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The author supports the idea of studing Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers because austronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system.The author supported his claim by telling the reader that scientists are even discussing futher visits to the...
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To explore or to not explore. The exploration of the planet Venus is a debated topic. Both positives and negatives present themselves, but still leave room for doubt and interest to hang in the air. The author of this article does a very satisfcatory job in presenting the worthiness of the space exploration of Venus. H...
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The new technology it was created by, what does it do,is it a good thing. The software is the latest innovation fro professer. Thomas Huang,of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the Universiy of illinos,working in collaboation with Professer Nicu. Sebe of the University. Dr. Huang and his colleague are exper...
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Driverless cars are becoming one of the many symbols of a new generation. The thought of possibly no longer needing to buy a car seems to be a very settling thought, not to mention receiving a car that a person wouldn't need to control half of the time. However, while cars today are already becoming expensive the mor...
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The author supports the idea well that Venus is a worthy planet to study. The way that people can study venus is to stay above the surface in a blimp, they could build space crafts and rovers out of the strongest material on Earth, and they could also make a submarine like vehicle that is strong enough to with stand th...
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Have you ever sat in your room and looked at the ceiling for a while and you see a weird shape or face? If you haven't have you ever stared into space and seen a shape or face? Do you think of how it got there, from an alien, your imagination, or natural landform? My guess would be natural landform. I am saying natura...
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"Unmasking the Face on Mars". My NASA friends and I think that the face is just a natural landform. But some other people think that aliens created it. But wouldn't you think that NASA knows alot more about the moon the other people I mean we have been there and they haven't. I don't see how people would think that al...
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Would you ever make something that would put you in any kind of harm ?. Making Driverless car has negative aspects such as harming innocent people. In the text it says '' If technology fails andsomeone is injuried , who is at fault '' this could be a fifty fifty chance that you could be accountable if the person is ser...
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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. The use of this technology, to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom, is valuable. I believe this technology would be great to use i...
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I believe that the integration of driverless cars into the current-day road system would only pose a threat to the majority of drivers. Incorporating a new form of transportation into a pre-existing form would only complicate the roads more than before. Cars have been around for roughly 100 years and society has adapte...
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Venus is second nearest planet to earth. It is known as the "Evening star," but in reallity it's classified as a planet. Venus is a planet that holds a thick atmosphere filled with carbon dioxide. It's temperatures can reach up to the hundreds and the pressure can be very extreme. Despite these disadvantages the author...
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Started with the founding fathers. The Electoral College was founded and swung into the constitution, as a compromise between Congress and the President with a popular and electoral vote. Now that time has evolved and the world has changed. The Electoral College is not in the favor of everyones expectations, it seems l...
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The new technology can catch how you feel. That for your moves how u expreess in the mirror. As Mona lisa if this was in that time maybe they knew how she feel. Also with your muscles he can show you how your emotion. The humans perfom this same impressive "calculation" every day. Probably your friends know when you a...
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What is my position on a driverless car? I believe with enough improvments and optimization it could be a great substitute for real drivers and offers some great advantages with some disadvantages as well. As they currently are however I don't believe they can be substituted fully instead of a real driver. However with...
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A New Place In the article "The Challenge of exploring Venus" the author talk about the distance between the Earth and Venus. Also he wrote thing refering to the tempeture on Venus and comparing both temperatures Earth and Venus. And then he talk about how the NASA is working to study Venus. Venus or sometimes called...
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Space travel is something we people of Earth have just only begun to tinker with. Even after our many launches of aircrafts into the atmosphere, we know very little of what it truly out in the endless void of space. In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus specifically...
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The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. If this was a Face, Nasa would've been benefited more. Nasa has more proof that the Face is a natural landform. This formation is formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. The shadows made the landform look like an Egyptain Pharaoh. The Face is a hug...
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The Facial Action Coding System also is calles the FACS is a interesting solfware. The can be use for great things, but human emotions are complicated. The system emotion need to be bigger cause human have more emotions then happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. I think that the FACS is bad for studen...
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In 'The Challenge of Exploring Venus," is a great informative story that tells the readers about Venus and its presents. According to the story, Venus has so much in common like our plant Earth. Not only is Earth dangerous but also is Venus. In the author's story it has details about Venus of it's surface, temperature,...
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The development of driverless cars is a good idea.The features that these cars have are more advanced.Less car accidents would accur with the driverless cars.The drivers in these driverless cars would be more alert.The development of driverless cars is a better option for drivers. First, the driverless cars have featu...
