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My name is Luke Bomberger and I am in the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). In the UNRRA you get to go to different place and help families gets back on there feet form World War 2. You get to bring them food, animals, and more, 44 nation joined together to form the UNRRA. If you are a hardworking person then come join the UNRRA. '' The cattle-boat trips are unbelievable opertunity for a small-town boy!'' Luke says. I have toured Venice,Italy, a castle in Crete, and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. ''You get to take great trips in the UNRRA.'' I said. Also working with the animals is a great way to pat the time by working with them. Working with animals is so much fun. You can tell them you secrets , you can play with them, you can just fell in love with an mailman that you can't share everything with them. Then seeing the smiling faces on the people's faces when you give the food and water it just amazing. It make you feel good inside like a warm good tinglying feel that you can't get from anything else. You just feel like you made a huge difference. It a happiness that you can't buy with money I would not trade it for anything in the world. It gives you a reason to get up in the morning. Working in the UNRRA was a great disison that I have made defintitley not one of my mistakes. Also when you unload the animals and go and great more it is a lot of fun on deck. You get to play with your other ship mates and play baseball, volleyball, whittling, boxing, read and more it's a great way to pass the time. A great way to bond with everyone on deck. If you a hard working then you will enjoy this job. You have to work hard to succeed in this job. You will definitely need to be a hard working to like this job. If you are a hardworking, animal loving, adventure seeker, love to help others, love to be on boats, then this is the job we for you. So come join the seagoing Cowboys program and be apart of the UNRRA. Come help families in need.

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We should abolish the Electoral College and change the election to popular vote for the president of the United States. The Electoral College is corupt compared to popular vote. They're more cons than pros about  the Electoral College. A lot of people agree that we should change our voting to popular vote. Electoral College voting should not be the way we vote for something so important. The Electoral College System is wrong. In source two, Bradford Plumer said that "under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president". You have no clue who your voting in with the Electoral College system. Plumer also said "they can be anyone not holding public office" and "electors could always defy the will of the people". Do you really want someone who you dont know and can't trust to be an elector? If you wanted someone like that you might as well let a child do the job. In source one the Office of the Federal Register said "when you vote for your canadidate you are actually voting for your candidates elector's". More than one source said that you vote in electors when voting for a your candidate. The Electoral College system is said to be unfair to voters in source two. The Electoral College system has a "winner-take-all" system. Which means if a Democrat candidate wins they will have Democrat electors and if a Republican wins the will have Republican electors. In source one the Office of the Federal Register also said that the "winner-take-all" system "awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate". This is not fair to the voters or the United States. If a tie happened it would be even more unfair to voters. if a tie did happen the House of Representatives would break it. In source two Plumer said "the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. If the voting doesnt even show your will why vote? Plumer also said in source two that "the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational". I agree with plumer, the Electaral College needs to go. Even though the Electoral College has a lot more cons than pros they have some pros. In source three Posner give you the "five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President". Posner said the first reason was "certainty of outcome". The second reason is "the Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal". the third and fourth reason is "swing states" and "big states". the fifth reason is the Electoral College system can "avoid run-off elections". These are all pros of keeping the Electroral College, but are they really worth it? Would you rather have these pros compared to having fairness? We should abolish the Electoral College and change the election to popular vote for the president of the United States. Popular voting is alot better for everyone. The pros of popular voting excedes the pros of the Electoral College. Popular voting gives everyone a fair chance and doesnt just have a "winner-take-all" system. it actually gives both political parties a chance. I agree with source two when it said "Abolish the Electoral College!". Source two was right we need to put an end to the Electoral College system!          

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Have you ever stopped and thought to yourself what life would be like if nobody drove? There are many atvantages to limiting car usage. One advantage is that you will be a happier person. Another reason is that global warming will decrease rapidly. And also you will no have to spend money on gas so that would be more money in your pocket. The amount of poeple that drive now is honestly crazy. With there being so many people on the road, there can be many things that go wrong. For example, car accidents. So many car accidents happen daily and unfortunantly, many people die from it. Also, road rage happens in many people. Say someone cuts you off, you get mad right? Then you may start to yell or get very tense. Many people are very tense drivers which may cause stress. If you drive less, you will not have as many of these problems. Global warming is increasing rapidly recenlty. Global warming is very bad for the earth and could and is causing very many problems. In America, global warming is increasing very fast. Things like President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions would help to decrease global warming. Cars and a big lead in to global warming. So with less people driving cars, that could be a way to end global warming. Millions of dollars are spend on gas money to be put into peoples cars. If people do stop driving as much as they do now, could you imagine the amount of money that would be saved? So much money would be kept into your pocket. Walking or riding a bike does not cost money. It would be a big help to yourself. There are so many more reasons as to why people should decrease how much they drive. But it would mainly make you a happier person, decrease global warming so much, and help save you lots of money. It is something that many people should think about doing.

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Venus is second nearest planet to earth. It is known as the "Evening star," but in reallity it's classified as a planet. Venus is a planet that holds a thick atmosphere filled with carbon dioxide. It's temperatures can reach up to the hundreds and the pressure can be very extreme. Despite these disadvantages the author does a very well job suppporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. Since Venus is so close we could find possible solutions, have new scientific infromation, and it could possibly lead us to build machines able to land on the surface. Venus is the closest planet to earth. We could easily send machines to travel towards Venus without wasting time. The article states,"These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus."This supports the idea because there are many possible solutions to go to Venus without causing any costly damages and by providing endless insights. By going over to the planet it allows us to discover new information without facing any troubles in waiting. By exploring Venus we are able to discover more information about the planet. In paragraph four the article states,"Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This helps support the claim because it could have a benificial effect on how scientist view the planet. It could lead to new scientific discoveries and varius exlporations. We could discover new information on how the planet may have thrived long ago. By contributing meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus we could learn how to build new technologies to safley land on the planet. We could build stronger metal that could resist the planet's temperature and pressure. In paragraph seven the article states,"By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This helps the author's idea because we could possibly build new machines to land on Venus once we have plentyful information about the planet. The machine would be able to resist the hostile conditions and have plenty of solar power. Despite all the challenges that venus presents it could be possible to expand our knowledge since Venus is so close. It could have a greater impact on how scientists view the planet. It could potentially lead to new technologies being able to land on the surface. The author did a perfect job using reasons to support the claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit.

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I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP THE ELECTORAL VOTE BECAUSE IT HELPS THE PEOPLE VOTING AND HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO VOTE AND ALSO THAT THE ELECTORS STILL SHOULD BEABLE TO VOTE AND THAT IT WILL HELP ALOT OF MORE PEOPLE WHO VOTE THE CANIDATES ARE ALL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND ONE PERSON HAS TO CHOOSE FROM THE CANIDATES HOW IT WILL WORK AND THAT THEY WILL PICK THE ELECTORAL VOTERS TO VOTE AND THATS HOW THEY WOULD VOTE  THEY SELECT A PERSON EVERY FOUR YEARS AND THEY ASSIGN THEM FOR THE ELECTORS THEY ARE OFTEN CHOSE BY CANIDETS  YOU WILL ALSO HELP THEM VOTE BECAUSE THEY VOTE AFTER EVERYONE ELSE AFTER THE PRESIDENT ELECTION THE GOVENER PREPARES THEY WILL ALSO DETERMINE THE ELECTORS THE PRESIDENTS COULD ALSO PICK THEM THEY HOLD OFFICAL RECORDS AS TO WHAT IS BEING VOTED THEY COULD ALSO ARGUE ABOUT IT AND THATS HOW THEY COULD ARGUE ABOUT IT IT WILL ALSO LET THEM SUCCSED IN WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO THE ELECTORS WOULD ALSO BACK UP THE OTHER PEOPLE. SO EACH EVERY FOUR YEARS THEY VOTE AND THEN THEY GET TO SEE WHO WINS. THEY CAN GET 500,000 VOTERS AND THAT GIVES A CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENTS TO THEY WOULD HAVE 55 REPERSENITIVES TO BACK THEM UP AND GIVE THEM MORE ELECTORAL VOTORS SO THE ELECTORAL VOTERS WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE AND THAT THE ELECTORAL VOTERS ARE THE VOTERS THAT VOTE AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THAT THEY BACK THE PRESIDENT UP AND GIVE HIM MORE VOTES THAN THE NORMAL VOTER. YES THEY SHOULD KEEP THE VOTERS AND THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP THE VOTERS JUST INCASE THE VOTERS DONT NEED TO COMPARE THE ELECTIONS AND THATS HOW THEY WOULD MAKE THERE FINAL DECISION AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE THE FINAL DECISION WHO TO VOTE FOR AND IT COMES UP BETWEEN THE STATES.YES THEY SHOULD DO A FINAL VOTE DECISION AT THE END OF IT.

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A world full of driverless cars seems a thousand years away; the thought of being able go anywhere at anytime without driving or a driver seems to be science fiction. However, with recent advancements in the field of driverless automoblies, this fantasy can exist sooner than one might think. With the Google Car program and BMW's "Traffic Jam Assistant," the world of driverless cars may almost be here. I believe that development and research for the creation of truly automatic transportation should be continued, based on information from "Driverless Cars Are Coming:" the invention of driverless cars, the safety implications and solutions, and the options for making driving a better experience. Completely driverless cars continue to be science fiction, but with advancements in technology, the dream of driverless cars is within reach. But the obstacles of driverless cars are not as simple as just inventing one. Right now, driverless cars exist, such as Google's modified Toyota Prius. With a multitude of different sensors, including a rotating radar on the roof, this car can mimic the skill of a human. These developments have revolutionized the field of driverless cars; with the Google Car project, it is possible to have a driverless car today. But there is still room for improvement, such as safety and the driving experience, which is why development of these driverless cars should continue. The issue of the safety of automoblies is still relevant to driverless cars as well. If there is a situation that the driverless car cannot handle, there could be accidents and damage. However, driverless car developers continue to address this problem, and solutions have been proposed. BMW has announced that they have developed a car that can drive itself for speed up to 25 mph. They also require that the driver keep attention to the wheel, and will notify if there is a situation where the driver must take over. This allows the driver to navigate work zones or around accidents, increasing the safety of the driverless car. The car can alert the driver in several ways, so the driver can always know when it is necessary to drive. With more development, the cars can be better prepared to handle situations and know when to notify the driver, increasing the safety of the experience. With the invention of the driverless car, the driving experience can change in new ways. The aspect of driving a driverless car allows the driving fun to be interpreted in diferent ways. This especcially proves true for in-car entertainment options. With cars that can notifty the driver whenever there is a situation to take over, the driver can relax and use in-car entertainment and information systems safely. These increase the driving experience and what the driver or passangers can do, without endangering people or property. As more development is made, the driving experience can change to make driving better for all; a time to relax or have fun, while maintaining safety. With so many advancements in driverless cars, a world run by driverless cars is a possibility. The invention of driverless cars, safety solotions, and an increase in the driving experience all show that with development and research, truly driverless cars can be achieved. I believe that development on driverless cars should continue, so that they can be perfected and put into use, making driving better for everyone.

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In the past years companys have been working for and settings goals that would allow us to have driverless cars. Cars that drive themselves, seems like a dream. But haveing driverless cars wouldnt be all good. They are dangerous, the allow for people to become less alert while driving, and lets be real computer tech does fail. And what about accidents? Who is to balme for those. Driverless cars may seem like a dream but in reality they will just end up becomeing a nigthtmare. A main problem with driverless cars is the failer with computer tech. Say there is a network crash, what will happen there. Thousands or Millions of cars will fail and how many people will die because of that. And like the artical said dirvers wil still have to be alert when driving because they arent complety driver free, the driver must be ready to take over at any point so truly there is no point. Companies should be working to make cars safer and install warning systems that will allow the driver to see things coming. And another problem, the cars would be run by computers and computers are hackable. Anyone who wanted to hurt a large amout of people would have yet another way to do it. Hack the system and kill with even more ease. Like the essay said "who would be at fault?" Who can we hold reponsible for a computers mistake? As a human race we need justice, it is how we are programmed to work. So who will we make take reposiblilty, is it the owner of the driverless car or the company? What if a person who dosent have a driverless car hits someone with one? How will a driverless car predict that? A human driver dosent communicte through a computer, the computer will have no way of knowing. Seems like an easy solution though, just have everyone get a driverless car, But how much will that cost? What about families that can barly afford their used 1998 model, let alone a driverless car. In the end driverless cars are going to be more trouble then they are worth. How can we even think about spendign so mucg money on something that is going to hurt us rather then help us. Humans are capable of driving themselves so why do we need to find yet another way of "taking the easy way out". Cars are computers and computers do fail, we dont have a good way of setting up faults and over all it is just not realistic.

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Sitting in class and listening to the teacher drone on and on about a particular subject that one finds completely boring sounds like the perfect time to take a nap right? Well, Thomas Huang, of the Bekham Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois has been working with Prof to create a system that can detect human emotions through facial expressions. Facial Action Coding System is highly beneficial for students' emotions in the classroom. People try to decipher other peoples' emotions on a day to day basis, so much so that body language and facial expressions is a key part to how the human populace communicates. Considering the fact that all emotions are universal, the system can detect any one person's emotions and even break down mixed feelings. Try to imagine the scenario with the boring teacher, but when the Facial Action Coding System detects the class as bored the lesson changes into something much more interesting and captures the attention of the class and enabling a happier school environment. The students at SCHOOL_NAME see the same faces day in and day out to the point in which one can all tell the emotions of others through their face, however sometimes it is hard to get a read on how people are feeling. In paragraph five, Nick D'Alto states,"In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, ect." The significance this piece of textual evidence has is precisely that if a student had a problem with expressing their emotions or even themselves could not describe what they are feeling the computer system would be able to help by diagnosing the emotion and that could prompt the student to open up to a trusted adult so that they can move past ther hardships and focus on school. Humans use facial expressons to communicate just as much as verbal communication. When you understand another person's emotions you can begin to communicate effectively with said person. Emotions are universal; whether you are from America or China your facial expressions will be compatible with each other. Expressing emotions is a good way to communicate even if you can not effectively verbally communicate with someone. This coding system can even decipher mixed feelings so that one can always effectively communicate even if the person in question does not speak the same language as you. The text states in paragraph four,"By weighing the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions, so when a student is watching an online lesson and becomes bored, the system will detect that and find a more interesting lesson to try to re-grab the students attention. Some may say that this system is ineffective because it can only graph the emotions of people. However, this system allows the computer to alter the subject's learning path to create a yearning to learn. Students need to want to learn in order to actually retain the information that is ground into their head on a day to day basis. When a student learns something they are particulary interested in their ability to remember and recall the information increases incredibly. The author writes,""A classroom computer could recognize when a studen is becoming confused of bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"" (p. 6). The goal for the human race is to become more intelligent and to do so we need the help of computers to keep our youth interested in the world has to offer in the educational system. Every day humans try to detect what other people feel and usually can pick up only tiny hints. If we were to bring the Facial Actioin Coding System into schools the students would benefit tremendiously! Non-verbal communication is just as important as verbal communication and this system will enable a more productive school day by keeping the students interested in what they learn, keeping communication effective, and a bonus is that all emotions are universal so it does not matter who you want to communicate with language barrior or not.

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In the( pargraph 5) it states that humans preform this same impressive "calculation evey day. They think technology is very comeplacated. Da vinci likes how his software is simliar to the one he had. Mona really likes the technology it brings a smile to her face beause how the computer can do imagine a co,eputer knows when your happy or sad. It makes everyone happy in the story how fun and cool techonolgy is it makes them really happy. Mona states that imagine being able to detect exactly how others people are feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotions. (line 1 ) Mona says shes 83% happpy about it,9% disgusted,6% fearful about how the technology works. Mona likes the technology but sometimes it gets to confusing it makes her mad when it doesnt work right for her. in (line 5) vinci computer is kinda similar to monas but moans makes her really mad when it doesnt really work. It all depends on how you update your computers put in sofware into it to keep it going and running fast. (line 1) The software is the latest innovation from prof. For people not having computers and technology its hard for them to understand it and catch onto is really quick and as old as they are its very impressing they know to work on it. The computer reconginzes the subtle facical movments we humans use to express on how we feel. Experts always know how to work and do the big things with the compurts its hard for people that dont know how to work with them. Humans express on all the techonlogy and how it procseeds. Its always good to have a good working computer that is updated and has the good sofware.

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Dear State Senator, I write this letter to you in favor of removing the electoral college and using a popular vote system to elect a president. One reason is that qualifying citizens don't vote for the president, instead they vote for a slate of electors (Paragraph 10 Sentence 1) who then vote for the president. This process makes it seem useless for the citizens since they can't directly vote for the president. This is a democracy, right? The citizens can't control who their electors vote for most of the time, (Paragraph 10 Sentences 9-10) thus making it much more complex than how it needs to be. Another reason that the electoral college is a problem is that the system may cause alot of conflict between states, resulting in a big mess leaving only the government to fix. These conflicts can include the fact that only one vote is sent out in each state (Paragraph 12 Sentence 4) that represents all the many voters which could range from a few hundred thousand to millions of citizen voters, making the system once again unfair to voters. The candidates don't spend much time in states in which they know they won't win (Paragraph 13 Sentence 2) but spend alot of time in those states that represent themselves, either the republicans or democrats. The electoral votes in my opinion object alot of campaigning but if the electoral system was gone, then these candidates can spread their word to each and every state without much annoying favoring. There are a few reasons though that the elctoral college can help maintain some problems which could lead to chaos in the future. For example, if the voters in the state of Florida vote the same for each candidate, the stysem can help avoid any further conflict since only one vote is being submitted due to the debating of the state electors as explained in the above paragraph. Another small reason is that no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president, (Paragraph 19 Sentence 1) making each states vote count. In conclusion, I personally find that getting rid of the electoral college would be more beneficial for the citizens and can avoid any major problems in the future. Even though the electoral college system has its advantages, popular voting would be a much more simpler way to elect the president.                                     

