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I am personally against the idea of driverless cars. Some people are already dangerous behind the wheel as it is. I don't think a computer would do any better behind the wheel. Dirverless cars can be very dangerous and I think people would be better off not being lazy and driving themselves where ever they needed to go. One reason that I am against driverless cars is that they are not 100% driverless. There are still issues that the car can't handle on it's own and will require the driver to take over. Driverless cars can be very dangerous because if the car would ever require the driver, and it fails to alert the driver in time, there could be fatal consequences. Drunk drivers could also try to take advantage of the fact that the car would be driverless and have the car drive itself. But if he driver were to be too drunk to take over, it could casue a very bad accident. Another reason that I am against driverless cars is that they would be compter dependent and would run on it's own. And every skilled programmer or hacker would know that you would be able to hack the computer driven car to do what ever they wanted it to. Hackers can already hack a lot of vehicles as it is, they can send codes to a smart vehicle to unlock and even start the car without owning or having the key to the car. There are way too many dangerous things that could possibly happen with that to list. Hackers could change the course of the vehicle to any given location, they could make the car crash itslef, and they could make the car failt to alert the driver and every one would blame either the driver or the car. One final reason that I am against driverless cars is that people today are already lazy enough as it is. We don't need computers taking over our lives. People are becoming more and more dependent on technology causing them to be lazier. One example that has already been made is in the Movie Wall-E where everyone was in floating chairs that were controlled so no one would ever have to walk again, making them even lazier and very obese. I am really against driverless cars and I think that they would do way more harm than good no matter how much time, effort, and improvements they have made on it. I think we are better off just driving ourselves where ever we needed to go and that we should be less dependent on technology istead of being completley dependent on it.

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Wanna keep the ozone nice and clean? or how about not being stuck in traffic? Sounds good not having to be stuck in traffic huh? Well theres a way that, that can happen. All you have to do is not drive your car as much. Not driving your car means you can stay out of the way of traffic and not have to spend so much money on gas so much. Limiting the amount of car usage is good because it can save tons of money and could save you so much more if you just ride your bike. According to the article "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22 euro fine ($31)." This means that places are getting more strict about driving and they should cut back because it is harmful to the enviornment. Also limiting the amount of car usage could be good too so there wont be as much traffic on the road anymore. Its good because that means that people will not need to use so much gas and the price of gas should go down becasue the amount of people not using it would make it cheaper and more affordable. Another good reason is itll stop the ozone layer and itll make it smaller than it is now by using cars so much all that bad stuff is going into it and the hole is getting bigger and bigger. Also it helps because your saving the earth and limiting the amount of polutions a car throws out. It is very important to have them not use cars as much because itll do amazing things one day if everybody does it and it could stop so much polution and make gas priceses super low adn affordable. So cutting back on using your car is important and it would save you tons of money and you could buy a bike if you needed to. Also you could use diesle because it is a lot safer than gas and it can be more expensive but its way worth it.     

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You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you can be helpful and save lives. While you are helping to save lives you also can be having fun. You would be helping people because sometimes there are natural disasters like hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, and many more. Also, you would be able to help people after wars ended. You can help people that have these problems by bringing them food, water, building materials, and other items that they need for daily living. Helping someone always feels fantastic beause you know that you did the right thing. Being over sea for so long with other people would mean that you would most likely end up being friends. With everybody being friends you would be able to have so much fun. Being over sea with a bunch of friends means that you would be really entertained. This would be enteraining because you could keep yourselves entertained by playing table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games. All of these would pass time. Also, if you have never been on a boat before then you would be able to experience something new! You could argue that being oversea would be to dangerous but here's why your wrong, you would be on a boat that always has someone watching for danger so you would be safe. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program would also be very adventurious. You would get to see new places while doing something good for the world. Have you ever wanted to go across the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean? If so then you would be able to take a boat across it if you participated in this. So, you should take part in the Seagoing Cowboys program.

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In this article it talked about the position on driverless cars informing people about the driverless cars and what it can do. Google's driverless car can be a good thing worldwide. The driverless car is safe and it has been driven for more than half a million miles without a crash, although Google is not truly driverless it alerts the driver to take over when it needs pulling out of the driveway, the car is able to handle driving at a speed up to 25 miles per hour, and the car comes with a special touch sensor that can make sure the driver is able to keep hold of the wheel. The car is safe and Google has cars that was dable to drive on its own since 2009 and their cars were able to drivemore than half a million miles without a crash or an accident occuring. The cars is not as independent as it should be. When the car need to back out of a driveway it alerts the driver to take over and while it is dealing with traffic issues when the road is busy and need help redirecting where to go when there is roadwork or an accident. The car is safe and smarter on the roads when stuff is not going on unexpectedly on the road. The car can handling driving up to the speed of 25 miles per hour which requires the driver of the vehicle to still stay alert because the car can not do everything a regular car can when somebody is driving it. When the driver is not paying attention the driver's seat is able to vibrate and let the driver know when there is on coming traffic occuring or any problems. To also get the drivers attention The Google car can announce when the driver should prepare to take over. The car also flash its lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays. If the driver is sleeping when the car is watching the road they also watch the driver and pay attention to the driver to keep the driver safe. The car comes with a special sensor to keep the driver and the car itself safe earlier in the '80s automakers did make speed sensors to create antilock breaks and later on the same sensors became advanced to watch out and respond to the dangers on the road that would occur. The special touch sensor can also make sure the driver is keeping their hands on the wheel. BMW crweated the "Traffic Jam Assistant" to help out the driver alittle bit when the driver is in need of help with this Google car. The driverless cars are proved to be safe because it alerts you when situations occur unexpectedly, if you fall asleep or if you are not paying attention the car with vibrate all by itself that way you are alert and see everything that going on around you when you not paying attention, the car has driven for more than a million miles without a crash occuring or an accident, it drives up to a maximum or 25 miles per hour, and the car comes with a special touch sensor that senses things.

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Self driving cars. Everybody wants a car that can drive itself, but is it really practical? Many people say that self driving cars are a thing of the future, while others argue that they should not exist. Autonomous cars are not practical and should not be on the road because they are dangerous, impractical, and boringly monotonous. Self driving cars are dangerous because they will not be able to sense or detect danger as wells as humans could. "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." Cars are not safe under the care of automized vehicles due to the fact that there are too many variables and sporadic possibliltys when driving. Now other than dangerous, they are also very impractical. Early forms of self driving cars such as "Traffic Jam Assistant" are examples of how impractical they are. "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph," this is a very slow speed and seems almost useless. Along with only going 25 mph self driving cars also require you to keep your hands on the wheel at all times. "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?". To add on to driverless cars being impractical, automated cars would make road trips very boring and dull. "The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge," admits Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW Project manager driver." Taking road trips would be the only thing that comes mind when thinking of why you would need a driverless car, and then even road trips would become very repetitive and bland. "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." this shows that autonomous cars would take the fun out of taking road trips. All in all, Autonomous cars are not the next big thing and are potentially a huge safety hazard. Driver assistance may be something that could be useful to drivers with impairments but driverless cars is taking it to the next level. Without roads to pair with these cars the use of driverless cars is impractical and not down to earth. So go out there and show your car some appreciation and give it a test drive, completely un-automated.

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Isn't it crazy that a face on Mars would be created by aliens? NASA sure seems to think it is. Many sciensts have discovered it's a natural landform. The face on Mars is indeed a natural landfom. NASA has had the Mars Global Survayor fly over Cydonia and take pictures to prove it, as Jim Garvin has said,"We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot of it." Many people will say that the face on Mars was created by previous creatures living there. The planet humans live on, Earth, even has landforms that humans didnt make that just happen to look like faces, As Garvin says,"It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." The face on Mars is nothing but land that has been formed in the shape of a face. The face on Mars has been proven to be a landform. They have taken pictures, the scientists have studied it, and all these studies have proved that the face is just land. In conclusion, sometimes things aren't as they seem.

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There is NO way the "Face on Mars" was created by alieans. There is definte information that proves anyone wrong that thinks is was created by aliens. First it was proven is was just shadows. Second in 2001 we took a picture in extremely high reslution that shows that is just a mound. Finally if it were created by aliens we would have a man on Mars by now. The article states in the end of paragraph 2 that is it fake. it says, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah" This is coming from the leading scientists in the field of space, and that is a small field in witch only a select few get to be in. Just that alone is engouh to prove any conspiracy theory wrong! In 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor took a picture in its highest resolution, each pixel was only 1.56 meters wide as opposed to the 43 meters of the Viking photos. what the picture actually showed was a Martian mesa, a landform similer to the ones found in the American southwest. The face as it turns out is only just a mesa, and that is nothing special. Finally if it were created by aliens don't you think we would be there. The funding that would poor in would be more than enough to put a man or woman on mars. Since it is just a rock formation not created by aliens we have ablsoutely no motive to go there, none at all. There is NO way the "Face on Mars" was created by alieans. First it was proven is was just shadows. Second in 2001 we took a picture in extremely high reslution that shows that is just a mound. Finally if it were created by aliens we would have a man on Mars by now.

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Driverless cars should continue their development. Having driverless cars could be a major improvment on the world. The amount of crashes that occur each year could decrease, because of the reckless driving that occurs and the amount of money we give to fuel taxes will also decrease tremendously. these smart cars will lessen the dangers on the road. Making these driverless cars will not be cheap investment. All the technology and test practices to make this car 100% driverless will take time and will cost money. But all the time and money put into this project will be worth in in the end. This car will have far better responces and control than a human could ever accomplish by themselves. As the technology becomes better over the years soon the cars will become completely driverless and will be able to detect all the dangers and hazards happening around the vehicle. Human drivers can't detect every single hazard on the road, it is just to overwhelming. Driverless cars are the new future of cars. They are able to provide a safe enviroment for the passengers inside of the vehicle. They will lessen the amount of fuel money we put into our cars each day and protect people from dangerous drivers and road conditions. Driverless cars shoud most defintely continue their development.

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Aliens or a Coincidence? I have a strong belief that the "Face on Mars" was a natural landform. I do not think that the face was created by aliens. It could be a possibility but there is no proof that would back up that statement. Although, the fact that that the face was a natural landform doesn't need much backup because it's something that naturally happens. The only difference is that it's not usually a face that is usually created. How could aliens know what to make a face look like? And not just any face, a human face. As the caption noted, "a huge rock formation...which resembles a human head, formed by shadows giving the illusions of eyes, nose, and mouth." I doubt that the aliens could make an exact replica of a human face because they have nothing to reference it off of. Also, theres another question. How the face could have been made by aliens? What could the aliens possibly have made the face with? Im sure they would have required some tools to make this face on the planet of mars. Their hands would not be likely to complete that task because of what the planet is made of. The NASA didnt say they found any tools or objects that could be used as to make this "face". Another doubt i have towards the aliens creating this face is what aliens? In the passage it said "Manwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." This implies that there is no civilization on Mars. So if there is no civilization on Mars, there is no one or nothing that could have made this face. How would they have made it if there is no one there to possibly make it? There is reasoning I have to back up my opnion that it was a natural landform. Natural landforms happen here and there, almost everywhere. They come in any shapes and sizes. The form of a landform could be in any kind of shape. It's whatever it comes out to be. In this specific case though, the landform has captured the form of a face, somehow, with the correct facial features in the right places. In the passage the "Face of Mars" is compared to the "Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." If there are other more specificly shaped landforms in the world, why cant it be one on mars? Theres no difference in the form that natural landforms come in. They all can come in any type of way. It doesn't make a difference where they're at or what they're made of. A natural landform is always going to be a natural landform. In conclusion, I believe that the "Face of Mars" is a natural landform. There is no evidence disproving this statement. I do not believe that it was created by aliens. That was just an assumption that was made about the making of the "face".

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I think the way by making a happy face is a expermiment in also make me fell slighty happy, emotion or moving i s when your facial muscles ans not only experiment also make me, or you slighty and happy in also by theory of emotion, and moving not only expresses emotions, but also may even help prouce people. introduction. I think the expresion in one of the mirror it sugest an emotion we can lab our parther to reconize whick one is a introduction of a face that looks happy, and it also about the body, and kind of like actions units these even indicate the different between a genuies smile and a forced one. body paragraph, bu I think in a false smile, maybe the mouth is stretched in another way or to a sideway like using zygomatic major and a different muscle, to an expert face dosn't lie. i think mona lisa demostration is really intented to bring a smile to another person is smile, while it shows just much a computer can do imagine a computer that knows when you are sad, for example if you smile when a web ad appers on your screen, a similar and might follow, I think the same technology can make computer animated facer or more expressive for example like video games or video surgery, and most human communication is nonvebal, includind like emotional communication. Maybe the phone can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode mona lsa's smile.

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The cars are coming, the cars are coming! The future of cars is said to be driveless cars. The future of cars in every kid's eyes were supposed to be flying cars or cars that travel back in time; however, our technology is nowhere near those vast advancements. Our next biggest step, to say blatantly, would be driverless cars. Imagine a long day on the road and the driver needs a break; however, everyone else that's able to drive is asleep. So, the driver uses his driverless car so that he can sleep. Since no car has been proven to be one-hundred-percent driverless, the car notifies the driver that he needs to take the wheel. He doesn't catch the notice and they crash. According to the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming,' "..their cars have driven half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless." This makes the cars dangerous. Using the example above, someone may see that driverless cars are unsafe. In fact, the article even states, "the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern." In the article it also says that some scientists are said to believe that cars driven by humans are safer than these driverless cars. A lot of good things come with the car, unfortuantely one of those goods things is not safety. In conclusion, my stance on driverless cars remains unbudged. I myself oppose driverless cars, deeming them to be too unsafe. These cars could cause so much damage in such little time. If safety is our number one priority then sticking to human driven cars is our best bet.

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Computers don't have emotions, but you do! Imagine technology that seriously works for you, not only at home but also in the classroom! If technology could accurately read human facial expressions the learning possibilities could be endless. For example, think about that one story that you're forced to read that you just can't understand and brings out all your frustrations, with facial expression recognition you probably will never be so frustated again. The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom is unbelievably valuable. Technology in the classroom has already begun to advance rapidly with educational websites such as ; Google Classroom, Edulastic, Khan Academy,and Mathia. The facial recognition technology could enhance a students comprehension to maximum potential. In the passage " Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author states in paragraph 6 line 6,"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.",this kind of technology can possibly boost testing score and even help children falling behind instead of holding them back another year. The text also states in paragraph 6 line 10 that ;"Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communcation,"notes Dr. Huang.". This example actually explains alot of real world issues in the classroom, such as the fact that some students refuse to even try to communicate their confusion or boredom in the classroom so then they often disengage in the lesson and miss every part that would be essential to reaching standards created by the state. Many parents or administrators may not agree that this sounds real or possible, but the logic is right before our eyes. In the text the author states how the technology performs the task of reading emotional appeals. For example, in paragraph 3 line 1 the author says,"The process begins when the com puter constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit". So apparently this process goes beyond just looking at the face,but actually looking for the movements in facial muscles. The author also talks about the muscles that present certain emotions such as the ; the muscles above your eyes (frontalis oars lateralis) raise when you're surprised,the muscles around your mouth (orbicularis oris) tightens your lips when you're angry, and more. This shows that the computer breaks facial expressions down to a science. So now what do you think? Computers advance more and more everyday, however facial recognition may just be the beginning. Learning in classroom has become based on all technology in many different forms. Facial tachnology will broaden our horizons with better test scores and happier students that can understand the material evn better than before! The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom could be a life changing improvement in the 21st century since every student has different wants and needs as far their education.

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The goverment uses a system of elctoral votes well i dont think we should during the presidential election the people shouldnt be voting for an elector who is gonna vote for them. we shouldnt have an electoral vote because as always there would be a close election and the person with the popular vote can somtimes lose the presidency "and yet the electoral college still has its deffenders what gives". The bad thing is knowyone really votes for the president with an electoral college depending on what state you live in you"ll have a certain amount of demacrat for the person an a certain amount of republican and depending on who you chose theyll get those 34 votes why is that fair. Electoral colleges can really mess things up because when you vote you vote for somyone who wouldnt even be in the public office so who are vyou really voting for somtimes the state conventions make them choose who thier voting for. most of all this process can really confuse you and make you choose the wrong canidate. Then if theres a tie then the votes get xent somwere else were morev strangers that you dont know vote on youre votes The goverment uses a system of electoral votes i dont think we should do that because every state has an uneven number of electoral votes wich can kinda throw the hole voting process off so  let the people have thier own say in wh they want to vote for    

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Dear Senator, Do you really think the electoral college should stay? The second source states that Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency. Does that make any sence to you? That even though the majority votes on one thing but they dont get that in a democracy? The electoral college is just a waste of time. Why would i want to do what the second source says and vote for a guy to vote for who i want to vote for? Reald that sentence again. Makes absolutely no sence. The only part that makes sence is that no matter how large of an area or the bias of an area, the electoral college can not be bias. I think we should not have the electoral college. Mostly because i dont think i want to learn about swing states and run off elections and stuff. Thanks for the consideration, PROPER_NAME      

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Despite the conditions on Venus, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit. He supprts his idea by showing the reader how important Venus's surface is. He also talks about why scientists are still curious about Venus and why Venus's history can be important geographically. Long ago Venus was very earth like. Venus had a surface of rocky sediment and included familiar features like valleys and mountains. The planet was also largely covered with oceans. in hopes of venus returning like its older self, scientists are looking into a way to explore the planet, but with its challenging conditions scientists are looking into more options rather than sending humans which could be disasterous and wouldnt be very safe in those unimaginable conditions. The author goes in depth as to way scientists are trying to find an alternative to sending humans. With ther conditions of Venus its dificult for scientists to find a sollution. Althougth these obstacle, the author pushes the idea to continue the research on venus. In conclusion the author uses good sources to back up his idea on why scientists should continue their work with venus.

