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fa80335 | The author of this artical wants us to expand our research of venus even knowing the danger that comes with trying to go more in dept about this research.Nasa has already tried to study this planet even considering to send people up there to study it first hand but due to terrible terrian can not send rovers or any tpye of equipment.
Nasa knows that neptune is like the earths twin in a way these two planets are extremely close and we think its just that easy to study the planet but its not if we were to send people to venus it would go so good because venus temputure averages to 800 degrees fahrebheit and the human body can not handle that.Also not metion that venus has a thick atmosphereof 97 percent carbon dioxidblankets venus.
We do have supicion that there might some kind of life form living there due to the fact the venus is coverd largely with ocean which can suppot some kind of life form.But there is a reansonable
way we might be able to study the planet whith having to land on it or send rovers Nasa has found a new way by sending a "blimp" hover 30 or so miles above venus a comparason is like a jet flying high altitude.
If this plan does go through it wont be as bad but still pretty hot at a wopping 170 degrees fahrenhiet.But researchers can not take samples of rocks or gas or anything else.Recently Nasa has conducted an expierment they have made a chamber simulation the chaos of venus's surface and have lasteed a week so it might be posible after all .
Venus has a lot of value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself.The author is a outgoing person wanting to discovery new life study a planet that is very difficult to study based on it radition and temputure.In conclusion the author has a good reason why he wantrs to study venus but its going to take a lot of technoligy and stratagy. | 34
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fda2857 | I think electoral college is a terrible idea. I will be giving some of the reasons why i think this "process" is a horrible thing to do. By the end of my essay i hope you will agree with me that electoral college is a waste of time.
Electoral college is a "non-domocratic" way for electing a new president. I personally think that we should count peoples votes and not decide by the majority of the state. I say this because its unfair to the people who voted for the President that didnt get elected because the majority of the state voted for the other president.
Although if most of the state voted for a President that President is guaranteed that he got most of the peoples votes. Another thing that's unfair is that California has more electoral votes than Texas however, there is a chance that Texas is more populated than California. So if the votes were counted by person instead of state there would be a better chance of the President you voted for win the election.
So these are just a few of the reasons why I think electoral college is basically just a huge waste of time and why its unfair to the states with a lower number of electoral votes. Hopefully they will start to count votes in a regular way instead of giving each state a certain number of electoral votes. | 12
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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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b2a522e | Education is continuously changing, as all educators and students know. Though schools think they have done everything they can to make the school experience more beneficial to everyone; such as having ipads so students no longer have to be burdened with excessive books, or putting more electives out that students actually enjoy. Education is in a very revolutionary era right now, but everyone is thinking, what else could they really do? That is when facial expression technology comes into play.
Facial expression recognition technology is still a fairly new idea, so it may be a long time before we see it in any classrooms yet, with that being said, it is a revolutionary idea that helps computers recognize how a human is feeling. Dr. Huang is the creator of this technology along side Prof. Nicu Sebe of the university of Ansterdam. This technology was made so that computers and humans could have better communication, in paragraph 6, the reader is presented with the idea that if you saw a web ad that you disliked your computer could recognize that by the frown on your face and not show something similar to that, and vice versa.
So what could this technology do for schools? Students would be able to express they needed help without even raising a finger. The author displays in paragraph six that they too have thought about the idea that this could really change schools, for example, if a student is watching a video online for help and isn't understanding still, the computer could recognize the students unhappiness and switch the learning style of the video until the student is satisfied. With that in mind, teachers would also no longer have to worry about embarassing a student by asking if they need extra help, or worrying that a student is too scared to ask for help in fear of its peers, that will be eliminated with this technology by recognizing the smallest sign of discomfort. Technology is the future, and with this invention it shows that the education system will not fail and only get better as time goes on, not only in America, but universally.
"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" Dr. Huang explains in paragraph four, proving that this would be able to be used everywhere. The entire world could use this technology without needing to wait for their countries version to come out because there would be no language barrier,it is working off of nonverbal cues that are universally known and never-changing. technology like this would spread like a wildfire
and schools all over the world would find use for this, if not in the everyday classroom, then the advanced and special needs classrooms. Though it is crazy to think, one day teachers may no longer be needed because of technology like this, making the learning experience more personal and less guarded at all times, which every student wants.
Technology is the future, it will always be there and will constantly keep evolving. With new inventions such as the facial expression recognizer it shows that technology will continue to make life easier and learning better. In years to come it is hoped that we will have these revolutionary machines in every school universally, anything to make learning better for the students. | 45
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2a3da2b | Do you think driverless cars are a good idea? Yes or No? Driverless cars can have positive effects and negative effects. The cars could change the world or they could not end well.
Driverless cars are not a good idea at all.
The reason is, because the cars really are not fully driverless. if you are in a constrution zone or near an accident the car has you take over. The car isn't full capable of handling driving in a situation like that. The car lets the driver know when they should take over. So the question is " If the car is driverless how come you have to take over in certain situations"? Why can't the car handle it all on its own since the car is smart? For the driverless cars to be very smart they need a bunch of sensors.
My postion on driverless cars is I think they are a bad idea. They can't fully handle all situations. Also if the person behind the wheel is drunk or worse and they come upon a bad accident " What will they do"? " How will they act"? Since the car can't handle itself and the driver is incoherent I dont think the ending result will be very good at all.
First off, the driver of the car must stay alert at all times and be ready to take over if needed. If there is an accident or the wiring or technology fails in the car.
" Who is blamed"? "Do you blame the driver or the maufacturer"? Even though the traffic laws would be changed, according to the driverless cars there would be new laws put in to cover liability in a situation if there was an accident. Also there are special sensors that make sure the driver keeps his hands on the wheel.
Do you think driverless cars are a good idea? Yes or No? Driverless cars are not a good idea at all. My position on driverless cars is I think they are a bad idea. First off, the driver must stay alert at all times and be ready to take over if needed. | 23
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c6781db | In the story Cowboy who Road the Waves i have to support why people would want to do his job. There are many reasons. Who would like a job that you got to see the world and travel. I would like to see the world. whaty about you?
In 1947 the world wars finaly ended WW1 and WW2 had a spand of 30 years. There was alot of mess to clean up and you had to be a certain person to do it. The see cowboys where just the right people. Luke said in the story that it was a fun job. But also hard. You got to see the world and do many activitys. You had lots of free time. But it was very dangerous he even broke his ribs doing it.
Luke stated that he got to see many countrys. He had free time to do what he wanted. All whole he did alot of good. But he wasnt at home very often and that ment he had no permanit home. He just traveled.
I think this wound be a great job for someone who wants to travel. Not have a family. Or wants to have a abnormal life. I dont know if i would want to do this job or not. All in all i think it would be a great job. | 12
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3dcfa42 | I believe that the face on Mars is just a natural landform because NASA says it looks like it was formed by shadows giving the illusion eyes, nose, and a mouth, and because they say there was no alien monument after all, also because the picture actually means something else.
NASA says that it looks like it was formed by shadows giving the illusion eyes, nose, and a mouth. I believe this shows that it is not something created by aliens it is just simply a natural landform.
NASA also says that there was no alien monument after all because as a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital 3 times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyrimids or even small shacks you would be able to identify what they are.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Landforms common around the American west. It reminds scientist Jim Garvin most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He also says that it is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
This is why i believe that the Face on Mars is not somthing created by aliens it is simply just a natural landform because the shadows give it the eyes, nose, and mouth, Also because there is no alien monument after, and because the picture actually means something else.
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f02ce6a | Ever have a happy feeling where you can't stop smiling or felt that dearth of happiness to where you may possibly cry? Those are part of your emotions, something every human being has. Dr. Paul Eckman has created valuable technology to help show a persons emotions. Dr. Huang helps us reveal much of the sciene of emotions.
Your face is fraught with 44 different major muscles. These muscles move around in various ways to show emotion as well as other activities used by you face. These muscles have been programed into a 3-D computer based program also known as FACS (Facial Action Coding System) to help scientist show someone's different emotions. Dr. Paul Echman, the creator of FACS, has classified the six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with charecteristic movements of the facial muscles. For example, when you raise your eyebrows, you use the frontalis pars lateralis muscle showing that you're surprised. You use your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) to tighten your lips to show anger.
"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang,"even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." One example of this is not smiling as broadly. Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks facial moventens. How can this be benifital to teacher and in everyday classroom studies? Teachers can use this to tell how a student my feel emotionally. If the students are feeling happy, showed by FACS, the teacher can teach in her ways through that happiness; however, is the students are feeling upset and sad the teacher can specify her way through that emotion to teach through it and still allow the stuents to aquire the knowledge, or she can do an activity to brighten their attitudes.
The Mona Lisa demostration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr, Huang predicts. "Then is could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." How effective could that be to a classroom? Teachers never want to have the student evironment negative to teach in. Personally, the brighter the room, mentally and physically, the more a student like me can soak in the knowledge given to me on
a day to day basis. Some of my classes that are more positive help me to learn.
Making and moving your face to show of different emotions can actually make you feel that certain way. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. A reowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. In the classroom a teacher may have his or her students make different emotions to help their students feel that way during class. In the beginning of class a teacher may use a homogram of someone smiling and having the students repeat its ways to positively improve the emotions of the students during class.
Technology has its values of reading, understanding, and improving emotions that can be expressed by students in a classroom. School may not be as boring with the technology like this at hand. If we have the resources to make the world of school better, why not use it? | 34
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5d33f39 | Technology is often pushed furiously in society today,especially when it
concerns students in the classroom. When it comes down to Dr. Huang's innovation, FACS (Facial Action Coding System) which is shown and detailed in Nick D'Alto's article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" , which shows in the article FACS has been shown to have the power to determine one's facial expressions and determine their mood. People are left in awe of the creation and many would like to see the extent of its power, which leaves people wondering whether FACS should be used in the classroom or not. Although the use of FACS in classrooms might be difficult to implement in classrooms at first, it would be a great boon to have use of such technology in class, due to the advantages provided.
If FACS were to be used in classrooms, the applications and advantages provided would be numerous. One of the examples that was given in the article by Dr. Huang, was how facs could be used to alter the speed of a curiculum and provide feedback
from the students by analyzing their emotions and expressions, by doing this the machine is able to determine whether the student or students are interested in the subject, or if they are confused or not. The data then provided adjustments could be made to the lesson to better fit the students education and help them learn
better, as you can see from the statement Dr. Huang says,
" "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"
Dr. Huang Predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human intstructor." . . . "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," ".
From what the text shows, you can see the power of the FACS being able to determine and effectivily teach students based off facial expressions which give insight into whether a student understands the lesson being taught or if the student just does not understand the material nor care as a result of being bored. The use of the facial recognition software would speed up the process of student's educations and would be more effective since it was specifically engineered for the purpose of analyzing patterns in human faces, versus using one instructor to relying on verbal feedback to properly understand the needs of his or her students. If the FACS were to be used it would help students who need help due to the facs being able to read students emotions which are valuable since it affects their attituted towards learning and as a result of their skill. Students who feel confused, angered, nonchalant, or fearful of a subject are less likely to be able to suceed in that subject, by removing and helping qualm those emotions the FACS is able to sucessfully impact the qualtiy of said students educations.
All in all, by using FACS to analyze the emotions of students and their facial expressions, the instructor of the software it's self can make adjustments to better fit the students mind and ease the negative emotions that directly impact student's ability to learn. With the corelations between emotions and ability to learn, it is a no brainer that having technology analyze emotions of the students to better augment the lesson to their needs. | 34
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7d1c31d | If I were in this sigtuation I would defenitly use the claim that aleans are not real in my essay. One example I would use would be to ask him(her) how many natural strange rock formations are their on earth. The only possibal answer would be more than he or her could count. That simpley prooves my point evan more.
One other thing that I would say would be "if aliens made it... why dont they come back to take care of it. If you study earths history you would find that most if not all ancient or religious artifact is protected. If this happened on earth and supposed we do think aliens are real and sufisticsted then why wouldent they go by the same practice. The third point that I would make would be if, they could create a rock form of that size would suggest thst they are revolutionized and would have large civilazations. Yet we have found no proof of any alien cicies or districts.
so in conclusion I would all in all say that my pionts are more than convincing and that he should be the wiser by now. And if he isnt... Too bad for him. | 23
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fa2befc | Would you be able to do what Luke Bomberger did? Just step right up folkes and sign up for free today! We cattle boat sailers don't give up we are resilient. I bet you are resilient to so sign up. You get to travel get to see some places you never seen before. Sometimes you might even go on a avanture. If you dont believe me you can scrutinize this sign up sheet. The ocean wheather can get surreal but we cattle boat sailers dont give up! You get to see China you'll see Europe. While your traveling you get to haul horses and cattle. The horses will have enough food to last for the trip the record for the most trips is nine trips aint that crazy. Well if you sign up today you might be the one to beat that record so get started by signing up right now for free today.
While your out at sea you can see some surreal things like new kind of fish you never seen or some new kind of shark you never even knew about. Life of being a cattle boat sailer is not bad it is kind of fun. Your driving this big ship with horses by your self. Just picture youself out at sea with the wind blowing threw you hair the sound of the ocean the sunset. You can do all those fantastic things all you got to do is sign up now today. We need moore sailers to help us get these cattle to there destination. The best sailer we had was Luke Boberger he holds the record of the most trips. Luke was as audacious like a lion in the wild. Luke loved doing what he did. The trips Luke had done were unbelieveable.
You get to be at sea with youself a bunch of horses and if you want a friend. With the ocean wheather you might loose some cattle but its okay as long as you get the rest of the cattle to the destination. We have had some brave and strong sailers but we need more. We need audacious and fearless sailers. If you sign up you'll get the im-not-gonna-regret-this kind of feeling. CRACK!Is what the boat does whenever you hit a rock but you wont have to pay for the damage we will. If you want to work for us more than two years the boat you drive will be yours thats right folkes well give you the boat. All you got to do is sign your name and well even throw in a free sailer out fit with new shoes and hat. Once you get the hang of it you'll be like this is a peace of cake. The boat comes with a horn that will-tell-everyone-the-boat-is-okay and so are you,but all you have to do is sign a couple of papers and fill some documents out.
We sailers get to travel all arounf the world inmagine how much money you'll get. The pay is also great. You might have to risk your life sometimes but you'll be fine. This is all your decision. What the papers say is about your health care,what kind of cattle do you prefer to sail with intell six months later. These are all you decisions but we do need some resilient sailer to help us. Luke Bomberger would of wanted you to help us sail these poor animals. so please sign up today for free. | 23
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e825381 | In 1976, a spacecraft called Viking 1 was circling around the planet Mars. The Viking 1 was taking pictures of possible landings for Viking 2, but instead it spotted a shadowy human face. Many people belived that it was the Face of an alien artifact while scientists say that it's a landform on Mars. I believe that the Face is a natural landform not a alien artifact.
To begin with, when Viking 1 first took those pictures they were shodowy and quite blurry too. I first thought that it was the Face of a alien artifact, but I then
realized that it was not. It was just another Martian mesa that has unusual shadows around it. It's
a huge rock that resembles to a human head. Of course it's formed by shadows, but the shadows give a illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth.
In 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time to snap more pictures. Michael Malin snapped pictures that were 10 times sharper than the original. This time the pictures was less shadowy. The picture was realeased into a website
and it was just a natural landform not a alien monument. In the picture that was taken in 1998 has a better quality, but people belived that it was a cloudy time of that year on the Red planet.
Soon pictures were taken again in 2001. This time the images were new
high-resolution and 3D altimetry which were from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft. The picutres reveals thats it is actaully a mesa! You may argue with me but the picture is a digital image which is 3 times bigger than the pixels size. For example, if there was a small shack on the ground you could see what they were.
Many people had hoped that the original pciture was the Face of an alien artifact, but when NASA said that it was not people argued back with them. NASA tooks pictures of it in 1998 to make people belive that it was just a mesa, but people still didnt belive. So in 2001, NASA took another picture which was digital image and it proved that the image of the Face was just a mesa. | 34
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23f2def | Facial Action Coding System (FACS) should be used in the classroom. The FACS technology would be very helpful in classrooms because it can help the kids in the class understand things better.
The FACS technology would help kids understand better by reading their emotions and telling what they understand and what they don't. The technology is capable of reading human facial expressions and giving the verdict on what they are feeling. Say for example a kid in a class has no clue what is going on in the subject, the FACS system can read his/her emotions and change the course to be a little more understandable for them. It can also help by seeing if the anyone is feeling sad or depressed and they can help that person.
Although this technology sounds great and seems like it has no flaws or problems, it does. The system may become a distraction to the children by them knowing about it and continuing to think about it. The FACS system may also mess up and read the wrong emotions on someone and send the wrong information to whoever runs the system. It is not said how long of a process that it takes just to figure out one persons emotions. Having the system would be better than nothing though. It's better to know how the kids are feeling rather than not knowing at all.
