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Are you against of this technology to read people's mind? I am against it because there are people out there that suffer and want to get over their life. If that technology read their mind and the world knows it they will suffer more and never get over it. Also, there are many good reasons to agree it and there are man...
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The use of the new computer software created by Prof. Thomas Huang, can read you're emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be valuable. The new computer software could be a big help in schools. It could be able to tell how a student is feeling. It could help solve issues- drama- at schools and work plac...
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In this article the author clearly shows that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author uses logical reasoning and facts that make his claim valid. In the passage there are many ways that suggest the advantages of exploring Venus despite the dangers of the mission. In the passage provided t...
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Seagoing Cowboys Have you ever heard of a Seagoing Cowboy? When I was young my friend and I were offered a chance to join the UNRRA, " the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration." I knew it was an "opportunity of a lifetime." They hired us to help with carrying war animals across the seas. We had ton...
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The author suggest that studying wenus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents he thinks human curiosity will began.the text states"striving to meet the challenger presented by venus has value,not only because of the insight to bo gained on the planet itself,but also because human curiosity will likely lead...
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Many scientists and astronomers might ask " Is exploring Venus worth the risk? This might be a question that is asked all around the world. Some people may find visiting Venus is too dangerous. Others really don't mind the challenge. The real question is, is NASA really going to conduct this unnecessary experiment? Th...
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Venus is an unknown planet, despite being so close to us. It is hostile, and no human could survive on its surface. But some think it is possible to reach the surface and study Venus up close. It has many dangers in the way of progress. It's clouds contain sulfuric acid, and it's thick atmosphere is made up of almost 9...
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Aliens couldn't have created this! If it is formed by some kind of rock that is placed on mars, how could a alien create this? This "Face on Mars" is a natural landform. Most of the pictures that were taken of this landform were compared to other landforms that are on Earth. The "Face on Mars" was compared to landforms...
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Using technology to read the emotional expressions of students is not a very good idea. We all have bad and good days. But there is no reason to use the technology to read students expression. Some kids would perfer to be left alone when their feeling sad. Others dont want to be bothered when mad. When kids are sad or...
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Emotions are something everyone expierences everyday. On some people, emotions are hard to see by observing. However, on others people, emotions can easily be seen. Computers that can calculate emotions allows for humans to know instead of guessing a persons' emotions. Humans and computers have been existing together ...
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Even though different technology can do many things, reading emotional expressions using technology can be valuable. It is valuable because this kind of technology can seek if your happy, sad, excited, surprised, etc. Many people don't express their emotions the same way. This technology we're talking about is called ...
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This is why I am for and against the development of all of the new cars they are making.The driverless cars are very interesting and sound like fun.You are still driving but your car is also driving by itself.The only thing i disagree with is when it comes to the law the person driving and the manufacturer should have ...
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Are cars beginning to go out of fashion? Over the last few years, fewer and fewer people are getting their driver's liscense, and less people are buying cars. That's because walking or taking public transportation where you need to go can be more beneficial than driving. Using alternative transportation decreases stres...
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Limiting Car Usage The number of positive connotations that limiting car usage around the world would have on society is infinite. It would lower congestion, promote more healthy and efficient means of travel, and it would reduce emissions by a very large factor. People around the world are turning towards methods of ...
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I think that we shoud include this type of technology into the classrooms. So that this way we could know what a student is thinking about the subject he is learning. If he/she is bored the teacher can maybe think of a way to make the class a bit more fun or entertaining in a way. The text states "Then it could modify ...
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Dear Senator, If one could sum up the definition of the Electoral College in a few words, those words would be unessasary and room for error. The Electoral College was established by our fore fathers in the constution. Paragraph one in What is the Electoral College by the Office of the Federal Register states "A compr...
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The advantages of limiting car use can help the environment and people. Some advantages include reduced smog in the air from the exhaust pipe of a car. More people will be healthy because instead of driving everywhere people would begin to start walking. Also when no one is driving cars there are no traffic jams so eve...
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What if teachers were able to monitor their student's emotions during class? In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", by Nick D'Alto, D'Alto talks about a technology that was developed that can detect how someone or something feels based off of facial expressions. How the technology works is that there are certains mu...
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What I think about driveless cars is that it could be benifitual to the everyday workaholic but not the someone who doesnt plan their day. There are positive things to having driveless cars and their are negitives things too. Some advantages to having driveless cars would be it would be less car accidents. That would ...
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The use of this technology could be valuable in some ways. As to determine what emotion is being played here and such. But in some cases there are ways were use this in classroom can out right fail if not used right. We don't know how much this tech costs for schools everywhere to bring them into the learning curve. T...
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Twenty five years ago something very uncommon happened on our planet Mars. NASA sent a shuttle taht can take pictures of anything, NASA sent the shuttle out into space. The shuttle NASA sent out was called "Viking 1". Viking 1 was a shuttle that took (past tence) pictures of plantes. NASA sent the shuttle out to look f...
