiotions since 2009." Google also says that many of their cars have driven miles and miles without a crash, but that's with a driver who's ready for anything to happen and ready to act at any given time.
When the driverless cars actually become driverless, I think it'll be a disaster because some people are going to get carried away with it and just not think that their car will never have a malfunction. More people are going to wreck and people are just being plain lazy nowadays. It really doesn't take that much energy to drive a car. Of course you have to stay awake and make sure you're paying attention to the road at all costs, but people are just getting things handed to them.
With driverless cars people probably won't have to do drivers ed and their drive times with instructors who are making them better drivers. I think it's just nonsense.
On the other hand, there could be a couple positives to this. Some people are born with conditions that can make them not able to drive or do stuff most people do, but with the new driverless cars they'll be able to enjoy the satisfaction of just being able to sit in that drivers seat just like any other person out there. That is if they find a way to make the completely driverless, because if not then they say,"this means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires.
One of the most common tragedys that occur are people dying from drunk drivers. Some people make stupid decisions when they're drunk and they might decide to drive home because they think they're well enough too and of course if you're with a bunch of other drunk people they're probably going to encourage it because they don't no any better.
With the driverless cars, people making that poor decision won't or might not be affected by it. That's if the scientists find ways to make the cars safer to where you don't have to drive it at all. | 34
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d22a390 | Many people believe in the Electoral college, but I think it's time for a change. The electoral college isn't completely fair to the people. It isn't fair because the elected person that will vote for you could always change the vote so he may vote for whom they like. Instead of electing somone to vote for you and your state, you should be able to vote individually.
The popular vote is more fair than the Electoral vote because each person's vote will go toward the canidate of their choice knowing that their vote will count as much as everyone elses. This will most likely result in more people voting and a smaller chance of a tie. Just because someone is representing their voters, doesn't mean that everyone will be happy with the electoral voter's decision. People who are for the Electoral college claim that it invariably produces a clear winner. This is partially true but is not completely true. It might produce a clear winner, but it is not a fair vote. If America is about rights, fairness, and freedom then why do we let other people vote for us?
The electoral overthrows the popular vote, so why should we let 500 people decide who beomes President for millions of people? We shouldn't. The Electoral college is out of date and if anything it needs to be updated so it is more just and fair for everyone. Even in source three it clearly states that the people do not vote for the President- the electors do. So when you vote, you're not even voting for a President. You're voting for an elector. Those for the Electoral college also say that the turst between an elector and state is rarely broken, but why take a chance on someone betraying you when you can just vote for yourself? | 23
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adde2f0 | Dear Senator ,
The stretegy we still use to elect our president is not always effective. During the times that the United States was becoming a country , many senators argued that having states with more electoral votes is extremely unfair. By doing so ,you are telling the people of that state that their vote is not worth as much as someone that lives for example in California. Using electoral college made George W. Bush president when most people preferred Al Gore. With the help of our advanced technology , we could accomplish giving equivalent votes to each person of the United States regardless of their location. If we wouuld have used popular vote since the beginning of history, we could have avoided having presidents such as George W. Bush that have caused catastrophes in this country. The winner-takes-all system portrays no justice. It is no coicidence that the president constantly visits countries with the most electoral votes.+
Sincerely , PROPER_NAME | 12
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be203c9 | I believe that use of the Facial Action Coding System could make immediate impacts in a classroom setting. The idea of being able to see someone's inner emotions could show lots of value for teachers in the class. This machine, after being tested in the classroom, could be used to make even more accurate and in-depth machines that could go even deeper. All it takes is it starting off.
There are many benefits to having a machine that is able to accurately find someone's emotions. The applications in the classroom would help make the day for a teacher run smoothly if there was trouble with a student, or if there was something upsetting a student you could use this device. The value of knowing what your students feel could help mold a curriculum that would be the most effective for their learning. Paragraph 6 mentions that classes could have computers that could detect these emotions, and change the way the lesson is and mold it to work for that specific student.
