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Advantages Of Limiting Car Usage Have you ever thought of the advantages of limiting car usage? I have, by limiting car usuage there will be less pollution, your town will not be not be covered in smog and it'll bring you closer with your community. I think that you (my fellow citizens) should and do want that for you and your community. To begin, the first positive of declining your usage of cars will prevent pollution. Pollution is very horrible, it can harm people in many ways. Pollution can make people sick, keep them from wanting to go outside and enjoy the out doors and also can harm the wildlife. For example, big trucks and machinary seem to spit out a lot of diesel which is a lot of pollution which can internally harm citizen's bodies. So do you want pollution in your community? Next, limiting car usage will prevent your beautiful city from being covered in smog. Smog is nasty and makes your environment (home) look nasty as well. Smog is pollution that travels through the air and allows the sky/clouds to look grey and the air to be filled wih all types of horrible gasses. I'm sure you wouldn't like going out side and seeing your environment be all gloomy and disgusting because of your vehicals. Lastly, not being in your vehicals all day, talking to people about your life and just being genuine will truely bring everyone so much closer as a community. Being close with your neighbors, talking and walking will all of the genuine people in the communtity will help your society grow. We all want to know our surrondings so why not get out of the cars and go for a stroll, you never know what may be the outcome. Vehicals are overrated in my opinion. To conclude, I think that you should consider all of the advantages of less car usuage. Not only to prevent pollution, prevent a smoggy community, but to also help you communicate with your family. Now the choice is yours, do what's best fro not only you but your society. Just don't forget all the outcomes of car usuage.

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Being a Seagoing Cowboy or Cowgirl is an experiance of a life time. I will never forget being Seagoing Cowboy. It opend up the world to me. It got me ready for life. I did things I didn't know I could do. I got to see amazing places and do amazing things. Even if I didn't have anything to do with the animals, me and my fellow cowboys played lot's of games and had tournaments. Being a Seagoing Cowboy also made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs. It made me realizie that I am helping lot's of people. I am helping people have food to eat. This awareness stayed with me, this led my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. Some other people think it is dangerous to be a Seagoing Cowboy. I do think that sometimes it can be dangerous. That is why there are multiple people on the ship so they can help you when you get hurt, or can take over your job so you can heal. My days as being a Seagoing Cowboy were amazing. I had lot's of fun and helped lot's of people. I hope that lot's of other people will have the same experiance that I had.

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Venus is a very dangrus planet its ben proven, not one human has lasted more than a few hours floating above the fray,its been more than three decades since a space ship has tuched venus but scientist are till working on the planert wonderingthe same question as you why are we still working on this dangerus planet well scientist come to notice that venus has some familiar featurs alike earth it has vallys, mountains,and craters, scientist have come to think that long time ago, venus was probably coverd with oceans and could have suppoted various forms of life, just like earth today., thats why scientists are not giving up on figuring out venus witch is why they are still trying to go back to venus safe and scientificly productive following the safe orders that NASA gave the scientist, NASA gave sicentist permission to go to venus with some conditions,they will only be allowed to be floating above the fry, scientist will have to invent a stronger space ship, and they will have to study not just the planet but the people more so it can be safer and they dont have any risks. not to mention venusis the closest to earth in terms of desity and size, and occasionatly the closest to didtance too its the second planet from our sun known as erths twin.

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The author gives alot of interesting facts about Venus. They even have a nickname for Venus its called the evening star. Well they call it the evening star because its one of the brightest points in the night sky. Venus is proved to be a very challenging place to examine closely. Also Venus is a planet in our solar system its second from the sun. Venus size compared to the Earth is like his twin and is the closet planet to Earth in density and size, sometimes on a occasionally distance wise to. The author states how they have sent space crafts to Venus to land and the missions were unmanned for a reason. Author makes a strong statement and says no single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more then three decades. Not a single spacecraft and even survived on Venus. The very thick atmosphere has about a 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets Venus. The information the authors gives to us about the atmosphere and its whole planets are very detailed and explains everything about the planet. He even goes on to talk about the temperatures average over like 800 degress fahrenheit which is insane. When the author says that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit i think he wants people to discover new things about the planets but most about Venus. I think they are trying to discover more facts about the planet and what other ideas he come up with. I also think the author wants to get even closer to the planet despite all the dangers. He goes on to say that the National Aeroautics and space administration NASA they have compelling ideas for sending humans to study Venus. The scienctists are trying to find a way to mabey get a spacecraft on Venus or a vehicle hovering over Venus. But the 170 degress fahrenheit and air pressure would be close to seal level on earth. More interesting facst's the author is giving is and goes on about if their plan to get a hovering vehicle over Venus from a safe distance they can videography ineffective samples of gase's what rock's alot of information they are trying to get about venus. But those samples cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. When the author states the challenge of exploring venus is they are trying to get more information about the planet. They want others to discover something about Venus and mabey help them out. The author gives alot of interesting facts about Venus so people can study about this planet. So they can get the most out of his studies that made and put to this acrticle for people to get into studying about this planet no matter the despite of danger's it presents its a awesome planet to study well put by the author with lot's of information on Venus.

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Dear Senator, This brief letter is to show you my perspective on changing from the Electoral College to changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America. I believe that the Electoral College should be changed because it's outdated, is very unfair, and is very misguiding. The Electoral College should be changed because of how outdated it is. The United States is just calling for an update. And a productive and benificial update. Just like the update of IOS 7 that the Apple company has recently made. The Electoral College is just not as productive as it used to be. This is because of issues such as population increase. Since there's more people the electoral votes are more prone to getting miscounted or may lead to other problems. Not only is the Electoral College outdated, however, it's also causes way to many dillemas. Thankfully this only haopens every four years so we get a break from hearing about all the troubles the Electoral College has done. For instance, the Electoral college is so unfair to voters because voters aren't even able to vote for thier candidate they have their electors vote for them. Therefore, even though this happens on very rare occasions the electors have the power to vote for whoever they might choose. Which also causes stress on the voters, this is due to the unconfirmed assumption that they might not be voting for who they claim to be. Aswell as the Electoral College being outdated, and unfair it's also irrational. Direct voting instead of using the outdated, unfair Electoral College voting would be a great update to the United States. Beniffiting the voters, electors, and the elected.            

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the aurtor gives a strong reson why we should study venus dispite the dangers if venius. by giving the resons why studing venus will give us a more knowladge of how the world works, and how it will helps us with scientific advancements that are made for the need of using towads studing venus and with thoese advancements will help us learn more about earth itself. As he states in his writing that NASA is using electronics made from silicon carbide in a chamber simulatng the chaos of venus's surface and he talked about the envision of a computer that made calculations by useing gears and leavels and do not use electronics at all. so do to the tech they would develope do to needing to help them study venus's surface. would infact help us advance in science as well as technology. which gives us more of an understandment of how the world works.

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Making computers understand human emotions and feelings, sounds like a great thing to have personally I thinnk that it could be. Having a computer or your phone basically know you and what you like can really make things easier when it comes to looking for things, shopping online and like in the article school work and understanding lessions. This is a resouce that is very valuable to all students in the classroom, I feel that it is useful because like in the reading it states " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Meaning that the computer will automatically change its way of teaching to find way that is fit for you, something like this in schools could completely change the way of school all together, and a great way for easy teaching. Now some might think other wise because of alot of problems that could possibly go wrong with it such as the cost of that software, If the software makes any mistakes, and weather or not the software would work for every student I also can see kids becoming lazy being a big problem too. why I still feel that this is a great idea and should actually be in school I also think for the fight of it that the parent should have to choose weather they would want there kids to experiment with it. Overall this software should be out there for every child to use if they so please.

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The "Unmasking of the Face on Mars" is a natural landform. Just like most natural landforms the face is quite bigger than seen on pictures.. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte. The picture also shows something equivalent to a mesa. The Face seen on Mars is a natural landform because it looks similar to a butte, it looks similar to a mesa, and just like most natural landforms its quite big. The Face of Mars looks quite similar to a butte. First of all, a butte is a landform more common around the American West. In the text someone sates,"It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin. Second of all, the Face is more simialr to a butte is becasue people could identify that they have seen something simialr to the Face. For example, in the text someone said that it looks similar to something that they have seen before. Lastly, the Face of Mars is just a landform that looks similar to some theat we have on Earth. A butte is more common on the west side of the U.S. The Face of Mars looks similar to a mesa. First of all, a mesa is a landform which is more common around the American West. In the text someone states," That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. Second of all, the Face couldn't have been created by aliens becasue people right away could identify the Face as something they have sen before. Lastly, Mars's "face" is just a landform the looks similar to a lava dome that most people are familiar with. For example, lava domes that take the form of an isolated mesa is what the Face can be identified as. Just like any natural landform, most of them are quite big. First of all, the photo of the Face captured took up most of the frame, most natural landforms are not quite hard to miss. In the text is states,“As a rule of thumb, you can discern things 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!” Second of all, ladforms aren't hard to miss. For example, in the text they explain that it was hard to take a picture because of cloud coverage. Just becasue the clouds coverd it doesn't mean that the clouds will clear, and i'm sure you could have seen it just not all of it. Lastly, When the picture was taken they said that each pixel was 1.56 meters instead of the 43 meters per pixel in the picture taken in 1976. Just becasue the meters per pixel is smaller doesn't indicatethat the landform is small. Seeing it on picture is way different then seeing it up close. In conclusion, The Face of Mars is just an rdinary landform because it looks simialr to a butte, it looks simialr to a mesa, and most landforms are big and quite hard to miss. From reading this you now know that the Face of Mars is just a landform an not alian markings.

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Have you ever felt something and you don't know what you're feeling or why you're feeling that way? New computer technology based around FACS (facial Action Coding System) created by Dr. Paul Eckman can read your emotions. I know you might be asking yourself, "why would I want that?" but allow me to further introduce you to this program and why it's such a good idea. First let me ask you, what harm would it honestly do? Why wouldn't you want this software? I understand that it might sound silly and that technology is really getting ahead of time but it's truely a brilliant idea. The program can single-handedly understand any of your six emotions. This includes, happiness, surprise, anger, fear, sadness and disgust. It completes these tasks by recognizing facial muscles and how they move to create these emotions. This software might also be able to help people have a better understanding of friends emotions and how to make their peers and friends feel better. The program after identifying your emotions, finds ways to up your mood a little. The article states; "For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." If someone didn't want to have this software, they might as well be saying they don't want to be happy! The computer software can also identify mixed emotions, such as the example they gave of Mona Lisa stating; "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This is ideal, contrary to the idea that someone might only be feeling one emotion at the time, as it is unlikely. If these computers can find a way to make people happy or to make people smile, the world could be a better place. The software could help other people understand feelings and emotions better and allow for more emotion-realted communication to take action. Why would anyone turn this awesome opportunity down? If you have experienced feeling emotions and not understanding why or what you're feeling, this software is for you. Even if you haven't experienced this, this softwear could be the reason you smile and if that isn't in your interests, you should rethink. Overall, there is no down-side to this program. It can tell what you're feeling by your 44 major muscles located in your face. It can also sense your mixed emotions as well. Everyone needs something in their life to help cheer them up and this is the fix to that problem.

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Dear. State Senator Electoral College should we keep it or change it, to election by popular vote? Well alot of people dislike it and some like the electoral college. There are certian asspects about both electoral college and election by popular vote that should be looked at closey before you choose which one works and wich one dosen`t. Keeping electoral college I believe its best for our voting proccess. Why because in 2012 Oboma received 61.7 percent of the electoral votes. His percentage with popular vote was 51.3 percent, so if you voted for him electoral college bumped up his percent by a good amount. The electoral college also helps avoid problems of the elections such as no candidat receives a majority of the votes that were cast. Electoral college also restores some of the weight in the political balance that larger states lose by vitue of the ma-apportionment, witch means to me that larger states have larger percentages and between the two candidates the percents can be close so the electoral college just helps us pick one of the candidates. Popular vote has some good asspects to it aswell. Popular vote helps bump up your percentage of votes before electoral college is added, so it makes it an even better chance for the candidate you voted for to win the election. I believe people perfer popular vote because to me if I'm correct popular vote is the amount of votes acandidate got from the people and I know alot of people like it when their choice gets picked and no one else tried to i guess you could say meess with the votes. Electoral to me is the way to go so I believe you should keep it. It seems that it gives candidates a better chance of their percentage going up so the have a better chance of winning.                                                     

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In my way of seing things would be like saying that if automakers are continuing with there job on the assumption of the problem s that they be having problems ahead would be solved because most people are scared to know what's coming up in the future perhaps maybe saying that you want to get projected on 2017 year and their own company have not be successful yet to be doing so many focusing on the drivers. I mean it's their fault that they want to text for example and then the green light turns red and your to busy on the phone or whatever it might be you could crash the car and not having a drivers license would cost alot of consequences that you don't want to have and especially seing your kids grow and they looking at you of how depressed and disaapointed you are with them later you your going to be ending up in jail and your kids probably don't want to see that. And another good point is that driving assisting is really good for you because theres alot of good people in a cab sometimes and you want to be drive like that where ever you want to go at and i mean thats good sometimes theres traffic but that means you have to wait or whatever instead of having a bunch of friends in a car and be saying hurry up or e.t.c and your rushing to get in a certain way or to get somewhere your being late at like its better to be more positive then negative thats why this world of cars have alot of drama with their pantings and having so much money to biuy a car every 2 years cars need to stop modeling. On modeling on paragraph six and seven they talk about certain things I was talking about and having low speed on there cars once in for all because there' s so much things that people might certainly do racing the cars with them and having no fear of anything what if one day a person having so much cups to drink and he isnt even realizing of how much hes doing to the people dangerous stuffs like oh my gosh. manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe with their techniques or whatever its really something that you shouldnt be doing depending on the situation of the companies bringing cars to the owners and sell them for big money and taking more advantage of the cars because some poeple do past the line selling cars over millions of dollars and the original price was who knows what but less then that so cars need to stop growing in this population no more inventing cars and everyone well be good and less drama i think everyone would of be happy of not having any issues of cars now days .

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Even though the era of driverless cars seems to be approaching at a quick pace, I would not expect these inventions to take off. Driverless cars at first come off as worthy devices for transportation, but they will soon enough come into contact with conflicts and difficulties. When looking at these types of cars, one must consider factors such as safety and convienence. Could this new mode of transportation really be great of society? Driverless car development should be reduced and held off. Laws across the states, except for those such as California, Nevada, and Florida, have restricted aspects of driving that would enable the use of the driverless car. Most focus on keeping the people in general safe from harm. Let one say, however, that driverless cars are allowed to become more used and tested within the United States. New laws would have to be created in order to figure out who is liabile for accidents. Would it be the manufacturer or the driver at fault? Driverless cars would have to jump obstacles such as liabilities and state restrictions inorder to even be considered for use. In addition to state conditions, the conditions of safety and attention for the driver must also be considered. As the car drives itself, the passengers in the device may not even be paying attention to the events at hand. Sure, manufacturers have made ways for the car to catch someone's attention, such as viberations or flashing lights, but such means can't always be reliable. What if the passenger or "driver" is asleep or even medically impaired? Many will probably look at the driverless car as a means of safe transportation due to a physical or mental disability. Accidents are prone to happen if the car itself can't be relied on one hundred percent without human skills. Lastly, there is a possiblility that this new mode of transportation won't have enough of a budge to take off. Even if the new car seems like a great invention, it might be too expensive to pull off. For example, Google's Toyota Prius uses multiple sets of technology, such as radar sensors, laster beans, and cameras. If one were to mass produce such a complex device, it'd surely take mass amounts of resources and money to construct. Furthermore, will drivers be attracted to driverless cars? They might wonder whats the point of getting in the car if it has the chance of still needing human correction. The chances of this new technology becoming more popular with society is low and unpromising. In conclusion, driverless cars have a numerous case of setbacks. Federal and state restrictions when it comes to driving handicap the cars from being used widely. Not all drivers will be capalbe of using such devices and everyone should be accomandated for. Money and interest also have to be considered before even launching such a complex invention. Driverless cars come with too many aspects that should set it back in development in the upcoming years.

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If they go by Electoral college then Congress would have to count up all the votes. The Electoral Cpllege has as many as 538 electors, 270 votes will determine who becomes our new president. On the other hand changing to election by popular vote for president will give people a chance to choose there favorite canidate to become the president. Its basically like picking favorites you get to pick who you think is best and who you want to become the new president of whatever you the situation may be.  Electoral College your not really voting for a president your votins for a slate of electors. Who really chooses the presidents ? That would be the electors who actually pick the president not the people. Mainly if you win the Electoral vote you still have to go through the popularity voting comes after that. Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate reciaves a mojority of the votes that are cast.

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The use of the Facial Action Coding System technology to read the emotional expressions of students or a singular student, is and could be very valuable. This technology could help teachers with finding out if a student in their classroom may be depressed, anxious, worried, confused, etc. In the passage it states that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored or confused." In the passage it also states that "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This technology could help teacher's drastically with figuring out what lessons students are struggling the most with and what they can change to make there lessons slightly easier and more effective. F.A.C.S technology could not only possiably help improve students grades and comprehension of the material they are learning, but also help in my personal opinion could drastically with school shootings. If the teachers had the Facial Action Coding System in their classroom's then they could possiably save a child's life. Being able to see if a child/student is depressed or not could greatly benefit the saftey of schools. It could also help teachers recognize that a student in their class is struggling and they can get the student/students the proper help they need, which could possibly help prevent a student from taking their own life. In conclusion, the use of the Facial Action Coding System technology to read the emotional expressions of students in the classroom is valuable because it could help teachers get students who may be depression, the proper help they need which could possibly prevent a child from taking their own life. The technology could help teachers see if a student in their classroom is forcing a "fake" smile to hide that they are upset, anxious, worried, depressed, etc. Or if te student is truly happy and has a genuine smile. This technology could greatly possibly help techers learn what they need to spend more time working on in the classroom. This could also help the teachers learn what they could modify in their lesson plans to make them slightly easier for there students. With this is in mind, the F.A.C.S tecnology use in the classroom could ultimately help not only the students but the teachers, paraprofessionals, subsitute teachers, etc. It could help improve students test scores and overall learning environment.