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LIVING CAR-LESSLY There's a revolution that stands before us in the form of a new lifestyle: Car-free living. Taking the globe by storm this global phenomenon presents us with a more efficient enviornment, a huge drop in car accident tragedies, and a more functionable lifestyle. First and foremost, the given: a better enviornment. Air pollution is a global issue that has become very previlant in our society today. In places such as Paris, France, extremes as far as fines for those who drive around in cars are enforced as a way to fight it's overly dense smog. Also, the president of the United States, Barrack Obama, has set a goal to curb the greenhouse gas emissions in the country. When government iniative are set to such its obvious that it's becoming an issue. If everyone begins to enforce a car free lifesyle then the world will reach a tremendous turning point and will be able to preserve our planet for the future generations. Furthermore, it is known that car accidents are a common occuring issue whether it be small or deadly. Intoxicated or sober accidents can be just as bad. There will be no more bikers or pedestrians being hit and need to hitch hike will no longer be an issue as well. If we remove cars form our lives then we get the advantage of putting our society in a more safe way to transport. Finally, car free lving will make us a more functionable lifestyle. The need of having to go so far for simple things will no longer be an issue due to the fact that everything that would be essential would be easier and closer to assess. People would begin walking more which would very much so decrease the obesity rates in many places. Also the expanison of public transportation will mean that people are more likely to have a more direct stop near the places they go. In sumation, living car-lessly is a life lived less carelessly. It brings a coupious amount of advantages which means that everyone will have a safer, more funcitonable, and efficient lifestyle.

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However venus orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide onl limted insight on ground conditions because most forms of light can't penetrate the dense of the atmosphere.Also researchers can not take samples of rocks or other sources from that far of a distance so there for they need to get a close up of the planet to figure it out.Despite all the risks they are going to have to take like fist off they tested samples of silcon carbide in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus surface.Also lasted three weeks in the experment then they tried a differnt idea that would also work for a amount of time such as mechanical computers wo played a big role in this situation.By comparison the systeams that used mechanical parts the researchers hade to make it look more resistant then what it already was before to heat,pressure,other types of sources.Another fact would be that the conditions of just exposing a cell or even a device could be turned ito acod or heat on venus because of the tempture that is so hot there also I think that should not be our limits I think we could still do alot more proggrese with this types of ideas and planets.

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Should NASA Go to Venus? Our Solar System, Earth, Space. Many astronomers want to get more information on our Solar System and the planets on it. For example, Venus. NASA should not make ann exploration to study on Venus because of the risks and the affects it could have on humans. In the article,"The Challenge of exploring Venus", it states the interest NASA has on Earth's "twin" Venus. However many of the condtions on Venus are very different from our home, Earth: Venus has the hottest surface tempature of any planet in our sola system," (Paragraph 3). With hot conditons many risks can arise. Well, What about Humans? As in the last Paragraph Venus' condtions are not very safe. NASA knows the risks that could play out, but they believe it can work: ''NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scienetists to float about the fray,"(Paragraph 5). With the right technology, the risk of Venus's hot and rocky could be elminated, with a few "minor" problems. With NASA's possible "sollution" to explore Venus, it would eliminate some problems but the overall condtions would make it hard for humans. This is seen in Paragraph 3,"Tempatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit...these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth". Even with NASA's sollution,the heat and the enviorment would not prevent that much harm with this sollution. Some people might say that even with the condtions being risky, it is still survivable: "Not easy condtions, but survivable,"(Paragraph 5). However Venus's weather and condtions can be very unpredictable. It would put peoples lives in danger not knowing what to predict. If NASA does have a sollution will it be able to be ready for unpredictable weather and conditions:" additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface,"(Paragraph 3). However some people might add that there are conditions on Venus that humans could survive, like solar power and less radation,(Paragraph 5). These things would be somewhat "okay" condtions for humans, with NASA's sollution in place. But overall a trip to Venus would cause many risks and problems due to the conditions and affects they would have on humans. Therefore, sciencetists should not study Venus with the dangers present.

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Do you want to help other countries? In the process you can see, and take a tour through the ruins of great places. That's what Luke in, "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" did. More people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you join you would be helping countries after World War II from all over the world by, bringing them horses, young cows, and mules. You can help nations rebuild since World War II destroyed a lot of land. I know this because in the text it said, To help these countries recover their food, supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.) Some may argue that sending all of the animals overseas might reduce the animal population in that country that is sending them away. But really we have enough cattle in places like America. Also joining will give you an oppurtunity to visit all of the ancient ruins of a great city. The author wrote, "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special." On the other hand people will say that they have already seen the Acropolis or China or Europe, but the countries\cities are fascinating. I think you could see them again. Last it teaches you how to be hard working. I know this because, On the second trip Luke served as a watchman. His job was to check on all of the animals every hour, One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. It teaches you something, but sometimes it's dangerous. Luke almost flew overboard into the dark Atlantic. That was my persuasive essay, do you want to join the program now? I still think more people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. I think that seeing the Acropolis in Greece would be amazing as well as seeing China and all of its great places.

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Space has always been considered the final frontier for humanity, and us as humans can only dream of what is out in the cosmos, awaiting to be greeted by us and our goals of exploration. That is why the exploration of Venus is so important, despite any and all dangers there are with doing so. Venus could be our stepping stone into a new era of exploration, pushing humanity into another golden era, or a renaissance. The first reason that will be explained as to why we should explore Venus, despite its hostile environment and dangerous aspects, is that it tells us more about the planet itself and gives us insight to dealing with more challenging and dangerous scenarios in the future. Knowing how a planet works will always be beneficial to us and help in future space exploration, especially when the planet is our planetary neighbor in the solar system, and may have once held attributes similar to Earth's long ago. The similarities between the two planets pushes for exploration as Earth may one day end becoming like Venus and require a call for innovations to accomodate humans onto the planet. This speculation on the similarities also points to the question on whether or not there was once, or still is, water on Venus. This is because if there really has even been any form of water on Venus, then that next points to the question about life on Venus. Venus's similarities to Earth don't stop, however, as Venus is at least now similar to Earth with its surface of rocky sediments, valleys, mountains, and craters. The rocky planet's formations and such have been found to be similar to those found very commonly on Earth, emphasizing on the theory that Venus may have once been similar to Earth, and if it can be helped to be restored. If this were possible, then it would make Venus a second hospitable planet for humans within the solar system making transportation easier than other planets as it is one of the closest planets to Earth, but cheaper as it would require less resources. In the end, Venus should still at least be explored more thoroughly on its surface, and perhaps later underneath into the deeper undergrounds below if the technology ever becomes available, as this allows for potentially useful information to be gathered on the planet.

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Therer are many reasions why you would want to join the cowboy riding the waves program. One you get to meet all diffrent people from all around the world. Another one is you get to visit all diffrent countries around the world. You also get to try great food and macke good frends qand learn new games and,you get experiance with animals. Like luke said during the free time you got to play games. Such as baceball,voleball,table ping pong/table tenis,boxing and all difrent games you learn. But like luke said there are risks. Like when he fell and almost went overbored. And he also cracked a rid and,was out of work for a few days. If you get sea sick ezely this is not fore you you go over very rouph waves in the Oichan. And if you get home sick this is defenetly not for you you will be far from home. These are some reasions why you might or might not want to join. It is fun but you also take a risk. and that is what luke did and he loved it.

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Dear senator, I was meaning to ask you can you please leave the electoral college. In way many people were grateful for this kind art education in many ways people use this place for so long to know how many scarefices that many people choose this area than no other. There got to be a diffrent reason to come in mind for can stop this idea from elimanating this fine place to construct for all years of hard work. For so long many people still would like to choose this college as great example for their success. This my letter to you senator. But if you refuse this than i don't know what i would do,but  what I do know is you choose what it came from your mind I can not stop you from picking the good or bad  choices but I can help you pick the right choice. As well making a election area that only happens in four years is not really worth anything many would disagree for this nonsense build and just forget what just came in mind and pick the right choice.    

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Hoping for a mere 538 people to vote for our nations president seems like an unfair way of voting. The Electoral College is a process of voting in which 538 electors vote for the new president for our nation, where 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Which ever elective has the most votes from states is the winner. I believe that if the Electoral College was abolished, then we can have a more fair way of voting. Sure, The electoral college has some perks like a certainty of outcome, but there is more negatives on keeping it. If we got rid of the Electoral College for good and replaced it for a classic "most-votes wins" election then the nation can have a clear view to who their votes go to. This way, votes aren't decided by popular electoral votes. The president should win over the most of our country with good qualitys that people want to see. People need to open their eyes and see "When you vote for a candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." (Posner, In Defense of the Electoral College) If you vote for your favorite candidate you are voting for the state to win by popular vote. We should keep it simple. Add up everyones vote for whom they voted, and who ever has more votes wins. "The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational."(Plumer, The Indefensible Electoral College) It says it all, when the Founding Fathers made the Electoral college, the country was a lot smaller than it is today. The Electoral College was needed because there was a chance that the election could be tied. Today, the country is huge. The chance of a tie 1 in a trillion chance. I feel that we should give it a try, and abolish the College. This nation stands by freedom, and voting should be a choice.

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

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Dear, to Miami senator. Americans should change election by popular vote for the president of the United State. The Electoral College it's not a good thing that is helping the citizens to express thier own thoughts in political. In Electoral College it's not really voting for the president it's for a slate of electors that turns elect the president. This shows that we the "People" that have the right to vote who we believe to be the leader for United States we are not really choosing him. Additional, " The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer shows " the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational". This can explain the Electoral College is "unfair to voters because the winner take all system in each sate" that means candidates can't spend time in each state getting their chance to win thier vote from the state for the next four years. However, electoral college "avoids the problem of elections in which no candiate receives a majority of the votes cast" shown in " In defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the preseident" by Richars A. Posner. This can help the candiates to not be a tied so the Electoral College reduced and thiers a clear winner. What if their was a tied would citizens like a machine take thier decision on who's going to be the leader of the United States ? I don't think so becasue a machine doesn't have a right to vote. In therefore, in 2000 Al Gore lost the presidency but won the popular vote. "Over 60 percenet of voters would prefer a direct election ... this year voters can expect the popular vote win could again lose the presidency" explain Plumer. This wasn't the voters decision was the Electoral College we should't have something that doesn't express our right of speech in political. However, the Electoral Collge "process consists of the slection of the electors, they vote for President and Vice President" this shows that the citizens can vote to be the most faithful President to be the leader on this opportunity land. To end, we shouldn't keep something that it's not really showing the voice of each citizens on this wonderful world we have as Ameica. To conclude, we should change election by popular vote for the president of the United States. If we have a tie in the elctoral vote, "the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president " this explain we the citizens didn't chose the president would you like the citizens get mad a make a protest to chose the president ? American would like that so please senator take out the Electoral College becasue you never know if one day the citizens get as one to protest to get rid off the Electoral collge with their power of speech.      

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Driverless cars, I feel like its a disaster waiting to happen. As we exploring the world of cars and what they can teach us we will have a few bumps along the way. This is one of those bumps. Driverless cars will defeat the purpose of the 16 year old child earning freedom and driving on his or her own. It's not fair to the current generations that they won't be able to drive like past generations have. If you pull text from the 8th paragraph it staes rather clearly that it's not really developed the way they wanted it. It's more like roadside assistance. But the driver would get rather bored waiting on his or her turn to drive, if they even get a turn. This is just one of the many negatives of driverless cars. The law in many states say that and driver needs to be present and in control but California, Flordia, Nevada and the District of Columbia are starting to allow it. People out there are starting to believe that it's the next great thing and that all the other states willl follow alot like the rise of homosexuality. Now don't get me wrong the idea of a driverless cars seems pretty cool and the world would love the change but is it worth it? Think of the thousands of taxi drivers and limo drivers that would be out of work. Think of the people that work at the BMWs, they would be out of jobs and wouldn't be able to provide for the families they have. Is it all worth the unemployment line filling us in busy towns because the cabs have no reason to be driven? The passage also allows the reader to wonder what would happen if the car malfunctioned. Would it be the drivers fault or the companies fault? This could simply be avoided and that makes lives alot easier and even though you have to go through task of teacher the newer generations to drive wouldn't that be eaier than taking and risk and possibly dying beacuse you wanted to use a driverless car. The passage also states they've already got a phase A of the driverless car. Google has presented a car that can drive up to 25 miles per hour with no issues until it needs help swearving throughout traffic. Then and only then will the driver be able to control the car. Other than that the car is just a no driver needed car unless a situation happens. This also could upset the driver because they might've wanted to drive but they have to wait his or her turn to control the car. This could also cause many issues and it's a huge possiblity that the car accident rate can and will increase because of the malfuntions of the car. In short this passage can be connceted to Surealism. This whole idea is a figure of someone's imagination and they thought it would be rather cool to eleminatedivers as jobs. Think of the taxi and limo drivers they will lose jobs if people have driverless cars. It also defeats the purpose of maing the world a btter place because now there will be homeless people and people needing jobs that aren't avalible to them. Do you really think that this sureal idea is the best idea they could come up with?

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To whom it may concern, The growing debate on whether or not the electorial college is necessary for when the country is voting for it's president. I am writing to argue that the electorial college is vitial to the presidential election process becuase it evens out the importance of all the states' votes, gives us a certainty of an outcome, and allows for toss-up states to vote for the best candiate.(Posner) It can be precieved that the electorial college is a non-democratic way of voting for the president. Although it may be seen like that, it is in fact favorable towards the people becuase the electors that you indirectly vote for are voting for the same candidate as you were. The electorial college has been around for decaades and has very few times caused a disruption in our country. Why should we eliminate a process that has worked for years and will continue to work for years to come? The electorial college should be kept becuase it allows for the smaller states to compete against the larger states in terms of votes for the presidency. A state like California has a larger population than Alaska so in turn they would have more voters. The electorial college evens out the number of people per state that votes so the candidiate chosen is truly who the country wants as the president. A larger state would also get more attention than a smaller state due to it's size difference. Smaller states would get discouraged and soo only the larger and more populated areas would vote becuase they are getting the most attention from the candidates themselves.(Posner) Our country is made up of fifty states and all of them should have an equal imput in who runs our counrty. Many of the time voters will vote becuase they want to have their party in the president's seat. There are some states that are called swing states that will vote for the president that they beileve will have the best impact on our country reguardless of thei party preference. The electorial college lets the voters from these toss up states vote for the best candidate becuase they are more likely to make thought out decisions because they listen to the candidates proposal and not their party.(Posner) With this in mind, that means that in the end the president chosen is thought to be truly the best winner for the presidency because the toss-up staes chose them over the other. A dispute is possible when the outcome of the president's election is presented. However, it is likely that a dispute will happen if popular vote were to be the process of electing our president. There is very little chances that the electorial college will have a tie and there is the realisation that if popular voting were to happen, there would be more tied elections happenning. The country wants to have certainty when voting for their president and having the electorial college allows for every state to have a definite candidate and in turn the country can have a definite president by the end of the elections. The electorial college is vitial when chosing the presdient becuase it gives us certainty in an outcome, evens out the importance of states votes, and gives swinger states an equal vote as well. We need to keep the electorial college and should it be eliminated, it could put our presidential elections at risk. For decades, the electorial college has worked and our founding fathers believed it was necessary. I implore to you thatkeeping the electorial college is the best for the president's elections. Sincerely, A concerned citizen    

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Technology in modern day is advancing in leaps and bounds, and one of the areas people are most interested in is transportation. People are constantly looking to make their commute faster, easier, and more fun. Safety is a main concern for many, and society is looking to create fatality-free roads. As such, driverless cars are the ultimate goal for our society. There are many pros and cons to such a thing, and the risks far outnumber the gain at least for the time being. Many poeple argue that automated cars would be safer than a human driver. People are subject to risks such as distraction, drunk driving, and human error while machines are immune to such ailments. An automated car can safely navigate under certain conditions, and when a threat is apparent that the car cannot handle on its own, a human can take over. For several years, cars have been built with systems such as automatic brakes and other automated features that can assist the driver or fully take over the car. Traction control brakes sense when a car is sliding and stop it even if the person behind the wheel doesn't realize that they are in danger. With successful technology like this, people assume that making cars fully automatic would increase the safety. People would even get the chance to relax while in the car. Trips that formerly took a week or more could be made in days if the car could drive itself while the human driver slept. It would also be possible for people to do things such as work or watch television while in the car, things that previously would cause incredible danger. While there are many benefits to fully automated cars, there are also risks that come with the technology. First of all, the technology does not even exist yet, and it is unclear when it will. For now, cars are only partially automated and fully automated cars would need a certain set of requirements to be met in order to function properly and safely. The amount of sensors needed to achieve full automation is astounding. It would take several different kinds of sensors including cameras, radar, and many more. Some of these need magnets or radio signals while on the road to function, so if an anomaly occured that put them out of commission, things could go terribly wrong. The cost of such things is incredibly high. The car in and of itself would cost much more than the same model without automation. Tax payers would be required to pay for installing magnets or other feedback technology on roads so the cars would have enough information to function properly, and people could fall into debt for the luxury of an automated car. In the year 2016, automated cars are a dream that is far too dangerous and costly to pursue. Years in the future, it may be an innovation bringing safety and comfort to hudreds of people, but in the present it is impossible. The cost of installing the necessary technology for such cars to function would delve too far into taxpayers' pocketbooks to be truly profitable, and the technology would need replaced every few years anyway. If something were to malfunction in just one car, it could cause mass chaos and death or injury to potentially hundreds of people. At this point in time, the technology has too much risk to be possible in the near future.

