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Dear senator, i belive that the electoral college is benifical on some levels but people in america still need their rights. i think that they should abolish the electoral college because its very unfair to voters. and by voters i mean just regular citizens. not the democratic electors or representatives ect. also even if we vote it doesnt matter because the state legislaters and the senate are basically responsible for picking a president. its very irrational and old and a big problem. it would just be eaiser for america to have a popular vote instead of a electoral college. the electoral college is quite unfair to citizens. they vote for a reason right? to have the person they think best to run the country. some people might not have as much knowladge about congress or the government or whatever. but still its there right to have a say in what they belive in. some people dont even get to have a say in things. during the 2000 campaign,seventeen states didnt see ads or even the candidates at all. the senate is not giving people the right to vote for the candidate they want. they say each state only casts one vote. which is unfair. many people in one state have their own differences and opinions. for an example, "the single representative from wyoming, which represnts 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from california. who represnt 35 million voters." "given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the houses selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people."if the vote is more popular it is not right to change it because the electoral college thinks differently. yes in my opinion i think the electoral college is unfair but its not just that. it is also very outdated. they need to try something new and just let them elect the president over the popular vote. i think its way less difficult that way. people wouldnt be disputing over the popular vote winner lost and the electoral college has its defenders to make sure they have their candidate win. its also irrational. if the just keep on going with this electoral college thing then whats the whole point of the citizens voting?

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Do you ever wonder how it would be if we lived in a car free enviroment where cars where limited. There would not be any traffic jams,or heavy smog,people wont have to worry about gas prices. Our enviroment would be cleaner and better for us to live in. There are so many advantages from limiting car usage. People with cars tend to worry about gas prices and how much money it takes to fill up their car. When limiting the usage of cars,and walk or bike it helps save your money for something other than gas. Just think of it the average person has to fill up their gas tank at least once every one to two weeks, and if they drive constantly then once every three to five days after they had just filled up their tank. Why even waste gas to go down the street to a store or to a friends when you can use a better and more conservitive type of transportation, its nonsensicle to even drive for a short amount of time if you can walk or bike to you destination. If we also limit car usage we wont have to worry much about bumper to bumper traffic or car accidents. Think of how much much time traffic on the highways wastes sometimes 20 minutes to an hour or two when we can be doing something better with our lives. Not to mention if we limited our usage our roads sidewalks and highways would all change. There would also be more outside attractions to do and be apart of, malls and stores would be different as well considering that if not much cars are around its not necassary to have shopping plaza because not much cars would be parked. Driving a car when only necessary would help people a whole lot and change and impact the way we live in a positive way. Think of our enviroment and ozone for a minute,and how bad the fules that power our cars effect it, not only does the fules effect our enviroment it also affects us too. When we have a high amount of smog in the air due to cars it makes people congested because our air is tainted and polluted. How much you drive is as important as whether you have a hybrid the EPA is promoting the act of reduced car communities. Its not just cars either you have motorcycles as well that harm us and the enviroment ion the same way. Not only will limiting your usage on your car will be better for your wallet it would be better for you as well considering the fact that some people if not using or having a car tend to walk or bike which is exercise and it helps to benifit you out as well as your money. Driving a car when only necessary would help people a whole lot. Considering that everyone is out of shape because of our advances in life a little walking or biking exercise will benifit us from being lazy, you can even make your walk fun with music to listen to. If we limit our usage it will help our enviroment and our health as people as well. Cars maybe needed if you have a job or a place that you need to go that is a far stretch from where you are. Cars are very handy i'll give it that,but sometimes they are unnecessary to use in certain situations. Peolpe like having a car for freedom and having their own transportation instead of relying on something else to get them around, but the thing is that we dont actually need cars that much for things. People are just lazy and depend on cars so they dont have to walk, take a bus ,or bike to their destination but its that mind set that most of us have and thats why our enviroment is getting killed slowly. We need to stop being lazy and think of better ways to get back and forth from certain areas. Cars can are good to have for self transportation, but there are much better ways to get from place to place without hurting your wallet and your enviroment. There are plenty of benifits from limiting car usage for everyone. When we limit car usage we dont have to worry about gas prices or smog in our enviroment or anything of that nature. Limiting gas makes us better and healthier because we are finding more physical alternative ways for transportation.

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Luke made a good choice to go to China so he could help do stuff and help other people and help with World War 2. He could also help the horses and protect the horses and train them. He could also do stuff people couldn't do or help the people that need help or he could also protect the people that are hurt and take them to the nurse or the hospital. He has a good reason to go to China and protect people he could help his friend do stuff or he could do it for him and he could also fight with people and he could fight the other Country and he could also give people the horses of they need them. His friend had a good reason to take Luke with him to China so he can do a lot of stuff with him. It is a opportunity of a life time for Luke. Luke was excited to go to China to help other people and train horses and fight vs other Countrys and help people that are hurt also ride horses with his frinds and have a lot of fun with his friend. It took him two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean and it took him a month to get to China and when he got there he was so excited to be there so he can fight and ride horses and train them. He had no idea his life was going to change. it was when he graduated high school then his friend asked him if he wanted to go to China. When he was asked he couldn't of said no so he couldn't feel bad. He went to the Atlantic Ocean sixthteen times and the Pacific Ocean twice.

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Have you ever wanted to be a sea going cowboy? Well i got some reasons why you should join. and if you think your not have fun you mistaking. One more little you get explore. Well i got some really cool facts about joing the seagoing cowboys. Here are some facts about seagoing cowboys. If you like anmals this would be allot of fun for you because the one thing that you will be doing is hanging out with animals. Another reason is that if you have adventure side to you your gonna love this you get to go all over the world on a boat at that so not only exploring the land but the ocean. Also one more thing if you have ever thought of going to a different country an speaking multi languges well you get do that on a daily bases. And it is very fun ihave some reasons why it might be fun to you. It is very fun so if you like here some reasons to get you interested. you can play animals and if thta isnt fun i don't know what is. Also you get play games after you drop off the animal such as table tennis,volley ball, and boxing oh and if you want to just chill after all that fun you can read a book. Also you can look over the rail and see the water and if get luck you see some sea life. And there is some bad things about being a seagoing cowboy. There are some bad things though but you get used to it. One thing is that if you have family you wont get to see them but don't worry you get to see them after you get back from all that fun and you can tell them about it. Another reason is that when your on board um you gotta take care of animals like clean the manuer of the ground and bathe them some they stay healthy oh and feed them but after that your done for the day but remmber your helping other people. One more reason you wont have the luxury of sleeping on a soft warm bed but you wil get used to it. But other those bad reasons it is really fun to be a seagoing cowboy. Remmeber how I said you get to go to other countrys well you can learn new things. You get to learn new things i have a few reasons how you get to learn new things. like a new language like if you to germany you can learn german. Also you can learn new cultures and lifstyles of and goverment/Economy.One other thing is that you will learn what type of people there are there nice or mean. Also they could have different types of than what America has. One other thing is that you will learn how to live on a boat so you could possibly own your own boat when you get out of your service. Maybe you might meet their leader and shake his hand you ever know what you might learn in a different place. You could meet new people maybe even make new freinds. Like you could meet the president/leader but you could meet other people. And this has brought us to my conclusion. With these facts i have give I hope you chang mind. just remmeber you would be given alot of opurtunitys. So willyou become a seagoing cowboy.

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Hello my name is Luke I think you guys should join the program because its fun you can even join when you are out of high school. A man came up to me at one of my jobs and asked if I wanted to do it so I had to say yes because I knew it would be fun to do. You also get to travel places with the other cowboys. We do this to help the countries in Europe that got destroyed in World War II recover. We help them get thier animals food supplies. 44 other nations helped us and all together. we made something called UNRRA that stands for United Nations Relief and Rehibitation Administation. Thats were I come in the UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses and cattle and mules so me and Don signed up. If you turn 18 when you are a Seagoing Cowboy you can be drafted to the military services but they might tell you to keep doing the Seagoing Cowboy for a service. I even got to see Europe, China, Greece, Italy and more. It made me aware on other countries and their needs. It was also fun to be on board. I got to play table tennis, baseball, volleyball, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games that passed time. I think you should join to and do all of the fun things I did. You will learn a lot of things. You will aslo learn about other people and not thinkig about yourself.

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On May 24, 2001, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars while taking photos of possible landing sites. As it was taking photos, it noticed a dome that resembled a human face. The face was nearly two miles in diameter and it appearded to be staring back at the cameras from an area of the Red Planet called Cydonia. Some say that this is evidence of life on Mars. In paragraph 2, they tell us that the sensation was short lived. It also says that scientists assumed it was just another Martian Mesa because it was so common around Cydonia. This one had shadows that made is look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. They should not have came to the conclusion that there is life on mars only becuase they saw shadows that resembled a humans facial structure. In paragraph 7, it states that on April 5, 1998, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took photos that would come out 10 times sharper than the original Viking photos. The photos revealed a natural landform. There was no alien monument. If there really was an alien monument to begin with, it surely would have appeared the second time around, especially because they used a much better camera. In paragraph 12, it says that the picture actually shows a Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa, which is a landform that is common around the American West. Garvin states that it reminds him of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That is a lava dome that is about the same height as the Face on Mars. The Face on Mars is most likely a natural landform. Martian mesas are common around the Cydonia area so it could have easily been mistaken for what appeared to be a human face. They claim to have seen evidence of life based on shadows that appeared on a natural landform. This seems very unrealistic. Michael Malin and his Orbiter Camera team took photos using a camera that would leave pictures 10 times sharper than the orginal Viking pictures, so if anything was actually on Mars, we surely would have seen it.

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Dear Senator, I don't think that we should keep the Electoral College because I truly believe that as the people of our country, we should have the freedom to vote for whom we think best fits the role of our president. I'll tell you why. I have read this passage about three times in a row and I've gotten a better understanding of how the Electoral College works. I can understand an opinion that thinks the Electoral College is great and I'm sure it's a little less complicated and such but it's not quite fair to certain people in small states, etc. There are people who don't even see a point in voting now because they know that their vote will most likely not matter. As stated in Source 3: In Defense of the Eletoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, paragraph 23, " It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a canidate who has no hope of carrying their state--Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing thier vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.. " I strongly disagree with people in our country feeling this way. We are together as a country. Everyone's votes should matter. We are all here as one. People will have less and less interest in voting and we will go nowhere. I believe that the people should fully understand the process and not only that. Understand who is about to become president. In the country that we the people live in. Know this persons values, are they worthy? Know the lengths that they will go for our people. People should not feel that because they're in a small state, their vote doesn't matter. It should not be this way. I do believe that voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election but don't you think that everyone should be involved and that everyone should be informed or even have an opinion on what is about to happen? I feel that there are some people who are not fully understanding the system. As said in Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong, paragraph 10, " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. " Do the people even know who these electors are? Who picks them anyways? I understand that it depends on the state but do they know that? I also read that voters can not always control whom their electors vote for. Also that sometimes, voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. This is what I mean by people not fully understanding. This is just my opinion followed by some evidence and explanation. Maybe you could see from my point of view and anyone who has a similar one. Sincerely, PROPER_NAME  

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Dear Senate, I honestly think we should chnge the elction by popular vote fot the president of the United States because, The Electoral College system, the votes dont exactly vote fot the president. They vote for the slate of electors, then they vote for the president. From my point of veiw it says we all have an right to vote, but we aren't really electing them. The slate of electors are. So whats the point of voting if we aren't really voting? If we change it to wher the election is by popular votes, we are voting for real. The Electoral College could also be called as the disater factor ! The American people thought they were lucky that 2000 fiaso was the biggest crisis in a century. The state legislatures are responsible for the picking electors. So maybe it was there fault, all I'll tell you this, they were not very lucky. But if

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Making Mona Lisa Smile Althrough author desrcibes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding Sytem enables computers to indentify human emotions .Using the articles ,arguing whether the use of this technology read the emotional expression of student in classroom. When looking at the new technolgy called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions .This technology is valuable for e the expressions emotion of a students classroom because ,this technology can calculate the emotion of a student .Looking at the article it said,"The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face ;all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles .Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit" Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists ,such as Dr. Paul Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise ,anger ,disgust, fear,and sadness-and then associates each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. This technology help calulate each facial muscles that is showed. Another reason why this technology is valuable to student and classroom because this technolgy can help with what the student is feeling "For example,if you smile when a Web ad appears on your sreen ,a similar ad might follow .But if you frown,the next as will be different."A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bores ,"Dr. Huang predicts ."Then it could modify the lesson ,like an effective human instructor "The same technology can make computer -animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery."Most himan communication is noverbal,including emotion communication,"notes Dr. Huang."So computers need to understand that,too''.That make this technology useful recongnizing a student behavior Last this technology can help indentify the different between a genuine smile and a forced one such as a fake smile. In the article is said ,in the real smile , the zygomatic major ,which is the muscles that begin at your cheek bones is lift the corners of your mouth. Also the muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabreaus make crow's-feet around your eyes .In a fake smile is said"But in a false smile,the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a differnt muscle,the risorius .To an expert ,face don't lie; these muscle clues are soemtimes used to spot when a "smiling" politican or celebrity isn't being truthful. Which this technology is very valuble to see if a student is faking a smile. This technology is great for finding the student emotion and class .For example, help see if the student is bored of confused in class or even faking a smile.

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Using cars on this lovely planet is a good but also bad thing. Cars usage is good when riding to work or going to visit out of town. But cars polute the earth to with greenhouse gases and is making the earth hotter every year which will eventually melt the polar ice caps and everything will soon die . Fancy cars may be nice but it may the thing that kills us and everything living . Spending lots on a carv is really just wasteful,well i guess not all the time. Some days when your running late to work and dont have enough time to ride your bike or walk then you can take a car, or maybe if work is just to far than you can just take a car. Twelve percent of greenhose gases comes from cars .In paris a twenty two euro fine is commited if an even numbered license plate if car was not left home and odd was the following day. although the number in 2000 was 4,000 it soon went down to 2,645 in 2012. Young drivers in barcelona decreased by 23 percent in 2001 to 2009

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The author suggests that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents and the author throughout the whole passage gave details and examples of why he supports this claim. One explanation of why he would support his claim is that in the passage he continues talking throughout the whole passage how Venus is the closest planet in our solar system that is the most similar to earth that any other planet in our solar system.Another example would be that, yea it might be dangerous when the heat temperatures in Venus are high and nothing has been close enough to the point when a spacecraft is near the surface of venus and is a reason why not a single spaceship has been sent to Venus in three decades.Another reason to supports this claim would be that researchers have found that Venus have once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system.In paragraph 4,the author states,"Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth."The author continues to talk about the planets features today and how the planet has familiar feature such as valleys,mountains,and craters just like Earth.This helps prove the point that it can be a dangerous task to futher explore Venus's surface but is well worth the risk since they NASA wants to send humans to study Venus one day. Even though NASA seems to be struggling to find a way to get closer and closer to venus's surface and bring back examples of rocks or other examples of items to bring back to examine,they keep on striving to meet the challange that they face against Venus and try to find ways to not let dangers and dubts beyond earth to stop them from accomplishing many things since Venus is valuable and so is being able to face out of earth challenges to succeed against the dangers and doubts we face.

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Driverless care i think would be lack of motivation, and could cause lazyness. People around the world would want a driverless car, well because they're not driving it. The computer is, it would probably be another episode of WALL-E where everybody gets fat because our technology is to adavanced. If this situation comes in to play, who knows what would be next. If they started to release these smart cars, would that mean that everybody would have to own one? Since they're so safe. I do not think they should have these smart cars put into play, because it would just change the world, maybe in a good or a bad way, but whos willing to take the chance? The cars would probably cost millions also, with the technololgy that is inside the cars, say the smart cars d crash, would they still have them riding around on the streets? dont really think so. But to the point, if they were to put these cars on the market, it cost people and companies millions, just start a conflict with the world. I dont think its a good idea.

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The Electoral college is an unesessary procces of which The U.S.A does not need. It is has too many flaws in its system. Such as the way the votes work. Sure, the American people able to say their input, but they aren't able to say it directly. Also the confusion that the voting system works might make voters confused as to who they voting for. All in all this is not the voting system that America needs. What is needed is a direct form of voting. Throughout the years, it has become apparent that The Electoral college is a disaster. Considering all the mishaps that have already occured due to the system, would it be safe to allow it to continue?  "Back in 1960, segregrationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing Deocratic electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)" This even being a possibility is more than enough. It is time for a change. Now, if a tie were to occur in the electoral vote, the election would be handed over to the House of Representatives. From there on the delegators are in charge. Since each state is only able to cast one vote, the will of the people is oppresed. This is not the American way. All should have their say in the matter. Altough, yes voting is still task that most American find annoying and do not take part of, but with this change more people might start seeing that hey can make a change and start voting when it comes to it.