Overall the FACS system is very impressive at figuring out human's emotions based on their facial expressions. The FACS technology would be very helpful in classrooms because it can help the kids in the class understand things better. | 23
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c1c5139 | Dear Senator,
Presidential elections are closer than they seem, and your people have a complaint you need to hear. It involves the right to vote directly for a leader, and the ignoring of the vast majority. People have spoken in favor of omitting the Electoral College and sticking to what the people themselves deem acceptable for a president; not what one person decides for millions.
It does not make sense for the voters of America not to vote directly for who they want to lead, represent, and protect their counrty. Especially if the people cannot even choose who the electors are! That is ignoring the 23rd Amendment all together.
But do not get me wrong, I understand that some people are more comfortable with the Electoral College and they prefer to leave it in the hands of somebody politically intelligent and aware, but that usually means that those people need education and knowlege about the state of their country, and nned to be aware of how important their right to vote directly is. The Electoral College can go so wrong so fast and we need to go by what the majority millions say rather than the minorities with little to no knowlege. Us as Americans need to be educated when it comes to who is running in order for us to be able to say yes or no for ourselves- not depend on an unknown entity who might not even listen to what the people are saying.
So many great people who were voted most popular and accepted amongst the people have actually lost presidency over the fact that the College had the upper hand. This is unfair to those in America who took the time to directly vote and who took the time to learn and watch debates that the opponent won due to the fact that thousands upon thousands did not speak for themselves and left it to somebody else blindly.
In conclusion, Senator, I am asking you to think: is there ever really a happy turn out from ignoring the vast majority or doesn't that lead to an eventual uprising? Letting one speak for all is an unitelligent thought, we are a country where the people have power, have a voice, and are aware. Losing that is losing what makes us free. We all need the vote, we all need the voice, and we all have the right to choose exactly what we want for the future of this country.
Thank you for your time, and thank you for listening.
With Upmost Respect,
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3f19bd4 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I'll be using details from the article to form an eassay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom is valuable. I'll be sure to include, a claim for or against the value of using ths technology to read student' emotional expressions, evidence from the article to support the claim, and an introductions, a body, and a conclusion to my essay. The reasons i'm going to use are why it's valuable, how we can use it to help other, and how to use it correctly.
First of all let me explain the passge, the passage talks about how we can use technology to identify human emotions. How is this technology valuable, well it's very valuable. The FACS (Facial Actions Coding System) which is the technology that identify humans emotions, can let us see how everyone is. We can use the FACS everywhere that will help us to help people. Help everyone, and even animals. Help everyone in there time of need. Help those whom don't want help. Those who can't control themselves. Those that can't think correctly. Those whom are at the blink of death. A lot of people and so many more lives can be save with this technology.
How can we use it to help others? We can use the FACS to identify human emotions and help the ones that are sad. We can help them before somethings happens, like we can prevent a school shooting if we know how the persons feels. We can give them all the help they need. No lives have to be lost if we know how everyone feels. We can even stop people from killing themselves, we can change lives with this technology. We can even help those who don't want help because they are people to that are hurting. We have to help those in need and I know we can do it with the help of the FACS and change the world. It would be a lot safe out there. We can do all of this because of FACS and that's why i think its very valuable.
But there always a correct time to use this. If we can tell if someone is really depress that's when we do something because it's hard to control yourself when you are really sad. We shouldn't just wait and see what happens, we have to do something about it, because we are all human. If we see someone very depress we try to cheel them up, but what if we can't tell. That's also another example when we should use them. We can stop things from happening, bad things.
Futhermore I believe that the use of this technology can be very useful in many ways. In my essay i have show you why it's valuable, how we can use it to help other, and how to use it correctly. I also include a claim for or against the value of using ths technology to read student' emotional expressions, evidence from the article to support the claim, and an introductions, a body, and a conclusion to my essay. This technology called the FACS (Facial Actions Coding System) which is the technology that identify humans emotions, can help many people in there life, make it easliy for us to help those people, can help save people lives from hurting themselves or others, and make us prevent school shooting, people killing themselves, and save people life in many ways. | 23
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b075ba9 | In this world we live in everyone wants to get where they want to go without any problems, and everyone uses cars for transportation, thats the real problem. There are places where you not allowed to have a car, I dont blame them."When i had a car i was always tense. Im much happier this way," said Heidrun Walters. Everyone has told me that they arent worried about how they drive, they are worried about everyone around them. i dont see how that is a good thing, but if we limit the transportation of cars no one will have to worry.
Driving cars isnt healthy for the environment either. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This world gets trashed every single day, so why do we feel the need to add to the problem. "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," if we can make this world cleaner i dont see why people wont step in, we are the ones who have to live with it everyday.
"Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." People are starting to see a change happen, and they are acting on it. Just imagine a life without cars driving everywhere. You wont have to worry about drunk drivers, the reduce of car crashes, there will be a incredible decrease in people dying from car crashes, you wont have to worry about getting to work on time because there wont be traffic."Pedestrians, bicycles, private cars, commericial and public transportantion traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." | 23
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f3e53e1 | Their was a boy named luke and he had just finished high schol graduation and he did not no his life was going to change. Luke had two part-time jobs at a grocery store and a bank. His friend DON invited him to go to europe and on a cattle boat. So luke did not want to say no because that was his best friend and he wanted to do it. Luke helped people get across the ocean because it was world war II and luke wanted to help people so they would not die in the world war II. He even seen real cow boys the cow boys just watched over the horses and luke did not no his life was going to change after he would finish high school he met new friends and thats how he lived his life luke even liked going to China and Europe they even had some free time they would play baseball,volly ball. And,table tennies they would have a tournament they would have fun all day long luke loved doing more than just adventures he loved helping people he was a good man doing suff for people he even should of went to collage but he had a good time. THE END | 01
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ff998c8 | The face that is shown isnt from any aliens ,we have no kind of proof that really tells us that the face piece is by an alien. The piece thatwas spotted was shadowy so it could of been mess with to look like that, instead it could of look clear and smooth but when they touck the face it looked like if there was a shadow .The piece looked if it was during a war Many places that went to go see what the face was made of an airplane,some sent there space robots but they got unclear information .many thought there was life on mars back then so thats hopw the face appear .no one really knows how the face was made. Skeptics thpought the alien marking was covered up by haze so if that was true no one would find out. The face had become popular that it ended up becoming a big hit into hollywood. So no one really klnows how it happen its what ever you believe. | 01
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61c8ddd | Driverless cars would be a great new innovation. I think there would be less accidents because of wreckless drivers, the accidents rates would most likely go down because of the safer driving by a computer. Although the computer will have many glitches in the beginning the company will have to work a lot to remove them. Driverless cars will be a great turnout for new drivers also. If they are nervous and are scared to drive the car will do most of the work for them, they wont have to do many things.
I think google has the right idea with the cars they are making, although all of the equipment that is hanging on the car would need to be minimized so one can work the car to it's fullest intent without the bulky satelites and cameras. Just as BMW did and made the car have sensors so that the driver will know when the traffic is bad or the driver should stop because there is a car or object behind the car. The car should have cameras so that the car can make sure that the driver is alert, the idea is very good.
The idea of driverless cars may upset some people, but i think it should be a nice innovation so that it makes it easier for new drivers and wreckless drivers so there are less accidents. The computers will need to be programmed correctly with no flaws. | 12
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6c56dcd | The Facial Action Coding System:
This tecnhology works for identify the exactly humans emotions,this show the feeling even when they trying to hide the emotions.
This new application make a model of the face and calculate the emotions. the app have six basic emotions: Happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness also this tecnhology can identify mixed expretions and give us a percentage and created nimated faces more expressive.
for example the mona lisa created by Leonardo da Vinci's. they caculate the emotions to comproved if the app is good, also they practice with students in a classroom.
This innovatios was created by Prof. Thomas Huang, of the beckman institute for advanced science at the university of illinois and working in collaboration with Prof. NIcu Sebe of the University
of Amsterdam.
The FACS help in other areas like the science because the application can see the factions and understood more about the humans and how we can have mixed emotions. | 01
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3d9c7b9 | As a young child peers into the endless night sky from his bedroom window, a bright flickering spot catches his eye and leaves a single question in his mind: "Is there anybody there?" In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author writes about that same bright spot, known as Venus, and explains that studying this planet will real human scientists is worth it despite the many obstacles it raises. By including staggering information of the endless hazards and later reassuring their readers with astonishing facts and likely solutions to survival, the author clearly supports their ideas very well. There may just be a chance for us to see Venus as more than just a bright little star after all.
Initially, the author puts more focus to the first half of their claim as they describe the dangers of this not-so-easy planet. The author informs us that even mighty submarines would not stand a chance in the undoubtably strong Venusian atmosphere; they continue to say that most metals would simply melt under its pressure (paragraph 3). By including such daunting information that makes human life anywhere near Venus seem impossible, it can easily be seen that the author supports that Venus is no cake-walk. Also in paragraph three, the author includes "additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes" in the background of Venus's already packed daily weather forecast. The author used these earthly disasters and explained how they happen regularly on Venus to prove just how many abstacles there are for scientists who wish to go to the planet, furthure showing their understanding of the idea that putting humans of Venus could be very harmful. Thankfully, exploring this scary planet has its hopeful side.
Near the middle of this passage, the author begins to turn Venus, no pun intended, and the conversation on taking humans there to a more positive angle. In paragraph four, the author writes about how Venus most likely used to be much like the place we currently live; it had amazingly Earth-like characteristics like huge oceans, mountains, and possibly even life similar to ours. With such exciting facts that leave even more questions about the mysterious planet, the author is proving to us that they know Venus has secrets worth uncovering. The author later tells the readers of a plan by NASA to make is possible to harbor human scientists near the Venusian surface by using a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles [above Venus]...", informing that the situation would in fact be viable for life (paragraph 5). The author showed how they highly agree with the part of their idea that analyzing Venus up close should happen by giving a reassuring soulution from such a well known and trusted organization as support. Exploring our planet's twin seems like it's not such a giant leap anymore, rather, it looks like it will only take a few small steps.
Keeping all of this information in mind, it is clear that the author is a firm beleiver that Venus, although it has put many seemingly impenatrable obstacles in our way, is worth taking a look at with human eyes. If we follow calls to action such as this, we will put the human race just that much closer to understanding the mysteries of the infinite universe around us, but Venus is a good starting point. As a young boy's eyes slowly slide shut, he can still see a tiny flahing light shining through the darkness outside his window blinds; he dreams of the day he can finally meet it. | 56
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3f4103d | I agree that changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States would be a better choice than to continue Electoral College. You may ask yourself why. Well, it's not fair to have to pick a random person to do something you should be the one doing. It's like saying you pick your neighbor to clean your house. Your house is still being cleaned, but not by you, instead, a random person you don't even know. Thus, continueing Electoral College is the same because in this case, the elector you pick and don't even know is going to make choices that at the end of the day you might not even agree on and you can't do nothing about it at that point.
During Elecoral College voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. This means, there is too many names on the list that you most likely have never even heard in your life, therefore leading you to voting for the wrong candidate. Some electors aren't even faithful, instead of going for their party's candidate, they rather decide voting for whomever they please. Most likely leading to alot of conflict because the candidate is not even on their party and the voters would hate to have to follow someone else's rules, yet again, can't do nothing about it.
Voters would always love to control whom their electors vote for, but this will never happen with Electoral College. The whole point to me for the Electoral College is so that the people voting for the electors won't have any power against anything. So that the government continues to have power over the people. That can be great at some point, but sooner or later will cause confict because some people don't always agree with what the government has to say or do. Therefore, changing to election by popular vote for president of U.S would be much better than to continue Electoral College.
On the article,
"The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong
". States that "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." Now right there is a perfect example of electors being "unfair". Electors want people to keep voting for them so that they can pick the candidates, yet, they always skip the part of showing who the candidates are. There is no why people will randomly guess how their candidates will end up being if they never even hear a few words from them.
In conclusion, I strongly believe changing to election by popular vote for president of U.S is a wiser decision than to continue Electoral College because it'll be fair to the people who are voting. People will start to get together to try and get to know the candidate, and most likely agree more to the idea than anything else. Mean while, Electoral College is a very unfair system because they have no idea who the elector is going to pick as candidate, and if they pick someone who they don't even know at the end of the day they will be stuck with a total stranger. | 34
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5abf3c2 | With some thought I really like the idea of ths FACS. Not only can it train us to know someones emotions but it can make lessons at school more intersting. If I am reading an essay about something that I do not like, obviously I will not attain as much knowledge as I should. The computer that reads my facial expressions and designs a whole new lesson per say, is the one I want.
I can see this program coming in play for a lot of applications. We could get more kids to enjoy school.
In the first parapgraph the author talks about how this program can read and understand someones emotions. They used a painting that dates back centries ago, and still can see exactly the emotion of Mona Lisa. If this program can do this to a painting, imagine what it could do in the daily life of most people! Just think about how much of us use technology. We dont always see what we want to see on social media and what not when it comes to adds. This program can read how you feel about that add and change the add the next time. Thats amazing.
In paragraph 3 the author explains kinda how it works. The only problem I could see come about is security. I mean i wouldnt want some program judging my facial expressions 24/7. So there would have to be some type of agreement and some rules. Also I would want what the programs reads about my emotions to only be shared with me and not be accsessed by others. Its a personal thing.
I was wondering about how the program could read mixed or multiple emotions. Paragraph four goes into detail about this. The author writes "by weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions." and " Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." So I would think this software is decently accurate.
Every day at school us students are forced to read and comprehend stuff that we have no say in. It has always been like that. To me I would think if a student is enjoying what He or She is learning they will learn and attain more knowledge. That is where this software comes in. Looking around at fellow classmates, I could almost guarentee that I will not find anyone smiling. Well maybe I could but I can promise you they are not doing school work.
So again I am for sure all for this software. When you stop and think about all the applications this could be used for, it is amazing. Not only that but look at how this could change education. This software can help truly tell someone how they are conveying themselves in public. You may think you look and seem hapy, when to everyone else you look like a sad puppy. Again this is a great software and would do some great things for a lot of people. | 34
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cbd105f | Dear, state senetor
I think that we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America because it makes more sence to change to the election of most popular votes because lets say people vote for one president more than the other president but the president that got less votes gets picked because he/she has more electoral votes than the other.it says on paragraph three in source one that"The electoral college process consists of 538 electors.A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president". This states that the president can get more electoral votes than the other and still get to be the president. i disagree with that i think it is not fare for the president who gets more qualified citizen votes. The citizens are the ones who need/want the presidnt why not give the citizens what they want and what they all vote for? You should give what the citizens want because hey are the ones who are voting for the new president or the same president one more time.it says in paragraph 10 source 2 "under the electoral college system,voters vote not for the president,but for a state electors.who in turn elect the president".
sinceraly,
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55d6e17 | Cars should be limited due to the polution of the air that the car brings. Most cars run on gas so they will have a engine and the smoke that comes out of the exhuast pipe polutes the air and makes it bad for peoples health.
In Germany its many people that dont have cars and some have given up their cars. Parking places have been took away from the peple with vehicles, and the Vauban's streets are completely car free. Many people are now walking on side walks other than driving cars. Some homes dont have driveways or even street parkings. Cars are not something that you would see when you go to Germany. You would see many people walking on a sidewalk before you see a vehicle. Many families there dont even own a car. Many people sold their cars just to move to Germany.
It has been a record of pullotion from motor vehicles. Their are days were you have to leave your cars at home. If you were to drive on that day then you would have to pay a fine and even get your car took or impounded. There were about 4000 people that were fined and twenty seven got their cars impounded. Even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home and if not they would suffer a 31 dollar fine and the same would apply to odd numbered plates the next day. | 12
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5f35e66 | Places around that world are starting to make there cities and other places a better place. Some cities like Vauban are making their town a car free zone. Others are just making it one day that cars cant be seen on the roads just taxis and other companies can.
Based on the information in source one some are saying that they are living a better life without cars in the town. Heidrun said that now that he dosen't have a car he is happier then before. In Europe cars are only responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas unlike the united states 50 percent of pollution is in some parts. Vauban's basic life style is being adopted around the world in making suburbs a better place. Paris has said that on mondays everyone should leave their cars at home and that only companies were able to drive there cars. Also that anyone that would use there car when told not to will be fine $31. Also beijing China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. More diesel fuel is used in france then in all westeren Europe whitch is not a good thing.
In Colombia a city named Bogota had made it that one day of every year that cars would be banned from the streets and this their 3rd year doing it. People that road their cars would be fined $25. Even though it was raining that didn't stop people from walking and taking the bus or a taxi. For the first time two other cities join Bogota with no cars for the day. This city has had more bicycle paths then any other Latin American city. Parks have bloomed and sidewalkes have been fix making it better for the city and better for the people that walk and go to the park. | 12
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5bca159 | Do you own a car? Have you ever driven one? Many people would answer yes to these questions, and would agree that cars , in fact, are very useful. But have you ever thought of the adavantages that would occur if we limited car usage? While cars are very useful, they also have lots of negative side affects that come along with it. Cars accumulate lots of pollution in the enviroment and stress to humans. Also less cars, results in less traffic, which means you will be wasting less of you're life waiting to get somewhere and actually being there in the moment. Whether you realize it or not Americans are already starting to cut down on car uasge. In the article "The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it even states "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."