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Losing a privilege to drive a car is a risk. Some people use cars for there main transportation. In some places you will found countries and nations that dont limits you to drive a car anymore. Those places are Germany, Paris, and Bogota,Columbia. These cities limit the right of driving a car, but the citizens agree in many different ways. In Vauban,Germany the  citizens are happy that most people dont have cars. The citizens think its an great idea no cars are on the street. They have certain places that you can park if you own a car. There's only two places you can park and those two places are the large garages at the edge of the development, and you have to buy a space for $40,000, along with a new home. There is 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there. They think that cars wouldve been to much for them and that since the cars has been gone it has had a big impact in the German society thta has lower the transportation bills 80 percent down by the law. In Paris, the cars have been moved off the street due to smog. The smog happened when the pollution started. There was almost 4,000 drivers fined for refusing to follow the orders. Paris has also created a new tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. The 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. Paris averages more smog than any other European capitals.'' Last week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compare with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found. The Paris people have come to a conclusion that its cars and diesel has effected its community and such more but its the main reasin why paris has the advantages of limiting car usage to the people. In Bogota,columbia its a new program that sets to spread to other countries. After the program started Colombians have begin hiking, bike riding, and skating to reduce the traffic jams. Its the third straight year cars have been banned with just taking a bus and only taxis for a day. In the capital of 7 million people the goal is to try and promote an alternative transportation and reduce the smog pollution. The violators will have to face $25 fines.'' It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution, said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. For the first time ,two other colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar, have joined the event. The Municipal authorities from other countries came to Bogota and joined the event. A day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid 1990s. Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city. Since the even, Predsident Barack Obama has accepted the terms of the no car limits and he thinks its a good idea to the citizens.    

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Luke thought you would like to go to the Seagoing Cowboys program. You travel around the world. It will be cool to see differnet things. You could help the cowboys the all the animals. I think you will have a great time. Hope you have a great time joining the Seagoing Cowboys! You ride on a boat to the places you go. The cattle-boat trips are an unbelieveable opportunity. Helping people is good. You take alot of tips and do lot of cool things. Just try it out and se if you like it. There are some roles you play to help people with things. People lost thier things becuase of World War 2. Finally I think you will have a good time. If I know I like it, you will to. Go and have a great time. Go travel around the world. Go and see things you maybe never saw before. You will have a great experiance. It will change your life.

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In the United States we have been votng for president for many decades. But now there are protest against the process of electing a president. Many argue that the electoral college should be abolished and others feel that we should elect by popular vote. I strongly believe that we should change to popular vote because the electors could defy peoples will, they are unfair to voters, and people arent necessarily voting for their president. To begin with, the electors have the power to defy peoples will. State legistlaters are responsible for picking electors and those electors can defy the will of people. "Electors have occasionally refused to vote for their partys candidate and cast a deciding for whomever they please." said Bradford Plumer .This is not right because the legislatures are picking electors that are using their powers for the worst. Next,the electoral college is unfair to the voters. " Because of the winner-takes-all system in each state,candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning,focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states." said Plumer. For example , during the 2000 campaign only 17 states didnt see the candidatesat all, that includes Rhode Island and South Carolina. Electoral colleges are not being fair to the states and their voters. Lastly, the election process should be changed to popular vote because voters are necessarily voting for the president. Most people think that when they go to vote for their president that their votes are what decides the final outcome, but thats not true!.Its the electoral college that decides that. Some people dont vote for that reason , because they dont think that their vote will change anything. And in the end it does not seem very fair that are votes count by very little. In conclusion, the way we elect are president every four years should be changed. It should go based on popular vote not on electoral college because elector could defy people, they are unfair to voters , and people arent necessarily voting for their president. For all the reason people should be able to vote and they will know that their vote will be counted.  

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My postition on drivless cars is that i personaly dont like the idea because what happens if one of the driveless cars mess up or glitch while on a busy highway or just on a regular road and someone gets hurt whos to blame the comapany that made the car I would feel more safe if i was in control of the car not only because I could control it if I messed up butt if someone else messed up also I could steer out of the way. Also what if you wanted to go offroad with it and you cant becasue the car is not programed for off road so it would take the fun out of driving I think. Another reason i dont like it is that so far on the driverless cars is that the speed isnt very high as of now and if your wanting to get somewhere as fast as possible the fastest your driverless car can go is up to 25 mph and that wont get you anywhere fast. Another reason is what happens when new roads are made not everyone is going to want to update thier car just so new roads can be programed into it so it knows where to turn at and how fast it should go on the new roads. Also what if a person is walking and desideds to jump out in front of you and run to the other side of the road or there are animals on the side of the road and the car dosen't see it so it dosent know to slow down and make sure nothing is gettting ready to jump and run across the road. So the only way I would think a driverless car would be a good idea would be if it also let you take control at any moment you wanted not just when the car needed help incase of construction work; also if the people making these driverless cars took full responability for wrecks caused by their cars and if they could possibly make them faster and made them very, very safe.

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With so much technology already being developed for the analysis of human tendencies, what could one more hurt? Nowadays, manufacturers and creators of products are using technologies and algorithims to analyze everything from shopping preferances, to the economic strengths and weaknesses that characterize a specific a consumer. Not to mention, with facial recognition, and widespread survelliance, complex human interactions are beginnning to be broken down into code. While some may argue against this simply because the idea of being "watched" does not appeal to them, these advancements have real-world applications that could actually be quite beneficial to society as a whole. The concept of the FACS program being implemented in classrooms is a concept that really should be taken into heavy consideration. The practical applications of something such as an emotional analysis program within schools, have no end. For this reason, it is concievable that the FACS program should be introduced into the fabric of the modern schooling system. Imagine if a computer was able to comprehensively custom-tailor lessons for struggling students, based solely on their unconscious reactions to other lessons. Often times this is exactly what a student needs, and what many student activist groups have been proposing for years. The notion that a student could have a lesson that was customized to fit his or her personality, might be exactly what some parents of stuggling (and academically adept) students have been craving. In the article, Making Mona Lisa Smile, by Nick D'Alto, it is stated 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." This is a compelling argument for a fairly simple reason; most students that do not do well in school, claim that it is because they do not enjoy it, or that they do not appreciate the way that information is conveyed to them. However, this can be remedied. The implementation of the FACS program within schools would provide an alternitave to traditional teaching, and could improve the overall experience of students. Besides that, the FACS program could also be used to analyze the general student reaction to a specific topic or concept. This would provide teachers with more insight into the lives and emotions of their students, and allow them to better prepare lectures, and their coverage of that topic. The article also states that, " Most human communictation is nonverbal, including emotional communication." Not only would the gathered information be beneficial to other parties for the betterment of schooling, but it would also allow school systems to pick up on particular emotional cues that may only be visible to someone who is emotionally close to a particular student. This program, without a doubt, offers many helpful options when it comes to its use within school systems. The FACS system should be implemented into the fabric of modern schooling. With so many applications, It would be foolish not to at least experiment with it in a school setting. While it is true that privacy and reliability are great concerns for many people, convenience and better academics are also great concerns in today's modern society. In a culture that is beginning to value knowledge over all else, it is important for schools to employ every method available to them, to better prepare students for the life ahead of them. Technology should not be viewed as an enemy in an academic world. Rather, it should be percieved as a tool. A tool that gives humanity the ability to accomplish whatever can be dreamed, and gives it the resources necessary to lead its people into a golden era of knowledge and education.

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Cars are an important part of American Culture, but a superpower country using them has big consequences.  Pollution is getting worse and worse, and greenhouse gases are heating up our world. There are a few advantages to limiting car usage: safety is improved, and less pollution. Paris recently enforced a tentative law that banned driving so as to clear the air of pollution. Warm days and cold nights were trapping the car emissions (Source 2). In the other side of the world, America's car selling stats are decresing. This could mean that cars will be used less and less in the U.S., which would definitely benefit smoggy places like L.A. and New York (Source 4). Fun fact: automobile accidents are the leading cause of desth for teenage Americans. Now, if we were to remove that, then there would be no deaths. Thus, safety is improved. Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford motor Company, found that "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time... and improve safety". (Source 4) Ford and Mercedes are already calling themselves "mobility" companies with a wider product range. The world would be so much happier with less deaths and breathable air, so cars should be limited. Days where driving is not allowed would be a great idea for America, like in Bogota, Columbia. The capital city of Bogota was devoid of traffic jams and violators who used cars faced 25 dolllar fines (Source 3). The goal was to promote smog reduction and safety. America should follow this example and try to set one for other countries, because planet Earth doesn't have much time left and humans need to all they can before they become extinct.

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If we continue to put this much effort into the making of these cars there is no doubt that driverless cars are going to be truely driverless someday.We already have motion sensors, radar, and laser beams to calculate anything that may get in the way. Sooner or later these systems will be able to figure out the best way to traverse these obstacles and without the need for a human driver. Obviously there may be a few times when the autonomous car can't predict what will hapeen but in thoses situations it's not like a human would have done any better at predicting it. These cars are going to be abe to stop and detect things faster than any human could, thus making it safer and more reliable. This article explains the opinion of a man named Sergey Brin, a man who truely believes that the time for completely autonomous cars is coming. Companys all around the world are working toward this dream is not as far fetched as some people might think. It also mentions how Google has already made a car that can drive itself but it still requires a human to traverse the more difficult obstacles and manuver through construction zones. Currently the cars have a warning for whenever it encounters these obstacles, so that the human can take over and get through it. However that takes away from the completely autonomous cars, because it requires human assistance. A question that this article does not answer is that if we have cars that will drive themselves without any assistance then, will we need to learn how to drive for those specific cars? If not then, what age will someone be able to drive in one of these cars be? This topic is going to affect many people because it also raises the question if it will make the world even more lazy because we don't need to drive. We will be able to sit back and do other things that don't focus the brain and train for better reaction time and make us aware of where we are. In the future these problems will be met with a fair solution to these common problems. Another question this article doesnt answer is what price will these cars be? The article states that "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars." Obviosly the price for those things have went down and become more practical but for all the radar and scanning equipment put into one of these cars it adds up. Just how much money are people willing to spend on safety and luxury? Will the companies be able to accomodate for people who don't have enough money for all the saftey features? This goal/ dream may be closer than we think. Car companies are getting closer and closer to this dream of the world where cars are driverless. Mail delivery could be safer and easier, not to metion garbage trucks. These cars may even put some people out of buisness or for others it could provide better buisness. Car companies should be safe and reliable enough t=if they are going to be called "truely autonomous cars".

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Venus is a very dangerous place for human to be on. Its surface temperature is over 200 degrees and the pressure is more than 90 times greater than that of Earth's. Even though the conditions are very bad for human beings, many scientists believe that it will be worth it to make trips to the planet to get research. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author makes a claim that the pursuit of studying venus is wirth it despite the dangers it brings and supports it well by showing why we could benefit from the research and how we could possibly survive the harsh conditions. In the article the author supports the claim that they made by giving reasons to why we should study the planet and what we can learn from it. In the article it states "Long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Later in the article it says "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." These quotes from the text show that the planet probably resembled earth a long time ago and still has some similar features that Earth also has. Scientists could use this information to find new discoveries and learn more about Venus and maybe even Earth itself. Also the author tells the reader that there could possibly be a way for use to get close to the planet without anybody being harmed and still get valuable research. The article states "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle havering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." Also in the text it states "Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." These quotes show that the author tell the readers that there is a way for us to get close to Venus, be safe, and still gather information. To sum it all up, the author develops and supports his claim, "going to Venus would be worth it despite the dangers it presents," well by giving reason to why we should study it and how we could study the planet and it still be safe for humans to survive the harsh conditions that Venus has. The author uses facts that support his idea that humans might be able to survive the conditions with the right tools. The author also tells the reader why scientists could benefit from the research they can gather from studying Venus.

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i think having cars that can drive themself is a very bad idea. i dont think battery powered cars are a good idea. if we have cars that drive themself what happens when they break and people wont know how to fix it becuase they will think that it wont break. and poeple wont be as alert as they are today. becuase the car does all the work for them until the human has to take over. and say if the vehicle gets into a wreck whos responsible. bacuase if the human isnt driving how can they know whos fault it is. there are many roadblocks we have to break through before we even start to test these in real life situations. i feel like humans should be driving her eown car becuase if some one pulls right ou in front of them they will be alert and move out of the way of that other vehicle. and they claim that these driverless cars are more fual efficent but if every one drove a deisel car or truck that will be just as fuel efficent becuase a deisel burns hotter so it burns off alot more of those harmful chemicals. and a deisel creats more power. i personally dont have one i have a old truck that does horrible on gas but i will back up might statement. i preffer deisel i always have now i will admit yes eventually we will have to resort to elctric cars but we dont need driverless cars. theres no point we went all this time without them so why switch when we are doing fine without them. its almost like buying a brand new truck right off the lot then a year later when the new one comes out you uy that one. its pointless. so instead of wasting money one these dreams spend that money toward something that matters more.

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When curcling around mars the aircraft had taken pictures with they had captured a face on mars. this got back to the people wich made them belive that there was some kind of alien or life form on Mars.When having more photos the scientist had noticed that the face came from clounds which had made it look like a face,but while taking more photos the face was actually rocks in mars.In the passage it states the face had came a pop icon, it was in 'Hollywood films', it was even in 'haunted grocery stores' the face was used for 25 years.The face was also used to attract attention to Mars and which it did. After reviewing some more photos the monumit was not an alien artifact after all.The face looked like Egyptain pharaoh because of the shadows. On earth tit was common sighting in the American West,also over the years the face was starting to fade so sayin gif it was an alien artifact the face would have not disapear or start to fade away and they could oly see it when it was very sunny on Mars or when it was very cloudy. To make sure they sent Mars Global Surveyor to take more photos and the photos came out ten times better so they could see the photo. Also there is a 'lave dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars', and revealing that there was mo alien momunment after all.

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Is Studying Venus a worthy pursuit? In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents; although, venus is very dangerous, Venus is known that it could of once been just like Earth. Even though its known that it could been just like Earth many years ago scientist still dont have enough evidence to proof that it was just like Earth many years ago. Venus is often refered as Earth's "twin" because Venus is the closest planet to earth in density and size. If its like earth in many ways why is it so dangerous? Venus is the hottest planet out there; although Mercury is the clostes to the sun venus is still the hottset plantet in our solar system. Venus temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit. These condition are very extreme that no human could live there if they wanted too. "if our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing futher visits to its surface?", scientists or Astronomers are fascinated by venus because its the most earth-like planet in the solor system. Venus has rocky sediments on its surface and also has familar featrues such as vallys, craters, and mountians. futhermore, NASA has been thinking of ways to figure out how we could get on Venus and maybe live there in the futrue. If NASA didnt think it was a good idea they wouldn't have kept trying to find ways to get there with no harm to the equitment or anything living. For example, NASA has been making simplified electronics made out of silicon carbide and has gone far enough to test them in venus like conditions to see posible ways to getting there safe. In conclusion, Venus is very dangerous but it is worthy enough to try to study. Futhermore, NASA is still trying to find ways to get there which probably means it could be a good thing in the future and could benifit Earth someday.

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The face is just a natrual landform. Michael Malin and Mars Orbiter Camera team ten times sharper than the original Vikings photos. These photos were on the JPL web site and revealing a natural lndform. Very few scientists believed in the Fsce on Mars was an alien artifact. Those scientists thought that because they didn't have a good picture so they could defind it. The Face on Mars cordinates are 41 degrees north latitude. There are people who still don't belive this. It was cloudy outside blocking the Face aliens could have been hidding. To prove that it's true on anothe day that was vividly cloudless, in the summer Mars Global Surveyors went back to mars for a second look.''Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maxium resolution.'' The pixels spans of images came back 1.56 meters to the Viking photo 43 per pixel. Since then the pixles have been enlarged by 3 times their size.'' So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes in the ground [around] or Egyptains-style pyramids or eve smalll shacks, you could see what they were. The Face on Mars is a common landform.