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There are three key reasons that NASA would not want to hidde the evidence or wouldn't want a ancient civilzation. One reason is that having a ancient civilzation would be a key thing to research. Another one is it would make the popularity and profits go up for NASA. The Third reason is that the face is two miles wide, and resembles a butte, from the camera's quality. They wouldn't want to hide this civilzation, because they would have reasearch and more popularity. NASA's defenders say they wish there was a civilzation. The article stated this about the Nasa budget: "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an Ancient civilzation on Mars." They want there to be one but that isn't what it is. NASA would get more donations and profit if this was true. This means NASA wouldn't want to deny it if it even was true. The reasoning of the conspiracy theorists are wrong saying that they want to hide this evidence, because they don't. This would enable them to accomplish farther space study and more information about an extra terristral civilzation. The camera they used in 2001 compared to 1977 had a way better camera. Also they stated in the article "...on April 8, 2001--a cloudless summer day in Cydonia--Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look". This takes out the reasoning of the conspiracy theorists that their were clouds and shadows blocking the camera that made it appear as a butte in 2001 compared to when it looked like a face in 1977. NASA has done extensive research on this topic and wished it was true. The facts prove it is not real, and how it would help NASA if it was. As the cameras have gotten better and people have resoned better it proves the Mars face was a natural mishap from shadows of the two mile wide butte.

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Unmasking the Face at Mars Do you ever wonder if the Face on Mars is just a landfrom or created by aliens? I think that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. I think that because the first image apperared on a JPL web site revealeed that the Face is just a natural landfrom, and there was no alien monument after all. The first reason I think that the Face is just a landform because in the text it says that the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural land from. Also it said that there was no alien monument after all. That is proof that the Face on Mars is just a landform. Another piece of evidence that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform is it says in the text that," We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view." Even though there isn't that much proof that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform, but I still believe that because we could always find more evidence each year. I just gave some proof that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform, and it isn't created by aliens. Even thought there isn't that much proof that it is just a landform, it could still just be a landform. With evidence, research, and spacecraft pictures, we could prove that it is just a landfrom and not something created by aliens.

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I think there  would be many advantages when i come to limiting car usage. People would get more exercise when they walk espacially if they are overweight. People wouldn't have to much money on gas that often. when we drive we let out chemicals into the air that causes people to get sick. Citizens should take advantage of limiting car usage. according to robert duffer, ''after days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. this means, that by breathing in those fumes people can get vary ill or cause them to have a lung problem. also, it would cause a hazard if something were on fire. For example,''vauban, home to 5,000 residents within a rectangular square mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life''. clearly, they have less space for parking. obviously people may start using public transportation. Citizens should take advantage of limiting car usage. additionally,Citizens should take advantage of  limiting  car usage. for instance, ''In previous bills, 80 percent of approprations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport''. this means, that people started taking the highway instead of the freeway. this also means, that they also took  public transportation. futhermore, ''on mondays motorists with even- numbered license plate were ordered to leave their cars at hom or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)''.overall, if people brought their viechals the would have to suffer the consequences. clearly, they would have to pay out of their pockets if they bring their cars or motorcycle. Moreover,Citizens should take advantage of limiting car usage. In summation,people should decrease on driving. People may get sick from the the cars fumes. many people may have  to pay a fine if they bring their cars to a certain place if they dont leave them home .many people will probably start taking the city bus as transportation.

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In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile.", the author discusses the idea of using Facial Action Coding Systems in a classroom. The Facial Action Coding System is a software that allows computers to read expressions of faces. For example, this program was able to detect that the Mona Lisa was, "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." ( D'Alto 1-2) This technology could have a great impact on children in school. Putting computers with Facial Action Coding System in classrooms, in order to help read student's emotions and make the lesson more appealing to them, is a good idea. The Facial Action Coding System would be very beneficial in classrooms. In most classrooms now, there are 20-30 students and only one teacher. This is a great responsiblity for a teacher to take on. With computers as help, learning in a classroom could be much more affective. Dr Huang states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like and effective human instructor." Many children in classrooms can fall behind without one on one time with a teacher. However since classrooms are so big, it becomes less likely that a child who wants help actually gets the attention they need. With computers like these in classrooms, kids who need a little extra could get the practice without a teacher. Although this technology could be life changing in many ways, it has its flaws. For example, we are still a long ways from being able to put these computers in every classroom. Also, the cost of this techonology is unknown. This could add to extra fees famlies have to pay when sending their child to school, some of which may not be ablee pay for this type of computer system. Even if the cost of these computers were low and they were able to be in every classroom, would they work properly all the time? Technology is not perfect and if the Facial Action Coding System is unrelable, then are they really worth the money? Yes, these computers are worth the money. Despite all the possiblities that could go wrong with this technology, they still have great potential. Children would be getting a better education. Some students are ahead of others, and need more of a challenge. The Facial Action Coding System can help those who seem bored in class, which gives the children the oppertunity to learn more in a regular classroom setting. It also makes everyone in the classroom equal. While everyone is on the computer, it doesn't seperate those who need help from those who do. This will boost children's confidence and teach them to like school more while getting a better education at the same time. There are several benefits to putting the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms in order to help read student's emotions and make the lesson more appealing. This system can help provide more challenging material and a oppertunity to learn more for the students who need it. It can also provide more help and extra lessons for the students who are behind in class. Overall, the Facial Action Coding System would help out teachers who have big classes. It would provide more one on one time for all students which would boost the rate they learn at, proving it is a good idea to have these types of computer systems in a classroom.

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The process of chosing a president should be chaged to popular vote instead of the electoral college. I say this because it is a better opportnuity for the guy who has the most votes to win. Having the votes by popular votes can make it eaiser for the election of the president. also the electoral votes can really mess up how the elctaion is taking place. it can make them mest up there counting of the votes or how the votes go through. The electoral college can make a hard impact on how the voting process begins with. The electoral college can confuse the voter by making them chose the wrong person. In the text "The Indefensible Electoral College" the author is stating margin 10 lines 11-13 that " do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes." this is showing how just using the electoral college can easily confuse those who are voting. Also in many occouins occured when the electoral college didnt suceesed right. in the passge " The Indefenseible Electoral College" the author states in margin 11 lines 2-4 that " The american people should consider themselves lucky that 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse." This is showing how the electoral college alomost cost a big mistake in the election. The electoral college is not consider a democratic syestem. thats why many people go agianst it because its not equaly fair to those who are democratic. IN the passge " In Defense of the Electoral College" the writer states in margin 15 and in lines 4-5 that " the advocates of this postion is correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense..." This is showing that not all of it is fairly equal. So instead of using the electoral college it is a better method to go with popular vote becuase it a simplier way to do it. Establishing this will rapdily take on more votes then it would be a close race agianst both of the presidents. Chosing a president with the Electoral College can make the electation go bad, so thats why having people vote who they want would be a more fair chance for those who are voting. It comes out that the Electoral College is a siginficient way to do a vote on. the more imporant way to do a voting should be a popular vote because it gives the presidents a better chance to have the elecations on a good pace. instead of many votes go through then have to be checked on by state. So the electoral college should be elimatited and the popular vote should go in its place of how we vote.             

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In modern society people tend to be scared to voice their opinions, espescially students. With pressure of teachers, deans, and other peers most students would rather keep their hand down if something they disliked arises. If schools incorperated this software, invented by professor Huang and Sebe, then schools would get immediate feedback on how students felt about classes, teachers, homework, and school as a whole. Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe have worked together to invent a software that is one of a kind. This software constructs a 3-D computer model of a face, and calculates the movement of 44 major muscles in the model to determine their emotion. If this solftware could somehow be applied to school computers and labtops the results would be amazing. A school board would know if students enjoyed school computers, or enjoyed a new software they were trying out. Teachers could understand if students were getting the current lesson. These are all examples of topics that students feel pressured to speak out on, and without them speaking one word a teacher or school board would understand how they felt about it. Being able to detect the emotions of students could enhance the school experience by a jurastic difference. Since students in modern society are taught to be quite and listen to the teacher teach, this emotion detecting software by Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe could be the next improvement of schools.

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In 1976 NASA's Viking 1 took a photo of a landform that resembled a face. This excited the public. NASA has gone back to that place twice and taken higer defenition photos to make sure that it is not a face or some monument made by aliens. They have fond that it is a common landform, a mesa or butte. If it were more, NASA would tell the public right away. News of life on Mars would excite the public, and provide NASA with funding for future explorations. The first photo of the landform was taken in 1976 by Viking 1. Each pixel in the photo represents 43 meaters. It is difficult to see deitalies in this photo. NASA believed that it was thier duty to make sure this was not a sign of extraterestrial life. In 1998, Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture ten times sharper than the original. This picture showed more deatail, but the public was not satisfied. In 2001 NASA took another photo of the spot. In this photo a pixel is equal to 1.56 meters. This image is so sharp that if anything unusual were there, you could see it. Mesas are a common landform in that area. Cydonia, where the Face is located has lots of other landforms like mesas and buttes. Simaler landforms are also found on earth. Landforms come in all different shapes and sizes, and this one happens to resemble a face. That is not unusual, we like to find thing that look like other things. For example you might see a cloud and say it looks like a bunny. Likewise we see a landform and say it resembles a face. The Face, "a huge rock formation...resembles a human head", but this is pure coincedence. the shape of the formation forms shadows giving the illusion of eyes, a nose, and a mouth. NASA has taken very detailed photographs to make sure there is not alien life. The Face on Mars is a mesa or butte, a common formation. If there was life on Mars NASA wouldn't hide it, it would excite people about space and provide money for future explorations.

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"Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto tells of how new computer software can detect six different human emotions based upon facial expressions. This software could potentially have a range of different uses in the future. However, it will never have true value in evaluating the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. Dr. Paul Eckman helped create this system. He determined that there are six basic emotions on which humans can be evaluated: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. In the sixth paragraph, D'Alto explains, ". . . 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." This is a good example of how the software can be useful. Personalized ads are important for websites to deliver content that the consumer will enjoy. A software that can adapt to the person viewing the ads is beneficial to both the consumer and the website on which the individual is viewing. Although this software is good for things such as ads, it is not useful in a classroom. Also in the sixth paragraph, D'Alto quotes Dr. Thomas Huang, an expert in human-computer communications, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'" When the software is used to determine whether or not an ad is pleasing, it is straight forward and easy for the computer to read. Happiness is one of the emotions the software could detect, in addition to disgust, fear, and sadness. For ads, these would be the emotions that would be read to improve content. Confusion and boredom, two of the emotions brought up by Dr. Huang, are not in the six basic emotions a computer could detect. Advertisements on websites are specifically intended to trigger emotions by the viewer, and therefore it is easy to tell if the ad has the intended affect on the consumer. When it comes to school work, emotion is not an important factor of the learning. If an intelligent student is learning the lesson well but looks as if they were confused, this would impare the learning process by modifying the lesson when it is not needed. Even if the software could tell if the student was bored, it is difficult to tell whether or not they are gathering the information necessary to learn the lesson. The software has good uses and helpful purposes, but not when it comes to regular, dull school work which may or may not result in any emotion at all.

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Cars are one of the most important transportation in the world today. The reason the number of cars being sold is going down is because they are getting too expensive. Some people that do not have jobs are not able to afford getting a new car. There are people that have to sell their cars just so they can get a house to live in. Todays society does not have many cars because people have more technology today like cellphones and laptops. Several people that dont have a car either can't afford it, use a cellphone and walk places, or ride a bike places. Not everyone has the joy of driving a car so they don't bother trying to buy one. The newer cars are way over priced and noone is going to want to over pay for a vehicle. Ever since 2005 the amount of cars getting sold has been steadily dropping. When 2013 hit, the numbers of miles driven per person dropped 9% and was equal to the amount in 1995. First, The percentage of people driving on the road went down because of the expense of the newer vehicles. The ones that were unemployed had no way of getting a new car because they did not work. Some people just did not have a good paying job to where they could be able to afford a new car. Every year more and more people loose their job so when they need a new car they will not be able to get one because they will have no money. Because of the expense of cars now the rate of ownership per household went down severely. The more the price the cars go up the lower the rate for people buying cars. Car dealerships are never going to sell any cars if they keep raising the prices. Secondly, the people that have to sell their cars to buy a house should not have to do that. Everyone needs to have some kind of transportation but they cant with the prices of everything now a days. The prices should not be so high so people can afford to have a car for transportation and a home to live in. The world is not getting treated fairly especially the ones that are trying to get a job and noone will hire thems so they are not able to afford a car and a car payment. Noone should have to walk places to get anything because people make fun of them and there shouldn't be any judging. There are reasons the people without transportation have to walk and i believe that should change. The world should be better than what it is right now, there are so many disrespectful people in this world that think they are rich. People should never have to give up their vehicles or house for anything. Finally, Todays society is going down because the prices shot up like a rocket these past few years. People are severely suffering because of them going up extremely quick and that should have never happened and i believe it needs to be fixed as fast as possible. The ones that are trying to get a job deserve to be able to afford a car but since noone wants to hire anyone they cant afford anything. Then, the ones selling their cars is not good they need to have a way of getting around especially if they have kids that needs to go to school or the doctors. The people suffering should not be suffering since they are trying the best they can.                                                                      

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Dear, State Senator This is a letter to argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College."There are many reasons to keep the Electoral College" one reason is because it is widely regarded as an anachronism, a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible, but it is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote, and the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virue of the mal apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College because,it is widely regarded as an anachronism. A non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the canaditdate who receives the most populare votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a method sense.It is the electors who elect the the president ,not the people. But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed). Another, reason I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College is because, a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible. But it is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. But it is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning canadate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. Last but not least, I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College is because, the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virue of the mal apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. A larger state gets more attintion from presidential canadidates in a campaign than a small state does. It can be argued that Electoral College methods of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a canadidates who has no hope of carrying their state. But of course no voter's vote swings a national election, and in spite of that, about 1/2 the eligible American population did vote in the [2012's] election. From, PROPER_NAME

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my postion on this is that its honestly the stupidest thing i have ever heard of.I mean honestly in todays world you literally have a computer to do everything for you wich is called lazyness. Me personally i think we should keep it the same with cars just make them safer because not one time in this article did i hear anything about the safety rating or their capability of not having a malfunction while driving. I think that if we have driverless cars we would be focused on the wrong things while the car is driving like putting our nose right in to social media and when those sensors go off we wont be able to react in time. In this part of the story paragraph 9 it clearly states that their is laws in some states and if you ask me i say it should stay that way because these "cars of the future" are stupid and it honestly makes me livid that they could be so dumb as to come up with this idea. these manufactures have no file or proof that these will be the safest choice honestly i think people need to stop being little babies and grow a pair and take life by the nads and get the ball rolling on learning how to drive they need to know how to appreciate the car before they say they want driverless cars america is about tradition you dont change tradition. Honestly me myself i OTHER_PII for a living and i love nothing more than going fast and being free and in control how do you think someone like me would feel if you took that freedom away by having a car limit its self to 25mph thats like a smack in the face to me because when i drive on the road i want to be incontrol of my actions and what i do point blank. Also did they even take into consideration some of our income we get by the time i would by a driverless car i could have had my dream car and then some i mean these people are just assuming that we have 60,000-1,000,000 dollars just laying around.

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Cars can be a good thing or a bad thing. They're good in the way that they help you get from point A to point B quicker then you normally would, but overall they're bad for the enviroment. This is why limiting car usage can have many advantages to it. Not only will it help reduce pollution, but it can also help you get closer to people in the community and even the world and overall it makes the world a better safer place. Limiting car usage helps to reduce pollution in the world. An example of this is Paris banning driving do to smog, yet getting rid of the ban cause eventually the smog cleared up (Source 2). This provides proof that by limiting car usage we can reduce and prevent some pollution. Additionally by limiting we'll be making the world a lot less polluted especially if people were to follow Paris's example and put a temporary ban on cars to reduce pollution. And considering just Paris having and it helping them reduce pollution, it'd be safe to say having a temporary ban on all cars around would have a huge impact on the world  and the pollution. Something else that would be an advantage of limiting car usage is getting closer to people around the world. The reason being the is fact you and other people would be more obligated to use walking or bikes as a means of transportation. And by doing that you'd be seeing other people more often in turn allowing for more chances to talk to and get to know others. An example to help support this is that (source 3) they say how in Bogota, Columbia they had a car-free day and even though it raining it didn't stop people from participating. They also mention how a guy named Carlos Arturo said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. Also in limiting car usage it'd make the world a better,safer and more manageable place. To begin with there wouldn't be as much car accidents or danger of being hit by a car. Additonally it would probably make people feel more relaxed and happy. An example to back this up would be when Heidrun Walter said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,...". In conclusion limiting car usage has many advantages to it. From reducing pollution, to getting closer to people around the world, to making the world a safer,better, and more manageable place.