There is no reason that the FACS shouldn't be implemented into classes. The FACS is just a more accurate way of processing and recognizing someone's emotions and feelings. We, as humans, are always performing this calculation every day, as listed in paragraph 5. We cannot tell every emotion in someone's face, as they could be hiding their emotions behind a fake smile, or hiding sorrow or sadness behind a snarl. With the FACS knowing the emotions of a student in class who is struggling could maybe help the student and teacher find a way to stop the struggle. There is nothing wrong with knowing a student's emotions so a teacher can assist them if they are struggling.
This understanding of emotions and the creation of lessons that could help with those emotions could help graduation rates for schools go up, and help the GPA or work ethic of a student to increase. These benefits all could come from knowing students' emotions as long as the FACS is put into a school's classrooms.
Some may be worried that the FACS could be unaccurate and tell wrong emotions, but claims in paragragh 3 state that muscles in your face also dictate what emotion your feeling. These muscles can also indicate whether your smile is real and you are really happy, or if your smile is fake and that your feeling something different. Trained psychologists and others in their respected fields have contributed to the FACS to try and help create accurate assumptions based on the muscle usage in a person's face.
The evolution and effectiveness of the FACS could increase with the help of its use in the classroom, and the readings could become more accurate and more beneficial to the teacher and the student. The FACS could be used in almost anywhere, but I believe that it would have the biggest impact in the classroom. The effect it could have enourmous, and all it would take is one computer software.
The FACS should be put in classroom, not only to further the research needed to help develop the software more, but to help students who may struggle with lessons in class. The FACS's ability to read emotion will benefit student and teacher when the time comes, all it needs is to find its place in the classroom. | 45
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67532a2 | The U.S. has been using the Electoral College for a long time. I believe it would be a good idea to keep it, I mean why would you change something that still works? Now unless you want to make it a better process it should stay the way it is. I dont think popular vote would get us a good president, people would pick the one who makes those promises that will only be good for a short time. The U.S. needs a president who can asure us we wont have to worry about everybody losing there jobs soon or not being able to pay for gas because its up to $4.00 a gallon.
Its a very time managed process, its not like they take some names, write them on a piece of paper, mix them up in a hat, and grab the first one you feel. How big of a mistake would that be? Electoral College even sounds like a well thought out idea, for one it has the word college in it and college is where you get a better education for your future. When electing a President you want to know that you will have a good future with the president that is elected. Just because the Electoral College is old doesnt mean it isnt a good process.
Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. ( So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actuallt gone to Kennedy.)
Voting for the next President of the United States isn't something you would just want to rest in the hands of popular votes, you could end up with someone who doesnt even know what he is doing, or even desides he can't handle all of the responsibility of being the President. I feel very strong about my thoughts on the subject and believe that the Electoral College is still the way to go. | 23
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b72a081 | All around the world car use is declining and we are witnessing different approaches that reduce pollution and reliance on cars. In Vauban, Germany, an experimental suburb does not allow any cars and is compact so that transportation can be by foot or bike. In Paris, a number of days banned the use of cars for a large part of the population due to the amount of pollution and smog. In Bogota Columbia, one day a year is reserved as car-free day in which all cars are prohibited. Many other cities are joining in this "Holiday". Obviously the over-use of cars in todays society and the pollution it causes in large cities is a problem. These societies are taking steps toward making the areas better places to live.
The car-free community experiment of Vauban Germany was completed in 2006 and is home to 5,500 people. Many of the residents in the community including Heidrun Walter feel "...much happier this way". In my opinion a car-free community in which I can walk to any friends house or store sounds exciting and enjoyable. Also, the amount of pollution it would decrease would be outstanding. Many communities are noticing this trend and are interested in how it is catching on.
In Paris, France a ban of cars with certain license plates was enforced to clear the air of the city. The ban was enforced after near-record breaking pollution. The smog created an unhealthy atmosphere full of congestion. After nearly a week, the smog cleared enough that the ban was rescinded.