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I am in the Seagoing Cowboys program and you should be too. You take care of cattle that are shipped over seas. Some people are proud of me some people are not. The text states, "UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas." We take not only cattle but supplies like food supplies. We took these to help. We help countries that were in ruins. The text states, "It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins." The text also states, "To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more." I turned 18 befor we got to greece. Which means I can join the military. They let me keep doing what I was doing for survice. The text states, "Luke turned 18 which means he can be drafted for military survice." The text also states, "When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my survice.

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Dear senator you should chaange the voting rules from Electoral College to popular vote because the Electoral College is to confusing. Popular vote is a more efficent way to vote for the presedent. For example in the article Does the Electoral College Work it says that the Electoral College votes by people who are profetionals and popular vote is by the people of the United States of America. This quote explains how the popular vote is better because it is decided by the people not the government. Another  reason why you should change the voting rules is that the Electoral College doesnt even work. In the article it explains how''under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the presedent ,but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.''This quote explains that the electoral college has nothing to do with the people the vote is not decided by the people why have any people to begin with. I just think overall you should consider the tip and change the voting rules. Another reason why the electoral college has to be gone is it is un orginized. In the text ''The indefensible electoral college why even the best-laid defense of the systeme are wrong.''the quote explains that even though both systems of voting work,popular vote is the more dominant rule. In conclution you need to change the system for the people and overall just make voting a lot easier.

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I see a future with these cars. But, these cars are not a neccesity. They can cause big safety issues and lawsuits. As manufacturers proved, these cars will never be fully automatic without a human present and alert. Otherwise there would be a ton of money spent on unreasonable sensors and cameras. Plus due to how much gas these would use, it would be expensive and might even raise gas prices. I don't think cars are the best way to spend our future. People take automatic interest in driveless cars. We see them all the time on television. What doesn't come to mind is the amount of comitment and engineering these cars are going to take. And even with all of the hard work, these cars are never going to be 100% safe or driverless. They will never fully reach the high expectations people want them to. It is an unrealistic dream. It is illegal to test computer-driven cars in California, Nevada and Florida. There is reasoning for that, the cars simply aren't reliable yet. Automakers assume that their work will eventually solve the problems of these driverless car. Which overall is a long term kind of result. The maufacturers should stick with the progress we have now and not put "Driverless" in the title. That creates disappointed customers and future lawsuits. With the safety issues and the high prices on the cars. Will these cars be worth it to invest in?

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google cars is not driveless you still got take over when pulling in & out the driveway.Companies making computer cars isnt safe because if you car shut down while you driving you can crash or run in to something.Computer can shut down anytime.What if it rain it can mess up your car.If you put sensors on your car can get dangers or out of control skids or rollovers.Sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine you can mess the car up like that & have a crash.the driver will have to take if the requires dnt work but what if you dnt know then you have a horrible crash.Only one car tell you when to take over the other cars dont.If the car is watching the drive you can have a accident.Displays can turn off while the cars is driving & you can be on the phone.Then the next minutes you in a accident.automakers still working on the assumption thats a probblem right there.

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Have you ever thought of taking care of horses, young cows, and mules that have been shipped from overseas. Well you should because its the most amazing oprotunity in the world. You get to see all sorts of unique places and its like your own miny adventure. It's a life chaning event that everyone should now about. I'm going to to tell you about Luke who got invited to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Lets see your answer when I'm done. Luke thought he was going to be working part-time jobs at grocery stores after his high school gradution. Then his friend Don invited Luke to go with him to the Seagoing Cowboys program. It was hard for him to resist a nice trip to and through Eroupe. Luke was 18 by the time he had got to Greece which meant that he could have been drafted for the military service. By 1947 he was discharged and had mad 9 trip the of any Seagoing Cowboys . Luke siad" The cattle-boat trips were an unbelieveable opprotunity for a small-town boy". It took two weeks to cross the Alantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Luke spent his time caring for the animals, it kept him busy. "Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than just an adventure for him it was a life changing event. Which opened his eyes to see more of whats out there in the world." Luke said. I hope I convinced you to be a Seagoing Cowboy. You coukd sign up with a friend or even a family. Just remember its not adout the adventure you get to have but its about showing people what all is out there in the world. That can make alot of people happy.

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Have you heard about the face on Mars? There was indeed something that looked like an enmormous head that was nearly two miles from end to end that seemed to be staring back at the cameras from the Red Planet. This hug face is known as Cydonia. This shadowy face was discovered in 1976 when a NASA spacecraft was circling around the Red Planet. The photos that were taken of the shadows looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh. The text states, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." Some scientists started to believe that the Face was an alien artifact. The text states, "Although dew scientists believe the face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions end." Mars Global Surveryor flew over Cydonia for the first time, and the team took pictures that were ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. The text states, "Thousands of anxious web surfers wete waiting when the image first appears on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Even though people were given that information that the shadowy figure was indeed not an alien monument, some people were still not satisfied. So mission controllers decided to look again. The text states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivanlent of a buttle or mesa-landofrms common aroung the American West." It was decided that the shadowy figure, was just a natural landform. The shadowy figure known as Cydonia that was spotted on the planet Mars, was once thought as a alien artifact. Many studies from scientists have shown and proved that the enormous head was just a natural landform.

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Facial Action Coding System is a new software that has given computers the ability to identify the emotion of a person. It does this by constructing a 3-D model of the face. This new innovative software can identify six emotions of a human. These emotions are happiness, disgust, anger, sadness, and fear. This tecnology can be useful in many different ways in today's world. There are also some things that may not be so good about this either. This software has many positve things about it that can help students and teachers across the world. The software can help inside the classrooms. Using this software to calculate and identify people's emotions, it would be very easy to see if a student is struggling. Many students who struggle keep it to themselves hoping to catch on. This may not be the case in every student, though. Dr. Huang predicts that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." If this software can actually detect this, then it would make learning and teaching way easier. Teachers could try different teaching methods to help with the growth and progress of their students and help them understand what they're doing. They could aslo try something that is more fun and appesaling to the students. This technology could be lifesaving in the classroom. Although this software could help many people everywhere, how does everyone feel about this? If used in the classrooms, some parents and students may not want this to be a part of their learning environment. Many students could be sad all of the time due to person issues and home life. Would they want their teacher to know that they were always upset? I think that it would be a good idea to first have recieved permission from every student and parent before allowing this into the classrooms. I also think that this software could literally save lives. If it is able to identify these emotions, it could prevent students from harming themselves. The software can determine your emotion based on every little detail of your face. In pararaph 8 the author states, "Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." With this being said, if you try to hide your emotions, the computer will still be able to tell. I think school counslors should have this tecnology in schools right now. Getting proper equipment to identify how a student is feeling could help the counselors talk to them about their problems because not all students will share how they feel. With all the information that i provided, I definitely think that this technology is valuable. The software provides accurate results and it could eaily help students and teachers everyday in the classroom. What more could you ask for than a safe and reliable software that could raise test scores and possibly save some lives? This may just be the next big thing.

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Cars; our main source for travel, what we depend on. But consider how things were before cars, and can going back to those times make a positive impact? How can limiting car usage be advantagous to people, the environment, and just everything in general? In In German Suberb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal, a city has already adapted to the idea of a car free, or a non-car dependant city. They did so by having "only two places to park- large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home." This limit of parking space can cause drivers to just stop trying to drive, becauuse why bother if there is limited to no places to put the car? This change allows for people to be less stressed, and when one doesn't have a car, there's less of a rush to get somewhere because the ability to rush is gone. There's also the need of less polution that causes car usage to go down. "And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes . . . . Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe . . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." The above quote by Elisabeth Rosenthal proves that something must be done to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, and reducing car usage can do so. Vauban finds is useful, why doesn't everyone? In Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer, cars were slowly banned in order to clear the air, sort of like when one puts their body through a detox. When that ended up helping, more cars were banned, and this led to the realization that cars were bad, more or less. The enviropnment needs less cars, which means we need to be less dependant on cars for everything, because soon this so- called need for cars is going to leave us gasping for breath, and that is not a good thing. "Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has . . . tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesel makes up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according to Reuters." The usage of diesel, which is ultimately the usage of cars, is leading to a "blanket" of air trapping the car emissions, causing pollution. The pollution is so dangerous to have just sitting there, waiting to be breathed in and choked on. After realizing that the ban of cars has been helpful for the environment, shouldn't everyone else realize it is advantagous too? The sooner the human race stops depending on cars, the sooner the human race will be able to breath and think carefully and safely again. Everyone is aware pollution is a problem, will continue to complain about it, but then will also continue to fuel the problem, which is quite ironic isn't it? Cars are not worth losing our ability to breath, and if we realize that, then maybe we will be able to breath and see clearly again.             

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Studying Venus is worth to study despite the dangers and can be a risk to anyone. Venus has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Humans have sent many spacecrafts to land in Venus. Each pervious mission was unmanned. No spacecraft or spaceship has survived the landing for more than a few hours or even touched Venus in more than three decades. Many factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for us humans to study. It can put us in a huge risk. More dangerously are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The temperatures are way different in Venus than Earth. The temperatures average over 800 fahrenheit. In Venus the atomopheric pressure is 90 time greater that what we experience here on Earth. Those conditions are extremely dangerous compare to what humans on Earth encounter. Venus also has the most hottest surface temperature of any planet in the solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the sun. Beyond high pressure and heat Venusian geology and weater present more dangerously problems in Venus, such as erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and lightning strikes. However, astronomers believe that Venus had once had rocky surfaces, mountains, valleys, and oceans. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth's levels. Not reliable conditions but survivable for humans. More importantly, researchers can't take rocks, gas, or any other objects from a specific distance due to the dense atmosphere. For that reason scientists interested in seeking to conduct a through mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal even through-out the risks it can cause. Anyone who would want to study Venus and it's geographic surface would have to be put at risk, even to just be a planetary visit. Our travels on Earth and beyond shouldn't be limited by dangers or doubts, but should be expanded to meet the almost the edges of imagination and completion.

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I've heard a great deal of conspiracieshaving to deal with the so called 'face' we at NASA found on Mars in '76. However, I would like to put these conspiracies to an end. When Viking 1 took the photo in 1976, I will admit it came as a kind if shock to us, we all soon figured it was nothing more than a common Martian mesa. And that's exactly what the 'face' was a common Martian mesa. The 'face' is simply a natrural landform; couldn't be any type of alien artifacts due to the following reasons: keeping alien life a secret would benefit NASA whatsoever, it was found in an area where Martian mesas are common, and we have recently taken photos with high-resolution to show that there aren't any buildings or other formations that could've been made by intelligent life. Now most of you conspiracy theorists won't belive it, but I will explain how I got to this conclusion. The picture was taken around Cydonia, which is an area on Mars that Martian mesas are common to find. We've taken many pictures of these mesas around Cydonia to come to this conclusion. Another reason the face on Mars is in fact a natural landform, is NASA hiding the fact that there is intelligent lifeforms on Mars wouldn't benefit NASA in any possible way. Finding life in the outer depths of space would be a tremendous accomplishment for NASA. Us finding liforms from entirely different planet would answer the biggest question of them all: Are we the only planet with life? If we'd found proof that we weren't alone we'd gain more funding for our space programs. with more funding we'd be closer to discovering more of the most unexplored area we know of: Space. Finally, we have proof that it's only just a Martian mesa. Images taken in 2001 shows that there are no structures that could've been made by any intelligent lifeform. Although the picture taken by Viking 1 didn't show us proof of life on Mars it did show us just how magnificent our universe really is. The 'face' on Mars was simply a natural landform made by nature itself. We have enough credible evidence to make the conclusion that the face on Mars isn't an alien landmark. artifact, or any sort of alien markings. We at NASA hope to one day find proof of other lifeforms in the deeper depths of space, but until then we will let the public know as of now we won't hid any information, such as the possibility of lifeforms from the public.

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The advantages of limiting car usage is outstanding not only is it good for the earth but it changes peoples lives, it makes the people happy and they tend to enjoy life more. In fact in the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" it states "70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here." The article also says that Heidrun Walter, a mother of two, was always tense when she was behind the wheel and so she gladly gave up her vehicle and now lives a very happy life in Vauban. In Paris they banned driving due to the increase of smog, they planned which days the people could drive on. In the article "Paris bans driving due to smog" it states "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home, The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." At first many people refused and were fined 22-euro ($31) but the people who didn't helped lighten up the smog. In Bogota, Colombia, the people have a car free day where they walk or ride their bikes to the places they need to go but there are still buses and cabes that the people can take. If the people were to take their own car they would be fined $25.  In the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" it states "The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s." The article also says that millions of colomibians have biked, hiked, skated, and rode on buses to work. In America the people are driving less, buying fewer cars and getting fewer license. The article "The end of the csr culture" states "As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." The reason why the percentage is so low is beacuse of the cash-strapped, the americans couldn't affored to buy new cars.

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The topic has came up latley about "Diverless Cars." some people agree to this idea, some don't. Some people belive this idea is great for people who want to relax a little bit on a road trip, some people says that this car isn't able to identify possible road hazards. People today are having a big dispute over cars that drive themselfs. Some belive this idea is great, but I don't. Driverless cars are not able to adapt to dangerous road condititons like rain or heavy snow fall. In some cases while the car is driving, and an animal scurries onto the road in the middle of the night, and the car does not see it, while your not paying attention, there is an accident. When there is road construction, and you manually have to drive you car, and lets face it, everywhere you go there is constuction. You'll basically be driving the car yourself. Another reason as to why the car is a bad idea, if someone else hits your car, and one of these very expensive sensors break, then you might as well buy yourself a bike. Another example as why the car is a bad idea, is that humans will get to lazy, they will lean the seat back and think "This car will drive itself, no need to work." and when there is an accident it will be the person who thought "Nothing can go wrong." fault. In recap, I do not belive this world is ready for the driverless car, simpily because anything can happend at any time, and the simple fact is that they are to expensice and humans can not be trusted to pay attention to their surronding.

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I don't think it would be worth the money to put in technology in a classroom to see what a student is feeling, because not everyone wants everyone knowing what they are feeling. What if that student just wants to be left alone? When I'm mad I don't want everyone knowing what's going on, I'd rather not talk to anyone unless I ask them for help about the situation. If they did put the technology in a classroom to tell what every child is feeling everyone would know each others business. In the article it stated that it could help teachers know if the child is bored or confused, but does that child want the student to call him or her out on it? Probably not because if that student is struggling in class they don't want everyone knowing, if that student is struggling or confused then they need to ask the teacher at a seperate time if they don't want everyone to know how they struggle academically. Not everyone is a emotional person they don't know how to share their feelings but they probably don't want some machine telling them how they feel and how they are feeling by how they look. Because anyone can fake a smile or a happy moment, but if that student doesn't know how to express themselves without a machine telling them, then they most likley don't want everyone else knowing what they're going through. Technology has advanced majorly in just the past few years, but we are humans and we need to be able to show our emotions without a computer telling us how were feeling by how we look on that day. We all have bad days and we all have good days but on the bad day if that computer tells me I'm depressed then I could believe that and my mental state not be stable anymore because that computer told me I was depressed based on how I looked and felt one day. We as humans need to learn how to express ourselves without using an emoji on our keyboards. Technology has made our lifes easier but again has changed too many things in todays world.

