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I think that that the use of the technology to read the emotional expressions of people is valuable. I think this because sometimes its important to know someones emotion, and if they are faking or lying. This technolgy could be helpful for people to indicate wheather they need help or not. I also think that tis technology could help save lives too. I'll explain why. First reason on why this technology is valuble is because it can be used in the classroom to know wheather a student is confused on the lesson or not. A shy student sometimes wouldnt want to ask for help about the lesson. So using this technology for would be very useful because teachers would now know who and who needs help. It could also help teacher to know if a student is angry, sad, etc to know how to help them. That one reason why I think this techonolgy is useful. Another reason why emotion reading technology is useful because in paragraph 8 the article stated " to an expert, faces dont lie; these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politcian or celebrity isnt being truthful". This means now we could know if a leader is being real or not. It could help with votes during an election to choose the correct politician. Not only that but in genral to knoe if people are lying or not. last reason why I think the use of this technology is valuable is because it can save peoples lives. using this technolgy would let you know how a person is feeling. If a person is depressed and on the edge of doing something that they shouldnt , using this emtion reading technology could alert people on how others can be feeling very down and thode people could help them. It could also help parents knowing wheather their child is happy or not and I think a parent should know their childrens emotion because half the time we dont express our selves to our parents. So thats why I think using technology that can indicate your emtion is valuable.

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This artical is about, FACS (Facial Action Coding System), which is a new software that has been developed, it improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. This computer software was made so a computer can detect your emotions to understand what you like and dont like. The author states that, "The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate." I believe that we should use this process on computers at the schools, so that the computers better understand the schools students. The author states that, "This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries." This software can express many different emotions such as, happy, mad, sad, ect. It can also store infromation, as to what you like and what you dont like, by the way your muscles movwe in your face. In paragraph 5, the author states, "Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical infromation as electronic code." It can also help a student if he/she is having trouble on the computer, it can do that by reading the emotions on your face by the way your facial muscles move in a certain way. The author states in paragraph 6 that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The author wrote the article, FACS (Facial Action Coding System), to help computers camunicate better with humans, by reading the way their muscles on their face move, or react, to express how humans feel. This new computer software would be a good thing to add to the schools computers, that way the computers can better communicate, and help, the students if they are confused or bored. Even if you have different face expressions, or mixed emotions. the auther says, "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion). Computers need to be able to better communicate with humans.

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The face on mars was made when the and on mars was made. Nobody can really say they know how the face got there. The reason why i say that is because nobody was there to make it or see who made it. No humans never lived there or was made there. NASA had sent out a Viking one spacecraft that was looking for a spot for the other Viking two to land. As the Viking was looking around it had saw somthing that look like a face and it took a picture of it and sent it to mission controllers. But the Viking one was not there when the face was first formed so NASA don't know how it got there or know how it was made. NASA had never told nobody but the people that work there but after a coulple of days later they had showed the world what they had saw on mars. They had called it a "huge rock formation that resembles a human head and mouth, eyes, and nose". Some scientists belived that aliens made it and once lived on the planet mars at one time. All the people know is what they think or know what NASA told them how it got there. But really they dont know the date it was made, how it was made, what it was made with but all they know is what they got from a picture. Know if some one frome earth was there and made it and was there to take picture's of them making it. It would have been a nother story then NASA can say that they know how it was made, what it was made with, what date it was made, and who made it. But they don't so they have to go off the picture that the Viking one took. They have to think how it was made, when it was made.

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First,The face NASA found in Mars is just a landform and I can prove it. On the picture on 1976 it actaully looked like a human face, but a human face cant be that big. On 1998 the eyes and mouth started fading away like it was disapearing. On 2001, you can't even see the face anymore. Next, It looked like it cracked, also scientists 'figured it was just another Martian Mesa, comman enough around Cydonia.' But, also scientists believed the face was an alien artifact but, they can't prove that it is just what they believe. Then,On April 5, 1998 it said that Mars Global Surveyor flew over to Cydonia to see if it was real. When they got there they took some pictures of it for JPL web site, but it revealed that it was just a natural landform and it wasn't a alien monument. Finally , just to make sure on April 8, 2001 it said in the article that "Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look.""They rolled the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view," said Garvin. What the picture actaully shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landform common around the American West. In conclusion, there was no alien or face in Mars. It was just a landform making it look like there was a human face. This is my essay telling it was just a landform.

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I am for technology being able to read students emotions. It can really help in the classroom when kids are starting to feel like the lesson is getting kinda stale. In the text it states, "A classroom computer could regonize when a student is becoming confused or bored". This can help alot of kids or teens that have a hard time staying focused i the classrooms or become bored easeily, it that is to happen the computer will modify the lesson to make it more entertaining fo the student like any good teacher would be able to do. It also have many uses outside the classroom. In the text it states, " The same technology can make computer animated faces more expressive for video games video surgery. This technology can help animaters, surgeans , artist , and many other lines of work. We perform different facial expression every day and having a computer or maybe even a phone in the future that can ajust your device to the emotion your having at the time or throughout the day. This type of technolgy can change the world and make lifes easier in the classroom for students or regular jobs. There are many positives about thing about this technologhy though there are a couble negatives. In the modern day home computer or phone would not be able to input the many algorithms that are needed fo this technology to work. Also If your not expressive an your emotions your combuter would not be able to detect your emotins and will not ajust.

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Dear Senator, After doing some background research on the theme of the electoral college, i have realized that this system is wrong and should be changed. Now you msy aks yourself why?. Here are my reasons on why to exterminate the electoral college. And my ideas on what is going to replace it. What the electoral college does is basically a chain of votes. Meaning someone votes for someone and then that someone votes for another someone. This may seem confusing, and personally i think it is!. Why vote for a slate of electors when we could vote for the president. I mena is like skipping a step of the sequence(a very complex sequence) dont you think its easier, faster, better and less confusing to just vote for the president. Every single citizen votes for who they want. thats why i propose an idea. this idea is easier, faster and better... Mr/Ms Senator lets apply the election by popular vote system. its less confusing and less biased. For ex. if u want to vote for "Tim Hart"for president, you just have to vote simple right; now using the other system you have to vote for the group of democtratic people that is voting for Tim Hart. And then hope that they didnt steal your vote, and they voted for another candidate. You see what im saying her. The system of popular election vote is way safer than the electoral college. Also this system is more equal than the other, speaking of the problem of small states. Ex "large states gets more attention form presidential candidates than a small state does"(4 big states, P 21 L 10). This shows that the electoral college system is unequal. Now in the other hand with our system , no matter small or large states, everyone will get the same attencion. To conclude this essay the election by popular vote is clearly safer, faster, better and more equal than the electoral college, this is why i ask you if you could just think about the idea, and share the word with your collics and people you know Thanks

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My postion is agaist Driverless cars. From the article they are reliable. The saftey sensors could not function properly due to all the movement on the wrong also with the changes of directions. A GPS may be capiable of this but the GPS is not also controling the car. A GPS is basicailly the same thing as a sensor they work very much the same. The name doesnt even soud safe "A driverless car" it soiunds like an idea without very much put thought into it. Only three states dont make to it illegal just to test the Driverless Car. That tells us that they are dangerious from all of the possible outcomes. The biggest reason to be agaist this product called "The Driveless Car" is because the human is not in control of the vehical at all times. Yes the car has motion seniors b ut there is a lot of activies and movement on the road. On e crash from another vehical and motion seniors can be unsure what to do and where to go. For example what will the motion senior do at a 4 way road. there are too many risks and danerious possiblities. Other big factors that could effect the technology is weather, water, wifi, the brakes could be second too late before hitting an object. One the first Driveless Cars model is a BMW that can reach up to 25 Mph. Now a car going 10 mph can put someone in the hopstial. A BMW not totally controled by a human at 25 mph can seriously hurt someone. those add to the big number of dangerious possiblities. Overall just testing this car is dangerious. We can only trust our phones to get the job done only 75% of the time. It would not be wise or "Smart" to trust some technoigly that is in the same boat to drive us around at 25 mph speeds.

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Hello. My name is Luke Bomberger and I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. The Seagoing Cowboys needs as many men or women as possible. You can go to many majestic places like China, Greece, Italy, and more! Going to these places are exiting, but you need to be a hard worker too! You will do many objectives on the way to your destination like feed and give water to the animals. When you reach your destination, your mission isn't over! You will need to travel to many farms and trading markets to deliver animals like cattle and sheep. once you head back to your ship you can play many games on the ship like baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, and more! Being a Seagoing Cowboy isn't just delivering animals places, it's about adventure, and seeing the world, knowing what is out there! It's an amazing expierience! The life of a Seagoing Cowboy exhilirating and exiting! You never know what will happen next! Many people need you! You help many people in many people in many countries, have fun on board of a gigantic ship, and travel many beautiful countries! To me that is a win-win-win! I recommend to you to join us, the Seagoing Cowboys, in a marvelous, once in a life time expierience! This is Luke Bomberger of the Seagoing Cowboys, over and out!

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Driverless cars are the future of the roads. They provide an easier way to get to and from different locations, and can help prevent deadly and dangerous accidents. With driverless vehicles, they would prevent wasting excess gas due to them being programmed to be economically efficient. It would also provide a less stressful enviroment for the passengers allowing them to not worry about getting lost due to the gps in the computer driven cars. Driverless cars will help preserve the enviroment by not using excess gas. "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." A future with driverless public transportation would make the lives of people easier. Having driverless cars become a full on public-transport taxi systerm would help prevent the amount of non enviromentally friendly vehicles driven on a daily basis. Driverless cars with the use of sensors would prevent many car accidents and traffic situations if programmed correctly. "Futher improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." There will be fewer traffic problems if driverless cars took over. There are companys working on improving how driverless cars handle traffic situations. "In 2013, BMW announced the development of 'Traffic Jam Assistant.' The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." Although driverless cars are not one hundred percent self driven, it is still good to allow the driver to take over when they want to or need to. WIth the addition to alerts and warnings telling the driver if the car needs to be manually controlled, it allows for a even safer enviroment. Once these "smart" cars have been proven safer, many states may soon open up to the use of the driverless car. "As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. Caliornia, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have lead the country in allowing limited us of semi-autonomous cars; manufactures believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proven more reliably safe." In conclusion driverless cars are the future of automobiles. The driverless cars provide a economic and enviromentally friendly aspect to the road. They will allow better traffic conditions and prevent more accidents. There will have to be certain laws that come into effect concerning driverless cars, but overall they would provide a safer, healthier enviroment for everyone. Once they have been proven as more reliably safe, driverless cars will begin to brighten the worlds future by bringing these positive aspects onto the road on a daily basis.

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There are positive and negative aspects of a driverless car. Some people might love the idea on the other hand other people might not. I believe driverless cars are the future, and there going to come up with some very smart cars in the near future. I believe that driverles cars are a genius idea because you can do anything while the car is driving. Well of course not everything you don't want to be sleeping and the car crashes onto something because it doesn't detect it. Many people run late in the morning on there way to work or school or wherever they might go and maybe didn't have time for breakfest or didn't finish getting ready I believe that you can do that stuff while the car is in motion. Even though you need a driver there in the car "Tesla is going to release a car capable of driving on autopilot ninety percent of the time" which means you'll only be driving that ten percent which isn't alot. Yes I do believe the safety of one another is very important but I think the manufactures wouldn't release a car if they knew it wasn't capable of doing the things that the manufactures promised. I am all for driverless cars but safety is very important to me but just like the article says " the road to truly autonomous cars stretches ahead of us, we grow to the destination every day".

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Driverless cars can be helpful and dangerous. But, I think driverless cars are found to be more dangerous than helpful. If a person that has a driverless car falls asleep because they are bored and do not have control of the car, it may harm them in many ways. In my opinion you can't always rely on technology to do work for you. Computers can break down and have mishaps at any giving time. In the text it states " Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe". Having a car built off techonology wouldnt keep everyone safe. Technology can fail. The only way to keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, is to have a human driving, that can steer, accelerate, and brake for themselves. People can be in more danger because of the roads as well. Roads are not always so much secure and safe. Roads are bumpy and have holes in them that can cause accidents. In the article it say's "all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." This means the driver will need to be awoke and alert at all times, but if you're driving for about 5-6 hours how can you stay awake if you have a car that drives itself and all you have to do is nothing?. Driverless cars are dangerous, useless, and a waiste of money. Why have a driverless car that still needs a driver?

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Have you ever wanted to participate in the Seagoing Cowboy program? In the seagoing program you help many people and animals. You also get to go on many adventures. Do you want to have a chance to see what it would be like? In the Seagoing Cowboy program you get the chance to help people and animals in need. You help people and animals in many different tragidease. I have already been in Europe and china to help with World War II. In 1945 we got to go to New Orleans. After that we headed to greece with cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. The Seagoing Cowboy program is fun and you help people and animals. Not only do you help animals, but you also go on adventures. I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean 2 times. I have also toured a castle in Crete, and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. Lastly I have also taken a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. Do want in on all these fun trips? Would you want to be in the Seagoing Cowboy program? You help tons of people and animals. You also have lots of fun. Decide to come join me.

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"Seagoing Cowboys" Imagine always being out in the seas where theirs beautiful scenery. Imagine actually looking foward to helping animals and hear the noises of the wind blowing you across the Atlantic Ocean on a boat. Well thats what Luke Bomberger had to look forward to everyday. Its called being a '"Seagoing Cowboy". Here are some reasons why you should become a seagoing cowboy. First, Seagoing Cowboys take care of horses,cows, and mule that are shipped here. Second, caring for animal keeps you busy. Lastly, on free time cowboys play fun games like baseball. Some people think that being a seagoing cowboy is boring but most people think its pretty cool. when you take care of horses, cows, and mule it actually teaches you some life lessons like what to exactly do with those exotic animals. Caring for animals is time consuming it takes up a ton of your free time but its all worth every single bit of you're time to learn from it. When cowboys play fun games its usually at times when the animals have been unloaded off the ship and when everything has been cleaned and ready for more animals. From attending to every need of the animal and letting horses,cows,and mule fill your free time to. Later playing a game on the ship when you did all that work it really makes you hapy and ready for more challenges that life gives you. So sign up to become a "Seagoing Cowboy" today!

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Cars Or No Cars Cars Are Motor Vehicls That Run Of Disel Fuel . Some Places Such As Vauban, Germany And Pairs Has Giving Up Cars . President Obama Has Created A Project Call "Mustang Sally" ; Created Because Science Has Proven That Fewer Americans Buy Cars & Fwere People Get There Licenses. Some Places Have Fins For driving A Car Some Dont. Young People Organzie There Lives And Summer Jobs Around Where tHey Can Walk Or CAr Pool With A Friend. Last Year Study Shows That There Are Fewer Young People driving Which Drops The Driving Rate By 23 Percent. First , People Shouldnt Drive If They Dont Need To. The Disel Fuel Cars Run On Are Creating Air Pollution . At The Rate We Are At Now In A Couple OF Years The World Would BE Full Of Dirty Air. Things That Can Prevent Dirty Air : Car Pooling Walking Riding A Bicycle Hybird Car Some Of These Things People Wont Do Because Their Either Lazy Or Just Selfish And Dont Care About There Kids OR Grandkids Future. If We Dont Have Any Fresh Air To Breath How Do You Expect The World To Breathe Let Along Function ?  Become A Place Like Geermany By Not Letting People Drive By Having Public Transpotation Monday-Frida Only ; They Care About THe Enivornment . Second, You Should Want To Protcet The Enivornment. Fresh air Is Such A Beautiful Thing To Have Why waste It Because People Dont Want To Protect It ? Ford Motor Has Layed Out A Plan That Can And Will Conserve Resource, Lower Emossions And Improve Safety , By Using Private Cars And Public Transportation Which Also Cuts Back On Time . Just Help Protect A Place We All Live . Third , The Last Past Two Decades There Has Been Efforts To Make Cities A Better Place For Walking And Bicycleing. A Few Houndred People CAnt Do It Alone They Need You As Humans To Help NeverTheLess, Help Stop THe World From Air Pollution. You Should Want To Secure Your Childern Childerns Future . Make Sure Your Family Can Have A Clean Life And That They Can Help ImProve The World To Make It A Better Place . Make Sure They Know How Important It Is To Have Clean Ar To Breathe ."The Future Is In You , So Protect It " . The Smallest Things Can Help Walking To Work During The week Using Car Only A Few Times A Month , Carpooling ,Using Your Bicycle On The Weekend AnyThing Can Help Make The World A Better Place.                  