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Imagine you are a scientist and one day you discovered a face on mars. You don't know if its just the landform or is it a sign telling the scientists including you telling something. A scientist in NASA had to take caution at the these types of things. I believe that the face is just a natural landform because after al...
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The mask found on Mars is just a natural landform. One reason is because there is no life on Mars so it is phisically impossibe for it to be created by aliens. This information is found in paragraph 7. The mask is a natural landform, however many other people beleived it was an alien because they also beleived that so...
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Scientist Rafael, There's no way it was created by aliens, I think it was just a natural landform because on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos, Anyway tho...
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We humans have been trying to discover aliens for more than a million years. Why have we not found them yet? We have been up in space multiple times and we have had yet another more multipe times sent space robots that went into orbital. So ask your self this question why have we not found aliens yet? I think due to e...
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The new technology that Dr. HUANG is coming up with is a good idea because I can detect when people in the classroom are trying to hide therre feeing. In the text it states that At least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions. The software is the latest innovation from prof. THOMAS HUANG,...
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Dear,  Florida State Senator The United States has been a country of freedom since July 4, 1776. Its been a country of laws and being equal since the start. Presidents are elected every four years. They are elected by the people of the United States. People who elect electors, who some go to the House of Representati...
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Dear, State Senator The Electoral College is a great process that was created by the founding fathers in the Constitution."The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compronise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizen...
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My positions on driverless cars is that they shouldn't exist. Those in the next gereration wouldn't know what it would feel like to drive your very first car let sit on the driver's side. Don't get me wrong I understand that it was possible for google to create a car that drove itself for half a million miles without c...
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Everyone thinks that the "Face" on Mars was actually created by aliens, but that sounds crazy. Sorry everyone, but actually, it's just a landform. You may not believe it right now. It's true though. I'm here to tell you how it is not created by aliens. In 1976, NASA took a "MGS image" and people who saw it, thought it...
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Driverless cars. Should they be a thing, or shouldn't they be a thing? They are capable of many things and they're not even fully made yet. They could be capable of sensing other cars or danger. For example, Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on th...
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The author supports the idea Venus is worthy of pursuit despite the dangers it presents using facts and examples to back it up. Venus pose dangers as no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours on the planet. On the bright side however, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and s...
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Human emotions are a pain sometimes because some of the time you can't tell whe someone is faking a smile or just being fake in general. I think having a computer facial recongition is a great idea. The computer reconigition can be great for inside a class room. In paragraph 6 it states" A classroom computer could rec...
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Using technoloy to find out about people emotions can help parents, social, workers, and teachers. On the other hand it can make kids feel uncomforable. most kids don't like to talk about their problems. However kids need to let people help them anyway they can. Using something good to help children with their problem...
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The conspiracy about aliens has been starting to go too far. An isolated mesa was found on Mars, but when its picture was taken, it looked like a face. The conspiracy theorists have been thinking that that's the proof that there's life on Mars, but they're wrong. The picture was taken in 2001, which means it was very d...
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Do you really want to visit Venus? Because I sure do. But the problem is it's extremely dangerous. Mostly because the temperature there is 90 times greater than our normal temperature. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuri...
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Dear, State Senator I belive that in favoring of keeping the Electoral College.Therefore many people have different minds set if which they should have Electoral college. Here 's some background information stated in source 1 What Is The Electoral College "The Electoral College is a process not a place'." The founding...
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Are aliens accually real? Scientists have been wondering that for many years. I believe they are not. The Face is just a natural landform. The Face was not created by aliens. In fact, NASA has no proof that aliens even exist. After all, if they did exist we would have found more creations of theirs by now. Therefore,...
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As a driver I feel that transportation is very important when getting to your destination, and feel that it can be improved. But I also feel that the "driverless car" is not the way to do it. For one the driverless car is not even driverless, you still need a driver and it questions the safety of the driver and those...
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What if there was a way to tell teacher's if student's are sad, mad, happy by using a computer. Something that will tell teachers if that student is confused on what is being taught. Teens now of days hide their emotion's from parent's ,teachers, friends, anybody that's close to them. You won't know how that child fee...
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I think that the smart cars would be really cool to have. I think if we have these car some people, like me, may actually want to drive. Some people have a fear of driving, and I think these cars could be a good way to help with that fear. I have this fear because of the car accident in my family. Another note that wo...
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Wow, from the mar really look like humans face. It have eyes,nose, and mouth. It weird that on mar there is nothing and it shape like that is really weird. Most people think there is alien who live there do. They say it maybe it for living thing for alien. I think it just a natural land form because there is no alien m...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author talks about a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System. This new technology enables computers to identify human emotions. Essentially the program looks at a person's face and compares it to a neutral face and then it analyzes what muscles the person used a...