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Every year, the residents of Bogota, Colombia celebrate a trending event known as Car-Free Day. This skyrocketing campaign has led to as many as 7 million people giving up cars for the day, which reduces air pollution, promotes exercise, and avoids traffic jams. This may seem like a strange phenomenon, but reduced driving is spreading all around the globe. Just to name an example, there are multiple towns who have also caught on; such as Vauban, Germany where only as many as 30 percent own cars. There are multiple advantages to reducing cars from our lifestyles. A very large pro is how much we can reduce Greenhouse gasses. Not too long ago, there was a long span of near-record amounts of air pollution in Paris, France. In an attempt to fix this issue, they came up with a plan. The scheme was decided to order Even-numbered license plates to leave their cars behind for the day, or be fined $31 (22 Euros). Odd-numbered cars would be told the same would apply for them the following day. Unfortunately, approximately four thousand people were fined, with twenty seven others having their cars impounded. just after five days, the smog was so thick that it rivaled one of the most polluted areas in the world; Beijing, China. along with the weather, much of the smog was blamed by the massive amounts of diesel fuel that France uses. Many complained, but after accepting free public transit, and exceptions for hybrids and electric cars, the smog cleared enough for the French to take back the ban. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the united states," Claims Elisabeth Rosenthal, who wrote "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars". In response to some of these things, a recently finished city in Germany has completely car-free roads (with a few exceptions). This is because of a few reasons. Firstly, Vauban, Germany doesn't have any parking, driveways, or garages. the only place you can park is in either of the two large parking garages that you would buy a $40,000 parking space for, along with your home. This has resulted in seventy percent of the population of Vauban to be without cars, and about fifty seven selling theirs to move here. Suburbs like these have been trending all across Eurpope. In return, this has provied the community with less traffic, much less pollution, and the creation of denser cities so it's better for walking to and from the shops and resturuants on mainstreet. According to Heidrun Walter, who is a mother of two, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." With more walking, and less sitting at the wheel, this can also provide more social interactions. Many people now ride bikes together to and from work, and there is less stress from traffic jams due to packed streets. This way, enviroments are more relaxed, open. Even for those who don't give up driving completely, now carpool and travel in groups to reduce gas use and air pollution. This trend has even begun to spread to the United states, the car capital of the world. Although the Vehicle's immense popularity, the density of usage here has finally started to decline. Teens are getting their licenses later, and not even getting a car until much after. This is also a good thing for multiple reasons. There are less reckless teenagers roaming the streets, and much safer roads, along with the help of Carpooling, there is much less gas being used, and more excercise when people decide to ride their bikes or walk places. There are numerous reasons we should reduce driving, Let it be reducing air pollution, promoting exercise, and avoiding traffic jams. even if we take small steps, we can create a much healthier lifestyle with just a small change.

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I think this techonology that reads the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it could help others understand someones feeling. These expressions are coming from the muscles in your body especially your face if you are using a lot of expression. "Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crows's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." This shows me ways you an figure out someones face expressions if they are serious or not. And it helps you out if they need any help. You could also tell by their muscles if you want to believe them or are they lieing just to get people to like them. This technology could also be helpful because it could tell in school if you actually get it or you don't. "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. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The same techonology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-- for video games or video surgery." This makes more sense why this techonolgy also could be helpful. This helps students more help and effort on their school works by using this techonology to notify a teacher because a lot of students doesn't want the whole class to know that they don't understand something. This expression technology could help us understand our family or friends around us. "Humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by thr look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually secribing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions." This shows me that this techonolgy can help you around your family or friends because they might be feeling a negative way and you should uderstand that by suing this techonology so you can understand more and make them feel better; same as if they are feeling positive you might need to continue having that positive vibe and you know that by using this techonology. I agree with this technology because it shows someones feelings by telling through their muscles. You can tell if they need help or they aren't feeling good you can tell through a technology and you could help them out. This technology is a lot helpful in schools because it makes teachers understand more if students get it or not and they could help them out.

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To maintain driving and caring for a car takes a lot of money and a lot of time. According to Source 1, Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". Having a means of your own personal transportation does not mean happiness. Yes many teenagers will say that having a car and being able to drive is their freedom but driving is not a necessity and the positives that come from limiting car usage are much greater than having the need for a car. One negative of driving is greenhouse gases. To simply reduce the amount of greenhosue gases that someone's car tailpipes produce, reduce the amount of driving in that area. Elisabeth Rosenthal, in Source 1, states that "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe"  so if a city were to offer alternative transportation, like public buses or bicycles, that percentage would drastically reduce. There are certain conditions in which many people purposefully do not go out and drive because it is so dangerous. According to Robert Duffer, in Paris, "Congestion was down 60 percent..., after five-days of intensifying smog". If smog can keep people off of the roads and decreases the amount of congestion in that city, imagine what people choosing not to drive could do. That could most likely decrease that amount of congestion even more. With less people on the road, the roadways would become clearer or less crowded. To ensure that less people would be driving, an alternative transportation system would have to be given. Driving costs lots of money so what do people love more than money? To get things for free. Everyone likes money but no one enjoys spending any. Robert Duffer states, "Public transit was free of charge form Friday to Monday". Even though the transportation was free for only four days, four days of not driving your personal car would still greatly decrease the amount of air pollution and money spent out of your pocket. Another major problem with everyone using their own cars would be the amount of traffic. With fewer cars there would ultimately be fewer traffic. According to Andrew Selsky, in Bogota, Colombia "...millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day, leaving the streets of the capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams". Less traffic jams means that people would reach their destinations quicker. If there were no traffic jams then people would not only reach their destinations quicker but they would reach them extremely quicker. Andrew Selsky later states that hiking, biking, skating, or taking a bus are also all "good opportunities to take away stress and lower air pollution". With less people using cars and roadways to commute, Andrew Selsky writes in Source 3 that "Parks and sports centers also haved bloomed throught a city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping dristics have cropped up". As this explains, less cars being used means less money being used and less roadways so there is an abundance of money and space to build new recreational buildings for shopping, eating, playing, and just having fun. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal in Source 4, Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, proposed partnering to "create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resourced, lower emissions and improve safety'". This statement from Bill Ford pretty much explains the whole idea of limiting car usage to be one of the best things for this world righ now. So many people commute by car and if just maybe once or twice a week absolutely nobody were to use a car, we would be able to reduce greenhouse gases, conserve our natural resource, save time by no traffic jams, and so many more.

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Driverless cars are indeed a thing of the future but are they really practical? We should stick with human operated vehicles instead of computer operated vehicles. If we switch to computer operated vehicles, soon we will no longer teach generations to drive, we will begin to rely on these computers to take us everywhere. This will turn into a problem when something happens to the computer in the car and we are left in a car that we dont know how to drive. Peoples lives could become endangered becasue they are clueless on how to drive. Also, if a person does get imjured would it be the manufacturers fault or the person driving the car manufacturer. Legal battles will erupt and new laws will have to be made. Convenience is also an issue, in order to get from one destination to another you will have to input it in the car, but what if you need to make a pit stop or you get hungry, you have to completely reroute the car and try to find the address of the nearest gas station or resturant. When your driving by yourself you can make those decisicions quickily and you can drive around and look instead putting in a specific location. Driverless cars are not a good idea they will cause confusion and can inconvienent at times.

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I feel the elctoral college is overpowered and isnt neccsary Ifeel that the Electoral college is not a place its a process. The Founding fathers established it in the constitutional as a compromise between the election pf president by vote. See the elctoral college consists of 538 elctors. A majority of 270 elctoral votes is required. To Begin,Each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. these electors are generally chosen by the canidate's political, but as usaul state laws vary on how elcetors sare selected and what thier responsibilities are.... See the presidential election is held every four years on the tueday after novemvber, but what people dont know when you vote for canidates you are actually voting for your canidate's elcetors. Most feel its "winner takes-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidental canidate; but it's states like Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of "proprtional representation." After the presidential elction, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment"  listing all of the canidates who ran for president in your state, as well as the names of their respective electors Under the electoral college system voters not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. the pickers of first place depends on the state, maybe even state conventions, all these things can help inprove the voting polls and make them quicker

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if everyone knew what you were feeling all the time? It may not sound ideal to use it everywhere however it could drasticly help improve the education of students. The facial action coding system would be very important in a classroom, giving the teacher vauable feedback. This new technology would allow teachers to improve class by keep students engaged and better helping them succeed. The facial action coding system gives teachers valuable feedback about their student."Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness"(Alto 4). The information these basic emotions would provide to a teacher could have significant impacts on the classroom. Knowing what the student is feeling during a certain activity or presentation during the class, the teacher would be better equiped to help their students. Teachers would be able to better meet the needs of the student to better help them learn and do well in their classroom. Implomenting this amazing tehnology into the everyday classroom could help teachers could educate their students better while keeping them engaged. Having access to information about how the student are responding to a particular activity allow teachers to improve class by keep students engaged."By weighing the different units the software can even identify mixed emotion"(Alto 5). having the information of a students emotions could prove vital for a teacher by making their job significantly easier. A teacher would easily identify if the students enjoy certain topics or not to help them better prepare for the future. Having emotional feedback from the student can help teachers better prepare students more easily. With the vital information the facial action coding system provides teachers are now better able to help their students succeed. "Whoever though that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotion"(Alto 9). Having a computer to read a students expressions could drastically make a teachers life easier in the classroom. The everyday teacher would be better equiped to teach their students. Teachers would know when their students are not engaged or distracted. They would be able to keep thier student on track and keep them focused and productive in class. This next generation technology will give teachers the information to help improve the students learning experience while keeping them happy. The facial action coding system is a valuable resource for teacher that could help them improve the student learning experience. The teachers would be able to keep students more engaged and better prepare students to succeed. The emotion reading technology has the potential to make a teachers job easier and increase the students learning experience. The benefits the facial action coding system provides to the education system far excede any negatives.

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So when Luke came back to China he saw even more homeless people than before. So he thought he would have to make a change to that. So when he was setting up a program for conviencing people to help the homeless Don tried to call and have him come to America and and Luke said, "Don, I can't I have to help the people in China because I see little kids and grown people starving on the street and that hurts me." So then when he had it set up a lot of people came to support it and Luke convienced a lot of people, but also a lot of people not to help. So the applications to sign up there was a fee of ten dollars to help with the grocceries and that was why even more people did not join him. So when he saw a lot of people without forms he stopped everybody and had a long speech about helping the poor and imagine if you were in their shoes and telling them they didn't want to be like that. So then almost all the people clapped and then walked in and got a form and asked him where to start. He said," Just if you see a homeless person, help him out. So then after he rode his boat to America and helped Don out he came back to China to see how his SeaGoing Cowboys program was going. When he came to China he was very happy of how everybody had a house and job and nobody was starving. So he set up a meeting and thanked everybody who supported that program and told them they did a wonderful job and he almost cired of how much he was happy. So when he rode his boat back to his home town he told Don and Luke's family about what happened and they said they should do that in America and they did and it worked out just as great as China. His program became national because how good it was and he said it was all the people who helped out he said, "What I love about it was that they didn't have to do but how they did, it just makes me warm inside and very happy." So just seeing homeless people on the street made and making a program had this much of a bennifit. Luke felted great about what he did.

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Could driverless cars prevent less accidents and be more safe for other drivers? Driverless cars could prevent less accidents for drunk drivers, texting and driving, and other people who are on the road. Other drivers on the road get in accidents and get killed from the people in the other car. The other person could be drunk and hit them. or they could be texting and get into an accidnet with other people. But if we have driverless cars we could prevent those people from getting behind the wheel and being in danger of killing other people for there stupid mistakes. It wouldnt only save the life behind the wheel but it will help save thousands of more. thousands and thousands of people die every year from texting and driving. They have made apps on your phone to prevent you from it, there are commercials to stop you, and there is even a law now for it. But it still seems like they can't prevent this from happening. But with driverless cars i feel like the number of accidnets for texting and driving will decrease. It could just be a safer and easier way for people. Drinking and driving is one of the most talked about and one of the biggest leading casues in accidents. If you got caught drinking and driving and you get pulled over you can go to jail for it. They have all these ways to try and prevent you from doing it. They even have sad commercials on television for it. But if we have driverless cars than it would be a much safer place on the road. there wont be thousands of accidents due to drunk driving now. and it will save not jsut your life but many others as well If we could prevent drinking and driving and texting and driving by using driverless cars i think it would be a better world and it would save thousands of lives in the world

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It can be valuabe because it will keep students from getting bored and falling asleep or not paying attention to actully staying on track. In paragraph six he says that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." He also says that "Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication and computers need to understand that to."In paragah 5 he says that"The computer can even be used on paintings such as the "Mona Lisa." In paragah 1 he says "The Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry'. Could any normal person say that about the Mona Lisa I don't think anyones possibly of doing that. Therefore I think that reading the emotional expresions of students in a classroom is valuable becasue it could change the way students and other people learn and think about school They'll be alot more motivated and more focused on their work because the computer is adjusting to how they feel weither if its beening bored or confused it could modify itself to make it not as boring or have the student actully understand it. Its also changing the future if technogly such as video game chartchers and video surgey its making their faces more exoressive which gives gamers a sense of knowledge on how the chartcher is feeling about the certian suitation their in or by giving gamers a certain type of feeling toward that chartcher like their there in the action or have a feeling of like what they would do in the situation or the game.

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Everything is not what it seems! Everything is not always what it seems!People often make the mistake of misunderstanding what things actually are!They really dont see the big picture! They only care about the significance of the object, or believes something entirely different! On May 24,2001,an amusing discovery was made!While NASA's Viking 1 space craft was circling the planet Mars, it spotted shadowy likeness of a humanface!This was spotted from a region of Mars called Cydonia.This has been around since 1976, it was also another picture taken by a Viking 1. A little while later, NASA chose to reveal the image for everyone to see!They called the image huge rock formation" because they believed that's what it was and how it formed.Soon after, the image began attracting attention. The image became a pop icon it has been included in a Hollywood film,in ,magazines,radio talk shows,and grocery stores! Some people think and say that this "Face" is bona fide evidence that there is life on Mars.These people are conspiracy theorists.Few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, that's when Cydonia became a priority for NASA.On April 5,1988, when Mars Global surveyor flew over Cydonia, the team snappe da picture ten times better than the other Viking images.The conclusions were no aliens at all!What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa,which are landforms common around the America West. In conclusion, the "face" on Mars are just rock formations with illusions and shadows. If the image was really an alien artifact NASA would have been doing more research on the planet plus, they send all types of robots, or ships, and surveyors!

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I crossed the Atlantic Ocean over ten times. I crossed the Pacific twice to help people who were struggling from World War II. The article "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" writtten by Peggy Reif Miller was not only a story for encouraging people who are down and need to do something, but it also gives the main charcter's point of veiw too. Miller tells us how daring the adventure can be over seas, but what I tell is totally different. When I was over seas I saw many beautiful things. Miller may thought it was scary, but I assure you it is not. When I was out of high-school I was working two jobs. I worked at a grocery store and at a bank. Then my friend Don Reist gave me a call asking if I wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat. It was an opportunity of a life time. I said yes. It was 1945 and as you know World War II was going on. In August 1945, I received orders to report to New Orleans. We arrived the 14 of August, the day the Pacific War ended. I turned 18 before arriving in Greece. I could become apart of the army. The board saw I was apart of the cattle-boat trip. So they told me to stay on it. I was fine with it. By the time I discharged in 1947, I made nine trips. The most of any Seagoing Cowboy. Maybe one day you could become the Seagoing Cowboy to make the most trips. Maybe you could become apart of the army. If you become apart of the Seagoing Cowboy you can accomplish many things. I told you it's not scary. Your making exhilerating things happen. The cattle-boats were an unbelievable opportunity for me. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. Seeing the Acropolis was very special though. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. It was extrordinary! I was done with the tours and we were crossing the Atlantic from the easten coast to the United States of America. I was on duty of cleaning stalls and feeding the animals. I was watch man for one night. I was making my report to captain when I slipped on the ladder. I most fell into sea, but I recovered. I had a few cracked ribs, but I was fine. I had time to have fun on board. I played many games with my friends. Some games we played were volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. A Seagoing Cowboy kind of sounds fun now doesn't it. You could have so much fun with your friends and other new people. You can have fun with the animals. The big part of being a Seagoing Cowboys is getting to say this, "I'm grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." This awareness stayed with me. So you got the point of veiw from other people like Miller and people who don't like the army, but now you got my point of veiw. People think it's scary or dangerous. Yes, it's dangerous, but fun. Not only do you get to help people, but you get to see amazing veiws and you get to encourage other people to do great things. I've crossed the Atlantic Ocean over ten times, I've crossed the Pacific twice. Can you do the same or something even better?

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In the article ''Unmasking the Face on Mars'' NASA talks about how a spacecraft was circling the planet mars snapping possible landing sites for another spacecraft. When it suddenly spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face it seemed to be smiling back at the cameras. The likeness face of a human most of been a rock formation as said in the article or a landing of an spacecrft or even from a take off but there so no such thing as aliens that would do that or they don't even exists. They even mentioned in the artilce how the cameras on board of MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face clearly but skeptics a different thing. That pobably aliens makings were being hidden by the haze. Which were not likely it could of been the air,because the human like face was located in the north martian latitude where it was already winter. It could of been the breeze from the snow. Who would think that aliens would do that if they knew we were going to spot it evenutly. The picture that was taken in 2001 was more bigger and more proseize on what we would of been looking at then it was in 1976. The picture that was taken in 2001 made people see that there was nothing to worry about and that it was just a rock looking like a face. People even made it famous without knowing what it was at the time but then people saw the picture takened in 2001 that they had nothing be afraid of or suprised.

