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You may have heard of the new driverless cars! You may heard all the cool technology it has and how you will be the coolest if you have it. But even if you will be the coolest will you be the safest? That is the real question you should be asking yourself. My personal opinion on these high tech. driverless cars is that...
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The driverless car movement is a absolutly great idea. Everyday tasks would be completed faster and easier than ever before. This movement could change the world as we know it. Wouldn't it be so much better if no one had to worry about drivers being under the influence of drugs or alcohol? It will take a while for th...
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Why do you think the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit disregarding the danger that is being presented. Venus is the closest planet to Earth which is why it is referred to as the Earths ''twin''. Most people study geography which is all around the world such as Earth. Meanwhile, others are studyi...
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An Electorial College compromises between election of the president by vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electorial College consists of 538 electors, a majority of 270 electoral votes is requires to elect the president. This presidential election is held every 4...
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Driverless cars are unsafe and in this situation technology is being used in an unnecessary way. It promotes that you do not have to pay attention to the road while driving because your smartcars can "steer, accelerate, and brake themselves." This will cause more auto-related deaths due to less attention being paid to ...
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If I were a scienctist I would tell people its not a face, its a landform and that its a shadow that makes it look like a face. When the photographers took a picture of it, it was as soon as possible. Plus the camera was at its absolute maximum and so u can obviously tell it is a shadow that makes a face. What the pict...
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You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program! Here are some reasons why I believe that some people should. It's a chance of a lifetime, not everyone gets this opportunity so you could be very lucky. You would get to help people recover their valuable items from World War II, like helping them recover their ...
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The Facial Action coding system is a new software that can tell what peopls emotions are when they are trying to hide them. In the "Making Mona Lisa Smile" article they could find the percent of emtion the artist was feeling just by the way the picture was painted. Do you think its okay to use this sysem in a school se...
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Ford, Volkswagen, Kia, and Chevy's... while these car brands may have been a massive part of the American culture, its significance in our lives may be declining.  According to recent studies and stories from around the world, car transportation popularity is decreasing dramatically.  Some advantages of limiting car us...
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The use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable, it'll allow teachers to better understand their students. If teachers could identify when a student begins to lose interest in a lesson, then the teacher can think of a better way to teach them. "A clas...
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Luke thinks other people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. He graduated in Highschool, had two jobs and didnt know his life would change. Don his friend invited him to go to Europe and he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. In the passage it says it was 1945, World War II was over in Europe and...
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Today's society is not worried about who has the nicest or fastest car, they just want to be able to get from point A to point B. That's why the amount of driving has decreased by 9 percent since 2005. This has helped the environment by reducing the amount of pollution and has made people happier and not as stressed. ...
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Have you ever looked up into the sky and seen that one star shining so bright it sticks out the most? If yes then you're not looking at a star youre looking at Venus. Venus shines so bright you can sse it with the naked eye. But why just look at it from earth? Why don't we go explore it. In the article called "The Chal...
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"Facial expressions for each emotion are universal even though individuals often show varying degrees of expresions", as observed by Dr. Huang. A new software called Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. The process starts when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the pers...
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Luke worked two part time jobs. Ond day his friend asked him if he wanted to go to Europe. Luke went to Europe because he wanted to help people that didn't have food, supplies,and animals. So he joined the UNRRA(the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration).He got the job to take care of the horses,young ...
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The author suggests that studing Venus is a worly pursuit the danger it presents because in the passage it say that Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. So there for this means that Venus is posably...
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"Driverless Cars Are Coming" when you hear this title most people would be either 1.) excited or 2.) questioning this. As I read the passage I noticed how the article put both pros and cons too this in my opinion I think this development towards these cars is awful. The reason why I say this is because I think all driv...
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Venus is a worthy pursuit because it is or can be more resistant to pressure, and to heat, and to other forces. Venus also is a worthy pursuit because it has rocky sediments, and venus has valleys, it also has mountains, and craters. 97 percent blankets carbon dioxide. Venus also is a worthy pursuit because it is the c...
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There are many things up in Mars. Some , well many, that we do not even know about. Now many believe the face on Mars was created my aliens. But, how could it be so? Well, because it was not. First of all how could have the aliens created an artifact. How they create it as a form of a face. It's not like aliens just h...
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Is a "Seagoing Cowboy" a real thing? People might think that it is just a silly pretend game, but it is actually a group of people that were hired by the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). The UNRRA was created to help the countries that were left in ruins by the end of World War II, a...