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Alien comics are the real deal? The average conspiracy theorist might think the picture of the "Face" was created by aliens but science and reasearch shows otherwise. Many people connect space with aliens but it's all really fiction. Everyone wants to believe that those comics and fairytales they used to read when they were younger are actually real. So any piece of information from mars that could be the slightest bit connected to earth makes everyone go bananas! Here is why your ideas and the rest of the conspiracy theorist ideas Are way off. First, How are you putting out their ideas and beliefs but we have yet to see you guys give any evidence whats so ever. See, The team at NASA has actually done research and it's our job. When we went out to the sight where the "Face" is located Us and other scientists figure it was just another Martian mesa, Also, these are common around cydonia, Only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Next, If this accusation was in deed Truthful why in the world would we hide this from anyone!? It would honestly help us and make us even more financially stable. Even when we revealed the picture it engaged many common citizens and it attracted attention to mars. So, even if the whole alien thing was true it would really benfit the people. Not only are they going to learn about possibly Alive aliens but they get to learn even more about mars and how they function in space. Also, We've provided all the evidence that we possibly can. We even went back out to The sight and took pictures again to prove these you and the rest of the conspiracy thoerists wrong. When we went back out to the sight we used a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. 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! Now you and many might say "Well i still don't think their telling the truth, their probably hiding something because it might discredit them and their business." Well, NASA and the rest of the scientist have done all we can. Our job is to explore space and find new things that might help us on earth. So, after all the reseach we've done. Plus all the trips we've made back out there to provide the community with evidence and pictures and you guys still don't believe us thats your problem. When conspiracy theorist provide us with 100 percent credible and sufficent information then we can look into it more but for now you guyses Arguement is full of opinions. In conclusion, This is how you and the rest of the conspiracy theorist ideas are very false and irrelevant. NASA has been in business for awhile now and we like to be looked at as very honest, diligent and hardworking people. We do not at all appreciate you and you team degrading us. We spend thousands and thousands of dollars each mission just so we can have evidence and Information that is accurate. We take our jobs very seriously. After speaking with you today i hope you can rethink your ideas and your beliefs because we've done everything we could to provide you and the rest of the people with good sources to support our decision and our arguement.

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As time progresses and technology advances, ideas that we see as futuristic are becoming our reality. The world around us is changing, and technology has a huge impact on it. Our everyday lives have been simplified from machines that have been designed to do our work for us. Something people use everyday are cars. So, is advancing cars the next step for improvement or will it be best kept as an idea? Driverless cars has both pros and cons, but overall will do more harm than good. Car wrecks are very common and can happen to anyone. If we drive our cars by ourselves we feel as if we have more power or control over the car and its actions. A car designed to do the driving for you could be helpful in some ways, but would you want to put your all of your trust into a machine that has the power to take your life? Just like our cellphones and other everyday devices, they mess up. Failure in technology will always occur no matter how nice the product or idea might be. Although driverless cars will not fully be completly driverless. You still can have the ability to take over the driving, but then what is the point? People have been driving cars for years and years. It is better to not fix what is broken, than to adapt to a different lifesyle. In conclusion, the future may be rising, but sometimes it is better to leave things the way they are. As time goes on, more advances will be added to cars to enchance the way we drive. Until then, a car needs its driver.

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In "The Challenge of Exploration Venus," the author did a really good job supporting her ideas. In the first paragraphed the author explained what Venus is and where it was located. And then they explained how Venus was the closest planet to Earth in terms of size, and distance, then they talked about how they didn'd sent send a human their at first (paragraph 5). They also talked about how NASA has a compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, and how "peering from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate to dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective" (pargraph 6). NASA is also working on other appoaches to study Venus. For exanple, "some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have benn tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions (paragraph 7). And the finnal thing they talked about was how "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itsself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidting endeavors (paragraph 8).

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Emotions in the classroom? This is a question ask by many people. Should we or should we not include technology that can read our emotion in the classroom. I believe that we should because this could bring learn to a whole new level. We all know that moment when a teacher is teaching something on the board and we pretty much have no idea what they are talking about, imagin a computer being able to reconize that and help you out with out the teacher having to stop the lesson. This would make the lives of students and teachers better, student that understand could go on with the lesson as the teacher teaches it. The students that don't understand could wait up for a second and learn that part of the lesson before they through another wrench at you. This topic intersest many people because we have the ablity to change the way students loearn every day. I often wonder when my parents ask me what I learned today. Many days I come home without a clue on what I learned then i'm expected to do a homework page or two everynight. With the new technology we would'nt have to worry about students going home without a clue if because if could reconize if they were having a tuff time. then it would instantly jump into action to try to help the student. This could also help students learn their intrests, here at my school we have a class called Careers. This class exposes us to many diffrent career choices, with this new technoloy this could help us decide if we like that career. The emotion detecer could really help when you are stuck between to jobs. It will tell you what you are feeling between the jobs. The only issue with this is how could they make this famous around the globe. With technology where its at right now the invention could take years to put into a class room. How would they mass produce this peice of technolohg? This is a question I often find myself thinking about when I am told a new invention is coming out. Paragraph 7 really hits me hard with the question of, How do we need to wait until our home PC can handle it? This is something that the creators need to take into conideration if they want this exposed to the pubic. I say yes to this technology joining the everyday classroom because I believe that so many kids would beafit from having anothe "teacher" in the class.

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Would you want somthing that reads your emotions and finds out weather you are happy, sad or depressed. If so read more to find out some more information about this device to see if you would want this at your job or school. The reason why this can be a major impact in the class room is that it can read your facial expresstions. Teachers can see if students are struggling or if they are goofing off in class. Teachers can use this type of tool in the class roon to see what they can't see from their desk. This device can read six emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Also can associate with peoples movements of the facial muscles. For example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscles (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're suprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang, "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression" (like not smiling as broadly). Using video imagery, the new emotion-recogntion software tracks these facial movements in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weightign the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpice). Each expresstion is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion). We has humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell hoe a friend is feeling simply by the look on his/hers face. Of course, msot of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. Yet Dr. Huang observes that the facial recognitinal machine works wonderfuly and would be amazing in any class room. In conclustion, i belive that this device should be in schools all round that United States. My reasoning is when people come in the school that system can do backround checks on parents or adults that come into the buliding. That makes sure they keep the school safe for teachers and students in the process of everyone else in the building at that time. Plus they can have data that will be saved for when they know when that person can to the school and left the school.

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Venus is well known to be one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. The author believes that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. It may appear that Venus is the scecond planet from sun, its so to call Earth's twin, but although Venus is the second hottest planet. In despite of the conditions Venus may be worthy of pursuit. Such like Earth, Venus is the closest in terms of density and size. Venus is a challenginhg planet for humans to study. As the authors states "humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land", but unfortunately no spacecraft has survived. It is believe that long ago, "...was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life". The author may believe that Venus isn't a lost cost. However, Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide,and it is believe that the average temperature is over 800 degrees. Even though Mercury is clsoer to our sun, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet. In these conditions Venus is a dangerous planet to study. Although the consequences the NASA has one idea to send humans to study Venus, "...allow scientists to float above the fray". The solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. It may not be easy but are survivable for humans. In conclusion Venus is an unstable planet to study, Venus may be worthy pursuit despite the dangers of the weather but it may possible to study it above the planet. The author also explains that NASA has a way to study the planet which may be useful but is it worth it?

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I think that the author should further his study because of the things that they already predicted used to be on Venus and the things that are now there. They've said that Venus is a sister planet to Earth, so I think that it strongly is possible that there was life and lots of other thing on Venus. If there wasn't life there then they could've had the chance of having life there if Earth were to end. In the passage it says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters". Venus having things like that are the exact reason that Venus should be explored. Getting to Venus might be a tough thing though. This passage also states that "no spacecraft the landing for more than a few hours." So getting to Venus will be one dangeroud yet good trips to take. While traveling to Venus could be very risky and dangerous imagine the experience you'll get. Traveling to Venus wouldn't be like going to Italy, it's a better chance to see something new. Scientist are actually speaking about visits to the planet in the future, because Venus is closer to the sun it'll be really hot there, so hopefully scientist can figure that out. That could possibly be a huge part of why no spacecraft has yet to land there. So that people can go and explore Venus, NASA is working on new ways to go and study Venus. They're looking into old technology from World War ll. NASA says that our modern computers are a lot more delicate than computers from back in those times. So basically a mixture of the old technology from the 40's and modern day technology could possibly help us travel to Venus. I do think that traveling to Venus would be a could be something new for us, we have lots of things to work on of course before setting off to Venus. If there are mountains and valley's and all other things like that, I think that's it's worth giving a shot.

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Facial acction coding system caued be used in a learnig inviorment. It cauded tell if understood a subject. And what the best way to teach it to you is. A school computor cauded tell if a student is bord and what the best way to get your ation and get back inorested. If all people are diffent then why do we all lean the same. Teacher can only teach the classe. But with this coding system you caued teach the eatch student indisaly. We have all had to reveiw the same subject ever year. With this coding syestm you caued tell how much a studen understood a subject. We have all seen people bored to point of sleep and may have been there. Knownig how to get people interested whauded be invauleble. being able to get you back invoved in the class and intorested in a subject. Modefing lesion to eatch peasion well keep you aways learnig. Incocusion if this tecknoagy was inplomentedit caude change how you learn. It cauded keep you envioled in class. Keep from repeting the same thig over and over agin. Kownig exacly how you lean and the best way to teach you. In a poulr tv show they say school not a place for smart people. Becase it dont change but the word dose. If a dum cartoon can see the proble why not fix it.

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I'm wanting to keep the Electoral College because it comes in handy in our system for voting. They can help us break a tie between two competing candidates that want to become presidents of the United States. You may not think its a big deal but it is. I don't like the "winner-take-all" system, I find it unfair that the president can automatically win a vote from one state. They need to get use to the voting system instead of winning one automatically. The one thing I like about the voting system is that people can pick who would be the best candidate for our nation. For example, I find it a terrible mistake that people picked Obama and all the stuff he had promised in the pass and still haven't kept his words. In my opinion, I think Obama daughter can build a better system than him. It whatever though, it the people choice that they want Obama to be president of the United States. I just think he just a liar to our nation. Now back on to the subject, the Electoral College can be important to the system. The bad side of the Electoral college is that under its system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who turn elect for the president. The singel best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Us Americans should consider ourselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. If you don't like my opinion, then make a new system that is close enough to be a consensus.  

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Using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom could be valueable. It can help actors learn how to make a smile or frown look real, it can help a teacher figure out if a student needs more help just by scanning his or her face, and it can help us figure out what our friends are realling feeling. First, movies are a big part of our life. It is never fun to go to watch a movie and see that the actors arent good they either look like they dont know what they are doing or they try looking sad and actually look like the happest person on earth. with this technology like the arthour says " Drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage". This shows that even just practicing a fake smile for a movie or for when you are on stage could make the play seem better than it already would be of the actors didnt know how to put on a real smile. Facial action coding system can also be helpful in the class room so when you have a kid on the computer you can see if they are strugging and they need more help or if they are powering through it and need a bit more of a obsticle to go through. like in in the article " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confussed or bored...it could then modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This could help a teacher out cause they cant always tell of a student is having trouble. they also dont always see the when they are doing their work at home. This is like the teachers second hand man when coming to helping students get the help or challenge they need. Lastly, you may have a friend that you cant tell if they are sad or happy because . The article states " Most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc". You never if a friend is putting on a fake smile to keep you from getting down, but thats just hurting them even more so you sometimes have to do things yourself and get them the help they need. In conclusion, I believe that being about to see someones emotion just by scanning their face could be very helpfull to get kids the help they need or the challenge, helping a friend get through a rough time, and making movies better.

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Do you ever wonder why the world is becoming so much warmer by the minute? Not many people stop and realize what's the real problem. Us humans are the major problem in this situation, we don't see that we are taking what we have to an advantage. To our factories, cars, or even trash. The main one that is causing our greenhouse gases to rise is our Power plants, but following behind the power plants are vehicles. Cars have become a major impact in our lives, from hurting one another, to hurting the place we live on. Car-free cities are going to help make a big, helpful change in peoples lives. In the city of Vauban, Germany 70 percent of the families do not own a car. Vauban is called a "car-free" place, cars aren't allowed on the streets of vauban. Many people sold their cars to live in vauban, all around vauban wants a healthy way of living. Vauban allows car ownership, but the cars are only to be parked in two places which are the garages. "When I had a car i was always tense, I'm much happier this way," Heidrun Walter said. It is a much healthier and less stressful way of living, new ideas will always come in handy. The United States Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "Car Reduced" communities. Hopefully they get someone to tag along with this promotion, and get supporters to enforce it. Bogota, Colombia is going on their third straight year of a "Car Free" city. They are wanting to reduce smog, so buses and taxis are permitted. "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," Carlos Arturo claimed. There was a consequence to the ones who didn't follow the rules, which was a $25 fine that they had to pay each time. Eventually, Two other Cities in Colombia, Cali and Valledupar, latched on to the idea of a "Car reduction." You see many people walking, running, riding bikes or skateboarding. A lot of people like this new idea that people are going by,  it's an great way to step foward to save the earth and its problems. Over time, Americans haven't been buying cars, driving less, and over years less people get their license. America is hitting its driving peak, The number of miles driven peaked in 2005 and then decreased signifigantly since then. Not many can afford a brand new car, or the insurance, most people are unemployed and dont work at all. Cars have been around for a long time, but over that time period it has caused major life impacting issues. "Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift," said mimi sheller. Many people aren't aware of this "Car Free" idea, which is an disadvantage.  If this idea was spread through televison, newspapers, or even social media many people will pick it up and take it into consideration. In an overall sum up, it is better to live "Car Free." You wouldn't have to stress yourself out about gas prices, fixing your cars, or your world becoming a big ball of heat. If Transportation and power plants are the two major impacts in our lives, we need to knock one out. Until, we can get some second options on power plants our best choice is to forbid cars. We have many other options to get around our city, running, walking, riding bikes or etc. The "Car Free" idea is very creative, not many people would take inisuative to help make the world a better and safer place. With an exception of a few, buses and taxis will be there for long distance trips. Cars caused a huge impact on our lives, but hurting us and our home which we call earth. The business plan is "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." Think of all the advantages cars have given, but think about all of the disadvantages the cars have showed. Which one out weighs the other? Cars aren't always there to help us, life is all about choices, it's time to make yours.