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In German life goes on without a car and for some of us that wouldnt be too easy. Just think how much money they save for not paying for gas,car payments and parking places,plus if you dont have a car its always good to ride a bike or walk somewhere. And 75% sold there car just to move here. Its easier for citys to walk and drive around somewhere. Its easy now to get where you need to go if you walk because they made stores close by so you can walk to them. Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. If you had a even or odd license plate one day you werent aloud to drive that day you had to wait. But some people did not follow this rule about 4,000 drivers were fined. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France after having some of the people not drive and after five days of intensifying smog. Cold night and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap in car emissions. What they are doing is really good because this could help people not drive as much. Bogota,Colombia people hiked,biked,skated or took buses to work during a car free day. It was the third straight year cars have been banned. Only buses and taxis were allowed for work and transportation. Even when it had rained they didnt care they still kept walking. Parks,Sport centers and shopping stores have gotten alot better because of the people walking. For a very first time Colombian cities ,Cali and Valledupar joined this event too.1990's is when they started a day without cars in Bogota. Trying to make less people drive now a days. President Obama's goals is to curb the united states greenhouse gas,it says americans are buying fewer cars ,fewer licenses and driving each year. The kids now a days dont really care about driving too much or care to even get a license. Driving by young people decreased 23 percent bewtween 2001 and 2009. The number of people driving now has gone down from the miles on the cars. Mercedes and Ford are already rebranding themselves 'mobility' companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle.  

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In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile ," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Now for this techology to be used in the classroom I have mixed feelings on weather this is appropriate to use. In the other hand it could potentially increase the student body to be more compatiable with being in school and truly enjoying the enviorment and space that they are in. Due to the fact that the teachers know how the students feel or mentally react to on what is happining. The reason that I feel that this should not be used in school is the fact that it violates all of the personal and private feelings of a student and the lack of emotions it can tell, According to the text it states " Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger , disgust, fear and sadness". There are more emotions than that. One out of the six actually represent something good and happy the other five are more on the sad and unhappy emotions. Another quote from this article states " In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day". If that is true then there would no point in for an emotion to tell you how they truly feel. There is nothing better than another warm blodded person with emotions aswell to say something such as hey i can understand what your going through I feel the same way you didn't have to tell me but I knew. On the other side of the spectrum and saying how this could benifit the students and the teachers is how to make the class or more engaging to the students. As stated in the article " " A classroom computer could recpgnize when a student is becoming confused or bored ," Dr. Haung predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructure." " That could help a lot of students especially the ones eho normally dont like school. Plus this machine will potentially make you happier stated in the article " The Mona Lisa demonstration is realy intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows you just how much this computer can do." This coul help people with persay deppresion and confusion on making a choce or big decision on something. This manchine the " Facial Action Coding System" could help with you arround your freinds or a crush/ significant other on how they truly feel twoards something. Aswell as trying or attempting to make them feel better. In the article stated it sites " For instance, you could probably tell how a freind is feeling simply by the look on her face. of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc" This could say help the autistic kids who cant read emotions or conversation ques, and understand them so they dont hurt somebodys feelings. Furthermore, the text states " According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but also may even help produce them. " Doing so could help your freind whos having a bad day have a happier one or a loved one because thinking and trying to be happy will actually make you happy. In conclusion in the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I have personaly mixed emotions about this being used in schools as seen. Then again my overal feel of this is posiitive and sholud be regulated within schools. Due to how this may impact the teaching area and enivorment to best help the student or just a person in general.

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The author suggest that studyng venus is a studying venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presentes, Thay found venus is the closets planet to earth in term of density and size ,venus is something right around the corner. and also '' venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system'' that mean venus havae differents weather,climate. venus planet is so inhospitable, like no body can live there. has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus, venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. the radiation would not exceed earth levels. that was to hurd for them but survible for humans. ''rendering standard forms of phography and videography ineffective''.that show many rearchers are working to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus. The nasa is working on other approaches to studying venus,the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.''but tend be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions'' that show they neede be carefully in the extreme physical condition.By comparison systems that can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces, The earth and leyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but they will should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation, like generation about something importants for example venus was probably covered largely with oceans.

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Hey, have you ever wanted to go sight seeing? well you can now if you make the best choice by participating in The Seagoing Cowboys program it will take you to very wonderful and unique places. It allowed me experience adventures that I've have enjoyed and I hope you will to. Once you join the program When I first graduted high school I worked two part time jobs. I worked at a bank and a grocery store. Then my friend Don reist asked me if I wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I couldn't say no this was an opportunity of a lifetime. The time was 1945 world war II was over. It left a lot of countries in it worst time. I decided to help these people. First we recovered their food supplies, animals, and anything else they needed. Then 44 nations joined together and made the UNRRA aka The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation. THey hired "Seagoing Cowboys" of the animals that were shipped over seas Don and I signed up So in closing if you sign up you can go see the world and help people at the same time. Who wouldn't want to do that? If you ever wanted to help people or see the world it can be very very easy. It will be the best thing that ever happend to you

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It seems that technology gets upgraded yearly. Recently, Apple has created a software called Animoji. This software allows you to have an emoji replicate your facial actions. This ties into the new software, the Facial Action Coding System. This software analyzes your face and can tell you how much percent happiness, anger, sadness, fear, suprise, or even disgusted you are displaying. Since we already have facial recognition, why not have the software to tell you your mood. This software would benefit education and provide a safer area for students through recognizing extreme signs of depression or anger. Our mood can either help or damage our learning processes in school. If you are in a bad mood, you will not care as much as you would if you were happy. This software would be very benificial for any classroom. Having this software could help students learn. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr Huand predicts. Then, the software could modify the lesson to suite the students need. This software could boost the students grades, because the students would be more focused or not get confused due to the Facial Action Coding System. Not only will the software boost the students education, it could also help the school identify if someone is extremely depressed or angry. This software could prevent anything drastic from occurring. It could prevent suicide, shootings, fights and all sorts of things. It could save someones life, if not many peoples lives. Overall, the Facial Action Coding System can benefit our education and learning processes in numerous ways. It can recognize when a student is confused, and then it could modify the lesson to help the student understand the topic. It could also recognize when a student is bored, and then modify the lesson to be more interesting. It could improve the school's awareness to when a student is extremely depressed. It could also improve the school's awareness to when a student is extremely angry. The shool could then help the students who are depressed or angry to prevent anything drastic from happening. These are several reasons to how the Facial Action Coding System could benefit education and provide a safer area for students through recognizing extreme signs of depression or anger.

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That one person, having the overall say in the United States. The U.S. has ever four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November elections to determine our leader. the process or system that takes place now is the Electoral College votiong system where people elect electors to vote on the President your state discides on. I disfavor the Electoral College system, because of the overall fairness. Planning the future, the College of Electoral system has a "lack of democratic pedigree." Having things change for the worse the states elect all their trust into a elector that may not vote for the president the states civilians want. Then the ratio to the amount of civilians to the number of electoral votes are off. "Wyoming represent 500,000 voters, would have much  say as thee 55 representatives from Califormia, who represent 35 million voters." Voters have to realize that their political prefrence will not make as much difference in the Electoral College, than in the popular vote. If the population of voters want a certain President, then it makes sense to have him elected. It has the same concept as the "winner take all" system, but their will be no faith in an elector that may confuse his purpose of votes. The Electoral College avoids the problem of might having the states with no candidates to cast their votes. Also making the President visit certain states with a enormous amout of voters and try to win their votes. This make the President learn about the conflicts of the states and what their problem is to try and compromise it. Some people prefer to have elector, because they want to have a political prefrence. In a proportional manner with equal input into the election, the future would have to change making it popular vote wins. In the point of view of other civilians, other people from other regions may feel disenfranchised. Then segregationist will be equal in input taking out the favortism. December is now here and the elector will vote in a new President. The rules of electing an offical leader may change, but the proccess of being offical doesn't. The President must first prepare a "Certificate of Ascertainment" witch causes the President to record all the people and information involving in the election. This is for the record of the Congress and National Archives. The proccess of election should change, because of the overall fairness of the amount of voters to electoral votes. This democratic pedigree will give everyone an equallity to voters and amount of input.

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Hello my name is Luke Bomberger and, welcome to the Seagoing Cowboys program, you can't stand animals getting hurt or even worse so join the program to save the little critters. Now don't just sit there lying on the sofa, come help us save animals and the plants, so they both don't get hurt. Being a seagoing cowboy is much more than an adveture, it opens up everyones world world. Here at the program, we have all sorts of fun, volleyball,baseball, and even table tennis tournaments and more. You can be 18 because when me and my friend were here I just turned 18 and I was here that is how I got my start, we got here August 14 the Pacific war had just ended. We headed for Greece with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. In 1945 i have made nine trips the most of any seagoing cowboy, it was not brevity to cross everywhere to where i needed to go, I also toured Canal on his way to China. It took two weeks to croaa the Alantic ocean form the eastern coast of the united states and a month to get to get to China. We need more people to help us with this program, so why don't you just join us already come on it will be fun.

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In the passage the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports this idea because it shows us the positive side as well as the negative side. For example a positive thing is Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. It is also the closest in distance too. Despite all the dangers Venus has the author wants us to examine and study the benefits and the challenges Venus has for all of us. Here in Earth we are used to the atmospheric pressure and the amount of carbon dioxide we encounter on earth. The quote "On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees fahreinheit,and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." shows us how a negative thing is that those conditions are way more extreme than what us humans contribute to on earth. Meaning that we would not survive in Venus in those conditions. Another thing is that Venus has a way more hotter surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. This shows us how even though mercury is closet to the sun, even venus has a hotter temperature which to us that is dangerous. More over high pressure and heat, the venus weather presents additional inpediments such as erupting volcanoes,strong earthquakes,and most likely lightning strikes. Scientists are discussing further visits to Venus. As well as astronomers think that there might have been a possibility that in venus it may well once have been the planet that has been more earth-like planet in our solar system. The quote "Long ago,Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth." shows us how Venus one day could have became a planet just like earth and have life. Which is a positive thing because today venus still has some features that are similar to those on earth. Some of those characteristics that venus has similar to earth are valleys,mountains,and craters. In the future this could be a recall that venus can one day be a safe option for a planetary visit,space travel,and maybe one day it can have life. The NASA has an idea for sending humans to study venus but could that really be a safe plan? There plan to the rare conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above. The quote "At thirty-plus miles above the surface,temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahreinheit,but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth." shows us how those would not be easy conditions for humans to travel and be survivable too. This is a risk that humans have but scientists are telling us to look at them as challenges and not risks. Which could be a negative thing. In conclusion the author explains the negatives and positives that Venus has for us in the future and today. There can be risks but if they find a way for us to be safe, everything will be okay. Human curiosity will lead us into many new adventures in the future. Our travels on earth and beyond shouldn't be limited by the dangers and doubts, but lead us into the safest way possible.

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Can you imagine in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? I cannot imagaine a future like this. I see a future where we all learn to drive safely and without pollutuion. I do not believe that driveless cars are good for the future because pollution may increase. Also with drivers not needing to drive could cause more accidents. And expenses will increase on buying the driverless cars. The first reason a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because people won't want to learn driver safety. If we make cars that drive on their own why would someone want to read or learn how to actually drive? With cars that doesnt require you to focus on a road people will text, play games, talk to other passengers in the car and not even realize what's going on on the road. Without driver safety people will question why we need driver tests. My second reason a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because accidents could occur more often than usual. With the need to not pay attention to the road people will be more likely to roughhouse within the car or argue over who can sit in the front seat. Everyone knows, technology fails from time to time, if we allow these cars to be made then what does the driver do if the car malfunctions? Drivers and passengers will not see the need to wear a seatbelt because they believe that the driverless car will keep them safe because machines can't make "human error". My final reason a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because expenses will increase on buying cars. With the way the economy is who is to say that everyone will be able to afford a car with such technology? The way that families and jobs are it is not to say that a person may have enough money in the budget to buy these cars. If they we to buy the car how will they get the money to recieve this veihcle? Saving, the people will save all their money so once they buy the car the will be broke and it will be even harder to keep a house or food on the table or even to wash their clothes. So to conclude. The reasons why I believe a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because driver safety will be ignored. Accidents will occur more often. And Expenses will be to much for the people.

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Driverless cars should continued to be developed and improved. The driverless car has such a bright future. Think of a world were there would be no car crashes or long lines of traffic due to an accident. The driveless car could do that for the world. If the driverless car is continued to be improved, who knows one day it may not need a driver at all. Even if it never gets to that point theere are still many positives to this car. There would be a large decrease in the number of accidents due to the fact that people wouldn't have to text and drive or be on their phones at all while drive. This car could change the way of driving as we know it. The technology of this car could improve to where there would be no need for a driver at all. In this case, the world of driving would be dramatically different from the one today. They amount of accidents would probably be cut down to almost zero and the amount of lives saved from this would amazing. This would happen due to the fact that human error would be taken out of the driving world. There would be no accidents due to drinking, not paying attention, or cell phone use. The amount of time waiting in long lines of traffic would be none existant because there wouldn't be any accidents to hold up traffic in the first place. Even if for some reason there was traffic you could just pass the time by taking a nap or something of that nature because you would need to contistly pay attention to what is going on. The world with completely driverless car would improve the daily lives of the people. Nevertheless, even if this technology never reaches this point completely the driveless car is still a step in the right direction. The driverless car that isn't completely driverless can still decrease the amounts accidents just not to almost zero. This driverless car can still cut down the accidents do to not paying attention and cell phone use. Since this driverless car cuts down the amount of accidents there will be less chances for traffic but in some cases traffic will occur. This driverless car still improves the daily lives of people just not to the same exstint as the completely driverless car. The driverless car is a step in the right direction. Weather it be the driverless car or completely driverless car, they have to start somewhere. As technology improves so will these cars and one day they maybe able to drive themselves completely but to be able to get to that point that need to continue to develope this idea so that it can get to its full potiental. The future for this car is very bright and could change the world as we know it.

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Limiting car usage can be a good effect but also can cause a lot of stress. In source 2 it tells how on Monday motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or they would get fine with a $30 dollar charge. An it happened to odd numbered plates the next day. I dont htink thats a good thing to go by because some people might have jobs hoe are they suppose to go to work? other than a city bus. Source 3 tells me In German Suburb they do things without cars. An it say that 70 percent of Vauban's families dont own cars. An the people who do have cars 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe are responsible for it. Source 2 also talks about a even that they have that last all day. The event is to not use cars during the whole day. Lots of otheer countries thought that it was a good idea so they joined into the evnet. The day without cars is part of a improvement campaign that started in Bagota in the mid-1990s.    

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A huge crowd gathered around me. Teens and young men were crowding around, adjusting themselves to get a better view. This was going to be difficult. Someone shouted,"Why are you here?" I closed my eyes and prepared my speech, here goes nothing. "My name is Luke Bomberger and I'm am here, gentlemen, to persuade you to join in a program called the Seagoing Cowboys program." There was a hushed silence as I finished my proposal. I could see the looks of confusion on many peoples' faces. I'm off to a good start. After a few seconds there was mumbling in there was mumbling in the crowd. "What's that mean?" Someone shouted. "What do we do in it?" Another chimed in. There were multiple questions being fired in my direction and I was starting to get a headache. "Lower your voices!" I shouted as I raised my hands in a stop gesture,"I can't answer your questions when you guys are being so loud." Finally th crowd calmed down. One young man pushed himself to the front of the stage where I was and asked, "What do we do if we join the program?" I was prepared for this question and replied," Well, in this program you have to help take care of the animals, like horses and young cows, to cross the oceans." I felt like that sentence didn't have enough information, so I added,"World War II has ended and we need to assist other countries that have been affected by the war." "WIll it be boring?" One man asked from the back of the crowd. All eyes were on me, their gazes intent on what I was about to say. I stopped and mulled over my thoughts before answering,"Well, not really. You would be able to see other countries and their landscapes, but you would have to clean the stables and feed the animals. When they are returned to their destination, on the return trips you can have a lot of fun. I had played some sports like baseball and table-tennis with the other boys who had join during one trip back to America." The crowd looked interested. I felt like I had said the important parts to persuade them. "Is it dangerous?" One person said. "It can be at time when it's raining extremely hard on deck." I admitted. I thought I needed to say more, so I added,"All the adventures you can have will be exciting, but one thing this program has helped me be aware of is the people of other countries and their needs. I played my part in assisting others, will you do the same?" There was excited murmmuring as everyone surged forward. I felt pride in what I had said. "I want to join!" Someone shouted. "Where do I sign up?" Another one asked. I allowed a smile to appear on my face as I pointed to the left. "You can sign up over there."