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Humans communicate in numerous ways. A popular form of communication humans use is emotional communication. The facial expressions humans convey can show their reactions and emotions clearly. New technology has now changed the way we can communicate with computers. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the Facial Action Coding System technology is valuable because it can help boost morale, track likes and dislikes to modify lessons, and adapt to different learning styles. A big advantage of the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System is the boost in morale it will create. According to the article, the "Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them" (D'Alto). The article lists the indicators the computer searches for when the user is smiling, and if the reader follows these steps, they could be found smiling. In a simple action such as watching television, one may find themselves accidentally mimicking the facial expressions of the actors. Scenarios such as this and the facial recognition can boost the happiness of the user and those around them spectacting. Because of the boost in mood and technology, students will be excited about learning and that can make all the difference. One of the handy uses for the Facial Action Coding System is determining the user's likes and dislikes. This technology can be used during a lesson or activity and can "recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" (D'Alto). By determining the emotions of the user, the computer can alter the lesson to make it most effective and get the most out of the lesson. Using this feedback is essential in today's society to keep students entertained. Lastly, an effective reason for using the Facial Action Coding System is to appeal to various students' communication style. Not all students are outgoing and vocal when it comes to expressing their education and struggles. In the article, Dr. Huang says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" (D'Alto). Student users will now be able to have a personal experience when learning online. Because the computer can recognize likes and dislikes, stated in the previously, the student will not feel left out or behind. The computer will match the learning style that is as unique as their communication style. Students will not have to go out of their way or feel embarassed to tell the teacher their concerns, the computer will fix them, making an improvement in today's classroom. The Facial Action Coding System mentioned in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto is valuable is classrooms because it can help boost morale, track likes and dislikes to modify lessons, and adapt to different learning styles. Having this technology accessible to students is beneficial to their education. Emotions are something everyone has in common and from new breakthroughs, humans can use them to improve. Modernizing education is as simple as a smile.

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Throughout the years, in fact between the years 2002-2014, numerous newspapers and reporters have reported that having the lack of cars can actually benefit the earth and its population. Also, they say, there are advantages to them. but what exactly are these advantages that could prosper so many car loving fans? Well, there are actually 2 advantages of people would love to have:1, People are much happier and 2, the stress that afflicts many today are gone and also parks are blooming throughout one city because of the lack of the automobiles. So let's consider these wonderful advantages of not having any car. First, People are much happier without cars than they are with cars.  According to the New York times, one mother who is a media trainer and the mother of two reports as to saying: "I'm much happier this way." Her Name is Heidrun Walter and she lives in an area of Germany called Vauban. Vauban is a city where 'street parking,driveways and home garages are generally forbidden.' If to enjoy this kind of happiness in a world full of grim people, who wouldn't want to take up not driving a car? Second, The stress that people have today are gone and at one city parks are blooming. According to the news reporter Andrew Selsky, from the Seattle times, he writes these words spoken by one businessman in Bogota, Colombia: "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress." Mr. Selsky also writes this about the parks blooming throughout the city of Bogota:"Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city." The Advantages of not driving a car are pretty great. In conclusion, the advantages of not having a car to drive are very numerous. another reason for not having to drive a car is that of pollution. and the list could go on. So as has been shown, People are happier and stress-free without having to drive cars. So may you ever be happier if you don't have to drive cars.

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Driveless cars would be something wonderful as most people would say. Driveless would be a good thing to have but it could also cause a lot of problems. It might seem good now as you sit and think about it, but you also have to think about other things that come along with it. Driveless has a lot of things to it to think about. They also have many positive and negative aspects. When it comes to driveless cars I'm against the development. To me driveless may seem or sound nice but I think that they will cause many problems as time goes on. One thing is from reading the passage it says that the cars are driveless but you still have to pay attention because when the car isn't able to do a certain thing, it may need human help. This a major problem to me because people don't pay attention to the road now with cars that they have to drive, so this isn't going to make anything better than it was. Another that will happen is that this could lead to many and more deaths if people aren't serious and cautious about what they are doing. These two things are major t reason why there shouldn't be driveless cars, but there are definetly many more. Driveless cars isn't the way to go if you want things to get better. I think we should keep it the way it is and have human contolled cars. From what movies and television show, driveless car are our future. I just hope some people sit down and think before it happens.

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Can you see us having driverless cars in the future? I can see it but i'm not fully for it. There are many problems that would come with these type of cars. But I know it would be so awesome to have these in our future. It would be like a dream come true, it would be like a reality of the movie "Back to the Future". It would immeditately affected everyone's life and to be honest, I don't even think most people would have the money for these "driverless" cars. It would also effect us politically, our environment, and also our economy. Most people probably think this would be a good thing and so did I but the whole process of it would absolutely be way too expensive. This is a life changing movement and I believe it will happen but probably not any time soon. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author said that they have cars probably as smart as they can get them but what about smart-roads? They would have to work on all roads all over the United States and how long do you think that would take? Think about it. Manufacturers still havent even figured out the whole driverless part. You would still have to be alert and sometimes take over when pulling in and out of driveways or when going through complicated traffic issues. Like navigating through roadwork or accidents. But besides all the negative aspects of driverless cars, there are many positive things. It would be better and energyless when traveling from place to place. Google has cars that drive independently under certain circumstanes since 2009. Their cars are said to have driven more than half a million miles without a crash but still aren't truly driverless. "Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of drivng in autopoilet 90 percent of the time" says the author of the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming". These cars seem like it would take a long time to be released based on laws and what not. But they might actually be worth it in the long run. Maybe after years of them being out and safe, everyone worldwide will have these surprising driverless cars. People might actually love them and think why couldn't they been out sooner. Maybe my opinion will change after the years. Who really knows what will happen, if this will turn into a disaster or will they become very successful and amazing. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have their driverless cars by 2020. Do you think its possible? yeah, i think not. Even though theres so many good things about these so called driverless cars, theres still so many problems that can affect us and the whole idea of these cars. We really don't know how safe they are or anything. There's so many things that have to change around us for this to even happen, such as laws and our environment. When these cars come out they will be very over priced for the average minimum wage worker. How do they think this will work? Just to change the laws and our roads for a couple people that can actually afford these cars when they come out. There's stuff they still need to think about. But automakers are continuing their work and they believe the problems ahead will be solved. Only time can tell now, We're only in 2016. We'll see what the future holds for us.

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I think using technology to read students emotional expression in the classroom won't be a good idea because it will make many students feel uncomftorable,ruin the teacher lesson plans and takes away talking and communicating with other people. Many students will feel uncomftorable having a computer in their face all day monitoring their emotions. It will become hard to stay focus in class. They will try changing their emotions and facial expressions on purporse just to get a reaction out of the computer and that can mess up a lot of things with the program and the teacher. Teaching a lesson and knowing how the students are feeling about it is good but it has a few cons. It's great to tell whether their struggling or not paying attention but it can also be embarassing. If your teaching a lesson and a student is making a confused faced,the lesson is ruined and you have to help that student out and make them feel bad for having a confused expression. Talking to friends and family or the people you love is how everyone in the world communicates. For example if someone is having a bad day they wouldn't want to talk for awhile and when they do it's with a friend. Or if someone just found out their relative just died they would want to speak to someone outside of class because they know their education is much more important,or someone can even be overly depressed trying to work in class and get the best grades possible.Since they have computers to know how their feeling it takes away the communication of speaking to another human being if their upset about something and don't want to show it. In conclusion haing computers in a classroom to tell how students are feeling is not a good idea. It makes them uncomfotorable like a computer can just tell everyone how their feeling.It ruins teacher classes to know when a student is confused about their less. And it exposes their feelings their having in class about things going on at home.

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Nowadays, pedestrians mostly travel by automobiles. It could be a car, a bus, or even a plane. But there is always a way to get from one place to another. What if this way of traveling wasn't right for this planet? After all, vehicles can cause global warming. Which isn't a good thing, It can make alot of things go wrong. But if we know this, why do we still carry on with our daily lives to drive vehicles that is a danger to our world. Vauban, A city in Germany, Is a place for people who dont appreciate this cause. Vauban is a "car-free" city which houses five thousand fivehundred and fifity-five residents. The city itself was finish being built in 2006. Basically, its a city to separate suburban life from auto use. This movement is called "smart planning". The stores are closer to the towns where people live in, but more like being walking distance. Paris once had suffered for a few days because of the cause of pollution. The troops stationed there had enforced a partial law to ban driving, to clear the air of the global city. On a Monday, each motorists with even-numbered license plates were given two options. To leave their cars at home or suffer a twenty-two euro fine. This rule was also appointed to the odd-numbered plates the following day. Arond four thousand drivers were fined, and their vehicles were impounded. They say that Diesel fuel was to blame. The colder nights and warmer days had caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. France has a policy that favors diesel over gasoline. In Bogota, Columbia, There is a program that has been set up to spread out to other countries. The program is where citizens of their own country ( Or where they currently live), decide to find other means of travel instead driving their own vehicle to work. They could hike, ride a bike, or skate to work during this "Day Without Cars". This is the third year in a row that they have perfomed this task, with the acception for taking buses or taxi's if needed be. The goal of this program is to promote an alternative transportation and to reduce smog. People who violate this program are fined with twenty-five dollars. Hence, Not everyone says or thinks that taking a walk instead of driving is a bad idea. A few countries accept it and so do small towns in bigger continents, who would rather drive than ride. Overall, this is helping us out in many ways. Global warming has been getting worse in the past few days. But if everyone could quit driving their vehicles every now and then. It would lower the pollution in the air that we have caused.

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In a suburb city in Germany, people have quit using their cars. Why ? so the communtiy can create denser cities and so people can walk with more space and not worrying about any car accidents that could happen while their walking or driving an automobile. Paris has also banned the use of automobiles so that the air inthe community can perhaps not get too polluted with gas, oil, and other chemicals that damage us. Here a are few advantages people can optain with these new rules and laws. If fewer automobiles are used during day and night, people who walk from work, or ruuning errands can have an easier time breating the less-polluting air. In many locations around the world has residents that don't own or use a car or motorcycle because this can benefit the community by making it safer to walk. I source 4, the passage shares information about percentages of young people that own cars, but rarely use them on a daily basis. Source 3 talks about a couple cities in Colombia declining car use since a variety of people in Colombia have car and motorcycle access, the streets get polluted extremely easy, so residents tried to reduce the amount of smog in the community. My grandfather who live in Cali, Colombia for example, dislikes relying on his car so much to travel places. Many times, he walks to certin locations beacuse he explained to people who lives on his street the damage car oil and gas can effect the communtiy harmfully. To many people, driving cars is the normal way to get to places, but to others, walking is their best option.

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To begin ,  i think that the electoral college is not working. Because under the electoral college system voters dont vote for the president they vote for a slate of electors. And from source two it says that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational , and that many people think that the electoral college should be abolished . Additionally, the electoral college is unfair to voters . Because the winner takes all the systems in each state because candidates dont spend time in the state they know they not going to have a chance to win . And also they dont get to have their ads  every where in every state bcause in Rhode Island and South Carolina voters in 25 of the biggest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad. Plus ,I think that the electoral college dosent work  because voters can not control whom their electors vote for . And sometimes voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate because this system is so confusing and bad that its to the point that the electoral college needs to be abolished . Also i think that the that electoral college does not work because it is very outdated and things have changed in this world and that we need a new system so our citizens can choose on how they want the worlds or government system to be like as years pasts bye. Plus many have said and argued that the Electoral College method of selecting a president may turn off pontential voters for a candidate. Why should the Electoral college be abolished ? Because we as people should have a choice to select a president without having someone to select for us after we selected the president we want to control our country. And we shouldnt have to worry about if i electors choose the right president for us  because it states that ''Some electors use your votes for them so that either choose who they want to become president or use your votes to support them if they want to run for president''. And to be honest i really dont think this system is organized correct because for this system to be good they would need for all elections to be equal and for electors not to use our votes and pick who they want like some do because they have no proof that electors are choosing the people that we want to be come president and to protect the United states. To conclude ,  i think that the electoral college is not working. Because of lack of equal rights and votes towards who should be the president of the United States Of America.  

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Did you know that mars was created naturaly as a natural landform? Does Mars have a simular landform as Earth? If aliens has created Mars, where are they now? The passage Unmasking the face on Mars has the answers to all of those. I believe that Mars was created as natural landform just like Earth. It has simular landforms as Earth. Mars has a dry sandy desert like climate simular to Earth. Except Earth has alot of different types of climates. If Aliens has made Mars why did they make it simular to Earth's desert climate? If aliens did make the climate for Mars it propbably would have been way different than a desert climate. Earth was made naturally and has naturally made several climates. The desert climate is one. Aliens could not have possibly made Mars because if they did where did they go? Why did they leave? They probably would have stayed and lived on Mars if they had created it. Mar's desert climate has very simular landforms as Earth's desert climate. Garvin from the passage Unmasking the face on Mars has said ''It reminds me most of middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho''. That was from the 12th paragraph. Garvin has said this while he was looking at the pictures of the landforms. In paragraph 12 of the passage Unmasking the Face on Mars says '' What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa---- landforms common around the American West''. That's another example the Mar's climate has simular landforms as Earth's desert climate. Scientist have said that Earth was like venus at first and then came together and formed on what it is like now naturally. Aliens could have not possibly built Mars. Mars was probably created simular to how Earth was created. Scientists have even said that along time ago on Mars there use to be water there because they have found spots on mars simular to Earth that rivers run are running on. Now it looks dried up and something has happen to Mars to where it turned Dry and desert like. Earth was the same way along time ago before humans existed. It was a hot fire lava vocanic type of climate until Earth has changed and made several climates and water. Earth was made naturally and by comparing how Earth was made and the simular features it has that Mars has I believe that Mars was created naturally like Earth. If aliens did create Mars for the simular features that Earth has why did they choose that climate?

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The planet of Venus is considered to be a danger to humans given the conditions it is in. In the article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that depsite the dangers presented by Venus, it would be a worthy pursuit to study the planet. The author helpfully establishes multiple key pieces of evidence supporting this claim such as Venus may have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Venus is the nearest option for a planetary visit, and trying to get to Venus is considered a challenge that could help humans prepare for even more extremely challenging environments. In paragraph two, the author states "Often refered to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest distance too." This quote, along with this quote, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." showcase exactly how alike Venus may have been to Earth. This could be helpful in studying the possibilities of what may eventually happen to planet Earth. Not many planets are as close to Earth as Venus is and that is a crucial point when the amount of time space travel can take is taken into consideration. Humans have accomplished and gained much knowledge about space travel since the race to space began. Scientists' have meticulously studied everything they could learn about space and can even estimate how much time it would take to travel to different places in space. This is crucial when you take into consideration how much time, effort, and money goes into space travel. With Venus being so close to the Earth, and all those factors taken into consideration, it seems to be an obvious and intelligent choice to make that humans should not give up on travelling and studying Venus. More than anything, it would be a wasted opportunity. While the idea of being able to study Venus seems daunting, perhaps it is only the lack of courage that is holding NASA back from doing it. Curiosity is a natural thing that all humans are born with, and it never goes away. This is relevant because with curiosity, the gain of knowledge can go hand in hand with it. Without curiosity, not even half of the things humans have done and developed would be possible. Shying away from Venus is doing more harm than good, and it will only serve to produce hesitancy at the sight of any challege. The author of the Article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," brings up many key points of evidence as to why Venus should be explored and studied, despite the dangers of it. Among those are, it is the closest planet to Earth relatively speaking, Venus is the closest distance, and the study of the planet Venus brings up a unique challenge to the human race that backing down from would be detrimental. All of the key points supports the author's idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.

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I dont think the facial action coding sytem is worth all the trouble of designing. It can supposibly detect emotional expressions from facial recognition. But what if that person really isnt that emotion? Many people can just fake being happy by smiling or they can act like their sad just by putting on a fake face. You can only truely know how they are really feeling by the way they act, or if you know this person very well. Why let a computer tell you that your sibling or somebody is actually moderatlely happy when they may be really depressed but doesnt want to show it. Instead of the computer scanning faces, why not have something that takes time to observe the way people act and feel. Theres no guarantee that Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy. What if she was just smiling for the painting? Theres no way a computer can solve peoples emotions like that. It would take way more work and progress to accuratly see how a person feels. And until something of the sort is designed, we should stick to the people who help with the people having problems with emotions and can tell whats wrong with them, like therapists or in some cases doctors. Anyone can just say theyre happy, and all they have to do is smile. Thats all it takes to fool an expensive computer thats honestly worthless. I think this is a human problem that technology cant really help out with that much. Emotions are a human problem that needs to be dealt and helped with human to human, not human to machine.

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I think that driveless cars would be alot more convenint if you dont feel like driving or if you just want to be lazy, but way to much stress. what if your an elder and you have no clue how to work the car. I feel the more we keep upgrading to electronics the easier it is for something to go wrong. You never truely know when or if your vehicle could malfunction. What if your on the auto ban and your going 120mph and your vehivle just stops? if you are going about 120mph then other people are going 120mph if not more. you could get rear ended and going as fast as 120mph that would defintely kill you. Everyone only thinks of the idea of having a driveless car like "oh my that has to be so cool and awedome i wont even have to do anything". wrong you still have to pay attention and be there for when roads are getting worked on so you can navigate your way through it. the even tell us in the passage "they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out if driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating theough roadwork or accidents" there not all as great as what people make them out to be. If we stick to the basic do it your self then we know we can control it beacause we would feel comfortable and we would know the basics. Maybe im wrong maybe it would work and be more simple for people, But think about would you ever truely trust a car that can drive it's self?

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There are plenty of pros and cons when it comes to driving computer manufactured cars. The driverless carsacan be very helpful for someone who may not be the best driver, needs a break from driving, or enjoys the extra features the smartcar comes with. This car became popular in 2008 due to their amazing ability to drive itself. there are severa different brandsof cars that have this ability. Not to mention that a smartcar takes half the amount of fuel today's car take. Smartcars are also much more felxible than a bus. Forthe logest time, self-driven cars have been a dream to people. They used thesecars in movies. Howver, Google has made it possible for sefl-driving cars to become a reality. When I thinkof driverless cars, I think of taking my eyesoff hte road and letting the car do alal the work. From accelerating to breaking and even steering the car to where I want it to go. However, I would also be wrried the whole car ride. In myhead there wouldbe a million different senerios happening. "What if it doesn't stop in time?" "Can it see the woman crossing the street?" I would too worried to drive a d riverless car. Sensors are an important feature for the smartcars. That would be just another worry, however. It could easily breaki in the middle of the highway and not know how close it is to another car.