The world has been struggling with pollution for quite some time now and has been trying to come up with ways to cut it down. So why not start with where it derives from the most? Cars. Pollution by cars got so bad in Paris that they had to use license plate numbers to decide what cars could drive on certain days! But what did happen was "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." (Duffer). That is amazing! Just five days of less car usage and the smog went down 60 precent. Pollution would drop in great precentages if we just cut down car usage a bit. Pollution will always be harmful to the world, but steps should be taken to harm the world as little as possible.
Stress is something everyone experiences, but it is safe to say that everyone could do with less of it. Cars cause lots of stress to humans. A city in Germany does not allow cars and a women from the city says "When I had a car I was always tense." (Rosenthal). She is much more relaxed now and does not need to worry about all the stress that comes along with owning a car. Another person from Bogota, Columbia, where they have a car-free day, says "Its a good opportunity to take away stress..." (Selsky). People all around the world are reporting that their lives are a lot less stress free when they do not own cars. Stress is something that can be very damaging to a human when in large amounts and just cutting down on driving takes away lots of that stress.
Everyone has been stuck in traffic from time to time, and for some people in small cities, five minutes could be a long time to be stuck in traffic. But for some people in big cities like New York City and Los Angelos, people waste hours stuck in traffic! When you accumulate all those hours stuck in traffic, that is a lot of your time wasted in just waiting to get from desitination A, to destination B. Those hours could be spent on actually being there in the moment at the destination you want to be at. "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009....." (Rosenthal), many people now-a-days just want to get to the place that they are going to, as fast as possible; whether that be by car-pooling, taking the bus, or biking. Car usage is already decreasing, but that advantage should be taken that people want to live in the moment more and car usage should be even more cut down.
Car usage may never be completely taken away, but it defintley can be lowered. The advantages and benefits of just less car usage is astonishing. Less pollution to help the world, less stress to help the people, and letting people live life in the moment more are all advantages the derive from cutting down on the usage of cars. It may be diffcult to let go of something many people hold on to so dearest, but it is a change the will benefit us. While cars may have its pros, its cons outweigh it in the end. | 45
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722a9e2 | Driverless cars are coming to us soon, which means less driving. In the article, they say driverless cars will do the driving 90 percnt of the time. The only time the people will really have to drive is if there is tricky traffic or roads, and pulling in and out of driveways. For the most part, these driverless cars cover all of your driving other then that. This would be great for people that have to drive a lot for work and that are very busy. It would take a lot of stress and pressure off of teens or even adults that get easily frustrated or really serve road rage. If you aren't paying attention to the road when you are driving for whatever reason, then your car would technically be doing it for you. In case you miss something, or happen to almost run a red light, driverless cars would prevent things like that from happening! The article states that the car will pay attention to you just as much as you pay attention to it, and the roads. Which is great, because this will basically cover anything bad that could happen wihile driving like speeding, or running red lights, which means less tickets and getting pulled over. This also could really help out with less car accidents and save lives tremendously! A little help would never hurt with driving for everyone, or something there to keep an extra eye on you to be safe, because there are a lot of not-so-good drivers out there. Everyone will agree with that! Overall, driverless cars would be brilliant and do wonders for anyone at all who drives. Driveless cars could save you money, and or tickets/court, and lastly, even your life! These cars could change history even! | 23
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d787938 | Advanatges of limiting car usage would be very useful. There are multiple ways in which doing so could benefit us citizens. There are things like pollution, and how cars are a part of the greenhouse effect. Reducing theres certain things could help poeple alot.
We have the reduction of pollution for example. There is so much pollution in this world and in the air. In Paris, they enforced a driving band to clean the air of a global city. What they did was they fined drivers in order to keep them off the streets. Their plan had worked. The smog pollution had cleared good enough that they rescind the ban forodd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
Passenger cars are responsible for 12 of greenhouse gas, and thats only in Europe. If you look at that as a world percentage, its a lot. The article says that it is a huge impediment to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions form tailpipes. Doing so would be a huge advantage to limit the car usage. | 12
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afd6035 | Driverless Cars in my opinion is a little off the charts due to the fact many things can happen. The author states that
" If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufactureer?" And the Author states that;
"Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." Driverless cars is a bad idea.
Driverless cars are off the chart because some states such as : California, Nevada, Florida , and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars. Now thats nowhere near half the country. If driverlsess cars do go on there will need to be more laws and regulations. Driverless cars are off the chart for many ways and reasons.
The author states that " If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer? I personally think it would be the manufactuers fault for 1, making the product. 2, not knowing all things that can go wrong in accidents. And 3, not being able to help the driver out in sisutations like accidents,or traffic jams. Manufacturers would be in charge do to the fact they made the car and they should know everything that goes with the car both good and bad.
Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. This statement I feel is so True because if a human isnt in charge of the car then there are many chances bad stuff will happen. But in reality theres a human behind all the computer work and GPS's . But as a person not driving yet I feel if a car is controlled by computers it can cause and led to many accidents and injuries. So Driverless cars is a bad idea and will aqumilate many accidents and injuries. | 23
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bd50f73 | The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" pulls the reader in by making them curious about what the planet has to offer. The reader would think, after reading the first one and a half paragraphs, that humans need to do further research and consider the benefits. However, the author unintentionally goes against the arguemen and proceeds to list why this should not happen.
The beginning of the article shows the parallels between Earth and Venus. In paragraph one, the author says, "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and ocasionally the closest in distance too." This makes the reader believe the author makes a compelling argument. Then in the end, just like the beginning, the author circles back to a motivational and positive tone that is not necessarily seen throughout the rest of the article. This is because, in between, there are multiple paragraphs (one of the first containing information about failed spacecraft missions) full of reasons why traveling to Venus would prove dangerous and non-beneficial.
The author seems to list these reasons on and on until the reader seems to forget what the article is about. The benefits illustrated in previous paragaphs are gone and only the difficulties of traveling to Venus remain. The most prominent example is in paragraph 3, when the author states, "[Venus's] conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth..." The author then goes on to explain NASA's point of view and what they are doing to get more research on Venus.
NASA, as the article says, would like to send "scientists to float above the fray." Although the conditions are not as favorable, they seem to be the best option, however, the author tells the reader that there are more difficulties. They explain that the state of the planet makes it hard to see what is actually on the surface. This contradicts the little hope the reader may have that NASA can explore Venus well. Besides the many other ways they are trying to.
After the author lists the final few reasons why exploring Venus is still a viable option, and explaining new and old technological options, they seem to redeem themselves. By the end of the article, the reader gains a sort of fear of traveling to Venus. Instead of the author listing the benefits, like they appeared to want to do in the beginning, the challenges are unveiled, thus explaining why the article is titled, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" and just why it may not, in fact, be a great idea after all. | 45
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5984580 | I believe driverless cars are a good start for a more modern future. Although I don't believe they are such a great idea for us. It could be great to have a car that drives you around but will you really enjoy the fact of not being able to drive anymore? Teenager dream of the day they get their permit just do they are aloud to begin to learn how to drive. That way they don't have to depend on others for rides to school, work, or other activities. I know this because I am a teenager myself and I dream of the day that I will be able to get my drivers license and be able to drive my friends to the movies or to the mall. So what about drivers license will those not be required to be in a driverless car or will you need a special permit to be able to own a driverless car?
In the case of an accident and someone is injured who will be at fault the driver or the manufacturer? I do believe this will cause alot of conflict between the manufacturer and the individual because if an accident occurs how will anyone know what cause the accident. This could become a million dollar problem. Plus you can never really trust a piece of machinery because sometimes something just goes wrong and taking the fault for something that you did do could become very annoying and frustrating. Its like getting in trouble for something that your sibling did and your sibling is just standing by laughing at you because you got in trouble and they didn't.
I believe that having driveless cars become a new thing in our world is a bad Idea not only are the expensive but the roads will have to be smart to. Updating all the road in the world that is also very expensive. Although it is expected in 2020 to have a completely driverless car, alot of traffic laws will have to change but what about the people who don't have a driverless car will the same rules be applied to them? I personally don't see myself in a driverless car unless my best friend is a rich millionaire. May be instead of driverless cars we can have self conducted trains, subways, buses, or other forms of transportation. Why don't we make our bikes and motorcycles driverless too. What fun will we have when everything is done for us. At first it all these things could be fun to have but later we could feel completly useless. | 34
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cf1f159 | Cars that drive themselves. Seems a little like a science fiction movie doesn't it? As soon as I heard this theory, it reminded me of the Jetsons. Self-driving cars just seem a little too farfetched to be believable. Not only are they fantasy-like, they seem expensive and unnecessary. Cars that drive themselves are not something that we should introduce into our daily lives.
Picture this- New York City, a busy afternoon. If you've ever seen a movie set here, you can just image the thousands of taxis swarming around like busy bees making honey. The only thing is, this honey is money. If self-driving cars were introduced into society as a serious addition, there would be millions of Americans who would eventually lose thier jobs. As the author states in paragraph one, "Google cofounder Sergey Brin... envisions a future with a public transport system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system." This means taxi drivers, bus drivers, and eventually car dealers and manufacturers will slowly lose their jobs.
Besides the point of job loss, think about the safety of these vehicles. What if a driver is just driving along one day, and suddenly the technology fails. What if there's the tiniest glitch, or maybe even a hacker? What if the driver loses total control of their car? This is a very negative and scary possibility that can risk many people's lives. Technology can't see in real time through human eyes and react to situations like we instinctually can. There are just some things that should be left to people, and I think driving is one of them.
In conclusion, I honestly think self-driving cars will just cause more problems than they'll actually fix. The cost of manufacturing and retailing these cars is potentially very high. Not only that, but you may be risking someone's life. Cars that drive themselves should just stay a dream. | 23
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3021d47 | "The Challenge Of Exploring Venus" Is an article talking about venus it talks about how is difficlut exploring venus is and no one has been to venus in decades. On averge the tempature is over 800 degres Fahrenheit these conditions are far more extreme then what a human has encounter. they are comparing to a submarine
if it went down in the ocean the submarine would instantly be crushed by the metal and the pressure of the water. Venus is very fascinating, venus once may been like mostly earth plant long ago.
Venus was probably covered largely with oceans so this means that is can be various formed of life just like earth but Venus still has some features that are analogous to those like Earth. The planet has a texture almost as if its pure moutains,valles and craters this means that there can be life in Venus.
Venus forms a ship orbiting this means that it can provide only limted in sight on the ground beacuse most forms lights cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. Researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas or anything else from there. Therefore scientists are seeking to conduct there missin to undrestand more about venus and how its like in there. In conclusion venus does has a value the reson because of its value also beacuse the human curiosity will likely lead us into many equal oppertunites this can become a big inpact on us if we try to go to Venus and explore the plant are knowledge can be expanded to learn many things about Venus. | 12
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8850e39 | The old question has finally been answered, "Was Mona Lisa happy or was she just trying to trick her audience to think that she was." Now, thanks to technology, we are able to figure out how she actually felt. With hard work and coding computers will be able to tell how people are genuinely feeling. This technology will help in schools, working environments and more, people will be able to tell if someone is feeling upset, depressed, happy, bored or content.
In relation to Mona Lisa, the article explains that she is "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This shows that the computer is advanced enough to identify emotions of a woman from many centries ago. Due to the study of human anatomy the computer is able classify emotions like "happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness." With normal identification skills if there was a mix of them people could tell exactly how others felt. For instance if someone got 68% sadness, 22% angry and 10% fear, then people could tell that the person needed help, or was not fine like they said they were. If computers with this technology were in schools teachers would be able to tell if there student were okay. Most students say there okay but with this technology we would be able to perceive if people need help or theorpy. It could change the world by helping prevent less suidcides and self harm or peer pressure and bad decisions. Although it seems this technology could only be in sci-fi movies, the article explains that "It's all about those muscular action units. They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." Even so, with human persection we can not read or figure out everything from people by what they say and how they look but with the extra help from technology we can get even closer. Nick D'Alto confirms that "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politican or celebrity isn't being truthful." Yes people have study this for a long time but the computer is just as capable without as much time. The computer reads peoples faces by creating a model and comparing it to the same persons face with no emotion and uses knowledge of the face muscles to determine one's emotions.
However, this technology could also do simple things within a class room like tell if a student is confused or bored or tired. In addition to this information from students schools can find what makes students want to get their education and can get them to enjoy and understand it at the same time. Nick D'Alto claims that "Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modiy the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Accordingly, with teachers and technology working together it could improve schools for students and teachers.
With this technology it could help overall morality and acedimics within classes. It could also help human communication, and get people and computers to work together more than before. | 34
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bfdd088 | Dear Senator,
I firmly believe that we should keep the Electoral College. Many people say that it is "outdated, irrational, and unfair" but that is an opion. Their are meany rational reasons about why the Electoral College is benificaial rather then destructive. Out of these many reasons i am able to narrow it down to 2 reasons about why the Electoral College should be kept. These reasons are Everyones President, and Swing States.
In Richard A. Posners' aritcle about keeping the Electoral College he talks about the President that is elected being everyones this President. "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-reginal appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president." This is not also a great example but it is a great counterclaim to Bradford Plumers article. In PLumers article he states that, "candiadtes dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the the tight races in the "swing" states. The Electoral College assures that the President isnt just wanted in one area that is wanted all around the country. Electoral Colleges assure that the President is wanted in many differt parts of the United States.
"The electoral college invariably produces a clear winner," says Posner in his article. A way of producing a clear winner is by having swing states. Some people argue about the Electoral College turning off potential voters, (Democrats in Texas) but this may actually determine the election. If those other party people dont vote who knows mabey if they had voted their party might have been luckly. Statistics prove that when certaint parties win contriversial states thats because some people from 1 party didnt vote. No voting especailly in swing states can make your party, or your wanted candiadate loose the election. Every year some of the swing states change so everyone should vote especially those in the swing states to insure your party or your candidate win.
The Electoral College is something that this country needs for our benifit. It helps us Americas get a President that will benifit us all not just those in certaint areas. Although some peopel dont think that the Electoral College is helping there are twice as many people who believe that just a popularity vote is a bad idea. Having swing states, and having a way that finds "everyones" president are just few of the many exaples about why we need the Electoral College.
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ea918ff | Mars has aliens! Many people believe that the landform on Mars was created by aliens, but here at NASA we have found that landform was actually created naturally. The landform is referred to as a Martian mesa, which is common in the region of Cydonia, but this has shadows that make it appear as if the figure has a face. Since the discovery of the form, it has been in movies, books, and radio talk shows. Some consipiracy theorists say that the form was actually created by aliens, but why would we want to hide the fact that there is life on Mars when in reality it would benefit here at NASA. The landform is Martian mesa formation much like the Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho.
The Martian mesa is the term used for the landform. It is very common to find them on Mars in the region of Cydonia. The Martian mesa was naturally formed, but with its shadows, it looks much like a face. In 1998 Mars Global Surveyor was close enogh to actually see if there were any alien monuments and turns out that there wasn't any.
Here at NASA we recieved a lot of attention when the "Face" was discovered. If the landform was actually created by aliens, why would we try to hide it? The landform had no monumemts near it when looked at by the Surveyor. "Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." People wanted there to be something because it would benefit us.
In the end, the landform was found to be a Martian mesa. There are many mesa's in the region of Cydonia and that's a part of how we found out how it was a natural landform. Also the Surveyour verified that there wasn't any other monuments near the landform. If there was any life on Mars we would want to tell the people so they can be intrested in the activity at NASA, but for now there has not been found any life activiy on Mars. | 23
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77f3262 | The auther of the text "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" says that studying venus would be good for many reasons. He thinks it is a good and worthy pursuit and a good direction for people to focus on
but a lot of scientis and astrologis dont think it is. The people who dissagree think that it is a bad to focus on because it is too hot and dense to even land on and they think it is impossable to put people on however, the auther thinks that a lot of this is possable its just not gonna be easy. Venus is a planet close to earth that is also called the "evening star" it is one of the britest points of light in the night sky making it easy for many people to spot but people dont know what conditions are like on the evening star and they are not the best it can reach up to 800 degrees fahrenhite.
The auther believs it is possable to study it but if they did it would not be easy they woud have to have the best technolagy and the best aircrafts it would be hard to find idems that could withstand that kind of tec but nasa also have talked about this expadition before. Nasa is working on other approaches to studying venus they do have electronics that have benn tested in chambers that have survived for up to three weeks in simulated conditions. The people at nasa even have tecnology from back in the 1940s dating back to wwII that could help them with the venus study. The auther was right about it being possable and the technology is definatly coming togeather but their is still work to be done to make this possibility become a reality but that dosent change the fact that it is possable.
The auther said it is a worthy pursuit and so dose nasa and with time the hard working people will make it happen beacause its not just the auther who wants this to happen. I think so many people want venus to be studied is becaus their is so much we dont know about it and i understand because after reading the article i am also curius about what mysteries and what it has to offer us. their is a lot of
things to be learned aboult venus and it is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers and human curiosity will most likely be what leads us to studying this planet. | 23
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527b007 | The Facial Action Coding System is not necessary in a classroom enviroment. It can be a distraction from student productivity, it is most likely a costly item, and might not be one hundred percent accurate. There are just so many flaws with the idea.