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Driverless cars, something you never thought you'd hear in the twenty-first century. Driverless cars can be an amazing thing, but also be an awful thing if used horribly. Aside from the name driverless cars are not particularly "driverless." Sure there are some good things and some bad things to driverless cars, but the bad things out weight the good things. Driverless cars should not become a thing in the state of Indiana or any other state. Say you're driving down the road with your spouse and children, out of nowhere a car comes flying at you, not slowing down or anything. The car rams right into you, killing your spouse and children. As it turns out the car was a driverless car, it had malfunctioned and the manufacturer claims that since they were not driving the car that hit you and killed your family, they do not have to pay, so you go to the person who was in the vehicle, and they claim that since they technically were not driving it either, they also do not have to pay. So now here you are, hospital bills, funerals to plan, and no money to pay for any of it. You are the one who got hit, you are the one who lost everything that day, but because the car was "driverless" no one has to pay. Even with the name "driverless," there still needs to be a driver while backing up, pulling into a driveway, or even through traffic jams. They try to get you with the name but really you still have to drive. Long day at work and you just want to go home and sleep? You are in your driverless car going home and all of the sudden boom, traffic jam. The car starts going crazy trying to get your attention but you are in a deep sleep. Then it happens, a car got tired of waiting and rammed into the back of you. You go to court and the judge puts you at fault because you should not have been sleeping while on the road, but your 'driverless' car was supposed to take care of it right? As said in the tenth paragraph, they are continuing to work on the assumption that the problems will be solved, what if they don't get solved? You could have just got a brand new driverless car, under the assumption that the problems will be fixed, but what if they do not get fixed? Are you gonna be the next one to pass away or are you gonna be the next one to kill someone? You will never know because driverless cars are unpredictable. Driverless cars are not safe. On the other hand, driverless cars can be very convient, you taking a long trip? No problem the car can drive most of it for you. You can sit and relax as the car is driving on the highways smoothly and perfectly. Driverless cars can get you the opportunity to be able to relax and not have the drive the whole way on your horrid trip. You can just sit back, relax, prop your feet up and it will be all fine. Even with the minor plus sides to driverless cars, many deaths can still happen. Things can still malfunction no matter how many times tested. Not one piece of technology is perfect, so why should this "driverless" car be any different? Trick question, it is not. The car can malfunction just as well as any other piece of technology or even any other vehicle. They make the car sound like it will end up being perfect but it can not. Nothing is perfect, not even technology.

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Dear State Senator, Even though you're most likely aware of this, as the United States,we are currently using the Electoral College system as our voting process. This system should be abolished due to all of the factors that could go wrong. The Electoral College is a multiprocess system, which can confuse some of the voters. As an exapmle, there could be a case like this, "Is it Robert Peterson that's the elector for Jacqueline Smith, or Peter Robertson?" With uncertainty like this, we can't be sure if our leader was intentional or an accident. Some other confusion that can occur within electors is that they might say that they're going to vote for Jacqueline Smith, when in reality they are planning on choosing Henry Harrison. Another negative is that They often only visit swing states so they can over rule the large state. This isn't fair to other smaller states who may need the candidates motivation. Last, but luckly least possible, is that the number of total electors is an even number. Hopefully it doesn't get to the point of being a tie, but it will be a possibility for as long os the Electoral College is standing tall. An alternative process to this current system would be Popular Vote. This would solve all of the problems listed above. If the election process is done by popular vote, there will be no confusion because it will all be done individually. An aditional plus of the direct voting being more straight forward is that the voters won't have to worry about whether or not the elector will vote for the candidate they want. With Popular Vote, the candidates will have to visit many more states in order to reach most potential voters, this is because they will see that the poeple of their party is spread all over the United States. There will also be less of a chance for there to be a tie becuase the voting is based per person, and with a bigger number there's less of a chance for the votes to be split evenly. Hopefully after this being read, there will be a change to the current voting system the America. From, Your greatly concerned fellow Floridian  

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lmithing car usage is a bad thing or a good thing ? here are some of the reson why i think that limithing car uasge is a good thing to do . reason one why i think limithing car uasge is that we wont have to pay for gas alot more then we have to casue we wont be usage are cars . some cars got good gas milege but some cars dont have that and we cant forget are diesel trucks owners they dont have good milege and diesel is expensive to its like $100 or more dollars to fill up you diesal truck. second reson why i think we should limit car uasge is so we wont be lazy go out and go for a walk with your family or a bike ride , hicking also skate something just to enjoy the day and the nice weather . do what BOGOTA, colombia they had a car free day that only buses and taxi where on the road . so they can take the buses or taxi to work or where ever they wanted to go and if you where driving on the street with your car you would be fined $25 . its also good why to take stress away you wont have to worry about being late or being stuck in traffic or you car wont start . last reson why i think we should limit car usage is that we can lower the air pollution like beijing,china they are know as one of the most polluted cities in the world cause they have some many citizens living there so at least half or more have cars. thats  why i think we should limit car usage cause we dont have to pay for gas and diesal also so we wont be lazy and get out of the house go out ride a bike, go walking ,skate something to just take away the stress of all the traffic and last be no least so we can lower the air pollition .                  

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The things that go on in florida about keeping in electorial college is working for us there are good reasons and bad reason where to keep it or change it to popular vote. I think keeping the electorial college is better for everybody we vote on the represenitive by there good ideas not there popularity. in the electoral college it consist of 538 votes and the majority of 270 votes is usally the winner and he is voted for because of his good ideas not if he is populer with the people or represenitives. in and electorial college where the electors vote in the president and the vice president which helps out the decison for the better man or woman in the white house, so the people should keep the elector college and not change to the populer vote. the united states should keep they electoral collge because the people vote and it is won by majority rule and should not be changed. the people vote for who they think is right for the job not just random people vote its unanimus decison to who wins. There is no reason to change the way things are going it has always been the same way the whole time ever since the united states was made in the first place. the people elect that is the advantage of a democracy which we have and in a democracy we vote by majority and thats how it most likley will stay in the united states no matter who the goverment is trying to vote in who they want but the united states is the power to vote in who goes into the office not the goverment so there is no chane of rigging all the votes so the unites states should not change to a popularity vote. power to the people is an old metaphor that indicates that we have the power to vote unlike in other countries where one man rules and the people have no power to vote for the best man to take over so in an electoral college we have all mighty power to make our own decisons to our future. so the united states will stay in electoral college forever but anything could happen to stop it.  

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The people want what the people want. My idea is supported towards popular vote due to how unfair Electoral college really seems. My claim is that, popular voting is more fair, most liked and the people get what they want. I believe that the idea of a popular vote to elect the president is a way better idea than Electoral College. In Electoral college your vote actually goes to the electors of the canidates, and they get to elect the president. So in a way people don't really get who they vote for. " When you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates electors ", proof there to tell you the president you want is not really who you're voting for. " Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election like we have now " direct evidence that shows more people want a direct vote so they arn't being lied to, get worried or even angry. The winner-take-all system really had an effect on the people in the past due the way some states could never see the candidates so they knew that they had no chance of winning. Now Electoral College may be unfair and outdated but some people still support it and like the ways of it. The Electoral College is considered an anachronism, or just not fit best for the present time. Basically each party selects electors and then they vote for that party's nominee. The winner-take-all method is really what the Electoral college is all about, what is does is gets voters in toss up states to pay close attention to the campaign and on average are the most thoughtful voters and on average usually decide who will win the election. The Electoral College usually balences the voting considering large states gets more attention from presidential campaigns then a small state would "... restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states  lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the constitution ". Although some people want a political reference rather then one single vote deciding on who the winner of the election is. In conclusion I agree more on the side of a popular vote rather than the Electoral College. It just has a more fair advantage and it supports my claim, popular voting is more fair, most supported and just overall better for the time being. The people want what the people want. 

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in this article the aurthor belives that we should go and explore venus dispite the damgers. thaey have some information about venus but cant get on the ground because of the weather conditions. the high preasure is 90 times stronger than earth's which can distroy anything man made. The planet might have been hospitable and suport various life forms. it is now coverd in rocks similer to those on earth. they should pursuit the exploration of this planet despite the dangers. if the scientest ever manage to land on venus there could be new matierials that could help us like stronger matierials than the ones that we have right now. if they manges to build something to make hospitable for humans. this could help us advance in technology and other things. there are many new thing that we can learm from venus. NASA is planing on sending humans to explore venus but the weather conditions are far to damgerous. hovering over 30 miles from the surface is the safest way to stay ther but enables them for reashurching the groung more no spacecraft has managed to land do to the hight temperature and high preassure. with the advancement of technology some day scientest could manage to land on venus.NASA has been working on some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide. these electronics have lasted for 3 weeks in these conditios. As humans we will strive to meet the callenge in exploring venus. we are curiose on what we could find in other planets. They can find soluotins for the dangers that are faced in venus. we could learn a lot from venus.

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Driverless cars are becoming an increasingly popular topic as each day passes. There are many people that have been waiting decades to see this previously thought work of fiction to come to life. However, there are many people who are opposed to the idea. I am one of those people. Driverless cars sounds very futuristic and to an extent they seem like a brilliant idea. But there are some things involving it that I just don't trust. For instance, if driverless cars are developed within our society, the Human race will become more or less obsolete. People need stimulation everyday, and driverless cars take that away from us. On average, people spend more than 3 to four hours in a car a day. Operating a car takes skill and practice, not everyone is allowed to drive one for the heck of it. You have to take tests. Driving a car provides the person with stimulation, keeping them aware of their surroundings. It also helps multitasking skills, like holding a conversation with someone while you're driving. I'm not going to say that driverless cars would be completely bad for society, because that would be a lie. There are indeed some things that would benifit society if they were implimented. In the article it says, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and break themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." I'm not against those features as long as there is some human interaction still there. Driverless cars may infact be the furture, but would it really be a safe future? There are criminals with amazing technological capabilities that have the ability to hack into almost anything. So if all cars become driverless and only operate with a machine, then there's a huge possibility that your car and maybe even your mother's car would be hacked. A hacked car can't be controlled by the computer itself anymore and only responds to the commands the user controlling it is giving. Currently, there are no systems in place that protect someone's car from being hacked and controlled. In fact, there have been a few cases of that happening in recent years. I admit that driverless cars sound amazing, but I believe the dangers outstand the opportunities. At any time, the government or the car companies themselves, would be able to stop your car. You might be on a highway or you might be on a back alley way, regardless you might get seriously injured if that happened. Seeing as there are no laws yet on driverless cars, people can basically do what they want with them. It would be anarchy. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakes know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." This is very true. If driverless cars become a thing, the driver would become less alert. So if the car malfunctions and you have to take the wheel suddenly, the driver may not know what to do. If driverless cars are implemented, will driving lessons become obsolete? As of right now, driving classes are mandatory for anyone who wants to drive or at least own a car. You need a license, but you may not need one anymore thanks to driverless cars! The driver will esentially become another passenger. You enter your destination and off you go! Will there be any sort of "new license" in the future that will let people know if you are able to buy and "operate" a driverless car? I don't know. That wasn't even discussed in this article. In conclusion, driverless cars are too much of a risk when it comes to safety. No, I do not think we should have driverless cars. In the future I may be able to be persuaded from my current position, but I would need substancial proof to indicate both the safeties of the cars and the dangers of the cars. If the amount of safety the car has outnumbers the amoutn of dangers the car has, then maybe my opinon might sway in a different direction. For now however, I am sticking with my above statement.

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venus a star from eath is one of the brightest pionts of light in the night sky, because is making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot because the earth is going to get killed. because some people think the earth is flat but not other planets because is there choice if it true or not like venus is the second smallest planet in the universe. pg.2 the national aeronautics and space adminstration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea to do the nasa to go to outher space and go to venus to learn more about it. because other people wants to learn about venus and mars because mars is kinda closes to the sun so it really hot in mars in venus is kinda like earth like is kinda cold sometimes and the afternoons there are really hot in venus and the regular earth is winter then spring then summer then fall then yea and keeps going and going but venus is the most important star in the planet and earth. and some people dont know in planets like mars and venus and all kind of planets but they are still learning about the universe and the stars.

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From Luke's point of view participating in a Seagoing Cowboys program would be lots of fun because it said in the article it said it was a once in a lifetime expirence. Also you would have to be careful because if you have a night job and it is raining you would have to make sure you dont break anything when you go up the stairs. Also in the boat you would travel to alot of countries. There are many things you could volunteer for the Seagoing Cowboys program. It might be fun i mean you would help animals. Also you would have to be paitent because it takes awhile to get place to place. It said in the article it took two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean. You also help people with thier needs. It will maybe open your eyes alittle so you can see that you should be grateful for what you have. On board you can play baseball,volleyball,and table tennis and many more things so you won't be bored out of your misery. So as you can see it will be a fun expierience unless you get hurt or something but other than that it surely will. Luke's claim was probalay to particapate and enjoy it. Also Luke should thank Don Reist because Don is the one who mentioned this opportunity. Also this program was for the helpfulness of World War 2 so the people could get thier food supplies and all that stuff.

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In this essay I will be explaining reason from my own point of view and from the story on why I do not think that these kind of vehicles should be created. I will give and back up my reasons on why I disagree with the making of these cars and also state items that were adressed in the passge that I agree with on why these type of cars should not be manufactured. I disagree that these type of vehicles should be created for many reasons. The main reason is safety. Sure the cars will be able to drive by them selfs at time but that doesn't mean that they will never make mistakes. On a rainy day say you have the car drive by itself for a bit and you just lean back and relax for an hour or two. At any point between the 1 to 2 hours that car could say malfunction and crash hurting you and any other person inside that care. Weither it is just a little fender bender with another car or you total both of the cars and critically injure someone. My secondary reason is explained in the passage we were given to write about. Technology in cars has been growing in cars for the past couple of years varly rapidly. But as the author of the passage states the technology may not always be reliable of efficient in situatuions. The author also states that they car will have the human driver take control if coming to a constructuin site or a school crossing. What if at this time the human driver fell asleep while letting the car drive itself and doesnt tkae conrtol of the car at the correct time and crashes or hurts somebody. Another reason I disagree withthe making of these kinds of vehicles is also explained in the passage. In paragraph 7 the author states something that I agree with completely. The author states in this paragraph that say someone let their car start to drive by itself and gets into an accident with another car. WHo is to blame for the accident, the human driver or the manufacturer who built the automatci driving system in the car? If you ask me I would have to say both the human driver and the car manufacture's are to blame. The human driver is to blame because if he or she were to be paying attention to what was going on around them they would have been able to react and see the oncoming car and could have possibly been able to avoid collision with the other vehicle. Tyring to make cars more technology efficient is going to become a big concernin the furtre I think. Now a days we have things like the in-car phone system which myself and the author of the passage find to be very helpful and adds a little bit better percentage to teh safety of drivers when they are not trying to text and talk on their cell phones while driving. Adding this like self driving and automated brakes to cars can cause more safety issuses because they might not always work every time you try to use them. Thoughout this essay you will find reason form myself and the author that i agree with on why we think that cars should be less automated as possible and the reliablitiy of human drivers should be more promising than technology trying to do it for use.

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more people die in car related accidnts then almost anything else each year. yet we still choose to drive everyday. We choose to put our life in danger to take the easy way out. Some places around the world does not allow cars to be driven. this does everyone a favor. gives the community a piece of mind while taking a walk. it also forces people who doesnt get out very much to walk where they needed to go. this would help with people being overweight as well. But we are not just hurting ourselves by driving we are also hurting the planet we live on, Earth. Driving is the main source og pollution to our atmoshere. Pollution causes the air to be vey dirty that we have to breath in it also changes the climate. Climate will begin to warm, this has a big effect on everything, even animals. I also realize some places in the world this is not possible. there is many factors that go into this wether it be saftey reasons or if your like me everything is so spread out. But with that being said cars is not the only means of transportation, subways, railroads and buses are all possibilities too.

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An Almost Perfect World Imagine a world where cars are not driven by humans, but instead, are operated by themselves. When you take a closer look, they are not driven completely by themselves, with no brain to control them, but are operated by computers. Thinking of this possibility is truly exciting. It is so futuristic to think that the world might be close to such a possibility. In a few years, people may never purchase cars again. There are many reasons for why driverless cars would be a wonderful idea. I believe that driverless cars would be more beneficial than human-operated cars because they are more sufficient when it comes to gas, they allow the passengers of the car to relax, and they would prevent wrecks and other road accidents. One reason why driverless cars are a wonderful idea is because they are more gas-sufficient than ordinary, human driven cars. In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming", Google Cofounder Surgey Brin believes that driverless cars will use half the gas of normal taxis. Humans, with so many flaws, probably tend to accelerate faster than what is needed and rev the engine of cars, causing the the car to lose fuel much faster. Driverless cars would not have the same quirks and urges of humans, and would save more fuel by not engaging in these human acts. If the driverless cars are part of a city system, such as taxis or buses are, then humans would also not have to pay as much money to fuel these cars as they do their own cars. They would simply have to pay a tax instead. All of these things alone suggest that driverless cars may be the answer to spending less cash on gas. Another reason why driverless cars are more beneficial is that they allow the passengers in the car to relax. Usually passengers of normal cars have to be completely alert. They must give all of their attention to the road, and may not relax, or a fatal crash may come their way. With driverless cars, people may simply jump in the car and relax after an exhausting day at the office. They may even take a nap as the car wheels them to their destination. There would be no more worrying about "Who will drive?" Everyone will be able to kick back and relax as the car travels. Sounds quite simple, huh? One final reason why driverless cars would be an intelligent investment for the future is because they would prevent car wrecks and other road accidents. Many wrecks, as of the present, are caused by human error. Usually people are texting, or simply not paying attention to the road signs. They may even be drinking and driving. There are many different causes of car crashes, yet all of them seem to stem from the same exact thing - human error. People are not perfect, but computers could possibly be. Google has reported that some of their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. This is simply amazing. If these cars can drive more than half a million miles without a wreck now, just imagine what they may accomplish in the future when newer alterations have been made. With all of the cars on the road having the mind of a computer, humans may never wreck again. It just may be the solution. After discovering all of these facts about driverless cars, it almost seems that there would be no downfalls when using these vehicles. Driverless cars would be more gas-sufficient by using half the gas of a normal taxi. They also would allow for human relaxation because people would not have to operate the vehicle. Finally, these cars would prevent wrecks and other road accidents by all having the same, computer-driven mind. The future appears promising; it seems as if driverless cars just might be the solution. So instead of being cautious of what the future might bring, I believe we should embrace this possibility, and welcome driverless cars into our world.