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The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. It is important to study Venus because it is simular to Earth. It is closest to Earth by density and size. It is difficult to study because it is super hot. NASA is working on a plan to find out more about and explore Venus. Venus is simular to Earth because they have streams like we do on Earth. They also have said there is a chance of life up there. Long ago Venus was probably covered with oceans. Venus has many things like Earth. They still have rocky surfaces and mountains and craters. Venus is also are nearest option for a planitary visit. It is dangerous to be on Venus because it is so hot. Temperatures can average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric oressure is 90 times greater than what we experience. They could have erupting volcanoes and extreme weather. Another thing they could have is super powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning. They have a super thick atmosphere which could be dangerous to get to. NASA is trying to find out things about Venus, so we can get new things to possibly go there in the future. NASA is trying to find something that can withstand the heat of it and stay there for a few hours. They could study the life there and find out about it. They want to get close and they think machines will help them do that. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is simular to Earth. Venus once had oceans like the Earth does now. NASA and scientists are looking into possible ways to explore Venus. This exploration will help find new facts about Venus.

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Will you join UNRRA?Luke bomberger help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more after World War 2. You can help these countries,and get them back on there feet. It would look so much nicer and cleaner. It would be a ludicrous idea not to join,you can help so much people. Trust me you'll be as happy as a kid in a candy store if u do this I help on my aunts Katie's farm as a boy ,and it had prepared me for hard work. On the ship you had to do a lot of things .Like:water the animals,feed the animals. They had to clean the animals stals. It might sound bad,but it's not .It might seem boring as a brick ,but I promis it isnt. Luke had watch duty when he was coming back from talking to the captian he sliped on the ladder on his back side. That had to hurt. He had broke his ribs. He about fell over borad in the dark Alantic Ocean. He found time to have fun on board,especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. Some of their games they played were baseball and vollyball. They also played :tabel tennis ,fencing,boxing,and more. On all these details about the boat,and animals I hope you have decided to join the UNRRA.You dont have to be audacious to join. I know for sure you'll be exubrant when you join. So dont be scared just go for it. So, will you join the UNRRA?

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America's love of cars may soon be spiraling down. With America's car culture seemingly coming to an end, there will be more alternative ways to get to work, school, shopping districts, and etc. As the years come and go by quickly, Americans are buying less cars and obtaining fewer licenses for themselves. The advantages we can recieve by limiting our car usage is that it takes away stress, lowers air pollution, and benefits daily businesses. First, Limiting car usage takes away stress. As businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza states:"It's a good opportunity to take away stress..."  People who no longer own a car will not have to worry as much about their car. Such as the price of gas rising, car payments, and insurance payments. These type of payments every month often put a big dent in a person's wallet. If we take up to the oppurtunity of limiting our car usage, we really won't have to worry about car payments anymore. Plus, being outside in the environment will certainly reduce stress levels almost completely, because we are interacting with others that are waliking and enjoying the the environment outside. In addition to, taking away stress. Limiting car usage will result in lower air pollution. According to Duffer, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." If we limit car usage, the levels of air pollution will dramatically decrease resulting in cleaner air and a healthy environment for us to live in. If we continue to use cars, we are further damaging the air that we breathe everyday and causing people to damage their lungs. Pollution often has chemicals that can harm our breathing and sometimes our lungs. As Americans it is our responsibility to take care of the earth and we are not doing so by constently using our cars. Lastly, limiting car usage benefits daily businesses. Selsky staes: "Parks and sport centers also have bloomed throughout the city; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. If we rely on walking to stores, etc. that are only a block away, it will surely increase the revunue of restaurants and shopping districts. Since the stores are so close to home, we'll be more willing to enter the store and/or restaurant. Increasing businesses revunue also helps the economy, which we desperately need. In conclusion, these advantages that we have gone over in the essay will greatly impact the future of America. Such as,  taking away stress from former car owners, lowering the air pollution so we have a cleaner air to breathe, and beneifiting our daily businesses to increase revunue and better our economy. If we all limit car usage and follow the advantages listed, it will result in a better earth for us to live in.

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Even though the idea of a driverless car is ludicrous, humans continue to test it out. Sergery Brin has contemplated the car for awhile and has been attempting to maunfacture the vehicle. With an idea that very extravagant, the plan itself would take a long process and an expensive amount of money. Though the driverless cars are being built, the vehicles aren't completely driverless and still has more work to be accomplished. Bin has been asked and has thought of the what the driverless car can do, but many people are conflicted about the safety of the car. Over the years technology continues to develop and the driverless cars are now the newer way to entertain the hum race. Google has assisted in making the car and has made it to where the human driver has to be caution. The scientists and manufactured the car to help reduce the percentage of car accidents. The car has been built to help the driver when they are in danger or when they are accelerating, about to brake, etc. When they are about to give the control to the human driver, they signal an alarm of some sort and the driver is then given the wheel. If there is a speed limit over twnety-five mile per hour, the driver will have to keep their hands on the wheel and this will help the driver keep alert. Though the car is built to help on the road and help the drivers, the car can't help with everything. Drivers could happen to fall asleep or be very bored when the car is driving itself and would then cause an issue. If the situation of there being a car accident occurs, someone wouldn't know whether to press charges against the driver or against the manufacturer. The situation of pressing charges to whoever could cause a disruption amongst the people and the businesses. Though the driverless car is in the process of being built, there are new ideas, situations, and ways that the car could do for the human race and the community. With only a few states to test the cars, the tests are limited to see what the cars can drive through. the question of the acr being completely driverless is still unanswered. There are new discoveries that we have yet to find out about the car when it is done and has been thoroughly been tested. Technology has yet to advance with the driverless car.

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You should definately participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Seagoing Cowboys travel to many different countries around the world. There are so many places to visit. It is a great opportunity for people from small towns who don't get out of the house a lot to have a great adventure! If you enjoy helping others, this is the perfect program for you! The Seagoing Cowboys help many countries who need help recovering their food and animals. If you get really bored easily, this is another reason that this is a great program. You are always busy between caring for the animals and helping others! Yes there may be some dangers over sea, but you have to be ready for everything. You also must be prepared to work extra hard! Of course there is some time to have fun! The cowboys can play baseball or volleyball in empty rooms, or they can have ping-pong tournaments. There is also a lot of opportunities to make new friends! If you want adventure and fun, and you enjoy caring for animals and helping others, then join the Seagoing Cowboys today!

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Cars are one of the main causes of air pollution is the United States and the world. If everyone would limit their car usage, one would see all the great benefits of not using a car as much. Limiting car usage helps keep our planet clean and people would be a lot happier. To begin with limiting car usage would help keep our plant clean. In the article, "Paris bans driving due to smog", the author, Duffer, states "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." After this ban was enforced Paris' air was cleared in a less than a week. This proves that one doesn't even have to limit their car usage a lot, even just a little bit helps. In the article, "The End of Car Culture", the author, Rosenthal, claims that Bill Ford, chairman of the Ford Motor Company, wants to create cities in which "pedestrain, bicycle, private cars, commerical and public transportatons traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lowers emmissions and improve safety." This shows that even Bill Ford, the chairman of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, even agrees that limiting car usage would help lower global pollution. On another hand, limiting car usage makes people a lot happier. In the article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", the author, Rosenthal, states "'When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two...." A normal person, a person like everyone else, claims that they're happier without a car, less stressful, imagine what just limiting your car usage would do. In the article, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", the author, Selsky, says "'It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as her rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife." This shows that limiting car usage for just a day, takes away stress and helps the planet. Wouldn't it be nice to have a stress-free day? In conclusion, limiting car usage, even just a little, reduces pollution and causes happiness. One can help themselves, while also helping the planet.

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Hello my name is luke and I am here to invite all of you to join the Seagoing Cowboys Program. When I first joined the program I was so happy. It all started when my friend Don Reist invited me to a boat ride and I could certainly not say no. If you decide to join you will feel great after because you will have this feeling in you that brings joy after helping others. Of course it could be dangerous at sometimes because once on a rainy night I slipped and almost fell off board! I was so happy I was still alive,the bad part was that I could'nt work for a couple of days because i cracked my ribs. Another reason to join the program is because you would feel amazing and after you help someone. Think about how they will look at you not as a stranger but as a friend or maybe even a hero. So that is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Thank you for your time.

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"Venus, which has often referred to as Eart's 'twin,' it is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasnally the closest in distance too." Was stated in the article "The challenge of Exploring Venus". The author argues his point that studying Venus is a wothy pursuit despite the danger it presents by inform the data that collected by different reaserchers. The article first described the climates and the condition on Venus, also how it is different on Earth. " A think atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even moore challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." By giving out more information of a planet that is unknown to audience, it creates a more clear setting of what it is like on Venus. "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals," describes how much hotter it is on Venus and the living condition on that planet gies up more backgrounds. After enough description of cruelty on Venus, it leads to author's point, "If our sister plaet is so inhospitable, why ae scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" He also gave out the reason in the next sentence," because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." In paragraph 4, he states that although Venus has more pressure and extreme hot temperature, there is still some features that are similar to Earth, such as valleys, mountains and craters on the surface of Venus, just like on Earth. In paragraph 5, NASA's data was used as an evidence to prove author's point. Although the temperatures would be still a lot more higher than Earth, but the air pressure woud be close to the sea level on earth when it is at thirty-plus miles above the Venus' surface. This prove that it is survivable for human, just not easy conditions. In the end, author emphases that "venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers it presents" by stating how this study could benefit human. "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." Also he mentioned the study shouldn't be limited by dangers and doubt.

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Dear Mr. Senator, The Electoral College is ruining everything that our fore fathers have worked for! When Americans vote, the majority believe that they are voting for the President of their choice, instead they are voting for a group of people, who will hopefully vote for the candidate they had wanted. The Electoral College is wrong for many reasons, but I'll narrow it down to two for you; People are voting for electors, not the president and electors might not choose the President based off Popular vote. First, The Electoral College is wrong because voters are voting for electors not the President. When voting there are two groups of people voting for the President; the People and members of the Electoral College. Members of the Electoral College are actually choosen by state legislatures, meaning that their can be a point in time where the statre legislature chooses to pick a certain group of people based off of their political party. In 1960 the state legislature almost replaced the electors from the Democratic party; meaning that even if most people voted for Kennedy (the president at the time) he would still not be elected because electors would not vote for someone who was not apart of their party. It's happen before, so who's to say that it won't happen again. Second, electors may or may not choose the President based off Popular vote. Even though if we did base the presidental election off of Poplular vote people might vote based off of region, meaning that most people in the south would vote for someone like Romney, but we have to consider that not everyone in the south would vote for one person. Also it is also true that it electors rarely vote against the Popular vote, but it is possible that the majority of the 538 electors will vote against the people. In conclusion, The Electoral College should be terminated because People are voting for electors, not the president and electors might not choose the President based off Popular vote. In 1960 the state legislature almost replaced the Electoral group, meaning that the Popular vote would'nt even matter against the Electoral College. Also the Electoral College may acknowledge the Popular vote, but still vote for a different candidate. If you do choose to help me terminate the Electoral College, I say we try to get help from the guy who actually played the "Terminator" I heard that he is part of the government system in California now so he could probably help us.

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th author supports this idea by giving me information on how close venus is and how the dangers on the planet is. the author also goives me the conditions on venus. the author also lets me know the terrain on venus and how its our nearest option for a planetary visit. Venus is also known as the eaving star even tho that description is miss leading to scientists. the evidence i have is that venus is not habitable at all. venus is not habitable for many reasons. Venus is a very dangerous planet for us humans. Venus has a high level of carbon dioxide. Venus atmosphere is just a thick layer of carbon dioxide wich makes it hard for humans to actully get through. As an example, every space craft thats been hasnt survived as long as just a couple hours. the pressure is also 90x srtonger than what we experience here on earth. The only safe way to actully see and study venus is to hover over the planet just to keep scientists safe. Venus's is so much of a dangerous planet, scientists arent even able to get samples or rocks or gas.

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Driverless cars are pretty helpful, although they have some flaws but that doesn't stand away from the good points of driverless cars being invented. The idea of cars that can function without a driver doing anything whatsoever is something that has been dreamed of since the first invention of cars, next to the whole flying cars ideas. Cars operating with barely any human involvement of touching the steering wheel is creative. The idea also lets the driver be able to handle things without having to stop the car. Plenty things would be made easier in the driving world due to this invention. Cars like the Google car are very helpful by stopping accidents from accuring. The car warns the driver when the vehicle is in trouble for example: backing into an object, upcoming highways, and even if a car crash is ahead. Speaking of warnings, the car gives notifications to the driver when they need to take over. Tthe car is an excellent way to prevent accidents that may happen. There was also be less problems of texting and driving because the car will do most of the driving. The thought of self-driving cars have always been around so why throw away the chance of it becoming reality? The cars have been in the making since the early 2000s and even beforehand but the technology wasn't developed enough for the plan to become reality. After all these years of waiting to create driverless cars it has finally been created. The car that could only be thought of in dreams are now existant in reality. With the car being able to function without the need of a human unless an emergency is coming then the driver can pretty much relax. If the driver has a baby then they can tak care of the baby while the car is going. The driver will have less chances of stress with a car that can dive itself. Even if the car does get into an accident, it won't be your fault therefore you will have no worries of having to pay off the accident, most of the fault will be on the manufacturers. Traveling will be made much easier by the help of self driving cars. You can travel for hours and you won't have to worry about getting tired from the constant wheel turning when your car does it for you. Adding on to traveling with the car you won't have to pay hundreds of dollars like you would if you decided to go by plane or train. The only payment you would have to use would be to refill the gas tank. In conclusion, creating the driverless cars would be a big movement for the car and driver world. The car could prevent car crashes which would make the driver have to spend hundreds of dollars on repairing the vehicle. Traveling would be made 100% easier and faster with the self driving car. The car crash rate would also go down quite the bit. Self-driving cars would be an amazing addition to the car industry.

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Do you know why the earth has air pollution ? they are many reason from cars. Limiting car usage could have many advances because it can slow down air pollution,save money, and safety. Sit back and relax while I explain. To begin one of the advantages of limiting car usage is that it can slow down air pollution. First reason that limiting car usage is that it can slow down air pollution is that because in the passage it says that "after days of near-record pollution,Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." what that quote was basically saying was that the air pollution in paris was so terrible that they had to ban driving in order for the air to get stabilized. Next limiting car usage can slow down car pollution because it will keep major fuel companies from burning coal into the air. Lastly limiting car usage can slow down air pollution by using bikes,walking,taking the bus,riding skate boards,taking the subway,and ect. Next one of the advantages of limiting car usage is it saves money. the first reason limiting car usage saves money is because in one of the passages it says that "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. violaters are to face $25 fines". and I dont think any one want to be a part of that. Next one of the advantages of limiting car usage is that it saves money because when a person has a car they spend lots on money to put gas in their car every week and every year gas prices are rising. finally one of the advantages on limiting car usage is it saves money is because people that drive have to be aware of tickets that are very expensive also mantanace for your car like tires, lights,oil and ect if you limit your car usages over time you will see yourself spending less. Finally one advantage on limiting car usage is safety. The first reason lmiting car usage can raise safety is because in the passage it says "pedestian,bicycle,private cars,commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time,conserve resouses,lower emissions and improve safety". The next reason limiting car usage can bring safety is by stoping traffic jams and droping the percentage of the amount of people dying fron car accidents. The final reason limiting car usage can bring safety keeping motorcyclists,bikers,and pedestrians from getting hit by cars also keeping drunk drivers of the streets. To sum up they are many advantages of limiting car usage ,my reasons are it can slow down air pollution,save money, and safety I told you my reasons now tell me yours.     

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New ideas, and smart engineering has been making it possible and eaiser to do many thngs. With cuttuing edge technology and knowledge evolving, humans have been acheiving and setting for the unthinkable. From cars traveling faster than the speed of sound, to cars that can drive themselves. Some aren't to happy with the image of that. Think, can cars really drive on their own, and what if the cars crashes who's at fault? The idea of self driving cars scare many that maybe why it's actually illegal to even test computer-driven cars, stated in passage 9. This is because it isn't a hundred percent safe, though Google has cars that have been driven for a million miles without a crash, stated in passage 2. I think it would make a big change if cars could drive themselves. There would probably still be car accidents, but there would be as many. Self driving cars would have many pros because there could be less texting and driving, which means less accidents. There would also be less drunk drivers which mean leass accidents, and there could also be less people dying. This would be a deal breaker for parents they could actuallly monator where their kids go. There could be less accidents among teens and in general. Kids wouldn't have to lose their life because they ran out in the street and was hitten by a car all because the child was getthing a ball. I think that by the year 2022 that cars will be on the market And would help and save many people. "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." Its better that it's 90 percent safety than 20 because nothing can ever be perfect but we can always try to be as close to it as we can.