If the F.A.C system was to be placed in a classroom, students will be distratced. For instance the students would be much more concerned about the machine than the actual work in class. "A classrom computer could recognize when a student is become confused or bored." Students will mess around with the system and try to through it off by making weird facial features or gestures, the computer can not tell if the perosn is lying and some students no matter what they will always be bored. Also some students are paranoid and might think that the government is taking information from them or the school is keeping an eye on them and that will be a distraction.
To be able to have this advanced peice of technology in a public school it is going to cost a lot of money. Because the F.A.C system can be damaged, students will not be albe to go near it t and teachers are going to have to be taught on how to use it which takes their time from them whem they can be planning lessons. If a school were to buy those they might as well use that money and spend it on better supplies for students fix things around the school buy better soap for the bathrooms or something that is worth the money.
The F.A.C system is advanced and made by some intelligent people but it might not be completely accurate. There are multiple students that don't like to show their expressions they just have a blank face. In the passage it states "each expression is compared against a nuetral face (showing no emotion)," yet some people just have a resting face where when they are happy they use words instead of facial expressions, or when people choose the unhealthy option and keep it all on the inside instead of letting it all out. The way people feel can not always be determined by a machine.
Therefore the Facial Action Coding System is pointless. It is better to do things the old fashion way by talking to ine another and being kind. If students are confused or bored they can speak up and let the teacher know. On the other hand if there is someone out there with the extra money then by all means. | 34
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908493d | Have you ever wondered exactly what other people were thinking or feeling? Do you know students who are often confused when they learn? Have you ever considered what it would be like if you could tell what other people were feeling exactly? A new technology called Facial Action Coding System has been tested to find the exact emotions of other people. For example, in the first sentence of the first paragraph it describes Mona Lisa's exact emotions in percentages. Many people wonder if this new technology could be useful in a classroom to detect whether children reallly understand a concept or if they just say they understand.
Children in school are often confused with a certain subject and are too embarrassed to speak up. Some people sugjest that the new technology Facial Action Coding can change that. In paragraph 6 of " Making Mona Lisa Smile"
it states " ' A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. ' Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor'"(Nick D'Alto, Mona Lisa Smile). Dr. Huang suggests that if we brought this technology into the schools then some children may be able to succeed. Teachers with this technology could use it to improve their lesson to captivate the students or help them individually.
The children could benefit from the teachers improved lesson by getting more involed in the classroom. Overall if children were introduced to this technology, They would succeed not only in shcool, but in life too.
The author of this passage has pointed out some very interesting facts. The author has pointed out the fact that children may not have the best attention span and may not understand what is going on. The author suggests that people should bring technology into schools to improve the likelyhood of the child succeeding. many studies have shown that this technology works, so the author wants the children to have a shot at becoming the best they can be. Technology used in schools like this can benefit the next generation of doctors, educators, and politions. Facial Action Coding can bring fun back into a classroom and help students in the long run. | 23
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a58a003 | Do you believe in aliens? If so do you believe them living in outer space or perhaps on a different planet? Imagine if you worked for NASA and you found pictures about an "Unmasking face on Mars". What would you do or even think about if you had seen faces on the surface of Mars?
I work for NASA and I have have found pictures about a face on Mars and through my perpectives I believe that its an alien on the surface on Mars. The reason why I believe this is an alien because the face is an absolute landform of an alien. These photos were taken 1976, 1998 and 2001. In 2001 the face evolted more like a face of what humans it was of humans but I've been doing research that these faces are from aliens.
Although it does look like a human face theres no body connected to it unless the body is stuck underneath the surface of the planet, but through my research I insist it's an alien. I do not have proof it is one but theres no proof of it being a human either. When the Mars Orbiter Camera went around Mars the face still had no evidence if it was either a human face or an alien artifact.
In my case I still prove this to be an alien. We've done plenty of research and nothing has been found is it is a human face or an alien. My question is if that it was a human why wouldn't have we known it was a human if it died. Where'd the rest of their body go? Perhaps it was trapped under the surface but in no question I still believe this is an artifact of an alien. | 12
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a0ba91c | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming, the author presents first the positive then he presents the features that are designed to be the negative.
The Positive outweight the positive in a sence of accomplishment. So people take more into acount of what they could accomplich
instead of having to be physically driving their car, and not think about what a bad idea such thing would imply. the author first state the year the design was made then he gave readers the automatic function of the car and finally he gave the detail features that would not allow the driver to just completly be separate from the car "In 2013...the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but speacial touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel" (paragraph 7).
Proponent for completly driverless cars would state only the positive while leaving out that if the car for exemple were to malfunction then there would be no drivers to steer it back in control and the lives of the civilians would be put in danger. Most level headed peope however are aponents of such an idea as a completly driverless car. Most people would not willingly put their lives in the handle of a machine not directed by a human hand. people shoud be wary of such a unassisted technology.
Throughout the article the author persistantly bambarde readers with the more positive aproche of having a driverless car then following it up on how the manufacturers are trying to protect human lives by not allowing the car to be completly driverless. Most people should take into account of what they're in for before buying the opions of a bias source. Not to be a ludite but, human beings should be in control of their own lives and not let a piece of machinery handle it for them. They should be cautious of the dangers of having an unassisted machines, even if the government said it was safe, so that when something does go wrong they can not blame anything on another. | 23
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40bdb19 | Why should we limit our uses on car usages, some people se the limiting of car usage as less tense. " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" said heidrun Walter, a mother of two. when you have a car you'll have to find space for it as well as a house to buy. There are only two places to park at the edge of a development, where a car-owner has to pay $40,000, along with a home. passenger cars are responcible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent in the United states. with less cars people have the advantages of being a walk away from a store instead of a highway. With less cars that give off gas emissions the less our ozone will deplete. More and more people are using hybrid cars because they dont give off as much gas emissions than regular cars that take diesel. Depending on the weather of the night and day could really effect the greenhouse effect of our planet. If ther was a cold night and a warm day this could help the warmer layer of air to trap the car emissions, which depletes the ozone layer that is protecting our planet.
Paris one of the most leading countries in the world with the car emissions ended making people stop using their cars because of all the smog that was being created. People who used their cars were fined $31 and if they complained about that their car would somethimes be towed away. While the rule of no cars was in effect the traffic jams in france were down over 60 percent. Think about what this could do to the United States. The smog had cleard so much that Paris eventually allowed odd numbered plates to drive again on Tuesday. " 'It's a good oppourtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution' said Carlos Arturo as he rode with his wife on a two seat bicycle" ( Andrew Selsky, Source 3). The no car rule is sweeping over the nations, because of this rule there has been over 118 miles of bicycle paths in Bogota, Colombia.
" Municipal athorities from other countries came to Bogota to see the event and were enthusiastic 'These poeple are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders' Said Enrique Riera, the mayor of asuncion, Paraguay. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly down by 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January of 1995. Part of the explantion lies in the recession, because cash- strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unimployed weren't going to work anyway. These people could not afford cars but they could have afforded a bike if they wanted to. They could have rode to work on a bike or could have tried to find a job on a bike it's that people are starting to get to lazy to do important things like ride a bike. With cars theres gas you have to pay for along with the insurence, that's a lot of money.
Lucky for us Americas love affair twords vehicles seem to be coling down. When the number of child growth grew, the number of miles driven dropped steadly down in 2005. With cars the rodes are more dangerous anything could happen to anyone or anything. The percentage of 16-39 year olds that are driving dropped, while older people retain thweir licenses as they age. A study last year was found tha driving by younger people dropped by 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Bill Ford proposed partnering with telecommunactions industrys to create cities in which " pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improive safety". In Germeny the banning of cars resulted that 70 percent of families donot have cars, and 57 perecnt sold a car to move there. In doing all of these thing this could help stop the greenhouse effect on our planet and start saving it insted of killing it. | 34
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cd0deb2 | As the years go on and we grow what also grows is the advancement of technology. Since the new era of technology has taken place the possibilites have become endless. Years back they didnt even have electric window control it was all done with a handle that you had to turn and turn until your window opened. Looking back on that compared to this day and age we have cars that are so close to driving themselves is that the safest idea no, but in my mind i think its a great idea to make self driving cars because everything technology wise is growing rapidly so we cant just leave cars old and boring we need to keep up with the technology we have at this time in our lives and make something new and awarding.
So we all know how many safety concerns we face in cars when on the road and this is exactely why people believe we shouldnt have self driving cars. Therefore i believe self driving cars are getting a bad rep without even getting a chance. if you dont test an idea you will never know if it would have worked or not and with the technology we have today i believe that in the near future sometime soon we will have a full self driving car. I understand that it will be hard to do and i agree that it can be very unsafe and so thats where the trial and error part comes in you have to try new things to know fior sure if they will work and i can say now that in the near future if we do end up having self driving cars that everyone who uise to say dont try it its not safe will themselves be buying self driving cars.
In conclusion, i know that the speculation with self driving cars is odd but the real truth of the matter is that thats our future. Every few years new inventions come by surprise and shock the world and this is just another thing that i can confidently say will come soon and take the world by surprise. Will there still be people trying to get rid of this invention? of course people will try but thats the key to sucess having people say things about what you have made and making it something so big that those same people will be shocked that ever thought something bad of you. So time is not slowing down for anyone its going fast and so soon hopefully by 2020 as seen in the article companies can start to announce self driving cars and change the way we look at cars now. | 23
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e50b0e4 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author shares many key facts to explain how worthy but dangerous exploring Venus would be. In the pasasge the author shares the life risking ways Venus could be ,but he or she also shares the importance and information gaining ways of how worthy exploring Venus is. The factors of how dangerous Venus is may not set us back from exploring and investigating the factors that Venus provides.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets the planet. The passage states "even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The author already shared 2 of the most dangerous features of the planet ,but is still wanting to explore. The conditions are more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth , but this could help scientists investigate how closely related it could be to earth.
Venus is refrred to as ''Earths twin". The passage gives us ways how eath and Venus are similar and differant. Putting aside the dangerous attributes of Venus it just has to be worthy of exploring ,because earth really was! It gives us a place to live and expand. How awesome would it be to do the same on Venus?
In pharagraph 4, it states "Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life". This was a good supportive fact for the author to help us understand why this is to worthy of discovering. The passgae also includes that today Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. But how do we know? We have to keep an open mind to the information given to us about how dangerous this could be.
Venus has the hottest surface out of any planet in the solar system. The author shares that there are erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes ,and many other dangerous factors to add. This informs us that if Venus is so worthy to discover, we need to find safe healthy ways to do so.
NASA is working hard to find ways that it woud be posible to explore Venus. In paragragh 6, the author includes "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cant penetrate the dense atmosphere" ,this tells us there are still major set backs. NASA continues to research on differant approches to study Venus. They are striving to meet the challenges of Venus and its danger .so they can prove it could one day be like earth.
There are many facts shared in this passage to help us believe that Venus is important and worthy of exploring. Like the author says "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. The author wants us to believe him or her, and she does this by supporting this with claims and true facts on the topic. He or she proved no matter the factors of how dangerous Venus can be we can't be set back from exploring the factors that Venus shares. | 34
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f6a5e07 | Chossing our President so be done by popular vote and the electoral college. This will allow citizens who are involed with the congress and who are not involeve to have equal say on who is president. So people might say that getting rid of the electoral college is the way to go because the congress have no say in the voting. The congress is part of the political system and they should be able to have the final say on who is President.
The Electoral College is a process where selected elector come together and vote for President and Vice President. It consist of 538 electors and majority vote (270) is required to elect the presient (source 1). With the electoral college there is a certainty of outcome . This mean there will never be a tie or draw. It is possible to have a tiwe because there is an even number (538) of electors, But for a tie to happen is very unlikly. (source 3). Having no tie will ensure that we have a Presidnet that a majority of the citizen and even non-citizens are happy with. Also, the Electoral colllege requires a presidential candidate to have trans regiona, all arounf he country, appeal. NO region north, south,east, or west has enough electoral vote to elect a president (source 3). This ensure that one reigion that "favourites" on candidate has the majority say.
It is possible for the candidate with the most electoral votes not win the national vote. This incident is very unlikly to happen but in 2000 Gore had won the most popualr vote then Bush but had fever electoral votes (source 3). The electoral college has been around for a long time. Many people think it is an out dated way for electing a presidnet and Vice president (source2). The electoral college has been a sucessful way to choose our presidnets in the past. The elctoral college avoids the problem of elections in ehich no canidat receives a majoirty of the popual votes. Many argue that the electoral college method of slecting a president may turn off potenial voters. But the people who do vote are people who wanr a express a political preference rather than people who want to think that their ine singal vote will decide the over-all winner of the election.(source 3)
When chossing a president remember that your one vote will not have a great effect on who is president but the electoral college does. Having both popular vote and electoral college vote will allow all citizen to be involed in the slection of your presient. Getting rid of it my allow more of the non congress citizen to have more of a say. The congress is part of our country to and they should be able to vote the way they want to. | 23
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b06a1a8 | Though completly giving up the usage of your car seems like an extreme for most American citizens, it is a look in the right direction towards the future.
All over the world peopole are using less gas power and more leg power, riding bikes, walking, skateboarding or even using public transportaion, to lessen the air pollution caused by traffic.
The only information useful to make an explanitory essay for this topic is two sentences saying that " After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city," but having this is only one reason Americans should cut down on their car usage, the enviroment, it doesn't mention any other way that it would help except for making a few people happy, fining 4,000 people 31 dollars for driving, and it would cut down traffic only slightly, because, buses would be on the road which, sure, could take up to 10 cars off the road, but if everyone stops using their cars and happen work in exceutive offices they will use the bus, not bicylcles or skateboards only putting more busses on the streets and adding even more air pollution.
So I think i'll help beta test this essay writing test that SCHOOL_NAME was "randomly selected" for, but this prompt given with these writing selections, doesn't make any sense unless you wish a dull and dry essay with just regurgitated facts from the writing selections. So, here goes something.
In the state of STATE_NAME students from 3rd grade and up are all familiar with the infamous TEST_NAME, it was what was required for so many years and what we've all gotten used to. Once I personally hit middle school, we had midterms and finals for only one year, the following year they were removed and we were given interm exams for every quater to determine how much we were absorbing in the classroom. We were graded on these fairly, (not very heavily; 3 grades at the max.)
Up until about 8th grade I had never heard of an EOC, it was first introduced to me in my U.S history class. We took a test that our teacher had formulated and we all studied for weeks. I figured this would become apart of my highschool life, and I wasn't wrong; 9th grade Geometry EOC, and a Biology EOC. It was dreadful, (since it was taken on a computer in a freezing computer lab,) but we all survived because thankfully it was only for those two classes. After those two weeks of testing for the entire school it was fun and games and preperation for the challenges that were to come in our next year of schooling; for me this would be my relaxing yet exciting sophmore year.
Sophmore year had been going just fine up until one day in my french class we were informed that this year starting as early as January we would be tested with an EOC FOR EVERY CLASS! Students were confused and a bit outraged at this new information. We asked hundreds of questions. "What will they be on?" "Is the district making them?" "Are you serious!?" Our teacher,(well informed on what had seemed to be everything,) knew of our fate to come; five months of overall testing occuring through our hallowed halls. We were baffled that classes like P.E, Art, Culinary, Fabrics and fibers and even Swimming would have end of course exams. What questions would they even ask on these? How long has the district been planning this? Then she told us, "We don't know what will be on them, all we know is that this test is created by teachers sending in questions to the district. The district is literally making it up as they go."
We asked many more questions full of confusion and rage. When she then realized they have only made one test so far, a spanish test with no level. This test would be taken by spanish speakers and spanish learners all the same. This wasn't fair! It wasn't even comprehendable! We would be taking the same test as the French AP students!
This narrative explanitory essay is about the over load of testing that will be put upon the students of LOCATION_NAME. This "random selection" even if it was completly random, is just one the many irritating aspects of a SCHOOL_NAME students life at school for the next couple months, but maybe even up until we graduate!
I hope someone is reading this, and I hope I helped with your writing exam. | 12
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cff14e2 | Venus is an extremely inhabitable environment for people. Although Venus is alike Earth in many ways, it has plenty of risk factors as well. In this text, the author makes it clear that there are bountiful amounts of information on Venus that humans could collect, but it is far too dangerous. He shows that we could find so much worthy evidence and history on this planet but it is simply too extreme. He makes note that even though it can reach 800 degrees, astronauts should still pursue the idea.
In the text the author states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This shows that getting into Venus could potentially help NASA dig deeper into other planets. A whole world of information is neighboring our planet every day.
The author also states "imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This shows we could still escape the harsh climate to get needed information.
Venus is an incredible planet, and with time humans will be able to explore it. This text shows strong proof that traveling there is worthy. With the technology we have today, the day NASA decides to go to Venus is just around the corner. | 23
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6549f7f | Whether we have our license or not, we can all relate to the stress of the daily commute. As of the past century, cars have been one of the most efficient ways to get from point A to point B. Now, mainly due to air pollution, there has been a noticeable decline in the amount of cars used for travel. The advantages of limiting car usage include less stress, less air pollution, and an overall improved society.