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A new software has been developed that improves accuaracy in perceiving the emotions of others. This new software has promsing applications for a variety of industries. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can make learning more interesting, it's accurate, and to develop better ways for humans and computers to communicate. Using the Facial Action Coding System in a learning environment could help make education more interesting. To make learning more interesting, a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. The same technology can make computer -animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. Dr.Huang states,"Most human communicaton is nonverbal,including emotial communication so computers need to understand that,too." This means that computers would need to know nonverbal communication. Along with making learning more interesting, the Facial Action Coding System is really accurate. The FACS begins when the computer constucts a 3-D computer model of the face. All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Dr.Paul Eckman classified six basic emotions and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Dr.Huang even observes artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. In addition of the FACS being accurate, it develops new ways for humans and computers to communicate. The FACS developed new ways to communicate in various ways. It tracks facial movements by weighing the different units. The software can identify mixed emotions. For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology is valuable because it can make learning more interesting, it's accurate, and it develops better ways for humans and computers to communicate.

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This new technology could be very helpful for teachers in the classroom.It can help so many people in so many different ways. In the classroom outside the classroomand just in life imprarticular.Nowadays its hard to get honest responses from people because they just dont trust others.But with this device i believe tht since the person already knows or has a clue of how this person is feeling they'll share more about what is going on. If you use this device in the classroom it will help teachers see where their students are happy and not so happy. Teachers can learn more skills from this cause most the time if the student is happy with the subject they will understand it an be able to get one step closer to perfecting it. Instead of teaching it and no one understanding how to do it.Kids dont speak up sometimes because they dont wanna be made fun of or critisized for not knowing how to do something.So they often just give up and fail. But with this you can pull that student to the side and let them know that you understand and your their to help them if they need it. Another way this can come in handy is it can save a persons life. You never know what people are going through in their life their mind could be anywhere. To the point that they wanna take their own life or even worse someone elses. With this if u scan someones face sometime and it comes out as zero percent happy,sixty percent hatred,twenty percent mad , and twenty percent sad. Something could be going on in this persons life that a counselor could talk to them or even get them some kind of help before they do something that they will regret for the rest of their life.This device can be very valuable and believe this should be used in other places. for greater success,protection of others , and a better life .

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The Electoral college is something that has been around for hundreds of years, and has helped us decide what to do. It is a fair method of electing the president, but it is not what we need anymore. Times have changed since that was established, so it is time we use a good old-fashioned way of voting, and use election by popular vote. Back in the seventeenth century, when the Electoral College was created to find a balance between citizen voting and majority vote. How it works, is we select the electors representing our state's votes, they meet and vote, and then congress counts their votes. Also, all states, except Maine and Nebraska have something called the "winner-take-all" syatem, and that is a "system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate."(s1,p7) But now, the citizens in your state who qualify as a voter cast their votes. Instead of that being what our state's choice is, we choose the electors of our candidate, or person we voted for, and then the candidate with the majority votes wins, getting atleast 270 out of 538 electoral votes. This seems very unfair, and in one specific case, it is. In the 2000 presidential election, between Al Gore and George Bush, Al Gore got more popular votes than George Bush; he should have won. But Bush had more electoral votes, and that was where is mattered. So, Bush won that. If Gore won popularity wise, he should have won, hense creating happier citizens, since he won the majority of their votes. Another argument, according to source 3, paragraph 23, is that the Electoral College method of choosing the president, "may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state." This is very important, as we all want a good leader who will support our home state. If, for example, the Electoral College voted on a Democrat, and he won, Florida may not have much hope. Florida is a Republic state, as is most of the southern states; yes, Mr. President would be obligated to help all 50 states when necessary, but the bigger benefits would go towards the Democratic states, and probably his home state. Therefore, voters may not even bother casting in a ballot if the candidate of their choice does not have much hope, or if they think either potential leader will benefit them. So if they do not have much of a choice in the matter, they lose interest and shrug it off, as opposed to if it were popular vote, and every single vote was accounted for. Fortunately, though, this does not happen often; one meesly vote does not do much to turn the tables. The Electoral College, all-in-all, has helped us a lot, yes, but it is high time we go back to the popularity vote. It would make most citizens, and many potential voters, happier to know that they are accounted for, and we won't have the potential of the popularity winner, the one the people actually voted for, to lose on account of the electors. It should be the people of America's decision, not a group of government workers, to decide who runs our nation.

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Dear state senator, I do not agree with the idea of the electoral college. The United States' president should be elected by popular vote and not just by a specific amount of electors. One great reason why the president of the US should be elected by popular vote is because the citizens won't really get to choose what president that they want to have for the next one or two terms. It is also unfair to the people that vote for their president (according to source 2.) We should really stick to the president being elected by popular vote. The president should be elected by popular vote because the people are practically not voting for their president. The majority of voter aren't voting for the president, but they're voting for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president(as said in source 2.) The electors that actually elect the president can be anyone not holding public office. The citizens that vote can not always control whom their electors vote for. It's official that the electoral college is also unfair to voters. Voters are voting for other electors to then elect the president. What if to say there was a tie after voting for the candidates? The election would be handed down to the House of Representatives, where the state delegations vote on the president. The electoral college is also unfair because of the win-take-all system in each state. Candidates won't stay in states where they know they a zero percent chance of winning, they'll only focus on the states with tight races. So there is why I agree that the electoral college should be abolished and the government should change the voting system so that the president is voted by popular vote. We need to abolish the electoral college because the presidents that are being elected are not being elected by the citizens, but instead the president is elected by the electors that are elected by the citizens. The electoral college process should go no further because it is unfair, outdated, and irrational. I really long to see a change in voting systems soon.    

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Dear Senator, I argue in favor to changing the election by popular vote for the president. I aruge this because we aren't even really vote for a president, we are jsut voting for people who pick the president for what the passage says. In what's wrong with the electoral college , its says "voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. So this means we aren't even electing our own president, just people who do. which is not what everybody is thinking, everybody is thinking we are voting and we have that right and we have a say. But in all reality do we really? We are just voting for people not the president and i think it should be changed. Then the passage goes on about if you vote for a certain people you've voted for a slate of how ever many people to vote for our president. Now to me that doesnt sound very right, it sounds like we are just voting for pretty much nothing. That we just get to vote for nothing and it doesn't even really matter what our vote is and they're going to pick who they want. I really thinkg it should be changed becuz reading this passage makes me kind of not even want to vote. Because i feel like its not helping any and i think that should be chamged and we shoukd have more of a right to vote for the president. Senator, i dont think its a fair choose and it should be changed and so we can vote. People say its up to us be is it really, so i think it should be changed.

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There are many reason why Electrol College should not be kept, but it is the right thing if we change it to election by popular vote. This Reason why I pick this is because us people want the right leader to leads us on a good path thats why we are citizens our job is to vote to them. The electrol college is not the best option because the electrol college doesn't give everyone an oppurtunity to select who they want as there leader, In article three where it says "Everyone's President" the author states that "No region (South,Northeast, etc.) has enough electrol votes to elect a president." This mean that most of the states in the south do not get the chance to vote for a presiden and this increases Romney chances of wining, and what if the candidate that wins with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president? The citizens of the United States will feel as if they aren't apart of this country, not giving the rights or freedom this country promised them. The citizens will feel like their votes do not count, when they have there opinion on something the new president will have no interest towards it, this means to us that he isn't really a president. In article last paragragh the author states "people who think that a single vote may decide an elcetion."In the past plenty of ties had happened before they handled this by the election would be thrown to the House of Representative. Election by popular vote is fair in both ways they give the people a chances to pick who they want and who will make a difference to our country. Its not fair if we vote and if we don't have enough electrol college our votes don't count in our region, that takes away what we been living in this country for. In the past they agreed on abloshing the electrol college also the article states that "over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now." As citizens it's important to listen to what we have to say cause we are the people who make up this country. They don't want election by popular vote cause they are afraid that a tie will happen because an election usually stops around 538 but it is highly unlikey to happen, it only happened twice in history for election by popular vote in 1968 by Richard Nixon and 1992 by Bill Clinton. There are many reason why Electrol College should not be kept, but it is the right thing if we change it to election by popular vote. This Reason why I pick this is because us people want the right leader to leads us on a good path thats why we are citizens our job is to vote for them.  

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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. As driverless cars are becoming a new deveoping technology, it's best to ask yourself, "Are driverless cars really a necessity?" The answer is, no, they are not a necessity for many reasons. We should not continue to develope driverless cars mainly because; driverless cars are not completely driverless, the car would need a new built-in entertainment system to put inside of the car, and if something were to go wrong with the car, who is to blame for this? When you hear the words, "driverless car" what comes to mind? Perhaps, you think of a car that can take you anywhere, and young teens the age of thirteen not needing an adult to drive them to a desired destination. However, driverless cars are not 100% driverless. In the article, the cars are said to be able to steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, because of this an alert driver is said to still be required. People are still needed to be able to navigate through work zones and around accidents. Manufacturers are still working on creating new ways to alert the driver when human skills are needed, but it is no secret that this will continue to cost money. Another reason why we should not have driverless cars, is because to have them, companies think a built-in entertainment system should be created, installed and required inside of all driverless vehicals. Today, we already have vehicals that contain a television inside for the passengers who occupy the back seats, to help keeped them entertained. This new entertainment system is said to shut off when the car needs the driver to take over and will not be available to a driver who is texting or using their phone in any way. However, putting in an entertainment system would still be considered a distraction, just the same as if someone were to be using their phone, and the article states drivers will need to remain alert, but they can not remain alert with an entertainment system. Finally, we should not have driverless cars because, if an accident were to occure, or if something fails, who is to bame for this issue? There are situations where we would not know who to blame, the driver or the manufacturer. We could blame the driver, stating that they should have been paying attention and been alert to stop the accident before it occured. However, we could also blame the car's manufacturer, because they were supposed to build the car and make sure it was not able to fail in the first place. As you can see, driverless cars could bring more trouble to us than we realize. They are not a necessity, we do not need to use driverless cars as our dominant way of transportation. The article states many positives and negatives aspects of the development of driverless cars. However, we should not continue to develope these cars because; driverless cars are not completely driverless, the car would need a new built-in entertainment system to put inside the car, and if something were to go wrong with the car, who is to blame for this?

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My position on driverless cars is that there should be driverless cars in the world. I think that is we had driverless cars that there would be less crashes, and if you are intoxicated in any way that the car can drive for you so there wouldnt be any drunk drivers on the road. But the setback of the driverless cars are that if you are intoxicated and there is a crash or something then you would have to take over the wheels while intoxicated. As it says in the passage, " they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." I also think that the driverless cars are needed in the world today because if you are a truck driver and you do that for a living, that can get really tiring, especially after 24 hours of staright driving. So if you need to relax and you need to go to sleep just lie back and take a nap. Also it says in the passage that you need to stay alert. You can fall asleep and the car can wake you up. Also another good reason why we should have self driving cars is that if you have a permit and you are just starting out to drive you can put on the self driving function and the car will drive and then you can take notes from the car driving. Also if you just got your lisence and you are scared just turn that function on and you will be set for when you are ready and not scared to drive. There are some setbacks to the system though. Say when you are driving and you get in a crash it is going to cost a ton of money to get that car fixed because it can drive itself. Another one is not alot of people in the world will be able to afford one because the car can drive it self, and the manufactures wont make profit off of the product if they dont raise the price over what they put into the car. Also another setback is what if you are on the interstate going 70-80 miles and hour and the car in fron of you just suddenly stops, the self driving car will not be quick enough to turn or swerve out of the cars way. But overall of the whole driverless car system, I think that the whole syatem is a thumbs up!

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This passage is about a germany mom from the suburban pioneers where the commuting executives have gone before they given up their cars street parking , driveways also home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts for freiburg near the french and swiss borders vaubans streets are completely car free the main thoroughfare where the tram to downtown freiburg runs the few streets on one edge of the community ownership is allowed there are only two places to a larger park with alot of money you can buy a space with 40,000, with a home on the side. Vauban completed in 2006 is an example of a growing trend in rurope the united states and elsewhere to separte suburban life from auto use as a compnent of a movement called planning smart all of our development since world war ii has been centered on the car and that will have to change the guy david said of the transportation for america a fast growing coalition of hundreds of groups coaliton of hundreds of groups in the united states who are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars thye said about the hybrid and things like that. In the united states the environmental protection agency is promoting car reduced communities and legislators are starting to act if cautiously many experts public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six year federal transportation bill to be approved this year mr goldberg said previous bills 80 percent of appropriations have 20 percetnt to other transport. Diesel fuel was blamed since france has tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline make up to 67 percent of vehicles in france compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western furope according  to reuters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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There is a lot of things people want to do in this world. Usually people would want to just go to a beatiful place but reading this passage theres a different goals going on in this passage and in life. When I had started reading this passage I hadn't known that much about the planet venus at all. I knew in my head deep down that venus is closer to the sun. Deep down its scary to think that someone wants to go to that planets its so hot on the planet and there a lot of dangerous and unhabitable things going on there. An example of what goes in venus would be there being a heat wave of 110 degree's farenheit. Venus would be 8 times more heat than that of earth and thats just the climate that is on that planet. In one of the passages it had that '' If our sister planet is so inhospitable, Why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?'' I would say that scientists want to explore more planets because they want to see what is out there in space even though the risks. The thought about going to a different planet has been in scientists head for a long time so doing so would be a huge accomplishment done by us. One of the goals the scientistes want to do is inhabit venus because it was once like earth time-ago. I would say that there is a lot of goals in this passage and in life, I had talked about somewhat the goals in this essay. The passage was good and interesting learning all the thing that I had read.

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In the challenge of exploring venus the author they say that NASA found old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during world war 2. Other thing is that the National Aeronautics and space Administration has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus the NASA's possible soution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. But imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. Also just as jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms. It also says that if our sisters planet is so inhospitable, why scientists even discussing futher visits to its surface astonomers are fasienated by venus because it may well once have been the most eartrh like planet in our solar system. Also a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. even more challenging are far the clouds of highly corrosive acid in venus's atmosphere. But also on our planet's surface there are temperatures averge over 800 degrees fahrenheit.

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In 'The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author gives suggestions as to why studying Venus is a worthy persuit because of the little details as to how Venus carries a great amount as to how scientists can study to bring actual life to that planet. However, along it comes some safety hazards like extreme temperatures and high gasses in the atmosphere. I can see as to why might Venus be so similar to Earth. Venus is "often referred to as Earth's "twin" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." If having a planet that similar to a living planet why wouldn't we do everything in our power to make a planet that is very much the same as ours. Science has been evolving a lot over the years and I'm pretty sure that with all the technology and theories scientist have came up with them being able to have a study to plan out how to bring life to Venus would probably work at and greater and more things coulud also come along with it. The author does a good job of these statements because they give some examples to both sides as to why or why not there should be a study on life on Venus. The author seem to have thrown in a few claims to create an arguement for both sides if its a good idea or not. I have two exampes as to why sending Scientist off in to space would be a bad idea. " no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." Having that said if we send them off into Venus it would be a problem because they would'n't have any time to experiment and do research up there since theres been problems with the spaceship not being able to survive. "the planets surface, tmeperatures aveerage over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than waht we experience on our own planet." The material they use would have to be the problem as to why the spaceship doesnt seem to last long. On the other hand I also agree on having this study happen and here's why. There's research on from the past that from long ago "Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life, just like Earth." There's other features that Venus similar to earth. "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." In addition, NASA has came up with an idea on how to send the scientists that are willing to study for life on Venus. "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." In conclusion these were my claims as to how the author stated that the study of life on Venus should or should not happen.

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There are many advantages to driving a car but there are even more reasons to limiting usage on cars as there are to driving one. Most people today drive thier cars to get from one location to another, but most do not think about what it actually does to the environment. Most cars run on a form of Diesel fuel which release carbon emissions and other greenhouse gasses which are harmful towards the environment. Passenger cars in Europe are responsible for around 12% of the greenhouse gasses there. And in most car intensive areas in the United States up to 50% of greenhouse gas emissions is released. For a day in France car usage was banned to reduce the amount of smog in the area. After 5 days of intensifying smog the amount of car traffic was reduced by 60%. another great reason for reducing the usage of cars is that it causes less stress towards people and yourself. And it greatly reduces traffic for other cars. in Bogota, once a year they have a day without cars which is part of an improvement campaign that began in the mid-1990s. Since then it has seen the construction of 118 miles of bike paths, sports centers, and multiple parks. Some people prefer biking than driving which i salso a good way to get fit. Since there are so many bikers there most of the uneven sidewalks have been replaced by larger and smoother sidewalks. In the end, there are many reasons to limit the usage of cars but people should consider it more for what it does for the world.        