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Face Action Coding System (FACS) is a system designed to analyze and predict what emotions are being shown on a human face. The software can detect happieness, surprise, anger, fear, disgust, and sadness. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author describes FACS being used to display ads, change video games, and analyze school children to learn wether they are bored or confused. This however brings up some questions in respect to analyzing school children and some dangers as well. FACS should not be used in a clasroom to analyze school children. To start off, this software is very challenging for a normal computer to run, as in the article D'Alto states "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms..." (D'Alto 7). This statement says that a home PC cannot run FACS which means neither can a school computer as the two are practically identical. If this is the case, for FACS to beincorporated into the class room, a huge overhall of computers would need to be made. This would require a lot of money from the school system that the school sytem does not have. Another argument against the incorporation FACS into the classroom is the chance of a breach in security. This FACS system, if used in a school system, could be installed on every computer in the building. This means there would be constant survailence from the cameras on the computers that would be searching for a student's face to analyze. If these cameras were hacked by an outside person or group, the system would show the hackers everything happening in the school at that time. This breach in secruity could cause catasrtophic occurances ranging from a school shooting where the shooter knows exactly where each person is in the building to a mass heist from theives late at night. Fianlly, along with the two reasons stated above, FACS could also cause numerous teachers to lose their jobs. As stated in the article, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused ot bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'" (D'Alto 6). This shows that FACS can manipulate and change the work a student is doing to fit that student's needs. Because of that, physical teachers would no longer be needed to make, change, or teach a lesson as the computer software is already doing so. This could cause thousands of teachers to lose their jobs sonce they would no longer be needed. Overall, FACS is a unique and advanced system that is amazing at analyzing human emotions. However, because of the high processing cost, risk of security breach, and the fact that it would cause thousands of teachers to lose their job, the software should not be incorporated into classroms to read students' emotions. Instead, it should be used in other ways that the article states including Web ads and video games.

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Driverless cars should be developed and used. There are many ways that driverless cars could help us. Safety is a main concern but many accidents occur due to the driver being disctracted or someone else's fault. Driverless cars will have sensors to stay on a certain course and not get off track. The sensors could also detect if something is too risky such as backing up in a parking lot. When a time like that occurs the driver must drive the car until the car can handle the situation. Many accidents occur due people using a celluar device and losing track of where they are. In a driverless car this could be prevented because the driver is not driving the vehicle. They could use their phones but they must know when the car cannot be piloted in a sticky situation. A driverless car could also be used as a taxi driver for those that drink and drive. Driverless cars can also help semi truck drivers that drive around for hours and hours. Advanced computer systems could be put in the driverless cars to prevent enviromental issues on the road. The systems could also prevent possible rollovers and sliding off the road. It will be very costly but we can save many lives and prevent many accidents from occuring. So driverless cars can prevent many accidents and they could help many people in making their job a whole lot easier. It will be costly but it will be worth all the lives that can be saved and helped.

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Dear Senator, The Electoral College is the best proven method for electing the president and produces great results, so it should be kept. It does have its mistakes, and faults, but who or what in the world does not? Many people do not favor this method of election, and argue that:"The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.",these people may be right, but for the many past presidents that it has successfully elected, either for the good or bad, we the people are the main power for it. The electoral college does not just elect the president by itself, it works on what the people elect. The reason that many people do not favor the electoral college is that they feel insecure knowing that they aren't voting for the president directly, just for electors who are voting for their chosen presidential candidate. It is all a phsycological insecurity for those who haven't gotten used to the fact that they don't have a direct power over what they want for the well-being of the government and the citizens. Also the fact that their are flaws in this method of election gets people nervous about a disaster happening, mainly because a mistake has happened before. "In 2000 U.S. presidential race, Al Gore recieved more individual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, recieving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266." Bradford Plumer is very against the electoral college because of its past misgivings, or mistakes, and does not trust what it might do in the future. The electoral college may possess many past mistakes and close runs, but it works unlike any other system of election that has been thought of. It produces very certain outcomes and results, the college selects all of the votes,sorts them, and releases the correct amount of votes for the president voted for. It is the least stressful, clearest, and fairest procedure for electing the president while at the same time being fair to all of the average people voting for their desired president. Because of all of the benefits that it promises, and the outcome for every voter, this fantastic method of election should be continued at least until a better method for choosing the president of the United States is discovered, and confirmed to be superior to our current system now.

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Do you think exploring other planet is worth it even when it's very dangerous? In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. To support this idea, the author gave a few reasons. The first support is that Venus is the planet that is most like Earth. The second support is that striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has values. The third support it might be possible to make the mission both safe and scientifically productive. First, Venus is the planet that is most like Earth. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Even today, Venus still has some feature that are analogous to those on Earth. Venus is sometime even referred to as Earth's "twin." Venus also have some familiar features to Earth such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Next, striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has values. The travels to Venus can be use to expand and meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. That is not the only reason why the challenge of exploring has value, the other value is that the reacher that what NASA is doing can lead to new inventions that can help humanity. Another value of exploring Venus is the insight to be gained on the planet itself. Finally, the last reason the author gave to support the idea that the challenge of exploring Venus is worthy to pursuit is that it might be possible to make the mission both safe and scientifically productive. If it is possible to visit and study Venus, then why not do it? If people can actually visit Venus, then maybe they will find something that can help humans. They might even find prove that aliens are real. Maybe being able to explore Venus can show how far humanity has come. In conclusion, In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. To support this idea, the author gave a few reasons. The first support is that Venus is the planet that is most like Earth. The second support is that striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value. The third support it might be possible to make the mission both safe and scientifically productive.

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The sister planet to Earth, and occansionally the planet closest to humans in general, Venus. Most planetary scienist have all thought about what it would take to send a human up into outer space and set for on one of the roughest terrains in all of the solar system. The author of, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", knows that though exploring the dangerous planet is astronomical to think about, more people should start learning that it's a worthy pursuit. The author thinks it's worthy, because Venus is very similar to Earth is many different ways, it's the planet closes to us, the rough conditions are just small roadblocks in the eyes of an infinite space, and he also says that if people can't make it to a planet so close to Earth there's no hope to explore any of the other planets. The author supports his idea well, because of how many alternative solutions he has to the problems he's faced with. Firstly, he starts out with the statement that Earth and Venus are some of the two most similar planets. They're similar because of the shape and size, which line up nearly perfectly with Earth's. The density is close together, and it has similar face and structural features, like moutains and revenes. The artical states that, "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." The similarity between these two neighboring planets makes it all the more worthwhile to see when NASA finally reveals what is there. Secondly the author says that, though the conditions are more difficult than anything they've ever experienced before, scientists are making new and improved machinery every day. So far, no shuttle has been able to stay on the planet for too long, but the sooner there's advancements made towards putting more things on Venus, the better off they will be. The newer technology tends to be more fragile with it's highly advanced computer parts, ut if the new doesn' work there's always a chance to go back to the old. Matic computers would work better in harsh conditions than a MacBook Pro, which requires charging and optimal temperatures. The article says that, "...simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos on Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers." Bringing back or creating new ideas is the key to getting near, or on, the destructive planet without losing lives or money. Finally, the author takes into thorough consideration that the temperatures and brutal lack of livable substance on the planet, but he realizes that it's more important that we find a way to observe and explore it. If science can't find a way to make it to Venus, the close, neighboring, sister planet, it may be impossible for them to make it to any other place in the galaxy. Rough terrain in everywhere in the solar system, and it can go from one extreme to another and scientist need to know how to navigate that. In conclusion, the author of the passage, "the Challenge of Exploring Venus", supports his idea to do whatever it takes to explore the planet Venus well. He has many different points on what would work best, and how to do it in the most efficient way possible. From the simple similarities of Earth and Venus, to the core reason everyone should want to space travel in the first place. He supports his claims well, because of the good solutions he has to the issues that arise.

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Dear $tate $enator, I believe that the electoral college should be shut down and choosing the president should be popular vote; first, the people don't even vote for the president, and, second, the peoples votes are not even recognized by the president. For starters, the people don't even vote for the president they vote for a slate of electors that vote for the president. It states in source 2, " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." This quote shows that people don't even vote for the president. That is just sad. Also, the peoples votes aren't getting recognized. A quote from Source 2 shows this by saying, " 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." This quote explains that the peolpe vote for this guy, and the president is elected because of 34 electors, not you, them. However, people say that the electoral college gives the certainty of an out come. It states in Source 3, " A dispute over the outcome of an electoral college vote is possible-it happened in 2000-but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." This quote shows that a dispute is more likely to occur over popular vote. On the contary, it is unfair for the electoral college to cast votes for the people. Finally, I believe in popular vote because you vote for the president and your vote is recognized.     

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Driverless cars used to be only things of imagination. Now, as technology advances, we are getting closer and closer to a driverless car that can possibly function just as good as one with a driver. There has been a multitude of obstacles for developers of Google and other companies to work around, but the final product may be getting nearer. Sensors, radar, and other modern technology are being used to effectiently improve past and current models of driverless cars. Although the technology is progressively getting more advanced, I feel that nothing will be able to replace a human driver. Throughout histroy inventors and engineers have always worked for an easier, better way to complete a task. Driving is no exception. Driver assistance devices have existed since the 1950s when General Motors created a car that could run on a specialized track. That idea was proved to be out-of-reach due to the high cost of redisigning all roadways. In the 1980s, sensors were installed into wheels and brakes to create antilock brakes. This is an example of driver assistance technology, and many other things like this have been created since then. Do these driver assistance technologies help? Yes. They put, in the hands of the driver, a car that is smarter and able to detect certain dangers. These cars allow for a safer driver experience. But sensors can only do so much. The extent of their safety can only go so far. The driver of a driverless car and the people around it are at a much higher risk than a traditional driver-operated car. There are an innumeral amount of driving situations that have not even occurred yet. New accidents are happening everyday and no two are exactly the same. How will a driverless car be able to handle every situation? They won't. As the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" says, when driving a so-called driverless car, the driver is constantly on call. With that information taken into account, no car is completely driverless. All in all, I believe that driverless cars will never be safe enough for everyday use. The technology is simply not there to account for every possible scenario. Anyone in a driverless car must always be alert and ready to step in a react to a situation. If that is so, how can a driverless car be considered safe? No technology will be able to react as fast as the human mind. I am sure that as time passes on, more and more driver assistance devices will be invented, and there will be countless claims that driveless cars are completely safe, but the evidence I see proves otherwise.

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There are people all around the world that have decided to say no to cars and their polluting fumes. Certain places have even gone as far as having car free days. Limiting car usage will greatly benefit the Earth and the people on it. Limiting car usage would help decrease some of the pollution in the atmosphere, which is definitely something that needs to be done. When a car is driven all of that gas has to go somewhere and with the amount that people are driving now thats a ton of waste that's polluting the air. Elisabeth Rosenthal presented the informaton that twelve percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe are made up from passenger cars and fifty percent in the United States. Those numbers can be decreased if people choose walking, public transportation, biking, or car pooling instead. Studies have shown that eliminating driving, or at least limiting the usage, has caused citizens to be less stressed. Heidrun from germany said, "I'm much happier this way,"(In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars,paragraph 3). Cars are very stressful so why should they be used if there are other options? Without cars people would be less likely to worry about loved ones arriving to a place alright and would just be happier in general. To wrap things up, cars are dangerous, polluting, and stressful. Limiting their usage would help eliminate some of the risks and dangers of driving. There are many alternatives to driving, such as walking, car pooling, public transportation, biking, skating, the list goes on. Make the smart choice and use cars less.    

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Drivless cars has its cons and pros to it, but i would say it's a bad idea. Drivers have already enough on their plate when driving because not only do they have to keep themselves safe but also the people in the car and other cars that share the same road. Also the coast of this car would be outrageous. Most Americans would not be able to afford that luxery. The "driverless" car is also not something that represnts its name. When I think about "driverless" car I think about cars that have no need for divers even in the passaenger seat. These cars are not what they say they are, they only can drive when its easy and they alerat you when they could not be able to drive anymore. If companies are going to makes a driverless car they should go all out and not excite the consumers with hopes and lies. In America it will always come down to one thing, money. How much time and research will it take to produce this car? "In the late 1950s, General motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track ... track was embedded with an electrical vale that sent radio signals to a reciever on the front end of the car" also "Engneers at Berkeley tried soemthing similar, but they used magnets with alternating polarity.. in binary code". While both of these test and ideas were a great invention the article stated it was just too expensive. Is this centurys technology different or more advance. America is 19 trillion dollars in debt this past year and the debt is only rising. If these cars would undergo production that would be a lot of money to produce and they would sell them for a lot more to the buyers, a luxery many americans can't afford. Then they would be left with no buyers and a ton of un-used cars, it would truely be a waste of money. Thats even saying if they can compose the car correctly. There are also many other factors when it comes to testing and trying to produce these driverless cars. "In most states it is iligal to test computer-driven cars" so where do the comanies like GMC, BMW, and other companies that produce cars will test their cars. Testing the cars in safety and how it works is a must but what are the car companies going to do if they ever do get approved with their car. Laws in every state would have to shift and new laws would have to be created. Also new insurance policys would have to be created. All of this adds up to be a lot of money, something most amercians do not have. In ever case of an acident, who's fualt woudl it be, driver or manufactuer? With the new laws that would have to be passes with this driverless car new libility coverages would have to be passes and bought by the consumers. Many question will arrise fromt he consumers. Their car insurance will defiantly go up just in cae of an accident. If an accident ever did occur in the hand of the driverless car, that never alerted the driver to take control, insurance would have to cover it of course but its not the drivers fualt for a malfunction in the car. The manufacture should be the one the pay the accident. Another con would be if the manufactur should on take the responsiblity and a even bigger accident happend like a death and the driver blammed it on the driverless car, who would go to jail then. These are many the factors one should think about before putting the driverless car in the market. "Tesla has projected release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 precent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020". The driverless cars are already an undergo in production. No laws have been passed yet that could be able to drive this driverless car except California,Nevada,Florida, and the District of Columbia have allowed to only test cars. If these big car comapies decide to start working on and producucing thses cars they are going to have a while until they can start selling them due to no state allows american to drive. Thats more money they spent in pruduction that they will not see back right away. They will cuase Amercia to be more in debt.

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Have you heard of the Face on Mars? It is said to be two miles from top to bottom. What do you think formed this? Aliens? An acient civilzation? Out of all of the possible answers, I say it is just a natural landform with shadows that causes it to have a nose, eyes, and mouth. Paragraph ten and eleven of "Unmasking the Face on Mars" states, "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." As rule of thumb, you can discern in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," he added. "So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" This leads me to belive that there is nothing but that natural landform on the Face of Mars. With these images it says you can see the tiniest thing as a shack, so I am positive that we would see any evidence that aliens were there. The landform actually shows the Martian eqivalent to buttle or mesa----landforms common around the American West. This face on the surface of Mars resembles many of those on the Earth, which we know were not created by aliens. ""It reminds me most of the Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain in Idaho," says Gravin. "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" These lines in paragraph twelve show that there is another landfrom, on Earth, that has formed out of natural causes such as lava. The Face on Mars could just simlpy be lava that has caused the surface to rise. Many conspiracy therorists say that it could be aliens and NASA is just trying to hide the evidence form the people. Yet in paragrpah five it states, "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." This shows that if this was caused by aliens, that it would be benifical to NASA. Few scientists believed that the Face was an alien artifact, but there was no actual proof that it was. There were only pictures that clearly showed that there were no signs of aliens. Although this Face on Mars is a big deal, I believe that it is just a natural landform. Images that have been taken show no sign of aliens or ancient civilizations. There are also many landfroms on Earth just like this Face on Mars. Last but not least, the theory that NASA is keeping information from us is not true because the Face actually being aliens or an acient civilization would only benifit them. All of these reasons is why I belive that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform.

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Driverless cars are not a way that the future should go. Self driving cars will do more harm than good. Developing these cars as a way of the future will hurt mankind. We will lose an entire job sector, an important skill in the form of driving, our laws as stated in the article will have to be overhauled to accomodate this change, and not to mention technology isnt always reliable it will break at some point usually the most inoportune time. When science develops a fully operational car there will be the problem of soon humans will not see the need to learn to drive. This is similar to when humans developed the ability to buy meat from a grocery store now we dont know how to hunt or butcher to get meat for outselves since all we have to do is buy it. This scenary will be the same with driving soon humans wont know how. Then of course what will happen to taxi drivers when their job is outsourced to a cheap computer driven car. Or a truck driver when his job is taken over by machine. The standiard patrol ploice officer wont be able to catch speeders either becasue they arent drving. Changing all of our driving laws will be a necessity. As stated in the article who is at fault the car manufacterure or the so called "driver" of the vehicle in the event of a crash. Laws will have to change for this as well. Which goes on to the other part of the problem technology fails at any given time. What happens when this autocar skips a few stoplights. So in conlcusion self driving should not be the way of the future. The cons far outway the pros. Jobs would be lost, more people killed, and most importantly humans will lose yet another valuable skill.