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Have you ever thought about joining a Seagoing Cowboys program? Well my name is Luke Bomberger and I am a member. The Seagoing Cowboys program is a group of people that help countries that have been in World Wars recover food, supplies, animals and more. The other members and I do so many cool things in the program! If you were to join you could do these cool things with us. So you should think about joining the Seagoing Cowboys program. Joining the Seagoing Cowboy program is an opportunity of a lifetime. While traveling you can see many landmarks or historical sites. Maybe we could see the Great Wall of China sometime! You could meet many new people in the world. Oversea you could learn many new languages like Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and many more. If your in a Seagoing Cowboys program you could visit many cool places. You could see the Great Wall of China or even The Acropolis in Greece. While being in the program I've been to the Acropolis in Greece and I've ridden in a Gondola in the streets of Venice, Italy. You could visit landmarks and even statues of historical figures. After delivering the animals and food we clean everything up then we have a bunch of free time. In our free time we play baseball, volleyball, table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to help pass time. We play all these things in the cleaned out stables of the animals. We all have fun! If you were to join us I bet you would have a bunch of fun too. In conclusion, joining the Seagoing Cowboys is fun, friendly, and fantastic! We help many people but we have fun at the same time. Everyone in the program right now is having fun. I would love to see all of you join the Seagoing Cowboys. Hope to see you sign up soon!

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Cars are a very, very common mode of transportation used all over the world. People depend on cars to get them from place to place every single day. While driving cars seem to be the quickest and easiest form of transportation, there are negative sides to it. These negative effects can be harmful to the environment and humans if we aren't careful. Therefore, citizens should take a step forwards limiting their car usage. The advantages of limiting car usage is that it reduces smog, saves resources, and is a healthier lifestyle. When cars are used, they can pollute the air with harmful chemicals and toxins. Air pollution is a serious issue that is occuring around the globe. This is important because cars are polluting the air we need in order to survive. Some cities around the world have gotten so polluted that they had to restrict people from using cars over a period of time to try and cleanse the air. If you drove during the ban, then you would recieve a fine. Paris and Bogata are two cities that particitpated in the ban. After the pollution cleared up some, the ban was lifted in both cities. Therefore, reducing the air pollution is a major advantage to not using your car as much. Over time, cars can use up a lot of resources. Cars run on gasoline, which is a fossil fuel. There is only so much of it and once it's gone, it's gone. Our fossil fuels are being used up quick, so it's time to start saving them. You can save resources by driving around less. Instead of driving yourself, you could either walk, ride a bicycle, skate, ride a bus, or car-pool with some friends. These are all ways you could help save the planet's resources. Lastly, limiting how much you drive your car can be beneficial because it is a healthier lifestyle for you. You could get more excerise and help the environment at the same time. One community in Germany, named Vauban, gave up their cars completely. They are in a movement called "smart planning." This community gets around by walking or riding bicycles. Their lifestyle includes having stores and markets a walk away so they have easier access to them. Having a healthier lifestyle is an advantage because it's important to take care of yourself. The advantages of limiting car usage is that it reduces smog, saves resources, and is a healthier lifestyle. Driving less reduces smog because it helps clean the air from toxins. It also helps save the limited amount of fossil fuels that we have. Not to mention, driving your car less will give you a chance to live a healthier lifestyle because you will get much more excercise. Overall, driving less is beneficial to both humans and the environment. Therefore, join the movement and limit your car usage.

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In the last few years vehicle emissions have been heating and even destroying our atmosphere. Cities and even whole countries are taking precautions to lower the amount of fuel emissons recorded in the air. It's not only that people are trying to cut back to help the enviroment they just arent driving as much anymore for some reason, even in areas that driving would be more useful than other forms of transportation. You may want to cut back after seeing why they did too. In Germany there is a suburban city that has given up their use of vehicles. One of the local residents stated "When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way." You may not notice it but the hustle and bustle of everyday life and commuting may just be putting more stress on you. Cutting out personal commute will not only be making your life less stressful it will also help clear the air in some cities as well. Passenger cars are responsible for nearly 50 percent of greenhouse gasses in car intensive areas in the United States. Something as simple as not driving as often or cutting back totaly can help you and others. In Bogota, the capital of Colombia it has been the third straight year of Day Without Cars. Day Without Cars is one day that all Colombians hike,bike,skate,walk or took public tranportation to get to work. The goal of Day Without Cars is to promote alternative transportation and reduce fines. A citizen talking part in the action stated "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Now in America it has been recorded that Americans are buying fewer cars and getting less licences each year. The number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and have been slowly and steadily dropping after. Transportation is is the second largest source of emissions but you can help lower that. More and more people have been choosing alternative transportation than ever before. Also more people have left the sub-urban enviroment and moved to urban ones so alternative transportation is even more needed than before. Also whats the point of driving if you live near the place you work cutting down on emissions is one of the most important objectives right now. Many great things can and have come by cutting down private transportation. It conserves resources, cuts down on emissions, and also improves safety. Multiple people say that commuting less has made thier lives less stressful than ever before. The amount of smog in cities have decreased, helping to get cleaner natural air those compact areas. Anything you can do to help make your lives easier you should and cutting down on emissions can help make that easier.      

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First , me and my partner Christina was in the lab one day when we discovered a mask on Mars. Me and Christna thought different things about the mysterious mask on Mars. My thought was that it was just from natural landform but , Christina thought different she kept going on about how the "aliens" made the mask to tell us there living on Mars. I asked her alot of time about why she thought that and you wanna know what she always said! She said "isnt it obivious that no one else in on earth and so no one can make it". I was thinking she was crazy! Shee must of been off her rocker . Some facts from the story is that "A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation. . . which resembles a human head. . . formed by the shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth." and " Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image appeared on a JPL web site , revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Last , what the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West.

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Driverless cars are a thing of the future. There is no doubt that they are comming and comming fast, but I do not believe that there will be totaly driverless in my lifetime. There would be many required updates to the curent roads. Along with the roads, laws would have to be updated as well. I do not believe that driverless cars are the best kind of cars for these reasons. Although there have been many good improvements on the modern car, such as seat belts and air bags, I do not think that driverlessness will be one of them. They have created many improvements to the driverless cars, but they are still not totaly driverless. A machine can not take place of a human. Even though driverless cars have all the technology needed to drive on the average road, they still need help to get in or out of driveways or dealing with traffic issues. The car cannot stear itself thorugh roadwork or accidents. What is the point of a driverless car if it cannot drive itself? Another reason the driverless cars are a thing of the future and not of the now is because there would require far too many updates to the current road system. I do not think that it would be safe if there was a mixture of driverless and non-driverless cars on the same road. What if a driverless "'driver'' did not the warning to take over soon enough and ran into an non-driverless car. Whos fault would it be? The "driver'' or the manufacturer. I do not think that driverless cars are in our best intrest because of all the updates they would require. Another update required would be law updates. I think that if we went to driverless cars we would have to make everyone switch to driverless cars. If they work how the article clames, like a public-transport taxi system, than it would put a lot of public transportation workers out of buisness. I live in Indiana, on of the many states that do not allow test computer-driven cars. If our state won't even test them, then how are we suppost to know if we can trust them. I do not think that driverless cars would work for us because we do not live in a city. This would not be practical because in my town we do not use taxis, so why would we have access to driverless cars? I do not think that driverless cars are in our best intrest because they are not totaly driverless. They would also require too many updates to our roads and our laws. Driverless cars may be a think of the future, but not the near future.

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I believe that driverless cars are not a good idea. They have the potential to be very beneficial but there are many complications. Driverless cars are expenzive, cause liability issues, and may not be 100% safe for all of the passengers. Driverless cars have many parts to them. They contain lots of technology and different types of sensors, a GPS receiver and a camera near the rearview mirror. Self driving cars require all of these things and more in order to be able to drive around the same skill level as a human driver and to be semi-driverless. All of the technology required to build these cars will make the cost of these cars very high and not very affordable. Technology is not fool proof, and neither are humans. Both make mistakes and legally you would have to be able to answer the question of whether or not the person in the car that is "driving" is the one at fault in an accident, or if it is the fault of the technology and the manufacturer. At the moment, these cars are only semi-autonomous and require a human to be in the car and ready to take over in case problems arise. If the driver isn't able to avoid an accident because of the cars technology, then who's fault is the accident? Safety is another important concern. Will fully autonomous cars be able to react quickly enough to prevent an accident that a human could have avoided? I think that semi-driverless cars are a better idea than fully driverless cars as technology can fail or malfunction and that can put all of the passengers in the car in a dangerous situation. Having an alert human driver that is able to control the car at any point and time would be important for the safety of the passengers. I do not think that having cars that can drive completely by themsleves is a good idea. It would be very expensive and they would not be available to everyone because of cost problems. There is always going to be oppurtunity for the failure of technology in these cars and that can cause not only liability and legal issues, but would also raise saftey concerns for those riding in them.

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Driverless cars are a good thing. They will have a positive outcome if they are created. Driverless cars are the future of the road. The progress in just the past 15 years is incredible. The next 15 will hold even more. The future holds many new advancments. And as stated in the text, "Television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves." It's been a making in the works for years. Now the dream is finaly coming into sight. Driverless cars are becoming more and more pluasable. There is a lot of sensor and equipment that go into making these cars safe. So much, in fact, that these cars may be safer than actual drivers themself. The high tech gadgets attached to the car help it "see" it's surroundings and drive safely. The farther advanced the reaserch goes, the safer and more reliable this technology will get. Some may say that these driverless cars are not the future. They say it's to dangerouse or to expensive or to advanced. While it is expensive, driverless cars are still the furure. They are very safe, in some cases safer than an actual driver. The technology is not to advanced, it's being studied and develped every day. The technology is right in front of our eyes. The driverless car is the future. The more advancments made, the closer we are to making this once so far away dream reality. What was just a sci-fi story in movies is now being tested and develpoed. What was said impossible is now within reach. The though of driverless cars is becoming a product. Driverless cars are coming, and fast.

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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative ideas of driverless cars. Some say that driverless cars will be the future to public transportation, but others think that dirverless cars should be illegal even to test on roads. The development of driverless cars should be illegal. Google has had cars that could drive indepently but under very specific conditions. Google's driverless cars are not truely driverless. These cars still require a driver to navigate in and out of driveways and if there is complications in traffic such as contructions sites. The driver must stay alert at all time is complications are ahead of them. For some smart cars there must be electrical cables sending signals to the car. But without the opition of smarter roads manufacturers how will the car sense what is ahead? The manufactors would have to install more motion sensors, which requires more money and time that people do not have. Humans are far better off to control the car, rather the car control them. The driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. Lawmakers know the right way to get the alert the drivers if something is happening ahead. Most traffic laws are written with the conclusion that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. For most states it has been illegal to even test ccomputer-driven cars. Though some people believe that driverless cars should be legal to develop and drive.Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions that the driverless cars will be the future of public transportation. The use of driverless cars can decrease the use of gasoline and can be less harmful to the community. If driverless cars become popular there will be less accidents. Yet the people would still have to navigate the cars into or out of driveways and through construction sites. The author of this article presents the reader with a positive and a negative aspects of driverless cars. some people believe is a great idea to develop these cars, But technology always has a down fall to it, if someone is injured by the driverless car who is to blame.

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Many people go through many different emotions throughout their day. They show their emotions with facial expressions which also let's other people around them know what their current feelings could be. Although some people's expressions are hard to read due to them not showing emotion in their face or hiding it,they can go through a process in a computer system named 'Facial Action Coding System' in other words FACS ,which makes the computer determin their feeligs. This is also a good system for when historians are trying to figure out old pantings like The Mona Lisa. This computer system can work well because it determins a persons feeling,it can help make better computer-animated faces more expressive,and it can help modify a teaching lesson according to the student liking. First the computer system can tell what a person's feelings are. In paragraph four it read "By weighting the different units,the software can identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared againts a neutral face". Another example can be found in paragraph five, it talks about how the computer software stores simliar codes to figuring out emotions and also talks about Da Vinci studing human anatomy to help him paint human facial expressions. These two examples show somewhat how the computer system works and how effective it when it comes to facial expressions. Secondly FACS can help develope better computer-animated facial expressions. In paragraph six it read "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery" Another example is found in paragraph three when the author talks about 3-D computer models of the faces. He also talks about the muscles used when we make an expression. This two examples can show how FACS can help figuring out which facial expression is used and how to demonstrate it more strongly. Lastly FACS can help figuring out lessons based on the students facial expression. In paragraph six it said "A classroom computer cpu;d recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored,"Dr Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor. Another example is found in paragraph four when the author talks about individuals showing vary degrees of expression making it hard to tell exactly what they feel. This examples show that knowing a students main emotion to a lesson can help modify a special lesson making them enjoy it better and learning more. In conclusion FACS can be very usual when it comes to determening and knowing exacly one's feeling. It can also be useful when historians need to figure out emotions people felt during erlier times based on a panting. FACS also can show the many different moods a persons facial expression can contain. FACS will be used when determining a persons feeling,makeing better computer-animated faces more expressive,and help modify a teaching lesson according to the student liking.

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The use of this technology (FACS) to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable, because it has evidence that it works on facial expression on what peoples emotions are. I know this because the text states "For example, your frontalis pars muscle raises your eyebrows when you're suprised;your orbicularis oris tightens your lips to show anger." Also "Eckman has classified six basic emotions, hapiness, surprised, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. It is valuable in a classroom because it can prevent bullying, by showing the teachers what students are feeling if they are sad or angry about something and it can prevent school shootings with students who have "emotional" problems or have thoughts about harming others, basically it can prevent alot of things happening in school n can help students cope or think about hoe they are feeling to effect what type of day they might have. This is why FACS is valuable in a classroom.

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my reasons to think that the face or rock formation on mars that looks like a face is just a natural formation because many scientists figured it was just another martian mesa whiich was common around cydonia. also many conspiracy theorsts say that they are hiding something when actually defenders of the nasa budget wish they were an ancient civilization on mars also few scientists believed it was an alien artifact also when they took another picture 10 times sharper it revealed thatt it in fact was a natural formation. but not everyone was satisfied so they took another picture with MGS but it was not easy because It was hard to to find the exact position of it and they had to look throught wispy clouds. they also took a 2nd photo which was extrodinary because they used the cameras maximum resoulution which would show anything such shacks pyramids or planes you could see what the were what the picture actually showed was butte or mesa landforms common around the american west. therfore this evidence proves that the "face" on mars is just a natural landform common n the american west on our planet.

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I believe that driverless cars are pointless. They aren't really driverless, there are laws in some states against testing driverless cars, the traffic laws are written assuming that it is most safe to have a human driving the car & you don't know who will be to blame if an accident or something goes wrong. Driverless cars aren't fully driverless. The driver still has to take over when pulling in and out of driveways & dealing with complicated traffic issues. For example, navigating through roadwork or an accident. What's the point of having a driverless car, when you still have to be alert and paying attention? People want a driverless car so they don't have to do any work.Many people don't pay attention sometimes or get distracted while driving. This a dangerous disadvantage. The driver could be distracted and get into an accident because they weren't paying attention and didn't take over the car when they needed to. The laws for driving rely on an alert driver to achieve safety while driving. Today, traffic laws are written assuming that the only way a car is safe is if it has a human driver in control at all times. In most states it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars.Manufacturers hope that more states will allow them if they are proven to be more safe. However, if there is an accident involving a driverless car who will be to blame the manufacturer or the driver? Driverless cars also require a lot of sensors to mimic the controls of a human driver.Google's modified Toyota Prius uses sensors on the left rear wheel. on the roof, a video camera near the rear view mirror, four radar sensors, GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor. All of the sensors could malfunction and something could go wrong with the car. Having to rely on all of the sensors to work correctly isn't very safe. I believe that driverless cars should not be used now, in the future, or ever. If you have a driverless car, they aren't driving themselves they are just assisting you. There are also many things that could go wrong with the driverlass cars also.Technology isn't always reliable, and could not work at any time.I think that there are too many disadvantages to having a driverless car. Don't get a driverless car, they are useless and complete nonsense.

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Do you think this would be a good idea? In the reading Making Mona Lisa Smile by Nick D'Alto, Mona Lisa is mostly happy a little disgusted and a little fearful and a little angry this is about mixed emotions and coming up with a new technology about reading yoiur emotions and calculating them for you to see whos really happy or faking happiness. This is about calculating emotions on a three D computer. First off, Mona Lisa is mostly always happy and she wanted to come up with a way to see if a lot of school students are happy or just faking there happiniss and hiding there real emotions. there is this three D computer that can take calculations on your emotions and tell you if you are truly happy or hiding your real emotions. secendly, theres ba computer that contructs a three-D model of the face and all 44 major muscles in the model must move around like the human muscles. there are six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness the three-D computer can detect all six of these emotions and calculate the emotions and tell you how you really feel. you can tell when someone is truly smiling because there muscles in there face move a serten way and if it is a fake smile your muscles move a different way therefore you can tell if the smile is fake or not. Therefore, yes i think this new technology would work because the three-D model can detect the true feelings you have and calculate it i think you shoukd try this if you ever get a chance.