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Venus is one danger for people get in the Venus because scientists said "Venus is danger because it hot".Which is close to sun however Venus was close to sun. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediment like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on it surface. Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is actuallly a planet and second planet from our sun. Venus is the closest planet to Earth of density and size. Also occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus, Mars, and other planetary neighbor had different speeds. The diffferent speed meant that sometimes we are closer to Mars. If there are no spacecraft then humans will not survived the landing for more than a few hours. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our own planet. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, enven though Mercury is closer to sun. Some humans cannot get in the Venus because it very danger, humans may not survived. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. Researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas, or anything else from a distance. Most importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas, or anything else, form a distance. Therefore, scientists need to understand Venus woud need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. Mechanical computers were first envisioned in the 1800s and played during important role inthe 1940s during World War II. Computers existing devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful,fiexible, and quick. Mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure,heat, and other forces. Our Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but it should be well. Scientists discussing further visits to its surface. Astronmers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Many long years Venus probably covered with oceans and could supported varios from of life.

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I think that the development of these driverless cars is a good thing. Somebody has already started making these cars, and have actually tested them. Although "driveless" cars will still need a driver, drivers will be doing something when the car doesn't need them, they won't get bored. New driving laws will make driverless cars safer for the driver, passengers, and pedestrians. In the article, it says that Google has had these cars driven independently since 2009. These cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph. It will have special touch sensors making sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel for any issues. Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan all plan to have driverless cars by 2020. I think it's safe to say that eventually all car brands will have driverless cars in a couple of years. Drivers of a driverless car won't just be waiting for their turn to drive, they'll be able to do many things. Accoding to the article, manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment. Manufactorers also want to bring in information systems that use heads-up displays. these displays will be able to be turned off when the driver needs to take over. These in-car systems are actually a safety feature, and safety is important. In most states it is illegal to test computer-driven cars. States like California, Nevada, and Florida have allowed limited use of semi-autonomous cars. According to the article, manufactorers believe that more states will follow as soon as driverless cars are proven to be reliable safe. When driverless cars are proven to be safe, laws will be made to keep the driver, passengers, and pedestrians safer. In conclusion, I think that driverless cars will be the new way to drive in a couple of years. Laws will be made to keep everyone safe, and drivers of these cars won't have to sit and wait to drive. I think that these driverless cars will make things safer, possibly less reckless driving, and less car accidents. We must keep improving our technology in order to find better ways to stay safe, and I think these driverless cars is a great way to start.

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What would you do if you saw a picture of a human face on the ground of another planet? If you were like millions of Americans in the world in 1976 you would automatically assume the worse. That it was some type of communication from aliens or that it was a warning that aliens from Mars were going to come to Earth. In the end these people where wrong and started to commonly be reffered to as conspiracy theorists. The human faces of Mars are really just natural landforms and NASA has been proving that for years. If you were one of the people told to discover the truth about the faces would you stay calm, or buckle under the pressure? Many people in NASA stayed calm and put together compelling evidence that the landforms were completely natural occurances. In paragraph two of "Unmasking the Face on Mars." it is said that "Scietists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusualy shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." This shows that the landforms were common on the planet, this certain one just had unusual shadows. Nothing to be afraid about, right? For most people no, it wasn't, but some still weren't convinced and one thing to blame was Hollywood. Have you ever seen the face on mars, maybe in a movie or on a magazine? If the answer to that quoestion is yes then you are like most people around that time. When the face was made public many people and buisnesses jumped on the idea of telling the world made up facts or lies about the face, that it wasn't a natural occurance or that it was a sign from aliens. In paragraph five of the article it says "It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows-- even haunted grovery store checkout lines for 25 years! Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-- evidence that NASA would rather hide..." This proves that people jumped at the idea of going against NASA and telling the world that the Face was something to fear, instead of something to admire. After another spacecraft was sent to take a picture people still weren't satisfied. In paragraph eight it talks about how the second aircraft that took a picture was stuck behind clouds and people thought the image taken may be distorted in some way. To please the people NASA sent another aircraft to Mars to take yet another picture, but it wasn't easy. In paragraph nine it says "Mission controllers prepared to look again. "It's not easy to target Cydonia," says Garvin... Mars Global Surveyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in a narrow 2.5 km-wide strips. "We just don't pass over the Face very often." This statement proves that NASA would do anything to prove the landform was a natural occurance and when the picture came in, the doubts stopped. In the last paragraph it is stated that "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West." This put to rest the crazy theories of alien communication and proved what the face really was, a naturally occuring landform no different than others of its kind. When you first heard about the face did you believe NASA's explanation or the Hollywood version? If you did believe NASA good job, not many people did, but if you were one of the Hollywood believers that is okay. Hollywood manipulated the face to make it look like something it wasn't and people believed them. In paragraph five it says "The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon." This means that you were not alone. The theorists believed Hollywood in what they said about the face. They also thought that since NASA was sending so many aircrafts to get a picture of it, they were just trying to cover up the truth. This is what many people thought for years, but finally the truth came out. Now the "Face on Mars" is still big in Hollywood, but more to the truthful side. Less and less people believe the conspiracy's thoughts and ideas about the face and started to believe the facts. For years people were in the dark about what the face really was and when it came out people still denied it, but slowly began to warm up to the idea, that the face was a landform, much like the ones here one Earth and maybe people will remember this the next time we find something phenominal on another planet.

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Gas has a horrible smell and its bad for the economy and environment. What makes it worse is that its coming out of you're own car. In Germany they have given up their cars in the way that, there's more space for more beneficial builldings and for homes instead of a parking garage and another reason is it takes stress off of the driver. Cars are taking up lots of space that could be usesd for beneficial buildings like schools, hospitals, banks and etc. We don't need cars to live our life's we're to reliant on them and our ecoconomy revolves around cars and to society the type of car you have defines you. We'll no it's not true. We need to stop being spoiled and think about our environment and those around us because if the people in Germany and Paris can do it, so can we. This is an advantage because we can learn to take care of ourselves and you can save lots of money instead of buying a car. Do you ever feel tense when you're in you're car driving? I do, and I sit in the passenger seat. I'm always afraid that someone could be drunk driving or just driving recklessly and hit you're car. Some could be afraid because they don't want ticket and scared to be pulled over. It's very stressful to have to pay so much attention to the road and prevent accidents and what not. This could be an advantage because it could be considered safer, and it take's alot of stress off of you, mentally and physically. There are lots of reasons why cars are a big advantage whether or not it seems valid just give it a try, and maybe our economy will get better. I'm not saying not to use you're cars at all because it's yours just limit your usage.    

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"Driverless Cars Are Coming" is an article about the positives and negatives of driverless cars. It was a very interesting topic, one of the best i've read on an Istep test. It was about how we could be seeing drverless cars in the near future. It talked about how they've tested out many options from magnets to electrical rods. The article gave facts and didn't shy from what the issues were. Now I'm going to express my opinon on the topic. My view on driverless cars is not a set voice. I agree with their concepts and the test ran but i don't agree with how fast they're trying to market it. It's only been sixteen years since we've gotten computers and only about eight or nine since we got modern computers. The touchscreen phone is fairly new and they have these "Hoverboards" which are just segways without handles. I guess what I'm trying to say is there's no reason to jump to something so big if we don't understand what we have yet. I don't doubt we will have self driving cars i just doubt it'll be so soon. I see self drving cars as something we should pursuit. I just don't think it should be a main part of our advances in technology. There's so many things we can be doing other then creating this. We should finish finding ourselves before we start building technology that doesn't need us. with all this "machine doing" stuff we'll just be sitting at home while the bots do everything. Thats no a world i want to live in. A world where everyone looks to machines to do their work.

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What do you think about the Face Of Mars? I think that Mars was made like that it is rocky and collected all the rocks and it made the face.You should really check it out because some things are ment to be probaly like the face of Mars.Mars is made out of rocks and know one has been there so it could've a been an human. The ancheints had'nt even had that type of technology so it wasnt them. There arent any sign of aliens so it wasnt them.Who could it been know one it was made like you need to belive in me because if we hadnt touch it yet know one has. Mars was built with a face and i think it was made like that.hen all the dirt and rocks collided together it was collected all together and made cluster of dirt and rocks to make a face.If people lived on mars we would've got a message or more clues that they were there.Mars landform was built like that and just made that face.Is that a clue? I dont really think so becaue more and more clues to tell us they were there.If there were people on mars think about it how would they breath. It takes a long way to get to mars long ago they didnt have electricity.If people long ago went to mars how would they build that face and make it that tall without any tools.If NASA look at Mars everyday and dont see any life signs how and who would make the face. I really think that mars has had a transformation then the face had appered. If the something like that happened on earth then you should know that its just a natural landform.If aliens had made it then were are they at now.We would have saw a ufo flying in the sky.I mean I dont know why people believe that aliens mad that face if they dont have any back up or any proof.Then look at the picture who would put holes in a human girls hair.Now look at the thing across that a land formation there no way someone was really there playing with dirt and rocks. Even though it look like somebody made it really its just art. Its a land formation and just a cluster of rocks with holes on the face.The face on Mars is a beutiful thing and it was just fantastic.But its just a natural landform that why it has all types of holes next to it and everything.Mars is so far away and there no way back so who made the face know one.

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Well in my opinion the Seagoing cowboys is pretty fun because you get to go on adventures and see nice things all around the world also you get to help animals from getting sick and dying also you get to go on ships an sail to other countries and you probelly get to fight in wars like i said you get to go around the world like to China ,Italy ,New oreleans ,Greece, Europe and ect. so yea you get to go almost everywhere only if you get in seagoing cowboys program . But also there is a good and a bad thing about this program i already told you the good things now it's time for the bad stuff well when you go on the adventure it's going to take you abundance of days to get where you need to be. Do you want to know why it takes you a long time ? Thats because you are going to be riding on a ship yes thats right a ship .Now thats going to take you forever to get where you need to be . Well seagoing cowboys program is a good way to start off because you're doing things for yourself and your helping other animals to so thats a really good idea you should think about today . and i almost forgot you have to be an hard worker to be in this program so that is my amazing ways why you should be in this great opprotunity .

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Hi i am Luke. I have some reasons why I think you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. When i first heard my friend ask me if i wanted to be a Seagoing Cowboy I did not know if I wanted to do it but once i found out what it was i thught it would be fun. When I got there and started doing what i was suppost to do I started enjoying it. A reason I did is because I knew I was doing the right thing by helping with there community and just helping them with some little things also. Another reason is that when I went their I got to explore the acropolis in Greece and it was beautiful I think you would like it to. I also got a ride in a gondola in Venice,Italy. I also went to china! It was very fun and so is being a Seagoing Cowboy. I also learned alot from it like we dont have to worry if we are going to get what we want for breakfast because some people that are less fortunate dont even have Three meals a day. It was hard to take that in but it deffinetly changed my whole point of view in life. I hope that if you give being a Seagoing Cowboy a shot that it would change your point of view in life also. You should give it a try and see if you like it. If you do not like it you do not have to do it but if you do like it i suggest you do it more often, it is helping out and it is doing the right thing. So my point is that you should give being a Seagoing Cowboy a chance because it could defenitly make a change in this world. Thank you!

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The residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers,in this experimental new district the streets are completely car-free. People feel tense when they drive so they feel better this way, without cars. They are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars. Some of the advantages of this is that the most percent of accidents in the world are accidents of cars, with this is going to be less accidents. They are being adopted around the world in attemps to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation with less space for parking. With the car reduce we are protecting our environment. Others advantages are about health the cars are afecting the air, with cars out of street we are going to have a clean environment. With this we are helping to clean  the air of global city. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Delivery companies complained of lost revenue, while exceptions were made for plug-in cars,hybrids,and cars carrying three or more passengers. Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday. In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to working during a car-free day, leaving the streets of this city eerily devoid of traffic jams. This is a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution .Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. In United States studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of the world's prime car cultures. It is the birthplace of the Model T; the home of Detroit;the place where Wilson Pickett inmortalized 'Mustang Slly'.But American's love affair with its vehicles seemss to be cooling. When adjusted for population growth,the number of miles in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, according to an analysis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives,an investment researchcompany. As 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. Part of the explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway. But by many measures the decrease in driving preceded the downturn and appears to be persisting now that recovery is under way. The next few years will be telling. If the pattern persists- and many sociologist believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. But it could have negative implications for the car industry. Indeed, companies like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves 'mobility' companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle. A sociology professor cites various factors, the Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends. The renewal of center cities has made the suburbs less appealing and has drawn empty nesters back in. Likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps facilited more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting work. With all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. The childrens to 19 and 21 have not bothered to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where one could come in handy. They are interested, but it's not a priority. They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends. This say that people enjoy more the public buses or walk or ride in a bike because they go with friends thay talk they spend they time better than a car, that's other advantage. A study last year found that young people who drive have decrease 23 percent between 2001and 2009. Commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety. Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill to be appreved this year, Mr. Goldberg said. In previous bills,80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport. There are so many advantages about living without a car we just have to help the world be a better place for everybody.

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This artical shows that Dr. Huang could maybe idntify human emotions on an computer, but they would have to scan your face to prove exactly what you might be feeling. They use Leonardo da Vincie's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa -- as an example; when they do this they say that she is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry. But, How could a computer read your emoitions? Could we really ues this in a classroom to help identify students emotions lke they did in Leonardo da Vincie's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa --. In the aritcal it says that this computer could see if a student is confused or bored. Dr. Huang predicts "That it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.", but if this computer is doing all of this then would there be a need for schools or teachers. This new tecnology is making as though this emotion reading computer could be placed in you're home and then you're children could just learn there. THe reason i say this is because if it can tell when a student is bored or confused then what would happen if the other students are getting it then it changes just so one student could understand it. Would that confuse the other students, or would it help everyone in the long run? Maybe they do have a good idea and maybe it really could help., but I also this it could hurt as well. It could put school teachers out of a jod. this computer could making it to were there is no need for schools because this computer could be instaled into your house and your childeren could just learn at home. Along with them learning at home this computer could tell them other ways to understand the work by reading their facsal expretions and emotions.

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In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author claims that though Venus's conditions are to extream for that of a human it is still good to study and explore the planet! and says the "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well oce have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." The author says the Venus has many geological Earth like structures such as Valleys, Moutans, craters ect... and that Venus can sometimes be the nearest option for a planetary visit. which is very true and may provide insite to what may oneday happen to our own planet known as Earth, NASA is even looking into it and has already figured out that staying a little over 30 miles above the surface of Venus a human given the right equitment may be survivable though it will not be easy! So in conclusion yes I do think that it is reasonable to resurch Venus and continue to study it would be a worthy persute dispite the dangers it brings because we will never see infinity, but we can choose to dream byond.

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From riding horses with wagons to, drivng cars. this has been a big impact on everyones life. some people drive their cars to get place to place. Others either ride a bike or even they walk to get to where they need to be. In other words some people use cars and some people dont have the money to or just dont want to. So the qeustion remains does not having cars have a affect on our lifes? Perhaps people think that everyone in the world needs a car that is not true. For example:In the artical Heidrun Walter said that"When i had a car i was always so tense. Im much happier this way." He said this because he even moved to Vauban where 70% of the families do not own cars and 57% sold their cars to move there. my next example will be by David Goldberg he says: "all of our development since ww2 has been centered on the car, and that will have to change. And i think he is right most people in the world are focuse on what knd of car to get and how much they cost. Well maybe we as the people should spen a little less time on cars and a little more on how to better the economy. Next, In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities, and legislators are starting to act, if cautiously. Because if this happening it will end up that the world will have less accidents on the roads and highways so that means that we will have less people dying becaues of the accidents. For my next example: Vauban homes are 5500 residents within a rectangular square mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life. But its basic precepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with less space for paking. In this new approch, stores are placed a walk away, on main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. The other way to look at it is that hw are people going to get to work? How are they going to get to the store? Well how are people going to do all these thinds if the dont have a car. If all the car in the world was banned that woould be a bad idea because people would have to star knowing all of the bus,train and subway scheduals so that they would be able to get to work on time. But if they had a car they would not have to do all of that they would just get in to their car and go. Another reason what if you miss your ride to work and your already late then you would have to make a choice to either what for another bus or walk to work either way you are going to end up be late to work. this plan only works if everything that you want and need are very close to where you live and most of the time everything that we want and need are not even close to where we live and way to far to walk. People all over the world depend a lot on cars but we shouldnt. A lot of time i think that people in america are just being lazy. If you think about it if we take all the cars away then we wouldnt have to pay for gas,insurance, or for that matter buy a car. If we do this everything would be much closer together and it would be in walkin distance and you would be able to save a lot of money.

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I think the development of these cars could help with so much. I am for the development of these driverless cars for three reasons. First because they help asist drivers and warn drivers of possible problems, they could help with preventing car accidents, and they also allow the driver to still have control over their vehicles. These driverless cars allow drivers to drive easy without worry, because they warn the driver of any possible accidents. These cars would be very helpful in many aspects. For example the " Traffic Jam Assistant", announced in 2013 by BMW, can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves and notify the driver when the road ahead might require human skills, such as navigating through work zones or around accidents. Secondly, the use of these driverless cars could help prevent a lot of car accidents. The "Traffic jam Assistant" can also handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but its touch sensors make sure the drivers hands are always on the wheel. Also GM has developed seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. Lastly, these driverless cars are good to use because they can still allow the driver to be in control of the vehicle if the driver decides they want to drive themselves. The driver would just have more security by having a driverless car. In conclusion i think having driverless cars would benefit people a lot. Developing these cars is a good idea because these smart cars or driverless cars help asist drivers and insure security. They could also prevent car accidents,and they still allow drivers to be in control of their vehicle. These are the reasons why i support the development of these cars.