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You might have heard about the face on Mars but is it really a face imprint? I think it is not anything to worry about you see natural things on earth like plants that resemble faces at times. Are the plants a sign of aliens too? Of course not, it is natural to see something like this. It would be silly to think that food or a landscape on earth is an alien. Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia on April 5, 1998 Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos. Once he got the pictures back it reaveled that it was an actual natural landform. We even went back on April 8,2001 to take another photo with a camera that had absolute maximum resolution. The picture had came back equivilant of a butte or mesa-landforms commonly found in the American West. This is just from my point of veiw so I would kindly recommend you do your own research. You might change your mind you might not and thats okay. Not everybody agrees on everything. I just hope you take my evidence into consideration.

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In today's world our environment is not as healthy as it was year's ago. There are many green house gases disturbing our atmosphere and our ozone layer. One of the main reasons this is happening is due to motor vehicals. Car's, trucks', motorbike's, gasoline powred or diesal powerd, they all hurt our environment. There are some place's that are trying to stop the gases from hurting us and it is helping. Owning a car is an important way of transportation. It allows us to get from point A to point B in time's that would be much slower if we did not have a car. Yet car's and truck's can sometimes be hurtful. Owning a car can be cost effective, you must pay for the fuel that is hurting the atmosphere, if it breaks down you must pay for expensive parts and service. Even if you have the money and the time to own a car, you are realy still hurting the environment by burning fosil fuels and causing green house gases. In some place's in the wrold they are reducing car usage. They are having national days where if you use your motor vehical you are to be charged by ticket for some money. In paris there was a week of regulated driving to reduce smog emision. On several day's of the week car's with even numbers on their tag were not able to drive. The next day the odd number did the same, if caught using a motor vehical you would be fined 22£ ($31). People were outraged and some were so angered they didn't like he law and got thier vehical impounded. That is how Paris did their part in helping the atmosphere. In Bogota, Colombia they had a similar ocasion, but only for one day of the year. They have done the same thing on that specific day for the past 3 years, they too have been charged with tickets for $25 if found using a motor vehical. They also had this day in two other citys in Colombia, Cali, and Valledupar joined in on the fun of helping the environment. In the U.S President Barack Obama has had goal's to also reduce emision's of motor vehicals. The United State's being one of the main counrty's in car production see's owning a car a culture, they see driving, working on your own car, and racing as a way of life. But some american's have had enough of trafic jam's, stressed out lives in a jam packed city full of car's and truck's causing green house gases. They have reduced the miles driven since 2013, and a good amount of people don't even want to have a license. In crowded city like New York they have started a new bike sharing program, their tolls for bridges and tunnels have skyrocketed. A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. This means people are getting more involved in helping the environment and reducing hurtful gases that hurt our ozone and our atmosphere.

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Many companys out there are striving for driverless cars. It's an innovation that has been predicted for decades. There is, however, some problems that can occur with the automated car. Most people would think of this as an argument of if A.I. should drive, or if humans should, but I believe it's more like an argument between the human error or the limited thought capacity of a computer. The thought of automated control has been thrown around in many subjects such as border control turrets to androids. It's also been a popular science fiction subject for movies like The Matrix and iRobot. In both of those movies, the A.I. takes control over humanity. If certain disasters were to happen, the A.I. wouldn't know what to do while a human could. On the other hand, the automated car could save lifes. Many people each year die in car crashes, and alot of those crashes are drunk/distracted drivers. In an automated car, the human could be drunk and the car's performance wouldn't be affected. If only the human couldn't drive the car, nobody would be able to speed, or get in car chases. Car related deaths would go down for sure. In the end, automated cars is almost a certainty for the future. Humanity always strives to be more adavanced. A case can be made for both sides on if it's the right way to go, but automated car just makes a stronger case. If a car can be made to react to certain problems, the automated car will be a hit. I guess you just can't hold back innovation.

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The world has become extremly evolved and is now able to create software that can read every single emotion on a person's face. It can be used in several different situations. From the text, the author talked about how it is used to read emotion in paintings and also read emotions of students. This emotion reading technology would be a good addition to the classroom because it could help to make sure kids are more engaged in the lessons. Today, school can feel long and tiring. If we had emotion reading technology in schools, it would help to engage students more in the lessons. The author explained how if a student begins to show boredom during a lesson, it would be able to change it in a way to please the student. If that was added to schools, students would be able to focus more since the lesson is being tailored to that specific student. Not only will it recognize when a student is bored, but also confused. If a student gets confused during a lesson, the computer can help by reapeating that part of the lesson. In a normal classroom with a teacher, you would have to stay after class to be able to get more explanation of the lesson. In paragraph 6, Dr. Huang notes, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." What he means by this is that people don't express their emotions by telling them to others. We don't share how we feel. We simply try to express it on our faces. A teacher wouldn't tailor the lesson to each and every person's emotion based on their facial expression. It would be impossible to tailor the lesson to a classroom of 25 students and their needs. Each student in the classroom has a different mind set. Some are able to concentrate well and pass with straight As. Others are unable to concentrate and will only pass with a C. With this new technology, we would be able to tailor the lessons so that each student is able to pass with good grades. The technology to read facial expressions of emotion would be helpful in the classroom to help students focus more and understand their school work more. If you stop paying attention for just a second, you'll be lost for the majority of the lesson. When there is technology to read your emotions, it'll be able to understand when it needs to modify the lesson to suit the student's needs.

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Driverless cars are cars with an automated driving system. Cool right? Using binary code, sensors and even 3-D imaging to check surroundings. Sounds futuristic like something from Back to The Future or Star Trek. But what good could they really do in society. Driverless cars are coming but should they? Society today can do better without technology controlling even more of our lives and something so vital as cars. Google has gotten a head start on this process of driverless cars. The article states the car can "read the positive and negative polarity as messages in binary code." Yes the car is smarter than the average human being, that's because it's a computer. A computer cannot make judgement calls like a human being. With the intent on not crashing a driverless car could make mistakes and not know that they are mistakes. Such as hitting a child in order to avoid crashing into a tree. Something this article did not touch on was that the Google self driving car had its first accident last week when it hit the side of a bus in Northern California. Today we have sensors and cameras in our cars but the driver maintains the speed, directions and trajectory of the car and where it goes. Humans must remain alert at all times, as stated in this article. Even though with self driving cars there is no human error involved consequences could emerge from there being to many of these types of automobiles on the road at once. If this car goes into mass production problems will emerge just like with every other car brand. We have today many tools to assist our cars in knowing when to stop, turn and check coolant and power steering levels. We are still in control. In the article isn't was stated that if a problem should arise "The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over." What if this function doesn't work? Should the driver always have to hands on the wheel or would that ruin the point of this driverless car. Is society ready for this or is this years in the making and we are just getting ahead of ourselves. Either way self driving cars should not be allowed on the street without a driver until the technology is 100% proven error free. This could take some time but it's worth it. This will significantly limit the cost of lives that could come from unnecessary laziness caused by this driverless car. Human error will always be a problem but human judgment will by far outweigh the intelligence of automated systems.

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The claim is about other people that be hiding their emotions and the new software can developed accuracy of the emotion they have promised the applications for a variety of industies. It is a lady that is 83 percent happy and 9 percent disgusted and 6 percent fearful. She was a subject of Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance paniting Mona Lisa was the one that can recongize emotions she was the one that can demonstrat and bring a smile to your face so bascially she was just like a computer in way. Dr Huang was a smart person in the facial expressions he was the one that was trying to found out things about the human communication for technolgoly. Imagine if you was looking in the mirror and you suggest an emotion can your lab partner recongize your emotion. I would say you could but it all depends because you can't really tell because he can have a face emotion that you see him with everyday that don't mean that he happy it can mean that he mad or sad or tired. I closed this section by saying that all computers and scentist can't recongize everybody emotion because everybody is different and experience different test on there emotion so I think that it can be no or yes.

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Driverless cars should be used in the near future. I believe that drivless cars can be very benefical in the near future. Driverless cars will be very useful because the people of our country are getting more lazy as time goes by. There are many benefits and many concerns when it comes to driveless cars. Driverless cars should be used in the near future because they are benefical by their technology used, sensors, and functions. The technology used for the driverless cars are very beneficial compared to an average car. When the article states, "The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel." This quote shows that the technology used for the driverless cars are very beneficial and above an average car. With the driverless car having sensors it can mimic the skill of a human at wheel which is a amazing. Sensors are not new in technology. The sensors used for the driverless car are one of its many benefits. The article says, " The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." This quote shows that the use of sensors is more safer and leads to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own. The driverless car's functions are out of this world. The driverless car for the most part can work well indepently, but may need the drivers help in certain situations. The article states, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notfiy the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." This shows that driverless cars have very important and benefical functions, but may need the drivers help in certain circumstances. Driverless cars will be very benefical in the near future. There is a lot of debate between the driverless cars as to whether they should be used or not in the near future. The driverless car has its many pros and cons. The driverless car has many special qualities and should be improved to be used in the future. The driverless cars should be used because of their technology used, sensors, and functions.

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I think the face reading software would be good for educational purposes. I don't think that using the face reading software would be good for places everywhere, though. The software could help teachers with what they should be teaching and with how they need to plan their lessons. The face reading software could help students express their emotions and feelings to their teachers. Overall I think that the face reading software would benefit the learning environment, because it would benefit teachers and students. Using the software in the classroom could help teachers keep things exciting and interesting for their students. In paragraph 6, from the excerpt, it states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." The software could help a teacher learn about what the students are interested in and what they don't understand, and need more work on. I don't think the technology should spread to everywhere in the world, such as to airports. If the machine misreads a face it could send the wrong kind of impression to those working at the airport. If places use the technology, they should also keep their basic security. The face reading technology could keep the learning environment more interesting and more up to date. In conclusion, the face reading technology could and would benefit our learning environment everywhere. The technology would help teachers improve on their teaching techniques and lessons. I think it would help benefit kids that don't like to openly express their emotions with their teachers. The technology should be used wisely and should be well planned and processed. The world is advancing and our learning environment should be advancing as well.

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The face of Mars could not be created by aliens. It is a land form created by the conditions of mars and looks like a face only by coincidence. Mesa's are common in this area of Mars and there are many others like this one just without the same shadows which makes the appearance of a human's face. Out of so many different land forms in Cydonia why should this be any different. In the second paragrapgh of the article, it stated that the Cydonia region is known for its buttes and mesas. The face of Mars is just another mesa no different that any other one except for its unique shadows. It is strange to see a formation on an supposedly uninhabited planet that depicts a "human" face. Espescially when no human has ever set foot on the planet of Mars before. But at the same time, that is all the more reason to believe that this is nothing more that a weird coincidence since no person has ever been there. To conspiracy theorists dismay, this strange landform is nothing more than martian butte or mesa and a weird coincidence. It is an interesting formation that stumped and puzzled scientests all over the world. But we now know the formation is not anything that will reveal alien lifeforms or alien activity.

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Do you think the use of technology to read the emotional ecpressions of students in a classroom is valuable. I think it is valuable and im going to tell you why. I think its valuable because in the first paragraph it says that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2npercent angry. If you exactly how someone felt then you would what to say and what not to say at a centain time. The person might be having a horrible day and you can say something that might make the even more made the they already are, and they could by chance of going off on you. That my start a fight or even worse you can by chance get expelled from school. Another reason why i think its valuable is because, as it says in paragraph 5, you can probably teel how a friend is feeling simply by look at there face. You amy not be able to see exactly how there felling but you can kind of get the feeling on how there feeling. Most peeople like me personaly feeds off of there vibe and how there body language is. This is why I think that it is valuable. If you dont like it then give your opinion just like i did. You may have different and better facts but everyone thinks different . So let me hear why you may or may not like it.

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Transportation is a must in today's society, and car usage plays a big role in the subject. Limiting car usage has many advantages. Reduced usage of cars can help the enviroment in various ways. Less car usage can help citizens be less dependent on cars, and can be a great stress reliever for others. The enviroment is a big part of the lives of people and needs to be taken care of. Cars are known for polluting the air and damaging the enviroment. One of the problems about the air pollution involves greenhouse gas emissions. In the article ("In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal), Paragraph 5 states "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States". Limiting car usage can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Smog is another issue due to car usage. Paris is a known city for smog. In the article ("Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer), it says "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals... [Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found.", meaning that smog is a big problem in the enviroment. Air pollution can be reduced with limited car usage and can help the enviroment in which we live in. Being independent can be one of the many benefits of limited car usage. Relying on car usage can put people at a disadvantage. Limiting car usage can help citizens become less reliant on automobiles. Paragraph 20 states "BOGOTA,Colombia-In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." (Source 3, Andrew Selsky). There are many differents ways of using transportation without having to rely on car usage. Jobs and businesses can be accessible through many alternative choices of transportation. Source 4, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, states "He and I have similar obsercations about our children. Mine (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 of take public transportation or car-pool with friends." (paragraph 39). Different Transportaion routes, or options, gives a wider variety of getting somewhere. Limited car usage can help citizens be more independent with transportation. Limited Car usage can be a way of relieving stress. Citizens believe that limited car usage gives them the advantage of relieving stress. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," (Source 1, Paragraph 3). Reduced car usage can cause a fellow citizen to feel happier. Paragraph 35 of Source 4 says "The Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends." Citizens feel more connected with friends without the neccessity of car usage. Less Driving impacts the lives of citizens in a postive way. Limited car usage can only be seen as an advantage, it brings out many positive things. Reduced Car usage is Enviroment friendly and reduces air pollution. Less driving is a better way of being independent and stress-free. The world can be a better place with limited use of automobiles.

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Look Technology is great and all but it cant be used for everything somethings machines dont understand like us. For instance you could be like faking being depressed for a joke and then switch to being have in less than a second. And I dont believe that machines are capable of understanding our own communication. Only because we have so many different ways that we communicate to one another. "And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel?" That quote from the story almost explains why that would be a big problem for the computers. But trust me computers would be very valuable in classrooms on the positive side but on the negative side it just gives another thing to go wrong in a classroom. I mean don't we already have enough technology in classrooms to helps us out and distract us. Plus what if the scaner just decided to start malfunctioning and get the wrong facial scans then you could be feeling one way, but the computer could say another. And who says that a computer tells you how you feel only you and you only knows how you really feel. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." What this quote does to theargument is it sort of shows that it would be extremely hard for the computer to know how each and every single persons own facial movements. And a computer probably cant tell you how your feeling even though you might not even know yourself how you feel. "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on his or her face." This quote from the story also shows that humans can figure out faster that a computer how someone is feeling even if they are have mixed feelings. But we also have the ablility over a computer to be able to communicate to one another about our own emotions. The bottom line is that you cant program every single human emotion into on single computer no a million computers. Becasue not everyone is always feeling one emotion inside at all times. We humans feel mutiple emotions at all times. For instance you get and a on a test that you really might have need to pass and you start to cry but they arent tears of sadness they are tears of joy. And a computer will see the tears and say that this perons is sad when really that person is so overwhelmed by happiness that they cried tears of joy.