A car-free day is taking hold in Colombia, started by Bogota, in which one day a year all car-use is prohibited. The citizens are often excited to participate and for the last three years the turnout has grown. This participation helps the pollution in the society and influences other communities to do the same. All of these societies are taking different approaches to reducing car-use but they are all working. Hopefully limiting car usage will continue to grow throughout the world. | 23
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8235368 | What I think about the facial action coding system enables computers to identify humans emotions is weired i wouldn't want that on my computer or phone or for other people. I wouldn't want that because it seems like someome is looking at what you are doing pretty much like a stacker and i think that is weired. I think we shouldn't have that because what if someone is hacking that program and gets to my phone or computer that means they could see what we look like and what we are doing. It says using videos imagery the new emotion-recognition software track these movements in a real face. So what I think is that they will have access to our camera and they could see our face and how we feel and that is weired. So i thin we should NOT have that because you never know what else the can get access to. | 12
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e05bf58 | Space is such an amazing and mysterious place. There are so many things we haven't explored in space, such as, Venus. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" believes we should examine Venus despite the dangers that come with examining it. The reasons why author believes we should explore Venus even with all the dangers is because, Venus is the closest thing related to Earth, density and size wise, it seemed to have life on its surface in the past, making it elligible as another planet where other humans can live, and the last reason why the author thinks we should study Venus is just to get more information on a planet that is so fascinating and (occansionally) close to Earth.
Venus is so close to Earth that we are able to see it, occasionally. Its also close to Earth in terms of density and size. What if Venus could become more like Earth? Its roughly the same size, so we should study it more and support the spacecrafts being sent to Venus. The author supports the spacecrafts being sent to space because he includes in the article that,az "Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." Venus is so close we should explore it very closely, despite the risks.
Earth is where we live currently, but what if we could could live on Venus too? Venus has shown that, in the past, it had water and probably supported many forms of life. Earth is getting overpopulated, we need to find other places to live, Earth can only get so full. Currently, Venus has a very boiling hot surface, so no human could actually live there without the help of technology, but what if we could study the surface of Venus more to see if we can make Venus support life again. The author puts many ideas in the article that support humans on Venus, for example he puts the NASA idea of scientists making a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape.", to study Venus, up close.
The author understands the dangers of trying to research Venus up close. He mentions the dangers of how hot is is, "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit", and how dense and thick it is, "A thick atomsphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.", but he believes that Venus should still be explored, despite all these risks that could kill humans if they got too close and melt spacecrafts, which is a quite a lot of money lost. Venus is just so close sometimes, that it would be a let down to let it get so close and not explore it.
In conclusion, the author truly thinks that Venus should be explored even with all the risks invovled. The reasons why he believes this is because Venus is very closely related to Earth, physically, Venus has shown to have been able to support life in the past, making it another planet where humans can live, and the last reason is that Venus is so close (occasionally) so we should take that opportunity and make the most out of it. | 34
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fa5fa54 | Florida State Senator,
The Electoral College is a crucial part of the United States's election process. There are some negatives to the Electoral College but the positives outweigh them by a landslide. The certainty of the outcome and having a president that the majority likes are key beneficial factors to the Electoral College process that would be lost if we changed the election by popular vote for the president of the United States.
With the Electoral College, there is a very rare chance that there would be a tie in the nationwide electoral vote. However, according to
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner, "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible--it happened in 2000--but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." A clear winner will always be produced with the slight innormality of a tie. In 2012's election, Barack Obama received 51.3% of the popular vote compared to the 61.7% of the electoral vote. If the election process was by popular vote, it would have been a much closer race between Obama and Romney.
To win the Electoral College vote, each region must like you. You cannot have a presidential candidate that favors one region and only one region favors that candidate.
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner states, "...a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president." In contrast,
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer claims that even "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 Is the Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register says, "The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President." Because of the number of electoral votes each state has is based on population, meaning Texas has more votes than Rhode Island, every presidential candidate focuses on winning over the big states. The big states are a better representation of our nation's opinion. The Electoral College process should not be replaced by the popular vote due to the extremely rare chance of a tie. It should remain because an outcome is certain and majority of the population would like the president. | 34
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31fffb2 | Have you ever heard about the thing that happened at NASA twenty five whole years ago? Well it was one of the biggest things that was a thing because they were figuring out if it was a real face or not. It was difficult but i'm pretty sure they found out about it even if it wasn't a face but were about to find out.