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there has been so many stories about aliens ,but are they real?.Imagine seeing something like an unmasking face on Mars would you think it was a alien or a natural landform?. Well as you can see the scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa. Common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that...
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Dear, Senator I think we should change the election by popular votes for the President of the United States. It's a more accurate process and who knows what people running for office has up there arm. The electoral college voting has a repeated tendancy to vote for the state of electors and that way they end up votin...
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My position on driveless cars is that I think it is a great thing for the future, but is it safe to be in. As I was reading this article, all I was thinking was is it safe. Some states won't even allow to test computer-driven cars. If the car crashed, whose fault would it be. I do think it is a great and fun techno...
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New technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Hold on! Can we actually "calculate" emoitons---like math homework? And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel? Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action ...
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The author tellus about the two planet that are right ext to each other. The author tells us how there one in specfic that a lot like earth. He tells us that for decades we have been wanting to find out more about Venus but its just complicated the temperature and eveyrhting about it. he thinks that it is important to ...
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Driverless Cars are a hot-topic on car manufacturers nowadays. Everyone want's the most safe and also stylish cars that are on the market. Technology developers are making breakthrough devices and electronics that are changing the way the world thinks. The only problem is it takes long and also difficult steps , and ho...
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I think that the FACS is good idea. I feel as if this could be useful in many ways to the public. I ecspecially think that benefit towards the teenage community. Believe it or not, there are a massive amount of emotionally damaged teenagers that have a hard time expressing how they feel. The F.A.C.S is could make huge...
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I feel that google or people and who ever else is making these cars should not put them on the market. I think this because if someone were to get into an accident who is to blame? Should we blame the car? The car company? The driver? No one will be able to asnswer these questions because driverless cars are dangerous....
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First off i would like to tell you what a electoral college is. It is a process when a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The founding fathers established it in the constitution. The process consist of the selection ...
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I feel that keeping the Electoral College is the wrong way to go. That changing it to election by popular vote is a better decision. Because the people of our nation should be able to choose who they want to be the president not the 538 electors. Why not have the whole nation vote for who they want and who ever has the...
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If we think about it, this software is actually a big help for the schools and such. If we see our friend is in a bad mood then we can talk to them or find out why. I think this system can actually really help us but not only us but our teachers as well. The system digs deep into our muscles and will understand our who...
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Do you think many people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well Luke does for these reasons: you can experience adventures, visit unique places, and explore many different countries. Learning these things in the Seagoing Cowboys program can lead you to many succeses in the future. The first reason is...
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Have you ever wanted to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? I will tell you why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. Well here are my reasons you would get to vist unique places and experience adventures and the excitment. This shows why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. To begi...
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I am clearly convinced that the Face on Mars that everyone believes is alien affiliated is just a natural landform. I believe that the Face is a natural land form because if NASA had proof that aliens created the Face or any alien life is found NASA would tell us. First, I strongly think that NASA would tell us if the...
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The Face on Mars is a natural landform it has been a pop icon since it started in HollyWood Films, Books, Magazines, Talk shows, and haunted check-out lines for more than 20 years!. How could The Face on Mars be created by aliens if aliens aren't real? Why would NASA go through all that trouble to make a fake Face on M...
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The idea on studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of dangers. Venus is a very valuable planet now that we want to know more about it. Venus is avery dangerous planet since we know more facts about it and what it can do if we land on it or be near it." Clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere "...
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The electoral collage is horable because the bigger states has more power then the smaler states do so if a canidate gets the majority of the bigger states then they will but people in the may not whant that candidate but the electors for that canidate didn't get selected then he will not get the electoral vote from yo...
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In response to driverless car technology I am personally against it. I think there are certain things that we can't be lazy about, and I strongly believe driving is one of those things. Now I commend the enginers who have worked so hard on this facinating technology. But just because I think the invention is cool doesn...
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Dear State Senator, The Electoral College has a negative impact on this country because it has ufair voting that can cause massive problems to the government. Electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. People should have the right to vote on which president they think is fit to run this country. People are...
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Although Venus is a very dangerous planet, the author in this article "In The Challenge of Exploring Venus", makes it well known that scientists are still up for the challenge of exploring this intimidating planet. For over 30 years now, scientists have been researching, studying, and observing the planet and all of it...
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The face on Mars was actually landform on mars and not a face if you still don't believe me I'll tell you some facts. In 1976 viking 1 was snapping pictures so that viking 2 could land while doing that it snapped a picture of a landform that looked like a face. Many people thought that it was a face but it wasn't. In 1...