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I say that we use the technology that was created for helping emotional expressions of students in a classroom. I mean that would help so much. I'm a person that struggles to understand things when they are just said. I'm more of a hands on person but extra help and FACS would help a lot. This shows how humans have came long way in life,in the world. The FACS was created to help not only students but works or coustmers as well. To be able to tell how a person actually feels is like a skill that needs to be shared with the world. The reason I say we should use this technology is because in the text it says "in fact we humans perform this same impressive "calcuation" 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,etc". What all that means is when someone is having a bad day and you wanna help them but they say they are fine but you know that she/he is not ok but how can you tell? With the technology that we have we can be able to tell all of that. I know that there are some down falls to this technology what if the student or the person doesn't have a problem and just has a face that makes it look like he/she has a problem. But that's what further devlopment is for. FACS will keep pushing and making more progress when being able to tell a person's emotion. This Technology would help the real world and should be made. When someone is in custmer service they could be able to tell if the person is looking for someone quick or if they are taking there time sad or mad. They be able to take the knowledge that they have aquired and turn it into some thing that the person has never seen. They be able to turn a frown upside down. When this technology was created it was being tested on the "Mona Lisa Smile". They did a good job making and testing it. The FACS breaks down how the function works in the text it says " The facial expression for each emotion are univeral," observes Dr. Huang,"even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression"(like not smiling as broadly)". What this means is that it takes detail by detail from facial expressions and trun them into ways of understanding of how people feel in certain situations. I say that we use this technology because of how it would better man kind in its quest of understanding the human brain and its emotion that comes with it. This technology could help students and teachers/students undertand what they are doing and how they are doing it. If a kid is confused and doesn't wanna speak then the technology can speak for that child. That way that teacher can help to make sure the student understands what is going on more one on one with that student could be the difference in test score. More students would graduate more would have a great career. In the Article it even gives you a little tease of how it works and how you can try it. I find that most effective when reading that you can try some thing when being able to understand different things.

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Somethings are difficult to explain because you can never be sure. There scientific explanations for different things already, but some are harder to explain. There is a picture that was taken by NASA's spacecraft Viking 1 that shows a shadowy likeness of a human face on the Red Planet known as Mars. There has been many discussions to what it could be some believe it was created by alien life and others think it's a natural landform. There has been different date collected to supported these claims. I'm a scientist at NASA that has been researching this topic and I believe it's a natural landform. When people don't have an explanation for something they beginning to make things up. When it came this picture they asumed aliens. Since it's on Mars it's difficult to think otherwise. Also many things like the internet and magazines wanted publicity, so they changed the story to be more interesting and give the people what they wanted. I can see why they would think that because there really wasn't much to explain what it really was. The Face on Mars was something people couldn't explain right a way before being sure what it was. Since it was in Space things like meteroids could have been a part of forming the Face. People tend to make conclusions to quick and not think it through very well. The "Face on Mars" was talked about alot and it's quite breathtaking. The picture they captured of a "face" is just a natural landform. When people sat in the Jet Propulsion Lab and they saw the image, it was just formed by shawdows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. It was natural formed. Over the years many things have occured that have changed many things that occur in the world around us. Technology is so advanced that we are able to send satelites up into space to help us and to see what else is out there. They send spacecrafts and rovers up into space on Mars and on the Moon. It's just another Matian mesa common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over to Cydonia and saw more clear pictures of the "Face on Mars" they saw and it showed no alien monumentment. There were no signs that it could have been created by aliens. In the year 2001 they captured an even better picture that allowed them to fully see the Face and collected more data on it. What the picture actually showed was the Martian equivalent of a landform common around the American West. Scientist at NASA say it looks similar to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. That proved once agian that it's a natural landform. There could many explanations to what formed it. There is always going to be thing we can't explain or control, but with new technology and advancements in our world more of those unexplainable things won't be. We are the new generations and we can accomplish so much. We are always going to be discovering new things and have new things to explain. There is so much more beyond this plantet and all the other ones. Things out in outerspace may remane a mystery for quite some time, but not forever. We are close to making a breakthrough. Who knows what lays ahead in the future, but I can't wait to find out.

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Many people across the country would believe that having an Electoral College is good idea. Well, I belive thst it is not a good idea to continue having an Electoral College to chose our president because the people deserve to have their votes count. In the prcocess of having an Electoral College the poular votes do not count, only the slate of electors can vote for the canidate. That's not even the worst part to begin with. In source 2, it says that 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. That is more than half the amount of voters in the country! It even states "In the same vein, faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." meaning that sometimes the electors would not always have the same idea in mind as the people have. To me that is a real bummer especially for the people in the state with those kinds of electors. Furthermore, the Electoral college may have a few benefits as it states in source 3. Fore example, it says "The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate receives a majority of the votes cast." meaning that barely anyone would vote in the state. But that is usually a rare ocasion and is easily avoided in every state. As individuals we would usually not avoid coming to vote in an election for certain positions especially when it comes to a president. Sometimes people would even let the Electoral College vote for them without the people knowing who they voted for. The Electoral College is supposed to represent their state towards a canidate but what if the state rarely has any electors to be represeted or doesn't have any at all? That is why it is up to the people to make their own decision in who they want to vote for and hopefully their vote counts. The Electorial College may be recomended to represent their state but they can never represent every individual's vote because not all people have the same canidate in mind and the Electorial College can only vote for one canidate. Overall, I think the Electoral College should be abolished in every way. It is the people's vote that should count not the electors. Some people may disagree but I still believe the Electorial College is not good for us. It is not truely fair to have the majority of popular votes on one canidate and still that canidate does not win due the Electoral College. So I can most certainly agree with what previous people and groups have said before such as Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of Commerance, and the AFL-CIO.... To get rid of the Electoral College.     

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Limiting the use of automobiles would make a drastic impact on the world in many ways, such as decreasing pollution in the air; and providing citizens a healthier lifestyle. By limiting the use of car transportation, you are decreasing the harmful gases that automobiles release into the air. In passage two, it states that Paris initiated a temporary driving ban to clear the air of the global city, known as "The smog". Which is a great thing, because it motivates citizens to provide new ways to get around, such as walking or riding a bike; and it provides the area with freasher air to breath. France's actions caught the attention Beijing, China, one of the most polluted cities in the world. Another significant reason why decreasing the use of cars is a great thing, is because it allows citizens to interact with each other; and to promote alternative transportations to travel around the city. In passage 3, it states that millions of columbians, in Bogota, Coulumbia partake in a car free day, which they hope will inspire others all around to do the same. The citizens of columbia used more effiecient ways to travel around the city such as, hiking, biking, or skating. It provided them a great exercise, reduced stress and air pollution, and a chance to interact with their community and environment. Columbia's event recieved a great deal attention and widely influenced other countries and cities all over the world. Although, automobiles provide an easier, faster way to get around it is the cause of toxic pollution in the air. So limiting car usauge will provide fellow citizens with a healthier lifestyle and freasher air. One small step to decrease pollution could spark a revolutionary change.  

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The Facial Action Coding System is a computer system created to recognize human emotions which can be used in various environments to help a person with their task at hand, whether it be work, school work or even just a person playing games on their computer. This technology (the Facial Action Coding System) can be of great use in a school environment as explained in the article because often enough students will easily get bored or confused when doing their work so if this system is in place the lesson can be adjusted to the student's needs. There would also be many uses to this system which as example would make it a tool for the work or school environment, make video game character faces much more expressive, the usage of it for video surgery and a way to control which ads you see at the given moment. Although I see this system not always being so accurate (especially in the begining) it will help in the long run of things because it can alert you of how you feel so as an example if you are someone with a weak heart and an assignment from your boss at work is making you overly stressed your computer can warn you about your current condition so you can stop and take a break. The Facial Action Coding System is a computer system created to recognize human emotions which can be used in various environments to help a person with their task at hand, whether it be work, school work or even just a person playing games on their computer so yes this computer device will be of great use because of it's wide range of possibilities.

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Driverless cars have been imagined for many years. They've come close to building it but fails to be officaly called driverless cars, google has tryed but have only made it to where the car alerts a driver if to close to an object. Theirs been other ways on trying to make a driveless car but come out in fails or to expasive, like the smart-road that has been tested and has had positve records "but that would mean we would have to change all the roads and make knew ones that would take for ever and the money we would spend on that would leave our economy more in dete then we are". As the article said. If driverless cars were to be created in the future how would that impact lifes and country? Well let me tell you more safte laws would have to be made "like how would be acounted for if some one gets hurt because of a failer in the system, would it be the owner of the car or the companys fault for the failer in their technology". As the articl said that could cause major problams. With what I just mentioned that brings me to my second question. What if something in the car fails would that impact the intier car and cuase it to break down? As the artical mentions the people trying to creat the driveless car have been testing int with a lot of different technology as said in the artical they've been using sensors, cameras and GPS on the cars, but what if one of the cameras or the sensors would fail to do their job while it's driving on a highway or a main road that would cuase a worse accident then with someone driving it. In conclusion I would prefer driving so I have more liabilty to know where im going and know that im the one driving. So i ask you would you rather lay your life and family or friends on a a computer or know that you can drive. That is my opion on driveless cars.

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Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because scientists think it has earth-like features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. According to paragraphs 5 and 6, NASA is compelling the idea to send humans to study Venus but is having difficulty trying to hostile the heated conditions on the planet. Therefore researchers are fascinated with Venus they think it was once the most earth-like planet in the solar system and are discussing further visits to its surface even though there are plenty of dangers that lie ahead. The author claims that Venus is a worthy pursuit because scientists say that Venus has the hottest surface in the universe and that its atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide making it a challenge for humans to attempt and research the Evening Star however, despite the peril of the temperatures humans planning to create hovering vehicles so that it would avoid the rocky venusian surface. Pratically, NASA is working on other approaches to Earth's twin using old technology and modern computers to find out more about the planet, In other words seeing Venus from the night sky or with a telescope only limits insight due to forms of light rendering photography and videography ineffectively. Lastly, Astronomers are considering Venus to be a nearest option for a planetary visit but according to the text "humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on its cloud-draped world but previous missions were unmanned for a reason since the high pressure of the intense heat it provides lead to the result of no spaceship touching down in more than three decades. In conclusion, The author states that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite its dangers because of the fact that venus was once a earth-like planet, its factors contribute to the planet's reputation, and that scientists hope that it will lead them to intimidating endeavors.

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Venus is an intresting planet in our solar system. This soarching planet can reach extreamly high temperatures;and conditions of this planet are dangerous. That being said its hard to believe is reffered to as Earth's "twin?" Well, believe it or not Earth and Venus share more similarities than you may think. In the artical "The Challenege of exploring Venus," The author suggests that despite Venus's conditions, we should be trying to expore this planet and be more educated on it. The author of this artical did make a few valid arguements as to why we should be more willing to take a risks to find out more information about this firery hot planet. First, lets start with a run down of Venus's charaterisics that mimic Earths. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of size and density. In some circumstances Venus is acutaly closest in distance too, depending on their differences in speed. Astronomers are fascinated in Venus because they think it may have been more of an "Earth-like plantet" long ago. They think Venus was probably covered with oceans. The planet surface itself has rocky sediment and includes similar features like valleys, mountains, and craters. As to why we havent gone to the planet before and the risks; for starters Venus has a thick atmosphere of 97 percernt carbon dioxide blankets. It has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The temperatures can reach all the way up 800 dergrees farenheit, and the atmospheric peressure is 90 times greater than we experience on Earth. Venus also has been known to have erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes, and no spacecraft has survived the landing to Venus for mor than a few hours. In concusion to reading the artical, i think we should be furthering our research on Venus. Venus could have supported various life forms before, and we want to know how Venus got the way it is now. How could we do that? NASA has an idea that we could possibly float above Venus to avoid the hostil conditions, but even then it would still be 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be closer to sea levels, and the radtion wouldnt exceed the Earths's levels. Even then, there would still be limited reaserch on the ground conditions because most forms of light cant get through the thick atmoshere, which means we cant use stadard forms of phtography and videography, and we wouldnt be able to take samples of rock, gas or anything else. Nasa is however working on some simplified electronics made of silicon carbine, and have been tested in chambers simulated Venus's surface and have lasted up to three weeks in these conditions. I think we could learn more about our "twin" planet, and it would be nice to have the reasearch done and acutally be educated on Venus.

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This unique landmark that appears on mars, also known as the Face, has been around for much of time. The birth of it's popularity began in 1976 when NASA'S Viking 1 spacecraft snapped a photo of it. Many belive this is a form of aliens being on the planet Mars, many believe it is just a landform. The Face that appears on Mars is just a natural landform because it is not logical for there to be an alien landmark such as this, the Face has faded overtime, and there was no sign of any objects near, around, or on it. Overtime there has been many reports of alien spottings. The question is are they real? Over decades people claim to have encountered an alien but there has been no research claiming that they are 100% real, there has only been theories. Like these theories, The Face has just been one big theory as well. On paragraph 7 it clearly and bluntly states that the Face is just a landform, not an alien marking. 1976 was the first spotting of the Face, 2001 was the last picture of it. Overtime you can see in these pictures that it has faded away. The only time the Face appeared to look like a face was in 1976. In 1998 the face had seemed to blow over, plainly just smoothing out. In 2001 the face was purley just gone. Landforms change rapidly over time, whether it's on Earth or on Mars. So if it was an alien marking, why would the face have vanished? It would have stayed. If this was an alien marking there would be some evidence that the aliens have made it. On paragraph 11 NASA researcher by the name of Garvin stated that him and members of NASA used the most high quality best cameras that could pick up quality the size of a rule of a thumb to see the Face. Garvin stated that there was no sign of objects near or on it, and on paragraph 12 he simply stated that it was a butte or a mesa. The Face is just a landmark appearing to have the shape of a face that had descend overtime, nothing more nothing less.

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Is the Electoral College a good thing? A Majority would say no and that it is a non democratic method of selecting a president. Many believe this system should be changed, as it is not really an accurate way to show what the majority wants, and that the president of the united states should be chosen through the popular vote. What if there is a tie in the electoral vote? In the case of a tie the election would be given to the house of represenatives. Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, this isn't really and accurate reflection of the will of the people. The electoral college is a system that has voters vote for a slate of electors, not the president. If you lived in california, for example, and voted democrat, you actually voted for a slate of Democratic electors pledged to the Democratic party. These electors, if they won the statewide election, would then go to congress and the Democrat candidate would recieve the vote of these electors. Anyone not holding public office can be an elector. And it depends on the state on how they are picked. Sometimes the presidential candidates themselves choose who the electors are. Voters can't always control who the electors end up voting for. Of course the electoral college method has its upsides. Being that with this system in place the outcome of the election is more certain. Of Course a dispute over the outcome is possible, it did happen in 2000, but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. However, it can be argued that this method can turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state, Democrats in Texas for example, or Republicans in California. These voters, knowing their vote will have little to no effect, would have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would if the president was chosen through the popular vote. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Most states have a winner-take-all system in place. Which means that they award the winning presidential candidate all of the electors votes. Because of this candidates dont spend time in states they have no chance of winning. They choose to mainly focus on the undecided states. In some cases, states don't get to see the candidates at all during the campaign, or even a single campaign ad. In short, Does the electoral college work? In some ways yes but in many ways no. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The electoral college should be abolished, and the decision of who becomes  president should be left to the popular vote; seeing as it is a more accurate representation of the collective will of the people.

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The face on Mars is in fact not created by aliens. it was shaped by the wind like some of are things on our earth. aliens are science fiction, not real so how would aliens creat the face on mars. 25 years ago( 1976 ) we had a viking 1 spacecraft circling around mars snapping photos of possible landing sits. You would think if the face was ctreated by aliens there would be something around it to prove it was made by them. We took another photo in 1998 and there was no sign of other life. you would think that it would be revisted, but it wasn't so that tells you something right? no life on Mars at all. in 2001 we took another photo of the face. we made the image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. so if there was objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or egyptian-style pyramids or even small sacks , you could see what they were." but there wasn't, so why would you think aliens created it because it was on another planet? if so thats no profe at all. The "aliens" did not create the face it was naturally built. By the winds, thats were the science falls that there are no aliens walking around Mars. these aliens you guys belive in is only science ficition. Made up for your guys entertanment, so quite mixing up sicence fiction with real science.

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"Less Cars" "Vrroooom Vroooom," that is all that people hear when they step outside in the city along with honks and angry people, and police chasing people speeding. What if that was not what you had to hear all the time? What if that sounds would only be heard once every few hours or days? Thus can be a reality with limitation of car usage; people would be happier, there would be less smog in the sky, the global health would go up. With less cars comes less trouble. in Andrew Selsky's artical "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," he states " millions of Colombians Hiked, biked, skated or took the bus to work tduring car-free day" this caused the "streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." Because of the car-free day there were less people on the road, less traffic, and less stress about getting to work. When there is no one driving and almost everyone is taking bikes or walking, it seems like it would make small sidewalks congested; it does not, because, as Andrew Selsky says, "throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks..." This helps make transit even easier and less hectic. In Elisabeth Rosanthal's artical, "In German Suburb, Life Gose On Without Cars," she asked someone in a car-less community how they felt about not having a car, she said "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.'" People are happier without cars and without the stress that comes with them. Having less cars would also make places less polluted. With less cars there would be less pollution in the air and less greenhouse gases that we would emit as a society. In Robert Duffer's artical, "Paris bans driving due to smog," he states that " after days of near-record pollution" in Paris the city officials "enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air opf the globay city. In Paris action was only taken when the smog made carrying out their day difficult, instead of before it got to that point. Some might say that if the imediate threat had not been there none of the citizens would have lisened to the ban; but they might listen to the banning of cars now that they see how bad it can get. In Bogota, Andrew Selsky states that "the goal [of the Day Without Cars] is to promote alternitive transportation and reduce smog." This helps the enviroment and the people living there, especially those with asthma; and those with heart disease can develop better exercise habits. With less cars means more walking and less greenhouse gases. Many of the people that do not choose to ride the bus or a taxi, as Andrew Selsky says, "hiked, biked" or "skated. This means that these people were exercising and getting fit, even if it was just one day. Imagine if it was not just one day though; what if car-free day was car-free week, or month. This would decrease obesity in children and adults, along with lowering the hisk for heart contitions. Car-free weeks or months would make the enviroment better but also make it better for people with asthma. Less smog would mean people with asthma would be able to breathe easier in places like New York. Improving the health of people on a global scale. Limiting car usage would be an amazing thing if it was on a global scale. Car-free days once every year are a great start to improving the planet. Car limitation would mean happier people, less pollution in the sky, and an improved standard of living. Less cars equal a better planet for every one.