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Cars that drive them selfs well that sounds a lot easier than having to drive everywhere youself. If cars could drive themselves there would be a lot of pressure lifted off of people. For the fact we dont want to crash or get pulled over, the simple stuff like that. After all there still would be areas were humans would have to handle depending on how smart they make the cars. It would be nice to just sit and be able to look around while the car drives itslef and im not the only one to think that. First, say you were going on a long road trip you could finally pay attention to the view for the fact your not the one whos driving so you could stare out the window and admire the view. Being able to see things you havent been able to see befor for the silly fact tha you were driving and had to pay attention to the road. There might be times were you have to take the wheel because of where you are and how many other vehicles are around, but you could always get back to admiring the view anytime. Say you had to wait in traffic you wouldnt be the one to have to do it because your not driving. There are a lot of good reasons to let the vehicle do the work for you. Second, if the wehicle is high tech enough were it could sense danger or out of control skids or rollovers then you could feel more safe knowing youll be safe. Driving safe is a huge part of driving period if the vehicle can do that on its own without fail then you can do what you need in the vehicle like maybe text or call and still feel safe. Eventually the vehicles will become smart enough were it can do almost anything a person could do so it could handle more driving tasks on its own. So far the cars arent fully developed to where the vehicle is completely driverless. The in car system is actually a safety feature and safety is a huge concern. Last, in the near future cars will be a lot more efficient and safer to get around in. There will be aguments about these vehicles. The point is the future is near and we are becoming a lot more advanced in technology. To move forward we need to create inventions tha no one has thought about weather they like it or not. Eventually everyone will get used to the idea. The fact is we have a long way to go before the cars can truly do what we want. It is ahead of us eventually we'll see things we never thought we would. We have to keep moving forward with ideas like this brilliant one. Every step we take we keep pushing toward the idea of driverless cars and we will get there.

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He graduates from high school and his friend changes his life. His friend changes his life beacuse he goes on a opportunity of a life time. And that's where his life changed they joined the UNRRA a program to take care of animals horses young cows and mules. I would join this program beacuse it was when world war 2 was going on and that would be nice to experience that. Another reason is that you get to take care of cattle on a ship. The 3 reason is that anyone can sign up even if your in a small town. They we're going to Greece ands it was special to go there.and you could tour places that you went to and they practically went all over the world. And it kept them busy and his job was to check on the animals. The last thing it was more than an adventure and it was just the beginning.

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Cars are used everyday to get from one place to another. In some places, people depend on cars more than others that live in different parts of the world. However, the reduction of car usage has many advantages; the planet would grealty benefit from less pollution, traffic jams would not be as frequent, and people become more healthy as a result. Limiting the use of cars would greatly help the problem of pollution in the world today. In the article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal, In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars, she describes what affects cars have on pollution, "Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes....Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United Sates" (Rosenthal). One can clearly see that cars are a major factor in the pollution dilemma that so many peole are trying to resolve. Everyone can take a part in the resolution of reducing pollution by depending less on cars and using other modes of transport such as public transportation, biking, or even walking. Some cities are placing enforcements to ban the usage of cars. Paris is an example of one of these locations. The result of the enforcemnt was that congestion (or smog) went down 60 percent. This is a great improvemnt for the city, which is known for having near-record pollution. Multiplying these enforcemnts to other cities would definitely bring down a large percent of the pollution found on Earth. This is benefiting not only the planet, but also the population that lives on the planet by enabling them to breathe healthier air. The cause of traffic jams is the abundant amount of cars on the road, which could be avoided if less cars were used. Andrew Selsky wrote in his article, Care-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota , "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a care-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams" (Selsky). With no cars to clog the streets, a relaxed sentiment took the place of a usually anxious and hurried feeling. Rush-hour restrictions were put in act, and have drastically cut traffic. Less honking takes place, and more time is saved in order to get to one's destination. Cars are not always needed to get someone where they want to go, and the enviornment is less stressul without all of the congestion of cars on the road. People become more healthy when car usage is limited. Instead of taking a car to get from point A to point B, some people are walking or biking instead. This is a huge benefit to the people that are exercising. Also, in Care-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota, it says that parks and sports centers have bloomed throuhout the city of Bogota because of the decreased usage of automobiles. The parks and sport centers help people stay active and healthy. Although cars are useful in order to get to one's destination, there are many advantages to cutting back the usage of them. A huge advantage is that pollution would drastically go down. Another is the time and stress saved from less traffic jams. Lastly, people would benefit from the way they are making their lives more healthy.

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Driverless cars really are not such a thing of the future anymore. They are here and they are improving to imitate human driving abilities, but are we humans so sure that we want them? I mean, sure the driverless car seems so convienient and everything, but if you still have to pay attention to the road then what is the point? Driverless cars may seem great, but they truly are not. So many teenagers are foaming at the mouth practically to get there license when they turn 16, and some people just love to drive in general. They would not want to be driven around by a computerized car. Driving yourself around is a passion for some people. I personally do not think driverless cars should be a thing. Technology is always getting bigger and smarter, but will it truly be smart enough to simulate the thought process of a human brain in a bad situation while driving? It does not seem very likely. While there are many pros to driverless cars, there are also cons. One of the main cons that comes to mind when I think of a driverless car is the safety of it. I mean sure, they may be proven to be safe, but almost all technology messes up at somepoint. How can the creators of driverless cars say that they are completely safe. For all they know there could be an unknown glitch in their server and it could cause the car to crash and the driver to die. Also, in the article they said they use a lot of sensors and radars to simulate that of the human vision. What if one accidentally broke or malfunctioned, but continued to drive seemlessly without error? As mentioned in the article, the driver could be using one of the entertainment systems that they build into the car to occupy the driver while the car is self-driving; consequently, they may neglect to see a car in front of them and crash because they were distracted by the entertainment system, and then there is a possible human life lost. Who would be at fault then? Would the company that made the car be responsible? Or how about the driver who was distracted by the car's entertainment systems? No matter who is at fault for the wreck, the wreck could have possbile been avoided if there was a human driver behind the wheel. These are jsut a couple of the many safety concerns that come with the possibility of driverless cars. While they may be advanced, futuristic vehicles, they seriously be thought about before trusting a human's life with them; consequently, I think they should be kept off of the roads until they are proven 100% safe. I really do not think driverless cars are a good idea until they can prove that the technology that goes into them will run 100% error free and not malfunction. Until that happens they should not allow them on the roads just for the sake of human lives being at risk. All it could take is a single crash, and while I know that hasn't happened yet, it is bound to and a human life will be lost; therefore, I say keep them off of the roads. Driverless cars are not for us until we can prove that they will not glitch or mess up and crash.

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The article " A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" is about a boy named Luke Bomberger. His friend Don Reist invited him to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke knew it was an opportunity of a life time. To help these countries recover their food suplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.) In 1945 the UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. On August 14 1945 Luke and Dom headed for greece with a cargo of 335 horses plus. In 1947, Luke had made nine trips-the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The Cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. I think that being a " Seagoing Cowboy" will be fun and adventurest. As you travel on the cattle boat you will be able to visit unique and amazing places. You will also have fun while you are doing it. You will also be able to experence lots of thing that most others can not. As your doing these fun and exsiting stuff you will also be helping those recovering countries in need of help with food suplies, animals, and more. So in my point of view and Luke's is to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. If i were you i would definatly help thhose in need of foos suplies and animals. If you like/love animals and helping others in need this will be a perfect job for you.

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I think it is very capable of being used in a classroom or elsewhere to use. In paragraph 3, it states that the technology scans 44 muscles in our face precisely, to determine how they have moved to show emotion. If a prinipal was talking to two students in his/her office who were in conflict, the prinicpal could hear both sides of the story, and then use that technology to scan the students' faces to see how they were feeling. If one felt 83% angry, and the other only felt 36% angry, he could talk to the kid that was more angry to try to get him to calm down. If he thought one of the kids was only pretending to be happy, he could scan their face as well and determine what emotions they were actually feeling. In paragraph 7, the author explains how the technology can pin-point the facial muscle movement in order to precisely tell how the person is feeling. If a person was faking a smile, the scanner would detect that, because it says that when a person is not genuinely happy, their "smile" goes more sideways, and their cheeks don't move up. When a person is showing a real smile, their cheeks go up and their eyes squint, like crows feet. So if a student and another student were in a principals office over a fight, instead of the principal asking them "How are you guys feeling?", he could just simply scan their faces' 44 muscles and let the software determine how they were feeling. I like the idea of the facial scanning technology, but realistically, we probably won't have this in our schools anytime soon. It would cost too much and it isn't really a need. It is a helpful tool, but teachers and administrators don't need it when dealing with students.

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Pursuting Venus Imagine having a twin, but never knowing anything about your twin due to the dangers they posses. Well, Earth and Venus are a great example of that scenario. Earth being the planet us humans live on everyday of our lives, Venus´s aspects are similar to the ones of Earth´s. Keeping this in mind, Venus has a plentiful amount of dangers that lurk the planet, delaying the exploration of our twin planet. So why does the author suggest that we should pursue exploring Venus? The author belives we should pursue exploring Venus due to the possibility of a crucial planetray vist, being scientifically productive, and overall just having more knowledge of the planet itself. To begin, if Earth were to ever start to decade and there were still human life, would living on a different planet be an option? Astronomers have conducted studies showing that Venus may have once held life there itself. In paragraph 4, the article states; ¨Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rock sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.¨ This example shows that our Earth has similar factors of that which Venus has. Another example to show that us humans may one day be able to colonize Venus,if the occurence were to happen, is the conditions. In paragraph 5, the article reads; ¨Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.¨ Although the statement claims that the conditions are not easy, they are still bareable to the human population. Summing up, Venus could soon be a home to us, and scientest will soon be able to know whether or not that is possible by exploring Venus. Secondly, the exploration of Venus can provide more scientific facts, proving to be scientifically productive. To do this, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send humans to collect data. Hostile conditions may play into how we do this, but NASA´s possible solution would allow scientists to exam our sister planet without interfearing with the hazardous conditions. In paragraph 5, the article states; ¨Imagien a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or more 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 wpuld avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying out of their way.¨ The idea of this hovercraft is based around the already scientfic facts of the planet Venus, such as the temperature and air pressure the hovercraft would be experincing. In paragraph 5, the article reads; ¨...temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth.¨ Consenquently, the hovercraft could provide more benifical scientific evidence of planet Venus for our astronomers and scientists. Last, but not least, using what we already know about the planet could help NASA and scientists to further explore Venus. Studies conducted to enhance our technology of exploration have shown what Venus could damage. In paragraph 7, the article states; ¨For example, some simlified 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.¨ This exmaple shows what possible scenarios could produce from the pursuit of exploring Venus. The end results will then contribute to greater advancements of that certain technology to one day be able to withstand that conditions of Vneus. Overall, our previous knowledge combined with new facts and information can assist with how NASA and scientists will explore our sister planet. Concluding, the author belives we should pursue exploring Venus due to the possibility of a crucial planetray visit, being scientifically productive, and overall just having more knowledge of the planet itself. The conditions and atmosphere may affect how much we are able to learn and explore, but NASA has innovated new developments to help us explore further. Consuming all the information, data, facts, and end results have pushed the determination of exploration. With this all being said, are you ready to learn more about our sister planet Venus?

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Is it a face or a landform? In the images captured by the MGS, showed what looked like a face, but starts to shape differently over the years making it seem like a landform. "An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be starring back at the cameras from a region." The "enormous head nearly two miles end to end" seems to be a landform. As thee has been no sign of life on Mars yet, as NASA says, it could not be a human face. After going back snapping more pictures of the formation, NASA finally got a better look and said "There was no alien monument after all." As said by cheif scientist Jim Gavin. Finally, the evidence comes to life as NASA says "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American west." proving that the picture of " the human head" is in fact a landform.

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The implications of technology that can detect emotions simply by reading the muscles in the face sound truly remarkable. The thought that one can tell what another is thinking simply by plugging data or maybe even a picture into an algorithm sounds like fiction, but may soon be a reality. The article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto briefly discusses the possible use of such technology in a classroom. The system could examine student's faces, and if they read to be unengaged or uninterested, could adjust the lesson to make learning more interesting to that group of students. That type of technology could revolutionize learning, and customly tailor lesson plans to the feelings of students on any given day. Technology that reads people's emotions would be beneficial in a classroom setting, because it would adjust lesson plans, make learning more fun, and could also help students struggling to focus in class. The technology to read emotions would greatly change the way students learn. If a teacher used this technology and noticed that all of his students were bored and uninterested, he could alter the lesson plan to make it more fun. Not all students will feel the same, though, which is also where this technology could come in. At the beginning of a school year, perhaps, the teacher could use the technology on the class to see how they feel about the particular subject. Then, the students who are excited about the subject and show interest could be sorted into a class that can be run in a way that makes the class educationally suitable for students who actually want to learn that subject. The students that do not show as much interest, or none at all, could be sorted into a seperate class that makes the subject more fun, but still teaches the same points as the other class. Another application of such technology in the classroom could help to make learning overall more fun for all students. If many students start to become bored, then the teacher could come up with a quick game to enrich the learning experience. If many of the students are already interested with the subject matter, the teacher may not have to do as much adjusting. If the students need to be enriched with games and activities, now the teacher will immeditely know. This could overall make learning a lot more fun, but introducing more games and activities into the curriculum as see fit. If the students want to play knowledge enriching games, they can just show disinterest, and the system would pick that up and inform the teacher. The technology to read student's emotions in the classroom as a very basic level could make learning more fun and personal to the student. Reading students emotions would also be helpful to identify those students who are struggling to focus or simply understand the material being presented to them in class. If a student shows confusion or discontent, it may be able to pick that up and show the teacher specific students that need help. The teacher could take the student aside and ask if they need help, and then adjust their learning accordingly. Another way this technology could help struggling students is to set them up with tutors that are doing well in the class. If a student is excited to learn consistantly during that class period, they could be sat next to a struggling student in order for the one not doing as well to recieve help from a peer. The ability to read emotions in the classroom would help students who are struggling tremendously. Adjusting lesson plans, making learning more fun, and helping struggling students are three of the main reasons in which emotion-reading teachnology would be amazing to introduce into the classroom. The students would control the class, not the teacher, and it would make the learning experience more customized to each particular class. As well, it would allow for more interesting games and activities to be introduced into the curriculum in order to keep learning entertaining and entriching. Students who struggle with particular subjects would be able to recieve help using the technology, and the teacher would not have to guess which students are struggling only based on grades. The technology of emotion-reading should be applied to all classrooms when it becomes widely available, because it could help both teachers and students improve the learning environment.

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Venus is a very worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Why is it a very worthy persut depsite of the dangers? because Venus is the Safe vantage Point of Earth.Venus is the twin of Earth it is very close to the Earth and many other planets.Venus has a lot of reasons to be a worthy pursuit. Venus has some dangers like not a single spaceship has touched down or landed on Venus in three decades. It has a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.The more challenging are the clouds of highly Corrosive sulfuric acid In Venus's Atmosphere. The temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and is 90 times greater than what we have to deal with on our own planet. These temperatures and conditions are far worse than what we humans have to deal with on earth. It could even crush a submarine. There are also frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Next is the benefits and upsides to Venus. Astronomers are shocked by Venus because it was one of the most similar Earth Like planet in our solar System. Venus today still has some similiarities to Earth.Venus has supported most forms of life and has covered largely with oceans.. Venus can be our nearest option regardless of the distance in space travel. Although, there are the upsides there stills questions on how to make going the travel and mission to venus both safe and scientifically productive. The National Aeroonautics and Space administation (NASA) has an idea by sending humans to study Venus. Nasa's possible soulution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. Take a Vehicle for example it could hover of venus and avoid the friendly ground conditions by staying up in the air and our the way. definitely are not easy conditions but humans are capable of surviving it. Scientist are seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand venus and would to find a way to get up close and personal regardless of the risks. Systems that use mechanical parts can be resistant and untouchable by pressure heat, and other forces. Venus still being studied today by Nasa by finding different and safe approaches. In conclusion the author idea on Venus being worthy pursuit depsite of the dangers is very true because Venus has value. The knowledge on Venus will clear up human curiousity and will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on earth should not be stopped or limited by dangers and doubts but should expanded by the imaginations.

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One thing that robots have never been able to do is having emotions. The Facial Action Coding System can provide a new opportunity for emotions to be incorparated into technology. The software allows for computers to read emotions on human's faces and interpret that data. In a classroom, this software can be extremely valuable to educators. The use of the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom can prove to be an extremely powerful tool to educators, as long as it is used in moderation. An educator could use the tool during a lesson to make sure students are engaged, and if a student is bored, the teacher could adjust the lesson plan for that student. The teacher would also know when to help students if the machine is reading them as confused. However, the technology should not replace a teacher in the classroom, as Dr. Huang Suggest, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto). The software can read the emotions, but it can't provide it's own emotions or give the same one-on-one connection a teacher can to help a student. The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) should not be used as a teacher, but by a teacher, so as to help every student get the most out of their education. While this new technology can be a fantastic tool, if not used properly, it could have a terriblle outcome. The machine can read a face and give percents of emotions someone is feeling, as shown in the first paragraph, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry" (D'Alto). However, if humans start using this software constantly, it might begin to replace our own emotion reading skills. However, the ability of the software to detect certain muscle movements associated with faking a smile and other complex emotions, can prove extremely useful in a school. Educators can usually read emotions pretty well, but when a face shows mixed emotions and a student is trying to hide some of them, this system could help a teacher understand what's going through a student's head. The Facial Action Coding System is a huge leap in computer and human interaction. Used carefully, this software can allow for teachers to be even more engaged in their students and know how each person is doing with a lesson. This technology is very valuable to the classroom and should be implemented to benefit student's education and to further our knowledge of emotions.