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Dear state senator, My letter is in regards to changing the election to popular vote for the president of the United States. I believe that we, the people, should have the opportunity to choose whom we wish to become President. The reason why people go out to vote, is because they have a specific person in mind. Alth...
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Driverless cars were once just a concept, however with growing technology this concept is becoming a reality. The ideas of completely autonomous cars could never be fulfilled because of the lack of technology in the past. Today, our technology has grown with the development of various gadgets that could aid in the intr...
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Although Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin Venus has another name titled the Evening Star, because of it being one of the brightest points in the night sky, it's considered on of Earth's twins, and it's atmosphere contains carbon dioxide. It is one of the brightest points in the sky because it looks like a st...
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In the story "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author discused the advancement of today's technology but I believe it may be to advanced for our own good. For example in paragraph 9 it says that driving laws are mainly focused on keeping the drivers and passengers safe and that their main goal is to make driving more s...
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He tells us that venus shows signs of once having life and watter because of all the hills and mountains and valeeys and craters. and since venus was the second earth like planet it makes sense since earth is home to all these life forms and all these metal and materials. and the examples are scattered through out the ...
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Do you really need a computer to express your emotions? Updates in technology have found ways for a computer to track facial movements to detect human emotion. This allows computers to detect your emotions before you do. We are told to answer if this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classro...
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Smart cars may sound smarter than a human being but how smart are they? Smart cars are suppose to be driverless and use less fuel. In my opionion smart cars should not be developed. A smart car can have a technical difficulty and cause an accident and the fault could be said to be the drivers when it never was. This ca...
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In this article scientists are concerned that there is a face on a planet called Cydonia and that it was created by aliens. In the article however there is text evidence that it was't created by aliens. I'm going to explain some of their research. In the text it says, "evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspir...
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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I do disagree with the driverles cars. I don't Feel they are safe and I don't think they are much needed. In the article it states important reason why I don't think we should have driverless cars. For the safety of others. Do we really need them? In paraghragh 9 it states ...
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The Seagoing Cowboys was part of a program called the UNRRA that helped rebuild cities after World War 11. The Cowboys transported animals such as, horses, young cows, and mules overseas to the ruined cities. You should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Luke became a Seagoing Coyboy after his high school graduation. The reaso...
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You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program it one chance oppurunity. It allows you to travel places you have not seen before and experienece new things. You will be able to take care of animals like the horses,young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. You may be able to go sight-seeing on you spare...
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My Opinion on Facial Action Coding System I would have to disagree with what the article is saying. Ok i get that technology is everything nowadays but this is a little to far. You might program it to have emotions,but its hard for the software to know what the person is feeling and understand how they feel. Its easy ...
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In a classroom, there is a group of students who arrive to learn to class from their teacher almost everyday during the school year. Although. as students arrive and begin to seat themselves into their assigned seats and reach for the supplies for the class, they suddenly turn to something else that attracts their att...
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The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) has 44 major muscles in the human face programmed and their movements detectable by its software. While some may not understandable the use of this technology, it would be groundbreaking and highly effective within our classrooms. Many humans portray false or pretend emotions to o...
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Although, many people may think that going to Venus despite the dangers is not a good idea going to venus can also be benitfical with new safety measures, and technolgy. One reason is, Venus is a sister planet to Earth but we don't know alot about it so we need to go there. Going to venus can be benitfical in may ways...
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Too many children, parents, and friends are lost each year from vehicle related deaths. Drunk driving is among the top leading causes of car accidents. Phones and technology play a big part in distracting the driver creating opportunities for a crash to occur. If driverless cars are put into use, the amount of wrecks c...
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A Car Free Future? Is the car necessary in the 21st Century? Many city planners and government officals around the globe dont think so. Car free days are becoming common place in Europe and South America, and in the German town of Freiburg, an upscale neighborhood where cars are banned, has been a kind of experiment f...
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The idea of a driverless vehicle seems ingenious and practical, but to long for a society whose transportation soley relies on such a concept is ludacris. My name is Christian and in this essay I will elaborate as to why I am biased toward this insane concept. Throughout history, humanity has aimlessly strived for gre...
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Technology continues to advance as it becomes more complicated, complex, and innovative in today's society. Just eleven years ago the iPhone did not exist, and yet now we have access to 3-d printers, life-saving medical advancments, and...the Facial Action Coding System? That's right: this new technology, sometimes r...
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Seagoing Cowboys program, is an opportunity of a lifetime. After World War II was over many countries were left in ruins. So the UNRRA made a program to help these contries called the ¨ Seagoing Cowboys ". We take care of animals that will be shipped overseas. Also helping people by giving food and also seeing Europe, ...