The stress of traffic and the constant pressure to be on time would be significantly reduced if people chose other means of transportation such as riding a bike, taking public transportation such as the subway or bus, or walking. Source 1 shows just how effective decreased car usage can be. It describes Vauban, Germany, a small suburb community in which there is virtually no car usage. Many citizens report being less tense, as everything is made within means of walking- distance.
Another cause of stress from car usage is the effects it has on the atmosphere. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of the greeehouse gas emissions in Europe and 50 percent in some car- intensive areas in the United States.(Source 1) Paris is an excellent example of just how much car usage has had such negative effects on the atmosphere. Source 2 explains how Paris was so smog ridden it rivaled Bejing, China. Paris then placed limits on car usage until the smog cleared enough for the ban to be lifted.
Not only does decreased car usage help the planet, it helps society as a whole. Source 3 describes Bogota, Columbia and how it celebrates one day a year of no car usage. The city has found that not only has this policy helped claear the smog, but it is enthusiastically endorsed by the citizens. Most peole turned out to see the bike races, despite the occasional rain showers. This has caused two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar to join the event. Bogota has seen the construction of 118 bike paths, the most of any Latin American city. It is not just the government endorsing decreased car usage but people themselves. Source 4 points out how the number of miles driven per person was 9 percent below the peak. There are various explanation for why people are driving less, one might be that the internet makes increased telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without having to drive to them.
It is evident that we are witnessing a major cultural shift, possible degressing, but in the best possible way. The decreased incline to drive has resulted in less air pollution, a less stressed population, and an improved society overall. | 34
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5ab9aee | Is technology that reads emotion expressions really that valuable? It helps you tell someones emotion and that could help the world find out more about paintings or people in general. People hide emotions and that is not okay, people need to know when their friends are mad, sad, depressed, happy, angry, etc. It helps those people know if they can for example, say a joke or not, talk about certain things, tell a story. What if we could spend our time and money into something else that is more important. This is a really cool peace of technology but is it really worth it.
Is this emotion expression reader really worth it in the grand scheme of things. It is very cool to find out how people are feeling in pictures or how your friends are feeling but do we actually need it. People could be spending money in other places. It is nice to know how people are feeling because someone could tell if they are just pretending or really smiling. This could also helps people find out if somone is depressed or not. If a kid is depressed and angry about something we could use this to find out if they are faking a smile or if they have been cured from their depression. The emotion expression reader has some value but is it really that great.
This machine that reads emotions can be valuable if used in the right ways. We can scan someones face to see if they are depressed or if they are cured and are actually happy, Yet there are other places we could spending money, we could spend it on technology that matters more, like vehicle technology, computer technology, improved cell phones. People can be careless with there money and spend it on all the wrong things. It is cool to find out how someone is feeling just by one simple scan, we can know if someone is sad, happy, angry, surprised, disgusted, or fearful. This piece of technology can be useful in some ways. | 23
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1807be3 | I think it would be a great idea to have this kind of technology in the classroom. There are many reasons why it can be seen as valuable. For example, students would stay on task longer and may even look forward to lessons. Who knows, maybe it could even change their outlook on school.
If we had this kind of technology, students would be able to work so much more efficiently. There are so many times when I see other students around me struggling with different kinds of activities and lessons. Not every student is the same, so you can't expect all students to score perfect on the same assignments. In paragraph six, Dr. Haung states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This point could also help teachers connect and understand with each individual student better.
I wish we had this kind of technology at my school. I feel like if we did, I'd be able to understand many more of the concepts my teahcers are teaching. Using the Facial Action Coding System could be extremely beneficial to schools around the world. | 23
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d635ef5 | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be part in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well here are some things to show you how fun it would be to be part of it!
These are the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, You would be able to travel around the world all the time and explore the places you would want to go to.
If you like taking care of animals then that would be the perfect place for you to join because you get to feed and care for animals all the time and clean up after them, you also get to look out for the animals at night to make sure they're okay.
Another reason you should join is because you get to help people in need from war without doing so many things. You can experience the problems in the world and help solve them.
But overall, at the end you can have all sorts of fun with the other workers and animals because you can play many games in the places where they kept the animals and play games like baseball, boxing, reading etc.
These where the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program! | 12
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abeef31 | I have met somebody that thinks the face of Marsis an aliencreated abject. He says this with no information at hand. I am writing this to convince him that it is not an alien created object with some first hand knowlege. " The face of Mars is defenitly an alien created stucture because there is now way thats natural,"said Earl. "Well I am going to show you three reasons why this cannot be a alien created object.
"The first reason i have to support why this is not alien made because after a NASA Surveyor revealed that the images were a naturaly formed stucture and that there was no alien monument"said Spencer. This is a big give away if it was aliens we would be able to tell" said Spencer.
" The second reason I have to share is that it is an illusion" said spencer. " Yea but the aliens probably wanted it to be like that" said Earl. " No because Mars has many natural disasters such as eruptions and Mars quakes, dont you think that could have formed it?"
"The last reason I have to support my theory is this." said Spencer. If aleins really did make that don't you think they would keep track of it the stucture?" said Spencer. "Look at these photos,you see it has parished?"
In conclusion, Earl was convinced that it wasn't aliens that did it. Spencer did a great job of convincing him and now we can all look at that face and know it is not aliens. | 12
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4d4b577 | In the artical, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus"
the author feels that Venus is a "worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents", meaning no matter how dangerous Venus really is, he/she thinks it would still be a good idea to explore or even just get a better understanding of Venus.
The author goes into detail on how Venus is one of the closest plants to us, and is even the most earth like plant. They say Venus has vallys, mountins, craters, and even might have had water many years ago. They say how we haven't touch or landed on Venus in a few decades because the atmospher is so dangerous, and he/she wants us to try to be able to have life there on Venus.
The author says that venus is often refered to as earths twin, all because of the fetures it has, he/she then goes on to say that each and every previous misson was unmanned, and for a good reason, because no spacecraft survives a landing on mars for even a few hours. He/she says that Venus has a thick atmosphere that is almost 97% carbon, that just covers venus like a blanket, and that the temperature average on venus is over 800 degrees fahrenheit with a atmospheric pressur about 90 times greater that on earth. those conditions are much more extreame, and would take much more advanced technology.
So the author says that he/she thinks that exploring venus and being able to have life on venus again would be great, if we can get the technology that is required to be able to get up there and actually be able to land for more then a few hours. He/she also thinks that it would be great to be able to have life on Venus or have that as a back up eath. They go on to give us many deatils on how Venus is unsafe for our technology at the moment, and how hard it would be to get there and stay for a long time, but they also go to say a good start would be being able to just get samples of the gas or the rocks on Venus and jsut move on from that point on. | 23
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d5888bd | People get up everyday and most likely always have some place to go. They wonder how their going to get to their destination and the first thing that comes to mind is by car. They never seem to sit down and think," Do I really have to drive my car to get to where I need to be today?" If they sat down and thought these things out and found other ways to get to where they need to be without their car,they'll see how much it would help the environment around them. Not only for themselves but for other indivisuals as well.
Cutting down on driving could decrease much of the pollution that's being emitted into the air. Pollution is not only bad for the air but it causes other destruction too that can interfere with personal activity and property. In source 1 it says," Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. . . Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in Europe. . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." By this ocurring it makes it harder for people to enjoy their surroundings.
Further more, limiting car usage deosn't only help with how the environment is affected but also by lowering the number of traffic. Traffic is one of the most hazardous thing a person can come in contact with. It can cause a horrible crash or even take someones life. To solve problems like that leave your car at home and either walk, jog, bike (ect) to where you need to be. In source 3 it says " . . . Millions of columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of the capitol city eerily devoid of traffic jams." If it's possible, it would make more sence to just leave your car at home , it a benefit for you and others on the road. | 23
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cb07a2e | Dear state senator,
I trying to understand why we have the system of choosing our state's electors when you vote for president beacuse when you vote for your candidant you are actualy voting for your candidante's electors. This process is easier for most individuals beacause you do not have to sit in a room, for hours, counting up millions of votes; all you have to do is count up the elector's votes in stead. This process is what our founding fathers established in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. How can you be a qualified citizen, arent we all the same? I know that the electoral college consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. So, another thing that I would like to know is do you believe that this process that has been going on for ages is still a acturate system.
Does voting for people to vote for the president of your choice is a great idea. Does it not seem a bit ludacris that you have to choose your state electors in order for your vote to be counted since you think that who you pick as the electors will actually pick the vote you wanted. Why cant we vote for our won presient, why should we have to go through someone to vote for our president. It has been known that president's may be the popular vote winner, but still can lose the presidency. Why is that? Individuals that vote on their electors can not always control who their electors choose for president. Occasionally, sometimes the electors you pick will not vote for his or her party's candidate; they will cast a vote for whomever they please.
Some of these candidates that people choose are what you call "faithless" electors because of the winner-takes-all system. This means that most candidates do not spend time in states they know that they have no chance of winning. Meaning, they only stay focused on the "swing" states which in other words means the states that will either go for the person they like or against him. During the 2000 campaign, 17 state had not even seen their candidates at all and the voters in 25 of the largest media markets did not get to see a single campaign ad. So, tell me why we are still using this same system that cheats citizens out of their votes. Is it beacuse we are not qualified citizens?
If you do not already know by now the electoral college is a process, not a place and this process needs to be abolished. Who picks these electors, are they just people like you and I or are they the qualified citizens. They can be anyone not holding an office and the state actually chooses the electors. So, this means that the people really have no place in the president election. The electors are chosen by the state and even if you choose those electors they can go against what you decide and choose who ever they want. What happened to what the people wanted, why are those candidates choosing who runs our country for four years. What did they do so amazing that they get the final say on the matter. No, they are like us so why should we have to go through them just so we can make sure are vote matters in electing the president. Most of America has to deal with making sure are kids are getting a good eduacation, making sure are water or light bill is paid every month, and we also have deal with getting up at seven in the morning working and not coming home untill eleven at night all the while praying that our kids are safe since we could not pay for a nanny. With all of these things worrying us, putting a lot of stress in our minds one of the only things that we should not have to worry about is if our vote is going to count in electing our president. In conclusion, I believe, senator, that we should change our election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America. | 23
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ba60110 | I know you may think that the face was made by aliens, but it isn't. How I know? Well in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" NASA lists a whole bunch of reasons against this alien conspiracy. Number one, it is probably just another Martian mesa, which are common around Cydonia. Number two, it looks like a regular landform due to comparisons to Earths landforms. Lastly, number three, sometimes the face isn't even there due to its missing shadows. Conspirators would probably think that NASA would hide evidence of alien acts but NASA is so confident that this is not aliens that they showed the face to the public. You're probably thinking: Why should I believe you? Do you have evidence? As in fact I do.
Number one, it's probably just another Martian mesa. Scientists have proven that there are a lot of mesa's around Cydonia, a region on Mars where the face is located. "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." In this quote from the text it reveals how the face, if it is just a Martian mesa, is actually rather common on Cydonia. In that quote it also reveals that the face only has "unusual shadows" that give the face an effect of looking like an "Egyptian Pharaoh".
Number two, scientists claim it just looks like a regular landform. "What the picture acually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin." In this quote a man named Garvin has compared the face to some landforms on Earth. By comparing the face to a landform, it makes the face acually seem more like its just a regular landform.
Number three, sometimes the face isn't even there. "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing ... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Before this quote had even happened a man named Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture of the face only to realize it was just a regular landform. When the face was not in the picture that was supposed to be ten times sharper than the original Viking photo's proves that maybe the face is just a landform with unusual shadows for a face afterall.
Conspiracy theories believe that the face was made by aliens, but scientists have proven with research that that the conspiraters theory has a very big lack of credibility. Scientists have proven, number one, it is most likely just a Martian mesa with shadows for a face because Martian mesa's are common on Cydonia. Number two, its most likely just a regular landform due to its comparison's to Earths landforms. Number three, sometimes the face isn't even there because the shadows are gone. All of this resarch by NASA just proves that these conspriacy theories about aliens are wrong. Who do you believe now? NASA's research or a conspirators theory? | 45
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8166d77 | Being able to read a students emotinal expressions with technology isn't valuable. Like most classes, lessons aren't done on a computer so whenit is time to use the computer what will the emotion recognition be for. Aslo spending
a lot of money on something that can't help with leaning can be the cause of many prolems. The money that would be used on the new technology, could be better use in other parts of the classroom or certain clubs.
Having to us a computer just to tell if someone is happy or sad, is a waste of time when you can tell with your own eyes, "...we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day" (D'Alto). Even though the software uses technology to calculate every muscle in the face and give a detailed response to that persons evey emotion, one facial emotion can tell a lot about a persons day or just they way they act. Many people throughout the day show one emotion to hide the other because it brings tension to the ones that care about that person. "...carefully reproduce smiling and frownign as a way of creating the emotions on stage"(D'Alto), this is an example of how facial expressions are used just to put on a scene.
Waisting time and money on 3D printers and computer software is useless when your main software is your own eyes. Schools always complain about they never have money for sports,clubs, and materials for classrooms, but alwys have time to update thier technology. Being able to tell how a person really feels is a cool way to learn more about them, but one emotion can be figured ut by that one persons facial expressiosn. | 23
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5143f3e | Some reasons the face is a natural land form is,there was a close up picture taken of it in 200,After the image was pixilized it was proven that there were no buildings around or in the face.
In 2001 there was a close up picture taken of the face. it confirmed there was no alien life, " Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform(7)." In the picture the face isn't very defined like a statue would be, there are only shadows where land forms like rocks are making the illusion of a face.
A few people were not happy with the picture, saying that there could be alien markings on it, or a shack. So scientists got a pixilated picture of it, showing every detail of the face," It reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, says Gavin.(12)" So, it is in fact a natural land form. Before it was probably a rock, or hill. If a person back in that time had the technology to see it they would have seen something not yet weathered down. But now after centuries we see a face.
In conclusion the face is a natural land formmation. That is proven by picture and logic. It is not defined enough to be made by aliens. | 23
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3832cfe | People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it would be a great way to work with animals, travel, and visit new places. By joining you'll be able to learn and know how to care for animals. You'll also be helping countries find there way back to the top like Luke did. You can have fun on the Seagoing Cowboys program only if you want to. Luke had fun and tried new things, he made this program benefit his life into doing new things, and so can you, you only have to try.
Luke wanted to travel, so he managed to go to Greece, Europe, and China. Luke also wanted to work with animals and care for them and he got to just by signing up for this program. Luke got to tour the exavated castle in Crete and he also toured the Panama Canal, and so can you, you have to just sign up for this program and benefit from it. Luke cares for the animals because he liked them and they were fragile to him. Luke found time to have fun by playing baseball and volleyball games. Luke also played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling to have fun and pass the time.
So you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program, so you can have the same experience as Luke, and to meet new people, new animals, and visit new places just to enjoy life and have fun. Also by signing up you can maybe have a family if you choose to, its your choice and your life. | 23
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8810463 | Driveless cars are coming isn't that great? What will the world be without drivers? Are their going to be people who will forget how to drive? Or is driving going to become an unnatural part of the human society?
The idea of having cars that drive by themselves seems wonderful. Personally I'm against that were going to have driveless cars. For example if one day the system fails, who are we going to blame.? Also whos going to be at fault, and how are the damags going to be solved or payed for. Througout time soon this will become a conterversial deal.
Secondly, are people just going to forget how to be independent and drive, or are they going to start relying on a computer to make all their decesions? As a driver myself I would'nt like a car taking me places without taking a hold of the wheel. Just imagine a driveless car will take all the enthusiasum out of driving.
Lastly, since technology is getting so advanced now in days and hackers are also coming along with the cyber world, the chances of getting kidnapped or fraud can increase. For example, lets say that a person needs to go somewhere by taxi. The taxi picks that person up and takes her to the correct destination, and when the time comes to pay she pulls out her debit card and swipes it. But instead of taking the correct amount a hacker takes all the money from her debit card. That again is fraud. Or lets say the instead of the driverless car taking her home, it drives out to an unkown part of the city and shes never seen again. Thats a perfect example of kidnapping. Therefore the security system will also have to increase.
In concluion, this technology would be great have abd a very useful tool that people can use. But it can aslo become an issue with society bringing up many issues. Especially if some people are going to try an use it for the bad. I would recommened to limit the time that would use driverless cars. | 23
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e18a71c | Changing the World We Drive In
I do not stand behind the idea of driverless cars. I think that driverless cars are too hazardous, costly and unnecessary. Cars that do not need a driver are not needed.
Driverless cars are extremely hazardous. Yes, the manufacturer can install numerous amounts of sensors and cameras to make sure that the car is on the right track, but can a car really be as reactive and functioning as a human? The article says, that cars cannot "navigate through work zones and accidents."
While the human is relaxing in the front seat of the driverless car, he or she is most likely not paying attention. If they are not looking ahead it is likely that he or she will cause more damage to the accident or more work to the construction zone when they slam into it for lack of looking forward. In support of this, the article says "wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" Yes, while the driver is not paying attention it is likely that he or she will not notice when it is their time to drive.