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In our world today, having the biggest fanciest car on the street is important to some people. But think to yourself for a minute. What is the point? Cars mow down your wallet, Cars are harmful to the enviorment, And lastly cars take up way to much room. In Freiburg Car ownership is allowed but there are only two places to park your car, Both are on the edges of the development. In order to own one of those spots the car-owner " buys a space for $40,000, along with the cost of the home. " This is an Outrageous price just to park a car. If you didnt have that car You would be saving $40,000 dollars alone. You could use this for your childrens college or even house renovations. As a result of this, " 70% of families do not own cars, and 57% sold there car to move here. " In addititon, we all know that cars are harmful to the enviorment. But why do we still use them? Well i can tell you the answer to theat question, Because we are just to lazy. " Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. And up to 50% in some car- intensive areas around the united states. " Lastly, even though cars have reduced in size from many years ago, they still take up way to much room in our garages. " Precepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and accesible to public transportation, with less space for parking. "  What is the point of having a car in an area where you cant even park it. If you dont have a car you have more starage in a garage. Then you wont have to spend even more money on a storage unit. To sum everything up, There are just to many downsides io having a car in your Life. Cars are way to expensive, Cars are harmfyul to our our already fragile enviorment, and cars take up valuble space. " All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, And that will have to change. " The real question is, Will you make the change?   

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Humans are slowly destroying earth and scientists have not found a successful plan for us to follow. Further exploration into Venus could lead to a safe place for humans and proof that there has been other lifeforms. Venus could quite possibly be safe for humans. If humans use a hovercraft to float above the surface, temperatures would be about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. It would be hot but it would be survivable. There are also signs showing that there was oncewater; we could do a water restoration project to have waterthere again. We have been searching for signs of lifeforms for the longest time. Venus shows signs of what we have been searching for. The planet has signs of previous oceans and has analagous features to Earth. It has rocky sediment and mountains. This could mean there was once lifeforms on Venus. In conclusiom, further exploration of Venus could answer some of our questions. These questions having to do with the plan for when Earth finally gives up and the conspiracies of if there are other lifeforms.

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The modern world dreams of many whimsical ideas that one day might be attainable. One of these dreams that is becoming a reality is the idea of driverless cars. Driverless cars are safer, cheaper, and allow more flexibility than modern cars. New cars nowdays are expensive, with driverless cars there would be no need for a personal car because the driverless cars would form a public-transportation system. Also, driverless cars would cut fuel requirements in half due to their precise steering and breaking systems. The self-driven cars would remove the flaws that people make in driving further reducing wear-and-tear costs. Driverless cars are a step in the direction of cost free transportation. Driverless cars are not only cost effective, but they are also very safe. They showcase many safety options that optimize the safety of those in the car and those in other cars. They will be able to sense and react to disasters much better than people do. The information relayed from the sensors better adapts the car to make the best possible decision whereas if a human would go by the fight or flight instinct and possibly hurt themselves or others. Driverless cars are not only safer and cheaper than modern day cars, but they offer more flexibilty than them aswell. The idea that a car does not need a driver will enable the person in the drivers seat to do other things such as reading or doing thier homework. BMW is working on an assisted driving program named "Traffic Jam Assistant" that will enable the driver to do other activities while the car is driving itself and when the time comes that the car cannot overcome the obstacle that it has encountered, it will notify the driver to take control of it. The car company Tesla is working on a vehicle that is planned to be released in the year 2016 that is capable of driving on its own ninety percent of the time. These improvements are groundbreaking and will better the future. The driverless cars of the future will better the world because they are cheaper, safer, and more flexible than modern cars. The possibilities that driverless cars bring are indefinite and are soon becoming a reality. The dreams of the past are becoming a reality in the present.

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There are many controversial ideas about what was seen in the picture on Cydonia. Some belive it was from alien life form some do not. I do not believe that the "Face" was created by aliens. I say this because we have pictures proving so, landforms are known to form in odd ways, and we have double checked and there were no signs of alien life forms. The "Face" was not created by aliens because we have pictures proving so. In the article "Unmasking The Face Of Mars" they said that when they first saw a picture of this mysterious face is was the year 1976. A lot of changes were being made that year, it was the peak of technology for Americans and we were bound to go on in our experiments. it states in the article that " And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original vikings photo." And in return it was a natural landform. But people were still not satisfied. They claimed that the picture was taken at a cloudy time of year for the Red Planet so they tried again as stated in the passage, " Nevertheless on April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look" and the results were as followed, " Marlins team captured an extroardinary photo using the cameras absolute maximum resolution" the results still came back as a lanform. I do not believe that the " Face " was created by aliens because landfroms are known to form in odd ways. For example in the article it states that " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa-landforms common around the american west." They claimed this after taking the picture April 8, 2001. The picture simply shows "a huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose,and mouth." as said in the article. How many times when we were all children did we think we saw someone when it was just a shadow? plenty of times and in this instance it is exactly the same. And lastly I do not believe that the "Face" on Mars was created by alien life form because we have double checked and checked again and we did not find signs of any form of life on Mars. It said in the article that they took a picture in 1976, then they were astonished so they checked again in 1998, and then when people were still not satisfied they checked agin in 2001. It sates in the article that "Each pixel in 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo" and not only that but, " As a rule of thumb you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, he added so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or egyptian style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" this goes to show that there were no life forms ever there and that the face is simply landforms and shadows and that aliens did not have anything to do with this sittuation at all. However though, it states in the article that " The face of Mars has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines,radio talk shows- even haunted grocery store checkou tlines for 25 years! some people think that the face is a bona fide evidence of life on mars" It is not uncommon or odd that peopkle would want to belive that there is another life forms besides what we already know, some would go as far to say that " evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists." as stated in the article. But the most shocking thing is when it says that " defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." I don't see why anybody working with NASA would ever doubt the system if they are a aprt of it, but then again NASA most likely does not just give out important information to everybody who steps foot into there office claiming to work there. And it wouldn't surprise me actually if the budget defenders of NASA did wish that there was actualy life forms because NASA is having to dump more and more money because people like the "conspiracy theorists" can't just have faith and believe what NASA tells them even though they had evidence to back them up. To all of this is still say that I do not believe that the "Face" was created by aliens . I say this because we have pictures and images proving so, landforms are know to grow in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and because we have double checked and checked and there were no signs of alien life or any form of life at all up on Mars. I think that the information that i have presented you with would go to show and prove my theory right.

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"Welcome" says a screen once you get in the car. The driveless cars are coming and we have to get ready for them. Some people might not like the ideal but i here do. I would like to get in the car without putting my foot on the gas to get to my destination. I wouldn't have to worry if im going to fast or to slow. driveless cars are going to be the next big thing. They are going to attract lots of people. Driveless cars are going to help you get to you destination with out you worrying about being tired of driving, They can help you stay at one speed so you won' t worry about if your going to fast or to slow, and they are also are going to attract lots of people to them. The driveless cars are going to help you to get to your destination without you simply being worry. They are going to help you so you won't be tired of driving to get to place and for you not to enjoy the place because of tireness from all that driving. They can get to destination faster than they can because of the GPS they have located them. They are a great help if you have children because the car can be moving and you won't have to worry about keeping your eyes on the road while your kids can be fighting in the back seat. Driveless cars can also be a great help for they people who tend to go over limit. The car can stay at the limit you tell them to go or if you press the gas. It's an easy project for people to love. You can now go on trips and you won't have to worry about the police stopping you for going over the limit. you can also be on the highway and you won't have to worry about keeping your speed at a certain speed. The dirveless car is going to attract many people when they come out. Many people from around the world are going to buy them. I know many people are going to say its a bad idea to have one because there are going to be situations when teenagers drive the car without a license. Other than that there is not a thing that anyone would like to have one. The driveless cars are going to be a worldwide sensational. So like i was saying the driveless cars are going to be phenomenal when they are out. There are somethings the car wont be a good idea. For example the kids who are only 12 they are going to be around they city driving. other than that the car itself is a great idea. They are going to help you get your destination faster and you won't be tired. They are going to help you stay out of trouble from the police. They will help you stay at one speed rate and you wont have to worry about getting ticket while on vacation, They will also attract many people to get one. These cars are going to be a worldwide sensational when they come out. Many people will still have doubt on the car when it comes out but when them everywhere they are going to want one. So whats your opinon about driveless cars?

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"Different things are converging which suggest that we witnessing a long term cultural shift," said Mimi Sheller. As technology advances the world will start to get rid of things we use to use before, so that those new advancements could come and take their place, as time flies we might not need cars anymore, even though they are the most useful thing to get us from one place to another, they are also devastating for our community, and our environment. Now knowing that most people would never let go of there cars due to the amount of money people spend to buy them, that giving them up isn't going to be so easy. However giving up your car will have a major benefit to our everyday life, also there are many other alternatives that you could use instead of your car that will not only benefit you but also the people around you, such as bikes, busses, trains, and subways. Now that most companies are going green, they are developing ways to not let harmful gasses produced by vehicles that burn fossil fuels to stop damaging the earths atmosphere, so the air we breath isn't toxic and life threatening so maybe one day everyone can live in a much cleaner safer place. In a suburb in Germany, the residents have given up their cars completely as to where street parking, driveways and home garages are a thing of the past. There are now only two known ways of parking which is having to buy a parking garage space for $40,000, and your house. It has been working very well because 70% of the towns families don't own cars, and 57% of the people sold their cars to move there. Now being in a car is where the true form of someone comes out, you don't need to even be a driver but you still will experience "Road rage," thats when someone else gets so mad that they will start saying things they dont need, or want to say, but it just comes out with anger that they dont care about what they said. Being to angry is bad for someone because it causes stress and anger issues that will later lead on to heath problems and car accidents, now if we reduce the number of drivers, or even come to a point where driving a car doesn't even exist anymore, the amount of angry people will be reduced, thus making the world a little bit nicer than it already is. Now bringing the topic back reducing cars will reduce the amount of accidents followed by them. Think about everyone you know, now picture those you love who have died by a car accident, Now whether they died by texting, drinking or someone else hit them

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I see driverless cars both dangerous and useful. They can help the dissabled and many people who can't drive at diffrent parts of the day. People that would have driverless cars would be both lazy and easily angered at the car. The lazyness would come from the fact that they just have to sit in the car, and the anger would come when they had to put their hands on the wheel when the car wouldn't be able to drive its self. The cars would need the human to direct it in the correct way at times it can't and the humans would be angry at the car when this happnes. Also the humans wouldn't see the point of having to take a driver's test. The humans would be angry at the licencing branch and the branch would go out of work because they don't have to test people. Honestly, I think this would only be good for only a small amout of people, however if only a select few can use the cars the other people that can't would be angry. I think this could be harmful for the population, but this is only my idea others might find it helpful.

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changing the election to popular vote would I think benefit us and this country. Whats the point on voting for the president if the electoral college is going to do it and will pick the final decision. the electoral college cinsits of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president, but what about us who vote. I feel like there is no point in voting if the whole election is based off the electoral college. This electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system that runs in each state. candidates dont spend there time in the states they have no chance in winning in, they only spend there time in the states they think they can win in. For example in 2000 17 states didnt even see the candidates at all! Some people in these 17 states didnt see one ad at all. Its not like us voters can control who there electors vote for because some voters get confused about the electors and sometimes can vote for the wrong candidate. Its not fair to us if we dont matter in this vote at all, especially when the people running dont send an ad out to every state and dont visit every state. The election is held every four years and we help choose our states elecotors when you vote for president because when we vote for the cadidate we actually vote for the candidates electors so it doesnt really make an impact on votes and i think that we should vote for the cadidates themselves  not there electors. So i think changing the votes to popular vote would benefit us all even if we dont get an ad or see anythin in our state even if the cadidates think they dont have achance in winning they should still participate.

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I think that we dont need to keep the Electoral College because it is not a good way for people to vote. I think how we should vote is by a majority vote where whoever wins the popular vote from all states will win the election and become are president. So whoever gets the most votes per every state that is who will win. One reason why i dont think we need to keep the electoral college is because in the second sorce in paragragh 14 where it says "It's official:The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." It tells you that the electoral college makes it to where no matter who wins the popular vote the canidate will not win if the electoral college wants something different to happen. "The Louisiaa legislature early succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)" i wanted to bring this up because if the Electoral Colege did what they were trying to do then Kennedy never would have been the president and who knows what the history of that presidency would be today. The electoral college is good at some times but i think that who ever wins th popular vote should automatically be the president. In the second sorce paragraph 2 it says "What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college!" According to Al Gore--thanks to the quirks of the electoral college--won the popular vote but did not win the presidency because of the electoral college. Over 60 percent of the people that vote for the president would rather have a direct election than have the electoral college becuse the electoral college does what they want and they do not listen to the people. I just think we need to no longer use the electoral college and just go by what the people of America think will be best for this country.

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A new technologic advancement for reading emotional expressions of students would be a nice thing to have. Not all kids learn the same way as others do. When a kid is sitting in class and is struggling there might be something wrong but usually nobody asks to see if they can help. Every kid has those days where they don't want to be at school and they are not in a very good mood. Teachers will be able to look at them ask whats wrong and then try to make the lesson a little different and easier to understand. When kids are better able to understand they will retain the information a lot easier and it will help them later on when they need to go back and remember what they have been taught. Having computers that can recognize your facial expressions to help you learn would be a nice thing to have. In the world we live in today, there is technology everywhere you look and everywhere you go. In the school district I am in, every kid has their own MacBook and so we are always using technology for our school work. If the computers we used would be able to help us learn easier by telling our facial expressions then I feel like it would be a nice thing to have to help us learn and to succede in life. Not just certain schools, but most schools around the world use electronics and computers. When you use the computer and get frustrated it would be nice if it could change the content of what you are doing to help you better understand what you are doing so you can learn it easier. With facial recognition with emotions would make it nice for the user and also make it a better learning tool for everyone to use. Everyone has sat down at a computer and been frustrated on what they were doing but this could lower the frustration and make things easier for everyone. I do feel like this would be a nice thing to have in schools and that it would help kids and teachers out and that everyone would see a change in learning.

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It is often said that "change is good." This saying is one way to describe my feelings towards the Electoral College. The sources "What Is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register, "The Indefinsible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wronga' by Bradford Plumer, and "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner show the pros and cons of the Electoral College. The Electoral College should be taken over by popular votes because all Americans should have a say in who their next leader will be. The Electoral College may disregard what their voters say and vote for another candidate to be our next President. In paragraph 11 of the source "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer it is declared that "faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate." Voting citizens of America vote for a reason. They vote for who they want to be President, not who the party's electives want to be President. Voters should be able to trust their electors, otherwise their votes are going to a candidate they voted against. Another key point of this unjust way of voting is that people have to put their trust into unknown electors. It is stated in paragraph 16 of "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner "each of the party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee." These electors may be "trusted", but to the unknowing voters of America they are ordinary people who could betray someone very easily. All it takes is one elector disobeying his promise to the candidate he chose to represent to have the fate of American changed. The winner of the election may lose by popular vote and win by electoral votes. This is an unfair advantage that the Electoral College has to the common voters. Voters expect to vote for who they selected, not who the Electoral College selects. It is empahsized in paragraph 10 of the source "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plummer in which "voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors." In simpler terms, this is saying you don't vote for the next leader, you vote for people who may choose the next leader. The people of America vote for a reason, to choose our next leader who will support our country. They don't vote to have a College of unknown Electors choose the next President. It should also be noted that you're techniacally not even voting for a President. It is disputed in paragraph six of "What is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register "when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors." In other words, you don't even choose your candidate, just people who are trusted to vote for them. American voters want to for the nex president, not a board of Electors that they are unsure will trust them. On the contrary, there is the possibilty of it being a very close election where it would require the Electoral College to choose a President. In paragraph 18 of the source "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" Richard A. Posner states "a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." The popular vote might be back and forth between the Presidents, but an electoral vote would create more of a landslide win. In the end, the cons of the Electoral College outweigh the pros of it. The Electoral College is an unfair way of choosing our country's next leader. The change of this ancient voting would be a very good and appreciatef one. If America really let the people of America choose, they would let the popular vote be the deciding factor for our next President of the United States.     

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Dear State Senator, I believe that you should stick with the electoral college, because i don't really care about any of this. But you wanted my opinion so i gave it to you. Also I say to stick with the electoral college is because i don't care enough to give a reason to change your voting to popular vote. I don't really knoe anything about the ellectoral college or populare vot, because you passage is to boring i couldn't get through half of it. I also don't care to much for government. But if i did i would try to read the whole passage and give you a really good essay to read. But i don't and im not that sorry either and don't care. If your really want somones opinion you should ask someone who doesn't care ask one that does because then you would get a good answer but not from me. Also next time you want to give me a passage don't give me one on the government. Because frankly no one im my grade will care because I certeny do not. But thats just my opinion. And i know that repeating things in an essay is bad but really, you need to give this passage to someone that care thats not me. And no one reallt cares about the fiasco in 2000 or any other year for that matter and you can't make them. Also if someone says that can't wright on a spicific topic belive them and try to change it please and thank you. Ooh and if whoever is reading this or if your grading this be remind ed if this was getermining if I were to get out of entsive reading or not for next year i really wouyld try harder. Because we both know this isn't. And im cencerly sorry i havent prepared a better passage for you to read. But im pretty sure you don't read all of it. cencerly, not a good essay wrighter

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As of 1976, there has been ¨a photo from Viking 1¨ showing what appears to be face on Mars. This information came straight from NASA back when they first discovered the face. This is well related to the topic around aliens and alien theories. People have believed forever that aliens exist somewhere is the universe. Then recently becuase of the picture showing the face on Mars strengthening their beleifs. They have said, "the Face is bonafide evidence of life on Mars.¨ Many people believe this face was a monument created by aliens so, here´s why they are wrong. This photo was first taken sometime in 1976. It is a photo of small region of mars with a couple of formations. But one formation sticks out like a tall man in an elementary school. This picture was taken at the right angle at the right time. It makes it look a face with the angle and shadows. And many people believed it to be a monument made by extratellestular figures. Another reason why they believe for it to be made from aliens is because, ¨What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West.¨ Their is a lot of people that would disagree with belief of this face being real. They would believe this way because they would it´s childish to believe that a rock formation on a foreign planet could ever possibly be made by aliens. Another reason why is because if it does resemble a earth-like formation that was not man made, that means the face was made by aliens, it was just an act of nature. It is physically challenging to make a formation, the shape of a human face, on a planet way far away from its neighboring planets. People have also taken more recent pictures of the face. One in 1998 and another one in 2001. The newest one from 2001 is pretty old but gives the most recent information. It has the highest resolution of any picture of that face. In this picture, it is zoomed in more than the original photo and a lot more clear than the first one, their is a lot more detail. But in this photo, it doesn look like a human, it has more of a resemblance of a lion. But also, it looks to be more natural than before because the higher resolution and less blur. Again, the people that have believed that the face wsa alien made rock formation were wrong. It is merely just a natural formation that has face-like features that was believed to be a face because of a shadow and a good camera angle. The so called ¨Face on Mars¨ is no longer real and was just a moment of glory for the people at NASA.