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You should become a seagoing cowboy,it helped me learn about other countries. On my way to many places like China, I visited many other countries like Italy and Greece. Being a seagoing cowboy is hard work, but if you are like me you will have had to do chores or work on a farm, doing these helps. For me it helped so much the work seemed easy! If you join us you can come on trips with me! Yes, you might say it is hard and will get boring, but if you say that them you aren't even giving it a chance. Just because there are cattle you have to watch and you think you always have to watch them. You don't, you only check on them every hour. Even if you think it gets boring, think again. On our way to our destination we visit many places like Acropolis in Greece which was to me the most special place we visited. but we still visted other places like Europe, China and going on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. We even have lots of sports and other fun activities! We even have tournaments for table-tennis, also you can play baseball, volleyball, fencing, and boxing. If you don't like sports you whittle or read. Now as you can see no time goes to waste. When you are a seagoing cowboy going many places helps learn how other cultures live. It also helps meet new people and learn new things like how to play sports and whittle if you don't already know. Going to Greece and seeing the Acropolis and like I said before it was special to me. I hope you come with me. But if you don't then you are missing out on a real good treat.

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Driverless cars might be the future but is it safe. Their are still arguments o weather this is safe or not but their are already driverless cars today. Driverless cars have been tested and driven for many miles without accidents but they are not fully driverless. Their might be smart cars but they still have their compications such as pulling out of the drivway and driving through constuction work on the roads. For these reasons and more I am against driverless cars. Although they are supposed to be driverless the help of driver are still needed. What if the car cannot handle the situation and the driver needs to take control and the car malfunctions. This can result in an accident that wasnt neccecaraly the drivers fault. Would the blame be the drivers who couldnt do anything but struggle to take controle of a malfuntioning driverless car. If its not certain wether the driver or the company gets the blame for the acident then these should not be out on the streets. I think they are dangerouse and not as reliable as a regular manuale driven car. If the law cant back you up for these types of things yet then I dissagree with the use of driverless cars. Peoples lives are in danger with cars that are not yet fully operational to take on the road. If driverless cars cant guarante no malfunctions do to probable causes then I stay against these driverless cars of the future.

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In 1976, Viking 1 traveled Mars to search for a place that its "sister", Viking 2 could land on by taking photos of different areas of the planet. While taking these pictures, Viking 1 snapped an image of what looked to be a human face on a region of Mars called Cydonia. Since then, two other photos have been taken by Viking 1 in the years 1998 and 2001. Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa but what made them a little uneasy about that soulution was the face that looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh. The head was around 2 miles long from end to end and was formed by shadows that gave off the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. Because of the human-like features that appeared in the photos, people began to believe that the "face" was hard evidence that there was some kind of human life on Mars. Due to the fact that some scientist believed that the face was an alien artifact and the picture was the topic of discussion in places all around the world, scientist had to work even harder to find out what the photograph actually showed. On April 8, 2001 when scientists went back to Cydonia for the third time and snapped an amazing picture using the cameras best lense. The picture that they captured was evidence that proved wether or not life on mars truly existed. With countless hours of research, scientist discovered that the picture actually showed the Martian equivalent landform of a butte or mess, which are common in West America.

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Being able to go on Venus would be great thing but we can not do that. This author explains how it might be done. Do you ever wonder if there is a planet out there just like earth? Venus could be that planet, the only problem is we cannot land on it. In paragraph 2 the author states " offten refered to as Earth's twin, Venus is the clostest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occasionaly the closest in distance."those are some facts about Venus and Earth. in paragraph two it also states " humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world . Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survided the landing for more than a few hours." The author explains how they have tried sending spacecrafts up too venus but have not worked very good. The author goes on very well too expalin how it would be very hard and how it would be bery hot and hard conditions too land there. The author brings up something from nasa that could work and he agrees on, in paragraph 5 it states " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particulary compelling idea for semdimg humans to study Venus. NASA’s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. How this paragraph makes the author better is because he is researching it and comparing it too his idea. This idea would not be easy buy if it can work there is a chance we can still study venus and one day have humans land on it.

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Do you believe in aliens? I mean, do you honestly think that aliens are roaming around in our solar system? Some say yes, some say no. Do you believe that aliens created the Face of Mars? Let me tell you, they didn't. Aliens are not here & they didn't create this Face on Mars. Plenty of research is found to back it up too. First, research has been concluded & done to prove that this is a natrual landform. In an article called 'Unmasking the Face on Mars' it states, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web sit, revealing...a natrual landform. There was no alien monument after all." Websites aren't enough for some people though. Next, this face on mars simulates some landforms on Earth. Therefore, it would be a natrual cause that happened. It states in the article of "Unmasking the Face on Mars", "What the picture actually shws is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa-landforms common around the American West. 'It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.' says Gravin. 'That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa around the same height as the Face on Mars.'" By reading this, it is making it clear that this landform is somewhat common. It stated that landforms such as the Face on Mars is common around the American West. If it can happen on Earth, why can't it happen in outer space? On the other side, the "Face on Mars" has attracted a lot of attention, especially in the social world. It states in the article of "Unmasking the Face on Mars", "The 'Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It starred in a Hollywood Film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows-even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars." People seem to think that they can believe everything they hear & see on television or on magazines or even in movies. Presenting us all with fake gossip & fake news is how these businesses get money. They know, one person will believe it, leading to thousands more. We tend to believe in the 'juicy' filled drama. Not everything you hear out in the world is true. I know, I'd rather believe real scientist, than businesses thirsty for money. In conclusion, evidence from scientist (like me) from NASA is much for believable than Hollywood movies & headline magazines. There are no aliens. The Face of Mars just so happens to be a natrual landform.

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Cars, some people think they are the most important things ever made. In some places like Colombia they barley ever use them. Some people in Colombia even say that their everyday life is maybe even easier. People actually do get more easilystressed by just owning a car. With all this evidence given it is clear that limiting cars would be an advantage. Cars are in fact a big disadvantage. In source one it even goes into detail about how much money it is to just to be a car-owner. In Freiburg, Vauban's streets there are "car-free"  car-owners spend $40,00 along with a home to have space for their cars. As results to this 70 perecent of people in Vauban are not car-owners and 57 percent sold their cars. In source one it also says that the United States previous bills were 80 percent alone have gone to the highways and another 20  percent to transport. In source two and three Paris and Colombia were having to pay for fines of $25 to $31. As another result to all the money people are playing just to be a car-owner people get very stressed over all of this. In source three Colombia banned cars with the exception of buses and taxis. After three years of banned cars people hiked, biked, skater, took the bus or took a taxi. With the three years and still in progress people in Colombia soon began to relise that "it's a good opportunity to take away stress" said Carlos Arturo Plaza a local buisness man in Colombia. Of course no one could buy any cars or stress over them if we can't breath. Cars do hurt our enviroment and green houses. By the gas and pollution we put into the world by just driving our cars around isnt any safter as if we got into a car crash. Everytime we drive cars or take the bus we just hurt our planet, plants, and people a little more and more. Just by this fact alone people should know that driing cars around everywhere is a giant disadvantage. It would be an advantage to limit car usage because cars make everyone pay large amounts of money just to be called a car-owner. From spending all this money and being fined over stuff people do believe isn't fair most people in fact do stress themself out over this which is not healthy for anyone. Another fact abput limiting cars is that it would indeed improve our saftey not one for us people but for our enviroement too.   

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State Senator, The Electoral College is not a fair way to vote. Instead of voting for who you would like to win, you are voting for an elector who says they will vote for the candidate you want to win. Voting for who we want is a part of our rights! The Electoral College system is not only out dated, but there has also been a few fiascos. This style of voting has been going on since the beggining, there are many flaws that need to be worked on. A major problem would be the electors; they are not reliable. "Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always." This right here proves that the electors don't always tell the truth. Who picks the electors anyways? "Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves." We don't even get to select our electors, how are we supposed to rely on strangers to vote for who we would like? Would you trust a random stranger to take care of your child? It is the same as putting the fate of our country in the hands of someone some people have never even seen! "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all," This information should prove to you that the Electoral College is unfair. The disaster factor should have been the end to the Electoral College. "Segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." Is there anything left to say? These people tried to sabatoge the election. What is stopping more poeple from this? Some electors refused to vote for who they said they would. "'faithless' electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." In 1960 Hawaii sent two slates of electors to Congress! Thanks goodness for Vice President Nixon who "validated only his opponent's electors, but made sure to do so 'without establishing a precedent.'" Also, many people stated that they prefer the direct election, "Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." With giving you this information, you should be able to infer that the Electoral College should be changed. In conclusion, more people are aginst the Electoral College than with it. We should be able to vote for which one we prefer. Less people would have a problem with the election process and it would go a lot smoother. Thank you for your time, PROPER_NAME            

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Being able to have a car that drives itself would be cool, right? Well, maybe not as cool as you think. Having a car that drives itself comes with many complications. These complications may include lack of safety, lack of total automatic driving, and lack of laws needed to operate a smart car. The smart car is a nice invention, but with the lack of safety it isn't very smart to drive. The systems within the smart car may fail and cause the operator to be injured. Having the systems fail is the worst thing that could happen while driving a smart car. It may cause an accident if the smart car is not at it best quality. This lack of safety really worries me as a driver myself. While the smart car appears to be able to drive without a driver, it can't. The smart car can operate on its own but it requires the operator to be fully alerted at all times because the car cant drive itself through certain situations. These include accidents and work zones, which would require the driver to take the wheel and drive through these situations. The driver would become bored while not driving and may even fall asleep do to the lack of action. It just seems way to dangerous to trust an "automatic", driverless car that isn't fully automatic nor driverless with my life. Many states now don't even allow many smart cars to be driven. In order for these cars to be able to be on the streets many laws would need to be made or changed. Without laws just for these smart cars people would drive reckless. If no laws are put in place who will be held responsible for the failing of the systems in a smart car? " New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident ". Laws are needed to drve these cars no matter the argument to keep us and those around us safe. Do smart cars still seem cool? I'll leave that answer up to you, but take everything i have said into consideration. Smart cars may be the future, but the way they are now is too dangerous. There are too many complications including lack of safety, lack of automatic driving, and lack of laws needed to operate a smart car. So, is a smart car really smart?

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In the article "The challenge of exploring venus" The author does a great job of supporting the idea. I think anyone who is adventuruse and likes to learn about space would agree with the author. Such as my self, I like learning about our facinating solar system as well. How ever there are some pros and cons of exploring venus. Theres alot of factoring that goes into something like exploring another planet. You need to plan for everything and make sure yor ready. In the artile the author does a fantastic job of convincing the reader to believe that exploring venus is a good idea. He also states that "not a single spaceship has touched down on venus, This makes the reader want the integrity to do it even more. He also states the harsh conditions of venus and how no human could survive on venus. But yet comes up with a solution of how we can still go to venus wthout dieing. He purposes that you could use a "blimp like" plane to fly 30-40 miles above vensus and the tempuratres are bareable. However he doesnt propose whos funding it, how much it cost, or when this will take place. These things could lead the readr in a different direction when reading this. By now im pretty sure you have a good understanding of what the author was trying to get across. You may ask why would people still want to explore in such harsh conditions, but the author does a great got of stating reasons why people such as astronoust still explore these harsh places. This gives good opportunity to discover something new and be credited for it. You never k ow you could be the next.

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The author tells the reader how Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because no ones been on the planet and metal would just liquefy so we can't send nothing nor no one up to Venus. But I think that the the author would like to know how it's like up there besides knowinf that it's hot, and maybe would like to know what we could do up there in those types of conditions. Like many other planet most people would say we can't live in those types of conditions but scintist found out we could live on some planets and also grow food on some of those planets. So the author might think that it's worth finding out that if we could at least grow plants there since some plants can suvive and grow in real hot conditions. Another posible reason why the author might would want to see if there is living life on Venus. Lots of people talk about there being more then just people on one planet so there could be some form of life on another. If we could grow food on some plants that could also mean that there's life on that planet too. So even thought it's extremelly hot on Venus doesn't mean that there isn't a form of living life on there.

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In the article " Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author talks about how drivers cars may be in the future and the good and bad aspects of driverless cars.Some bad aspects of driverless cars are that some of the drivers of the driverless cars may get bored of sitting and waiting for their turn to drive. Also that antilockbrakes and drivers still seem to be a long way from the dream of calling drivers to take us wherever we may desire to go. The drivers of the driverless car may get bored sitting and waiting for their turn to drive because there wouldnt even be a point in needing a driver if u have to sit and wait for your turn to drive. In the article it states " The psychlogical aspects of automation are really a challenge, admits Dr. Werner Huber a BMW Project Manager Driver. Also what if the driver gets so bored from sitting around and waiting for his or her turn to drive and ends up getting into a car crash. " Antilock brakes and drivers assitance still seem a long way from the dream of calling drivers cab to take us wherever we desire." For example in the article it states that " radar was a device on a hiltop cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at Radio Shack , So how driverless will these cars be in the near future?" Futhermore can you imagine how much the driverless cars will be that can only cause more problems for not only everyone in the society that would like the car but also the manufactures of the car that may not make that much money because of how the expensive the cars may be. In conclusion I beliveve that there are good and bad aspects of the driverless cars. Driverless cars can be a cool and unique part of the future that can also be hlepful. But the price range of the car mey be very hgh. Also how bored the driver may be sitting and waiting for there turn to drive. So not only in my opinoin but also in tour opinion how driverless you think these cars my maybe in the future?

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The positive of driverless is the car can be use until it crash or the owner doesn't wanna to use it anymore. The negative of driverless car are accident, and broke down middle of the road. I agreed with the systems that they put on GPS receiver because many people that are using car have got lost in many places or get into an accident, and does people could get help if they have that on their car. The danger about driverless more advanced to detect and respond the danger out of control skids or rolloevers. The good thing about driverless are inidividual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. Further improvements in computer software to help driver safer and also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving task on their own. I don't agreed with the driverless some people won't notify the danger until they really see or get into one. I don't think it a good thing that people can drive and text at the same because they won't don't be able to control the wheel and it could end up with a big accident. I don't agreed with the automakers about who fault if the car and the owner was in accident, I think both have a problem with their own or the car was not working because the wheel couldn't turn and boom it crashed. In the conclusion, I think it bad and good at the same time but the car could help people get to places where they wanna go without walking. The bad it people could get in a big accident or broke down in the middle of road.

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Driverless cars are coming out really close to use! I think they will be a really good advantege because they can be helpful for disabled people, they can help get around serority(old) people and a really good advantege for people that hate driving during the night part of the day and even for long trips. I wouldn't consider myself as a person agenst or with the driveless cars, because in my point there are good and bad things about these cars. Would you trust a driveless car to drive you around? Places like Florida, Nevada, California, and direct columbia have let people drive these cars around there city because they believe that they would be able to work and would like to be know for were the car was used at. Acorrding to the book it says that "The law belives that more states will follow as soon as the cars are aproved and safe." Automakers are continuing on fixing the problem that are willing to be solved be for they are aproved. The BMW company has tried to make a driveless car but can out different from what they expected. The driveless cars are not that bad, i mean the help you drive around. They icluded a GPS, a Dubbed LIDAR for a 3-D car surrounding. The have also reduced the engine power and applyed brakes on the individual wheel which allows better respones and contral then a human diver could. The BMW company made a car close being to the driveless car, the car can function up to 25mph but has a sersor made to make sure that the driver keeps hold of the wheel. In fact the car can steer, it can accelerate and brake by its self but it is also desigined to navigate the road ahead to tell the driver when it requires human skilld, it will navigate working zones and even accidents. So most of these cars still requiere human skills and are not ready yet have earned the driveless car name. Some cars have considered using carmeras to watch that the drive is focued on the road. The GM has requested vibrating seat's for the driver, which could be a bad idea to put in a driveless car that they dont even know if it is ready to work on it's own without kill or having someone injurd yet. Most of the thing included to the cars can be displayed but something not avalible to the drive is texting will drive that is a system featured of the safty. Driveless cars sound like a fun thing to try out but we'll never find out if its really safe to use, even when they announce it and say it is. I still think there is a good side and a bad side to it because the only word to know about something and to test it is if its same for us to trust. Most companys like Nissan, Mercedes, Benz, Audi have said that they would have a car that can drives themselves by 2020, but i would belive that Mercedes would have a driveless car ready by 2020, but would behard to belive in right? We just have to wait and find about till car companys have more progress and information for us about the cars, which i hope soon because i would really like to try out this drivelss car, wouldn't you like to try it out?