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Venus can be a scary planet when it comes down to its features. The writer to this story certanly convinced me that we should not study Venus anymore. We have tried to land spacecraft on the planet before, but none have last no more than a few hours, so how are we supposed to study it when it just keeps destroying our ...
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Cars can now drive themselves without a person. Cars should not be able to do that. They are ment for people to drive them and have control of them. Involving technology with cars is not safe. Technology can and will fail. More accidents are prone to happen. People are getting to rolled up in the technology world and a...
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Luke Bomberger reasons to join were. He was working two part time jobs at the grocrey store and the bank and. It was a opportunity of a life time so he had to take it his life was just begning When his freind wanted him to join.He was only 18 whe he was drafted to be a seagoing cowboy. Luke also made fun aboard with w...
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Yes, I can see where you are coming from this is because there has been some talk about aliens in the past. Though I can assure you that this is a nautural landform that takes the shape of a face. Sir, I am asking to you please take what I am about to say into consideration. Just listen to me and let me explain to you ...
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A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus, its even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric aciod in venus's atmosphere. it is usually 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and sometimes the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince on our own planet. All thought ...
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In the article Challenge of Expoloring Venus. the scienctist want to explore Venus despite the dangers. Venus nickname is called the (Evening Star) because its one of the brightest points of the light in the night sky. humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on venus each previous mission was unmanned and for a ...
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Students do not need a computer telling them how they feel. Knowing how YOU feel is something that no one can change, you change it. The FACS is just a computer trying to get into your mind. But your mind is your own personal business, you only show it sometimes when you want to or sometimes when it's so strong you jus...
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You get in a car and drive/ get driven around about every day. You may not notice what this means but it means a lot about the future. Driving cars pollutes the atmosphere that you live in. You may think driving a car is good because you get there faster but in reality its polluting our atmosphere with toxins, it's eff...
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In paragraph 2 it was stated that Google cars aren't truly driverless. Also in paragraph 7 it was said that none of the cars developed so far are completly driverless and humans need to stay alert to take over the wheel. Finally in paragraph 9 it asks who would be responsible if technology fails. I'm against driverless...
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In the US many people use different methods to get around. They walk, take a bus, but many use some sort of automobile. All these ways are very efficent but have you ever thought of maybe the outcomes of what cars do to the planet we live on? Let me tell you the things that would change of limiting car usage. To start...
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Luke the Seagoing Cowboy I would love to do that again. That was fun, thanks so much Don Reist for asking me to go. I loved to be a Seagoing Cowboy, since I'm a small-town boy. I want other people to go on an adventure and see things they have never seen before. I say this because I went on a adventure I got to he...
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The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports the idea of exploring Venus despite the dangers because they believe it will (1) help technology advance further, (2) inform on what Venus was once like millions of years ago and (3) satisfy human curiosity. The author believes that persuing the exploration of ...
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Driverlesscars should not be manufactured because they are run by computers, they can be dangerous, and they are unrealiable. All driverless cars are run by computers. Computers can't be realiable because most are due to malfunction or fry at the very least. They use sensors to view the surroundings so the car wont ru...
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My name is Luke, I have been a Seagoing Cowboy for quite a while now and it is sure fun! I was about 18 when I started to work as a Seagoing Cowboy. I knew that it would be neat experience, but it was more that just a neat experience. It was a wonderful and unique experience, the people I worked with were wonderful. H...
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Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.However, the nickname is misleading because Venus is actually a planet.Venus is the second planet from our sun, and it has proved a very challenging place to make ...
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This technology can be very helpful with students who get bored or confused. I'm not going to lie i get bored too sometimes and i feel that this technology would to keep me intrested or help me how to do things. In paragragh 6 it says," A class room computer could recongize when a student is becoming bored or confused,...
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The author is givin a good suggestion about studying Venus , because like myself i dont know that much about Venus and i feel like we should study it. Thats because i feel like we should know about this plannet on are earth no matter how dangerous it is. The author made some good statements about it like Venus has the ...
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LET PEOPLE BE FREE Luke Bonberger had no idea that his life will change soon.So he started to think about it then he new what to do.But he new his life was going to change soon when he graduaed from high school. So he friend don Reist invited him to Europe on a cattle boat,but Luke couln't say no but is new it was aop...
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For me I'm not okay by techonology called the Facial Action System because that can't tell that you can describe people's emotion, For me i think we're the only one and are family who can tell what's are emotion we can't also tell what's other's people emotions and also if you really don't know that person you can't re...