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"Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in our sky." The planet Venus have caught scientists attention for years. Venus which is the 2nd planet closest to the sun is also known as Earth's Twin. Venus however has misleaded missions that were hosted my NASA because of it's hostile and arid environment. No one has ever been to Venus but machines have. Machines have prooved that Venus is incapable of taking people into it's atmosphere. Machines on Venus are tend to fail in the first couple of hours after landing. Venus not only has a bad side but it has a good side to. Since the discovery of Venus scientists have been wondering of how to get some samples that Venus has to offer such as rocks. Venus has frequented in it's own dangerous atmosphere. In fact Venus average temperature is 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is that of 90 times greater than on Earth. An environment such as that is of no chance of having humans in it. "If our sister planet is so inhospitable why are scientists even discussing further visits to it's surface." People are practically incapable of going to Venus because of such a harsh environment. Scientists are only limited to just having drones stay above the plante to overlook it and recieving data about the landscape of Venus. At times though since scientists are intrugied about the existence of such a planet they will probably never stop studying it until we develop a technology that can withstand the atmosphere of Venus. NASA at the moment, is currently trying to figure out how to get a drone or a person on Venus without causing the drone or person harm. NASA has developed silicon carbide to withstand Venus surface. The silicon carbide can withstand 3 weeks of it and after that it is destroyed. Another project that proofes that Venus can destroy anything in a short amount of time is the mechanical computer. Mechanical computer's stretches back to the 1800s and that they were later used in the 1940's during World War ll. "The thought of computer's existing in those days might sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all" Older computers can actually withstand Venus climate than Brand new computers. Technologies from today can barely last 2 minutes due to the fact that they are delecate and made out of tin. "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 euqually intimidating endeavors." This prooves that no one is likely to stop studying Venus until we have collected enough samples. Gathered enough Data sheets and test out more technological appliances that can withstand Venus atmosphere for long periods of time.

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Imagine having to worry less about being to tired while driving, not having to take your kids everywhere, not having to wake up really early to go to work for a really long drive, or not having to worry about your child being endanger when they get there liscense. Well guess what driveless cars are coming and they are a lot safer then what most people think. Driveless cars can be helpful to evryone in there everyday life. You wouldn't have to worry about wasting so much money on gas. Gas prices arent always gonna keep getting lower and lowere like they now are they are gonna shoot up i the future once again. Imagine how many people's lifes can be saved from all the wrecks that happen annually around the world and you wouldnt have to worry about people driving under the influence anymore. If driveless cars are in our near future more lifes will be saved you wouldn't have to put your kids who are new at driving at a risk of getting hurt. You also wouldn't have to wake up so early and drive while your half asleep that can stop people from being in an accident. You also probably wouldn't have to worry about any traffic stops or any speeding tickets, so those cops can finially leave you alone. Wheather you like it or not driverless cars are coming. They can save so many lifes and you wouldnt have to worry about so many things when you are driving, there would be a lot less more accidents and a lot less drunk driving and texting and driving incidents. They also save a lot of gas, so why dont you come aboard onto the driverless cars train.

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Driverless cars are a dangerous thing that this society doesn't need. Driverless cars aren't completley driverless. They just stop doing their own thing as soon as they need the human help, this could cause accidents, tragic deaths, and lots of money from whoever is responsible. Are driverless, safe, cars really possible? In 2009 the first "driverless" car could drive under specific conditions. It even drove "half a million miles without a crash". They still require a human driver to take over whenever pulling in and out of driveways. The driver also has to drive whenever there is roadwork or accidents, because the driverless cars aren't capable of figuring out where to go by themselves. The awesome cars on tv that drive all by themselves with no probelm really aren't a reality for us. Some have hope that one day driverless cars may really happen, because of how far we've come with research and improvements. In the 1950s General Motors made a car that could drive on a special track, but the tracik was imbedded with electrical cable. This sent radio waves to the car to help direct it. Berkeley engineers tried something like this, they made it so the car could read positive and negative polarity in binary code. These experiments worked really well, but in order for that to work around the world we would have to upgrade every exsisting road. That's way to expensive and quite frankly to much to ask for such a new kind of technology. In order to have driverless cars without changing every road in the world they would need lots of sensors. One sensor on the reer wheel, roof, rearview mirror, gps, inertial motion, and four automotive radar sensors. The combination of these sensors is supposed to mimic the skills of a human driving. We've used speed sensors before in the 1980s to create antilock brakes. These sensors over the time span of ten years became so advanced that they can detect out of control skids or rollovers. In 2013 BMW developed a new car that has traffic jam assistance, they say the car can handle speeds up to 25 mph, but the car still requires the driver to keep hold of the wheel. None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. These cars have been givent he ability to steer, accelerate, and bake themselves, but they all still need a driver to alert when they can no longer handle the situation. The driver has to remain alert at all times, and be ready to take over at a moments notice. Manufacturers are considering using cameras insure the driver is watching the road while the car watches the driver. Some manufacteres and drivers are afraid that the driver will get bored with only being able to drive half of the time. So they want to provide these cars with in-car entertainment, but still have a way to inform the driver that they need to take over, and will instantly shut the entertainment off. Traffic laws are made so that a car being driven by a human is the only safe way because they have control at all times. Some states fear accidents so they have banned even test driving these cars. These states would include California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. Even if traffic laws were to change, new laws would still be needed. These laws would need to cover liability in case the car got into an accident, because the new technology failed. If that were to happen people fear there would be huge fights over who is responsible for the damage. The manufacter or the person who was "driving." Telsa believes the 2016 project will be sucessful because they are creating a car that has the ability to drive 90 percent of the time. Still the car is not driverless. Driverless cars are more harm than they are good. Sure they may save money on gas, but they would require a lot more attention than a normal car. Driving in a normal car you know you have to be alert all the time. In a "driverless" car you don't, but If it were me i'd be more alert because i'd be afraid that all of a sudden the car isn't going to handle what's going on and turn the responsibility over to me. This would cause lots of stress and anxiety whenever trying to drive. Driverless cars just aren't something we need.

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Would you feel comfortable purchasing and driving a driverless car? There are many pros and cons when relying on the driverless cars. There should always be an option between auto and manual. If somone gets in an accident, then is to be blamed. The driver can't take full responsibilty and neither can the manufacturers. But these cars may bring fear and harm to the community. For example, while in a driverless car, you may never know when the car will lose control, or stop working. These malfunctions may result in severe injuries or even death. Similar situations can occur in a manual car. But I'd rather rather have full responsibilty when it comes to situations like this. People's lives are improtant, so these things need to be taken in consideration. Last but not least, there numerous reasons why driverless cars will benefit the community. For example, a lot less fuel will be used, drivers will be more alert. Many people have been affected by driving and texting. But luckily, the driverless cars will prevent that from happening. If you lose control or get too close to another vehicle, this great technology will allow the car to steer you to safety. In conclusion, there are many pros and cons when relying on driverless cars.

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Our country's history with cars date back a few centuries. Today, there are many cars from different brands, with different deisgns, and with different benefits. Though all these cars have one thing in common - they emit harmful pollution to the air. We already know that the pollutants given off from cars have caused the greenhouse effect in the world. This has been a main topic for decades, on how to figure out how to solve and reduce the amount of pollutions so that Earth can sustain us. Limiting car usage will reduce the pollutant emission from the cars, it will cause less traffic jam and congestion in parking, and some people are tend to become more relaxed and happy. The Earth is being effected with harmful gases caused by cars. Our vehicles that we drive everyday, the one we take to work or schools or places you want to see, are the main source of pollutants coming into the air and causing the greenhouse gases. The limited usage of cars will reduce the amount of emission given off. In the article "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, France has the most amount of smog in the European countries. This smog has caused warmer layers of air to trap car emissions will cause heat to the country. But when they have put a ban in cars for a while, the amount of smog has decreased. Furthermore, if we continue to reduce or at less limit the amount of time we spend driving or riding in the car, we can help reduce the emissions made. Rosenthal states, "...emissions from an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities." If we do not limit the use of cars now, not only will the Earth suffer, people will suffer as well. The limit usage of cars can save the Earth and ourselves. The constant honking, switching lands, and when reached the destination, a parking is needed to be found. With the amount of cars, traffic jam and lack of parking space is evitable. Pollution also contributes to the traffic jam and congestion. Though if limited cars we used congestion will come down. According to Duffer, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." The lack of cars on the road will cause many more people to get to work or school or any place they want wihtout rushing becaus the roads are clear. Moreover, parking space is a hassle to find when there are so many cars everywhere. With less cars means less space for parking, this could save money for the government and invest more on what the country needs. In Vauban, Germany, they had to give up their cars but on the positive side, on the main streets, stores are placed walking distance rather than on a highway (Source 1). With the less amount of cars, highways and roads do not have to be invested in too much rather the money may be used to invest in other important things. When we are younger, we dream of driving and having a bit of freedom but when we actually start driving it gets tiring. Some people are stressed out when driving and tend to be very prone to accidents. Though when just taking a bicycle or walking it relieves stress. Carlos Arturo Plaza states in the article "Car-fre day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Stress will only increase when we get older, taking off a load of stress by limiting the usage of cars can be a breather for all of us. Also, people are happy when they do not need cars. Heirdrun Walter said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way, (Rosenthal)" When Heirdrum means "this way", she is referring to not using a car to get to places. A person should be happy rather than angry and rage because when in a car, some people may do things that could hurt them. Roads and highways are always being invested because of the increase in car users. If we continue this in the future, there might not be a bright future if we do not stop it. The limit of using cars can cause less pollution in our air, get people to places faster, and make a person smile. This may lead some down fall into the economy and for the employees but with the increase of other alternative to get to places this can lead into a boom in the economy. The positives out run the negatives in this topic. If cars are limited, parks and sports centers will bloom; uneven, pitted sidewalks will be fixed to smooth sidewalks; rush-hour will be cut traffic; and food places and stores will increase. Even the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company proposed "parternering with the telecommunications inductry to create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commerical and public transprtation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety'" (Source 4). In the end, it is up to decide if we would rather continue using cars or not. So go and choose the side that will benefit not only the economy or government but the people and environment.

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Do you ever have a yearning to have an experience where you help people, and see new places? I had one of those eye-opening trips myself when I took part in being a Seagoing Cowboy. All citizens should participate in this program. In this essay, I will explain why this program should include you in the next trip overseas. When having deep affection for men and women who have served in wars such as World War Two, you long to give help back to them in repayment. That is why it feels so amazing to sail overseas with vital needs for discouraged people, such as animals or food. I have served for nine trips(the longest contributed by any Seagoing Cowboy), because it gives yourself satisfaction to keep youself busy with activities that lift people's spirits. If you join this program, you can feel like a warrior in different ways. On these trips overseas, you can also live through rewarding and beautiful sites. With our free time in other countries, we had the opprotunities to see the Acropolis in Greece, and parts of China. We also got to experience what a gondola ride in Italy felt like through streets of water. Visualizing these historic places really make you want to see more of the world, and keep helping our world's health. People opposed to the UNRRA may have many doubts why you would risk the danger and time. It is true that you sail where destructive and gruesome battles have taken place, but you can visualize the importance of why you need to help those citizens who have lost so much. Even though some may also state that it is too much scrificed time away from home, the time goes by fast while playing fun and relaxing games such as:fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and tennis tournaments. There are many reasons why you can make up for risks and sacrifices on this trip to pass time or feel more connected to your service. Becuase of the ways this trip is so benificial to participants, it is a great program to take part in. Seeing beautiful sites and repaying soldiers help you analyze so much more about other places and war. For many people, it concludes as an opprotunity of a lifetime, that will never be forgotten. For these reasons, all citizens should participate in the UNRRA program overseas.

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The "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the autor suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents and I agree there are many reasons why I agree and ill be telling you some. The reason why i agree to the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is because like it said in the text on paragraph 2 "Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size" this means tht its like earth so we could possibly breath up there on Venus and start building stuff up there. Another reason its a worthy pursuit is that NASA is working on it already and its probably kinda close to being done so we may as well just complete it since they spent awhile on it it says this in paragraph 7 "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. In conclusion yes i agree to when the Author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

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If there was technology that could read your emotion in a class room i think that would be benifishal for how the students learn. this could help the students stay on task if it changes the lesson. Another thing that it could help with is to tell the teacher if the student is staying on task or not by seeing if they are telling the truth. the system could also help to see if some one is sad or if there is somthing wrong. I think this system could mostly help with people staying on task during a lesson by changing it so it appeals to the student more. This is shown in the text when the texts states that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." Also the system can also show what adds you like to see. For example for me i would like to see more game adds so when the pop up and i look happy about it it will show more of them and if a add pops up that i do not like it will not show there adds. It could also improve vidio game quality and or sugery videos to teach new sergent what to do. this is shown in the text when the text states "The same technology can make computer animated ffaces more expressice for video games or vido surgery." after reading this article i think the programe that can read your face could be vary usfull in the long run for teaching and gamming. like improving game quality, improving teaching methods and so on. i think it will be nice to have during school when we are taking a lesson and someone gets bord and there is nothing we can really do about that but this programe on the other hand can change the lesson so it is more interesting for that sead person. This also could teach people how to do jobs by showing them a video that has better graphics and better fashal feters.

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Venus is a planet in space, that is the second planet from the sun and the closest plant to Earth density and size wise. Venus has a "thick atmosphere of almost 97 carbon dioxide" which makes it a very toxic place and top of the "clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere." Other dangerous conditions are such as the temperatures that "average 800 degrees Fahrenheit." The author suggets that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. It is a worthy pursuit because researchers can explore new types of rocks, gas, and etc. Because Venus is such as harsh planet, it makes everything on the planet that much rare. Despite the conditions, when things on the planet are discovered it can make a huge impact on the history of space and scientists. "NASA's possible soultion to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float ablove fray." The author presents an idea that would allow humans to be able to observe the planet despite the dangers it presents.

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"Does Electoral College Work?" Today I am going to write about how electoral colleges work. The Electrical College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of a President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Do you want to learn more? Then just keep on reading and I will tell you more. The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. Our state's entitled allotmeant of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for our Senators. Each candidate running for President in our state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidiate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Most states have a "Winner-take-all " system that awards al electors to the winning presidential candidate. However, Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of "proportional representation." What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the President, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the President. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central commitee, sometimes the Presidential candidates themselves. The single best argument against the electoral college is what they might call the disaster factor. Perhaps most worrying is the prospct of a tie in the electoral vote. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anarchronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a President and ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense. It is the electors who elect the the President, nort the people. When you vote for a Presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. Yet this has happened very rarely. It happend in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888. There are 5 reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of Democratic pedigree Certainty of Outcome Everyone's President Swing States Big Sates Avoid Run-Off Elections

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Venus is worthy of continual human study. The author makes this statement very clear. Despite the clear dangers of human exploration on Venus, scientists feel there is much to learn about this possibly once inhabited world. "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life" (4). Venus contains many features unilike the Earth, but scientists claim "it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (4). Studying Venus would be an extreme opportunity for the scientists around the world to develop new technology and gain knowledge about "our sister planet" (4). With Venus's "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide" (3) it is an extremely inhospitable planet. The planet has an insane surface temperature of 800 degrees, making it impossible for humans to land a space craft and gather data. Since this surface temperature is hot enough to liquefy metals scientists have had to adapt their thinking of how to innovate a creating that could withstand this heat. NASA has imagined a "blimp-like vehicle [that could hover] 30 or so miles above" (5) Venus. Scientists at NASA have been brainstorming innovative approaches to making Venus exploration possible, like a silicon carbide, mentioined in paragraph 7, that has been tested in a chamber similar to the conditions on Venus's surface. They have also been comparing technology from decades ago called "mechanical computors" (7). The brillant technology used today is fast, but has become more delicate, whereas back in the 1940's "these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all" (7), making them perfect for Venus exploration beucase of their higher resistance to pressure and heat. An energy sorce on that planet is already provided as "solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Eath levels" (5). These challenges of the dream of one day taking man to travel to Venus is keeping human curiosity working to create the inventions needed. In order to learn about Venus the space workers need samples from the planet. With the idea of a hover craft to simply fly around Venus 30 miles above the surface we cannot gather samples of rock or terrrain and "most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective" (6). This means there would be no reason to travel the to dangerous Venus if they could not bring any knowledge back to Earth. The more scientists understand that to bring valuable knowledge back to Earth, they need to overcome the callenges and risks of this mission "to contribute meaningfully to our knowlege of Venus" (6). The author of this article does well in presenting the knowledge needed to claim the value of a dangerous mission to Venus. Of all the evidence proving the meaningfullness of information about this planet, that used to be not unlike Earth, human curiosity and the yearn for exploration of the unknown is more compelling. It gives scienists at NASA a ryhme and reason to create machines that can withstand hundreds of degrees of heat and obstacles to overcome to bring home samples of a planet "dense and [sized]" (2) like Earth. "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely" (1). Exploreres and innovators must find a way to get up close and personal with a planet that has been out of reach of our spaceships for three decades. The author ties this entire article together by claiming, "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" (8). The adventures humans go on should be determined by the great minds working to invent machines to over come the seemingly impossible. A mission to Venus for humans to study is beneficial to scientist who will stretch the laws of nature to invent new technology that could be used in the future for more than this mission to Venus and people around the world will be able to know valuable information about "our sister planet" (4) Venus.