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Dear Senator, the election is coming up soon and so is voting. The Electoral College and the popular vote get to select the president of the United States every year. I want this year to be a little different. This year I would like to see only the Electoral College vote for the president. The Electoral College knows all about thinking if the president is good enough for the country, and if he can be a good role model, or also a commander in chief. That is the reason why I would like to keep the Electoral College. I would like the country to keep the Electoral College because they make good desiciosns, know if the candidate person is the right president, and last but not least they might think if the citizens would like this president based on his promises that he would like to keep. For example there are two candidates fighting to be president and it's time to vote and the Electoral College might look over  to see if the president looks like he can keep his promise to keep the coutnry safe, to make this a better country or not . That's what they look for in a president. That's the reason wwhy we should keep the Electoral College. When the citizens want to vote for the president as well, they think of the same thing, if he's good enough for our country, and if he is going to keep us safe. The Electoral College knows a lot about picking the right president and they've been doing it for a long time. "The Electoral College consits of 538 electors and a  majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. That's enough electors to vote wether or not the president should be this person or that person.              

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Hello, Mr. Senator i'm writing this letter to you because i'm in favor of keeping the Electrocal College. I'm in favor of the Electroral college because "the electoral college method is not democratic in a modern sense". There are five reason's im in favor of the electrocal college, One reason is the certainty of the outcome you wont win if you have more popular votes but less electoral vote "It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes". The second reason is Everyone's President "The electroral College  requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president." In the 2012 elections Romney was popular in the south "no incentive to campaign heavily in those states." He doesnt have to have to campaign that much in the south because he knows those states will vote for him. The third reason is the Swing States "The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012-to focustheir campaing efforts on the toss-up state." Voters in the toss-up states have to pay close attention to the campaign because they're the ones that are going to decide the election . The forth reason is Big states, the bigger the states the more electoral votes they have and the presidential candidates pay more attention to those states "a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in campaign than a small state does..." The fifth Reason is Avoid Run-Off Elections "There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the preisdential election process, reduced by the electoral college, which invariably produces a clear winner..." that was my last reason i hope it stays the same to elect presidents. There are alot of people that want the elctions to change but i think this is the best way to elect presidents. Mr. senator i hope you have read my letter and that you consider wjat i have wrote on this letter.

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The author descibes how new techology called the Facial action Coding system enables compurtures idenify human emotions. By telling and us in a art that software can tells us the emotinal and or feels on someone in a art desgin. This is really great that a computer software can tell us how happy, sad, mad,or every arger someone is off of the the way they looked in a art design." Eckamn has classified six basic emotions Happiness, surpise,anger, disgust,fear and sadness and then assoicated each with charcteristic movements of the facial muscles." In Mona Lisa art design she making really sad or even bored but with the new sysytem Eckman can make this little art something that even one would love to look at. The new system in the software computue is really upgrade its things like. Now the technogly can tell someone of any kind how the person was feeling while doing this art, Back in the 1900 centries they wasn't even able to watch tv or talk to someone unless it was though writing a letter now of days we can text or call. This is every important to social behavior cause now we can tell how the people earlier on this world has feeling about the art and how they exppress their self through the art use pencil and paper, And now we can get a better understand of the art that was in 1800 or 1900 history.

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The electoral college is a process established in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president & vice president, & the counting of electoral votes by congress. Their are five reasons for retaining the electoral college despite its lack of impressive democratic origin & history; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. Our country would be much better off if we kept the electoral college, rather than choosing the president just based on the popular vote. The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non democratic method of choosing a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the electoral college methodis not democratic in a modern sense, it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate, youre actually voting for a slate of electors. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Your states entitled alottment of electors equals the number of its congressional delegation: one for each member in the house of representatives plus 2 for each senator. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidates political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected & what their responsibilities are. The electoral college is good because it resores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in constitution. The elctoral college also avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states. Votes in the toss up states are more likely to pay attention to the campaign- to really listen to the competing candidates- knowing that they are going to decide the election. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for each party's nominee... however, it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national populr vote. Yet that has happened in 2000, when gorge had more popular votes than bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888. It can be argued that the electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no intention or hope of carrying their state- democrats in texas, for example, or republicans in california. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign thn they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. But of course no voter's vote swings a national election, and in spite of that, about 1/2 the eligible american population did vote in 2012's election. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think a single vote may decide an entire election.

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I finally got everyones attention in the plaza, Now just to let them know.''Everyone can I have your attention! If anybody is looking for a decent job then please listen. I used to work for two jobs at the same time, but one day a friend came to me and said if I wanted to become a Seagoing Cowboy, Well you all might be thinking...well what in tarnation is a Seagoing Cowboy! Well let me explain, A Seagoing Cowboy is a person hired by the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminastration). More than 40 Nations joined this. What you will be doing is taking care of horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped overseas, we are doing this due to World War II. Some Countries were left in ruins and are low on the Stock Market. People, please join!!! You guys should join to HELP others. If you think traveling on a boat is boring, YOU ARE WRONG!!!! We play games on the ship. Trust me these games make the trip even faster! All we need to do is watch the cows and feed them. Pretty easy, People! I hope you ALL want to join thihs program becuase just imagine if OUR Country was in Ruins, You all know that others will help us. So join now!!! I'm just going to say this now, THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY!!! So if interested please let one of the cowboys know and once you let us know, you will become one too''!

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The world is facing incredibly drastic climate change due to car emissions and power plants, both are burning fossil fuels. Things may look bad, almost irreversable but the sun has not yet set, there's hope and it comes in the shape of a shifting world wide attitude towards vehicles. Governments are focusing on making green zones designed to limit car use. There are a plethura of positive effects that this may have on society. Reducing the temperature of a rapidly heating planet will allow us to savour our oceans rather than running from them as they grow to envelop our costal cities. It will relieve stress from those who had been trapped in a car all day and last, but not least, it's not difficult and one wont be alone in their endeveors. To begin, cars emit green house gasses which will acumulate in our atmosphere trapping heat underneath it as it tries to leave our planet. This leads to a cumilative effect that causes the earth's average temperature to rise. In Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars Elizabeth Rosenthal says "Green house gas emitions from cars in America make up fifty percent of all greenhouse gas emitions in the country." America barely has any regulations in relation to greenhouse gas emitions to start with but this is crazy. This problem could be easily solved with a few regulations  and some smart city planning. The benifits of this includes but is not limited to, more temperate climate, less airborne carcinogens and of course no crazy drivers. Another good reason to switch is riding a bike or travelling on a train or bus is much more relaxing than rapidly driving down the highway being cut off by rude drivers and endangering yourself simply by merging. instead you can lesiurely wait to arrive at your destination. In German Suburb Elisabeth Rosenthal writes a quote from an interview which says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm so much happier now." This media trainer said this as she walked the streets of Verdant "where the swish of bicycles and chatter of wandering children drown{ed} out the occasional distant motor." This is beautiful, borderline serene, only a crazy person would dissagre with such an environment. Now traveling all the way across the world, from Germany to Columbia. These countries are both spearheading the experiments with pollution reduction and in Bogata -The capital of Columbia, they actually organize "Car free days" seven million people in Bogota alone participated in the event, violaters would even have to pay a $25 fine. According to Andrew Selsky, the author of Car Free Day Is Spinning Into A Big Hit In Bogoto, "[Even] the rain hasn't stopped people from participating." It seems that, rightfully, this event is treated as a celebration and it has great effects on the environment. In conclusion these every one should follow suit with this beautiful and healthy way of tackling environmental issues. If people stay on track it will be easy, fun, relaxing and the Earth will be admired for many years to come.              

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In movies and televison, driverless cars have been featured as an invetntion for the distant future. Automakers have begun to attempt the creation of driverless cars. There have been creations close to the driverless car but not exactly what people have been wanting to create. Driverless cars are a pointless invention idea and should not be developed any further. Companies should not continue to pursue the driverless car idea any longer. Google has tried since 2009 to make driverless cars and they have been close to making one. The cars that Google has made can, "drive moe than half a milion miles wothout a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't fully driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents". The cars are not fully dirverless if they have to alert the driver to take over driving for a while through traffic. The driverless car should be independent and not need help from the driver on issues like traffic and pulling in and out of driveways. In 2013, BMW created a "Traffic Jam Assistant" but not a driverless car, which is the goal not a car that can only help with traffic. Smart cars have lots of sensors that can help guide divers through difficult jams or passage ways but those sensors cannot function without some help from the driver. The smart cars made by BMW, "steer, accelerate, and breake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires" . Their cars are close to the function of a driverless car but still need more work to be done in order to be able to drive without humans. Since the cars today still have not been developed like the driverless car it is pointless to continue to try. Even though driverless cars can be helpful there are laws that prevent some people from driving them. It is proven that, "in most states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars" . Most states will not allow the testing of let alone the driving of driverless cars. If driving one of those cars is not even allowed, then what is the point of developing the project further? The driverless cars should not be created since barely anyone is allowed to use them. Even if there was a change in traffic laws, "new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident". There need to be new laws covering the case of an accident about whether the blame is on the driver or the manufacturer. These new laws that would be set will take up time and could cause lawsuits. The technology in the car could fail and the someone could be injured and there would be the question of who is at fault. If someones safety is at stake then the car should not be made at all. The idea of making a driverless car should not be continued. The car is a pointless idea that does not seem to actually work and would fail. There have already been multiple attempts at making this car and all have come close but failed. The project should be ended and automakers should stop wasting their time on this car and focus on the other cars they make.

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Studying Venus seems almost impossible with all the risks, but the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggests that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite all the dangers it presents. The author certainly proves their idea on why they think studying the planet Venus is worth it. The author supports their idea by making sure to back it up with evidence. In "The challenge of Exploring Venus," the author supports their idea well by explaining Venus's relationship with Earth, how landing on Venus is possible, and the power human curiosity can have. The author's use of evidence shows readers how seriously they took what they were writing. All the points they made were backed up by evidence on why they felt that way. The author made sure to clearly support each and every point made in their writing. First, the author uses Venus's relationship to our own planet, Earth, to support their ideas. For instance, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth" (4). The excerpt above illistrates some of the similar features Venus has to Earth. The author uses the similarities of the planets to support their idea of venus being a worthy pursuit. The text also states, "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel" (4). The author uses this sentence to support their idea by explaining how Venus is one of the nearest options to Earth for space travel. Saving travel time is one way Venus shows it is a worthy pursuit. Overall, the author uses the relationship the planets Earth and Venus have with eachother to support their thoughts. Secondly, the author uses the point of human curiosity to support the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit. To illistrate, "...human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors" (8). The author explains how humans are naturally curious, and how this curiosity often times leads them to dangerous situations. Studying Venus has its dangers, but it is no different. Also stated, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" (8). The author is promoting curiosity because it leads us to new things. Curiosity can overcome the fear of danger when exploring Venus to help us learn new things about the planet. To summarize, the power of curiosity in people is something the author uses to support their opinion of Venus being worth it to explore. Additionally, the author uses evidence about how landing on Venus is possible to support their idea that it is a worthy pursuit. For example, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth" (5). The author uses this piece of evidence to demonstrate that Venus's conditions are possible for humans to survive, making Venus a serious contendor for space exploration. The author also states, "Some simplified electronics... have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions" (7). The author backs up her idea by using these electronics, that can survive three weeks on venus, to once again show that we can get through to venus. Science and technology being able to help us properly function on Venus shows that the planet is a worthy pursuit. Ultimately, the author backs up her idea by giving evidence on the different ways landing on Venus is possible. In conclusion, the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" demonstrates how despite the dangers Venus presents, it is worthy of pursuing. Exploring venus seems like it is almost impossible with all the risks it offers, but the author makes it clear in this article that they disagree. Their use of evidence in their writing to support their belief that Venus is a worthy pursuit shows how well researched their case is. The author used evidence on Venus's relationship to Earth, how landing on Venus is possible, and the natural curiosity humans have to support their idea. After taking a look at this article, readers know that the points made in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" were very nicely supported. The author's support made their idea a thought provoking case.

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The story is called "The Challenge of Exploring Venus " This story is about trying to explore Venus even though it could be risky people are still curious on what Venus looks today. Venus is a worthy pursuit even though it could be dangerous.The danger's of it would be that spacecrafts couldn't land on the surface without it melting.Venus also has a lot of eathquakes,and has a tempture of 800 degrees fahrenheit.Even though all these dangers are still accurate people are still wanting to risk there life for it. Here are some reason why people want to risk there life to see this amazing planet.The planet venus a long time agp was the most earth like planet to be seen form astronomers.Venus had water like oceans life forms could've lived on venus. NASA is also working on another way to stude venus. NASA uses some simplifed electornics made of slicon carbide.This has been tested on a chamber simulating chaos of venus's surface. NASA has tried to let the astomuners around the planet ,but it did not work. Do you also think venus was like earth back in the day? How are earth,and venus alike?

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Venus the "Evening star", Venus is the most closest planer to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Also can help with solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. According to the article, Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. According to the article i paragraph 2 , In Venus since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. But this time can be changed. For example in paragraph 7, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II. In conclusion, Venus can help with solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Also Venus is the most closest planer to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Don't the planet Venus can one they help us, the "Evening Star."

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You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. The program will allow you to experience many different adventures and go to many unique and eccentric places. One time my friend, Don Reist, and I went to New Orleans after the Pacific War had ended. We boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, and we headed to Greece with the cargo of 335 horses with enough oats and hay to feed them. That was my first order, and I had fun. The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy, such as myself. Besides getting to help others, I had the side benefit of getting to see Europe and China. When I first went to Greece, I saw the Acropolis. I had also toured an excavated castle in Crete, and I marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. See, there are many adventures you can take on side of joining the Seagoing Cowboys program. One time when I was going to China, it took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Caring for the animals during the crossings always kept me busy. The animals had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Stalls had to be cleaned. Luckily for me, helping my aunt Katie out on her farm as a boy had prepared me for hard work, just not for the dangers of the sea. As another example, if you had the experience I did of helping on the farm you have been slightly prepared with hard work. One dark rainy night, after making my hourly report to the captain, I slid down a slippery ladder on my backside. My heart raced as I shot my feet torward an opening on side of the ship. The only thing keeping me from falling overboard into the deep, dark, and dangerous Atlantic Ocean was a small strip of metal along the edge. I was really happy to still be alive. But, I couldn't work for a couple of days because of some cracked ribs. I'll admit it, there some dangers working as a Seagoing Cowboy. But, the people there really look after you, and they care about you. Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. Participating in the program opened up a whole new world for me. I am really grateful for the opportunity. The program helped make me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. That awareness stayed with me, leading my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.

