...The Safety of a Self-driving Car With the rise of technology dedicated to self-driving cars, people are asking the question "how safe are driverless cars compare to a traditional car?" First of all, to drive a self-driving car functioning by a computer or robot, the driver has to learn to control the functions. In 2011, a Google self-driving car was involved in an accident, and Google stated to the press that the driver was responsible for the driving. However, many critics became to question whether the technology behind the self-driving car are responsible for the accident. In the recent years, self-driving cars are tested on the road in several different states, and for the last years or so, Google had tested more than “700,000 miles” of accident-free driving from a driverless car. With self-driving cars, what are the obligations the operator have to make? If companies like Google, were to sell hundreds of thousands of these cars on the road, are they able to keep up the safety standard in a large number? The technology will also force regulators to rethink the car and driver relationship, and possibly place more emphasis on the regulation both the car and the driver. For instance, instead of certifying that a driver can pass a road test, the state might certify that a car can pass a test, upending the traditional drivers’ licensing system. In addition, the state of mind when you are for example, drunk, are you allow to operate a self-driving car? Due to the promising...
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... The description is driven through F. Scott Fitzgerald riveting story. The theme of Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, tells how honest people really are and how true colors do show over time. This theme is demonstrated through decisions the characters decide to take in the book. Tom is a man who isn’t so honest at all. Tom always lies to Daisy, his own wife. Fitzgerald’s writes,“He nodded sagely. ‘And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time.”’(Fitzgerald 131). This quote shows us how Tom does not really care for Daisy as he says he does. He thinks that just because he always comes back to her from his unknown affairs (that he still hasn’t admitted to Daisy) his situation is totally fine. Also, Tom tries to justify himself by saying his affairs weren’t as terrible as Gatsby and Daisy's relationship with each other behind his back. Tom’s dishonesty is exposed throughout this event. Tom’s dishonesty is also fully displayed during the day of Myrtle Wilson’s death. When readers see how Mr. Wilson is truly traumatized by what had just occurred, Tom decides to tell him some things that weren’t true to save himself. “He[Tom] broke off defiantly. ‘What if I did tell him?...
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...Outline for Persuasive speech Introduction and attract audience: Start questions by asking classmates "how many people drink alcohol" and "how many people drive when they are drunk" to get everyone's attention and leads out what I am going to talk about, to persuade people not drunk driving. Body: Part 1: Provide some statistic for audience that shows drunk driving is really dangerous. New research released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that 32,885 people died in traffic crashes in 2010 in the United States, including an estimated 10,228 people who died in drunk driving crashes, accounting for 31% of all traffic deaths last year .More than two-thirds of the 10,228 drunk driving deaths (7,145 or 70 percent) involved drivers with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .15 or higher. And statistic also shows that in 2010, more than three people were killed in drunk driving fatalities for every 100,000 Americans. 30 percent of us will be involved in a drunk driving accident in our lives. Every 45 minutes, someone will be killed by a drunk driver. And at least 50 percent of drunk drivers will continue to drive drunk after having their licenses suspended. Part 2: Why should we not drunk driving When an alcoholic drinks, his head is full of lies, and those lies tell me that I'm ok, I'll be able to keep the car between the lines or I won't get caught this time. Quote from Dan Hoge. Drink alcohol make you excited, and if you drink too much which...
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...Molly DuPuis 10/3/14 Mrs. McKinnon English 112 Blood Bath A very recent study by AAA Foundation, using driving stimulators, says that talking on the phone while driving shows the same behavior as when you drink and drive. They also found out that when people talk on the phone and drive they are more likely to get into an accident than someone drinking and driving. The ad that was chosen for this paper is the ad against talking on the phone and driving. This ad had many points to consider when choosing it. They go against women in this ad, even though it based on only one women in the ad. They really depict why it is so bad to talk on the phone and drive and what it can do to you and your family if something bad were to occur because of it. They also show an amazing and eye catching effect of blood within the ad that makes you really focus on it when first seeing it. After reviewing the ad, it has both good and bad features to it. The woman, and only seen person in the ad, is an Indian lady in a kitchen that is reacting to the phone call she just received. The placement of the woman really shocked me. They put her in the kitchen, “where women are supposed to be”. This lit a spark showing how disrespectful ads can be against sex, race, and religion. They did not think about how the ad looked towards women. The saying had a lot to do with that disrespect. They used “he”, as if women cannot drive. They also made it seem as if it was her fault that she called him. Did he call...