The face was a really difficult thing to focus on for as long as they did. I don't think they would've focused on it as much as they did if it wasn't so important to figure out honestly. It was just a shadow they saw out of plain sight while a spacecraft was circling around and then they suddenly saw a shady shadow and it looked like a human face. Only a few days later is when they showed the image they took of they shadow for everyone to see. The face begin to be known and everyone was soon to know about it after they reached out and posted the picture of the unknown face.
There was many obstacles to find out who's face it was. "Twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planrt, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face" (Unmasking the Face on Mars,1), This little bit of a paragraph tells us that basically someone was out just snapping pictures and found this. That's overly rare too have something like that happen.
Others might say that think it's all fake but in my prespective I believe that you can't just go and and discover that and it all be fake it's not happening and it never like that. I also believe that it would be hard to take a picture of that thing when you were supposed to do what you were supposed to do. Let people believe that it's "fake" but they have prove that's very specific that i cited in paragraph three. This is just beliefs and honesty now others might be different a lot might think different because no minds think the exact same all the time it's simply just what I believe.
All in all my beliefs are still the exact same I'm sticking to what I think is right. Everyone has their own opinion but if it would get bad because people think all differently this is just what I have on mind. The face in my eyes I believe was real because you can't just drop what you're doing and go take a picture of something that's totally fake. Everyone has their own opinion though and that's how I see it. | 12
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2593b36 | Do you think that technology to read emotions is good for teachers and students? I think that the use of this technology would be good for teachers to use for their students. I think that if we had this technology students would not be so bored or disguested at school beacuse of boring or hard assignments. In this essay im gonna tell you why I think that this technology would be good use.
The reason why I think that this technology would be good to use is so teachers can tell if a kid is happy, sad, angry, suprised, disguested, or in fear and then act on how to handle them. In the article the author says that " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." If a student is to shy or scared to ask a question to the teacher the computer can pick it up and let the teacher know so they could go help out the student. Say that a student is being bullied but they are too scared to ask a teacher for help beacuse they think that the bully is going to bully them more the technology could pick that up and alert the teacher. The technology could most likely do so much more than i just explained to you.
If you didn't think that it would help out when I asked you the first time, do you think it would help out now? In this essay I explained to you that human emotions explain and could help out a lot in the world. This concludes my essay, I hope that I was able to persuade you into thinking that this technology would help out teachers and students both. | 23
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5d47af5 | Even though the idea of a driverless car is ludicrous, humans continue to test it out. Sergery Brin has contemplated the car for awhile and has been attempting to maunfacture the vehicle. With an idea that very extravagant, the plan itself would take a long process and an expensive amount of money. Though the driverless cars are being built, the vehicles aren't completely driverless and still has more work to be accomplished. Bin has been asked and has thought of the what the driverless car can do, but many people are conflicted about the safety of the car.
Over the years technology continues to develop and the driverless cars are now the newer way to entertain the hum race. Google has assisted in making the car and has made it to where the human driver has to be caution. The scientists and manufactured the car to help reduce the percentage of car accidents. The car has been built to help the driver when they are in danger or when they are accelerating, about to brake, etc. When they are about to give the control to the human driver, they signal an alarm of some sort and the driver is then given the wheel. If there is a speed limit over twnety-five mile per hour, the driver will have to keep their hands on the wheel and this will help the driver keep alert.
Though the car is built to help on the road and help the drivers, the car can't help with everything. Drivers could happen to fall asleep or be very bored when the car is driving itself and would then cause an issue. If the situation of there being a car accident occurs, someone wouldn't know whether to press charges against the driver or against the manufacturer. The situation of pressing charges to whoever could cause a disruption amongst the people and the businesses.
Though the driverless car is in the process of being built, there are new ideas, situations, and ways that the car could do for the human race and the community. With only a few states to test the cars, the tests are limited to see what the cars can drive through. the question of the acr being completely driverless is still unanswered. There are new discoveries that we have yet to find out about the car when it is done and has been thoroughly been tested. Technology has yet to advance with the driverless car. | 12
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abd24bc | The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a technological facial recognition system that tells about a persons emotion from their smile. Here are some points to talk about when thinking of this topic.