Driverless cars are extremely expensive. With all the extra cameras and sensors, the cost of those cars are going to go way up. The article lists just a few of the necessary add-ons: "postition-estimating sensors... rotating sensor on the roof, video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." The driverless cars need a lot more sensors and cameras than it is worth to pay for.
The article also mentions radar "that cost two hundred million dollars."
Is one, small car really worth so much money. Think of all the different activites, items, or trips that money could be used on rather than splurging on a driverless car, that a human is perfectly capable of driving.
Driverless cars are unnecessary. Humans have been driving themselves for many years. Why all of a sudden do we need to have cars that will drive us around? The idea of driverless cars just adds to the bunches of costs that people already have to pay for and the reasons why humans are considered lazy! The article says that "such cars would fundamentally change the world." Yes, the accessiblity of driverless cars could change the world, but who's to say it would be in a positive way? | 23
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6191a13 | The advantages of using limited car usage is that on cold nights and warm days the warmer layer or air trap car emissions. "The smog rivaled Bejing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in he world. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals. After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city.
United States has been one of the world's prime car cultures. Its the birthplace of the Model T;home of Detroit where Wilson Pickett immortalized "Mustang Sally". Has America passed peak driving? In source 4 it says in recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. But America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling. When adjusted for population growth, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, acocording to an analysis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives, an investment research company.
Part of the explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway. The next few years would be telling. Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions,just behind power plants. Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves "mobility" companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vechicle. People who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. A car is just means of getting from A to B when BART doesnt' work. | 01
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9128156 | Why Facial Action Coding System is a valuable resource for students?
Scientists now have new advanced technology that can identify the emotions of paintings that date back to hundreds of years ago. Scientists can create 3D models of the facial construction of the paintings features using computer models that scan the facial features of the person in the painting.
Scientists state that there are six basic emotions that are associated with the paiting person. For example Happiness, Sadness, Fear, Surprise, Anger and Disgust. The new technology software of the 3D models of the person are loaded into a computer and emotion-recognition starts its role as taking the expressions of the paitings and putting them into movements that will show what and how the person is feeling in that era of time.
Scientists now are trying to put facial recognition computers into classrooms so that the teachers can get a better understanding about how their students are understanding information and how they are feeling.
Human behavior analysists have been studying the emotional behavior of humans for generations now and have come to a conclusion. This conclusion is that you can sometimes understand how your friend is feeling but is that their true emotion showing or is that a facade that is disguised. This conclusion is to show how valuable a facial recognition computer is and how it can be useful to a classroom enviroment.
By studing the facial features of humans scientists have been able to create steps that show the exact emotion of a painting of a person. This is also valuable information because we can have a theory about what times were like in paintings that date back to thousands of years ago.
Think about this if we took the acient egyptian hieroglyphs and took their paitings about what it was like to live in that era and translated it using the facial technology we have today we can figure out how the egyptians felt back in their time and possibly how the acted and reacted to the situations around them. This information plays a key role in history today that can help us conclude the situations of the past lifes of famous paintings. This is also a new step in history that can reveal so much about eras that we know nothing about and this can lead us to discovery of so much more.
Emotions are what make us human. Without emotions what would we be? Think of this if we lived in a society where emotions or feeling anything was banned and that we couldnt feel anything. That honestly would be the downfall in society because there wouldnt be anything to do and we would be bland. It also would mark the end of history because nothing would happen.
I believe it is a cool study to figure out the emotions of paintings and the people in them. I personally am a complete fanatic about egyptian time and the greek gods and godesses time and being bale to figure out the facial features and the emotions and feelings of the paitings of those people is completely awaesome. Its like time travel to me. Being able to study the history of those paintings of people and figuring out what they felt during that time period is like being there with the person and going through the same feelings with them.
I believe it is a great idea to put these types of facial recognition computers into classrooms because it will benefit for the teachers. The benefits of these computers is that teachers can have a better understanding of how they are teaching and how that information is being comprehended by the students. This is also a valuable source for teachers too because they can figure out how their students are feeling and if something is wrong with the students by understanding their facial recognitions.
In conclusion it would be a benefitial source for classrooms to have facial recognition computers for teachers and students. | 34
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41c10b3 | Dear Senator ,
I personally think that the electoral college should not be abolished. Yes some things are unfair for example : voters don't vote for the president directly and the fact that voters can't always control whom their electors vote for . That's life though , life is unfair to everyone . Instead of shutting the whole electoral college down , they should try to improve it so the voters can be satisfied . The electoral college plays a big part in the voting process. Although there are many unfair things the electoral college helps. The president should be elected by the electors because they know more than the amount of people who voted for them so they could elect the president. I believe that the voting process is not as simple as it looks , it's more complicated then that , it might seem simple to us but complicated to others. The voting process would be harder without the electoral college and the citizens won't have anyone or anything to guide them. A lot of us don't really know about politics , the real side of the candidate shows when he become the president , the electors can already start to see the real side of the candidate even though he's not the president. The citizens need a group of people to guide them in the right direction so they won't regret the choices that they made . Yes the electoral college has a few negative things but it's for the best. In my opinion electoral college should continue because overall this process helps a lot. Instead of stating the wrong facts about the electoral college , we should all try to make it a better process so all the people who think it's unfair think otherwise.
I genuinely think that this process is for the best and I hope that you will think about everything I just said and try to improve this good process.
Sincerely ,
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131b07d | "Driverless Cars Are Coming," is an article about driverless cars that have been in development for a while, but have been becoming even more revalent in the recent years. Essentially the cars will be able to drive themselves, but have a human passenger who would take over just in case the car would notbe able to handle the road by itself. From retrospeck this could like a good idea but we have to understand what we would be getting ourselves into with these driverless cars. We can not be one hundred percent safe in these cars, humans will become more lazy, and we do not need them. I am against the delopment of these cars.
No matter how hard we try with this new technolagy we can never be one hundred percent safe with the use of it. So we need to ask ourselves is it really worth it letting the car drive itself when you can just drive yourself? Many bad things could happen, such as: the car not knowing it can't handle a certain situation. If the car does not know, chances are you might not either because you were not the one driving and truly controlling it. The car can malfunction while it is driving you and you can get seriously injured. Let us not forget that there are other people on the road, and if one of the driverless cars can't control where it is going it can hurt somebody else that is on the road and that is not fair.
Driving isn't that difficult once you learn how to do it. Even with the driverless cars I'm sure people are going to have to learn to drive if they have the chance to control it if it can not figure out a certain situation. Why be lazy and have someone else drive you if you've taken the time to learn yourself. We already have so much stuff that helps us in our cars we have today.
This is just going to cause more people to text and drive, and if they do need to takeover they probably will not be ready. We do not need them. Instead of focusing on new cool driverless cars lets focus on other thinks like texting driving, how to improve our roads, how to be more safe, better rules to set in place when it comes to driving. We should not add something new and crazy to the mix when we already have a lot to deal with it and get under control.
I am not totally against the idea of ever having driverless cars, but we really do not need them any time soon. They are not always safe, humans need to control the driving, and if we don't need them then why have them. It will be a lot of spent making a bunch of these cars. Let us improve the cars we have now and the rules we have now. Let's improve our behavior on the road. Then we should discuss whether or not we should be gettting driverless cars on the roads for regular people in a few years. Do we really know if the problems ahead with be solved? Not really, so we should not just come to that assumption. So for now I would have to polietly object to the idea of continuing to spend money devolpong the driverless cars and getting them on the road. | 34
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5b5745a | In the article "The Challenge od Exploring Venus," the author states that NASA has a compelling idea to send humans to Venus to study it." Their solution to surving the harsh environment would be to float above the fray. Avoiding the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of thier way.
In paragraph 6 it states that," Researchers cannot take sample of rock,gas or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to uderstand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite therisks." Meeaning that if they want to be able to study Venus from the ground they would have to build something to allow them to safetly gather samples and information first hand.
In paragraph 7 the author mentions that looking back to world war ll they could use mechanical computers instead of using eletcronic ones. The mechanical computers could be made to widthstand the damage of acid,heat and pressure. To test the mechanical computers they can put it through the series of test that they can create in the test chambers to see if they can widthstand it.
In conclusion if we wanted to get a closer look at Venus then we would have to send scientist to venus in specially made space crafts to be able to widthstand the dangers of the sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. n | 12
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cf6d57c | It is a landform because a landform is a pack of dirt compressed for years whitch means it isnt an alien from mars also called martians martions live up to 100 years on mars because its so hot and they have adapteed to it
Martions can not live on earth all the chemicals and gasses in our atmosphere will kill a martion and a mesa is a rock that is shaped like a face but isnt a face so i know that it is not a martions face and the mars rover drove for ever just to find life on mars and it didnt find anything not even water which a planet needs to have water to provide the nutrients and other good stuff that helps us live on planet earth
The mesa shows thta it has evelept rock like textures so that prove that it is a rock not a martions face a rock can form in many different sizes and shapes do you see the cracks on the left side of it it has cracked over the years and it take rocks years and years to start to break away bit by bit | 01
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a068742 | I was in for a great jurney when my friend asked me to be apart of the Seagoing Cowboys. I could not say no, I knew this would be an oppportunity of a life time.
In world war ll the crew had to go to Eurupe. The UNRRA hiered the Seagoing Cowboys to work for them. We took care of horses, cows, and mules that were shipped over seas.
In August 1945, we recived ordres to report to New Orleans. We arived on the 14 of August. I turned 18 before ariving to Greece. I was discharged in 1947. I was now traveilng the high seas, I had to feed all the animals and clan all of their stalls. On my sencond trip I seved as a night watchman. I had to check on the animals every hour. When I made my report to the captin he slid down slippery ladder on his backside, a strip of of metal stoped hime from sliding, but he could not work because he cracked his ribs.
This was an amaizing experince for me and it may be for you if you are into what I was, so I encurege anyone to experince what I experinced. I am greatful for the opportunity that I had. You should be too. | 12
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c7423a9 | Luke has many more adventures coming up and you can too. You will be able to visit many unique places just like Luke did.
Being in the Seagoing cowboy program will also give you the oppertunity to help people by sending food and animals over sea with you. You would have to care for the animals too as to help on the trip.
A seagoing cow boy can visit many places. Luke got to visit Europe,China,Acropolis,Greece, ride a Gondola in Italy,and tour a castle in Crete.
Besides visiting all the great places when you are still onboard there is plenty to do besides feeding and watching the animals all day. Luke played games and you would be able to also. There is baseball,volleyball,tennis tourments,fencing,boxing,reading and more. You don't have to sit around and do nothing.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a great idea. You get to help people in need of resources, visit different unique places,and even have fun onboard. You can do all this maybe more like Luke did. | 12
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13637e9 | Driveless Cars are being seen in the future. This is causing a conflict for people who agree and do not agree. Some people think that it will not be safe. I see where they are coming from. The people that do not want it make good points. There are also people who love the idea of driverless cars. Those people think it is a great idea and think it will be really helpful.
I personally do not like the idea of driverless cars.There are a lot of things that can go wrong. It can also cause problems with transportation speed and also will hold people back from learning how to drive themselves around. The time from leaving to getting where you need to be will be really slow.
People will take advantage of not having to drive and that might be a problem. A person could fall asleep while the car was driving itself. The car could alert them that it is there turn to takeover but they could be a heavy sleeper and not wake up. I feel like there will also be a lont more people under the influence in there cars trying to drive because they feel that they will be fine aslong as the car is driving by itself.
Technology is not perfect. There can be glitches in the system and cause the car to not work properly. With technology there also comes hackers and someone other than the car itself could take control and cause someone to get hurt. It is a very dangerous idea.
The idead of driveless cars is a really interesting idea. It is also really smart. We do have the technology to do it and make it work. I still think it can cause trouble and will cause trouble if carried out. | 34
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e092b77 | Image you were having different emotions going through your body all at one time but you dont want anybody to know that you are feeling this way. Well there is a machine called the Facial Action Coding System it can detect different emotions that go through out a humans body.
The machine called the Facial Action Coding System is valuable to students in a classroom because if a student is having all these different emotions going through their body and they dont know what to do about it, the machine could really help them with the problem. For example if a student is having the emotions of being happy, sad, angry, or even disgusted about something the machine could really help let someone know that the student is having these emotions going through their body. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it states "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. This states the machine would know the emotions of humans and even paintings of someones face.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System it valuble for students in a classroom because the machine can send someone a signal about the student that is going through different emotions. | 12
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fe2d3c8 | Technology over the years has been growing greatly. There are many things technology could do for us now that it couldn't do in the past. In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System or FACS enables computers to identify human emotions and how it could potentially be used in a classroom to help students or people in everyday situations.
In the article, it states that this new technology can be helpful in reading the emotions of students in a classroom. I believe it could be helpful but I do not think that it should be used in a classroom. Even though it states that it may help students by reading when they are confused and modifying the lesson for them to understand it, it beats the purpose of teachers. If they are confused, students could ask a teacher for help and teachers could explain it in order for them to understand it as it is wriiten and there is no need for any modifications and they know how to do it if it is worded in the same way in some other point in time in which they encounter the same problem once again.
Testing is another issue. During a test, even if students are confused, the question can not be changed or modified in any way, so it wouldn't really serve much of a purpose at that time. If it were to help and it changed or modified the problem in any way, it would be unfair to the other students that, that specific student had an easier question than they did or it was modified or worded any different than it was for the rest of them.
If a computer modifies a lesson because a student is confused or bored then what's the point in learning. Teachers try their best to make learning fun and some even achieve it but what the computer will do to make a lesson more fun or less confusing, is what really matters. If the computer gives a student a break because they are bored and allows them to play games, the student will be less bored but once the computer switches back the student will be bored again reguardless.
Privacy is also another reason that could cause problems if it were to be used in the classroom. Some students may not be comfortable with the computer watching them and reading their emotions the whole time that they are in front of the screen. Lots of people would like to keep their emotions to themselves no matter what they are and if a computer is reading their emotions the whole time, then it is a violation of their privacy and their comfort.
Many schools don't have enough funding to even afford textbooks or even computers, so there would be no use for that type of technology if the school can't even afford it. Many schools barely have desks or chairs for their students and if a technology like that comes out, they won't even be able to aquire it, much less use it to help students. So it wouldn't be of much use in those situations. Especially, since the majority of the schools barely have funding for even repairs.
Nobody said learning was fun all the time or easy either. Teachers have their jobs and many do them well. A technology such as the FACS is not needed for school and classrooms. Many won't even help in making any lessons any less boring or confusing and human instructors are best. If a student thinks the lesson is boring or confusing they can inform the teacher and they will modify the lesson in a way they know would be fun because they were young once and they know that when they were their age, they wished they could do certain things in order to make learning fun and they can make those wishes come true now that they are a teacher.
So either way that the FACS technology may help, it isn't needed because everything that it may help with can be solved by a question or a statement or even just the creativity of others. Why would FACS be needed now if for the past years it hasn't been needed in any way? The answer is it isn't. If we have gone this many years without it then we still don't need it. Teachers and current technology have all assisted and have not required FACS. So therefore, FACS isn't valuable and it isn't needed. | 34
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c15344b | The author suggest that study of Venus is a worthy pursuit despites the dangers it represents. Even if it is dangerous to go into the Venus and study, it is worth study. The author said that people sent spacecrafts to Venus. But unfortunately, they could get to study. But they do not and would not give up their work. So, author suggest studying Venus is worthy.
Studying Venus is worthy. In the article, the author mentioned how hard and how long people have been trying to reach Venus. The author explained that people have sent the numerous spacecrafts to Venus but spacecraft could not survived the landing more that few hours. "human have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more that a few hours." But knowing that even landing was hard to survived, people try to keep on trying.
Knowing the danger encourage people to keep on trying. The author support the idea by talking about how people have been trying to reach Venus. Also, how people do not give up, but keep on trying to reach the Venus.
Again the author supports the idea by saying how Astronomers were fascinate by the Venus. "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." We can see how it was and why it was important to study the Venus. The author also support his idea by talking about The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was willing to send its people to study the Venus. "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus." We can see in here how the author supports his idea again.
Also, the author supports his idea by talking about how people were willing to risk their life for studying the Venus. "Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." The author well supports his idea by mentioning how people were willing to risk their lives. The author also talked about that the some think of the risks of studying Venus as challenges. Also, that many researchers working on innovations which would allpw their machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. "Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." The author supports his idea by telling us hwo people and researchers were eager to study the Venus. The author also mention that NASA is working on approaches to study Venus. "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus." The author supports his claim by saying how hard NASA work to study the Venus.
The author said studying Venus is worthy. The author supports his claim by talking and mentioning how people have been trying to reach the Venus. Also the author mentioned that even if how hard and dangerous it was to reach and study the Venus, people did not give up. The more they know how it was hard to study, the more it encourages people to study the Venus. So, the author supports his idea by mentioning all the things people did, and how they did not give up. | 34
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36b3126 | President Obama has done nothing to improve our society. If anything, he has created the worst society this world has ever seen.