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In paragraph 8 he says" our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubs." The author thinks it's a good idea to try and go but he also thinks it's bad becasue you can die. The author even states that it's a challenging place to examine closely. In paragraph 5 the author talks about (NASA) ha...
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Everyday when you wake up and get ready for work there's always one thing you use, it's inched it's way into your daily life and now you wouldn't be able to do most things without it. It's your four wheeled friend that sits out in your driveway or garage, your car. Every day millions of people drive miles and miles in ...
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The government claims they are for the people. In which the electoral colledge is cerrupt considering that every state doesent have the same amount of votes. Even thoe a presedent can get majority vote it wont matter because the other presedent has more votes according to the electoral colledge. Your not even voting fo...
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I think having smart cars is a good idia . I think it will prevent people from gettin injuries and getting in a car carsh .but then there is some pros and cons about having smart cars that are safer in the roeds .I n my point of view i think we are try to prevent the death rate from people crashing each year .So we a...
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Nick D'Alto, the author of Making Mona Lisa Smile, explains how new and advanced technology can read and translate facial expressions down to percentages of emotion. He uses credible sources like college professors and creators of this new technology to further this thought and out them into benefitial environments lik...
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I don't believe that we should keep the Electoral College. Popular vote seems more like the way to vote for a president. Considering there are only 538 electors in the Electoral College, and only 270 votes are required it doesn't seem right that the people don't get to voice their opinion. Also considering the fact tha...
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Being able to read the emotional expressions of students can be innovating. Many student can have problems, but with this technology it can be solved in minutes. The use of this technology is valuable to read the emotional expressions of students because if the student is having problems the teacher can help them with ...
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Having driverless cars into our life is one less problem that we have to worry about in our daily life. It will help our life get so much easier, because you might not have to worry about fuel prices or driving to places when you're tired. Also it will help reduce the number of teenage's death, because most of the deat...
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In this story we are trying to see if the technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I think that the computer is going to work for that, is not going to be the same but is going to work. The monalisa is something that people believe in but if a new computer softwar...
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In 1976, the Viking 1 took a photo of what was thought to be a 'face' on Mars. The 'face' had a shadow that loomed over the formation; the shadow making it appear as a human face. NASA was thrilled when the Viking 1 captured the picture. A few days after the team found it, NASA reveiled the picture to the public. Ever...
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I think the election system should change to most popular state votes because it's only counting Americans who represent the Democratic and the Republican. The Electoral College does get its votes and completes the system but you have to vote for a slate of electors, not just that but voters can't always control their ...
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"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" ESSAY "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article about the planet Venus.The article talks about features that Venus has and how dangerous it could be to humans to explore. The author of the article supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers ...
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The world of driveless cars will come in the near future says Sergey Brin. Since the 1950s, the car companies have been thinking of self-driving cars. Some people may agree to these smarter cars but others may stick to just driving themselves everywhere. If I had to choose I would much rather be driven by the diverless...
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venus might sound like an interesting planet to discover but is it that important to risk it. venus is a very interesting planet to learn and study about. It has many different things to look at like formation,consuistency,and even life perhaps. But besides that is it really safe for us to go there the risks that 97% ...
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In the text,"The challenge of Exploring Venus" it says that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. On paragraph 5 it says, " NASA's possible solution to the hostile coditions on the surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." I says that NASA does more studying they are...
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A major form of transportation that has been around for a long time is driving in cars. Now, people are relying less on cars and are finding different methods of commuting. Some countries are even banning cars. Limiting car usage will have many advantages, such as reducing stress and benefitting the enviroment. Cars ...
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2,000 animlals dead! What if you had to go and help take them across the sea?! Well Luke does, you can play games, you get to see different kinds of animals, and help different countries and see different things. Would you do this or would you not even think about it? You get to play games, such as volley ball basebal...
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Benifits on Limiting Car usage Cars are one of mans geat creations but they are great because they are eassy not because they are good. In hevy populated areas cars make up about 50% of the greenhouse gas. and in just europe family cars make up 12% of green house gas. Some cars are efficient more than others but those...
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The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irration. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electoral college is unfair to voters, because of the winner-take-all system in each state. Candidates don't spend time in sta...
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What would life without cars be like? Cities throughout the world are practicing this idea, and seem to be doing fine without thier cars. Cars are a great way of traveling from place to place. They are fast and time efficent but cars aren't the best for the environment, they cause polution,bad air,smog and global warm...