If your'e really truly invested in using the FACS system you could very well be doing yourself good and bad, here are some reasoning. Let's start with the pros, first off it would be a pretty good technological advancement if we could get the facial recognition to work for us. Second, if it does work we can use it to tell how people are feeling if they come into work school or home and they do not seem like they have had a good. The FACS would be a pretty amazing system to have and use in the future, whether it be the near or far future. Now with the cons, first and foremost the program could completely bomb and not even work at all and just say a random amount of percentages for your facial expression. Second of all, is there going to be a cost? will it be free? The passage is saying that they would have it in school, so would the computers the children were using already have it embedded into the software? This is a hard thing toputout there for everyone to have access to.
There are so many questions needing to be asked and answered about this program, and this will be a hard but ground breaking system. This FACS system could possibly be one of the best inventions known to man. Let's hope it would be a real true thing and nothing fake. | 12
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805b24c | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because,One,it can help the teachers keep track of what the emotions of their students are,Two,it could benefit not only a classroom,but a whole school to know what each student is feeling and what their reaction might be and,Three to see how students express how they feel about a certain thing in school without showing emotion on the outside of their faces,in other words to see what kind of bad emotions they hold on the inside, and prevent something bad from happening.
First this technology can be very useful for teachers to help their students out,by being able to see how their students are feeling. Sometimes students in schools don't get to much attention from teachers,but with the help of this technology,all teachers have to do maybe in the morning,when students arive to a classroom,check a computer that will help them know what their students are feeling. According to this article it states,"a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" which means not only does the teacher have to look at a computer everyday,but if the teacher tells the students to each get on a computer,The teacher doesn't do anything because the computer will let them know.
Next,the benefit could be for schools with this new technology beacause it can help them keep track of students who maybe are not having a god day,or who are very excited and happy. Another benefit to the school is that they can put this technology in each of their classrooms and it works as if it was another proffessor in the class. In this article it also states,"then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructure",which clarifies that this could be a help for teachers and that way schools wouldn't have to worry much about their students having issues with their emotions or tough days they have.
Finally, this technology can also help teachers and staff, not only see the emotions students have on the outside,but on the inside. Students will never tell a teacher when they are feeling very mad or angry or what actions they want to take,therefore if a teacher notices those expressions on a students face, they will know how to deal with their situation. In the text it also states,"most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication",which means this technology can read what emotion a student might be feeling inside.
This new technology can be very useful in schools and in classrooms, so I would say that since it can read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom,its very valuable. These were some of the reasons why this new technology can be very valuable and very helpfull as well so this technology has a big impact for a classroom with students in it who have emotional expressions. | 45
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706d693 | If you read the 1st sentence in the 1st paragraph. You can see it said this picture was taking in 1976 then you see a picture from 2001. The 1976 picture is blury so it look like it a face. But in the second picture it more clear and little zoomed up and you can see cracksand mountian/hills in the ground and does not look anything like a human face. Is it ture?
NASA had released the picture to the public. They had made hollywood movies and book and had went on talk show talkiong about the face saying are there really aliens out there . For over good 25 years alot of people thought there really life on red planet. So NASA really wish there was life on Mars so they invented better camreas and ships to send back to Mars see if there was really life on Mars.
In 1998 they had the on borad MGS taken a few pictures and had look like there was pymarids on mars. Cause of the shadows that the landform was making. 41 degrees north and that winter in april for Mars so there alot of clouds. But nasa had prepared took look one last time they said was super hard and alot of work. Because it like fax machine in narrow 2.5km wide strips. they said it just does not pass over face very often.
"Neverthless on april 8, 2001 it was a cloudy summer day on cydonia Mars Global Surveryor drew just enough for second look they" said. In paragrapgh ten they had rolled the spacecraft 25 degrees to the center of the face. With camera the maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters pixel from the 1976 vikings photo.
It is a bust the Egyptian-style-pymarids or small shacks. It was a Butte or Mesa landforms. It was shadows or caverns in the landforms. It would of been cool if there ws alien life on there so we copuld learn more about the galaxy. But mabey one day we will find some type of alien artifact out there. | 12
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2c9e6a6 | One way we know that is was now created by aliens i that there was no sign of them when we went to Mars.