Limiting our usage of any type of motorized vehicle, would not only decrease air pollution but it would also help with adults or children that may not exercise enough. Also when riding in or driving a motorized vehicle, your could get into an accident. Getting into an accident in a vehicle could have much more fatal result than you walking, jogging, or even riding a bicycle.
Although walking, jogging, or riding a bicycle isnt must safer than riding in a vehicle. You could be walking along when a stranger may walk up out of nowhere, beat you up, and could hurt you very badly. They may also take your wallet/purse. Depending on who the person is, you could end up with a black eye, cut or busted lip/eye, or anything miner; while if the wrong person gets ahold of you, you could end up in the hospital needing surgery, transplant of some sort, or could even loose your life.
Also, owning a car could could put someone in debt. Falling behind on payments could be devastating to you and your family. When the car company comes to reposses your vehicle, you could end up having to walk, jog, or even ride a bike. So whether you like it or not everything has consequences. | 12
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cfa680e | The Facial Action Coding System, which is a new software, has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The new software has promosing applications for a variety of industries. The software can recognize emotions. The Facial Action Coding System could be a good software for human emotions.
According to Paragraph 2, someone asked if they can actually calculate emotions like math homework and he also asked how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel. The answer was the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model must move like human muscles.
I think it can be valuable because the software is for calculating emotions. Emotions like happy, sad, or angry. For example if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. | 12
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3a9bdb3 | Imagine being in a car, going to work, school, or out to eat, and not having to drive. Well many car manufacturing companies plan on releasing driverless cars in the future. While these cars are not completely driverless like they suggest, they rely on the driver only in certain situations. With these cars soon to be on the market, there are many benefits these have over regular, self-driven cars such as saved money, less reliance on the driver, and in-car entertainment systems.
A big part with any new technology, is the cost. With all these new sensors and gadgets placed on the cars, it is surely going to cost a good amount of money. However, in the long run, less accidents will be caused as these cars will know when to break and when to turn which can help save the money someone would need to repair their car.
These new cars will rely less on the driver altogether which will limit the amount of accidents as most of the accidents are due to human faults, not the car. With this new technology, the driver can sit back and let their car do most of the work, and then grab the wheel when alerted such as in a work zone or around other accidents. While the driver is waiting for their turn to drive they cannot simply just sit there and wait or they would get borded, so what would they do?
These smart cars are going to have in-car entertainment systems to keep the driver amused. When the driver needs to take over, these systems are simply turned off until it is the car's turn to drive again, something not available in phones while drivers are texting. So the driver could be watching there favorite movie or playing a game, when it is time for them to grab the wheel, it will temporarily shut off, and when they are done, they can continue watching or playing. So in a way these in-car systems are actually a safety feature in these new cars.
Some people will say that these new cars simply will not be possible due to the law. Most laws are written with the assumption that a car is being driven by a human and many states have it illegal to test computer-driven cars. However, if the states that do not have a ban on these cars test them, and they work, then other states will lift the ban and laws will be made to go along with the new cars.
New technology is produced everyday, and one day humans may not have to drive. If this is the case the benefits of this would include saved money, less reliance on a human, and in-car entertainment systems. So do not be surprised to go out on the road tomorrow and find people watching a movie and driving a car, as this new technology, is right around the corner. | 34
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907adf1 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggest that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus is the second planet from the sun and is known as the evening star. It's a plant that is easy to see far away but hard and dangeorus to see up close. The authors gives a lot of reasons why Venus is important and different why to learn more about it.
Some reasons Venus is worth sudying is it's the closest planet to Earth by size and density. Not one single spaceship was been able to land on Venus for more then three decades. And some people belivie this is because no one has survived on Vanus more then a few hours. The artice said it is dangerous because clouds od highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The temperature on Venus is averaged around 800 degrees fahrenheit. And the atmospheric pressure is 90 times what we experince here on Earth. A lot of scientist feel that venus is the plant that is the most Earth-like. Becuase the Plant has a rocky surfaces and have similar features like mountains, valleys, and craters.
So this is the details I found to support the idea of studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. And I feel in a couple of years it's not going to be dangerous anymore. I feel this way becuase NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. These are simplified electrons made of silicon carbide and mechanical computers. And this are going to help becuase they are going to last longer on the surface and you won't have to get out to sample the rocks, gas and everything else. And they are going to be more powerful, flexible, and quick. | 12
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faee97d | I am for driverless cars I would think it'd be cool. To have a driverless car be driving you around. With a driverless car sleep would happen a lot faster, you could prep for meeting and not worry about going to work unprepared. Of course you'd still want to be alert in a driverless car well because it has no driver. If I owned one I would always be to places on time and not get too frusterated with it as long as the car don't talk then I'm okay with it. Having driverless cars make me wonder if transformers saw it coming of course by the movie's cars.
I'm saying all of this because according to the co-founder of Google these cars would take up half of the avgerage fuel of a normal car, and is far more flexible than a bus route. Television and movies have been fascinated with cars that could be driverless, see Transformers it'll happen. All in al developing smarter cars involves having to develop smarter roads.
I'm going to stick to my decision of agreement. I have and always think it'll be cool to see that happen. | 01
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0a48500 | Have you ever heard of the facial action coding system? The facial actions coding system enables computers to identify human emotions. "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all fourty four major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". Pretty cool,right? But is this technology really valuable for students in a classroom? I'm going to give you three reasons as to why i think this technology is not valueable.
Firstly, students have a right to keep their privacy. it might be very embarrasing for a student that wants to keep their emotions private to later find out that teachers know exactly how they feel. Even though by just looking at somebody you can whether someone is happy,sad,mad,and etc. If someone doesn't feel comfortable with their emotions they can seek the help they need. Students might not want to attend school anymore due to the fact that their privacy has been taken away, and at any second they might be questioned about their emotions.
secondally, students attend school to learn. By cutting precious timeout of their day to try and read their emotions many students will not get the learning that is needed. Students will start to get bad grades and fail many classes if they are not learning the right way. Many parents might get upset, because they might not want the their kids to go through this process. If the teachers have the parents permission that would be a whole different story.
Lastly, Many students already go through stress due to having many school assignments and trying to keep their grades in good shape. If teachers put another stress factor on kids it could be very hard on them, and also could lead to depression. This generation if very private with everything that goes on in their daily life activities. I know students will not like everyone knowing about how they all are feeling everyday. Students deserve to be happy or sad without everyone knowing.
This are my three reasons as to why i feel that the facial action coding system is not valueable to students in a classroom. They need privacy, not having many stress in their lifes, and lastly they need their learning time. | 34
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f816ace | There are many advantages and disadvantages of limiting car usage according to reading passages about limiting car usage. many people think that car usage doesn't need to be limited because everyone loves their car, but everyone loves their life also.
What I mean about everyone loves their life is that people fail to realize that cars are troublemakers, they cause alot of problems, and that is pollution. Pollution from anything is very harmful especially to the people who don't have transportation and they have to walk or ride a bicycle to their destination. In many states the usage of cars are banned and thats because their pollution rate is horrific. I mean who wants to live somehwere where you cant even walk your dog because of the pollution from the automobiles?
In Paris on Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22- euro fine ($31). But the same would apply to odd-numbered plates the folowing day. Futhermore, in Paris almost 4,000 drivers were fined and Twenty-seven people had their car impounded for their reaction to the fine. Paris has more smog than any other European capital.
Did you think that Paris was the only country that has banned cars?, Well you thought wrong because Bogota, Colombia has banned cars for three straight years and only left with buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. Bogota, Colombia goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog violators face $25 fines. In 1990 The Days Without Cars is part of an improvement campaign that began to help decrease the essecive amount of smog or pollution. Since the help to decrese the amount of smog parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and they have built new resturants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
After all I am here to say that many states are banning the usage of cars because they send off large amounts of pollution and pollution is a very harmful depris that can harm many people and it can cause sickness, and possibility death. If you are living or moving to a different state that bans car usage I strongly encourage you to let your car sit in the garage and look pretty because we are trying to save our people, plants, animals, and most important our communities. | 12
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7c2e2d2 | Dear Senator of Florida,
I strongly adivise you, hoping you will take this advise, to discard the Electoral Colledge and change it to whoever gets the most popular vote for the pesident of the United states. In Bradford Plumbers article he states "The electoral colledge is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality." The sad part about that is true. Yes, it was made hundreds of years ago and it worked but as time goes on and technology changes, the world changes, and some things just are not the same and dont fit anymore.
As some of the state of Florida coming together, the electoral college does consist of some advantages, for say to avoid run-off elections, as Richard A. Posner says, and "restore some of the weigh in the political balance"... but
IT'S NOT FAIR
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As we vote, we vote for the state of electors. Not the president ourselves, they do it for us. If we are not allowed to vote on our own then why even let us vote anways. I feel we are being baby feed. If this is true why even give us any rights as a human being living in the United States all together? Can we not control who we vote for? Sooner or later we wont even watch the presidental elections or even vote and you all will be on your own!
To go along with, I feel that if the electoral college was abolished, then it would be easier on everyone, expecially the senate. Again in Bradford Plumbers articile, "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates do not spend time in states they know have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states." If we are not in a swing state then what are our chances of seeing the candidtes or even a campaign. That siduation would be more hard on you all in the senate then us, the people of Florida, we just wont vote!
We hope you make your decision wisely,
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a73365c | Alien Theory: Debunked
There may be evidence as to why people believe in something as comical as aliens; mass UFO sightings, various reports of alien abduction, passages in religious books and scrolls that show odd evidence of a species not born on Earth, or even on manmade structures such as the ancient pyramids or Egypt. However, we still haven't found credible evidence that aliens are real. The Face is not some sort of bona fide of evidence on life on Mars that NASA would hide. The Face is merely just a natural landform.
After the discovery of the Face, NASA unveiled the image for the public to see. A caption noted a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth." Authors who knew about it reasoned that it would be a good way to engage the public's attraction to Mars, which it successfully did. The pharaoh look-alike of the mesa was named "The Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. Many conspiray theorists said that NASA was just hiding more from the public since they said it was only a natural landform. Aliens and ancient civilization became a wide belief, even scientists believed in this. But due to this, the Face became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in September 1997; 18 years after the Viking missions ended. The chief scientist for NASA's MArs Exploration Program, Jim Garvin said "We felt this was important to taxpayers."
When NASA's Viking 1 caught a picture of the Face while it was simply finding a region for its Viking 2 to land, mission controllers may have been amazed or mildly frightened to see this on their monitors. This discovery was short lived because scientists such as myself figured it as just another Martian mesa, which is common around Cydonia, a region on Mars where the Viking spotted the legendary Face. The first photos had bad quality, the best photo having 43 meters per pixel. On April 5, 1998, the MGS flew over Cydonia for the frist time, Micahel Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture 10 times sharper than the original Viking photos. Those who have grown curious to this discovery were upset to only see that THe Face really was only a natural landform. Howver that day they took the photos was a cloudy day on Mars. And so, more disappointment was caused when on April 8, 2001-a cloudless day on Cydonia-MGS took another chance and took another photo. The pixels in the latest image spans 1.56 meters, which is much more better than the original photos from the Viking.
As a rule of thumb, that picture quality would capture more landforms or manmade structures if there were any, but there were not. The latest picture shows the Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa which are landforms that are common around the American West. "It reminds me most of the Middle BUtte in the Snake River Plain of IDaho," says Garvin. That's a lava dome that takes for of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. However, Mars doesn't have life on it. That planet is labeled dead to some scientists.
Though there may be some instance of some alien life form out there, such as the Wow Signal, there isn't enough credible evidence that the Face was made by aliens. As I have already said, landforms such as that MArtian mesa are common on Cydonia. This one just happened to look like a face due to the shadows casted onto it.
Living in the universe alone or with unknown species out there is terrifying, but without enough credible evidence, aliens don't really exist. They're jsut a pigment of imagination caused by the odd funtions of the human brain. All of those alien abductions were most likely hallucination from drug use pr mental diseases. With all of these factors, the alien theory with the Face is debunked. | 34
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cd66471 | limiting car usage if we all limited car usage life would be a whole lot safer for eveyone.
we have lots of issues just because of car usage. if car usage had a limit there wouldnt be as many problems such as pollution. paris had a new fecord of polluion . pollution can cause many problems for us from having clean water to drink to not having clean air to breath.
car usage.
as a results 70 percent of vaubans have cars and 57pervent sold them to have money for a new home. lots of people said they are happier not having a car. they perfered to walk it was healthier anyway. it wasnt worth having to pollute the air and having to find clean water because the cars messed there drinking water up .they all baicsally decided to go green vauban ,germany residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers going where few soccer moms had never gone before they have given up their cars. they have fotrbidden areas so that they can try and see wht life without cars because the president of the united states mr barak obamab doesnt want there to be cars in the future so they are tyring to start now | 12
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90925e4 | Dear State senator,
After reading this article "Does the Electoral College Work?" I've come to believe that we should keep the Electoral College because, look at all the rights and goods we have establish untill now. What im trying to say is that the Electoral College do work, for example This method is widely regarded as an anachronism. Also that it can still be a elcetion, "it is entirely possible that the winner of the election vote will not win the national popular vote," so I believe its fair on both sides. It happen in 2000, with Bush and Gore where Gore had more popular votes than Bush but less electoral votes, and we all know would won that year.
The Electoral College do has it cons for example, the voters actually vote for a slate of electors and not for the president. So if you live in a state like Texas for example, your votes goes to 34 Democratic electors that you don't know and this can create confusion about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. The best argument about the electoral college is the disaster factor. It happen once in 1960 where "Louisianna legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who oppose John F. kennedy," Which means that those popular votes for Keenedy would not actually gone to him. Bob Dole says the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
In despised of the Electoral College cons, here is five reasons of keeping this method of choosing our President. Certainty of Outcome, Everyone's President, Swing States, Big states, and Avoid run-off elections. With these five reasons the electoral college allows us to "restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution..." also you can say that it has been working for as all as it has been here with us, so why abolish something if its working. | 23
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f4023d7 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College has been an election process in the united states sense the constitution was created. But it has come to the time where it no longer has a valuble position and is beginning to deteriorate. Over 60% of voters would prefer to only have a popular vote for Presidential elections, rather than the Electoral College. Recently it seems as if every election has been very tight and the winner of the popular votes loses due to the turn out of the Elecoral College votes. The Ellectoral College system should be abolished and banned from our election process.
In the Electoral College voters vote for a slate of electors who in turn elect the President rather than them directly voting themselves. Source 2 States "The Electors can be anyone not holding office." Therefore anybody can put theirself in the position to be in the Ellectoral College, even if they are unqualified for the responsibilities it requires. Also voters can't always control who their electors vote for so the efficiency of the election has already decreased.
This system allows for disaster. The electors could always defy the will of the people. Source 2 brings up "Segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic elecors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." "Faithless" electors in the past have refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whoever they would like, and there is no guarentee that this will not occur again.
When it comes down to the core, the Electoral College does not provide an equal election to all voters. You will not find candidates dedicating their time in states where they believe they do not have a chance of winning. In effect, the representation and campaigning is not equally distributed throughout all the states. Some states may get no campaigning at all. Source 2 includes "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen staes didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." All the focus is centered into the tight races of the "swing" states.
It is said that rarely will the electoral college voting come out as a tie but it has happend. In the situation of a tie the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, and the Houses selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people.
The Electoral College is out dated and irrelevant to our modern society and it is too indirect to present the true votes from our country. It is time to leave the vote to the people and only the people, and it is time for our country to mature and abolish the Ellectoral College. | 45
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499c208 | Many places around the world are limiting the usage of cars. If more places created regulations like these, it may drastically change the environment, for the better.
Vauban, a suburb in Germany, made conditions in the neighborhood almost impossible to own a car. While it may seem like an annoyance, many of the residents are happier this way. According to Heidrun Walter, a resident of Vauban, "When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way." While many people may see having to give up or not use their can an annoyance, if they get used to it they might find that not using their cars may be a good thing.
Instead of having to hear car engines and honking horns, they can take a relaxing walk or even a bike ride somewhere.
Limiting car usage would also be very helpful in cleaning up the environment. In "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" the author states, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in car-intensive areas in the United States." Limiting the amount people can drive their cars could reduce a hefty amount of pollution in our air. In France, they limitied the amount of people who were allowed to drive for two days. Paris has more pollution in their air then most European cities, but putting regulations on who could drive significantly reduced the amount of smog in just a few days, according to Robert Duffer.
Putting regulations on car usage can also make the area you live in a much nicer place. In Colombia, a few cities have an annual "Day Without Cars", where citizens are fined for using their cars. As a result, things like restaurants and malls have been being built. They are repairing more sidewalks and building new bicycle paths. Parks are being used more often. The communities would be much nicer places with out the frequent use of cars.
Limiting the use of cars is a very good thing. It helps the environment, and it helps make the world a nicer place. | 34
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a0702c7 | Imagine a world of cars driving themselves. You would think "that's so cool!" or it's just like the future!" but I assue you it may not be all cracked up to what it seems like.