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How do you feel about driverless cars? What do you think theyll be like for you in the future? Are they better than cars that have to be personally operated by the human? Well, they named a few good and a few bad things that would come with the driverless car. They told how you will still have to keep focus on the road in the driverless car because it will need to be hand driven when it comes to work roads and accidents that have happened or even traffic jams. THe good things they said about it would probably be, that it is sensored so you dont hit nothing or it tells you when something is wrong and where your far is at and how its driving itself. The things that are good about the driverless car would be, it could drive itself, you could relax and chill while its taking you where you need to go. Also, its good because it has all these sensors in the car that it can tell when to brake, or when to slow down. This could be a good thing kind of , when it is driving itself you should always be prepared to take over. But it said in the article " While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." So if they ever got into a car accident they could probably go back and look at the cameras too see what the driver was doing and how they crashed. The things that are bad could be that whenever the car wants to go down the company could shut your engine off at any tme and at any place. Whether its still driverless or not you still have to pay attention so you might as well just stick with the divers car. the other bad thing could be your car can decide when to brake and that could be at any point and you could brake at the wrong time and someone could hit you. One bad thing that could also be good is the sensors , sometimes they could go out and your car could start messing up. In my opinion i think driver cars are better because there is so much that could go wrong with the driverless car. Like the car going out and the sensors messing up and you just break down and you wouldnt know how else to fix it, because it has so much technology. But with driver cars you can know when there is a porblem, you know when and where you need to fix things under the hood or on the car in general. The driver cars are better i hink because the person in the car should always have their eyes on the road. If we have driverless cars what was the point in the drivers licence and permit if the cars will drive us? you know ? With a drivers car where you have a person driving 24/7 you know how to operate the car. You know how to change the oil or how to change the breaks so they dont go out and you get in a wreck. I mean yeah you could do something wrong with the car and it mess up but im sure if you're working on a car you have done it before. But drivers cars you dont have to worry about the engine reducing power on you, you just fill the car with gas and your good. But driver ccars you gotta worry about the car breaking down etc. But there are always to fix your broken down car unlike you can with driverless cars. So if i had to choose any car whther it was drivers or dirverless, I think i would go with the drivers car. Because , for the fact i know i could trust the car and i could have the car checked to see if its good for running and driving unlike you could with the driverless car. The driverless car could be good for so long then something bad could happen and you not know what was wrong with it. So if i had to get a car of my choice between drivers and driverless i would most definitely choose drivers.

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This essay is going to talk about the "Facial Action Coding System." This article is called " Making Mona Lisa Smile." And is written by Nick D'Alto. The (FACS) would be good in classrooms. This coding could be good for students and teachers. So lets say we do get this in classrooms, then the robot could tell if someone is having a bad day, or needs more help on something, just by reading their faces. Then the teacher would maybe help the student more or ask whats wrong, and get the student some kinda help. If someone has an IEP the robot could tell the teacher that the student needs more help on this on subject. The robot could possible help the student understand it. If the student stil doesnt understand the problem or the subject, the robot could go and get him/her and say to them " So and so needs your help on this problem or on this subject." And the teacher would go help them. Well the robot could malfunction in the middle of class and and go roge and start herting people. Well if that happended then their would be someone on stand by to turn off the robot and start working on him. So the robot could get back as fast as he could. Well what if that person is sick one day and the robot goes beserk. Then we will have a second person on stand by. The robot would be good in the classromms. This Coding could be good for students and teachers. If someone has an IEP, the robot could tell the teacher that the studnet needs more help than the other students. Well the robot could malfunction in the middle of class and go roge and start herting perople. This could be very good for the class room.

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Dear State Senator, I, PROPER_NAME, think that we should not abolish the electoral college! The Electoral College has been used for many years and not been a problem til now. In my opinion, people are just getting upset because the nominees they voted for didn't get elected. "The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachroninsm, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner". (paragraph 15 in source 3) It's the electors who elect the president, not the people. When we vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. Some people don't know that. Though each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee it is rarely betrayed. It is possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has rarely happened. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president anyways. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign, to really listen to the competing candidates, knowing that they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average, (and for the further reason that they will have received the most information and attention from the candidate, and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election. In conclusion, many people are unaware of the election rules. They don't know what they are talking about when it comes to political stuff. Therefore, you should not listen and keep the electoral college! Sincerely, PROPER_NAME

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The Challenge of Exploring Venus is most important to the Earth that is close to the planet where people in. Sometime the challenge of the planet is for humans to study, apprently it's proximity to us. The author support the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers becuase sometime Venus is right around the corner and human will sent some spacecraft to land. Not only studying Venus will pursuit other life, but some scientist are looking forward to work with the Venus to undertanst more of the challenge that they will know more about. The first reason why venus will pursuit despite the danger it present is that venus are also a planet becuase the reader know that it's the second planet that from our sun. It could be a bad idea that '' Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface ". This is way studying are needed to be used with protection at any case that involved danger. The second most reason important about the challenge of Venus in this planet as an enviornment would crush can be made as " these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth ". Because of this solar system like Venus impact the hottes surface temperature of the planet. The challenging of Venus consider many researchers into working with the machines that probably would allow them to constribute it's to be knows as knowledge. Most third reason that will be know is that scientics are more knowable to learn more about Venus than other people because they are more to understand better. More likely, " 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 " just as we know about how it should not be limited, most people woun't know what to do unless they know what will be next in their challenge. It somehow need to be survivable for humans as well into going forward on something that is challenge. In conclusion, the challenge of Venus is really important to most of the people because venus is like the second planet that need to be look out for and this the reason it dangerous to explore. All it take was to have a scientics that are impresive to know where it actually is.

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Is Venus survivable? Venus is the only planet in our solar system that's like Earth. The author stated three reasons why its worth exploring. The first reason it's like Earth, the second reason is scientist can make discovery, and last but no least it's going to be challenging. Venus is as closest as Earth, some of the feature they have are density and size, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." (paragraph 4) If Earth was dying Venus would be the first place we would go to. scientists said that the only reason why we cant go there now is because of the temperatures. If scientist can discover Venus there there may be a chance we can discover other planet as well and if we know everything about Venus we can sent people there. NASA is finding ways to to explore Venus like "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, 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."(parapraph 7) This shows that sooner or later scientist will find a way to make Venus survivable. The challenging parts are the floor of Venus is way too hot, the text states that "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus’s atmosphere. On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." the longest they can land there three weeks without getting burn. That's the main thing that's keeping humans from Venus. Venus is the closest planet to Earth it has it's differences and similarties. Venus is the referred at "twin" to Earth. Scientist/NASA are working on a way to make Venus survivable.

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What make a person wonder about how the other people feel about them? Imagine being able to know exactly how a person feel and their emotion toward you or other things. Dr. Huang, the prof. of the Beakman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, have created a way for us to figure people emotion. He created the Facial Action Coding System. Facial Action Coding System is a system that make you understand a person emotion by the muscles in their face. The use of this technology to read emotion is valuable for many reason.The reason are that it will make us understand how our friends are feeling, to make sure the politician or celebrity is being truthful, and it help us with our everyday life. The first reason is that the Facial Action Coding Stystem will help us understand how our friends feel. According to paragraph 5, and line 2, it stated that " you can probable tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." There always that friend that doesn't express herself well. If she need help with her life or when she is sad she won't understand how to express these emotion to her friends. This will help the people to understand how they feel and know when they need a shoulder to lean on. Futhermore, the technology will help the citizen identify whether the politician or the president is being truthful. Paragraph 8, line 4-6, it explain, " these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politicain or celebrity isn't being truthful." If we don't have this type of way to figure out if our politician are worth it, then the world would be a mess. We would never know if that person is very truthful in his or her job. Also it a good way to find that good president that will guide us with real emotion and not a fake one. The last reason is that the tecnology will help us with our everyday life. According to the last paragraph, it stated that " moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.("Putting on a happy face" actually work!)" When we have work or when go out it always important to have a happy face. When you look mad and depressed, other people around you will know and they will judge you. Having a happy face will make the other think highly of you. You will be able to get along with your co-worker very well. It to make your life easier and better. In conclusion, Facial Action Coding System is valuabe because it allow you to understand your peers emotion, when a politician is being truthful, and help you make many friend. Some may argue that it personal and it not our buisness to know how a person feel. In order to make our world better, everyone should understand each other emotion for it to be easier to communicate. Other will understand and make this world peaceful.

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The Author supports the idea of studying Venus very well. They give informational texts such as statistics and important information that intrigues the reader into wanting to know more about our "sister planet". He explains his idea,of studying Venus, our "sister planet" , by using facts such as Venus being the closest planet to us, describing the atmosphere the planet has on a daily basis, and incluiding the fact that even astronomers are fascinated by it. When the author said " Venus is the closest planet to Earth. Despite Earth and Venus being our neighboring planet there's still many accomdations they must keep in mind,yes they have similar mountains and other landmade items, but it's also very different. In paragraph, 3 the author tells us how about 70 percent of the planets atmosphere is consitsed of carbon dioxixde. This would surely put the life of a human in danger. With all of this information and comparing and contrasting being made the author is still able to provide us with accurate infromation about the planet itself. "Even astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well have once been the most Earth like planet in our solar system" the author says in paragraph 3. Breaking it into a segment of fascination for the astronmers because it has so many earth like similarities such as, a surface of rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. The fact that land made surfaces, that are prominently known on Earth,are being found on Venus shocks the readers and provides them with an inspiration to see more similaritites. They go as far as to mention that Venus may have once been scattered with oceans. This surpised me very much considering the fact that a planet a years travel away would have some of the same natural things happening on them. When discussing the possibility of traveling to the planet one day, the author describes the climate as being very hot. Observing the planet from a ship orbiting or hovering far above the planet provides only limited sight on the ground conditions because some light simply cannot break past the dense atmosphere. Due to the almost opaque climate NASA has been working on different approaches in order to study the climate. The author does a fantastic job of supporting his claim of Venus being a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. They included some of the most important ordeals and questions some may have regarding to the situtation. They address the climate, astronomers fascination with the planet,and discussing the relativeness it has to Earth. The author provides a strong claim at the end that somewhat encourages the reader, by saying " 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 inovation" he is saying that our advances in the future should not be limited, but adjusted to meet the requirements needed to expand our knowledge.

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Venus it's called "Evening Start". According to the author "Is one of the most brightest points of light in the night sky". To beginig Venus it's a importan planet important because it's on our solar syste. Acording to the athour, "Venus is the second planet from our sun". In other words Venus is the most close to Earth. Another immportant poin is that is not only Venus that it's close to our planet it's "Mars too". According to the author," These differences in sped mean that sometimes were closer to Mars and other to Venuns". In other words this means that it depends on the speed that it's rolling our planet is the more close to one of this planets. Futhermore, the temperature of Venus is one os the most hottest temperature. According to the author "Venus has the hottes surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even thought Mercury is closer to our sun". In other words Venus is one of the hottest planets in our solar system, and Venus is not the close to our sun. To clonclude Venus shlould be study and see if in the future it can create live.

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It takes more muscles in your face to frown than it does to smile. Emotions are everywhere. People and animals around the world give off emotions everyday. Joy, sadness, anger, doesn't matter, it's a part of everyday life. Facial Action Coding System, a software made by Professor Thomas Huang, is allowing us to read peoples emotions, based simply on their faces. As cool as it is, there are some real life applications that can be used with this. Whether it is for fun, or for research, FACS can change the way see emotions. FACS can be used for fun, research, or both at the same time. In the article, to test FACS, they scanned the Mona Lisa and came up with the result saying she is, "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This is when FACS could be used for fun. Imagine going to museums with the worlds most famous painters paintings, and scanning their faces. You could see what the artist wanted them to have their person feel like. Also, you could use it on animals to see if your dog or cat really is excited or faking it. It doesn't have to be used soley for research, but can have a joking or fun aspect with it. Now, it comes down to research. Within the article, they explain its possibilities in classrooms to see if students are bored or losing interest. This can be used in classrooms to change the way the person is being taught if they are starting to lose interest because it can change the lesson to make it more interactive. If a person looks frustrated or stressed over a a lesson, the computer could find another way to explain the subject. Or even if the person is excited, then it could make it more challenging to push them to do better. Possibly, on the more controversial side, you could use this to detect malicious intent. If someone consistently seems upset and angry, it could warn the school or the persons counselor to have them talk to them about any issues they're having. This could prevent possible future issues. Lastly, they could use the information collected to make flexible lesson plans for entire schools or classes. There would be little to no downsides to having FACS in classrooms. Lastly, FACS can be used for both fun and research. Similar to the first paragraph, one could scan their animals face to see if it is excited, sad, or angry. Not only could it be used for fun by scanning your pets faces, but it could be used for research to detect animal patterns or if an animal is sick. All that could help prevent or detect future problems in our pets. In conclusion, FACS is a software that lets one determine someones emotions based on the look of their face. It can be used for research, fun, or both at the same time. FACS could be put into classrooms to help make better learning plans, used to detect patterns between animals emotion for the well being, or just used to tell if your dog or cat is excited to see you. Whether it is for fun, or for research, FACS can change the way see emotions.

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In this passage the author has more cons than pros on why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite all the danger it that comes with it, I can say the few pros the author presents are fairly well but not good enough to make someone and even themselves believe that various forms of life can survie on the planet of Venus. At the beginning of the article the author starts to compare Venus to Earth. They start off by saying that Venus is often referred as the Earth's twin because, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in the terms of density, size, and occasionally distance. After comparing the two planets the author jumps right into the facts and cons about the planet Venus. The author states "Since Venus is right around the corner (in space terms) humans have sent several spacecrafts to land on the cloud-draped world." then he follows with saying "The previous missions were unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survied the landing for more than a few hours." These two statements wave big red flags. It has been three decades since the last mission. Venus has a thick atmosphere of 97 percent of carborn dioxide, and that's not even the most challenging parts, the clouds contain highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Venus temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, with the atmospheric pressure over 90 times greater than what the people living on earth experience. The conditions on Venus are entirely far more extreme than the living conditions on Earth. If the passage states all the facts about the extreme living conditons on Venus and how it is pretty much impossible for any human to live there, why are scientists steady disscusing and planning more vists to the planet Venus? The article states that the astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may have been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. The author brings up the history of the planet Venus and how long ago, the planet waas covered with large oceans and could have supported different forms of life just like Earth does. The passage also states that still to this day the planet Venus has the features of valleys and mountains. As of right now and maybe over the next several decades Venus will not be survivable nor a place to call home. If it is some way the NASA workers and astronomers to figure out how to remove the sulfuric acid, lower the extremely high temperatures and the atmospheric pressure then maybe you could say it was some hope. After they made the changes to the atmosphere they would then have to go Venus test things out to see if it is 100 percent safe for human life, after all the test are ran they would have to man make everything from the sources of water, to places to sleep, and things to eat. In conclusion, if NASA workers could make these major changes to Venus, then possibly there would be some hope to have human life available there but as of right now there is no way that any human could live there and be healthy and satisfied under the conditions that Venus has now.

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There are many things that people think the Face on mars is. You however, think that the face was created by aliens. We have gathered a lot of evidence on this and here is why you are wrong. In paragraph 12 it says, "What the picture really shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West." So if it really was an ancient alien artifact then that mean that aliens have been here as well. Along with all of the pictures we have aquired if there was a civilization we would have been able to see at least some of the remains in the pictures. But we have not. Paragraph eight however, says, "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." Though this could be true, we have better quality pictures now than we did then and there are no alien markings shown. With the quality of the pictures we have now we can zoom in and it still looks fairly close to how it looks at normal size, and there are no markings. In paragraph seven it tells us once more that, yet again, it is a natural landform. But people are not satisfied with that answer. In paragraph five conspiracy theorists say that it's bona fide, or evidence of life on Mars. They say that NASA would rather hide this information but people who work for NASA wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Would they seriously hide this kind of information from the public? No, because it would get them money and this would possibly be a world changing discovery. So, in conclusion, the Face on Mars is just a landmark. It has been proven that it is a landmark and nothing more several times. If you don't believe me then fine. But I really think you should just hang this one up for now.