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Cars are great, you can get from one point to another in a short amount of time, but are they really necesary?  After all we have public transportation, bicicles, and our own two feet. The advantages of car usage can be picked up by other forms of transportation, and the environment can be saved at the same time.  If car usage was limited the world and its people would be much better off.  There would be less pollution, a drop in the number of people diagnosed with diabeties, less accidents, and over all a healthier planet and world population. There would be less pollution because if car usage was limited then there would be less pollutants from the gas in cars going up into the air.  Source 2 provides evidence of this, from "...days of near-record pollution, Paris enforcesd a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."(Duffer 10) to "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday." Additionally many people are content with not having a vehicle, or even a licence in some cases, as shown in Source 1, 3, and 4.  In Source 1 Heidrun Walter explains her view on not having a car after previously owning one, "When I had a car I was always tense.  I'm much happier this way."  Carlos Arturo Plaza in Source 3, shows his support inlimited car usage by saying how it helps the environment and the health of the people in reducing stress, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."  In Source 4 Elisabeth Rosenthal speaks of how her own children and Mr. Sivak's son, all avoid using cars and Rosenthal's children don't even have licenses and they are 19 and 21 years old. The health of the people in our world would improve and there would be less people diagnosed with diabetes because they would likely get more exercise.  With limited car usage people would have to find other ways of transportation, which includes bike riding, skating, hiking, or public transportation.  While using public transportation would not help to improve the health of the people, biking, skating, and hiking would, as some people do these things just for excercise.  So if people were forced to do one of these alternative forms of transportation, they would be excercising and getting from point A to point B all in one shot. Not only would limited car usage help peoples health by making them be more active, but it would also help by providing cleaner air.  Poluted air can cause health problems, especially in the lungs, if car usage was limited, then polution would go down, so people would be breathing fresher air that would cause less lung damage. There would be less accidents because there would be less cars on the road.  The majority of the vehicles on the road would likely be public transportation too, so the drivers may be more cautious than the average driver since they have the lives of many people in their hands. The world would be a safer and healthier place is car usage was limited.

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Car usage is very popular in this world we have come to know. It used for many means of transportation like going to work, school, social events, or just simply going shopping or hanging out with friends. Those are some up sides to having  and using a car. But they are some down sides as well. I will be explaining the down sides of using a car as well as the advantages of limiting car usage. My first reason in this topic that i have chosen to tell you about are "Car-free" cities. what are Car-free cities? well the name says it all is a new project they are working on in europe of this city who is car free. This new city has no cars, no street parking, no driveways or or home garages. Why do they exist? well the obvious answer is to minimize car pollution that are creating green house gases and are polluting the air and more places can adopt this idea and have more "car-free" cities so we can save the planet and ultimately save our selves from extinction because we did not know how to maintain our planet clean. Also a thing a like about this new "Car-free" city is that  theres a main street where theres all the stores at a walking distance like how great is that? u can just take a ten to twenty minute walk and go shopping for anything like grocerys, shoes, clothe, restaurants instead of driving to a mall along some distant highway and ultimately that is where everybody is so hanging out with your friends and meeting all up in one place is at a walking distance and if you dont have any friends well you make new friends at this main street because that is where everybody is. Another great reason for considering less car usage is less traffic. Who does not like less traffic? everybody hates traffic is slow, boring, and annoying. Now if we have less traffic that means we have less commute time when trying to get to work if you have a job that is far from your home and that means you get to work sooner and on time and hopefully get a raise because you feel like you dont get paid anough to do what you do. Also if we have less traffic we have less commute time and what does that mean? well it can mean multiple things like having more time to sleep because you dont have to worry about waking up early to beat the morning traffic like my mom and plenty of other people do. At the end of the day you will be able to get home quicker so you can spend more time with your family and do stuff you usually cant because of the time you spend at traffic. My last reason is a very important reason and it is simply "safety". Think about it, it is simply just common sense. if they are less cars in the road at one time then the chances of car accidents decreases. Now i dont know about you but that sounds like a win win to me. One theres less accidents so theres less people in the hospital so they dont have hospital bills to worry about and less accidents means less traffic as well. And also if you ban the cars for a day or have one of them "car-free" cities you have less drunk drivers; one because they dont have a car so they will probably just drink at home and two if the bar or where ever is that there going to drink is close enough then they can just "walk" there sober and "walk" back to the house drunk instead of being in a car a causing a fatal accident. Ultimately i feel that the usage of cars should be limmited because of many reasons. This reasons are as follows. Less car pollution. living in a car-free city so you are able to walk everywhere. Less traffic, less commute time, having more time to do stuff. and last but not least the safety of drivers. personally i think we should supervise the usage of automobiles and have more "car-free" cities and have days where car usage is baned or restricted by some amount.

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Dear Florida State Senator, The Electoral College is an unamerican, and unfair voting process. In America we believe in the people living in our country having the right to vote for their leaders, but what if they're not directly voting themselves? The electoral college is an inacurrate way of determining the leaders of our country compared to the other actually accurate way of voting, a direct vote election. The method of The Electoral College cannot always be controlled by the voters from their state, and is unfair to states with lower populations whereas the population of that state might not understand what exactly they're voting for. This doesn't seem exactly the way things are supposed to be in our nation since "...over 60 perecnt of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."(source 2), does it? Though it is highly unlikely that a choosen elector from a state would not vote towards the chosen side their state decided and voted upon, they still have the opportunity to. This opporitunity is unfair to the voters of the state as they are not directly voting for the president, such as how things are in a direct vote. A direct vote allows the candidate to be choosen and voted for directly by voters knowladgebly voting, then the highest popularity perecentage from votes are then to have the candidate be elected, not by a group of people that have a chance to be bias from the voters in their state. This problem can occur by things such as state legislatures picking electors that may not vote in favor of the states population's choice, but their and state legislatures choice. Even though "...almost all states award electoral votes on a winner take all basis,.."(source 3) not all states electors must do so. They can and have the chance to choose whoever they want as the power to pick is in their hands, and out of ours. In smaller states such as Hawaii and Alaska they are only given a total of 3-4 electoral college votes as their population is not as large as somewhere such as California, New York or Florida. This does not only matter due to the low number of votes awarded, but it also effects how much they may know about the candidates running for the position. A lot of candidates only choose to go to "swing" states (California, New York, etc.) in order to recieve more votes in the electoral college. "...candidates don't spend time in states they have no chance of winning,.."(source 2) this causes a lot of people in areas not visited to be unknowledgable about eligible candidates in the voting process, and what they could be voting for. These "swing" states help candidates reach their goal of the winning 270 majority votes out of the 538 possible. 538 may seem like a large number but compared to the population of the United States its not really all that large of a group of people. The population of our nation and the votes of our voters is much more larger then the decisions of 538 electors. Now hopefully it is clearer to see the many problems of the current electoral college system, as it is unfair and irrational. Our nation's voters are the ones who should be voting in a direct vote in picking the president compared to the electoral college. As the method of the electoral college cannot always be controlled by the voters from their state, and is unfair to states with lower populations whereas the population of that state might not understand what exactly they're voting for. These are only a couple of the large problems caused by the electoral college. As far as these problems I believe as Bob Dole said: Abolish the electoral college! Sincerely, Anonymous Student

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In this article about the development on driverless cars, i was persuaded to support the side of the argument that is against driverless cars to be used in everyday life and to take the place of human taxi drivers. I am against the idea of computers taking over human jobs because i just personally do not think it is a safe and smart decision. I think that no matter how hard Google, Nissan, or any other car manufacturer tries, there is absolutely no possible way for anyone to take into consideration everything that can be accounted for when driving at any point of the day. There is no computer system or screen writing that can tell the future and predict what will happen a few miles up the road and prepared to take the actions necessary when they are seen best fit. While i understand that sensors would be placed into the smart-cars, i believe that the human eye and the human neurological system is much more precise, accurate and aware of the many things going on around them when driving on any street that a sensor may not be able to comprehend in time to safetly steer the passanger out of the way of danger. In paragraph 9, its stated that if the technology in the smart-cars fail or have a malfunction which causes injuries, who would be to blame, the smart-car manufacturers or the human who was in charge of operating a car that is supposed to operate itself? Many questions like this, i assume, are being raised in many different forms on the account of public safety. For the obvious reasons, this is why many states refuse to allow tetsing of the computer-driven cars. Also, it is clearly stated in the traffic laws that "the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times", as stated in paragraph nine. It is only common sense that many consumers of automotive transportation would rather drive the car they have purchased instead of the act of driving being s\done buy a robot whom they as the consumers do not undertand the full properties of. For this and all of the reasons listed above, i believe that we as society are not ready for smart-cars and would like to choose to stay safe and in-the-know of what and how we use transportation.

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The challenge of Exploring Venus has been in minds for decades because it is the closes to earth which is why they call it earths twin. Venus aslo has the same density and size in comparison to Earth which in terms occasionally the closets in distance too. "Venus itself is right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spaccraft to land on this cloud draped word". No human has never been to Venus in for good reason, which might be the issue that explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more then three decades. The thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Whats more challenging is the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's amtosphere. Venus's planet surface temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospher's pressure is 90 times than what people experience on Earth. The conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth, environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of the oceans and also liquefy many metals. Take note that Venus is has one of the most hottest surface temerature in the entire solar system, though Mercury is the closests planet to the sun. But if Venus is so inhospitable, then why are scientists even discussing to move further visit to its surface. That is because Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it most likely have been the most Earth like planet in the solar system. Venus has probably been the most largely coverd with oceans and possibly could have supported lots of various life forms, just like planet Earth. Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes simular features such as mountains, valleys and craters. Venus can also sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, giving the long time frames of space travel. The value of returning to Venus seems "indisputable, but what are the options for making a mission both safe and scientifically productive. (NASA) The Aeronautics and Space Administration has one compelling idea for sending humans to Venus. NASA's possible solution to the rough conditions on the surface of planet Venus, could initually allow scientists to float above the fray. Put it like this, a huge blimp like vehicle hovering over 30 or so miles above the Venusian landscape. Just like jetplanes traveling at higher altitudes to fly over many storms, just like a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the bad ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. Many researchers are working hard on innovations that would allow our advance machines to last a long enough to contribute to our knowledge of Venus. NASA is also working on other approaches to studying Venus. Example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbon have been tested in a chamber which simulate the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for less then three weeks in such condition.

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Dear Senator, I would like to argue that we should change to doing the election by popular votes not by the Electoral College. It is unfair to but the pressure of picking the right candidate on the Electoral College. We should just let it be by popular votes because it wold not be that hard to find out which states had the most popular candidate. It would be harder to let the Electoral College pick the candidates. For starters some people might want to know what to Electoral College is and they might want to send you a letter about it and what would you say? Something along the lines like they are the ones who pick the votes for the candidates? This is what I got out of Source 1: What Is the Electoral College? " The Electoral College is a process, not a place." Some people might not understand that. It also states that it consists of selections of all the electors, it is also a meeting place for the electors to vote for the President and the Vice President, and it also used for counting of the electoral votes made by the Congress. At the Electoral College also consists of 538 electors and the majority of 270 electoral votes are required to elect the President. Every candidate that is running for President in your state has their own group of electors. They are usally generally chosen the candidaate's party. In Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best- laid defenses of the system are wrong. They want to abolish the College becaus eit is unfair to the people that want to vote for their own candidate's and not have some college do it for them. In that source it states this "They're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the Electoral College..." This is what is wrong with the College "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Yes, I know that there are people that think that it is ok for the Electoral College to do all the voting. To me I like it if you all would let it be the popular vote not by some college. Yes, I know that sometime it might do easier to use the college and that is ok, but I would like it if it was all about the popular votes. To end my letter I just wish that you all in the office to thank about what I just said. Also I like to argue that you should abolish the Electoral College. I just wish you all will think about everything i just said and typed to you all. Yours Truely, PROPER_NAME  

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Venus is one of the two closest planets to earth. Scientists would very much like to travel to Venus and even poissibly take samples from there, but there are a lot of dangers. Despite all the dangers Venus is still very much like Earth, and even though Venus would be very challenging to travel to it is still very much possible. Venus was most likely the planet to be very much like Earth a very long time ago, but even today Venus has some features that are the same as Earth's. For example, in paragraph 4, the text states,"Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment an includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." Venus may not completely be like Earth, but it has vey similar features. Scientist already know about some of these features, but there are probably a lot more similarities between the two planets. Traveling to Venus would be very challenging and even possibly life risking, but scientists are sure there is a way. NASA's idea is to hover over the fray with a blimp like vehicle, but there are still risks. In paragraph 5, the author says," At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth." The temperature in the blimp like vehicle would still be very uncomfortable for the passenegers, but the last sentence in paragraph 5 says, " Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans" Traveling to Venus would be an amazing thing for the people in NASA. There are many different risks, but so much would come ouf of traveling there. Having risks should not stop scientist from being able to experiment with different planets, especially one so close to home. As it says at the end of paragraph 8,"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."

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The value of not using this technology is great, because its just more reasonable to know your own moods ftom your expressions instead of a computer. I say this because it's more natural to use your own mind instead of having to with a computer. This is my opinion of this article, because it makes you have to use your mind instead of having a computer to use it for you. Students should use their minds when it comes to this, because you will be able to tell other people moods and yours also. In the text it states," The facial expression for each emotion are universal." What this means is that the facial expressions we use are used all over the world. So why not learn them your self instead of having a computer to do it for you. When you travel there will be facial expressions every where so it's best if you learn them on your own so you will understand what there moods are. When you can tell people's mood from their facial expression and you address it to the person they might think your smart. In the text it states," Moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but also may even help produce them." This is also another good reason to read facial expressions, because it benefits you in a mentally way by reading people's body language. Another way it can benefit you is because it shows your actaully paying attention to the person's emotions. When you use an computer to read people emotions just imagine doing it non verbally and using your mind to read it. In the text it states," In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day." For an example if your friend is looking down or happy you will most likely be able to tell from their facial expressions. I say this because us as humans we use facial expressions everyday so why not be able to read them. As you read this passage this can be a life lesson, because it's used in everyday life. As we get older and years pass we will always use facial expression so it's best to learn them instead of a computer doing it for you. This is my opinion of this article, because it makes you have to use your mind instead of having a computer to use it for you.

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In the article of making mona lisa smile,the author describes new technology. It show before the new technology and after the way mona lisa feels her emotions,it was how she was before the new technology and they can not fix it. But now because of the new technology is made. A pricess of the computer begins constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. Movement of one or more muscles are action unit. The new technology is relies on the work of psychologists by Dr. huang and Dr. paul Eckman. the coding was call action coding syste of six emothions. The technology can know if you happy or not and it can fix the problem. When you take a picture first raise your lips at the coners of your mouth. Second then squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrinkling of crow feet at the corners of your eyes. Thrid holding that ,raise the outer parts of your cheeks up,toward your eyes,It was how you look in the mirror,while taking a picture. Making a happy face in this experiment also make you feek slightly happy because according to the facial feedback theory of emothion,moving your facial muscles not only expresses emothions. It is a good way to make you more happy and for the others people by this new technology. This technology is good becuase it can make your emotions know and how to fix it. I think monalisa smile will make others people happy to because of the new technology effect.