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The Face on Mars is just a landform. NASA scientists figured out that it was just another Martian mesa which was common around a region of Mars called Cydonia. Cydonia is the region of Mars where the Face was located. Scientist said that the Face was just huge rock formations that resembled a human head. The defenders of the NASA budget wished that there was an ancient civilization on Mars. NASA decided to look again because they felt it was important to tax payers. On April 5,1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. They snapped a picture that revealed what was only a ntural landform. Some people still didn't believe and said it could be clouds blocking out evidence. On April 8, 2001, a cloudless summer day Mars Global Surveyor flew close enough for another look. They captured a high-quality photo with maximum solution. If there were objects in the 2001 picture you could see what they were. What the picture shows is the Martian form of a Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. They were common around the American West.

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What are your thoughts and opinions about how the face of Mars was formed? According to the article, Mars is just a naturally occuring thing, that was created by a nartural landfrom, not by aliens. For a while, many scientists believed that the face on Mars was actually an alien artifact, but, on April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Mailin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture, ten times better than the original Viking photos. Tons and tons of anxious wb searchers were waiting for the first image to appear on a JPL wedsite, although it finally revealed what was known as a natural landform (land formed by natural causes and natural ways) unfortunatly, there was no alien monument after all this time. Even after finding out it was just a natural landform, astronauts still didnt give up on looking for more artifacts, so on April 8th 2001, on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia, Mars's Global Surveyor drew in close enough for a second look, Malins team captured an extrordinary picture using the cameras new "absolute maximum resolution" Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to fourty three meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking picture. "as a rule of thumb, you can discern things into a digital three image, times bugger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian style pyramids or even really small shacks, you could see what they were. But, what the picture really turned out to be is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms commonly around in the American West. "it reminds me of most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," said Garvin. "That is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face of Mars." So, according to the story "unmasking the face on mars", Mars is not an alien artifact, it is indeed created by natural forms of life and it is just a natural landform, now do you believe me?

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Driving a car around can be very a affective aspect in people's lives; it can also be a very stressful and dangerous life-risking task to do each and every day. All across America, citizens are constantly driving their cars. A car can be used to go to work, to the grocery store, or to drop a loved one off to school and even other places. It is to the point were a simple car has become an important necessity to manage everyday life. It is also to a point at which every year cars are responsible for thousands of deaths and accidents. If people around the world limited their car usuage everyday it could significantly better our lives. Clear the air. Pollution from cars has serverely polluted the air we breathe and our enviornment. Beijing, China is know as one of the most polluted cities in the world and has been effected my the smog. Many places around the world are trying to make a difference in their envoirnment by trying to get citizens in that area to limit their driving. According to an excerpt from "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, Paris has enforced a parital driving ban to help clean the air of the global city. As stated in the excerpt, "On Monday motorist with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." Just because of that one action congestion in the capital of France was down 60 percent and as time goes by the air will start to clear up faster. If one had the opportunity to take away stress while lower the air pollution, would the do it? In Bogota, Colombia once a year millions of Columbians take part in a day without cars know as car-free day. As stated the the article, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," by Andrew Selsky the goal of the car-free day is to promote alternative transportaion and reduce smog. Many citizens of Colombia take advantage of the day by hiking, biking, skating or taking buses to work, which benefits one's health and is a great source of excersize. Because of this day many parks and sports centers have opened, sidewalks have been replaced, and rush-hour restrictions have created a better flow in traffic. Putting away something you constantly use everyday can be a difficult thing to do but it is worth it in the end. Minimizing the use of cars can greatly reduce the amount of polluion of the air. If we all comply with is task year by year our air will get cleaner and the enviornment will be better.

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The author is right exploning Venus is dangers. Exploring Venus is dangers because it so hot for humans. "on the planet surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit," and thats to hot for humas to survive. Heat is not the only promble on Venus. "and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times great than what we experience on our own planet. these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." that means the pressure is to strong for humans to say alive for even one minute. "such an envioment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepes parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." that show that humans are not able to build a machine that can survive on Venus. which means we still got a long way to go for humans to live on Venus. Mercury Being the closer to the sum don't mean it's the hotest planet. "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is the closer to the to the sun. " Beyong high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present addition impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning striker to probes seeking to land on its surface." Venus's weather is is dangerus for human kind. "Venus has value, not only because of the insght to be gained on the planet itself, but also because humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." they saying that even if it's dangerus it won't stop humans for exploring new plceses.

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How can we stop pollution from destroying the Earth and everything that  lives inside of it. If we take a look around us we try to save the Earth by recycling things that reusable. Well its not enough, we have to reduce one of the major cause that is making the greenhouse gas increased. Cars are use in our everyday life, to work, to school,and to buy groceries. We use cars for everything and the toxic gases release by cars are killing the Earth. This toxic gases are being release into the air we breath in. This gases are affecting us and the environment the animals live in, but is also affecting the Earth. We depend on the Earth everyday, when we wake up we expect the sun to shine on our face and the plants expect the light from the sun to observe carbon dioxide and release oxygen, our major source of surviving. 12 percent  of greenhouse gas is due to passenger in Europe, but in the United States  it takes up to 50 percent in cars intensive. For example in Paris, they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city from pollution. Almost 4000 drivers were charge for driving their own vehicle instead of any type of transportation on that day. If we really want to change the world and really help our planet we should follow the example of Bogota, Colombia, they set up a program that lead to a car free day, many Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work the result for this was that the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. Saving our planet is not difficult all you got to do is reduce pollution by recycling reusable things, use less energy in you home and use less water. Finally reduce using your own transportation use other things that will make you appreciate Earth for everything she has done for us. We can reduce pollution and greenhouse gas if we set our mind to do it.     

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A day without drivng your car? who can't do that. Also making the Earth a better place to live? awsome! Taking advantage of a limiting car using its a great idea because people are lowering air pollution and there's no more rush-hour. Getting stuck in traffic isn't pretty nice and most likely if you have a meeting your going to be late. Also people just dont want to own cars anymore. To start off, I like the idea that people are limiting their car usage because people are lowering air pollution. In source 2, the author explains "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog .. rivaled in Beijing, China, Which is known as one of the most polluted cites in the world." This means that cars are bad for the enviroment they had to decresse the number of cars so they could stop the smog becuase they didn't wanted to end up like china. But however, not useing cars is affecting car industry like it states in source 4 "since transportation is the second larges source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. But it could have negative implication for the car industry." Never the less, air pollution is the main problem like in source 3 in Bogota "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." The reason they are doing this is for people to find another way to get to their destination and to reduce smog as it states. Furthermore, I like the idea that people are limiting their car usage because there's no more rush-hour. Advoiding traffic is great like in source 3 " Bogota, Colombia- In a program that's spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or tok buses to work during a car-free day.. leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic." Colombian's do this to advoid traffic and its a cool way because you could ride bikes and skated. Likwise in source 4 some Children don't get their driver license its not because they're lazy it's because they don't need them, yeah they come in handy but they're not interseted for example in source 4 they stated "They organized their summer jobs and socail life around where they can walk or take public ransportation or car-pool with friends." having a car isn't a teenager main interst, they rather walk to a close by place or car pool with their friends. To sum up, in my opinion I think limiting car usage is a great idea because less air pollution, rush-hour, and some people just don't want to own cars.

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Venus could be dangerous but curious. NASA is willing to build a spacecraft to see what Venus is like. Although the spacecraft has not gotten anything from Venus. NASA has failed many times so they have not sent a spacecraft in decades. And that is one of the things that makes Venus dangerous. Venus is like "Earth's twin" they say. It used to have oceans like Earth. They had mountains, valleys, and craters. Although, they do have some danger too. Venus also has a very high temperature that goes up to 170 degrees Fahrenheit. They also have dangerous earthquakes and storms. NASA has tried to get rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. But they have failed and it was too risky that could put danger in lifes. Although NASA is studying and researching more and more so we could see the life in Venus. Which hopefully one day we all would see. Venus is very similar to Earth but does has its danger. Maybe one day, we could see pictures or rock or sands or Venus.

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Mesa's form all of the time and they are a natural occurance and they should not be considered differently just because the land formation looks like a face. Mesa's form due to rocks that pile up nad form when erotion occurs from wind and other nutrients and minerals brush over the rock and the wind loose minerals that cause the Mesa to look like a face. Nutrients and minerals loosen and crack over time as strong winds blow over formations and look like they are faces, trees, and other land for mations femaninans. the scientists have proven this over the years adn even done tests and studies on certian erotion types. some differnt erosion types are wind, oceans, rain, and other natural causes that over the years have caused thing to fade away mineral by mineral or brick by brick. As you can see through the pictures as the years go on the cameras used by the space ships adn space things have evolved like erition only differnce is that erosion is bad sometimes, technological advances have occured througout the years and this is even another sign of erotion. Some of the tiem advancements can be abad thing becasue natural resources are lost by advaces and erotion. Stomachs can erode thing by the acids in them. they eat away at the food inside and can be fast or it can be slow. The "face" on the planet mars is considered a face because it looks like one. Humans can look like animals but they arn't, technically. The "face" is there becasu eof the mineral build up and the rocksa dn dust that have collected there becasue of the strong winds and the mild winds and just winds in gernal. as the mineral build up grew and the winds picked up the minerals and dust blew away and then went somewhe else. So this particular arguement is going to be ended by me saying that I am right your wrong and your going to go look all of this up and find out theat erotion and minerals are all natural and then you will come back adn thank me so you dont look odd when some asks you about the "face".

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The topic of driverless cars can be seen as problematic or innovative to many people. Although, while the current driverless cars aren't truly driverless they could become more innovative than problematic. The driverless cars that have been created in the past have accomplished many different things. Even though they can't drive in some sticky situations (such as work zones), they're progressively making their way towards that. Sometime in the near future, we could possibly never have to drive again. The accomplishments from driverless cars are almost countless. Google's Toyota Prius could constantly update a 3-D model of it's surroundings, along with sensorys, a GPS receiver, and motion sensor. Those things made this Prius much more capable of driving itself than most motor vehicles. BMW also made a "Traffic Jam Assistant" that was capable of steering, accelerating, and braking itself. All of these innovative ideas are leading people closer and closer to having a driverless vehicle. Even though there is not a car that can be completely driverless, there are some ways to stay entertained while "driving." If you become the owner of one of these partially-driverless cars, places like BMW are trying to make it more exciting. They discussed having in-car entertainment and information systems for your use. There may be some concern with this feature, but there shouldn't be. Those displays could be instantly turned off if the driver needs to attend to the vehicle. Could these cars truly amount to the skill of a human driver? While this is a debatable quesiton, some think cars could amount to this potential in as little as four years. Tesla is even releasing a car that will drive itself ninty percent of the time this year. All of these advancements with vehicles suggests the driverless car will be an exciting new accomplishment. Who knows when a driverless car will drive past you?

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Do you think that having a computer that recognizes your feelings is a great idea? The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, so I'm going to be talking about the way this project works, some examples on how you can use it and how can your computer know which muscles you are using. The way this project works is that when a computer constructs a 3D computer model of the face all of the 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles this is called an action unit. So any movement that your face does the computer it's going to be able to recognize your feelings and it's going to tell you the way you feel and the way you can get entartain or better. An exanple is that your frontails pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows when you're surprised the orbicularis oris tightens your lips and shows anger so the computer it's going to be able to recognize the way your feeling and it's going to pop up with a face doing the same thing that you're doing The way you can use it is by making weird faces moving your face muscles and smiling putting mad faces sad faces and disgusting faces. So lets say that you start laughing in front of the computer, you're basically using it because you're showing your face to the computer and the computer tries to recognize the muscles that you are using. The computer has all the muscles that your face has so it's pretty easy to recogize your feelings. For example if you are doing an eye exercise the computer will automatically recognize how are you feeling like tired bored happy mad or sad, it depends on the movements that you do with your eyes. The way the computer knows the muscles that you're using is by looking at your face and see which what parts of your face are being use. So as soon as the computer recognizes your actions you'll see faces on the computer doing the same thing that you ere doing. When you fake smile the computer will recognize whether you are foreal or not because the muscles that are supposed to be in movement are zygomatic major and the risorius, so when you fake smile your mouth stretches sideways and you can't play the computer very easily becasue the computer knows what muscles are being use. So I think that having a computer that recogizes your feelings is a great idea because imagine you're feeling happy and you sit down in front of a computer and out of nowhere the computer tells you that you are feeling sad even know you're feeling happy I think that's cool because no one else can recognize your feelings the way the computer does and you're going to be surprised when the computer tells you your feelings.

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Technology should be allowed to read other student's emotions. It is a wise way to help the student and also help the teacher if he or she knows how the student is feeling in their classroom. It is a brand new use of technology. It is also a new, useful, and entertaing way to use technology. First, if a computer can read a sudent's emotions, then it can allow the teacher to know if that student is doing well of not. Dr. Huang, a professor at University of Illinois, states that "A classroom computer could recognize when as tudent is becoming confused or bored" he then continues his statement with "then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" This will help students to better understand the subject that they would've had trouble with if the teacher didn't know how the student felt. One may argue that there are other ways for the teacher to help the student; like extra help after school or the student can ask the teacher for clarification on the topic. Dr. Huang describes that "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. In modern days; people, especially students, don't feel comftorable with expressing their emotions. Which is why we should have a way to help all students succeed in school. Second, being able to find out others emotions would be entertaining. A popular item several years ago was the mood color ring. When the ring would come in contact with your skin, it would change colors based off your hand tempeture. The colors would match up with a key that told you what colors meant which. For example, red would mean angry and yellow would mean happy and purple meant sad. The idea of technology being able to state your feelings is just an advanced mood ring. There are other reasons that this idea would be entertaining. It's an annoyance t have web browser ads that aren't interesting to you, but ads that do interest you are kind of nice to have. If your computer can read your expressions while seeing these ads, it can show ads that would possibly interest you. An argument could be that it's an invasion of privacy. The computer isn't reading you mind or stating you thoughts. The computer is just being helpful with what happens on its screen. Finally, the ability to read one's emotions with a computer is a brand new and special use of technology. The way it works is descibed in paragraph 2 where "the computer constructs a 3-D model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles" after this, Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of Facial Action Coding System (FACS) "classified six basic emotions- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles" That is amazing! Dr. Eckman created a way for technology to scan the many muscles of a human face and classify them with a variety of six emotions. This is a revolutionary new advancment in technology. In conclusion, it is helpful for a computer to read your emotions. It's a fun way just to mess around and interact with friends. It also has educational purposes to allow the teacher to discover ways to be helpful to all of his or her students. And it's a large advancment in technology.

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Have you ever had the oppritunity of a lifetime? Luke found his oppritunity of a lifetime; the UNRRA was Luke's oppritunity and experience of a lifetime. The UNRRA helped Luke out tremeandosly; UNRRA helped Luke understand the situations people were in; the program helped Luke recognize and make him more aware of people's needs and problems that they are having to live with. This program opened up the world for Luke, and Luke used his experience in is lifetime after he was done being a Seagoing Cowboy; Luke housed many international students and exchange visitors for many years. Luke has helped many lives; Through this experience Luke has made himself a better person, too. One of the most memerable parts about this experience was the sights Luke was allowed to see; Luke loved the destinations he was allowed to view, for the price he paid to help other people. Lucas was allowed to view Venice, Italy by taking a gondalo ride; China; Europe;and the Panama Canal on his way to China. If you are in the wrong demeanor or you are melancholy all of the time, join the UNRRA program. This program will help you out tremendously; it helped Luke out a great amount. Even if you aren't the most gregarious person... this program could help you become more of a people person. The program will give you an I-feel-like-I-know-everyone feeling. This experience could help you be a better,more exuberant person. UNRRA is an amazing way to meet new friends; those new friends could end up being your best friend for the rest of your life. Don Reist was probably Luke's best friend for the rest of Luke's life; Don was the one who engadged Luke's intrest into the UNRRA program. If it wasn't for Don ever inviting Luke on the trip, Luke might not of ever transfromed into a greater, helpful person. Luke wouldv'e never transferred the knowledge he learned over to his family; Luke wouldn't of been elligable to house students or visitors; those people would never have gotten the chance to have their own experience of a lifetime. You could be like Luke and help many people have their own amazing experience; you could be like Luke and set a new record for the most trips. It's all up to you whether you want to help change a person or animals life. The UNRRA is an excellent program;the program could help change you and your families life, or it could help you change a person and a families life. The decision is all up to you; the decision is to help make the world a better place or to just not take your part in helping families and other people. Everythig is up to you and your decision to join the UNRRA.