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...and tree trunks. It shows a wide shot of the forest with a dear in the far background. Non-diagetic sound appears when the dear starts to come closer towards the camera. The non-diagetic sound is of a man repeating a prayer. This builds suspension and makes the audience question why he is narrating a prayer. The camera then walks back, and soon focuses on a rifle gun, which is pointing towards the dear, as the non-diagetic sound of the prayer is still being said. This suggests to the audience that the dear is either going to get shot for pleasure, or for food. As soon as the non-diagetic sound of the prayer ends with an “Amen”, the camera comes behind the 2 men, which shows an over shoulder shot, and the gun then gets fired. Diagetic sound of the gunshot is loud and clear. The over shoulder shot, allows us to know who is firing at the dear, and shows us from behind there point of view. Diagetic sound of the dear dying, suggests its been killed in a miserable way. As soon as the rifle has been fired, non-diagetic music appears with a slow beat thud noise. This shows that it’s the ending of the scene. As the slow beat music is playing, the man with a rough looking beard faces towards the young teen that shot the dear, in a proud manner, and taps him on the back. A tapping on the back shows proudness, and a good job. The scene changes to a wide shot of a truck driving along the highway. Non-diagetic sound of the radio is playing as we see the truck driving. The camera then goes...
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...Fitzgerald takes the life of Nick Caraway, a single stock broker living in New York and shows us the world of the rich through his point of view. Through his point of view he uses a lot of different styles of satire to describe these people. Satire uses humor, irony, exaggeration, tone, and sarcasm to criticize other people’s actions and lighten the situation. The Great Gatsby uses many elements of satire to tell the story. Some of the main elements used are irony, sarcasm, and humor. Fitzgerald uses irony to convey the idea that things aren’t always the way they seem. The Great Gatsby has a lot of different uses of dramatic irony. For instance the day that Gatsby, Tom, Nick, and Daisy all went into town, they got into an accident and killed Tom’s mistress, Myrtle. “’Wreck!’ Said Tom. ‘That’s good. Wilson’ll have a little business at last’” (Fitzgerald 137). This shows dramatic irony because Tom does not yet know that his mistress, Myrtle, was killed in the accident. It was until Tom pushed his way through the crowd of people that he sees that it was Myrtle who got hit and killed. Also Tom does not yet know that Daisy, Tom’s wife, was the one who was driving the car that killed Myrtle. Another way Fitzgerald uses dramatic irony is when Nick questions Gatsby on who was driving the car that hit Myrtle. “’Well, I tried to swing the wheel- He broke off, and suddenly I guessed at the truth. ‘Was Daisy driving?’ ‘Yes,’ he said after a moment. ‘But of course I’ll say I was’” (143). The way...
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...becomes your secret world of reality. Day Dreaming allows us to follow all sorts of paths and free to generate all sorts of images, feelings, and thoughts. Our daily way of being typically requires us to be quite focused, and goal oriented. Using a reader-response approach, in this paper you will connect with literature, you will find a personal link or imaginative entry in this story. The literary work of James Thurber: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will show you how an ordinary man escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of imagination filled with heroism, romance and action. Walter Mitty will embark on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined. . James Thurber wrote a short story about an imaginary character who is caught up with day dreaming and thoughts and has little to do with day to day matters…….Walter Mitty behavior is the primary focus of the story. After reading the secret life of Walter Mitty you will realize that James Thurber shows that Walter Mitty is a Habitual dreamer who is so unhappy with his daily life that he uses his dreams to become the person who can change the world. (Chapter 1...