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The author supports his opinion very well by giving good reasons why it would be a great leap forward if we were to explore the our "Sister planet." he even gave examples of how we could explore it with even being in such a dangerous enviroment, as he said in the in the story" imagine a blimp like vehicle hover 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape." Even thought it's a dangerous mission if we send more unmaned ships and drones to venus we could find a easier way to send the first human there. The author also sates some of the downsides such as "A thick atomosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus." And he also states "On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degress fahrenheit." which would be deadly for any human without a special suit. Even though this mission could put somebody's life at risk is could still be a huge leap forward for space travel and the exploration of the universe. If the world were to ever collaspe unto itself we as a race would need to sutible planet to make our new home, And if we make venus safe for humans in my opinion that would be one of the top choices. In conclusion venus is a very dangerous planet, but if scientist just study the planet for a long time, We might be able to make it suitable for a man or woman to finally explore the surface of our " Sister Planet." This may take years or even centuries but the author firmly believes that if we just keep sending ships and drones that we can have enough knowlege to explore the planet further.

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The author supports that despite the dangers of the planet, Venus has been the most Earth-like planey in our solar system. In the text it states, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"(4). This tells the reader that although Venus has dangers it presents, the planet has some Earth like features. These features may include a surface of rocky sediment and valleys, mountains, and craters. In the text it states,"The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains, and crafters"(4). This helps the reader understand the Earth-like features Venus has. Although the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable Nasa has one compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA suggest floating above the fray of Venus. In the text it states, "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus . NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray"(5). this let's the reader know how NASA is working on sending humans to study Venus.

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The Seagoing Cowboys is a program that you should join if you like farm animals and know how to take care of horses, mules, and young cows. I think this is a program that you and other people should really join. Why? Well keep reading to find out. This oraganzation is just for you because it offers the right things to help you get to other people in need. In the text it says, "To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together." What a neat way to serve for others! I would really like to have the joy of doing that. The Seagoing Cowboys also supply you with the chance to see the world. It states that, " 'Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.' " Luke also got to see and tour other places he had never seen before. Some where Greece, Italy and the Panama Canal. The Cowboys offer one other great thing that is the most important thing for every one to have, fun. They also have great games for exersize. When they were done with the shipping and going back home for more stuff it says in the story that, "The cowboys played baseball and vollyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed." Doesn't that sound like fun? They also did other activities like whittling and reading in their spare time. Now that you have seen and read all about the great things the Seagoing Cowboys do I hope that one day you will join them. They sound like a neat opportunity to serve, have fun, and to see the world around us. I know that if I had the chance that I would sign up to help. Would you?

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Is it crazy that now there is a Facial Action Coding System that can identify human emotion in the world? Having a human emotion detected technology system is a bold positive choice in a classroom. A strong device that can read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because, teachers can get feed back on their students about certain assignments, peers can understand one another easier, and overall a better environment as a school. One device easily has three reasons why it would be a great investment for students and teachers. Reason one, The Facial Action Coding System is positive for a classroom because, teachers can get feed back about certain assignments based off students emotions that the system detects. In the text Dr. Huang predicts that "A classroom could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, (par 6)". This been said, the evidence above is reactions you can get out of students and in the long run prevent. Not only does the system help the teachers by detecting these emotions, FACS will aslo benefit the students because the assignment or classroom function will most likely change due to the results. Reason two, The Facial Action Coding System comes to benefit within peers themselves. The author states that " Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness (par 3)". Getting assignments changed because boredom is a good thing; but, would it be a plus that peers know what one another also think in the classroom too? Muscular action units can easily change the way students look at one another in the classroom. Reason three, The Facial Action Coding System can cause an overall significantly better open environment of many classrooms and even the whole school. Also, Dr. Huang has noted that "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication (par 6)". The notes above by Dr. Huang proove that not many people such as students to student or student to teacher share what they are thinking or feeling verbally. Would it be so bad for students and teachers to connect overall in the school and each and every classroom? To gradually sum everything up, The Facial Action Coding System is an immensse benefit to students and teachers in the classroom. Technology that can read emotional expressions of students is valuable because, teachers can build feed back on their students about what is going on in the class, peers can understand one another easier through six basic emotions, and overall a better environment as a school can be promised. Mkaing faces and finding a device that can detect emotion can not only chnage things but open doors for science. In conclusion, as the text states "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them (par 9)." This evidence above is the exact reason why FACS would be a outstanding investment for classrooms all over.

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In May of 1976, a space ship that was looking for a landing site on Mars snapped a very interesting photo. The blurry photo clearly resembled a human face. The picture led a lot of people to think that the structure was build by aliens. However, this statement has been proven wrong by scientific evidence. The structure wasn't built by aliens because a more up to date photo of the same spot has proven that it is just a mass of rock. Up until around 1998, a large amount of people believed that the image of the blurry face was evidence of an alien civilization. On April 5, 1998 however, scientists were finally ale to take another picture of the same spot with more up to date technology. The new image revealed that it was just a bunch of rocks. Scientists say that the blurry face could've been caused by a thick haze that was on that part of the planet when the original photo was taken. They said it was a cloudy day when the photo was taken, so the fae could've been created by the combination of the clouds and the shadows. Now that a more up to date photo was released, some people have dropped the whole idea of an alien civilization, however, some people still believe that there could still be alien life elswhere. This could be true, but as for the blurry face photo, it was all just a trick of the eye.

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There are so many variations and models of cars in the world today. One very questioned type is the idea of a driverless car. There are some manufactures who have taken it upon themselves to try and make this car a reality. Driverless cars seem to be like pretty cool thing to have and show off, but they shouldn't be allowed. These cars have a high expectation and a possibility of maybe changing the world. Driverless cars just aren't a human. A car should be fully controlled by a human being. They could help, but it involves too many risks rather than rewards. These cars can't react to every possible situation that presents itself. If a situation comes up and the car doesn't know what to do, how till the driver know. Will the car give the driver enough time? Another problem or delay is that there would have to be so many traffic laws changed or new ones and the same for laws after an accident occurs. There will be countless questions about what happens if the technology of the car fails or if someone gets injured. Who would be the blame for this? It is best for society to keep the cars the way they are now and have humans be the control. Technology is well advanced in the world today. It is also what fuels the world every second of every day. The technology in a driverless car could depend on a life or injury. Why have a life depend on technology? Say no to driverless cars and be in control.

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Driverless cars in the future would be fantastic. I believe they will help alot of people out. Companies are even making computer-driven cars all ready. This cars would probably sell very fast and easy. They will make a big inpact on humans in the future. Anyway why would anyone want a driverless car? There's many different reason why humans would want this car I think they would want a driverless car because you wouldn't have to drive your self. Especially if your tired and been busy all day. There would be great equitment in the car for them to use when in the car. The sensors will help them out too. The driverless car will also have a video camera,a GPS recevier and an inertial motion sensor. People would love all that stuff in their car. This driverless car would change driving for ever. That why i'm agreeing with driverless cars. This would be a perfect invention in the future. Everyone would love this care very much. I just think it would help out a lot of people who's busy and works alot. This would change how car aceidents happen and more. This is why i thing anyone would want a driverless car.

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You shouldn't take advantage of cars because they are bad for the environment. I understand it's good and important to have a car, but if your going to the park that is two blocks away with your kids you shouldn't go in a car; you should walk them two blocks because it's good exercise and many people do need it. Always depending on your car isn't good because one day you might not have it. Cars break down very easy and you also should be walking if your going a few blocks down. Vehicles are great but also very bad; people tend to depend on their cars to even go down the street, you should be able to walk and get the exercise you need if you don't normally exercise. "Vauban's streets are completely "car-free" except a few streets." That's good that Vauban is trying that because you will soon realize that their wont be so many obese people and many people will be more halthier. Taking a ten minute walk isn't so bad and your exercising so it's helping your health conditions. Many believe if they don't have a car they can't go anywhere, when in reality they can they can walk their if it's not to far and if it's somewhat far then they can walk to the bus stop and take the bus. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." I belive that, that's good what Paris did because all that smog isn't good for the environment and is bad for people. If you work far or your gonna go grocery shopping or do many things then I understand to use a vehicle but ig your going down the street their's really no point of driving a car when you can just walk there.

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If I worked at NASA and someone I know told me he/she beleive it was created by aliens I would tell that person to look at the facts. It shows in the picture and article ''Unmasking the Face on Mars","hugh rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth." While other people still think today that the picture was formed by aliens I have this to say. "Why in the world will an alien was its time making a human face when they have never even seen a human before unless one came on earth." In my point of view I personal do not belivie in aliens but I do belive that that ''face'' in Mars was a hoax. Like I said before I know that that face is a mountain that was accidental formed to created a human mask face. "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. ''It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin. " That's a lave dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars." The mask itself is nautural formed the shadows just happenedly popped showed up in those spots and here on Earth weird things happen but does not mean that an alien did it. The fact, the edivence is all showed in the article and picture that it was a rock/mountain that formed a mask face if a human.

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Scientist Rafael, There's no way it was created by aliens, I think it was just a natural landform because on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos, Anyway 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, So Scientist Rafael that's proof, that it can't be created by aliens and it's a natural landform, well that's one of the evidence. Also, in Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view," said Garvin. "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution." Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo, So I think it'similar, the picture actually shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the American West. "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." From 1976 to 2001, the images changed into a human face formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." That doesn't mean it was created by aliens and besides, we didn't find no ancient civilization on Mars. I think it was a natural landform and that's all the evidence that i have for you, "Scientist Rafael."

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Many people still believe that the Face on Mars is created by aliens. Some say it's to hard to really know what the object really is. Although many people disbelieve this is not a face, there is many places out west that look like this, and the cameras we used for this mission are to clear, and catch the smallest details, to be counted as incorrect. I believe that the Face, is only a landmark. Based on the story, Unmasking the Face on Mars, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadow that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." When this picture was showed to the world, many people thought it looked like a face, just like many scientst. but the people from NASA called it a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head..." formed by shadows, giving it an ilusion of a face. Many people still doubted this, and wanted to believe it was a face. I can see how it looks like it has eyes, a nose, and a mouth, but just because it looks like somthing, it doesn't mean it is that. Don't get me wrong. I do believe that it looks like a person, or alien, but many things look like something else, and it doesn't mean thats what they are, because of looks. The story, Unmasking the Face on Mars states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American west." So based on this sentence, it could be a formation like out west. it has the same height as one in Idaho. It could have a different face then ones on Earth, but I highly doubt it is an alien. The first, and second image on Mars look like faces, and appear to have all the needs to be a face. The second image wasn't really clear, and many people are right. Some people say, "the face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it is winter in April '98-a cloudy time of yer on the Red Planet. Perhaps alien marking were hidden by haze." This could be true. I do believe that if there was anything little, or hard to see, it couldn't be found when it was really cloudy outside, and the picture wasn't taken clearly. Even though you couldn't see what was there, on the second picture, we did take another one. I do believe that some things could have been hidden, but they would have been found, with the third picture. Based on the text, "if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" you would be able to see anything. So there was nothing there. the only thing that was there, ws a land formation, just like Earth has. We weren't able to find anything that would make the formation, considered to be some type of alien creation. Based on research, and facts from, "Unmasking the Face on Mars" I believe that the Face, was actually just a land formation. For those who believe it was an alien, then you might be right, but from evidence, I think that it is just a cool and unique formation. The first images were unclear, to tell, but the thir image, was very clear, and us people from NASA, discovered that it wasn't an alien, but just a formation, like a butte or mesa. The Face, had shadows that made it look like eyes, a nose, and a mouth, but it actually wasn't.

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The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by explaining and reasoning about Venus. Venus is a simple to see from the distant. Each previous mission was unmanned. Venus is a challenging planet and no spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. I believe that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of dangers because it's a challenging place to examine more closely, has different speeds, and the atmosphere and heat. Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the second planet from our sun. The nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. According to Paragraph 1 it says that, "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." This quote states that Venus is danger and challenging to observe. Venus is oftened referred to as Earth's "twin". Earth and Venus orbit different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. Each previous missions was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. This issue explains why not a single spaceship had landed on Venus and numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. Venus does not have any easy conditions since it's dangerous but survivable for humans. Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Strivinng 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. 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 cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. Venus has many more experinces to go and finding out more about it. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be exapned to meet very edges of imagination and innovation. Venus can sometimes be worthy pursuit despite the dangers.

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If you had a choice to join this event , would you or would you not. If you like helping people this is the program for you. In this program you will be able to travel the world to help people in the other countries. For example , A war is going on and they need medical or food help than you can go over and help those people in need of those things. If your going to travel by ship Luke found the time to have some fun on board so maybe you can too. The ship will feed you and give you a bed to sleep-in. Luke said``It made me more aware of people of other contries and thier needs``.There are lots of reasons to be a part of this program. Also you have jobs on the ship like cleaning up the ship or getting the food ready for the other people on board to eat. Also on the ship you may run into a storm so the crew will determan how bad the storm is , and if the storm is to bad you will have to go inside till the storm clears. Then when you arive in the country that is in need you do what they need like getting a water suply or getting food for the people or getting the medical care the people need need and if you dont believe me than just ask Luke. Then when you are don with what that contry needs then you can get back in/on the ship or waggon you came on than you can leave and return home and wait for the next country that needs. So you really should join this program, but im not going to force you. So it`s your decistion.

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dear mr senator, i dont think the electoral college should be the middle man in our presidency voting system. "60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." you see, a candidate could win the popular vote and still lose the presidency, and that is a problem. and the electoral coolege still has its defenders? personally to me it makes no sence, its not fair for those who run and the electoral college gets paid to literally just represent a group of peoples vote. i think the electing system is flawed and i think it may be time for a change to accur in the american voting system. "under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate elector" i just think that citizens should vote for the presedent not for their electors. the system would be so much more simple and easy this way. on the contast the electoral college has always worked for all these years but that doesnt mean its not time for a change, everything and everyone needs a change once in awhile and this is the change that the united states of america needs. thank you for your time mr. senator, that is why i think we dont need a electoral college.

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One why in the world would you want to know soemones mood you dont know what they were going threw thats history hwat they were feeling let the past stay in the passed not alot of people wanna know why she was sad this isnt from the artlicle nobody cares about why she was sad or happy leave her be what kind of test is this who the heck is gunna ask you what the heck happened in the passed its the passed it should stay there nobody in the world is gunna ask you what mood was mona lisa in in the picture who the heck cares its in the passed i didnt have to go into the artlicle to know this is stupid make fun of me if you please if someones reading this sure if its the computer when what the heck computer slide me a dub on this test me and you both know this isnt something will be asked in the future honestly tho who cares this is nonsense whos to really know if u were happy or sad or the picture was actually there to make u smile thats like me saying im here to be loyal then say im gunna cheat instead. you were not there to say that it was there for that one certin purpose no personal information but me and my girl arent together so that isnt my girl so i could lie and say she cheated or i can tell the truth n say she left cus i wasnt making her happy

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The use of Facial Action Coding Systems mis a new recent peice of technology that is used to read human emmotion through facial expressions. In this essay I will be telling you why i beleve this is wrong and give you evidence and the downfalls this tech coulkd have. Peoples emotionms are practically personal buisness of the person who is feeling that way it shouldnt be anyone elses buisness what he or she is feeling. It would also cost alot of money to aforrd the tech that has been built to run the algorithims "Your home PC cant handle the complex algorithims". That excerpt from the last pragraph in the artical tells me this must be very costly to use in a classroom enviorment. One down fall if this new tech also is "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" this c ould cause problems with being able to trust computer programming to tell us the emptions of anyone because everyone looks diffrent and has diffrent facial expressions for certain emotions or what if some crys when they laugh or laughs when they are frustrated. So in conclusion this technology can be very costly and may have a chance of ebing somewhat inaccurate and can be an ivasion of someone personal privacy. Hoipefully i opened some new doors to you and hekped you see this technolofy in a diffrent way than before.

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The author say that venus is called the "evening star". venus is actually a planet. venus is the second sun planet from the sun. also venus is the twin of earth. venus is one of the closest planets to earth. both has the same density and size. venus mission is was unmanned and no spacecraft survived the landing no spaceships arrived on venus for "3 decades"many factors said that venus is an challenging planet for humans to study .planet temps are up to 800 degrees fahrenheit. the atmospheric pressure is is 90 times greater .venus has the hottest surface tempture then any planet there is. it presents additional impedimits like natural desaters .for example strong eartquakes and erupting valcanoes . Mean while NASA is working on ways to study venus."for examples ,some simplified elctronics made of silicons carbide habe been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of benus surface and have lastd three weeks in such conditions". they've also been looking back at old technologycalled mechanicsl computers. Those items were invented in the 1800's .played a role during the 1940's during world war ll .the materials made caculations by using gear and levers. none used electronics. meeting the challenge presented by venus has value because human curiosity will likely lead into many equal intimidating endeavors.