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What is Venus? In paragraph one, Venus is the closest planet to earth and often they known as Earth's "Twin." And according to the article, Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any planet in our solar system. A thick atmoshphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Venus also has similar features to Earth. Such as Mountains, valleys, craters and others. According to the author, studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the troubles it may presents. In the article from paragraph five, The National Aeronautics and Space administration known as "NASA" has an interesting idea of sending humans to study more about Venus. They allow scientist to float above the fray while seeing the rolling Venusian landscape. Just as how jet airplanes fly at the higher attitude, passing the storms and also that way, they could stay safe far away from Venu's surface area. Since it is dangerous to be on Venus surface area, researchers could not take any samples of rock, or gas, or anything that's on the planet. In conclusion, it is a worthy exploration and it is somewhat important to learn more about Venus. So that way, we could also discover things that we haven't yet discover and study from it. As it said on the article, in the very last paragraph, Venus is challenging to all of us. Because not only the facts that it attracts scientist and researchers out there, it also lead human curiosity to explore more about it.

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The build up of greenhouse gases and carbon emissions over the past hundred years since the car was first invented have started a decline in the usage of a private car. People are moving back into cities and are suing their cars signifigantly less with places such as Bogota Columbia having a day dedicated to no driving. Bikes and other forms of public transportation have become much more appealing than using a car and this trend looks like it will continue In source one , in Vauban , Germany they are no longer using cars and instead are using alternative forms of transportation in this suburb. Heidrun walter a resident of this city talked about how he was "always tense" when owning a car which is true. It can be very stressful having to drive around and in the case of crowded areas have to sit in traffic for two hours a day. Another reason to get rid of your cars is the effects on the environment with 50% of carbon emissions in some parts of the US being blamed on cars. New laws in the US are also promoting the use of public transportation in the United States own suburbs giving suburban residents more of a reason to rid themselves of a car. In cities public transportation has been already implemented and can be much more efficent than driving around yourself. The pollution in many cities such as Bejing is very intense and makes living conditions awful. Paris , one of the more polluted cites in Europe experienced a partial driving ban after a build up of smog in the city. This shows that if you rid yourself of a car you wont have to worry as much about contributing to this costly pollution to our environment. During the driving ban congestion was down 60% shwoing how this contribute to less traffic as well. In source 3 it discusses the no car day in Bogota Columbia showing how worldside people are starting to avoid overusing their cars and want to promote a healthy planet for us all. Parks and biking paths have emerged in this emerging latin american city and its shifting towards the right direction , of no cars. The car culture in America has begun to die down a bit in the United States with car usage peaking 2005(Source 4). Car ownership rates are going down and more people are begining to just not get their lisences at all , and this trend will continue showing that you too should hop on this trend of lower to no car usage at all. Car companies such as Ford are changing their marketing by being more of a mobility than a car company to allow them to stay around in this decline of cars in the modern world.    

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"Teenager girl gets into a deadly car accident due to her self-driving car shutting down." This is one of the main reasons why i am 100% against Driverless cars. Yes, having a self-driven car could be fun, and could help out some people. But for others having a car that is supposed to drive itself could be not only boring and tiring. But for me I would say that it would be dreadful, and dangerous. Having a self-driven car is a terrible idea to me. I say that because what if you are driving, and then something unexpected happens on the road that the car is unaware of and the car stopps working? I dont know about you, but that is one of my biggest fears. I would hate to have a car and not know what could happen or what the car is capable of doing. Some may say that its a self-diven car, so it would never do that, and that not knowing what are car is capable of doing is good. But to me that is not good at all, i hate not knowing everything there is to know about my car. Thats not only scary, but its stressful too. It builds up stress and it makes you feel like to have to be worried everytime you get into your car. Another reason why i say people should never get a self-driven car is that it would be tiring. Like your in a car all day, but your not driving it. Your litterally just sitting in a car waiting for something to happen so you could take over. When im in a car sitting in the passengers seat i get tired a lot and i ofthen fall asleep. Now could you imagine be in the drivers seat of a car, rolling down the street, not doing anything but looking out the window hoping something would happen and you could finally take over and start to drive. Just reading that sounds tiring, i would most defineatley fall asleep and then something would happen and then i would really be in trouble. My last reason why i feel no one should ever get a self-driven car is because no one wants to have a car that they cant drive. And i feel that that is exactly what you are getting when you are dealing with a self-driven car. i feel that you basically wated your hard earned money on a car that you have to wait to drive. I say that because in the passage it clearly states that when you are in a driverless car all you have to do is look out for the car, and then when something seem to be wrong you take over. Thats no fun to me and it would honestly make me mad. having a driverless car is like having a sick baby. You never know when its going to just stop working. And you will never know whats wrong with it because it cant talk to you and it will never respond.

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Votes for the president of the United States are counted each election in two ways, the popular vote and the Electoral College. The popular vote is the people's vote, which allows our democratic nation to vote for their leader themselves, and the Electoral College is dependent upon the popular vote, and casts electoral votes based on the number of Representatives and Senators each state has in Congress (Source One). People have consistently debated over whether or not this was a fair election process, due to the fact that the people's votes do not directly go to the president. Because of this, many people want the Electoral College to be gone, and people have attempted to abolish it in the past. The Electoral College should be abolished and the US should adopt the popular vote system as their only system because we live in a democratic nation, the current electoral voting process may not represent the popular vote, and it's a more fair system. As citizens of the United States of America, we depend on the fact that we live in a free nation that values our justice, liberty, and voice. Included within our voice, we also depend on our democracy, that allows us to have say in who runs our country and how. It's important that we take advantage of this voice we have in the government, and it's also important we are represented fairly within it. When we depend on electors from the Electoral College to vote for who our states popular votes went to, they may not be doing that. They ultimately can decide who they are voting for, and if they decide to vote for the opponent, no one can stop them. It's very easy for them to betray our trust without our awareness (Source Two). Source Three also states that "that trust is rarely betrayed," which makes it clear that although uncommon, there have been incidents in the past where the citizens have been represented unfairly. In a democratic nation, we should have true sovereignty and be able to cast our popular vote, and know that it is being counted and included in the final say of our leader. Overall, the Electoral Vote may not represent the Popular vote. As mentioned, there have been incidents in the past that have indicated the truthfulness of this statement. For example, in 1960 John F. Kennedy was almost opposed by unfair elections due to our country's people being misrepresented (Source Two). Even if the popular vote of our state goes one way, the "'faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..." (Source Two). The electors are unreliable and may go one way just because they please to do so while leaving the faithful citizens in the dust with their decisions and votes meaning nothing. The popular vote system would better represent the people than the unreliable Electoral College system we have now. The popular vote system is a more fair system, one of many reasons being that it would eliminate the advantage large and "swing" states have over others. Currently, "swing" states are being given more attention to be the candidates because the candidates realize that the fate of their presidency may be dependent upon these states (Sources Two and Three). Since the Swing states are the ones who's votes can go either way, the candidates spend more time with these states in order to insure their likelihood to achieve the states electoral votes. This is not a fair process because the other states are not getting to know the candidates like these states do. The same thing goes for large states. Since the number of electoral votes you have is dependent upon population, the larger states have more electors/representatives. Therefore, the presidential candidates want to achieve as many electoral votes as possible and will make sure to appeal to the larger states, leaving the smaller states at a disadvantage due to misrepresentation. The popular vote system would take everyone into account evenly, and therefore represent everyone fairly, and make for a better voting system. All in all, the current Electoral College system is unfair, misrepresented, and unappealing to a democratic nation. The system should be abolished for all of these reasons, and allow the popular voting system to come in to play. The popular vote system would allow each citizen to be represented equally, and create a more level and fair environment. It's important that a democratic nation feels like one, and that we are all represented fairly, and there's no better way to do so than by being our own representatives.

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Imagine being able to live another planet other than earth, mars sounds nice but venus sounds better. Venus is a worthy pursuit in despite the dangers it presents. Studying Venus is a challenge worth taking but it takes extreme physical conditions to descover more of Venus. The author suggest studying Venus is dangerous becuase no spacecraft survived the landing on venus, Beyound high pressure and heat, and air pressure would be very hard for humans because its close to sea levels on earth. "The Challenging of Exploring Venus" the author supports the idea that studying Venus is worthy of pursuit despite the dangers by many reasons. In paragraph 1 it says "Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." This means its not easy to exmine Venus. No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours and it took so many years to try to examine and get a piece of Venus. Venus is challenging planet for humans to study even more challenging with the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid that Venus has, Venus high pressure is high and the temperature is very hot because of how close it is to the sun, "800 degress fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince on our own planet." This explains how its a challenge for humans to descover more things about Venus. The pressure humans can take is not enough for Venus it is a little risky to take. "Beyond high pressure and heat." This explains how dangerous it can be to visit Venus. Venus is worth taking the risk to descover because its out second close planet to earth. "Many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." This explains how people wants to get to know more about venus and its worth the risk because some day we can probably live in another planet.

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In "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author describes a computer program called the Facial Action Coding System and gives, among other things, reasons why it could be useful in a classroom as a tool. The author states that the computer could be used to, ". . .modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." when a student gets bored or confused. I believe that it could be useful in student studies. However as we do not yet have fully automated school lessons, the Facial Action Coding System would be unused in most cases. The information from this new coming technology is used to impersonate a human counterpart, therefore the information would be already in use by the human teacher already in a classroom. The computer does what teachers all over already do everyday and every class period. The expressions from students is already being used by the teacher to change lessons when they become noneffective. With teachers already doing that the information becomes useless for the teacher already has the skills to do so themselves. The artical states that, "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." If Huang, creator of the computer program, could creat a more home friendly version of the softwear it could improve the uses of such technology. For students who use an online school, this information could be much more useful. Online schools do not have the face to face connection that brick and mortar schools do, therefore the computer lessons could use the facial expressions to drasticly improve their lesson plans. They could scan the face of the student and see to what type of lessons the student responds better to and use that type of teaching more often. In conclusion, in my opinion, the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is of limited value. With the use of human teachers the information given from the Facial Action Coding System is redundent. The softwear has many uses in marketing and online schooling, but the technology is of little value when the teacher is capable of reading the same emotions and putting them to the same use. The Facial Action Coding System has many places it would be valuable in, the classroom is not one of them.

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Using this of techology to read the emotional expression of the student in classroom is something valuable. Imagine any type of techology in a classroom being able to tell how you feel that day. Using this types of techology can read your facial expression and tell you how your feeling. This can actuallyThe way a computer can determine how you feel is by " The process begins when the computer constucts a 3-D computer model to the face; all major muscles is called an action unit." This heps the computer by your facial expression to know how your feeling and uses a 3-D model to your face only. 'Your orbicularis oris {aound your mouth} tightens your lips to show you are mad." Your lips is also a way the computer can tell how your feeling. The way peple coummicate is by " Most humans communcation is a nonverbal, including emotional communcation," notes Dr. Huang. Thos means you don't need words for someone to be able to see how you are feeling. " In a false smile, the mouth is strected sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. Mostly likely a computer is able to analyze you when you are making a fake smile that that's what that means. This was a sussceful experience because "acording to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your faical muscles not only expresses emotions, but alsomany even help poduce them" It meant that the Facial feedback was able to determine more than just emotions. It can also cause to emotions to people. " Putting on happy face actually works." I believe a lot of people will agree to use this form of techology to know their students are feeling. This seems to be a very great idea more futher out in the future. The techology use to know a faical expression can also tell us 6 different types of emotions like happiness, surprised, anger, fear, and sadness. I believe every teacher would like to know how each and every student if feeling and if they are going through something at that moment.

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These cars have a good effect as well as a bad. The smarter cars focus on keeping the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. You may be asking yourself, "is it really a safer option?" Yes it is. These cars require little to no human control, They have all kinds of sensors, and are well tested before sold. These cars requiring little human control is a good thing. All the human has to do is watch the road. Most accidents are caused because someone brakes to fast or speeds and hits another car. With the smart cars the human won't be in control of any of that. The car will drive 25 mph avoiding speeding tickets and accidents. The driver will be prepared to take over any time the car does not succeed. It cant get safer than senors. These cars have a video camera mounted near the review mirror, four automotive radar senors, a gps reciever, and an inertial motion sensor; It can sense every human motion. The senors make sure the driver keeps both hands on the wheel. The seat will vibrate if the car is in danger of backing into an object. The car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. They are still improving sensors to make driving safer and leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own. The cars are not just thrown in stores to be sold, they are well tested. In some states you are not even aloud to test them. They will not release any cars without making sure your safty isn't at stake. They are working on liability laws in case of an accident. If someone happens to get hurt because of technology fail, it will be covered. These cars are very safe. There really isn't any way to get into an accident because of all the senors. You also dont have to worry about getting a speeding ticket. If anything serious was about to happen the car will alert the driver to take over. These cars require little to no human control, they have all kinds of sensors, and are well tested before sold. What could be safer than that?

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German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars Now a days in VAUBAN, Germany people living in these lovely suburbs are living without automobiles. This area specifically is now known as a car free zone, all except for a main tram that runs from Vauban to downtown Freiburg. Although there arent any cars running on the streets doesnt mean ownership isnt allowed, you are allowed to own a vehicle, granted you park it in 1 of 2 spots. Either a 40,000 dollar registered parking garage, or at home in your garage. Vauban is known to have 70 percent of people without cars and 57 percent sold their cars to live in Vauban. Someone by the name of Heidrun Walter, a media trainor stated "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Now a days people roaming the streets are moving around Vauban in three different ways, Walking, biking or the city tram. Though these arent as fast and convienient as cars they still are transportation. Life for many people in Vauban is great because its the relief of no polution, the crashes and killings of pedestrians decreased greatly and just all in all less money wasted on gas. Suburbs are used to great numbers of vehicles, just look at Chicago or Shanghai. A suburb is a place where many middle class families settle down and buy homes to live in. This being said cars help greatly reduce the gas fumes in greenhouses when they are banned and not being used. Just a slight percentage of 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe alone and greatly increased to 50 percent in the United States. Vauban, home to 5,500 residents is very small due to the no car zone, what people dont know is within this city is closely compacted stores (walking distance for short travel) and other buildings. Most of the development since World War II is the basic structure of a car, focusing on a car was the biggest development of history, but a man named David Goldberg said "That will have to change." Paris bans driving due to smog Many days of pollution caused Paris to form a partial driving ban to help maintain air pollution. Not only that Paris ordered many motorists to leave there cars or be forced to pay a large fine of 22- euros or $31. Many did what was said and many did not, if they werent cooperating they would pay the fine and have the vehicle impounded. Most of frances pollution came from the favored diesel, they had a tax policy that supported diesel instead of gasoline. Due to the favoring of Diesel making up 67 percent of the vehicle gas consumption. France earned many complaints from companies world wide, delivery companies especially. They complained over lost revenue. Thats not all, because of this complaint France had to make a couple exceptions like Electric, hybrid vehicles and a Fee as free as a bird for the transit (Friday through Monday). Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota Bogota, Columbia - On a day like no other the people of Columbia set aside there Colorful vehicles to do a more enviromental favor. They rode Bicycles, hiked, skated or even took a bus to work to free Columbia of traffic jams and pollution. This has began to influence other countries into believing you dont need a vehicle to get around, it helped them realize a different meaning in transportation. This banned vehicles and helped reduce smog. Though the rain comes down constantly on Bogota it hasnt stopped them from participating in this event, the people of Bogota state "it helps relieve stress and lower air polution I like it." Cali and Valledupar, two other columbian countries also decreased vehicle use. Many authorities from seperate countries took a boat or plane to visit Bogota to see the event and were quite enthusiastic. The End of Car Culture Studies in America state due to Obama's goal to lower greenhouse gas emissions is so fortuitous people of america are purchasing less vehicles, driving less and getting fewer licenses. The United States being the worlds largest population of driving is coming to an end. The United States is so large in the driving industry because of The making of the Model T, and the immortalization of "Mustang Sally." Getting rid of the transportation which sociologists think will happen isnt going to get rid of all the gas emission due to power plants. New Yorks bike sharing policy and a Toll on bridges has greatly decreased driving in it. This all shows exact evidence of how the earth is trying to better themselves to get rid of pollution. Not because they are getting rid of cars, but because they are getting rid of cars and keeping people happy. Just remember, just because your forced to stop using a car doesnt mean you should give up and quit, just see it as a change in your life and a relief you are helping to make on earth.

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In order to detect human emotions these students are saying thrie computer can do it. I dont believe this and i'll tell you why. Computers can tell you how u fell on the outside but can't tell you about the inside. Emotions are not based on facial expressions. I can smile through pain but the computer won't tell you that. Many people cause decive you with there emotions. The person who created this only uses six basic emotions that can decive you on the outside. Explaining human emotions are very difficult because you cant actually tell how they feel on the inside. The emotions the show on the outside could decive how you see things. You should take the time to ask the person how they really feel after you get the results to see how accurate the computer really is. This computer cause not actually help these researchers. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional coomunication. With this being said i do not believe any computer in the 21st century is advanced enough to read true human emotion. Maybe one day somebody will invent the greatest computer ever. But as of right now emotion truly can't be read unless the person themselves actually tells you.

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Countries have started to limit the usage of cars. the limitation of cars can be very benifitial. evidence from the articles can show that limiting cars can benifit us citizens. Their advantages to limiting car usage. For example, evidence from the article says "Vauban's streets are completely "car-free"-except the main thoroughfare, where the tran to downtown freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the cummunity". this shows you that if people are willing to give up their cars it can benifit the cummunity. Information from the article shows "On Monday motorist with even-license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine". Limiting car usage can really help the enviorment so when people drive their cars on a no car day they do get fined. evidence from the text shows "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday". If we let car usage be limited it can be a safer place in the streets without no traffic and less cars. according to the text "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve saftey". This evidence shows that limiting the use of cars can make the enviorment safer in pollution and in health wise becaus epeople wont be getting into car accidents as much. many countries have limited the usage of cars. limiting car usage can be benifitial in many ways. Evidence from the text shows that limiting car usage is for the better not for the worst.