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Do you ever wonder if there is life on Mars? Many believe there is, but it has not been proven. NASA have been searching for the answer for years. On the Viking spacecraft 1, they spotted a shadowy likeness face of a human on Cydonia that went on for nearly two miles. But, how did it get there? Many believe Aliens, but...
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Luke Bomberger worked two part-time job at the grocey store and at the bank. Then his friend invited him to go to a Europe on a cattle boat. It was hard for him to say no but Luke said yes it was a opportunity of a lifetime. World War 2 was over in the Europe,and many countrys were ruin. To help recover everything 44 ...
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The author describes how a new technology called, "The Facial Action Coding System," (FACS), enables computers to identify human emotions, by describing the software used at the University of Illinois. I believe this type of technology is a great way to read students' emotional expressions for not only educational use ...
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We all know how great of an invention the car was. But believe it or not you dont need it as much as you think. It causes stress, polluted air and your just better off with out it. Vauban, Germany- residents of this community have gone to where few people would ever dare to enter; a car free suburban area. Heidrun Wal...
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I believe that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers because its the closet planet to the Earth . NASA is thinking about sending human to study Venus . Wouldn't it be fun to go visit Venus ? Think about all the stuff you coud learn about like how warm it is , Whats there , and what made people start call...
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Electoral college... what a compromise! the electoral college should be removed and replaced by the popular vote for the president because our votes don't really count and the electors are not always fair. In the passage it had said "you help choose your state's electors when you vote for the president because when yo...
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Should driverless cars actually exist? They are some good and bad times about driverless cars. Also some things that are the same and different about the cars and people. Should the cars the driverless cars happen? My thoughts may make you go for or against the idea. The good things about the driverless cars is that t...
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In Vauban, Germany, citizens have made the decision to not use cars. To some people, this may be something that they could never imagine themselves doing, becuase it would make life more complicted. However, these people are pleased with their decision and would not have it any other way. Furthermore, there are many ad...
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The driverless car seems like it would be a really cool invention, but seems like it could have some issues. The car would be moving somewhat out of your control especially if used as a public transportation vehicle. This would make the older generations worry about their kids and grandkids since they realize it could ...
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The use of the technolodgy to determine if you are happy or not is very valuable. The device can help with many things student have problems with. The people would use the device to even improve upon things they would deal with. Overall the FACS (Facial Asction Coding System) would be more of a help if looked upon the ...
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A vast majority of people who have seen "The Face on Mars" belive that it was created by aliens. This cannot be true because there is too much evidence to disprove this conspiracy theory. The Face on Mars was not created by aliens because it, in fact, does not even resemble a face, and there are many others like it o...
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When you go out in the streets have you ever seen a driverless car? Are you safe with letting your children in the streets knowing there is a car with no need of a driver to drive it? well , i dont argue with driverless cars. Why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver? One of the reasons for not a...
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Being able to calculate if someone is happy or sad is not valuable. People themselve should be able to tell if someone is happy or sad even if they are covering it up. Dr. Eckman is able to detect if someone is happy or sad without FACS ( Facial Action Coding System). You can detect someone's emotions by the way they a...
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Luke Bomberger was living a normal life till his friend Don Reist asked if he wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say no to that once in a lifetime opportunity! It's World War II in Europe and many countrys are in ruins. They need help taking care of their animals and shiping them over seas. Luke and...
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People seem to think that the rock on mars was created by aliens but sienctist disagree. At first scientists figured that the face was just nother martian mesa, common enough around cydonia, only this one had unusaul shadows that made it look like an egyptian pharaoh. In the article it states that a couple of days late...
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Dear State Senator , The idea of a Electoral College sounds great at first. In all reality you have to look at the facts. People of the United States should choose who they want to for president. Only having a few hundered out of the billions of people doesnt really seem fair to everyone's opinion, I agree that not ev...
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In the year 2032, and a new product is talked about all around the world: in homes, buisnesses, schools, and churches. For several days, many people gabble about the aspects of a car that drives itself and is safer than most cars with excitement and jauntiness. For many people, this anecdote is the ideal future and on...
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Limiting car usage has many advantages, from saving money, from helping save the planet. We spend tons and tons of dollars on a simple fossil fuel just so we can get around. Although, having a car may be nice, but also you may need to think about the long term consequences that are yet to come. For example, driving aro...
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The computer software which has been invented is to test the emotion of people. But it is not really a good way to test people like that. If you want to understand the people's thinking when they have a emotion, why don't you learn ecycology? The program tested Mona Lisa's smile and the result said "83 percent happy, ...
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