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The author explains how studying venus can be a good thing but also very dangerous. Do to human curiosity we will most likely one day discover and possibly live on venus! The author tells readers how NASA is working to make a " Blimp like vehicle" that would hover above about 30 miles above the surface. This would be good to stay out of the way of the rough ground and keep tempuatures around 170 degrees fahrenheit. Also the author explains in paragraph 4 how it was most likely just like Earth many years ago and could be possible for people to live on one day again in the near future. The author also explains in paragraph 6 that with the technoligy that we have today we would have to stay above the surface and would have to use photgraphs to show what the ground looks like from a far distance. The author explains that NASA should spend more time making a space ship or a land cruiser that is able to withstand the heat and pressure from Venus. I think that the author has a good point in trying to find out what this planet is like, because one day it can and will be lived on. The author states that Venus is Earths "twin". By the author stating that, it makes me and others think that it can be used just like Eath. Some have to understand that Venus needs to have many changes before humans can live there and there is a great group of people working on that right now. Thanks to human curiosity and to NASA one day hopefully in the near future venus can and will be a used planet. We as a whole should expand where we travel to explore new places that can be used instead of all cramping up here on Earth.

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The automotive technology today is very complex as far as the car flexibility and technology within it that makes it smart. This includes its self parking and driving abilities that makes it almost driverless. But how much 'driverless'? there are many factors of a driverless car that our current cars posses, but really there would need to be better technology for a truely 'driverless car'. Driverless cars are in the near future, but not as it is portrayed. The smart roads are too expensive and too massive of an upgrade on our roads now. the smarter cars still need human driving in cases of smarter maneuvering, like around accidents and such, that the smartest of the car couldnt do itself. A 'mostly' driverless car is more reasonable. With the technology we have cars are virtually almost driverless, but the driver, hence it needs a driver, needs to be alert and take over when its needed, like maneuvering around things noit programmed to function around in the car, that needs '[smarts' more that the technology has. Driverless cars would need a self-aware technology that no technology we currently have posseses. The smart cars would have ti have far more complex programming. The sensors in driving assisting only go as far as assisting in maneuvering in congested traffit and parking. There is also an alert system of object or another car collition, self braking, which is a large aspect of an driverless car. Perhaps there is a change in the destination path of a driverless car. it would need to be able to change its course, but in many instances like a blockage oir accident it would eed programming to move through or around it, that only the human driver can posses the knowledge of doing. What would the car do if another car collided with it and damage it if the car opperaqted itself? Nearly driverless cars are in the future, but i dont believe we will create the technology to have a virtually driverless car.

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You're running late for work, but you still have to drop the kids off at work. Or maybe you overslept and have to get to school soon. You get everything ready for the day, jump into your car, and you drive off. Cars are very important in todays society, but limiting your car usage can have its advantages. Reducing the amount of times you use your car could help the environment, the economy, and the developement of the city you are living in. Pollution is a topic that is heard of everywhere, yet we don't take action to prevent it. Limiting your car usage could help contribute to helping the world get rid of pollution in the air. Paris typically has mor smog than other European capitals due to their usage of diesel fuel. Diesels make up about 67 percent of vehicles in France. Paris has tried to stop people from using their cars so much and is fining them if they are. Eventually, due to so much smog and diesel usage, people will have to stop using their cars so much if they want to be abe to see where they're going when driving. The economy will benifit from the limited usage of cars. Think about it, if we use our cars less, we don't run out of gas as fast as we usually would. If we don't run out of gas, we don't spend as much money trying to fill the tank. If we don't buy as much gas, the price of gas will decrease due to the amount the pipelines are able to store and generate at the same time. If we limit our usage of vehicles, insurance costs will decrease because people are not driving as often and there aren't as many accidents happening. The developement of the city you live in will change in a good way for you if you limmit the usage of your vehicles. It used to be that people in thr old days wanted to move out as far as possible from their neighbors for "space". The areas and cities just kept on expanding an dit would take longer to get somewhere in town. People wanted to live in suburbans and have a job in the city. This increased the usage of cars and other vehicles. Now, people are starting to move back into the city, amking it denser. Once you live in the city, you wouldn't have to use your car to go grocery shopping beacsue there is a publix or walmart right across the street from you. People in these dense cities will start to walk or ride their bikes to work. Parents wouldn't have to worry about being late and still having to drop of their kids. While the parent is able to drive twice to-and-from work, the kids could go to-and-from school by walkin or riding their bikes. This cuts off the usage off the car. Instead of dropping of the kids and then going to work and then going to pick the kids up and then head home, know you won't have to do that. Limiting the amount of time you use your car for can help the world and yourself. You save money, time, and the planet all at once by using your vehicles less. On the outskirts of Freiburg, Germany, residents in a community are forbidden of street parking, driveways, and home garages. Car ownership is allowed, but you would have to park in a large garage at the edge of the developement. Along with this, you eould pay $40,000, with a home, to be a car owner. These methods are being used more and more to stop the great and unreasonable usage of cars.

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The latest technology called the FACS or Facial Action Coding System detects the emotional state of kids or adults. This technology is a leading way to help students out in a classroom or a work environment. This technology is supposedly able to help find the emotions of a human and how they feel by recognizing their facial features and muscles. This new technology FACS, known as the Facial Action Coding System reads the facial features and the way humans use their muscles in their faces to recognize their emotional state, whether they be happy, sad etc. This new technology would not benefit our society today for the reason that we have careers and jobs in understanding humans emotional state, the time, money and effort spent in learning this would all be replaced by a robot or new technology, this causes jobs to be lost and people that spent their lives and money learning this career are out of a job because of a technology. FACS is good in a way to survey an area of people but not a necessity to the world today. Although reading a students emotional state in a classroom is a good benefit and way to figure out whether or not that student needs more help or is the reason he/she are a disturbance in class or failing in a classroom. I believe it is a good thing to have at a school because kids today hide their emotions, and avoid socialization because of their emotional state, and if we have that today in our classrooms we could help kids grades rise, fights lessen, and even could stop bullying with knowing that a kid is in fear, why is he/she in fear? or a kid is sad? etc. These things help us understand what to do in order to keep the school safe and student happy in the classroom. If the FACS is able to read students emotions and detect if that human is sad, happy etc. then yes this technology would be a great resource in the classroom or school today because of so many things happening over the world teachers and their staff should be able to use this technology to undestand their students emotions in order to help them in a classroom and figure out how to help them in academics for a better future. The article in this passage talks about how the FACS can even adress emotional views from a picture that dated back to the era when Da Vinci was painting, and this even could give us what emotion the Mona Lisa out out and how Da Vinci used facial features to depict emotion in his paintings, this could bring out the views of people back in the 1800s or even earlier. Though I am not for this technology for the fact that we do not need a machine or computer telling us what state of emotion were in, it could be a great use in the school board today with all the violence and cyber communication that happens. The only good reason to bring this computer or technology into the public is in our classrooms to keep the students in a good school environment so that they can succeed and continue with grades that meet the highest standards so that they can have an education to look upon when they apply for a job, for that is the only reason this could even be worth the money. Overall the technology or FACS, is a good learning tool for our school board and classrooms today, but only for the student body this could work tremendous and help our society. If there was a way to create a facial recognition system that could help our society and our criminals today and understand how they think then there is a chance that this could go farther in our world. Overall this new technology is not a good source or worth the money to put out to the public, I say this because as our world gets older and our generation furthers themselves, it is too easy to see the emotional state of human beings, we do not need a computer to say it understands better than the human body that gets study everyday.

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According to the passage using emotions and expression to show how we feel and animated characters using animations and showing facial expressions to express emotions and how they feel towards other things is not a bad idea. If a human gets hurt then the emotion and the expression would be squinting there eyes being loud or holding whatever got hurt. So giving those types of animations and expressions to robots and video game characters would be good because you would not be able to tell what happened to them if they didnt have any emotion of when they got hurt or smiling. When a human is taing a picture and you want to make it look nice they would smile so they would open there mouth and show there teeth making there face wrinkle. They need to put the same emotion and such for animated characters in tv shows and video games. Also you have to use some muscles to smile and to show facial expressions towards everything like jobs,school,and even taking pictures.

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Dear state senator, I believe that the Electoral College is quite sneaky. Some people have no idea that it even exists, let alone what it is, so why have it in the first place? People vote on the president because they like what they say that they are going to do for our country. For example (in line ten, the author says), under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Basically, the people are not voting for the person they want, but for others to make the decison on who they think would be the better president . Sometimes the candidate for president is a favorited in the north, south, south west and so on, so that gives the candidate no incentive to campaign there. If there was not an Electoral College, then the candidate would have more of a chance to actually win people over instead of taking advantage of what reigon that they come from. For example, some people think that some candidates are anachronisms because their ideas are very outdated. With the Electoral College gone, the people who are "zoned," for lack of a better term, for that specific candidate, can freely choose who they think would be a better choice for president. So, basically, I believe that the Electoral College is a terrible system because people do not even know what it is or that it exists and that favortism plays an emense part in a system that is "ruled by the people". Sincerely, PROPER_NAME

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In the course of human existance, humanity has always been striving for progress, you might say going the extra mile, in order to better our society. One such great invention was the automobile which allowed us to travel great distances in a short period of time. Consequently, the natural instinct, to grow and improve, has been transfered to the idea of the automobile through the self driving car. Self driving cars are the future of transportation as the offer a host of positive benefits including, precise driving capabilities, increasing affordability, and new safety technology. The self driving car has begun implementing technology that can revolutionize a car's self awarness. For example the article states, "spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3D model of the car's surroundings." Unlike the human eye, the LIDAR radar sees anything and everything; not only does it never miss a single detail, but it also has a 360 degree view that current drivers simply do not possess. These sensors are expecially useful when backing up and driving backwards, as many drivers struggle with getting a full view of what goes on behind them. However, with the LIDAR radar, this problem is eliminated, making backwards driving easier. Putting radar into the drivers seat is not so much about losing the human touch of driving, but getting a more accurate perspective on the road. Secondly, the technology is finally in a place where self driving cars are becoming a feasible economic option. Sebastian Thrun, founder of the self driving Google car, said, "There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting. The sensors weren't there...Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars." In fact, alot of the technologies, including radar, used in self driving cars have been around for a long time. However, in recent years, they have become alot cheaper and precise, so that the dream of creating a self driving car is a reality. The goal of the self driving car was never to create a billion dollar high tech vehicle accessible only to the rich, but one that could be mass produced and avaliable to all. With cheaper, mass produced technology, it seems like this is not too far up the road. Finally we see that the self driving car may actually be safer that regular drivers. With so many deaths accounted to texting and driving, the idea is that people would be able to safely text when the car drives itself certainly has its appeal. However, when the car needs a human touch, "displays [texting] can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not avalible to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." Shutting off the display would force drivers to pay attention to the road during tricky situations and reduce the number of car crashes. Secondly, the use of sensors helps detect and prevent crashes. The article says, "sensors have become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers. This information from the sensor can cause the car to apply breaks on individual wheels," which could stop potential dangers in their tracks that the driver may not be aware of. In the end, a self autonomus car is always vigilant and is never distracted, making it safer than having a human driver. Self autonomous cars are more accuate, becoming cheaper, and are safer than today's cars, making them the car of the future. It is only a matter of time before someone develops a self driving car that can be mass produced, and when that day comes, we should embrace it with pride. Together, let's drive towards creating the car of tommorow, today.

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Using this techlonogy of Facial Action Coding System would be very useful and valuable to be used in a classroom. There's are several of reasons why It's a good idea to use this genuis technique in class. To start off It's pretty incrible that a computer can see what emotion you are feeling. Why not use it? It'll come in pretty handy. Let's just say that a student In the class is never doing their work. They're constantly distracted and they don't show any effort. The computer can tell us what emotion the student is feeling so then that way It'll not only be helpful for the teacher to know what's going on but it'll also be helpful to the student so that the teacher helps the student not to struggle so much. It can also help with students that are confused and aren't sure how they are feeling or mayeb they feel a lot of things at once which is very confusing a computer than can show what your feeling is a good tool. It can help you firgure out what your feeling In cas you don't know how you feel. Same with teachers. Students can firgure out what their teacher is feeling that way they can avoid getting into trouble. If they see a teachers angry they wouldn't wanna make them more mad. As in for students. With this cool technology it can help students find out what's going on in case they have a friend who they're worried about and they're not so sure what's going on with their friend. Well this computer can quickly help you figure out what's going on with them. Im sure your friend would really appriciate that you help them out even if it seems like they don't. These are the reasons I think that using this computer that show what emotions you've got is simply very helpful to both students and teachers. It's a smart way in not only showing how you feel but also producing them.

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The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" writes about about the many problems us humans have with exploring venus. But he also throws in there reasons why we should support the studying of Venus, and I agree with them on it and here's why. First we need to out what claims the author made that support the idea of exploring and studying Venus. Firstly, the author points out that long ago Venus was most likely like Earth in the fact that it probably had water and lifeforms on it's surface. And they also point out that Venus is the closet option for a planetary visit. Here's my problem with the authors claims, and that is that they have no hard proof or that they don't go into detail. For example, the author theorizes that there were lifeforms and water on venus, but we have no proof for either of those statements. The author also claims that the value of returning to venus is indisputable even though the problems with returning outnumber the benefits. I believe that we should look into returning to Venus, however I don't believe that it's a high priority mission or goal that we need to accomplish, because of the problems we are currently facing on our own planet.

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The evening star is the brightest points of light in the night sky however this nickname is misleading since venus is actually a planet it is close to the earth sometimes and mars also but people that have tried to go visit venus and tried to study about it have not made it back in about 3 decades so its really hard to study venus no spacecraft has survived landing up there more than a few hours because there is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets and is even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid and on the planets surface the temperature is average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet these are dangerouse positions for the astronaunts because they will not come back and venus is closer to our planet but how is it so hot there and its not even close to the sun but NASA is trying to send some of its people up there so they can study more about it and hoverboard around it and venus is almost the same like earth they have a bunch of similarities they both have mountains and valleys and the canot even sample rocks or anything it could be a rick by putting something from another planet that. NASA on the other hand sent something really smart that they thought would last a while but only lasted three days in venus.They bult a mechanical part that was stong for gas, pressure, heat and other forces.

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In this essay Im going to be explainig about the advantage of limiting car usage. First of all a man says that when he had a car he was always tense. Now he says his more happier with out a car. Cras are good in some ways but bad in other ways because cars contaminate the air with the smoke. Their good because they take you places faster and more comftorble. But many European cities are not permiting cars, and they say is good for them. They live better now."All of our development since world war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberge. In the United States, the Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduce" communities, and legislators are starting to act, if cautiously. I think that the United States should take reducing cars in consideration, too see how it goes. After five-days of intensifying smog... The smog rivaled Beijing, China wich is know as one of the most polluted cities in the world. So imagen what it would do in the United States. In Bogota, Colombia a program that set to spread to the others countries million of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day. Leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. It was the third year that they been doing this. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. For the first time other colimbian cities joined the event. We should have a Car-Free day here in the United states to see how it goes. American behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Maybe these means people are getting over about the car fever. People should vote to have a car-free day. It would be good people would be less tens, they would get more excercise and pollution would dropp. This would be good for you and for me.

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The author is using this article to suggest the idea of exploring and studying Venus. Venus is a very dangerous planet to study because a thick atmosphere cover the planet and it is the hottest planet in our solar system. However, the author still believe that studying Venus is going to beneficial despite the dangers. In the article, the author is suggesting that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because we can use a vehicle that can hover over the ground and it's the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. One reason why the author suggest the idea of studying Venus is because NASA has an idea for sending humans to go over Venus and observe it closely. Even tho Venus is the hottest planet, NASA can use their technology to make it survivable for humans. "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"(Paragraph 5) That way, the scientists can study Venus up close without touching the ground. "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth... Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"(Paragraph 5) The temperature would still be very hot but it will be survivable for humans. Another reason why the author think it's worth the risk despite the dangers is because Venus is our sister planet. It is the planet we should study because Venus has alot of stuff in common with us. "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."(Paragraph 4) Venus has alot of features that are familiar with Earth. It is critical that we study Venus because it might just be the planet we have the option of visiting. "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"(Paragraph 4) We can also learn alot from Venus that can be beneficial to us. In conclusion, the author used this article to suggest the idea of studying Venus, our sister planet. We have enough technology to study Venus closely while not touching their unfriendly ground. We also have alot in common with Venus so it's worth the risk of studying that planet, Earth can benefit from studying Venus and learning what to avoid.