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...data to test the hypothesis. (C) What statistical test should you use to accept or reject this hypothesis using the data you will collect? The test that I would use to accept or reject the null hypothesis is the t-test: two sample assuming equal variances since we have two independent samples. 2. Your love of golf has brought you back to the range as the new product manager for UniDun's Straight Flight (SF) line of golf balls. The company's research and development group has been experimenting with dimple patterns that promote straight flight and feel they have achieved some degree of success. You, however, are worried about the effect that the new pattern might have on driving distance. The Golf Ball Distances document in the Updates and Handouts section contains test results that compare the driving distances for the two different kinds of balls: 40 balls of the new SF type, and 40 of the old UniDun type. Your job is to determine if the old UniDun balls can be driven further than the new SF balls. To resolve this...
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...liberal and conservative reformers. None the less the tone he uses, the diction he presents, and the example choices keep us wanting to know more. Kahan argues in favor of the use of shame as a punishment that is, “an effective, cheap, and humane alternative to imprisonment.” He tells us to think about the times when we were punished as children, and who punished us: teachers, parents or other authority figures. What kinds of bad behavior were we punished for? What type of punishment worked best to deter you from changing your ways? You may not remember everything from an incident but do you recall being ashamed and bashed in front of other people? The tone he chooses to get the point across is both sarcastic/funny and meaningful. He oddly adds phrases here and there to further the argument by using a stern tone to explain his seriousness. His quotes, that include different shaming requirements by law, help us better understand the circumstances in which shaming is used. Like how, “if you drive drunk in Florida or Texas and you might be required to place a conspicuous ‘DUI’ bumper sticker on your car.” In some cases it is both funny for the embarrassment of others and meaningful because drunk driving is a serious crime in the matter. His other shaming report is, “refuse to make your child-support payments in Virginia and you will find that your...
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...becomes your secret world of reality. Day Dreaming allows us to follow all sorts of paths and free to generate all sorts of images, feelings, and thoughts. Our daily way of being typically requires us to be quite focused, and goal oriented. Using a reader-response approach, in this paper you will connect with literature, you will find a personal link or imaginative entry in this story. The literary work of James Thurber: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will show you how an ordinary man escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of imagination filled with heroism, romance and action. Walter Mitty will embark on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined. . James Thurber wrote a short story about an imaginary character who is caught up with day dreaming and thoughts and has little to do with day to day matters…….Walter Mitty behavior is the primary focus of the story. After reading the secret life of Walter Mitty you will realize that James Thurber shows that Walter Mitty is a Habitual dreamer who is so unhappy with his daily life that he uses his dreams to become the person who can change the world. (Chapter 1...
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...Interviewing and Investigation Draft Interview Questions Fernando X Zambrano Interviewing and Investigation/ P203 Unit 3 Assignment Professor David Weigel October 11, 2011 Draft Interview Questions In January, 2002, Bill and Hillary were involve in a car accident while driving in a country road in Chappaqua, New York. They got hit by a snowplow on head on collision, Bill suffered a fracture vertebra, a broken arm, and multiple tears along his back and shoulder. Bill also received cuts and bruises on his face. Upon accepting the representation of Bill and Hillary my supervising Attorney ask me to prepare and gather all the information necessary to help the client with the representation, at these time Bill has being return to work and had hard time to do the work due to the injuries he received in the accident, and also he continue to incur in more medical expenses. Bill also mention that his HMO has paid some of the medicals expenses, when it should be the responsibility of the insurance company. With Bill consent and permission I call the doctor the Doctors office to get copies of all the medical records and expenses, I also ask the same from the HMO to get as much information before drafting the questioner for Bill and all the witnesses. The medical record arrive by courier from the doctor's office ( the firm is charge $100 dollars for the delivery) at the same time the HMO send via fax the record. While...