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Exploring Venus Venus is one of the two clostest plantes to Earth, including Mars. We don't know a lot about other planets, because exploring them is to hard. The conditions some planets contain are to tough for human contact. Even though it would be hard, the author thinks it would benifit us greatly in the long run if we explored Venus. The passage states that Venus could have been closely related to Earth. Scientists say that millions of years ago, Venus could have been covered by forests and oceans, just like Earth. If this statement is true, then there is a slight possibility there is still some form of life, whether it be plants, animals, or even small living cells. The article explains, "The planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." Since the surface is to hot for human contact, scientists say that if we fly about 30 miles above the surface, then we can study the landscape in conditions that are fit enough for humans to survive. It may not be comforatable, as temperatures will still be about 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but we could still survive. "The air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth," the article explains. Even though we could still stay 30 miles above surface level, the author says that could only provide limited information on the planet. The author says,"Most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere." This means cameras couldn't really capture any detailed pictures of Venus. Also, if we want any rock samples from the planet then we would have to get up close to the planet. The author claims that scientists are developing machines that can last longer through these conditions. That will allow them to get any samples they need. The passage explains that NASA is working on a robot that can lat up to 3 weeks in these conditions. They are also trying to gather an old computer that can make calculations wihtout using any electronics. In conclusion, the author supports the idea of traveling to Venus to get information about the planet. Everytime the author makes a statement detering us from studying Venus, he backs it up with a solution. His closing paragraph also says,"Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be exopanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." Here he states that we shouldn't be afraid of the obstacles we face, but that we should face and overcome them.

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Have you heard of the Seagoing Cowboys Program? Well, It is a program that you will be able to take care of mules, young cows, and horses that were shipped over seas. You should join because it is helping Europe and Asia take care of animals and supplies. One reason to join is that you help animals travel from one place to another. You will be helping European and Asian countries recover their animals, food supplies, and more. You will visit many countries helping them recover and saving animal's lives as well. And I was happy with what I was doing. As I said in the first paragraph you will travel to many places. You will able to have some free time when you are at a country because I got to travel to Crete and see an excavated castle and also marveled at the Panama Canal. It was fun to travel all over the world to help people. On this trip I learned my way around a few countries and how it feels to help people just because you want to. You might get hurt along the way but at least you are doing what is right. By doing this I was drafted into the military when I turned 18 and when they learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service. So as I did I saw how much distruction wars could do. By that I became aware of what people need. To sum up my thoughts, I think you should join The Seagoing Cowboys Program because you are helping animals and people, you visit many places, and you learn things along the way. And I have exprience of getting hurt during these trips but that should not stop you from helping your world go through horrifying events. So, in future reference I advice you to do what is right no matter what.

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The use of this new technology to read the emotional expressions of students is valuable. If we can read the emotional expressiions of students in the classroom then we might be able to use that to determine if they are understanding the work that has been given to them. Just like they did with the Mona Lisa we could do the same in the classrooms. They determined her emotions in the picture so we could determine the emotions of a student to see if they understand what they are working on. If they are confused or dont understand some5thing then the teacher could help them and get them to better understand the work given to them. If the student does understand the work given to them then there is nothing to worry about. When the student undrstands the work that is given to them, then the teacher doesnt have to work with that student one on one to give extra help. If the student undrstands it very well then they might be able to help another student that doesnt understand it as much, then the teacher won't have to work with that certain student one on one. With all that being said there is no reason that we shouldnt use this technology in classrooms. This technology cant harm us. This technology is going to help us in the classrooms. If we dont understand something and dont let the teacher know then how can he/she help us. If we use this technology and see that they dont understand something then we can work with them so that they can better understand the work.

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There is always a constant arguement about keeping the Electoral College or changing the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I personally feel that we should abolish the Electoral College and change the election by popular vote. I don't think it is fair to our voters who vote for the president when they are really voting for the state of electors. The Electoral College really has the final say on who is going to be elected president of the United States. The citizens of the United States should be the one who elect the president instead of the Electoral College. First of all, the Electoral college is a little outdated now a days. The Electoral College has been used for a very long time and it should be changed. To me I believe that it just makes sense to have voters to vote for our president instead of the winner-take-all system. It wouldn't even make sense to vote if you know that the Electoral College is going to actually elect the president. Abolishing the Electoral College is just the best way to go. Next, The Electoral College is just unfair to the voters who vote for the president. It is because of the wininer-take-all system. The candidates dont't go to states they know they are going lose in. Instead they go for the swing states so they can a better chance of winning. Some states wouldn't even see the candidates at all. So abolishing the Electoral College is the best way to go. In conclusion, people are alyways debating on keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I believe that we should abolish the Electoral College and let the election go by popular vote. I dont think the Electoral College is fair for voter because they actually elect the president. If we abolish the Electoral College then the people can vote for our president the right way. In the future hopefully this will happen because the Electoral College is just not relavent anymore.    

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Driverless cars are making a break across the world. Cars have changed so much since first invented. These driverless cars are just now getting popular although first invented in 2009 from Google. These cars have driven thousands of miles without crashing but could a crash be coming soon with them becoming ever so popular? The developement of these cars is going the change the world, for the better. The idea of driverless cars would not be on the rise unless the idea of safety was presented to the world. Safety is a major topic discussed with these cars. According to the article, there are now ways that a driver can basically become a passenger in the car but still be able to take over the car when needed. There are seats that will vibrate when the car is backing up but is close to an object. These vibrations are meant to alert the driver that they need to take over the wheel and control the car again. No matter what, the driver will still be in control of the car. With safety being a concern of many, the idea of drivers not paying attention while in the car is also a concern. According to the text, the newly inovated car will feature flashing lights when the driver needs to take over. According to the text,"They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." This example from the text explains that these cars are only going to be helping the driver. The driver must stay alert during the driving process though. Safety is always going to be a concern in this car, but GM and other car manufactering companies are taking the necessary precautions to ensure that the future cars are still going to be safe. The new car is going to have several safety features. According to the text one of the safety feature are heads up displays that appear on the windshield that need to be turned off immediately. This heads up will pop up and if you arent paying attention to the road, then it will not be turned off as soon as it should be. According the article, this feature is considered a safety feature, which is a big concern. Although safety seems to be important with these cars, there are some ways that manufacters are inventing that may be unappealing to car buyers. The article states,"Manufacters are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." This can seem very creepy for some drivers. They might not find it very pleasing that someone is going to be watching them every second that they are in their car. This single factor could be the reason why many people might not purchase a driverless car. Although there seems to a long list of safety features for the new driverless car, there are small features that could stand between buying or leaving. With vibrating seats or pop ups that need turned off immediately, Google, GM, Audi, Nissan and others companies are taking the necessary precautions when developing the new driverless car.

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I think this can help and be useful for things because it can recognize emotions through how your bone structure in your face is. This could be effective for lots of things like when the police are interrogating soemone the FACS could help tell what they're feeling they can't figure out if he's guilty or not.This would also be very educational by know how people in histroy felt like people in war or art.This excerpt is making Mona Lisa as an example because the machine recognized how she felt when posing for the painting. Now some people may look at this and not like it which I can understand.Some might say that we need our privacy and don't want a machine getting in our business.These machines would be used in a responsible and effective way like interrogations,learning,therapy,and knowing how your young kid feels.Depression is really common nowadays and if therapists had this they could help depressed people more by knowing how they feel.This could bring down the percent of the world that is depressed or suicidal and could stop suicides and keep more families happy.A great department for this is health when going in to get checked out by the doctor,doctors could find out if or how much pain your in which then could help with what kind of medicine or treatment would be good for you. So from what I've read and thought of this system seems very useful in a lot of things and a big one is depression and people who struggle with their feelings.I am totally agreeing with this being effective and can't see a problem with this besides someone wanting their privacy of feelings to themselves,but we wouldn't be using this when people don't want us to.There would be a average amount of people who would dislike this but I think more people will find this problem solving.

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This idea could be good because students could get there lesson a diffrent way that makes them learn better. Another way is could be good is because the comuter would tell the teacher if you are confused or bored with the lesson they are teaching. It could also help the teacher and telling you if you are happy or sad.This system could be the solution come kids were looking for. This would be a good idea to have in classrooms because it will be a different way of learning. In paragraph 6 it talks about how the computer could modify the lesson so it will be like a actual teacher. This will be good because some people dont learn the way there techer teaches and if they had this it will make learning easier for those kids. Also those kids wont be bored by the way there teacher teaches. The wll be more interested in there topic they are learning about. Next, another way this will be good is it will tell the teacher if you are confused or bored with the way he or she is teaching and it will modify your lesson so it will help you learn the best way that is for you. In paragraph 6 it says " A classroom computer could reognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" this is good because the teacher could try and change the way she is teaching. This will make it better for the students because if the teacher changes then there attitudes will. The student will actually enjoy the lesson and not be bored or confused. Another way the system will help is it will tell you if you are happy or sad. If it tells the teacher if your happy or sad then they will know what to do to help you. Lastly, In paragraph 6 it says "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad" If the system could do that then the teacher will know not to give you a hard time. If the computer knows that then they will know to give you some time to cool of and gain composure. If all schools had computers like tihs kids will have better grades and not be so bored and confused in class like so kids are now. The teachers could use it to show if they are not having a good mood or if they need to chage the way they teaching there students. Having a computer like this in school could be a good idea because it will tell if you need to learn a different way, it will tell you if you are confused or bored on what the teacher is teaching about, and it will tell the teachers if there students are happy or sad. Some people need this so they can have better grades and days at school.

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Voting has been a legal write of all people since our country was established, but is the way we vote recieving some resistance? The electoral college is the way we vote now and the way weve been doing it for years. So why change it? For the sake of fairness and accuracy. People from all around the country don't think that the electoral college is a intelligent way of voting. So they are fighting changing the electoral process to popular vote rather than voting for a state of electors. Our best arument we have to go against the electoral college is the disaster factor. Document 1 " What Is the Electoral College? " states, "Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people." This is basically saying we can't trust our electors to really vote for what they are assigned. That is like not being able to rely on the school bus to take you to school in the morning, its not a great sense of doubt. Another reason not to use this outlandish method of voting is that the total number of electoral votes (538) is an even number. Which means there could be a tie. Another thing worth mentioning is that one candidate can win the popular vote but have fewer electoral votes. That is exactly what happened to Al Gore and that was largely part of this bogus system our country continues to uphold. The electoral college should be abolished. It has caused nothing but problems for us in the past years. From ties, to innacuracy of votes, to causing re-counts. The electoral college is not putting America in the right direction. Most people don't like change, I am one of those people. Although, this change is for the better. And it should be strongly considered in the comig years.              

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If i was to be voted for president i would like to be voted by Electoral College because , electoral college is not voted for the presidents it is voted for the electors , who in turn elect the president . In conclusion , each candidate running for president in your state has thier own group of electors. There are somethings wrong with the electoral college like , american people dont consider themselves lucky with any election that happens. Americans are not grateful cause they might not have wanted the same president or wanted different electors. If you wanted to be president and you had good electors people all over the world would vote for you just because the electors you got. Americans vote for you to get the electors , i believe that is not good for our state because the electors of the president can switch the statements of one another. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The electoral is Abolish ! in 1968 , a shift of 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election. In 1976, there would be a tie of 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voter in Hawaii . At the most basic level the electoral college is unfair ! The electoral is Abolish !    

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the venus is one of the worthy brightest points of light in the night sky ,vanus isn the second planet from our sun. while venus is simple to see safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.It is also closest planet to the earth in term of density and size, and occasionally the closest in the distance too.Earth,Venus, and the Mars, our other planetray neighnor, orbit is the sun at different speeds. Thes speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to Venus,on the planet´s surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we eaxperience on our own planet.Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life just like Earth. At thirty plus miles above the surface temperatures would be at around 170 degrees fahrenheit, which the solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.

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Being a Seagoing Cow is great way to get to know and see more things about other countries. In this draft I will talk about why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. When you become a Seagoing Cowboy you are helping others and at the same time you are having fun. When you arrive at your destination you are not only delivering goods but you are seeing many amazing buildings, landmarks, statues, and more. Being a seagoing cowboy is hard work but it is for the greater good, as in helping others during World War Two. A way to start can be by getting offered by a friend or offering a friend. After the War, people in different countries needed supplies, and fast, so a Seagoing Cowboy could get the jobs done. Making the world a better place is a good thing to do. Plus when you do so you feel good that you have done something that has helped others. When you are done dropping off your load you have a lot of extra time on the way back so you can play games like table tennis, baseball, volleyball, fensing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to pass the time. Traveling all around the world can show you that a lot of countries are in need of food and help. It will take a while to cross the sea to where you are going, and if you have animals on the ship you have to feed almost all animals two or three times a day. Ypu have to be up for the hard work of cleaning animal stalls, feeding animals, night shift watching, and more. I hope you want to become a Seagoing Cowboy, and enjoyed the draft. That's what I have to say about becoming a Seagoing Cowboy and why you should become one.

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The Face That Scared The World We have all hear about this "Face" right ? , Well if you haven't Is really just a landform. The other Scientists has all of these people rallied up because they think that aliens are to exist. That cannot be possible because , if aliens existed then why are we just finding them? Wouldn't we already have proof of their existence ? Then Again , there are all types of landforms on earth some man made and more of the natural kind , So basically what you guys are saying is that if we find landform that looks like something is automatically aliens ??? what about mount rushmore ? That is a man made structure not saying that the "face" is man made but its just not relevant to get all of this contrversy about something that we barely know about . So Therefore, You guys really dont know what the structure is. none of us know what "it" really is , It might look like a face but aliens are just not relevant enough to believe that they actually did something of this nature. i personally do Not believe in aliens , well would you blame me ? We have been to the moon, we have had a rover on mars for years ! and what do we get? nothing , just a rocky surface . no aliens , no water , No life period. Nevertheless, even though in paragraph 10 it says, "that that put out The maximum camera resoulution and each pixel spans 1.56 meters thats still not giving us any proof . We have been on this "Aliens Are Real" Stuff for a while now , and we dont have nothing that proves it. Don't you guys think that we should just cut it all out the picture ? we are wasting money on absoutely NOTHING. Finally , as I finish my statement I will just say that im'm not telling you guys to give up on your research , Not at all . but all I am saying is That If your gonna try and find these "aliens" of yours Atleast have some proof of their existance. Then Maybe I'll Believe You all when You do it. Thats all i have to say , I plead my case now . Goodluck with your research .

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As we enter a world where humans want to depend on technology for everything, even the simplest of tasks, the idea of "driverless cars" is introduced. What sounds like a great idea now, doesn't have as much potential when looked in to. While these "driverless cars" are envisioned to use "half the fuel of today's taxis" and "offer more flexibilty than a bus", there are still some aspects that don't make the cars completely "driverless". Before driverless cars make their huge impact on the world, some of the "minor" details need to be further developed. How often do you hear of people calling for transportation services, such as taxis or Ubers, because they aren't in a state of mind and being good enough to be able to operate a motorized vehicle? If taxi systems were to be replaced with driverless cars, who would drive those people home? A major flaw in the driverless cars is that they might require human assistance sometime throughout the trip. If there were to be a spontaneous accident, or large work zone ahead while the only human in the car was intoxicated, that would pose a lot of danger for that driver and every other driver around. The safety of other drivers on the road has to be taken into consideration. Making cars driverless means no one would be completely in control of the vehicle. Keeping that in mind, in the case of an accident, who would be to blame? The driver could be at fault, but then how really driver-independent are these cars? With the possibility that the car will more than likely need human assistance, the driver themselves is only slightly benefited. Just because "driverless cars" are assumed as completely "driverless", an actual human capable of thinking and doing for the car is indeed necessary. Where I'm sure there are certain groups of people that will benefit from being able to get from point A to point B without having to think anything of it, there's still that larger population that will find almost no practicality in watching their vehicle drive itself when they are capable of doing it themselves. Aside from the safety features that comes with a car having a mind of its own almost, I think we're better off without this technological advancement.

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I personally do not like the idea of having driverless cars. I believe there are many reasons to avoid creating cars that are driverless or in other words, automatic. I understand there are some positve outcomes of having driverless vehicles, but I feel the negative outcomes override the positive outcomes in this particular situation. Because the negative outcome are far more than the positve outcomes over having driverless cars, I do not agree on the fact that we should use driverless cars in our everyday lifestyle. One negative outcome of using driverless cars is how potentially dangerous these automatic vehicles could be. New technologies are always risky because we do not always know what could malfunction. Malfunctions of new technologies are very common. I think there would be many vehicle malfunctions due to the technology that has not been allowed to test fully. In this case, I do not think a new car is worth the risks that would proceed a technology malfunction. Creating this new car could potentially risk many lives of the people riding in the car. I do not believe risking the life a person would be worth a driverless car. Another negative thing about driverless cars is how expensive creating the driverless cars would be. The expense of these new and improved driverless vehicles would be ridiculously high. In my opinion, I do not think such high amount of money would be worth having an automatic car. I feel the current cars we drive are doing the job they need to do. I think it would be a waste of money to make these driverless cars when we already have cars that do what they need to do. Driverless cars may not be equipped for every possible occurence. Because the driverless cars are automatic, I do not think they would be programmed for everything that could happen in real world situations. In the real world, you never are really prepared for what could happen. I think occurences in the world are completely random and unexpected. I feel having an automatic car during these random and unexpected events are not always the best for these particular situations. I do not think it would be safe for the people in the car even if the driverless cars were set up to where the driver would take control during these situation. I think the best option to be safe would to have manually operated vehicles. I do not think driverless cars are a good idea because of the negative things that would come about them. I think there are many negative things that would come from having driverless cars. Driverless cars would very dangerous for the people in the car. Driverless cars would also be very expensive. The new automatic cars would not be equipped for every situation that would be thrown in its way. I feel like driverless cars would solve some problems we have with vehicles, but I feel they would create many more problems on the way.