Plus we know that it is to hot for there to be living creatures.
Most all of us have has known that mars broke away from the sun that is why it is so hot there. Mars is a big hit in movies, books, magazines, and talk raidio shows.
Some of the people that has went to Mars have taken pictured of what looks like faces in the outer layer of the planet.
How we knew Mars is off of the sun is that it is close to it and it looks identical in almost all the ways possible.
Mars is called the red planet cause of its enormous amount of red on it.
which leads to say it is from the sun.
Plus it is close to 100+ degrees on the planet plus the heat of the sun doesn't help that at all.
Researcher still wanna way to find out how to make it where people can live on any of the planets.
But there is one problem there is no oxygen up in space so those up there would die in a matter of seconds.
I think Mars could be a bad planet to keep going on cause there are more things thhat can go wrong up there. They risk lives every time they r up in space.
If one thing is done incorrect the hole thing fails and then some lives amy be lost.
That is all i have to say about this topic of Mars. | 01
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0a31cd0 | The UNNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) hires Seagoing Cowboys to take care of animals that are being shipped overseas. When you are a Seagoing Cowboy you have to take care of all the animals every day. In the text it states that the animals have to be fed and watered about two or three times a day.
When you are a Seagoing Cowboy it opens your range of knowledge about the world, so you can learn so much about people's culteres and style, but if you don't like learning about the world there is a lot of time to socialize with your freinds or make new freinds. Luke Bomberger the longest person to be a Seagoing Cowboy at that time states "The cattle-boat trips were an unbeliveable opportuninty for a small-town boy."
Though being a Seagoing Cowboy can be fun there still are struggles you have to get pass. Luke Bomberger on night watch went to go down to the captin about the hourly report (if you are the night watchman
you have to do a hourly report on the animals) and while he was going he sliped on a slipery ladder an went feet first to an edge of the ship where he could fall off into the dark icy alantic ocean, but luckily a strip of metal along the edge stoped his slide, but he broke his ribs and couldn't work for a few days.
So a lot of people would consider trying it out because of these resons. The UNNRRA is a group of 44 nations so you would work with people around the world if anyone joined. If someone joins it might be the most thrilling part of their adventure of life. When Luke was done he said "I'm grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." | 34
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00b3311 | Did you know that Venus was maybe once like earth? And also maybe know that "Mechanical Computers" were used back in World War II that NASA may get ther idea for a invention to study Venus ? Sounds shocking right, well let me tell how and why these two questions may sound odd, but intresting.
NASA has been working on finding ways to study Venus. They have simplified electronicsthat are made of "silicon carbide" that have been tested in a chamber that is like Venus's surface, and has lasted for about 3 weeks in the comditons as Venus's surface. They still are working on other inventions that will allow the machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully knowledge of Venus. NASA has also wanted a ship to orbit and hover safely far above the planet so that it can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of photography and videography of Venus. Astronomers have wanted to return to Venus but they wasnt a mission safe and scientifically productive. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because they believe in the solar sytem long ago Venus was like was just like Earth at one point. They also believe that Venus once had the features like eath like an ocean, mountains, valleys, and craters. In Venusian geology and weather present erupting volcanoes and frquent lighting , and maybe even strikes on the land surfaces. Venus atomosphere is about 97 percent of carbon dioxide and has a highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Its temaptures are an average over 800 degrees , its atmospheric pressure is 90 times greather that we experience on our own planet. Each pervious mission was unmanned and maybe thats a good reason no spacecraft survived the landing, or ecplains why not a single spaceship hs touched down on Venus in more than three decases. And is why Astonomers have also wanted a safe mission to go to Venus. And it is also why its a challenging planet for humans to study,which is like is said before why NASA has been wantiing to find good ways to study Venus. Another project taking us back to old technology us "Mechanical Computers". These computures were used in World War II,and these devices were used to make calculations andby using gears and levers and it did not require elctronic at al. Modern computers are enormosly powerful, flexible and quick but tend to be more delicate when it came to physical conditons. systens that use nechanical parts can be made mire resistabt to pressure, heat a and other forces.