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With new technological advances everyday, it is no suprise that there will eventually be driverless cars out on the road. But technology is supposed to get the task at hand done more efficiently, and safer. And weighing the pros and cons of a driverless car, the cons win. With a driverless car, the driver would still have to pay attention to the road, creates conflict when a crash arouses (who is to blame, the driver or the car?) and the law doesn't agree with it either. Driving is a skill that requires full attention to the road. Even with cars coming out with new assistant features, no car has yet to be fully driverless, as mentioned in paragraph 7. Even with actions such as steering, accelerating, and braking, the driver still must pay attenion to the road and would have to be notified by the car if a situation occured, also mentioned in paragraph 7. It is rare that it is the manufacturers fault for when a car is involved in an accident. But this could change if driverless cars start appearing on roads. Who would be to blame if the car were to wreck, the previously assured driver who believed their car was funtioning properly, or the car that promised to alert the driver if a problem were to arise? This idea is brought up in paragraph 9. Lastly, driver laws are in place for the safety of the people and it is believed that it is best achieved with alert drivers. Many states have made it illegal to even test these driverless cars, according to paragraph 9. These illegal laws could change in the future, however, if driverless cars prove to meet safety standards maybe as that of a regular car. Manufacturers are constantly trying to improve the quality and advances of their cars, but the question is are they taking a step in the right direction with driverless cars? As mentioned earlier, drivers would still have to be alert while driving these supposedly "driverless" cars, they would have to worry about whether it was their fault or the cars fault for an accident, and lawmakers would have to determine if these cars are safe enough to be driven on public roads. WIthout a doubt there will be driverless cars in the twenty-first century, but hopefully by that time, the pros will outweigh the cons.

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My position on driverless cars is that I'm against with the driverless cars, because in paragraph 9 it said that it's waiting on the law. It talks about that most laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, but what "if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault—the driver or the manufacturer?" It going to take forever to figure out to se who fault it is, because 1 is going to be driver he didn't react fast enough and didn't try to stop it or just becasue is the owner's car is going to be the owner fault in paragrpah 7 said that manufacturers are considering putting cameras to watch drivers to remaining focused on the road, but there going to be some people that are going to agruement about privary with the camera in the car. Manufacturer is going to be there fault for not checking the technology to see if they will work. That something tht the supreme court or court doesn't what to go through. It sounds like a good idea to help the environment, would you less fossil fuel but there are still risk that can happen with the technology. The introduction of this article about Driverless Cars Are Coming talks about how if you can see the future where no one buys cars. Well the Google cofounder Sergey Brin is trying to do see the future with public transportation system that are driveless. Sensing the World in the late 1950s General Motors created a car that could run on a special test track, but how is it going to help in the open road with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car on each highway that the only why that car would be able to run. In the the smart road systems it worked but they need a lot of upgrades to existing roads, something that is to much to pay for. Without the smart road there is no driverless car on the road. Driving or Assisting is talks about the antilock brakes and driver assistance still seem a long way from the dream calling a cab that is driverless, but in the article Driverless Cars are coming to that 2013 BMW said that had devloped a system called the Traffic Jam Assistant that it help the car be handle driving the right speed up to 25 miles per hour. It the system makes the drive keeps its hand on the steering wheel. On the driverless car they can do is they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but they have not meet the human skills, like driving through work zones and around accidents.

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Hello my name is Luke Bomberger and I was seagoing cowboy after World War II. I helped transfer animals to Europe and Asia .It was after the war ,"and many countries were left in ruins".(paragraph 2).I enjoyed it a lot because I got to go see other parts of the world. I would recomend this job for anyone who likes to adventure. This job is full of fun and exploration. It takes a lot of wateing because "it takes about two weeks to cross the Alantic ocean from the eastern coast of the United states and a month to get to china".(paragraph 6).Theres also a lot of running around and getting the animals fed. When your waiting for the animals to fed you can have a lot of fun like playing table-tenis,vollyball,boxing which will pass the time. This program done be dangerous at times because there might be a storm or a hauracane. I acually broke my ribs trying to get across the Alantic. though it does pay out in the end. I would totally recomend this program to anyone. We talked how it was good. It can be dangerous. Though you get to go to places you never thought you would go. In the end your doing this for a good cause.

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I disagree with the value of using this technology to read students emotional expression because a picture may be susposed to make you laugh but it only shows what the computer can do. . Only you know how you are feeling inside and whenever somebody says that they use technology to read students emotional expressions they are not accurate . The Mona Lisa picture is intended to make somebody smile but it only shows what the computer can do . The creater of the picture has made more than one picture . You may not see anything in the picture that shows emotion but there is always something in his paintings . The Mona Lisa picture is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted , 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry . She has many emotions not just one . Even thought you may think the Mona Lisa may be boring it does show emotion but it is hard to find . New computer software has been made to inhance the picture .

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The Face on Mars has been a controversial subject for about 25 years now. Some people think it was created by aliens, while others think it's a natural landform, as proven. To start off, why would scientist lie about a possible life form on a different planet? If they had any evidence or clue there was life form, it would blow up fast. With information becoming so popular more people would take interest in the subject, resulting in more funds. If anything, scientist would want to find new life form. Also, there has been a lot of photographic proof of it being a natural landform. There has been different pictures form a handfull of different times, wouldn't you think there would be some kind of evidence at all if it was really made by aliens? Not only is it more logical to assume it was a natural landform, there is no evidence against it, but evidence to support it.

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You know all the countries the have been left in ruins from World War 2. They need help your help. 44 nations have setup a group to help out the countries in need and we need your help. You should join because you get to go to new places you have never been before and after you deliever what ever your deliever you can go sight seeing. On the way back to your country you can play games and sports where animals and food used to be at. Also joining this program will most likly make you feel good about your self and helping those in need. Alot of peoples homes have been destoryed from fire fights, tanks, and air strikes. Peoples water resources might have been destoyred during the war. What if it was your country that was left in ruins and no one was helping whouldint you be sad, or upset? So please join and help those in need of you help. It also makes you feel like youhave done something important.

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Why do scientists want to persue going to Venus? Is it the curiosity? Is it that they think they have found a possible substitute to Earth? In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author claims that even thoug it may be dangerous to do, visiting venus is a worthy persuit. The reasons that the author states in the article are: Astronomers are fascinated by the planet, human curiosity, and because NASA is already planning it. The first reason why the author said that the mission to Venus should be looked at is because astronomers are fascinated by Venus. They are fascinated because they believe that Venus is the closes thing to Earth, not only by distance but also because they are very similar. In paragraph 4 it is stated that "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". So they want to discover and see if Venus still has the Earth like qualities to it. Furthermore, the other reason the author gave as to why scientists are so interested in persuing the visiting to Venus is because humans are ery curious and because they think that the curiosity will lead to many things. On paragraph 8, the author explains that "human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally untimidating endeavors" meaning that might as well trying it since we are going to try far worse stuff in the future. Lastly, NASA already is planning to send people to research Venus, of course, they are taking many precautions and they are simulating the things that astronauts might face when they get there or near there. "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow to float abov the fray" as stated on paragraph 5, it would still be hot but they would be able to handle it. As they describe it "Not easy conditions, but survuvable for humans" In conclusion, the author gave some strong points as to why they think that the studying of Venus should be persuaded. They also gave a lot of information and supporting details to their claims.

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Smart cars can do things not all cars can do they can alert you to hit your breaks, steer for you, tell you when things are close around you and ect, but not always it will work so what would happen to the company if the car didn't do its job and someone gets hurt badly? The author made good negaive arguments and made positive arguements about the driverless car. the author said "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are desgined to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents" so hes giving you the postive things that smart cars can help people when they arent doing it themselves or when their not paying attention to the road. well just like the author said "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or the manufacturer" that's something people should worry about caus eif the smart car doesn't do what is supposed to do if your not steering the wheel or if your not alert whats going on who would the blame for the accident the person driving or the company? I think that not every smart car will do what they say they do all the time because it may not always know whats its surrounding of the car is so for people to just think the car will always do the right things their wrong. The smart car can have functions where how it should break when you get close to another car, but if the person driving doesn't hit the break and think the car will break its self and doesn't what will happen to the person when the police come will they get in trouble for not breaking when they could have did it themselves instead of thinking the car would have done it for them. "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times" so by saying this just because you have a smart car and does so much for you while your not doing it your still in danger becaus ethe person behind the wheel should be steering the car to keep everything safe cause the smart cars can not always be safe for people to trust. Smart cars are starting to take over because they think the smart car will be able to protect people while their not paying any attention, but their wrong smart cars are also dangerous and can put peoples life in danger becaus ethe car will not always be on top of its game and break for you or steer for you people are better off to pay attention to the road instead of letting a smart car do the job for them.

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In this article I would like to have the technology because a computer that can read all 44 major muscles, and also this is where FACS will come in (Facial Action Coding System.) It tells how a person it feeling, in my oppain I would want to know the emotions of my friend, I also would racomened this to the school consulers, only so the consuler can help that person with their emotional prabablem. Yes you can see how that person is "feeling by looking at their face," but some people can fake a smile to hide whats going on inside, some people are just scared to let their feeling out because they are worried someone it going to hurt them. The "funny things" about people is that laughing can be really contagest when you are down in the dirt, and your friend sees that you're just upset, they will do anything to mke you happy they will smile you, make a joke. just to see you smile . But sometimes just looking at someone does not always workout as some people would like. So this is way I would agree to have the technolgy to see his or hers emotions.

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I think that driverless cars are a good idea for tjhe majority of the time, but there are some people who will try and abuse the power of a driverless car. There were many negatives to using a driverless car like who is at fault when a accident occurs or who would want to drive a driverless car. I will tell you my argument for why I strongly believe that driverless cars are not so much of a good idea. For my frist reason evin if there are some catious drivers in the U.S. there are more uncatious drivers than catious drivers. If we have driverless smart cars then people will be put at more risk then when they were manually operating of their vehicle. Also what if a malfunction occurs and one or more drivers or pedestrians get hurt then, "who is at fault- the driver or the manufactuer?" says the article and I would believe that the manufactuer would be at fault but one would say otherwise. My next reason is that a lot of driving laws would be altered or changed and more laws would be added. That is a big time consuming process and development would change every year with new designs, and other things of the sorts. With changing or adding laws people will start to loose their intrest in the car and look for something new in a manually operated vehicle. Most people would try and say that it is worth the wait but why wait for new technology that could malfucntion without alerting the driver like it says in the article about the development of the driverless car. My final reason is that it is a big waste of money and could hurt one or more if not developed with the right technology and the right safety percaution are taken. The article says that there would be considerations of flashing lights in the windshield and this could be a big hazard because it could possabliy blind the driver also it could distract on coming traffic. The reason this would be a big waste of money is because if one were to get in a accident then there driverless car is completely totaled and rendered useless. Also with all the new features that would be added the cost of the car would be doubled most likely so this would be a very exspensive purchase for most who even considered trying the new technology. In conclusion I have said for the most part a driverless car is pretty useful in many ways, but if you think about the big key which is safety then you would have to reconsider your choice. Even with the fact the car will be equip with many ways to alert the driver when it is time for them to take control it would just not work with the safety standards of most people. So really it all falls back on safety, so this is why I strongly believe that driverless cars are not a good idea.

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Limiting car usage can be very beneficial. It would improve communities, reduce pollution, and create better lifestyles. By reducing the usage of cars, you allow for your community to flourish in other ways than building or repairing roads. Since there would be less people driving cars, the community can focus on other things. For example, in Bogota, Columbia, because of the Day Without Cars, there have been 118 miles of bicycle paths that have been constructed. Also, "parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city." Old sidewalks are being replaced with new ones, and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have also opened up. All of these great things are happening to the community of Bogota, Columbia, just because they have limited their usage of cars (source 3). Also, limiting the use of cars would reduce pollution. In places like Paris, France, diesel has been blamed for Paris' days of nar-record pollution. Paris has more smog than most other European capitals, because they have more people driving cars (source 2). "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe ... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the US" (source 1). Finally, decreasing the usage of cars would create better lifestyles for people. People would be healthier and happier, because instead of driving around everywhere, they get some fresh air and more exercise. Heidrun Walter said that "when [he] had a car [he] was always tense. [He is] much happier [not driving his car]" (source 1). Also, don't you hate it when you're stuck in the rush-hour? In Bogota, Colombia, rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic (source 3). Reducing the usage of cars in any community would result in many great things. The community would be able to flourish, there would be less pollution, and people would be living better, happier lifestyles.

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Dear Senator In the year 2000 there was a presidental election. The two canadate runnning were Bush and Gore. In that election there was a problem, Gore had won the votes of the people but Bush had won the votes of the the Electoral votes. Now the question is asked who should win, should the person who had the most votes from the people win or the person who had the most votes from the Electoral College win? This is something that has been going on for a long time, does the Electoral College over rule the people? This is an importain question that we the people should be asking, do we realy pick the persendent or does the Electoral College pick it and we are just there for show? The Electoral College is an out dated sistem that we keep because the goverment wants there to be a clear winner, but we know that is not what the people the people want the right to dicide. The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers and made as a "compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualifies citizens." The Electoral College vote on the President and the Vice President. It has 538 members and for there to be a winner a canadate, has to get a majority of 270 electoral votes. Your states allotment of electors is equal to the number of members in its Congressional degation. The problem here is that there is 300 million people in this contery and only 538 people get to vote on who is going to be president. Also most states have a Winner takes all system were the winner of the majority gets all of the votes. For example florida has 29 electoral votes so if one canadate get 15 which is the magority he will get all 29. Because of this there is not an acurate repisentaion of what the state thinks. The last reason it is not a good system is because the people's votes do not matter. In the 2000 election Gore had won the peoples votes and Bush had on the Eletoral votes. now Bush became president even tho Gore had won with the people. The biggest problem with the Electoral College is the fact that it over rules the people. If the Eletoral College wins it does not matter how many people vote for the other person running it will not matter. Now the question is acked, What is the point of voting if it does not matter who we vote for only the Electoral College votes matter?®    

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The author thinks, that exploring venus could be a dangerous thing to do because what he says about how other spacecraft landed there and how they didnt live for a few hour that , that is why spacecraft now have not gone to venus in over more than three decades. In paragraph two in the last sentence, it shows how he talked about spacecrafts. The author also states how the tempeture is in venus in the third paragph, third sentence ,he talks about how hot it is in venus he said it is about over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and it also say¨beyond high pressure and heat,venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquaks,and frequen lighting.....¨ nasa is putting other lives at risk to go study venus, in paragraph five, frst two sentence it tell how nasa might have people go and discover more about venus. My opinion on all of this that the author was talking about. It feels like a movie like,maybe in the future who knows when, we might have to go to venus because of something that happen in earth. we are going to leave homes and everything we worked on and live a new life in another planet. It kinda reminds me of that movie ¨Wall-e¨ they left earth nasty and a lot of poultion and went to live in a spacecraft in space. I would not want to live like that because what if somthing happened in the spacecraft. Back to what i was talking about, yea it would be cool to live in another planet, but those people that nasa is going to send out ton explore venus, have to explore it really carefully. I find it really interesting how there is a similar planet to earth.