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Google field-tested a driverless car that drove five hundred miles with only one accident, which was when a human was driving the car. Driverless cars are hardly a new idea, but recently in the 21st century, it has become more and more of a reality. Ever since 2009 "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions" (Author). Driverless cars haven't been perfected yet and still rely on human assitance now and then, but with a few more years of research they could mass-produced. Driverless cars should be used to replace current cars, trucks, and buses. They could be used like taxis and would use half as less fuel than what current taxis use. Additionaly, they are more manueverable than buses and are more practical for wide-spread use. Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes "such cars would fundamentally change the world" (Author). If the future he envisions is to become reality, then there are some barriers that need to be broken through. Currently, driverless cars have to rely on human drivers to manuever through roadwork, accidents and other complicated traffic issues. We have yet to acquire sensors and technology advanced enough to handle situations like these. That hasn't stopped companies like Google who "modified [a] Toyota Prius [that] uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the reaviwe mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor" (Author). This car, dubbed LIDAR, cannot drive on its own as of yet. Other companies have just been developing driving assistants such as BMW's "Traffic Jam Assistant". Another big problem for companies trying to advance cars is states themselves. Since most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, most states have made illegal to even test computer-driven cars because lawmakers believe "safety is best achieved with alert drivers" (Author). States like California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars. Still, manufacturers believe that "more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe" (Author). Even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. While completely driverless cars are somewhere in the distant future, and most people are still apprehensive about them, the impact that driverless cars can have on the economy and the world is astounding. As more and more years go by, companies are getting closer and closer to figure out this complex equation. People will just have to get used to this new advancement in technology and move on because these cars can make a difference.

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The face that is shown isnt from any aliens ,we have no kind of proof that really tells us that the face piece is by an alien. The piece thatwas spotted was shadowy so it could of been mess with to look like that, instead it could of look clear and smooth but when they touck the face it looked like if there was a shadow .The piece looked if it was during a war Many places that went to go see what the face was made of an airplane,some sent there space robots but they got unclear information .many thought there was life on mars back then so thats hopw the face appear .no one really knows how the face was made. Skeptics thpought the alien marking was covered up by haze so if that was true no one would find out. The face had become popular that it ended up becoming a big hit into hollywood. So no one really klnows how it happen its what ever you believe.

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Automobiles, people relay on them. without  cars alot of people are lost. they are too lazy to walk or ride a bike anywhere. But, cars arent that great they are actually causeing alot of damage. the pollution that is given off by cars is ridculous. most people dont relize the damage they are doing let alone the affect cars have on your life. Frist off, cars are responible for 12 percent of greenhouse house emissions in europe. In some car-intensive areas in the  United states the greenhouse emissions are about 50 percent from cars! thats alot people are causeing without really knowing if we were to get the word out maybe we could change it and make the world cleaner. Secondly, the united states environmental agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. they want to make cities and towns more compact and close together. Because in the suburbs cars play such a huge role. these places arent very compact, so people cant just walk everywhere that would take all day. but on the upside walking everywhere is good excerise so while your getting rid of pollution, your also lossing the obesity rate in the united states. then, in Paris they have banned cars due to smog. Anyone who drove would be fined 22 euros (31 dollars). congestion in the captial france was down almost 60 percent. after a little bit of time enough smog had cleared so they could rescind the ban. after, in Bogota, Colombia they started a car free  day were everyone took buses, biked, hiked, walked or any means of transportaion except cars to get to work. this reduces smog in that area. all of this walking and so forth also helps people relive stress.  which wil drop the crime rates. Lastly, in the untied states gas emissions are quite high. but, are believed to go down beacuase in  a recent study , fewer people each year are buying cars or getting liscence. they say if this pattern contuines and they think it will cars will stop coming around. In conculsion,people relay on them, without  cars alot of people are lost. but, in due time all these things will change so it will all be okay. the smag will go away . and the earth will be clean.    

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I believe we the people should be able to vote for who we want for president.  We have always been told we have a freesdom of speech, yet we cannot truely vote for who we want for president.  The votes are alol taken and used to see who is more popular with the people.  But who decided who gets tp be presdident is not us.  It is the Electoral College.  The Electoral College is a group of people in each state who decide the president for us.  I think everyone should get to vote on who they want as president, and i think it should actually count.  The Electoral College is unfair and I believe popular vote should decide who we get as the president of the nation that we have or rights to vote in. In the words of Bob Dole "Abolish the Electoal college."  It is unfair, outdated, and irrational.  It is unfair because pf the winner-takes-all system there is in each state.  With this in place the canidates take no time in the states they know they have not of chance of winning in.  Instead they spend all of their time in states they may have a tight race in.  for example, during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states did not see the canidates at all. Twenty-five of the largest media markets did not even get to see a single campaign ad.  Under the Electoral College system they do not vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors who then turn around and vote for the president they want.  Is that really fair.  That we are putting our nations future in the hands of only 538 people. Popular votes should be what decides our president.  Therefore we actually have a say in who we want to be president.  For example, in the 2000 U.S. presidental race, Al Gore recieved more individual votes then George W. Bush nationwide,  but because of the Electoral College Bush won because he had 271 electoral votes while Gore had 266.  Also in the election in2012 Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral votes comparing to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes.  Sure he still would have won but at least individual people actually had a say in who they got as their president.  Also in 2012, the popular vote was very close in Florida, but Obama won the electoral vote with 29 .  But in Wyoming the same thing happened and he only got three electoral votes.  This shows a large state gets more attention in presidential canidates than a small state does.  If presidency was decided by the individual votes then it wouold be more fair and more poeple would have a say in it. If this country really gave us the right to vote then we would really have a say in who we want as our president.  But the Electoral College is not letting us do that.  Only two states do something a little differently, but it still does not make that much of a difference.  If we had more of a say in our presidency i believe we would be a better nation more people would actually vote cause there would be a better chance of them actually having a say in what they want for this nation. 

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Do you ever wish you could just look at someone and be able to tell how they are feeling? At the Beckman Istitute for advanced Science at the University of Illinois, Prof. Thomas Huang and his colleague are created just that. they call it "Facial Action Coding System". This system could be put into computers to keep track of your emotions. Maybe even by tracking your emotions, you could be happier. The process works by using a 3-D computer of your face; all 44 major muscles. Than is the Facial Action Coding System associates the six basic emotions— happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness—with each movement of the facial muscles. Most human communication is nonverbal, even through we may not relize it, we always show our emotions. The facial expression for each emotion are unviersal. Using the Facial Action Coding System, it can track humans emotion or even a painting such as the Mona Lisa. As humans we are always feeling something, weather its anger, saddness, or happiness. I think it would be of great value to have this technology at school, and put into our computers. Not all kids can learn the same way, which means kids can not be teached in the same way. If the student is working on the computer and they do not understand the lesson. The computer could change the lesson to teach it a differnt way. All in all, I think this kind of technology could be very useful, not only in school but for psychologist and other who study the human body. Our emotions say alot about us amd if that is how most of us communicate; we should know more about them.

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Driverless cars are coming thats no good! Since 2009 google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions. Thier cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless. The Google cars still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. In my opion driverless cars are pretty dangerous and stupid. I think that becasue drivers would try to play on their phone more and do other things that will not make them keep their eyes on the road or their surroundings. Just because the cars are "driverless" doesn't mean they cant mess up or have a glitch when they are driving and when they are playing on their phones. Having driverless cars is a huge mistakes they will put peoples life at risk and so many people when end up wrecking and dieing because they are more worried about their mobile devices. My second reason I think "driverless" cars are stupid is becasue people will not pay attention to their surrounding. People will pay attention to the things that are inside the car and not the things outside the car like other cars around them or even other object around them. People driving the car will be more focoused on the radio or all the cool features that come with the car like the new bluetooth radio or the new settting on the radio. The new cars will have so many new featrues that people will not even realize they are on the road. My last reason I think the cars are stupid is becasue what are people gonna do when the car breaks or glitches up. The first batch of cars will have issues just like the first batch of everything that is new. The car could glitch up at any moment when the car is in motion and some one is in it. What are people gonna do when they are driving and the car just stops driving itself and runs off the road into oncoming traffic or runs off a mountain. What are the people gonna do when their family memebrs die because of the cars glitching up and killing their brother,sister, or cousin. The first thing they are going to do is blame the company and sue them for everything they have. That is why I think "driverless" cars are stupid and dangerous. People will not pay attention they will car more about their phone. People will not pay attention to their surrounding they will pay attention to things inside the car. And the cars have a high chance of glitching up and killing the driver or maybe another person in the street or on the sidewalk. That is why I think they are very dumb and dangerous.

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Isn't it crazy that technology has come so far that a computer can read a persons exact emotion right down to the exact calculation? Yes, there is now computer software that can read emotions, right down to the percent of each emotion. This software, created by Professor Thomas Huang and collaborated with Professor Nicu Sebe. This kind of technology should be known to everyone, especially kids in school. This software knows every muscle in the face and understand the anatomy of these muscles. " Movement of one or more muscles is called an 'action unit'. Then Dr. Huand relies on the work of psychlogists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facical Action Coding System). Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated with each characteristic movoments of the facial muscles." This process can read every muscle in the face and link an emotion with the given expression. It can even identify mixed emotions by weighing different units. For a human, isn't always easy to read mixed emotions. "In fact, we humans perform this same impressive 'calculation' every day." Yes, humans read peoples faces on a day to day basis and can usually figure out the nonverbal emotion of a person, but for a person who doesn't know anatomy, this can be hard to place the exact emotion with the facical expression they are looking at. This software can even tell when a person is faking a smile, which again, isn't always easy for a human to pick up on. "its all about those muscular action units." Which, is very important for a kid to know. Technology is all around people every day, and kids know how to work technology better than most other people; therefore, they should be taught this new software and understand it. This new technology can really do wonders " 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huand predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.' " All kids learn in different ways, which can become a struggle for students. It isn't easy trying to learn when you just cannot understand it the way it is being taught to you, and this technology could completely change that. School could become way less stressful if it is being modified for each students understanding. A lot of human communuication is nonverbal, with different signals and facial expressions humans make, its not always easy for a person to understand these nonverbal signals. Which, is why this technology could be revolutionary to kids in school.

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It is a dangers job but so me of them know how to work with it and work their way around it so they don't get hurt at all , and in the text it says that " Modern computer are enormously powerful,and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions " , that was found in paragarh 7. The venus has the hottest surface temperature more then other planet in the solar it says in the text that " Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though mercury is closer to our sun". Beside all them things the waether is bad because they have big and powerful earthquakes and scary lightning , and it says that in the text " Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, amd frequent lightning stikes to probes to land onits surface",

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

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Walking, jogging, or even riding a bike. All ways of transportation, right? And also, the car. Of course that'd be the intial thing most people would want rather than actually exercising to get from one point to another. However, limiting car usage would be better for our planet and for us. In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , it has a bystander that says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter. She is a mother of two, and she has walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor. So, not only is she a mother of two and basically walks everywhere, driving made her tense. And she claims to actually be happier walking rather than using a car to transport her to different areas. Another thing from this article includes this line, "...Ad 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 the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe.. and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." So, if we were to not necessarily drive too often, we'd be doing the Earth a favor in making the world more dense. Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog , already off the bat. Driving in Paris is basically banned, because of smog. It states, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." All the gases that are in the air due to cars and such could very well just harm us, and Earth. However, it is a good thing that Paris had banned that, because people who've tried to keep driving, has had to suffer a 22-euro fine. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters. Other people care about our world enough to get them to stop what they're doing. Or, at least ban it for a while. But, typically, Paris has more smog than other European capitals. It says, "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of the particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found." Now, not trying to argue with this, however, not driving for a while is something that'd be better for not just Europe, but everywhere around the world. It's a big deal, and our ozone layer could basically kill us in the end. Car-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota , now, by this article, it pretty much states that trying to promoted alternative transportation and reducing smog had violaters face $25 fines. It was the third year straight they've tried to do this, but people still got caught doing it. But, it does mention, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo. He does have a point here, because it helps us in the end. Another thing it adds is, "The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that begain in Bogota in the mid-1990s. It has seen the contrustion of 118 miles of bicyle paths, the most of any Latin American city, according to Mockus, the city's mayor." So basicallt not driving is a relatively great thing for us, now, not driving for a while is not any intention, but limiting it is probably what's best. And last but not least, The End of Car Culture , it claims that fewer people over the years have not been getting licenses and buying cars. Which, is a good sign for us. As a world all together, we shouldn't be depending on transportation (by car, of course), to get anywhere. It's much better this way for us to do this because it's mainly how we're effecting the Earth that's the problem, well.. and obesity but it's not a huge concern. But, that's just the way it is. It goes on to say that people 19-21 and older in some cases haven't even wanted a car or even attempt to get their license. And that says something. We're changing, and that's a great thing. Of course, we still will use cars, but hopefully not as much as we used to basically. To conclude this, other transportation other than driving, would be better for the world, and we could use something else to make it better for us. Of course we'd still use cars, but not using it as much would definitely be our goal in today's world.        

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In the story "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about the pros and cons about exploring Venus. The story tells us how it would benifit us if NASA would spaceships with humans inside but also the dangers of human kind even getting close enogh to even touch it. The author says how exploring Venus will help us or how it will hurt human kind. In the story it tells how exploring Venus will give us benifts and how it will help us. The expolration of Venus can help becuase Venus almost has the same density and size of Earth. This is told in paragraph 2 when it states "Earth, Venus, and Mars our other plantary neighbor". What this means is that we can when the technoly allows us we will be able to travle to one of the neighboring plantets. but however it's not always sun shine and happiness because Venus can have cons too. In the story it also talks about how moving to Venus can have a negative affect. Exploring Venus is almost imposible because on the planet surface the temperatures can go above 800 defrees fahrenheit which means that you would burn alive is you git too close. This is said in paragraph 3 when it says "these conditions are far mor extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." What this means is that even getting close to Venus will be extremely hard to pull off. In conclusion travling to Venus will help us or how it will hurt human kind. But even a small glance up close on Venus will be somthing to celibrate about. As soon as humans are able to be that would be one big achevment.

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Do you think you could suvive in another planet like Venus? Well, in the article "The Callenge of Exploring Venus" it tells us all about how the Earth and Venus are similar and different. The author thinks that even though Venus doesn't have easy conditions to ive in, it a survivable place for humans. In paragraph 3, the author states, "...temperatures average pver 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience." That would be extremely hard to live in, almost impossible. However, If people were to go 30 plus miles above the ground in Venus, it would still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. In paragraph 5, its states, "...the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exced Earth levels." In the end, it is suvivable for humans but, I would not want to live there. It would be so hot and nothing to do really. I think i would be really go for NASA to have some astronuats go and explore it since they would be able to survive.

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You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because you get to have free time on the upper deck of the ship. You could play cool games and you get to stay active. You get to watch and feed the horses on the ship. You also get to help a lot of people if you join the Seagoping Cowboys. Second, you have a lot of fun by playing baseball, volleyball, fencing, boxing, and you could also read a book. On the way there you could give the horses there oats or there hay if they we're hungry. You can also take a tour around a castle in all types of cities and towns. If you want to get off of the ship you can take a boat ride in Italy with the streets of water. Third, you also have to be careful when you do the job cause you can slip off of a ladder and fall into the water. You could also lose the horses and they could fall into the water. He had done more than 9 trips back and forth to a lot of countries and cities. It makes you more aware of people and other cities and countries. Fourth, you could go and see any capital you what of your favorite place. You could do the job after you graduate high school you give the people supplies and you give them animals. You have to travel around the sea 16 times or more depending on how long you want to do it. More than 44 countries went together to form the UNRRA the United Nations relief and Rehabilitation. In conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboy opens up the world for some people. It is hard work so you have to have strength and skills. You can't join the military when doing the job. You always stay aware if someone is having trouble you think back to your job and help them.

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Venus, an extraordinary planet because of many reasons and fascinating things that goes further than our temporal limits, a very attractive planet that put our imagination to work due to our curiosity and the difficulties that Venus presents when it get time to explore. The planet called by the people as "The twin of the Earth" had being proving why is it so interesting enough to go and know more about it. We will see with the author´s text how Venus is a worthy planet to visit even with the kind of dangers that are possible to happen in Venus. First of all Venus is a very hard place to review and investigate deeply. In the text we can see that Venus is in a first look inhospitable, 97 percent of its atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide, clouds are highly corrosive, the planet´s surface temperature average is 800 Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greather than Earth´s pressure. That is something that used to be different in the past where Venus looked like Earth´s enviroment. There used to be mountains, valleys, oceans etc. But all these impediments gets underpreciated when our curiosity grows each day, and in the text we can find the first steps of something that once used to be impossible to think and that´s a correct expedition to Venus. The NASA is looking for a way to send humans to study Venus. This way is to float above Venus. Conditions there are more survivable for humans. The pressure is a lot less, and radiaton levels is not greater than Earth´s radiation, the temperature is considerably lower than the surface temperature. Some scientific advantages have to be completed to at least have a safe investigation expedition such as in photography or video cameras because of low light levels in Venus. Samples of materials can´t be taken either from a far distance and Venus difficult enviroment. The author is convinced that some day the human will be able to do a research in Venus and its convincement is reflected on how he wrote the 6th paragraph where the author says, "Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to las long enought to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." is giving a small amount of hope to keep track in the research of new technologies to have the key to travel Venus and explore it.