Driverless cars may seem like they are going to become the next big thing, but they will not to work out quite a bit before they can even test driverless cars on the road. Driverless cars will become a safety issue. All traffic laws were written assuming that drivers would be at the wheel at all times, but obviously driverless cars do not have drivers at the wheel. If these cars do become the next big thing and are out on the road a great deal of traffic laws must be rewritten to accomdate the new cars.
Another issue with driverless cars is that they are not human, so they are not near as safe as a human driver; that is assuming the take all the precautions seriously and drive safely. Although these cars have a great deal of sensors, that does not mean they are safe. The cars can only mimic the humans drive; they can not think for themselves. What if the sensors do not work properly and you cause an accident that results in injuries or death; what will you do then? Would you be responbile for the accident or would the automobile manufacturer be held responsible? these are things that need to be carefully thought out before driverless cars become the next big thing to hit the United States.
When manufacturers say that a car is "driverless", they do not mean that it can drive itself completely. Sure, it can drive itself for the most part it a lot of the cars require a human to take control in certain areas. If you are in construction zones or traffic you would have to take over the car. Why would you ever want to buy a driverless car that you have to drive? Most people would get sick of having to take over the car or having to wait their turn before being able to drive.
So, driverless cars, are they cracked up to what they seem? The answer is no, driverless cars are not cracked up to what they seem. They are a safety issure, they still require a human to drive, and they can be very frustrating to drive with. | 23
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7b6d47d | Dear, State Sentor
I feel that you should change to the popular vote for the President of the United States. That way they people can really choose who they want to be president instead of the government having to jump in and help the people choose who they want as president and some people dont vote because they know it doesnt matter.
With Electoral College the voters don't vote for a president, they vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. For example the Jhon Kerry ''voting'' if you were in Texas you voted for a slate of 34 Democratic electors that pledged to John Kerry. The Electoral College is a process that makes voting easier for the government. They have to select electors, then they all have a meeting to vote for the President and Vice President, and then the counting of the eletoral votes by congress. It consists of 538 electors. But a major of 270 electroal votes in order to elect the President. Another example John F. Kennedy had a popular that vote would have went to him.
The Electoral college is unfair to voters,because of the winner-take-all system in each state, the candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, which focuses only on the tight races in the "swing" states. It as become unfair,outdated,and irratonal. The electoral college is widely regared as an anachronism. We are in need of a change because this has been going on for years and years. So why not change it up i think it should have been done a while ago but it never to late.
The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. Which is not every fair some people are'nt as rih as others so they sould'nt descrimate people by the way they look or dress. Because for all you know they look gurst so your not going to try and listen or understand where they came from. But they could be President material they just dont have the outter look, that everyones looking for."Don't judge a book by it cover."
The swing states go through the most with the electoral college,because its a winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates as seen in election. Voters in toss up states are more likely to payclose attentionto the campaign. They get the most feed back for the government. Also they get attention from the candidates as while. The bigger states dont get much attention. | 23
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9ecb756 | Some advantages on limiting car use can be actually very favorable for the enviroment as well as for the people. If the usage of car is limited there would be less pollution, less car accidents and no more "stuck in traffic". As of that it would be a healthy way of life, more excise and more time to pass with other people.
One thing that could be a good way to start this "Limited Car Usage" would be what the city of Bogota, Colombia is doing: The Day Without Cars. This is promoted as a program when in that day cars are banned with only buses and taxis permited. This inspires the people to walk more, ride a bike, and if something is very, very far they could just take a bus or a taxi. This would make a great impact on people's life and maybe it would soon be joined by other cities or whole countries like the cities of Cali and Valledupar have already done.
In Paris, France driving was banned due to smog, not exactly like that, but it was partially banned to clear the air of the city. For example one rule they had was that on monday motorists with even-numbered licence plates were ordered to leave their cars at home and that they next day it would be the odd-numbered plates who would have to follow this rule. Thanks to this little rule congestion was down 60 percent in France's capital and the smog was cleared off.
In America is almost the End of Car Culture. There have been recent studies that suggests that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. By this alone you can see that "We are witnessing a long-term cultural shift" as Mimi Sheller said. Now yes, this whole "No Car" or "Car Limiting" rules can have a negative implication for the car industries, but in general for the rest of the people this would be a good impact in their lives.
In general "Car Limiting" can only make a positive impact in the lives of most of us and also in the enviroment. And as Bill Ford said at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelora, Spain: "Pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety". | 23
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13fd809 | In the artical "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it talks about how a new form of technology that can read human emotions was used to read the emotions of the Mona Lisa could be used to read other human emotions. Dr. Huang, from Beckman institute worked on the computer with other scientis. the computer was programed to read the expresions of humans by first making a 3D model of the face, along with all 44 major muscels in the face too.
How this would be valuable in the classroom. well it argues in ther artical how if this technology was available in all classrooms that this would ba able to help students learn in their own way or how the computer would be able to recognize the emotions that the student is expressing and would be able to change or modify the lesson for the sudent. if this sort of technology was available it would change the whole outlook on how we learn and change the whole outlook on the classroom. it would give students a better chance of learning and help how they learn,it would make each lesson personal to each student.
If this form of technology was made available then they major impact that it would have on schools and on students would be so grand that it would cahnge the face of learning. so therefor i do belive that the use of this technology is valuable in a classroom. | 12
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ef67317 | Revolutionary Change
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Get up. Get dressed. Go to work. Go home, repeat. what if i told you you could do so much more... For instants, take a stroll. Have a wonderful view of clusterd streets and inhale the polluted air, causedsouly from car usage. "The goal is to promote alternative tranportation an reduce smog," stated in an excerpt from "car-free day is spinning a big hit in bogota," sixteenth paragraph. After only five days with minimun car usage the smog revaled greatly. Ruducing car usage will help not only help the united stated but the whole world as one. The affects of over using cars are showing, limmiting car usage will help the enviroment, and change a daily routine.
"Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layers of air to wrap car emissions," stated briefly by Robert Duffer. According to The Reuters found, "67 present of vehicles in France, compared to 53.3 present average of Diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe."
Clear air for the survival and generations to come would be great, or we could go exinct like other spiceies. Simply because of over doing, and pushing over the limmits. limmiting car usage could help our enviroment. Fresh air being a start. "The turnout was large, despite gray Clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on Bogata. The rain hasn't stopped people from particpateing," said Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus...."its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air polluting," said Bussinessman Carlos Autro Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. adding a shortage to car usage could change your whole lifestyle for the better.
Andrew Selsky stated many hiked, biked, and skated or took buses to work during a car-free day, leaving the streets eerily devioded of traffic gams. it also lowers emissions and improved safety. Parks and sport ceenters have been used more and new restaurants and shopping districs have dramastically cut trafic.
"Although Americans have had a history having a love affair with vehiclesseems to be cooling," a reference from Elisabeth Rosenthal (End of Culture- paragraph thirty-to). The limmitations of car usage can drastically change an enviroment,a life, the world. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! This now means time to change.. | 23
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773c30a | The author explains his idea very well by saying that it's worth exploring Venus. The author persuades the reader into thinking that Venus is worth exploring because the planet use to be habitable. Venus is still a mystery waiting to be solved. The author also gives scientist's solutions to every danger of Venus.
The author says the planet use to be Earth's twin. Venus use to have similar features to Earth like valleys,mountains,and craters. This is why scientist still want to explore the hot planet. One of the solutions to exploring Venus the authors says is "a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape."
The author makes this seem inevitable because as he said "human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."
In conclusion the author uses and facts and his own opinions to explain his idea very well. He engages the readers into his passage by explaining all the cool aspects of Venus. Finally he supports the idea by saying "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." | 12
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5a4ec55 | liveing in a place with no cars or garages are forbidden sounds terrible but there are some advanteges to it. one you save money on gas also less traffic. Over 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars. People are even much happier with out the stress of owning a car, now they dont have to pay for gas or payment on the car. Also it more health for people to walk or bicycle every where they go.
With less cars means less polution in the air. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissionsin europe. with less cars means more stores are just a walk way, rather than haveing to drive on the highway to get to a mall. Some people think that the hybrid was the answer to less polution and less money on gas.
The environmentel protection agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. After a near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air.
People were fined for driving even though there was a law passed thats all cars would be fined $31 ,almost 4,000 people were fined and 27 people had there cars impounded.
Beijing China is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions poluting the air even more so. Diesels make up 67% of frances vehicle population. Diesels are one of the most poluting trucks know to man. less cars would help the world but also slow us down. | 23
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ca72f67 | Isn't there a law about texting while driving because there is not enough alertness and awareness? Driverless cars are cars that are able to drive without a human being in full control of the car. I disagree with the idea of driverless cars. With driverless cars, safety would be at risk, there would be more distractions, and it could possibvle take away jobs and close down businesses.
There are a numerous amout of risks involved with using driverless cars.
Using driverless cars could increase the chance of risking your safety. there is always the question, "what if something goes wrong?" In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it says "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"(9) If something went wrong, unless there is a disclaimer saying that it is not the manufacturer's fault if any thing goes wrong, then it would be the manufacturer's fault. That is another reason why we do not need driverless cars, becasue of distractions. Humans alrady have a tendency to text or talk on the phone while driving, which is why there is a law against it. So, to make a car where we would not have to control the whole time would just give us more reason and chance to do other things instead of paying attention to the road. The article says "Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over--something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone."(8) If the car noticed that you are trying to text while driving, and it just switches back to manual driving, what if the the driver is not ready to take over and it causes an accident? That is the risk of safety, vs having full control of the car the whole time. Lastly, having driverless cars could end jobs and close down certain businesses. The Article says "He envisions a future with a public transportations system where
fleets of driverless cars form a public-tansport taxi system. The cars he foresees qould use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."(1) It says it would use less fuel than a taxi and be more flexible than a bus, which are both manuel driven transportation systems. The people that drive taxis and busses would lose there jobs because there would be no use for them anymore. That would mean that those public transportation companies would stop makin money and eventually shut down, which is even more jobs that would be lost. Also, that would affect car manufacturers that decide not to move on to driverless cars because no one would have to buy cars that require full control.
In conclusion, I disagree wit having driverless cars becausew they are a safety hazard, can cause more distractions, which could risk the safety of others, and take away jobs and shut companies down. There are a few pros to having a driverless cars, like the luxury of not having to drive the whole time if traveling somewhere far, or if your tired from a long day and want to rest on the way hom. But, the cons over power the pros because the pros are just luxuries, vs the cons which are necessities that are needed to be worried about. | 34
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23bc2c4 | Firstly, i am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions, becaue it is not someting that can just be eaisily told these days and it must have been even worst to tell in the past. I personally beilieve that it wold be best to have somehing that has been woked on by many people and can be very well depended on. These days no one can tell ho someone fels because of their facial expression. so in my essay will be giving evidence that supports whymi am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions.
Secondly, my evidence that supports that i am for the value of using this technology to read students emotionl expressions is in the text where it text states " The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thoma Huang, of the University of illinois, working in collaboration with prof . Nicu sebe of the university of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate". from this evidence i can definenly defend and give evidence for why i am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. from tis quote i am for the value of using tthis technology to read students emotionl expressions because their are many people many universities who combind their knowlege and what they know together so off couse they would come up with something so great. by something so graet i mean humans, technology and emotions. What i can also personally add to this parrgraph is things are way more depenable and understanding and way more better and trustfull and when many people join their heads together.
Thirdly, another evidence that supports that i am for the value of using this tehnology to read students emotional expressions is in the text where the text states " The process begin with the computer model of the face .....then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. paul eckman......for example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle ......" . from this evidence i should already know that i am for this technology and i agree with it being used to read students emotional expressions. I agree with it being used to read students emotinal expression, because just from the first four words of the quote i know that is is definently dependable .I know from those four words in the begining of the quote that this passage tells me everything that i need to know about this technology. It also leaves me without worries and question but the need to use it.
Fourth, another evidence that i can use that supports why i am for this the quote "The software is the latest innovtion from " just from this quote i can support why i am foe the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions because i no that what ever company or what so ever this project will definently be graet and will as much as it is expected to do great. Another reason why i am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions is the text states "While looking at the mirror :......1....2...3...... does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion?
Can your lab partner recognize which one........accordig to facial feedback.....".
Also this quote " Who ever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotion! from this quote i can say that people can't just understand your emotions and how you feel because of your face expression so that is wy their is a need for a technology that is thrustfull and has been developed with so much knowlege to help with all that and the curiusity of how someone feels from their facial expression.
To conclued i would definently say that i am for the valueof using this technoogy to read sudents emotonal expressions. This technogy is the latest technology so i can count on its new developments. This techology has been created by many developers many universities, many proffesors so am for sure that they made it the best that it should and needsto be. This technology helps us understand and fills us in with all the questions that we have of it and it and the human emotion and others. I love this technology and i hope it definently works for sure. | 12
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b05d10b | I could see how someone could think that theres some kind of aliens living on Mars and thats what created this human face looking thing. there are more reasonable explantions, then the aliens. This rock formation is actually very comman in mars.
This is a natural formation that happens on Mars. it is very similiar to a formation we have on earth. It was very difficult to figure this out, but thanks to the the new technology we have today we can have better images, and a better understanding of what this is. We have gotten very good answers and clear evidence, even with the difficulties to finding this formation.
It is a more solid, and proven answer to this rock formation. most theories people have created ,dont have good backup infromation in thier statements. In conclusion there are many good reason to why someone could say that alien could of done this, but with the proper equipment we can find out the more reliable answer to this kind of situations. | 12
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a1f25ca | The "Face on Mars"
may look like an alien has constructed it but the shadows of the bumps make it seem like it is an actual human face. If it were aliens who had built the Face on Mars, wouldn't there be more? The answer to that question would
be yes. The pictures from 2001 show that that the artifact was really just a natural creation. Before scientists had found the Face on Mars, the question is...just how old is it?
In the beginning of the aricle it states,"New high-resolution images and 3D alimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa" (UTFONM, 1). Thus meaning that the Face on Mars was not created by aliens. Before the pictures in 1976 and 98' were awful quality, the picture in 2001 shows exactly what the Face on Mars is. The article also stated that the Face on Mars,"...huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by the shadows giving the illusions of eyes, nose, and mouth" (UTFONM, 1). This is proof of it only being a natural landform.
If aliens had created this form, wouldn't there be more of these human looking landforms. There is no evidence in the article that states aliens were the creatures who made the Face on Mars. If the Face on Mars was created by aliens, NASA would have wanted to research it instead of hiding it because they would've gotten paid. According to the article it states, " Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars" (UTFONM, 1). It would have been beneficial to NASA if it were made by aliens.
It makes sense to infer that it could only be a structure made by aliens because who knows the capabilities of these creatures. Although in the article it states," There was no alien monument after all " (UTFONM, 1). There is solid evidence that the structer was not created by an extraterestrial creature. Even knowing it not being made by an alien, when was it created and how was it created? That answer we may never know.
In conclusion the landform found on Mars is not made by aliens. This was proven on April 5, 1988. The purpose of the article was to show people that the Face on Mars was just a natural monument. In the end of the article it states, " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West" (UTFONM, 1). We even have similar things like the Face on Mars on Earth. All in all the form on Mars was not created by any aliens of any sort. | 23
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3d03dc5 | The use of this new technology will be very helpful for many things. It will allow people such as police to tell how a certain suspect is feeling so that you may realise if they are lying or being deceitful. It will be able to determine how you feel when you are in certain situations as well as when in the eigth paragraph it states that the clues the technology will use can spot when a politician or celebrity isn't being truthful about their current situation. This new technology will also be able to revolutionize security by having you make a face to unlock a certain door or area.
In my opinion this technology can be the foundations for creating fully functional AI(Artificial Intelligence). If it is used in a restaraunt where it servers people or is a waiter, it will be able to detect if a customer is unhappy and can offer them something so that they can cheer up, or in areas such as military, it will be able to detect a war criminals face to show if a certain interogation is being efficient or not. In fields such as a medical field, it can detect if a patient is truly in pain or lying in an attempt to get a certain medication, or if a patient is feeling pain during a surgery while they are unconcious. There have been thousands of reports of people undergoing a surgey where they are supposed to be unconcious but the medicine used doesn't fully work and it paralyzes them for the remainder of the surgery, this could be used to see smaller muscle movents that the human eye wouldn't be able to recognize. The use of this new technology would be able to revolutionize our current standing and position with the creation of fully functional artificial intelligence.
To conclude the use of this new technology can be used in all fields, commercial, military or medical. This is truly the next step into having AI that can be used for multi-purpose across many fields. We are just a few years to a few decades of research away from having the technology to have a AI just roaming around a town to check on certain people or to watch and make sure a area is safe and if it needs to mark down a certain suspect by memorizing the subject or person face for it to be analyzed in a crime lab. | 34
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4afbbfa | Dear, To whom ever it may concern I here am writing this this letter to tell you guys about the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. The Electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of electorals votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Under the 23rd Amendmentof the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposesof the Electoral College.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of Electors.I know the electors are generally chosen by the candidate's politicail party, but state law vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are .. Also the Presidential election is geld every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
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