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An argument against the development of these cars, we shouldn't have driverless cars for many reasons. They should not make driverless cars becacuse people need to learn how to do things on there own, and because there is enought electronices in thois world and enough things that don't need a human to work it anymore. Keeping the car as it is now in 2016 is better for the people because if we as people start making drivierless cars and they come big on day the world is just going to be lazy and never want to do anything for themselfs. Another thing is when teenagers start to learn how to dive they won't know how to because they have a car that does it for me and that's not good for us as people. It's bad enough that people are already getting to lazy to do something theirself and have other people do it for them just because they don't feel like getting up anymore. The whole thing of driverless cars sounds like a pretty good idea though, but then if we was to come out with them then people would start taking advange of theirself and other people and things, and they are going to expect electrioncs to do everything for them all the time and that's not good for the envirment it's self for all that. People would stop working anf looking for jobs because they are going to expect the electrioncs to do it all for them and they are going to expect to get paid for doing nothing. The more electrionc stuff that people come out with them more people aren't going to wanna do things for themself, they would rather have something that they can talk into and say what they want and get it right away, and just set bac anf relax because they don't have to do it by theirself.

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Venus is often known as the more dangerous 'twin' of Earth. It is located two planets away from the Sun but is hotter than Mercury, the planet next to the sun, even with it being further away. Although Venus is similar to Earth in size and a few other things, thick sheets of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid coat the earth, making it very difficult to research. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author presents reasons why Venus should be researched, despite the precautions scientists would have to take. Visiting Venus does not indicate a need to be on the planet's surface. When thinking about being on and researching a planet, individuals would think about what it would be like to be visiting "erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface" (3). A solution made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration claims they could possibly send scientists to Venus but instead of landing, they would "float above the fray [of Venus]" (5). This would allow scientists to do some more research on the difficult planet and keeping them safer by only introducing them to "170 degrees Fahrenheit" and "air pressure [that] would be close to that of sea level on Earth" (5). NASA is already introducing ideas that are very noteworthy and realistic for more exploration on the planet Venus. Researchers are building machines and working innovatively to allow more time in Venus for further research. Years ago, rovers and spacecrafts were sent to Venus but "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours" (2). This information helps conclude how dangerous the planet is and how cautious scientists, researchers, and astronauts would have to be to visit or study more on. In recent years, NASA has worked more on building an electronic device completed with silicon carbide that "lasted for three weeks in such conditions" when "tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface" (7). This brings another level of excitement for the future of planet exploration because it extends the 'life expectancy' of the spacecraft. Some researchers have also been working on an old mechanical computer technology used in the 1800-1990s. They believe this may be effective on Venus because "mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces" (7) rather than more modern technology, which tends to be more fragile. The future of machines that could orbit Venus is worth pursuing for information and it may be a game-changer for all occupations wanting to learn more about the planet itself. Although there are many valuable reasons as to why Venus is worth studying for, the author includes some evidence that indicate why Venus exploration is not succeeding as well. It is evident that the planet is clearly not accustomed for human settlement. The author reveals to the audience that "such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals" (3). This explains why a person has not visited and how deathly it would be if someone did. While the author explains how humans can explore even just above the clouds of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, there is also evidence that "most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance" (6). Despite these facts given, the article ends with "our travels onEarth and beyond should not be limited by dangerous and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" (8) and this contributes to why visiting Venus is worth it, making all the reasons against visiting less effective because they are not explained as thoroughly throughout. Even with all the evidence and reasoning behind why the earth is too dangerous to study, the author believes Venus is a worthy pursuit as it is a challenge for the future of space exploration. Scientists and researchers have all the information they need to figure out a plan so they can pursue active studying on the planet Venus. With all precautions aside, Venus is worth spending time on if they can figure out how to do it effectively without too many troubles and hassles.

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Many people believe that the landform on Mars was created by Aliens. Many Web sites, magizenes and people do not have enough information to correcty assume that the Face on Mars is an Alien monument or creation. Many people just guess without really having adiquite information. We do have enough information to know that when the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) flew over Mars and took pictures of the Face it was not Alien made. We know for a fact that the Face on Mars is not an Alien creation. The first Mars Obiter Camera (MOC) or the Viking 1 took blurry photos of the Face on Mars and we could not clearly see the object. Twenty-five years later the MGS was sent to take better quality pictures of the Face and when it came back, the photos were ten times more sharper than the Viking 1´s. Now we could clearly speculate that the Face was just another Mars landform. On Earth there are simialr landforms like the Snake River in Idaho. We have found that the Face is a lava dome under the surface of Mars. We understand how much of an influence the Media can have and you shouldn´t believe them. Again, they do not have as much information as we do on the Face on mars. Thanks to our new pictures from the MGS, we can safely say that there is no Alien temple or monument on Mars.

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Hi I'm Michael, and I will be talking too you about Seagoing Cowboys. In the story A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves it talks about Luke and it takes on a journy that he had. A Seagoing Cowboy is a person that transport animals across the sea to other countrys and states. You get to sail the world by bost with animals. When, you sail the world you see so much more and meet a lot more people. If you sail the world it is a beatiful thing to see with your eyes before you die. You get to see how others live and the animals. Plus world beond the state you live because life is so much more. Plus when you become a Seagoing Cow boy you get to see and meet all kinds of different animals. It opens your mind too other animals and where they live. You can deliver animals from lizards to tigers all types of animals. On your why back too home all the creates with animals are gone so you get to play games. Like it said in the story they play volleyball and have table tennis touraments and best of all baseball. Just imangine seeing all the different animals and places. Just like in the story exchange visitors you will see and get to meet. Plus playing those games with your friends and having fun. Thats why I think you should be a Seagoing Cowboy.

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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author gives us positive information and negative information. Different people are going to have different opinons on driverless cars. Some may think it is a good idea while some may think that it is a bad idea. There is no right or wrong answer. It is based on your personal opinion on what you think of driverless cars. I believe that it is kind of dumb to have driverless cars. There are many bad things that can happen with them such as safety hazards, unattentiveness while driving and accidents that may occur with them. Driverless cars are not a good idea to me. When you drive you always have to be attentive. Driving is already not the safest thing in the world. There is always people walking out in front of you, animals running out in front of you and many other things. If you get a car that can drive for you there is bound to be something bad to happen. A computer is all that the car is. Computers go down all the time in the world and they shut down. What if your car happened to stop working in the middle of the highway where the speed limit is seventy-five miles per hour. There would be many accidents happening if that was the case. There is a positive thing about them though they can help you if you have children in the backseat. If they are acting up and you put your car on autopilot then you can get them to quit arguing. But still it is a very dangerous idea. No way would I trust a car to be able to drive me places when I barely trust myself driving me places. So I don't believe that these cars are one hundred percent safe. I think that there are many safety hazards that they could bring. I also think that driveless cars are a bad idea because no matter what you have to be attentive. If you look away to the side for three seconds and your driving, your car is already the that side of the road. I believe that if there is going to be television and stero systems in these cars, that people are not going to be paying attention to the road, they are going to be paying attention to the televsion or whatever may be on in theirr car. When I drive I listen to the stero and it distracts me when a good song comes on. I could not imagine what I would be like if I had a television in my car. The good side about these driverless cars with televsion in them is that if you are going on a long road trip with your family and you want to watch televison you could. I know that when I take long road trips I wish that I could bond with the person that is driving. So it would be a good thing for families that had little ones. If the little kids were getting cranky then they could cuddle up next to mommy or daddy or whoever may be driving. But again the driver would not be attentive or aware of there surrroundings if that was to happen. They would probably fall asleep if they were relaxing to much and dozed off. Finally I believe that these cars can cause many highway or country road accidents. For example, if a family was watching a movie and their was a sudden stop on the road they are most likely going to run right into that person in front of them. If it is a sudden stop there is no way a computer can see that and slam on the brakes. If it could do that though, the person behind the car would probaly get ran into. Like I have said in the beginning all this car is, is a computer. I mean my computer goes down so many times in a day. I would not rely on a computer made car for the life of me. There are already so many accidnets that happen when people are driving, there is no need to add a computer made car and let it make accidents to. I think that for a car to be completely driverless or ninty percent driveless is ridiculous. On the plus side of this if a car that was driveless did happen to work then it would come in handy for long trips on the road. If there was a actual car that got tested and it could go on for hundreds of thousands of miles and not wreck now that would be pretty amazing. But in my opinon I do not think that there is a car that is capable of being able to do that. A car takes human assistance to drive and if it all technology no way could it work effectively. There is going to be accidents if cars become ninty perfect driveless or any percent driveless This concludes my opinion on driveless cars. I think that they would be a very neat invention but I do not believe for one second that they would work all the tie one hundred percent. I have been driving for a year now and have already been in accidents because I was not paying attention. So I know that being a human and driving is already complicated enough, I do not believe that a computer could handle it. I know that companies are trying their best to make this become an actual thing in the world but I don't think that it is belivable. I think that they could make them, I just do not believe that they would work that great. I am with the idea that there is no way driveless car is even imaginable. So with the facts I have presented here I am sticking to my topic that driveless cars are the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard of.

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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggest that studying Venus is worth it because we still dont have enough information to explain others about it. The people that go to it can gain more information, tell us how things are, how things move, and how they see things that are different from earth. One reason people should go to explore Venus it to discover how the weather is there. In the passage it said that "Venus is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot." This is not abnormal for a planet that is second from the sun. I imagine that it would be really hot because if earth is hot Venus is nine times more, which would be around 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Another reason is that you can go to venus to see how to surface is transformed. The scientist said "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supposted various forms of life, just like Earth." This means you have the danger of stepping into something that you dont even know if its going to be ground or water with grass that makes it look like land. You can also be an danger because you dont know if the surface is really hot or cold. My final reason on how the author supports the idea stuying is worhty but danger is because People can check how techonology is there, or maybe if they have more advance technology then there is in Earth. For example it said " Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers" That gives them an idea of how smart technology was in Venus. Another example was " Modern computers are enormouslwy powerful, flexible , and quick , but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical condition." This means that the technology is good it just depends on the nature things like weather. Those are reason on why the author suggest why people should go visit Venus although it might be dangerous, People also want to learn more about it but we dont have enough information because people dont go explore Venus.

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I think driverless cars are a cool invention but it can also be dangers if something malfuctions or breaks like the brakes for the car, i have seen videos of the testing for these cars and a man got injured badly to the point he had to co to the hospital, so i stand at the side that we should not be making these cars for they are not safe. The cost rate to build one of these cars can be really high becouse they need lots of sensors so that it can see what is in front of it and behind it, it has a part that is a radar so it can sence things around the car but this small part can cost of to 2 hundred million dollars. And manufactures are considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road, which is a vialation of privacy to the driver who buys the car, and if something does happen like a part on the car breaking who would get blamed the owner of the car of the manufactures that designed and built the car?, there are many things we still need to think about that would come with driverless cars. I stand with the side that we should not have driverless cars becouse it will take the skill that is earned by driving away from those who have already learned to drive and people would get so dependent on the car driving its self and until it comes to the point that if something happens on the road the car will make the driver take control but if the driver is used to the car driving it self then that could lead to more problems that could not only put the driver in danger but anyone else that is in the car with them or any car that is around them.

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Based on what i have read from this passage i'm for the development of driveless cars . I am for this because this here is a very good opertunity to show that how much adavnce techonolgy has gotten over the years and to show that cars have came a long way way for it to be where it is today .the reasons that im for the the driverless cars is because the driver have less things to worry about, and there would be less car crashes The first reason on why i am for driverless cars are because drivers less thigs to worry about.the reason i said this is because in paragraph 8 it states '' that by bringing in car entertainment and information systems that use heads up display. such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over something not available to ddrivers trying to text with a cell phone .in this way the in car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern '' this quote shows that drivers has less things to worry about and not have to get into crashes. But there is some that might say that there isn't a law yet saying that computers shouldn't be driving a car and the driver should always be behind the wheel. this will pose a problem for the near future google is still trying devlop these cars no matter the cost

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The "Face of Mars" is clearly a natural landmark that, in a low resolution camera, looked like a face. Until there is proof of life on Mars, there is not a single chance that something couldv'e made this. It is actually a very common mesa on Mars and this is why it cannot be man-made. First of all, the photo taken at first and released to the public was not very good. The difference between the photo from 1976 and 2001 is extremely noticable. The picture from 1998 looks the most like a face, but it is still quite a stretch to say that it is a face. The high-resolution images and 3D altimetry completely disproves it and shows what it really, a mesa. Now some skeptics might say that NASA might be unreliable and might have changed the photo. There are two things wrong with that arguement. If NASA had discovered new life on Mars, they would most defineitly share it with the public. Everyone would know that there were other lifeforms on other planets, and this would be extremely benificial to NASA. They would get all the funding they need to do more exploration deeper into space. They would get more scientists interested in making technology for space travel. They would get more brave volenteers for space travel. The second thing wrong is the difference between sources of information. All the info people have about the face is either from NASA itself and pop culture like movies or magazines. So if you trust magazines and movies more than a well supplied and well known orginazation like NASA, then you don't have as reliable sources making your own arguement not very believable. In conclution, skeptics don't have any reliable proof that hasn't been already disproven.

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I dissagree with the fact that the state wants to keep favor of electoral college. I think they should change the way the whole election is set up by using popular vote for the presedent of the united states. To me the election should be based on what the people wants and what they think is best not on electoral college. Electoral vote is also unfair to the people who vote because of the winner-takes-all system is certain states. Yes richard nixon, jimmy carter, bob dole, the u. s chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO agreed on electoral college but electoral college is when the voters vote for the state electors who the vote for president. there is an arguement called the disaster factor also and thats the single best argument against the electoral college. Thats why popular vote for president is better than electoral because there is a better possibility of the majority of people winning. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational it officail !!!. Also arguments against direct elections are apurious at best. Bob dole was right:abolish the electoral college.

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Using the technology called the Facial Action Coding System is not useful to students if a student wants anyone else know how he/she is feeling the student will allow it, there's no reason why a student should have them forced out of them. If a student is in the subject of photography or painting anything artistic FACS would be very useful indeed, but if a student has no interest in any part of it they will not take it serious. Now someone who is starting a business or wants to pursue a sream and be a great artist such as Leanardo da Vinci they will find FACS helpful, "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad, For example if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen a smiliar ad might follow." It will allow them to see how a client feels about the artists work or how they're feeling that day maybe it's not a good day to take photos or such. The work that goes into FACS is great the ways they compare a persons facial muscles to a photo with no emotion to simply see the difference that much easier. Taking anatomy would be such a good help if intrested and to make it way easier to figure out a persons facial changes that much eaiser. "Studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey a specific emotions." FACS a good project that was developed but it has no big use for students, their feelings shouldn't be forced if you're doing something for the student they should go ahead and be open about it "MOst human communication is nonverbal, including emotinal communication." allow someone to see how they truly feel. An artist could get their feelings hurt by working with a client and then seeing how they truly feel about their work or about doing the project. You can't really just get emotions from someone with a quick snapshot you really have to put work in taking the photo so you get their true emotions. FACS is a great project for someone in the industry of art not everyone wants to know how a person feels based on a photo, I would say, I am against the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto

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Have you ever wished you could just sit back and let your car do all the driving? Well that may happen sooner than you might think. Driverless cars technology is improving everyday and soon it will be more accessible to more people. Driverless cars are cars that do all the driving for you. You still have to be in the car ready to take over in case of an emergency. Driverless cars may sound like a cool idea but there is a lot of debate over this topic. Personally, I think driverless cars would be a good idea. I think since we have the advancing technology we should give driverless cars a try. You would still have to be in the car ready to take control and I think that is a good idea. The problem with driverless cars is that they won't be ready for unexpected danger on the road. A good way to solve this problem is to have a driver ready to take the wheel. A benefit of driverless cars is that they would use half the fuel taxis use and be more flexible than a bus. Reducing how much fuel we use would really help the environment. I think more people would supprt the idea of driverless cars if they knew the benefits like reducing the use of fuel. The biggest negative effect of driverless cars is the safety. Since there is not a person behind the wheel ready to react there is a bigger risk of collisions. A computer doesn't have the time to react in that type of situation. Right now California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Comumbia are the only states allowing semi-autonomous cars to be driven. Manufacturers of these cars believe that other states will follow as soon as driverless cars are proven more reliably safe. I really think driverless cars will be here soon in the future for everyone to drive. With developing technologies it will probably happen sooner than you might think. There are many positive and negative effects, but I think the manufactures will work them out. Driverless cars will be a positive effect on the environment and society.