So Venus is a worthy, despite of the dangers and earth abd beyind should not be limited by daners abd doubts because uou shoild be expanded to meet the very edges of imaginatio and innovation. Meeting the challenge to study Venus has value but not because its interesting but because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimitdating endevaours. | 34
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d8b2798 | I am for driverless cars. I think that it's incredible that our technology is becoming so advanced and that we know how to create such a legendary car. In paragragh two, it's said that television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves and it's finally becoming a reality.
There are pros and cons of this idea. Even though I think a driverless car is a good idea there needs to be improvements and more work on these cars. A pro of this invention is it can take you where you need to go and is pretty much safe. For example, a driverless car would be great for someone that is intoxicated that needs to go home. Even if someone is intoxicated that person would still need a designated driver because the car needs a human driver that must remain alert and ready to take over when the situation requires, as stated in paragragh 7. Another pro, which is stated in paragragh 8, is "some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the drivers need to take over- something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." That is a great safety feature about this car. Most car accidents are from texting and driving and with this system it can end texting accidents. A con of the driverless car is that it still needs improvements. This car is not completely ready to be sold in dealerships. To ride in this car the human driver must stay alert and pay attention at all times.
With everything said about this driverless car I think it's a great idea and should keep being improved so it can be in dealerships. In my opinion it will be the best car out there and less accidents will happen. Can't wait for what our technology can officially do for us. | 23
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c42027d | Facial Action Coding System, FACT, is a new technology that anables computer to indentify human emotions. This technology is really helpful for teacher and student in class base on the use of it is to read the emotional expressions.
There are 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles, it begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. In order to indentify human emotions, there are six basic emotions are happiness, surprise, aner, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated it with the characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Then using video imagery, in real face, weighting the different units, the sofware can identify mixed emotions and compared against a no emotion face. In our life, we perform this same calculation every day, you can tell someone is happy or not by just look on their face. But computer can't so this technology could teachs it, so it can know people well and give out the best experiences.
"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." Not all students are good, not all students are interesting with the lessons, so this is a really helpful idea for the classes. Teacher or the computer now can know well how is the student with the lessons. If they are happy, that meant the lesson is interesting, if they are bored, the teacher now know they need to change it so everyone is interested with it.
But that is all we need, the system can stop at this. There is no need for the computer to go further than that. If more than that, the computer could collect every informations and storage it, it's seems to be very scarry.
This technology is useful if that is all it can do. Use this "FACT" in the classroom is a good idea for the improvement of studying environment. It is also a very need thing for the computer to give the feedback when it know more about humans. | 12
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fa00450 | Who do you vote for.? or what whould you do if there was no president?. well i think we can find out. But not to worry most states have a "winner-take-all"system. It's for giving awards to electors to the winning presidental canidate., But every canididate has its on electors & if u are becomeing the president then u have every 4 years then you have to be relected.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors.,And a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president.
But even so your state's entitled allotment of electors is equal to the numbers of its congressional delegation, for each member in the house of Representatives plus 2 for senators.
Each candidate running for president is your states has his or her own group of electors, But"Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral college.
You can help choose your state's electors when you vote for president because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors.
After the presidental election, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment". It lists all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors.
The Certificate of Ascertainment also delcares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of electors in december of the election year.
Under the electoral collage system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote, for (John) Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Demorcratic electors pledged to Kerry. On the off-chance that those electors won the state wide election.
But 34 electoral votes go to Congress and kerry whould get 34 electoral votes. But who are the electors., You might ask we will never know because it can be anyone not holding public office.
But back on the electoral college. The single best argument against the electoral college is what is call the disaster factor.
The american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century;. The system allows for much worse.
Lets consider something, Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that thoes electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors
Electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please
Oh, and its happend before a state send two slates of elsecotrs to Congress., It happend in hawaii in 1960. Luckily, Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the Senate, validated only his opponent's electors.
The Electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, A non democratic method of selecting a presdent that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner.
The advicates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense | 12
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