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The main question is does FACS truely work? If so how does it work? Do you have proof that it works? How can a computer tell emotional expressions? If some people have trouble figureing out other people emotion then how can a computer find out. How long does it take to find the emotion. These are only a few questions I have to ask. How does the software work? FACS the Facial actio coding system said that in the mona lisa picture that she was " 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry how do you know that you can't just look/scan a picture or a face and or a painting to find out if she is happy or not. Prof. Thomas Huang was the sciencest that was working on this prodject to get it working and truely work but He is haveing alot of problems about it haveing to fix bugs and better ways for the software to run smoother and faster. The man all behind this who thing is Dr. Paul Eckman, he is the creator of FACS. I feel like this 'Software" wont last long. There is gonna be problems and bugs that your gonna have to sink alot of money into. You have to be willing to have more then one colleague helping BUT lets get down into it. The 'Software" dont need to be in classrooms its not valuable for example how are schools going to pay for it and how are we going to install and hook up all the right wires. What if the school is 3 stories high. How much is it to install and hook everything up.

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When you were younger about 15 or so didn't you always want to drive? Well for the next generation that dream will be snatched no longer willl they get to experince driving.I am against the building of driverless cars.There are two reasons I am against driverless cars. First off it takes the fun out of driving. Secondly its dangerous. To begin with driverless cars take the fun out of driving. No one wants to sit inside of a car and do nothing. Getting your driving liscense is like a new found freedom, how would you feel if immediatley after getting your liscense instead of driving yourself you were getting drove around? no one would want that. which is why i am against driverless cars Also driverless cars are dangerous. They are ran by computers which from time to time do malfunction. Companys are putting entertaintment features in the car which distarcts the driver if he needs to take over the wheel. Another point brought up in the essay is that whos to blame when the driverless car runs into another car. An incident of that nature would cause the blame game. manufacture wouldn't take credit and neither would the driver or should i say copilot. Also computers can be hacked. Say the president was in a driverless car and someone wanted him dead it would be very easy for them to hack his car and send him off a cliff. In conclusion, Driverless cars should not exist because they can cause conflict and because they are boring

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Ask yourself, would I like to see driverless cars for public transport? I mean even if you did not there are a ton of positives with it. In the passage it gave tons of examples of why it is good and why it is bad to have driverless cars. Some readers such as me are on the positive side and others are on the negative side. One individual will not decide the entire decision on whether we have driverless cars or not but it might help. The future of driverless cars is in our future as we know it. In the passage it says that driverless cars have drove over a half a million miles without a wreck! That is a ton of miles without a single wreck, I bet that is way less wreck than what a human driven car has. In my mind that is one huge advantage to the driverless cars because it would help with less accidents and be safer for everyone around. Even though they are not completely driverless that is still very impressive, I mean the only time they driven would be in and out of driveways for the car to get started. The car stops at stop signs and lights by itself and has had no crashes, that is unbelievable! With all the people driving and all the cell phones around you can imagine that people still text and drive even though it is illegal right? If you have a driverless car people will stop texting and driving and start texting and ridiing. With the driverless cars those people who think they need o get a text off every minute will actually be able to without crashing into you! Although there are parts where they will eventually have to drive that is a lot less time for them to text and drive than it is when they text and rvie the entire time. Even with out texting and driving that is a ton less crashes and ton of more people saved each year. Even if you are not still into the driverless car experience yet, just wait there is more! If you are one of those people who ask; Can you still drive? Obviously you still can! The car will have back out of driveways and onto roadway construction and through accidents. So there is no need to worry about it ddriving through bad areas or location becuase you have to! Plus when it driving and it getting ready to do something bad it sends a vibration into your seat to let you know that you have to take over the wheel and start driving. With all of the facts listed how can you not be with the flow of driveless cars? Well really they are not completely driverless but pretty much close. With all the less accidents how can someone not want a driverless car? Even the pedestrians will be safer without all the drunk and texting drivers around town. To be even safer if you do not trust it you can still take over the wheel in certain situations. Most importantly you have more time to do the things you want like maybe knit while driving or catch up on a book. You can do many things with a safe driverless car!

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In the United States of America, and all over the world, cars are used every day. People use them to get to work, to go see family, and to get simply, from A to B, but a new idea is sprouting up in Europe, the U.S., and elsewhere where people are doing something unheard of.... giving up their cars. According to Source 1, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars",  Vauban, Germany is a city that is almost completely car free. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," THis shws that living without cars is not only possible, but could have some great consequences. Living car free could seem like something impossible, but it has great effects. In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", there is a study ervealing that passenger cars are responsible for 12 peercent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe....and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Without cars, we could lower pollution, which is a huge problem for some places. In the second article, "Paris bans driving due to smog" Paris has to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of the city after days of near-record pollution. Motorist with even number liscence plates were ordered to leave their cars on day and motorists with odd numbered plates were ordered to the next day. This enforcement had positive consequences along with it. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital and the smog hanging over the city eventually cleared. This shows almost immediate benefits to the decline in driving. Can you imagine the benefits after a long term period of car-free cities? The possibillities are limitless. Car-free periods of time don't have to be long term. In Bogota, Colombia, a car-free day takes place every year and it is a "big hit" with millions of Colombians according to the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota". For the third straight year, cars have been banned only excluding busses and taxis. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog in the city of 7 million. Anyone who violated the rules were fined 25 dollars. For the first time ever, two other cities, Cali and Valledupar, have joined in the event. Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza says "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." This should show that car free periods of time are possible, not matter how long, and that they have great consequences that come along with them. You might say that it would be extremely difficult to make America a car free country. Well, according to a report in the fourth article "The End of Car Culture" America may be on it's way. Research studues show that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The nummber of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter according to a analysis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives, an investment research company. In April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak. Thsi shows that there is a steady decline in driving and autiomotive transport in America. Also found in the fourth article, if the pattern persists, it will have beneficial impliactions for carbon emmisions and the enviorment. Many sociologists believe the pattern will continue. Alternate sources of transportation have popped up also. In New York, a new bike sharing program has popped up and in San Fransisco, Bay Arear Rapid Transit is another viable option of transport. With all of these options, doesn't one fit you? In conclusion, alternate transport oppurtunities and car free periods of time are the solution. With so many ways to lower how much and how you drive. The switch to a more economic means of transport would be easier than you think. The possibillities are endless and multiple studies show that the good consequences outweigh the bad ones. One question is yet to be asked, are you ready to make the switch to the better way of tansport?                             

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In the story, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about what Venus is like and what NASA needs to do to get a machine on Venus so they can study it despite Venus's harsh conditions. Venus has a surface temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater then earth. That being said, the goal to get to Venus is still highly influenced because their are so many upsides. The author did a excellent job explaining how this trip is a worthy pursuit. One upside to this trip if it works, is Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, occasionally the closest in distance too. A example the author used on why its a worthy pursuit is, "Venus is the most earth-like planet n are solar system. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Eath." The author is saying that we need to keep exploring no matter how hard it may be. Venus is the closest thing to eath that their is. Maybe one day people can live on this planet. In conclusion, making a trip to Venus, whether flying above it or landing on it is going to be a major challenge. NASA is already making incredible strides in making a machine that can withold Venus's conditions. As of right now all NASA wants to do is land on Venus or fly above it and grab a few samples off of Venus and go test it. The author did a great job of explaining why it is so important to pursue going to Venus. The author gave many advantages of the trip and disadvantges of the trip.

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Face on Mars? Aliens? What? Some conspiracy theorists believe that a face found on Mars from a photo taken by Viking 1 - a Mars Global surveyor - was created by aliens who lived on the planet over 300 billion years ago. NASA released information and a picture about the 'Face on Mars,' to the media, with the caption, "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head." The face believed to be found on Mars is nothing less then a rock formation, and was not created by aliens. Mission controller Garvin says, "It's not easy to target Cydonia." He also noted that his crew does not pass over the Face very often. This rock formation is nothing more then a piece of the planet that has been wore down by the clouds on Mars. Research shows evidence that this formation has been on Mars for billions of years. Over time the wind and atmosphere has shaped the rock into the form of what looks to be a Face. NASA leaked evidence about the Face on Mars when they unveiled the image for the public and media to see, stating clearly that the Face was formed by, "shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting to see the image on a JPL website, the text in fact quoted, "It was a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The people that do believe that there was alien life on Mars, think that the aliens markings were hidden by haze, and believe the Face is "bona fide" evidence of life on Mars. Contarary to what skeptics and other theorists think, there is no actual piece of true evidence discovered by NASA to prove otherwise. Garvin and his team said, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in the picture like airplanes on the ground of Egyptian-style pyarmids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" So this actual NASA evidence that the mysterious "Face" found on Mars was nothing but a simple landform. The NASA Space Program has been around for decades. NASA has not yet found evidence to consider the Face on Mars was alien artifacts. Even with NASA's best cameras, there just isn't a theoretical proven fact that this could have become an artifact from ancient aliens. The Face on Mars, is not a face, but simply a landform, that was formed over billions of years ago.

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Here, in the United States, birthplace of the Model T,driving has proven to be part of our history and culture.  However, with recently uncovered developments in our environment such as global warming and pollution, it is time for us to re-evaluate our "car culture".  Overusage has proven harmful and limiting alternatives that reduce stress, are just as effective in getting us from point 'A' to 'B' and are more eco-friendly. Our excessive car usage is dramatically hurting our environment.  In fact, "...Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States" (5).  What people use for our short term convenience is actually proving inconvenient for us in the long run.  In Paris, there was "147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.9 in London" (17).  The culprit?  Diesel fuel emissions from transportation (cars).  To underscore the severity, the smog in Paris is so bad that French Officials had to limit car usage in a smog cloaked city that "rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world"(14). This issue is mirrored in Bogota, Columbia, where the government has also stepped in and established a car free day in which perpetrators get fined in order to " promote alternative transportation and reduce smog" (21).  Efforts such as these can be effective in aiding our environmental crisis.  After France also instated a limit on car usage "the smog cleared" (19).  By limiting our car usage we can actually make a difference in reducing pollution and make our living environment more pleasant and healthier. The switch is facilitated further not only by the inclination toward a better worldy environment but a less stressful social one as well.  In the city of Vauban in Germany, residents have " given up their cars"(1).  Here although car ownership is allowed, "70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move [there]." (3).  Do the residents regret their decision?  According to Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two:  "When I had a car I was always tense, I am much happier this way"(3).  In Bogota, a business man, Carlos Arturo Plaza who participates in Bogota's movement to reduce car usage says that the absence of cars is an "...opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" (24).  These are two individuals on different continents with families and busy lives who find the lack of cars to be not a handicap but actually a source of stress relief.  In France, after the restrictions of car usage the streets also became less stressful for people who have to drive (like taxi drivers or public transporters) because of a "60 percent reduction in traffic congestion" (14). For those who do decide to make a move to help the environment and themselves by reducing their car usage, their are more and more alternatives that are making their switch worthwhile.  In Vauban, you can hear the sounds of viable alternatives in use.  The "swish of bicycles" and the "chatter"(3) of walking children is audible in the streets.  Carlos Arturo Plaza rides the car-free streets of Bogota on " atwo seat bicycle with his wife"(24).  For those who don't feel comfortable with walking or cycling other options such as carpool exist and governments are now making more of an effort to make other alternatives such easier and more available ( i. e. public transportation).  In Bogota, in order to support the movement toward less automobile driving wide sidewalks have been made.  In Vauban the whole city has been constructed with the goal to make everything compact and easier to access by foot or bike.  This is good news for those who make the early morning busness commute as their job is closer to where they live and more convenient to walk or bike to than other suburbs in which commuters are forced to take the high way because of the distance.  Also, the more people who take advantage of whatever public transportation available to them will make the demand higher and cause more funding to be placed on public transportation.  Before "80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to high ways and only 20 percent to other transport"(9), but with more usage, this can change. Essentially, the sacrifice of some of our car usage is far outweighed by the positive affects on our environment and attitudes.  Plus new systems that cater to better alternative uses make the switch easier than ever!!           

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Have you ever thought there was a possiblity of going to venus? Yeah i didnt either but i completly agree with the autors point of view on this article i agree about going to venus for more information cause it would help us understand what happened to venus and if one point and time it was like earth. The challenge of going to venus with anything is its massive air pressure, solfuric acid rain, and really hot surface temptures and we currently dont have anything to actually be able to survive those condtions for more then maybe three weeks or less so what i say we do is that we look at metals that are restiant to stuff like that and see if we could try combining the atoms to make an alloy. In conclusion in my personal opionion i think yes we should try a little harder to get to know more about venus cause it would explain a kot and tell us if one day it was like earth and what happened to it so we could avoid it so that doesnt happen to earth and on top of that the more we learn about it the more the possiblity of it maybe becoming a hospital planet to go to if we need to ever move off of earth.

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My belives of the "Driveless Cars" are very negative. First of all how are these cars? How much money will be needed to make and buy these cars? Who will buy them? The most important question is "What benifets do we get out of these cars? First of just how safe are these cars? As stated in paragraph 9 "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." That means that these cars must be 100% safe for indiveduals to drive. Another thing to keep in mind is that whos are people to blame if the technology fail? In this case the we wouldn't know who is to blame in case of a jury. Court problems could be dificult to solve do to this case. Another negative side to these Driveless Cars is that how much money will it take for these companies to make. How much money is the government going to use in a car that could fail it's dutties when the goverenment could use that money for better things like army supplies, Global Warming, or even on Chareties. All that money could be used for many good and reasonable items. That is another great point in why we cant make these unreasonable cars. Now lets say these cars won't fale. How many people are going to be able to buy them? We cant just make a lot of driveless cars if not many people are going to be able to afford them. Most of all they need to funktion well and be affordable. But my most important question is what do these cars benefit to us? Are they going to bring us safe home? Will they take care of young adults while being in them alone? We have the right to know all of these questions before they even come out. In the end those are all my belives in why these cars are a bad idea from these manufacturer. We do not need failing technology out in our human driven roads. Our cars are fine the way they are driven by humans and not by some failing computer driven technology! It will be another reason in why humanity will end.

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Driverless cars seem like they would be a good idea and could very so work, under the right condidtions. Like the author said, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" That is a very good question considering people that drive with children or just starting out. I personally think that a driverless car could work if everyone would still be alert and aware or their surroundings. Some Companies such as Tesla, have aleady projected dates to when they plan to release a driverless car. These cars have sensors on them almost everywhere on the car that alert you when you are about to hit something or tell you when you need to start taking control, such as in a traffic jam or if there was an accident on the road. Televison and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves. And now that we finally have that technology, we are taking the next step to better safety, more quick and effecient driving in some cases, and probably more money in the pockets of these creators as well. The people at Google making these cars seem to be very confident and sure about what they are doing. These cars would almost be used as a texi service or bus transportaion. But, they would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. So as far as I am concerned, driverless cars would be a great idea.

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Driverless cars should not be in our future nor should it even be a choice. I dont think driverless cars should be a thing we start to do because this will only cause problems in the law, letting people think that its okay to drive while texting or talking on the phone. My side of the argument comes with many reasons on why i think we should be allowed to have driverless cars. Driverless cars are an excuse to be able to be on our phones while in the drivers seat. This will not show teenagers that they need to get off their phones and actully pay attention on what they are doing. In the article it states that the car will need to have a special touch sensor to make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel, this clearly states that driver shouldnt even be allowed to be doing anything but paying attention to the road because while driving anything can happen or even pop up and if you were on the phone it would have been too late. Secondly, these cars are making the law change or add new laws. The cars will only create many problems becasue someone decide to check their phone, and then all of a sudden something okay, not too good, or something really bad. The article about this topic syas that they only want to keep helping the money and use it all for ourselves. Thirdly, the cars are only wasting money on trying to firgure out how to or making it. Driverless cars will redcue jobs for many people, There will be no more taxis or Uber. The processs of the driverless car is that they have to buy new parts somene who they know how cooler or worth the look. In conculsion i think that the driverless care is not safe becausee it shows that the teeacher, it will cause my entire life, and it waste money and time on something so dumb and wating money. These reason why i think that its bad is because it bothers you that me and isaav sare really close!

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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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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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The posibilty of a face reconizing computer would be very helpful for children or even adults. Its would be helpful in a ways of satifying our needs and why showing us thing that would make going on the internet better. I think that the face reconizing computer would be very reliable; because in the text its says " A class room computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored". And if the students is "confused and bored" then the students is not really learning anything, beacuse all children can't be taught the same way. Some children have trouble learning or its harder for those children to learn; in a result of failing grades and low participation happening in the classroom. In my conclusion I think that face reconizing computers would the best thing for students. In way if a students were to not understand what her/she is learning in class the face reconizing computer could realize that the child doesn't understand is and give more instructions on what to do for the topic or assingment the're doing.

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