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Driverless cars are not safe at all! Manufacturers arent even to sure if humans are able to last a day in that car without it stopping or blowing up on them. I think that manufacturers need to do a lot more study on driverless cars if they think people will by them. Also driverless cars are going to probably cost millions of dollars and if they think in the future no one will buy normal cars they need to think agian. I understand that driverless cars are very helpful but it is not the best choice when it comes to money. For example Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot only 90% of the time. Another reason driverless cars are not the best is because what if the technology fails and someone gets injured I wonder who`s fault it would be the driver or the manufacturer. Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver, it would be very boring having to wait for your turn to drive. If paying millions on a driverless car i might a well take the bus or a taxi for a cheap amount instead of buying a car that can stop a any time because i dont know whats going to happen at any time.

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Reckless drivers are dangers, they have no care for the world or people who are in it. One point of evidence is that in 2013, BMW announced the development of the '' Traffic Jam Assistant''. So this means that when you are driving up to 25 mph you have a smart car , but when you go over 25 mph you have just a normal car . See the point that I'm trying to make is that when people had a little bit to much to drink and they go over 25 mph they're like a missle that can blow up at any time. Some sensors on the car may fail while you are driving , lets say if your driving down the street in a BMW at 20 mph and a car passes you and your not looking and you happen to run into it, its the cars fault and the owner because the driver should've been looking and the car should've stop on the dime. Because BMW developed this new System and its mention in paragraph 7 '' The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph , but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. Also mention by BMW ''They can steer, accelerate, and brake by themsevles. So if the driver in this situation was looking down at a phone lets say ,and runs into the back of someones car who's fault would it have been ? I would have blame the manfacturer company because they said that the car is supose to brake themselves if danger is near or coming up . So if the owner was hurt then it would've been on manufacturer company all because they said that this car had sensors that could alert the drivers. Also which leads to another point lets say that the sensors fail without the driver knowing and she was driving a little bit reckless then that would been her fault and the cars. So I think that people should stop driving so reckless and start paying attention to the road . Also I think that a new law should be passed saying that car companies should recall their cars every 5 to 6 years to upgrade the safety quality on their cars. This will safe a numerous amout of people's lives and increase the amount of cars being sold by BMW.

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The Face found on Scientists have figured out that the life like face found on Mars was just another Martian Mesa, the was common enough found around the Cydonia on Mars, but only this particular one of the most unusual rocks the made a shadow that makes it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh face. The " Huge Life like Rock Formation which makes it resemble an humans head and the formation given by the shadow of the rock gave the illusion of such a life like photograph of an humans eyes, nose, and the mouth." Some people think that the photograph of the humans face found on Mars was created by alien life. Most people believe the rocks photograph of an humans face is real because they believe NASA is hiding alien life from the public meanwhile, the defenders for the NASA budget system wishes more than anyone that there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Althogh few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for the NASA when the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in september of 1997, eighteen long years after the viking mission ended. " We felt this was important to taxpayers," Cheif

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Driverless cars, everyone needs a car. So they can transport there selfs to and from where ever they need to go. Cars should not drive them selfs, even though that would be a good idea most people like me wouldnt go for it. yes it has been proven That less wrecks are caused. But if your like me youd want control over your car no matter what. It could mess up and wreck you into a tree you'd never be able to tell if you were about to wreck because you didnt have control. Do i think its a good idea ? Yes and no. would I ride in a car that had control over its self ? No. I think the smarter roads is a way better idea. But there is a down fall to that. It would take way to long to cover the world in "smarter roads." We dont have time to wait. people should just drive responable or don't drive at all! I also think that they should just make a car or truck that tells you when your going off the road or someting like that maybe it would help prevent wrecks.

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If i was at NASA with Someone discussing about the with someone who thinks it was created by aliens i would dissagree with the person. One reason i would disagree is becuase that doesnt make sense. Another reason i would disagree is because How can aliens make faces? I mean Come on now, I honestly think the face of mars was made by the people who lived way before we did. In the passage it talks about when they found it, IT states that some astronaunt went to space and was exploring and came along the face, They were very amazed, So they decided to capture a picture of the face and showed the word the next day, as you read in the text. They face has became more realistic as we see the progress from 1976 to 2013 , May this is a sign to the world, But im tired so ima just end this here.

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My position for this is i would agree for the idea and support it in many ways. My first reason why i support the idea is that it would be a great way to save you time and allow you also accomplish more tasks in your day. For instense you could do paper work, phone calls, homework and many other tasks. But i would only support this idea if it was safe and would not brsomething to complicated to handle if there were to be a accident. A great exaple is in paragragh 9 when it says "if technology fails and someone is injured , who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer". This is what probaly would make msot of the laws think more in depth and question the idea more. The next reason i would support this idea is it would be a very extriodinary to see on daily basis when going to work or school. A example would be for this would be in paragraph two when it ways "Television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could dirve themselves". Which to date i think people are still waiting to see if this idea were to come true. My final reason would be it is a fun thing to ahve and drive. A example of this is in paragraph eight when the BMW project manager driver says "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way". Like everything it would get old eventually but also there would most likely be new add-ons to the idea or newer self driving cars coming out yearly. In conclusion i would agree to have to this idea be made possible worldwide. Like i said it would be a great way to save time, a fun car to have, and lastly only if it would be safe. All in all i think many people would like to see this idea come to live.

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My claim to do studying on Venus is saying no I think spending so much time and money on something that has been tempted to do multiple times and failed is wasteful. Because we have tried on numerous accaions and have got just a few hours with a little bit of information it is not worth it. Researchers know that they only get a super small time to only see a little bit of a huge planet. Knowing that Venus is a whole planet the size of earth and only getting to see just a tiny bit of it is like starting at one side of the United States and then driving only a few hours to see how far you get, If you are trying to go all the way around the world to get back to the same spot but only have a few hours to do so, you don't cover much of anything to have any real say of how the world looks in different areas if you haven't seen it all yet. In conclusion to the challenge of Venus I say it is a time waster and we will not be able to see the whole planet of Venus with only a few hours once every few decades.

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I think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program, because you can have a lot of fun. You will have lots of fun and get to do rodeo on some cows yeha. You can ride those big horses and go really fast. I went to a program kinda like this before and rode big horses and fished and rode boats. I got to playin the mud and it was funny and felt really weird. I went in swamps and saw some gators but nun in bad. I even got to see my uncle PROPER_NAME deer is cow out of the farm. Haha it was so funny . You guys do should go to camps like these there very fun. You have the best food out there too. Fish, crab, spaghetti , gators, rabbits, squarles, and shrimp. That food is the best food in the world. You can eat anywhere you like. Bring your friends family anyone and enjoy that great food. Oh almost forgot you can bring your sleeping bags, tint, pillows, blanking, or whatever, because you gone be sleepin in cabin. Don't worry though because it be extra warm in there. I enjoyed the last time I slept in a cabin. I slept a few nights and then one night I heard monster creeping on me and I peed down my leg. I really think you will want to go to that camp with the Cowboys. It will be really great and you get to ride horses and eat amazing food and sleep in a cabin. If you love to camp and go crazy then this is where you need to come. The Seagoing Cowboys. I gerinte you will have fun. There al;so pools and ponds and stuff that you can have fun in. These people travel for long time at time sol you'll be there for awhile.

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I think that the Face they saw in 1976 was just a natural landform. I will be giving you at least 4 reasons why that's my conclusion. After you have listened to my reasons hopefully you will then think the same. My first reason why I think it was just a natural landform is becasue first of all I am a scientist and I'm not suppose to think aliens and that kind of stuff exist. Secondly, on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor took a picture of Cydonia for the first time all they saw was just a natural landform. One of my other reasons why is becasue we thought it was just a Martian mesa, witch are very common in Cydonia. My last reason is becasue with the 3D high-resolution images from NASA's MGS it shows that it was just a mesa. Those were all my reasons why I think it was a natural landform not an alien. Hopefully now you agree with me and think it was just a natural landform too. Also I hope that you have come to your senses and now think that aliens are not real.

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Vauban, Germany is the place to be it has an upscale community and has a few soccer moms nice huh? Street parking in Vauban, Germany is forbidden in what they call an experimental new district near Freiburg and Swiss Borders. To begin with, In Vauban, Germany most families don't own cars but 57 are sold when new families and other people move there. Cars or automobiles as the german like to call it are linchpin of suburbs which mean they're affordable. Most middle class families tend to stay around the Shanghai area. Studies show that 12 percent of gas emissons are because of passenger cars. Also up to 50 percent are cars in intensive area. Next, Paris on the otherhand is typically more smog then other euro capitals. Paris once had 147 of particulate matter per cubic meter compared to brussels in London, Reuters. Last, Delivery Companies often argue that they lost to much revenue, later in the week they made plug in cars and hybrids carrying over 3m passengers. In Conclusion, The so called smog cleared enough throughout the week it cleared out good enough to where they could have a ruling French party in Paris to dicuss the ban for out-numbered plates on Tuesday. Vauban often don't own cars but Heidrun says he's so happier with having a car he had always felt tense.

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It'd be better to stay with the Electoral College when it comes to voting for the president. They try to evenly distribute the votes with every state, they don't favor certain candidates, and they're better trained for voting. Overall the Electoral College tries to keeps things fair for everyone. The Electoral College so far hasn't made a big mistake or elect a horrible president, so there's no need to mess with the voting system. Without the Electoral College, California would have the most votes put in to elect a president. If there was no Electoral College all these little states like Rhode Island would have a hard time since their votes are rational compared to the big states like California. Richard A. Posner states "other things being equal, a large state get more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does" which makes things fair for everyone in small states or large states. The one big problem with the Electoral College voting is that there's only 538 of them while the United States consists of over 300 million citizens which makes almost all of the U.S. not voting for their president but instead for the people who vote for them. Even though that is a pretty big problem, it does help keeps things fair when it comes to the favor of one candidate over the other. With the Electoral College, candidates that come from a certain region like the South aren't praised over more than a candidate from the North. If it were up to the citizens to choose, there'd be favor for candidates from different regions that represent them. Paragraph 19 says, "a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president"(Posner,19). The same paragraph brings out that no region has enough votes from the Electoral College to elect a president. Within the Electoral College are people who are better suited to make the huge decision about who gets elected as president. If it were up to anyone to vote, then the whole system would be messed up. The Electoral College has electors who don't focus on candidates from their region or appearences but they focus on who they think would be able to run this nation the best. Even in most cases, the candidate with the more popular vote still wins. Along with that, the Electoral College tries to keep the electoral votes from being too close for disputes and ties. So overall the Electoral College is better for the people when voting for president. They try tp evenly distribute the votes with each state,they don't favor certain candidates, and they're better trained for voting. With the Electoral College, they try to keep things fair for everyone so that we can all be happy.

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If you like to help people out the Seagoing Cowboy program is one you must join. There are many great reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys so I thought of two reasons why. The first reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because It's a good chance for you and others to help the people that are in need. Another reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to explore and learn new things along the way,and according to the author It could be a opportunity of a lifetime for you. According to the article the author said "Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation" and "Luke couldn't say no. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime." The author also says "But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him" and "It made me more aware of people of othert countries and their needs." Being in the Seagoing Cowboys could be amazing for you. You not only get to help save lives but you also get to explore and learn new things along the way. Not only do you get to do that but you also have the chance to go to many places and meet many people and the impact it has on the world is just amazing. Those are all reasons why you and your friends or family should join the Seagoing Cowboys.

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Strike! A comett just struck Mars. Where the comett hit looks like an animal of some sort, but there are also many things on earth that look like it could have been made by man or something else. The Face on Mars was not made by man or aliens. The Face and many other formation are pretty common aroung the Cydonia. Shadows can also give the alusion that the Face has eyes, a nose, and a mouth. In addition, scientists have proven that the Face is not made by aliens and that it was made by a natural cause. Then they started taking more pictures. The first picture shows that it was just taken when there were clouds and couldn't really tell what it showed. They waited for a day without clouds and took another photo. The picture they got clearly showed that the Face wasn't made by aliens and was just a land form. The scientists proved it was a land form by comparing it to others similar to those on earth. When word got out it was kind of disapointing for the public. There were so many movies about the face on mars and it stayed for a long time. The face was never made by aliens. It was nothing more than a mesa or a land form. Also if anyone tries to say that aliens were the ones who made the Face on Mars, don't believe them. It was probably made by a comett or one of those storms that Mars has every now and then.

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The Electoral College is not a place, but a process. It was established by the founding fathers in the Constitution. The college consists of electors, which vote for President and Vice President. The College consit of many electors, about 538 that is. There is a certain number of votes that is required to elect the president. Each candidate running for president is his or her own group of electors. The candidate's political party usually chose the electors. Election is held every four years in November on the first Tuesday. There is usually something called a "winner-take-all" system, it awards the winners of the presidential candidate. People should agree of keeping the Electoral College because without it, countires would not have presidents or vice presidents. Most people don't understand the use of the Electoral College. I think that there should be someone going out to jobs and schools talking to the the new generation and the people with jobs about this Electoral College. Under the electoral college system, voters vote, not for president, but for a state of electors, so what do you think our country would look like without this? For instance if you lived in Texas, and you wanted to vote for David Mark, you'd have to vote for about 34 Democratic electors pledged to Mark. People always seem to argue about this Electoral College, we calll it a disastor factor. American's should consider them selves lucky for the big election crisis that happened in a century. Some people think the electoral college is unfair to voters, only because of the winner-take-all system. During one of the campaigns, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all. People say that the electoral college is unfair; outdated, and irrational. Each party selects a slate of electors that are trusted to vote for the party's nominee. There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College; 1) Certainly of Outcome- A dispute over the outcome of an electoral college vote is possible 2) Everyone's President- The electoral College requires as presidential candidate 3) Swing States- The winner-take-all system of awarding the electoral votes induces the candidates 4) Big States- The electoral college restores some of the wight in the political balance. 5) Avoid run-off elections- The electoral college avoids the porblem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. People still continue to argue about the Electoral College method of selecting the president. that it may turn off voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state Democrats. The Electoral College is a good thing. Vote for President and Vice President and your country will be on top.