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The author presents both good and bad aspects of driverless cars by explaing some of the problems we already have. Sergey Brin, cofounder of google, can see our future on this planet with driverless cars. "He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." (1). "Without the option of smarter roads, manufacturers turned to smarter cars-" (4). Some compnies have already started to think about how much smarter do the cars need to be (4)? They have already started to add more position-estimating sensors to the cars. They add sensors to the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor (4). "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still need sa driver? (8) That proves to be an excelent question. If they have created something that is supposed to be driverless. It should hbe able to handle everything and anything thrown its way. If theres a wreck, find another route before reaching it. If there's road construction or a policeman/woman, get over out of the way or move over into the lane beside you. Why should we have to take control because the "driverless" car can't do it by its self? We should be able to sit back and not have to wait for our turn to take control of the car. "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting their turn to drive?" (8) We shouldnt have to. If they cretaed it to do everything in the kitchen. Why leave out the kitchen sink? We want it to have everything including the kitchen sink. Everything like steering, parking, turning, stopping, starting, climate control, and finding our perfect seat comfort setting. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that saftey is best achieved with alert drivers." (9) There should be laws for not only the drivers, passengers and pedestrians but also for the companies. The people and machines who make the cars should also test them to make sure they are safe for us. The ones who will be using the cars, trucks, vans and other vehicles for everyday needs. "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved." (10) The people and/or machines that are creating these vehicles are now making sure that any problem the future may hold has been acessed before it has come up. They are making sure to have all their bases covered. My position on driverless cars is that if they do finally get them to drive without a driver then they should also check for any other problems and solutions in case in the future they run into them.

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I'm against the development of Driverless Cars. I think they are not a good idea for three reasons, theft, technical difficulties, and risky actions. My first reason is theft. Somebody could steal one and just leave off with the car. For example, a robber comes out a bank, he see a driverless car, hops in and leaves off with it. Also, i think it's easy for people to steal them because since its driverless they probably wont need a key.They'll use sensors. My second reason is technical difficulties. I choose this reason because in our world, people build a lot of stuff but there's always a problem/technical difficulty. Having driverless, computer-working cars, can be very risky. According to the story "Driverless Cars Are Coming", a quote in paragraph 7 states " They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." What if the car has a technical difficulty from the rain. Usually technology doesn't work well when its wet. Say I was driving a driverless car to the store and it started to rain. I want to turn left but instead it turns right and crashes into another car. Then I wouldn't want to buy a driverless car no more because this dangerous situation. My last reason is risky actions. There's a pssibility that a person can get injured or die from driverless cars. According to the story "Driverless Cars Are Coming" in paragraph 9 it state, " If the tecnology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault---The driver or the manufacturer?" I feel like it would be the manufacturer's fault because they the one's who made and sell the driverless cars. It shouldnt be the driver's fault because they no driving, they put they trust into the technology, hoping it will get them from point A to point B safely. If this technology does fail, there's a possibility that someone or families could be injured or die from this risky situation. I dont think Driverless cars are safe in our world. We have had a lot of technology that had technical difficulties. It is too risky and can put people in danger or harm's way We should stick to humans (that are skilled) driving.

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Benifits on Limiting Car usage Cars are one of mans geat creations but they are great because they are eassy not because they are good. In hevy populated areas cars make up about 50% of the greenhouse gas. and in just europe family cars make up 12% of green house gas. Some cars are efficient more than others but those tend to be more coastly. First, green house gasses are a big part of the reson for global warming. Green houses also affect th ozone which could help to prevent it. Paris band driving because of how many people drive it started creating a smog and if that gets thick enough it could affect your respitory system. people who drive in countries where it was band they will be fine. caust is a big part of beeing enviornmentaly friendly. I have a truck and it only gets about 18mpg which isnt that bad but my friends mom has a prius that gets like 40mpg and it can switch over to electricity. Cars with good fuel efficiency generaly are more expencive. If people who have bikes ride them to say dinner once a week insted of driving they will save an amence amount of money just from not buying gas. Gas was just up to about $4.00 a gallon but now its at an all time low but we dont know when it will go back up. There are a tn of people in this world that are over waight and just walking like one a week could help. To sum it all up, if every body just hepled out when they can the world can be a better place and maybe people can live longer.

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The electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors , the metting of the electors where they vote for presidents and vice president,and counting of the electoral votes by congress. You should always keep electoral votes. Would you know for sure who would win ?. .Electoral college is the best way to manage who would be the best. To see who would win out of the two people. Why wouldnt we use electoral colllege it helps us know that when two people thats running for a spot and they get the same percentage for popular vote you can use electorial vote to see which one each state , country, or city like. The electorial college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes by the cast. for example when president obama and romney went against each other for president both of them had 51.3 percent so the electoral vote that change it all president obama got 61.3 percent electoral votes compared to 51.3 percent of the pouplar vote. This is the best way for people to know who really winning and won. I think its best for us to use the electoral vote. Its granteed to help with the prsident and the people to know who is really winning. The electorial college help you pick your candidate as well. This is for the president to know who would be working for him or her. The best  thing for you to do is keep electorial vote it helps with eveything that you need help with. It also help the president out to .You wouldnt want to go without a president do you. The electorial college is a helpful thing it is really needed. I wouldnt take electoral college out. When you cant see who really is winning what you going to do then without it. Are you going to choose for yourself. But then the people is going to be mad and thats not fair. Maybe some people dont like  the opne presidemt and the other people do. The eletoral college will tell one of the two people running for president if they would win. And it would help to see who the candidate is. Voters in presidential elections are people whi want to express a political perference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. so therefore you need the electorial vote to decide whether the person really win or not.                

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Hi, I would like to show you some cool things about being in the Seagoing Cowboys. The first thing I want to tell you is, that when you are traveling somewhere you get to see all the beautiful sight's! Every cowboy get's to have fun. While you are traveling you get to play games and everything! The Seagoing Cowboys are always having fun. There are animals on the boat too. They are very fun and you even have the chance to get to take care of them. Luke has particapaed in this progam and these are a few words he said,''I knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.'' He also said,'' The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy!'' On Luke's first trip they had 335 horses and all the food they needed to feed them. Luke said he had so much fun. The experience you will have will last for a lifetime. There is so much to do. Even though there is so much fun there still is hard things you have to do. But, once you get past that it will be fine. If you like sports sometimes they throw a ball around. Everyone, this is such a fun thing to do so please sighn up for this amazing program. You will love it! I mean, you get to travel everywhere. Luke got to go to china and on the way he got to travel on the Atlantic Ocean! I have never done this before but, it sounds like a lot of fun! Luke was so happy he got to do this. I am sure that he would suggest everyone to particapate. I hope this has incouraged you to sighn up for this program. It is a great program so please sighn up for the Seagoing Cowboys.

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One day while i was at my job working for NASA, I heard a door open. I turned to look, and in walked a conspiracy theorist, knuckles dragging the ground, dead eyes staring, and drool escaping from his open mouth. "May I help you, sir?" "Yeah! I know there's a face on Mars and i want you scientists to stop hiding the evidence!" Here we go again I thought. I had seen thousands of people like him, asking the exact same thing. and every time my reply was the same: There is no face on Mars. The appearance of the face is caused by shadows on a mesa. However they never believe me. "Those pictures are faked so that you can hide the evidence!" I always give them the standard reply that the pictures are official and that is that. One thing I as a scientist don't understand about these people is why they think an alien civilization would build a giant replica of a HUMAN face. Theres no way they'd even know we existed, so why bother? In conclusion conspiracy theorists are going to believe there is a face on Mars no matter how much evidence we give them to the contrary, so why even bother trying.

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Dear State Senator , I think the Electoral College would make voting harder. The Electoral College is unfair and votes on its own favor rather than what the people of America think. The reason is because Americans ( voters ) are not voting for their president, but for a slate of electors, who then turn and elect their president. Its a bit overruled that by declaring candidate with most popluar votes winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in the modern sense...it is electors who elect the president,not the people. The Electoral College does not let the majority of candidates votes cast making a difference in voting. It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the prsident turned off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. The Electoral College Method is from the past its not made for the modern day voting system, it makes voters not want to vote for there freedom or president its not made for present day voting

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Dear Senator, I believe that people like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole were all right in saying the electoral college should be abolished. I have two simple reasons for this. One being that it is not a 100% way to elect a entire nations leader for four years. The other reason being that 60% of people don't even want it. First off, the process of the elcetoral college isn't always accurate. For example, in 2000, Al Gore ran for office against George W. Bush. During this election, Al Gore won the votes of the people, but lost in electoral votes, giving the presidency to George. Since we all know how his presidency turned out, we wonder how Gore would've handled things. Voters cannot always control who their electors vote for, which means if an elector is chosen to vote for Billy Joe, he might just decide, when it becomes time, to vote for Jimmy Washington. This would leave voters of that candidate upset, so maybe they too will understand this flawed system. Another reason we need to abolish the electoral college is something we like to call the disaster factor. This is nothing compared to what happened in 2000; the system allows for much worse. Consider that a states legislature is technically responsible for picking said states electors. Also consider that said elector could always defy the will of the people. In 1960, the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing democratic electors with new ones who would oppose John F. Kennedy. In the same vein, electors without faith, have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast their vote for whomever they please. Ask yourself Senator, if this were to happen again, would you do what is right and try to dispose of this system? I hope so. In reference to my second point, do you realize that (According to a Gallup poll) 60% of our people don't even want this system. The way I see it, if i asked three people if I should buy a new car or a used car, and two out of the three say I should buy a used one, I'm not going to go buy a new car despite them. This is the same with the electoral college. We shouldn't be forcing this corrupt way of decididng this nations leader for the next four years, down their throat. This nation is based on beliefs that include the peoples right to have a say in how this nation is goverened. It's so simple, a majority of the people are against the electoral college, so it needs to go. If you, like 60% of the United States agree with my points and views on the electoral college, then you need to do what you can with your authority, to put a stop to it. All in all, I have strong beliefs, like most Americans, that the electoral college is a corrupt way of giving this great nation to somebody who people think don't deserve it. Based on my emphasis of these two reasons that this failing system needs to go, I think you , Senator, need to put all your power into the downfall of it.

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The author presents the idea that Venus is a worthy contestant for exploraton despite all of its present dangers. Despite all of the authors reasoning, there is yet an actual valid reason as to why we should keep attempting to explore it. Everything we have tried to send there has melted due to it's inability to cope with Venus' extreme temperatures. We cannot attempt to send people up there if were not sure whether or not its safe for people to stay there for long due to its inhabitable conditions. Also i would imagine that these machines we send to other planets are not very cost-friendly at all, so what would be the point to send all these machines that would only last a couple hours. Venus has an average surface temperature of 800 degrees Fahreheit and that's not even close to anything we experience here on earth. We don't really have any metals or materials that would last for very long in those types of conditions, we're just not there yet. The idea of sending people to go and study Venus is absolutely horrible. We're not anywhere close to 100% sure of humans could comfortably live in those types of conditions. It would be too risky to send a bunch of people up there to study Venus but then have something so wrong and end up with people dead or harmed in an way. Our machines only last for a matter of hours on the surface of Venus, these things that we send to go and explore are most likely very costly. Why would you want to waste that much money on something that only last a matter of hours. I understand that we cant get much information from watching from afar but we can't keep spending money on such things just to keep sending them back there to only get destroyed after a while, it's just not worth the time or money in the long haul. The author presented some pretty "ok" arguemets as to why we should try to continue to study Venus allthough it presents some obvious dangers. The reasons as to why we shouldn't continue it's study are stonger than the reasons as to why we should. We can't survive in its inhabitable conditions. We can't send anything there for long due to it being destroyed after a matter of hours. Lastly, we can't waste money on such a useless project that will serve nothing to helping the human race. We should not continue to study Venus, it is not worth all the hassle.

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I am for the development of these cars because they can change how so many things can be done today in society. The cars could be able to take packages or important items or documents for miles. The driverless cars can be escorts or help people that don't know how to drive get around much faster than they usually do. The cars can help get an accurate position in parallel parking so people don't get harmed or damage other vehicles in the process. There can still be some downside to the whole process though,the cars could have a misfunction and go out in the middle of traffic or wreck into another car or pedestrian on the sidewalk. The could stop functioning while delivering something and the receiver will never get what they're supposed to. Many people would agree and disagree on this concept,but most of them wouldn't experience it for themsleves so they wouldn't know what its capable of. People could stll be in the vehicle while they aren't controlling it,so while that happens,they can be texting,eating,talking,or possibly sleeping. The idea of driverless cars could be horrifying or magnificent if the way you think of it makes it. People will have their own opinions but once they experience it their opinions could change at a moments notice.

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"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about the studies that have been done on Venus and why scientists feel those studies are so valuable to our furture.Our planet Earth provides a safe tempature and oxygen enviroment for human life. However, even though Venus and Earth are close neighbors, Venus is not safe for humans to live in. Scientists continue to learn more and more about this planet to get as much information as possible. One of the major reasons Venus is studied so often is that it is closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. With Venus having such a thick atmosphere thats mostly made of carbon dioxide, and deadly temperatures over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, It is not able to allow any human life to remain on it. The weather on Venus also pose some issues including: volcanoes, and lightning. Scientist have sent normerous un-maned spacecrafts to explore Venus. With most of these trips resulting in damaged or losts spacecrafts, Astronomeres managed to learn alot about the Planets history commpanded to the way it is now and also compared to our planet Earth. This type of information can be very useful. Astronomeres belive that long ago, Venus might not have been much different than Earth. They think that it had large oceans and could suport life. Still to this day, Venus contains a rocky surface made of sediment very similar to Earth. Along with things like valleys, mountians, and craters. The value of having a second planet safe for humans is rather large, but making the trip now is impossible due to the deadly conditions on Venus. NASA formed an idea on how to make a safe travel to Venus that includes floating above the fray. A vehicle hovering over Venus would allow the ship to avoid the dangerous atmosphere. Despite being thirty miles above the planets surface, tempertures would still reach a boiling 170 degrees Farhrenheit. The air pressure however, is safe and livable for humans. With alot of work and research still needed to be done on Venus, people at NASA and other companies are still striving to make life on the mysterious planet Venus possible in future years to come.

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The electorial colledge should be done with. we just need to get rid of it and why do i think this you may ask well becouse we dont really get to choose who goes into office the electorial colledge does. why do we even vote when we dont really get to choose who goes into office there gonna do what they want to anyway. so i do think that we should get rid of the electorial colledge. what is the point of us waisting are time voting. the people should have the right to choose who goes into office and who leads there country. if you wont let them choose then why would you tell them that every vote matters and that there vote really could make a differece becouse it wont. now does the electorial colledge normally do what thy are supposed to yes but do they always no there gonna pick who ever they like more. thats one reason that i think that the electorial colledge should be gotten rid of. im not shure but why do we even have an electorial colledge if all they do is chose the votes from are votes we dont need people to choose themselves all we need is a person that can tally up all of the votes or a machine im pretty shure that most voting is electronic now so thats even easier all you need is a computer. so that would save money not having to pay for a whole bunch of people to be doing it themselves. thats what i think about the electorial colledge mr. senetor so maybe you can help out and get rid of the electorial colledge. if the government did get rid of the electorial colledge then a lot of people including me would be a lot happier. i do not know vary many detail or any of the stuff that the electorial colledge does besides tally and help pick who should be the president and i think that they may even help pick the senetor of stats but i do not know so i cant say for shure  for shure we may actually have full controll of who are senetor is. all that i am trying to say is that if we have freedom then why do they tell us that we get to pick who rules or who helps govern the united states of amerca so they shouldnt say every vote counts and that everyone should vote becouse why should we it really in truely doesnt matter who we piccked any ways so thats all that i know about the electorial colledge and all i can say about it but definetley get rid of the colledge. thanks for the time and dont forget we do not like the electorial colledge at all so destroy it and dont let it come back.

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Facial Action Coding System could potentially be valuable in the classroom. For students with autism or some other form of mental disease, picking up on certain emotions and being able to tell how people are feeling does not come quite as easy as it does for other people. For them to have some sort of technology to help them learn how to tell what people are feeling could be a fantastic use of our worlds rapid technological advances. To use this technology on students computers in order to tell how they are feeling and what confuses them or what they understand is a different story. In some ways, this could be a good thing because it would notify teachers when their students simply are not understanding a topic. But it also seems like a slight invasion of privacy and it seems that some people would not enjoy software that could detect your face and facial features at all times. Our world has been making huge technological advances for awhile now. In just 40 years we went from the computer game Pong to having Virtual Reality. This kind of technological advance would be big but quite frankly not so shocking. Software that makes a 3-D model of your face and calculates your muscle movement in order to detect emotion is somewhat terrifying in the sense that a computer can now detect how you feel, but in some situations this technology could be useful.

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