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In the text the author uses facts that people should know. Like how close Venus is to us and what could be possibly on it. Also whats possibly on Also whats possibly on Mars, how each planet orbits at different speeds. NASA has sent many people into space to see what its like. Too see if we could have life on Venus an...
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When you say that the face on mars is an alien artifact how do you know. Prove to me that it is. So you can't well quess what. I can prove to you that it is not an alien artifact. All I have to do is use knowledge that I have from the evidence. In the story it says that people made a movie about the face on mars. It h...
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In this article called,"Making Mona Lisa Smile" it explains an advanced technology that can identify what humans are feeling on the inside. This technology is attention grabbing and seems so futuristic. The Facial Action Coding System claims to have lots of uses. I think that this new technology could be very useful in...
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Imagine a world of cars driving themselves. You would think "that's so cool!" or it's just like the future!" but I assue you it may not be all cracked up to what it seems like. Driverless cars may seem like they are going to become the next big thing, but they will not to work out quite a bit before they can even test...
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I think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get to go places you probably have never been to, and explore them in your free time. You get to see countries that might feel special to you. You get to help countries recover food supplies, animals, and more because of wars. You have to ta...
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The author supports and suggests the exploration and study of venus in several ways, despite the dangers and complications. First, they give very well described detail on venus. like how its name is misleading, and other interesting details about the so called planet to make the reader more interested on what they are...
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I agree that we should give these car a chance to fundamentally change the world. My personal view of this is such a great idea. I strongly believe that these automakers would make the roads safer. In this generation we have many people who like to text and drive or even snapchattng and drive .Why would we want teenag...
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I have just read "Unmasking the Face on Mars" and many people are convinced that the Face, found near Cydonia, is just a natural landform. However, there are also many people who believe this Face to be of extra-terresrial activity. However, NASA has gave us more facts that prove the Face to be a mountain-like landform...
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Have you ever wanted to travel for work and see new places? Well, as a Seagoing Cowboy you can do just that with a little extra included. I am going to tell you why you should join the program. I bet you should want to join the program after reading this. Firstly on the starting bell, I think you should be a Seagoing ...
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Autonomous cars are the cars of the future. They will be able to drive themselves without any human interaction needed. Autonomous cars would be far more intelligent than any human driver, preventing numerous crashes that are due to driver discraction. Autonomous cars will forever change the way people commute. Aut...
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Do driverless cars seem cool to you? Driverless cars are a thing of the future, but do we really know how much work, money, and time it will take to create driverless cars? I firmly beleive that having driverless cars in our society would be super cool, but I do not believe we should create these cars. Driverless cars ...
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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. I believe that if driverless cars became legal more accidents would occur and thousands of perople lose their jobs. Driverless cars have almost every part of the car controlled by a computer. So, wha...
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A car is a form of everyday transportation in some peoples lives. It's not nessisarily a bad thing, but it's not exactly a good thing either. Many areas in countries all over the world have begun to cut back on car use or ban it all together. Some countries have certain conditions that warrants car use dangerous. There...
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I honestly think we should not have driverless cars. What's the point in working if your car does your job for you? That's laziness and it's not fair to anyone if the driverless cars hurt a human being. Someone could seriously get hurt. What if you're not paying any type of attention to the road and you have an acciden...
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Some people think aliens are not real and some people think aliens are real. The Face on Mars changed after different amount of years. We don't know how it changed and we probably will never know. When the camera took the picture, the shadow of either the camera, or something else, made the Face look like a face. The ...
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Some people say that "The Face on Mars" is something that was built by ancient aliens, much like the theories that people come up with about the structures on Earth. Some people have even stated that the "aliens" could be trying to cover it up by hiding it during the time they take it. Then there are the firm believers...
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In "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. These computers can actually "calculate" your emotions. Dr. Paul Eckman is the creater of the Facial Action Coding System. Dr. Eckman classified it in six basic emo...
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Many companies are beginning to design, produce, and test driverless cars. However, many of these cars are not completely driverless and dangerous. Driverless cars should not become legal on the road because they are dangerous and unnecessary. The majority of driverless cars are not completely driverless. Most require...
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limiting car usage is no easy take considering that peoples jobs are more than a half an hour away in some cases. what we could do is replace gas cars with water or oil solarpowered cars. what we can do is replace the road with heat sensor pannels and replace the cars fuel line with eigther a solar based power syatem o...