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...FA 1041 Black & White Photography 12/18/2012 Ethics in Photojournalism Photojournalism is a way of telling a story that can often be more effective than a 1,000-word article. The images that are captured can change the emotions quite vividly of those who are viewing the picture. The best photojournalists will not only capture an image that tells the story, but the images also have to be aesthetically pleasing, include some action and take in emotion. Photojournalists take their images from interesting angles, and they provide depth of field that catches the eye of those who are viewing it. But there is more to being a photojournalists than just a storyteller and an artist, they also have to decide when taking a photo is going too far, and when it is necessary to telling a story. The artistic elements only scratch the surface of the complexities of being effective photojournalists. These storytellers must look out for touchy subjects and taste, and they look to balance effective journalism with good taste. Ethics is a major part of journalism. The images are extremely powerful, as they get to a lot of people and are responsible for shaping culture in various ways. The types of judgment calls that occur with photojournalism are represented through images such as those that were captured when people jumped off the side of the World Trade Centre when the building was on fire after the terrorist attacks. Other tough calls include the Vietnam war, when a naked girl walked...
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...adopting a mecha, but her need for love is so big that she ends up saying yes. David is built to love, which means that he also can be jealous, needy, angry and sad. After a while, suddenly their son, Martin, gets out of his coma and come back home. The two boys gets jealous of one another, and Martin starts asking David a lot of questions, kind of annoying questions. He also begins to ask about his birthday, but the only thing he remember is some kind of a bird. After some time in the family, David begins to get annoyed by Martin, and it ends up with Monica driving him to the forest, and has to leave him there. David begins to apologize for not being a real boy and for not being Martin. He looks at Monica, and tells that Pinocchio became a real boy, so if he could just find the blue fairy, he could be a real boy too. She is telling him not to go to Flash Fairy, because they will catch him, and only people like him will understand him. He walks in to the forest with the thought; that if he finds the blue fairy, he can become a real boy, and then Monica can love him back. In the movie we are in the future. I do not know exactly when, but they are driving in high technology cars, they are making robots and the global...
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...as neither normal nor good. In ‘Hamlet,’ Shakespeare creates a royal family full of corruption partnered with logical commoners in order to show that the royal family should be given less power. The English monarchy that Shakespeare saw was corrupt, and the royalty in Hamlet knows the power of corruption. (Citation ) The incestuous relationship between Claudius and Gertrude shows the reader the family’s corruption. At this point in European history many believed the practice of marrying your deceased spouse’s sibling to be incestuous. This shows part of their corruption because not one person questions this marriage, but Hamlet. Throughout the play the reader sees how Hamlet truly views Ophelia as the love of his life, but also sees how Hamlet ends her life b driving her insane. This also shows corruption because Ophelia is used multiple times to send people messages or to spy on Hamlet. Her father uses her as a spy in act three scene one. In an attempt to show Claudius that Hamlet does not suffer from insanity, but as Polonius says he suffers from love sickness. Hamlet then uses Ophelia to send a message to Polonius. Hamlet berates Ophelia calling her “a breeder of maggots” (Citatoin). He is trying to tell Polonius that he sees what he is doing. Ophelia is also used by Polonius earlier in the play. In act one scene four, Polonius tells Ophelia to stop talking to Hamlet. Throughout, the reader should see Ophelia being used again and again; this leads to the corruption of her...
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...I watched the movie Training Day. This movie shows many examples of unmoral and unethical police work. Denzel Washington is a narcotics detective for the LAPD named Alonzo Harris. His methods of enforcing the law are very questionable during the film, if not corrupt. Harris’ job is to train rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Many Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt and this presents questions for him whether or not to follow along with Harris, and if his methodology for ridding the streets in South Central Los Angeles is right or wrong. After breakfast the two get Alonzo’s low rider and hit the streets of South Central Los Angeles. They first spot a teenage girl dealing drugs in the park. And the stop the college student buyers and instead of arresting the buyers Alonzo takes the drugs and lets the students go. Jake would have done the opposite in this situation before. Before long Alonzo tells Jake he has to take a hit of this marijuana. But Jake doesn’t want to. Alonzo puts a gun to his head until he does. Alonzo says the failure to take the drug on the street could get him killed by a dealer. After smoking the marijuana Alonzo tells him that it was laced with PCP. This hypothetical question was put to the test in the movie Training Day, a movie based on ethical dilemmas involving two police officers. Later in the movie when driving the streets Jake notices a young high school girl getting sexually attacked by two men in alley way. This first thing Jake does it jumps out...
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