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"Hello Mr. Fulkerson." I said, Mr. Fulkerson was a very stern and witty man. He would always be very strict with what is alowed and what isn't, But he loved people, he would always play or say hi to kids at the park, random kids that he didn't even know. Since he loved helping people so much I asked him to join the UNRRA. "Hello Mr. Bomburger." said Mr. Fulkerson. "So why am I here?" "you are here because I need to ask you something..." "umm...okay? what?" "well, you know how I'm working for the UNRRA?" "yea, what about it?" " I want you to join." Mr. Fulkerson looked shocked, like he had just been hit by lightning. Mr. Fulkerson answered "But-but... why me?" I was kind of confused. Wasn't it obvious? Did he not know? Was he joking? A million questions popped up in my head. Who did he think he was? "well...you are very good with children and animals. You would be very good with this job." "But I have a family I need to look out for. And my pet snake won't feed himself. Everyone who lives wiht me is afraid of snakes. They won't dare go near him!" "Just hire someone who will go near him." I said "but what about the yard, it grows like my daughters hair!" he said worried "you can just pay that kid across the street to cut it. The UNRRA is a great orginazation. You would be happy and forget about everything at home, it would give you time to just relax once." "yea, I guess your right." he responded "On the bright side! It must already be a hassle trying to clean all of the dishes." "actually Mrs. Fulkerson does those. I just cut the lawn and clean the bathrooms." said Mr. Fulkerson "still, you wouldn't have to worry about anything else happening, you could just help people, because thats what you like to do." "yeah I guess so." " we could really use your help." "our other lookout kind of fell overboard the ship..." Mr. Fulkerson looked worried. "Just kidding!" Relief quickly brushed upon his face. "The lookout had to go back home, his wife got in a car wreck, all we need is a replacement for a few days until he gets back." "umm... ok,but when and where is it?" "on washington street in new york at 6:00 pm. meet us there to talk about it." I said

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This story is talking about venus in the challenge trying to exploring it its like its hard trying to exploring it because it got all these things wrong with it like its close to the sun in everybody know if you get to close to the sun your going to die but its really talking about how making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot venus however this nikname is misleading since venus is actually a planent if you didnt know. in our solar system venus is the second planet from our sun. while venus is simple to see from the distant but sfe vantage point of earth is has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. often referred to as earth's "twin", venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth,Venus,and Mars, our other planetary neighbor,orbit the sun at different speeds. these differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to Venus. because Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned and for good reason since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a fwe hours. Maybe this issue explains why not single spaceship ha touched down on venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study despite its proxinity to us. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. ven more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenhit and the atmospheric pressure in 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.

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The author of 'The Challenge of Exploring Venus" definietly leans towards giving it all we got and pushing to find a way to land on Venus. In paragraph 3, the author describes the different dangers of even being on Venus, like the atmosphere being to thick and made out of carbon dioxide, and the tempatures being extremely high. Even so, the author writes about how it's the cloesest thing to earth beside Mars, and even says it could have been covered by large oceans and mountains and could even support LIFE on it at some point or another. paragraph 3 and 4 both talk about both of these points, along with paragraph 5, which includes NASA scheming up ideas for how avoid Venus's dangerous conditions. Such ideas include a blimp like vehicle 30 or so feet above the ground. Although it'd give much better insight than staying on the very edge of the planet's atmosphere, such an idea wouldn't be able to recover samples of any kind since i'd be too high up. The author gives off even more ideas that NASA is thinking up, which lets the reader know that he's very headstrong about this situation and generally loves the idea of exploering Earth's neighbour. The author ends his passage by telling the reader that dangers and set backs shouldn't hold us back from exploring not just Venus, but everything else in life. while there'll be way more set backs and problems, the author is confident that the human race can achieve everything and "expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". All in all, the author supports his claim greatly. He goes over why Venus should even be explored, his and NASA's ideas for exploering said planet, and the challenges it presents along the way. By the end of the story, the reader can tell that the author is very passionate about exploering this foreign planet that we all know of as Earth's relative, and he's very excited about what will come about these challenges and ideas NASA has came up with. We shouldn't be limited or set back by doubts and set backs, the author's right about that. We should reach for the stars and go in as headstrong about anything we face, just as the author did.

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People say that a job can't be fun. Well i'm here to prove them wrong because cattle boating is something that you don't want to miss out on for reasons like you get to see some of most amazing things or that it is just worth helping people in need. First off, if you join this program, you will get to see some of the most beutaful sites one can see. When you are out on the sea, you can truely realize that life is a pice of art. If you have been wanting to go seight-seeing, you will get to see lots of nature's art from a distance where you can see it all not just once, but many times. If you are concerned about the time issues, no worry, there are plenty of things to keep you busy. The article does state " 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." Although the artical does state that it took some time, it was never hard to find something to do. Supporting this, "The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time." Although it would take a while, the only way to get board is not to join and I don't think anyone is in there right mind when they say "I want to be board." If you ever feel like you do not do enough for the needy, this is your place. In this programs aim is to help the needy and give them things that they need to have a better life. If you join, you will also learn valubul lifeskills. This program will make you more aware other people of different countries needs and will stick to you to make you a better person. To bring this to a conclusion, this program will make your life a whole lot better in three ways like geting to have fun, and seeing the true world and some of the wonders it holds, and you will become a more carring person. Now will you join? I would.

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Many look up into the sky and see Venus, one of the brightest points in the night sky. While it looks like a star, it is actually a planet. In fact, it is a planet that is extremely difficult to examine closely. According to the author, it is transparent that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers due to the fact that Venus used to be very similar to Earth, the conditions are survivable, and that there are many approaches that can be taken to explore it. The author supports the idea that exploring Venus has immense value well. Foremost, Venus used to be very similar to Earth. Scientists can research Venus and discover its differences and similarities to Earth. Paragraph four of the article states, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may as well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This demonstrates that astronomers are curious about Venus's transformation from a once Earth-like planet to an inhospitable planet. Paragraph four also states, "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit." This is crucial because space travel can often take long periods of time. The travel time to Venus will not take nearly as long as other space endeavors. In addition, Venus's conditions can be survivable to humans. If the expeditions are controlled and cautious, endeavors to Venus are definitely possible. In the article, paragraph five says,"NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would alllow scientists to float above the fray." NASA's plan for trips to Venus would be similar to having a spacecraft hovering over Venus's atmosphere. Paragraph five also proclaims, "air pressure would be close to that of sea level at Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This means that the journey and process will not be extremely hazardous. The conditions at thirty miles above Venus's atmosphere would be simlar to the condtions on Earth. The dangers are not present at this altitiude and astronomers are still able to collect useful data. Moreover, there are many other innovative approaches to studying Venus. Paragraph seven states, "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions." This displays how researchers can explore Venus's surface without risking human lives. This method is safe and nonhazardous toward humans and is necessary to advance the research of Venus. Paragraph six declares, "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough missionto understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." Scientists are building machines to decrease levels of risk and contribute insightful knowledge to the cause, which makes exploration seem all the more desirable. Overall, expeditions to Venus are valuable. Gaining statistics about Venus will not only be helpful for scientists analyzing Earth but also with future space missions. Venus is close and similar to Earth. Exploration is survivable and can be safe with the right technology. The author presents these ideas thoroughly and accurately to inform that space travel to Venus is a worthy pursuit. Venus, one of the brightest "stars" in the sky, will lead travels from Earth beyond doubts and towards innovation.

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Dear Senator (name of Florida's senator), I am write this letter to you because I know that congress is thinking about getting rid of the Electoral College. The Electoral College has help us pick a great President and Vice-President muiltiple times, it might not be everyone's first choice President and Vice-President but most of the time the majority of citizens that care about thier country agree with the choice of President and Vice-President. We aren't just electing by the Electoral College vote but also by the popular vote. There might be some problems within the Electoral College method but getting rid of it is not the solution, there will always be some type of issue in the way the President's and Vice-President's are elected, are we just gonna get rid of those methods too? One reason that getting rid of the Electoral College process is the wrong decision is because our founding fathers established this process in the Constitution as a type of compromise between electing our President and Vice-President by a vote of congress and electing our President and Vice-President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Why would you want to break that compromise? Also, if you think about it, how is it fair on some of the smaller states if we just did the popular vote. If the majority of a larger state wants some one for President and a couple of small states want another President to be win then most likely the larger state gets thee President they wanted, if we got rid of the Electoral College process and just did the popular vote. The Electoral College process also help produce a clear winner of the elections. I know that the Electoral College process has some issues like the voters not being able to know for sure who their slate of electors are going to vote for. In some very rare cases the electors do not vote for the candidant you want them to vote for. That can be very un-appealing to most people that they don't have that insurance. Another issue is that sometimes in a close election, the popular vote winner could lose the presidency. Most people don't understand why the popular President lost and immidiently assume that the Electoral College process is awful and we should get rid of it right away. Over all, the Electoral College process has been around since our founding fathers were around and we have had some of the most qualified and caring Presidents that amazed us with how they changed our country for the greater-good and well-being of our country and it's people. The Electoral College process is something that should stay with us for a long time, so that we can see what the next few President's will do for us in the future.          

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Hello, there fellow citizens of all around what if i could tell you there could be less car accidents, less pollution, and a healthier life style that we can all live with right now! and all we had to do is let go of only one thing that one thing is your car it is a killing machine not just for people but also for our mother earth. Before you call me crazy and tell me that could never happen lets look at germany where people are trying to make a change in an upscale community where even soccer moms have given up there cars and 70 percent of the people there dont have cars and 57 percent sold there cars. now tell me do I sound crazy now besides people in that community were saying "when i had a car i was always tense. im much happier this way " which might sound shocking to you but i whould be happy too if our greenhouse gas and toxic in the air wasnt so high 12 percent of it comes  from cars and 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the usa. but all hope isnt done yet because the enviromental protection agency is promoting "car ruduced" communities. whick might save us from hurting the earth because a healthy planet makes happy people. Further more if you still dont believe that this could effect us look at paris, paris typically has more smog than anyother european capital they found that paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 brussels and 79.7 percent in london reuters found now thats a life i dont want to life amagine the advantages we could have if we could live and just be healthier. one of our advatages whould be clean air and less deaths  becuase the air we breath in can effect the way we think because if we take in bad were going to give out bad if we take in good we take out good. also parks and sports centers could be at a all time high now you wont have to nag your kid to leave the house he'll already be out before you say a word In bogota, columbia where the clouds are gray but the ambition is strong even though its not stop rain the people say "its a good opportunity to take stress away stress and lower air pollution" and i think there doing a great job with this because its there 3rd strait year that they have banned cars and there pollution level is at a all time low. you see what this is showing you is that we dont have to face these challenges and disivantages that all these countrys are facing we can learn now and prosper on and not have to start ove like these countrys. Last but not least  the end of the car culture  is near when miles driven in the united states is going down steadily the future of amaerica looks bright our peoples health seems better but all we need to do is one big leap and sacrfise to achieve a place where we dont have to be scared to leave our house and to not have to see your self in the news showing the damage your car did we can all live in a better place if we just try.

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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming the author displays positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Although driverless cars are very fascinating, they pose several negative aspects including safety hazards, liability issues, and the car's technological abilities. Safety is the most important thing when it comes to developing a driverless car. Right now driverless cars "... can steer, accelertate and brake themselves, but all are designated to notify the driver when the road ahead required human skill, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." The driver must remain focused on the road, even in a driverless car. According to Dr. Werner, this poses a psycological hazard because a driver is prone to get bored while the car is normally driving. This can result in an accident due to the driver's faliure to respond to the driverless car (that needed human support, while navigating through a problem in the road). If driverless cars still need a driver, the car is still not safe enough to be out in the public because it is a risk to both pedestrians, passengers and drivers. Furthermore, driverless cars can also lead to issues in traffic laws and liability. Since now traffic laws are made based on the assumpution that the car is under the control of a human, if driverless cars became available it would lead to problems in deciding what traffic laws will apply to what people. One very important issue posed in the article was that "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" Some people may believe that the development of driverless cars is a positive thing since our technology is capable to making driveless cars that are safe (to a certain extend) and have a ability to mimic human skills. Although this all sounds very exciting and futuristic, driverless cars are still not driverless. They still need human support , and regardless of the smart technology, any technology has the ability to malfunction, which will then lead to other issues. To sum it up, driverless cars seem like amazing vehicles that can make transportation easier. However, if you look deeper, you can undertstand how difficult the development of these vechicles is. In this case, the negative aspects of driverless cars definately override the positive ones.

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"Making Mona Lisa Smile," with the facial action coding system, is a way of a computer being able to read a humans emotions, isnt it kind of weird? technology is progressing more and more everyday, but this isnt something we need, why do we need to read peoples emotions? is it important? This program allows other people to invade the privacy of others, i would want someone or something reading my emotions just because, even if who ever is trying to "read" your emotions asked for permission its still called personal space, this program to me is kind of useless, maybe there are some ways it could be useful? In some cases it can be used for people in the hospital, you know when you go get checked up the doctor normally asks you how you feel, and sometimes you dont know how you feel but the doctor needs to know in order to treat you. But in some other cases, it should not be used in schools or in working areas, dont you think that the students will kind of be scared of that? theres no use for it, maybe some people will make use out of it but some people dont want you "reading" their emotions at all, and you have to respect that.

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Dear State Senator, In my experience, I strongly believe that you should get rid of the electoral college to a popular vote. If you do that, the votes would become fair to voters, and more voters would actually pay attention to the campaine. On the other hand, i do see why you would want to keep the Electoral college, but let me explain to you two of the many reasons why you should get rid of it. First, people do argue that the electoral college does pay attention to some of the regiment in voters. In Plumer's article he says," - thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election" To me, the voters who do like the electoral college pretty much just want to see that they can trust them just for the popular votes to succeed. But honestly, I think they still shouldn't be the ones to choose. Even if they may help the popular votes a little, they aren't fair in a lot of ways. Way more voters are against them than with. So let me explain one of my reasons, I believe you should get rid of the electoral college is because it isn't fair to voters. A lot of the time voters don't trust that the electoral college pays attenetion to the votes sent out. Acorrding to Plumer's article, 'The Indefensible Electoral College:' he states, " In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." When voters hear that, chaos starts. They want to have say for who the next President will be not just the electoral college's say. There have been some real incidents where the electoral college has voted based on what they believe and not other voters. For example, in Hawaii in 1960, The vice president, Richard Nixon, validated his opponents votes. Voters worry and get angry when there trust is broken. They want to be the ones to vote because of course they trust themselves. If you do get rid of the electoral college, voters would be more satisified and feel that their vote would be fair. Lastly, the second reason why I believe that getting rid of the electoral college is that voters would pay more attention and actually put thought in who they vote. If they think that their vote won't matter they won't care who wins. They would most likely jot down a random candidate and send it in. In the article, ' In Defnse of the Electoral College:', Posner states, " Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were to be picked by a popular vote..." With that said, there is support that states people would have beter interest in voting if they had popular vote and no more electoral college. I believe people would actually spend more of their time on debating who should deserve to be President. To conclude my reasons, please take them in consideration. Voters would be treated much fairly and pay more attention to voting than they do now. I believe you should get rid of the electoral college so there will be less arguing. Sincere, PROPER_NAME

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Mesa, Not A Human The face that was found on Mars is most likely just a regular landform that forms on rocky planets. I don't think it was created by aliens, and this is my reasoning for why I think this. First, knowing that this face was made in the rocks of Mars, that is a clear exploit that it is a natural rocky landform. In the images of the face that the Viking 1 rover had taken on Mars in 2001, it turns out that it doesn't look like much of a head after all. In addition, the whole thing was purposely meant to attract the public and bring attention to Mars, and it did. Also, in April 5, 1998, scientists took pictures of the landform and even said that it was revealed that the Face was a natural landform and there was no alien monument after all. Next, the rover had snapped a picture, but the scientists say that it had to look down through wispy clouds to see the Face. And it became a pop icon. It had appeared in books, movies, magazines, radio talk shows. The Face was just all talk. And according to the article, some think that this is bona fied evidence of life on Mars, but scientist have figured out it probably isn't. It was really another Martian mesa that were pretty common around Cydonia. Some might say that this actually is evidence of life on Mars. And they might go deeper into the reseach themselves, and according to the article the shadows did make it look like an actual human face, however that is the thing. It was the shadows. The unusual shadows were what made it look like a face, specifically an Egyptian pharoah. Therefore, the Face that was found on Mars wasn't a human head, but yet another Martian equivalent of a mesa or butte. And it was the same height as the the Middle Butte on Earth, So it must've been just a natural landform on Mars that formed and looked like a face. It was simply a deception and a coincidence.

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There could be reasons of how you can join the program. There is a lot of reasons. Luke had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank. Luke signed up to join the program, which is, UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrations). The program hired "Seagoing Cowboys." The program hired "Seagoing Cowboys" because they can take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. So Luke and his friend signed up and they went to New Orleans. They found horses there. They keep on going to places, that was like an adventure to them. They keep on going and they were arriving to Greece for their second mission. Luke turned 18 before arriving to Greece. By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips-the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. Luke said, "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special." Luke was also taking a ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water too. He was looking at a lot of things in Greece. His next stop was at China. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlanta Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Luke was so busy taking care of the animals. He took so many adventures. Being a Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke. It opened up the world to him. There was a lot of adventures going on. It took him years to go around the world and explore. He was great of being a Seagoing Cowboy. He even loved to going to this mini adventures. It was a great experinced.