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In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it prestents. In the article, the author explains the difficult conditions in Venus and the risks humans have by exploring and studying Venus. He explains that studying Venus is effective be...
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Advantages Of Limiting Car Usage Have you ever thought of the advantages of limiting car usage? I have, by limiting car usuage there will be less pollution, your town will not be not be covered in smog and it'll bring you closer with your community. I think that you (my fellow citizens) should and do want that for you...
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Often times, students can get confused in the classroom. They may not understand something. Or they just do not like the material. Whatever the case may be, students have a lot of emotions that have to be dealt with, inside the class. Facial Action Coding System (FACS) could help us further understand students and the...
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I read the article ''A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves." This article is about the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Seagoing Cowboys program is people that help recover food supplies for places that just got done with war and to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. I think it's good to help peo...
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I believe that driverless cars are a bad idea and I would not support the idea. They would cause many deaths and they can cause a lot of harm. They can also cause a lot of crashes. Also, most people dont have a fast reflex to prevent crashes. They are going to cost a fortune to keep producing them and a lot of mone...
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Dear State Senator, Elections are up coming soon and before we all even know it, it's going to be election day. As we all know, there is this process called The Electoral College that was established in the Constitution by our founding fathers. To be honest, I think it is time for a change. If you really think about i...
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I believe that using this technology could be effective in a classroom environment. The computer can read the emotion of the student and react based upon the emotions that student is feeling. This technology can also make animated facial expressions easier to read. A computer in a classroom being able to read the emot...
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Dear state senator, I argue in favor of keeping the Electoral college because, it requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal,its actually a good thing. Basically all voters are involved because if it wasnt for that one voter the president wouldnt had been elected as president. A candidate with only...
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Dear Florida State Senator, We, the people have been given the Electoral College in order to allow both us and congress a say on who will be the next face of our country. I know that you should not fix what is not broken, but maybe it time to allow some changes in our election. The Electoral College attempts to mainta...
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Driverless cars should be developed because they offer more, are safe, and help with polution. Cars that drive themselves offer more to the community. They could possibly become the new public transportation system. Taxis and buses would be replaced. Driverless cars are more flexible and can get people to where they w...
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The development of driverless cars will be a beneficial aspect on the world as it progresses in the future. The development of these cars will ensure the safety of the driver/passenger and outside pedestrians and drivers. this development in cars will also make driving less straining for the driver as it requires caref...
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When i hear people say they are going to buy a car that can drive its self I always seem to get into a argument with them. It's not that i know someone is smart enough to do that but what's the reason. I see it as if u dont wanna drive then hire someone to drive for you. Having a car that does that is kinda scary in my...
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What i think about driverless cars is that they might be a bad thing because, there is so much technaligy in one car its becomes like a human body if one of the cameras stop working then its like becoming blind in one eye. You can still see but not as efectivley as before. You can fix a camera but how much will it cost...
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I believe that using this in a classroom will be valuable. However, this could also be a bad idea. It states in the text that your freontailis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised. First of all, It is good to know that, because looking at old photographs taken you can see i...
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Dear Senator, Don't you think that everyone's vote should count? Well I do and so does everyone else in the U.S. That's why we should change our voting system. We should change it to which ever candidate gets more votes wins. I'm saying this because there has been a couple of conflicts with the Electoral College. I wi...
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Pursuing the study of venus would benefit everyone in the society. Gathering information about Venus would give scientist more understanding about how the planet started. Also this could prove scientist if Venus was actually a Earth like planet and if so why did it turned out to what it is now. First, we know so far t...
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Hey Earth has a twin. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author strongly suggest that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Although the author's idea may sound wild to some he does support his argument very intelligently. To begin the author supports his ideas by giving back ground knowledge on Venus....
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Computer Cars Would want a computer driving your car with your five month baby in the car? I strongly dissagree, I wouldn't let a computer drive my car! I personal think that the Driverless Cars are too risky. Therefore I dissagree with the Driverless Cars because its dangerous, laziness and expensive. The Driveless ...
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2000 was when the 21 centuery began. Since then we have came so far. From airplanes going at faster speed, more advanced phones, more relable machines. What is next? Our technlogy is slowly advanceing every day. With new products coming out each day. What if we could create driveless cars? It might seem like a wild dre...
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Driverless cars are a new thing in the world. Some people think that the cars are the best thing in the world because you don't have to actually drive, but some other people think that they are a bad idea because they don't trust them. Being in the driver seat of a driverless car can be stressful. If the driver didn...
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