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What my position is on drverless cars are that they are not a bad thing, but everything has a good and a bad. I personally think that driverless cars are not bad because you can save more lifes. Driverless cars are one big step into the future. Driverless cars can save lives, think of this what if you get an emergancy...
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Technogly is everywhere. Its in our coffie maker at your house, in your car on the way to work, in your phone calling to tell your boss you are stuck in traffic, and on the computer at your work place. But some one decided to make technogly even better, a man of the name Prof. Thomas Huang. The brillent Facial Actio...
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I think other peolpe should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. The main resion i think that is because i went though it and i lerned a lot from it. It gave me a lot of good life examples that i can look back on which is always good. Thats one of the resoins i think more people should go though it. I think ot...
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The Electoral College is a easy, yet hard way of a candidate becoming the President of the United States. The Electoral college was created by how ever many majority of the electoral votes will become the new president. This brings many issues within the U.S. . The popularity vote does not matter in a situation like th...
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The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by explaining and reasoning about Venus. Venus is a simple to see from the distant. Each previous mission was unmanned. Venus is a challenging planet and no spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. I believe ...
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The face on mars was first found by the spacecraft called Viking one and was cirling mars when it found the face. alot of people belive it is a real artifact. NASA has took more pictures to prove that it is infact not an artifact. People belive there just covering it up so pople wont know about it. But that is not true...
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Have you ever travled to another planet? If not here are some points and tips on "The challenge of exploring Venus." First the planet Venus is much earth-like. It can cover large lands with oceans. Venus can support various forms of life such as moutains,craters,valleys etc... Still to this day Venus still has earth li...
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Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and accasionally the closest in distance too. the speed between Mars, Venus, and Earth orbit the sun in different speeds. these difference in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times venus A thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon ...
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Driverless cars are an ineviatable result of advancements in technology. It has been estimated that within the next 30 years, most cars in the world will be self operated. The idea of a driverless car sounds absurd to some, but driverless cars might be better that modern cars. Driverless cars are an amazing invention t...
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How awesome would it be to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well, imagine touring crossing huge oceans and touring amazing places like Europe and China. Imagine taking a gondola to Venice, Italy. Or how about seeing the Acropolis in Greece. Seagoing Cowboys have the opportunity to explore these amazing plac...
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The use of technology to read students' expresions is good. It could help students focus in school, and help teachers help student with subjects they don't understand. When students are aware they're not paying attention in a subject they try to pay more attention or at least make it seem like they are. The text state...
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For many years, the automobile has become and remained a staple in the world as humanity's most popular choice of transportation. The number of cars manufactured by car companies has reached the hundreds of millions. Cars have been a trademark of American ingenuity and the evolution of technology. However, as we go int...
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In the article " Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. They both have a good argument wether it is a bad idea or a good idea to have driverless cars. I agree with it is a negative idea to have driverless cars. why do i think it's a negative idea to have ...
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Would you participate in the Seagoing Cowboys progam? I would so I can visit many places and take adventures. It seems really fun to go to Europ, China, or anywhere else he goes. It just seems really exciting to go journeys and adventures with friends, and explore the outside world. In the passage it says "It took abo...
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did you know that NASA and scientist has a way to found more about veuns with the new technology? veuns is one of the planet of the solar system and it has great fact the you don't know about? here some of thing you might or might not know about venus. venus is a worthy and dangers by being the close to the sun it ever...
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umm yeah just dont drive as much you can save the world an crap , we LOCATION_NAME should take a day to not drive if it was up to me shoot  i would have said today so i didint have to type this crap till forth peroid,but no im typeing i was just told a teacher at this school is going to see this but thats cool. If we ...
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The Venus are not safe, there are the reasion why the NASA are challenging the Venus. The author idea was that studing the planet Venus are to know everything about this planet and show how bad it could be. There are none of the single spaceship has touched down on Venus. There are somthing wrong in the Venus or somthi...
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The face you think was created by aliens was not, because we have no evidence of aliens throught all of our travels in space. The face is just a natural landform on Mars. If you think that NASA wants to hide this for their research your wrong. If NASA released that there was alien lifeforms on Mars their funding would ...
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Dear Florida State Senator, I am sorry to announce that the unfairness of the Electoral College to the Americna people, has come to my attention. As a fifteen year old highschool student, I will not have to worry about voting for quite some time. However, if the Electoral College continues to be the nation's way of el...
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Dear, State Senator I have recently read articles about the electoral vote system currently in place in the united states. The electoral vote system elects other people, called electors, to vote for the people.  They basically vote for president, if you and many others vote for him/her.  I believe the electoral vote ...
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Technology is seeming to make a break through almost every day as we can now use a computer to tell us how we're feeling. This could help us in many ways as to avoid miscommunicatiom often seen in classrooms and help teachers understand their students better. Let me show my thought process on why this new technology sh...
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The article "Unmaking the Face on Mars" explains how the Face on Mars was not made by aliens but was actually made naturally and is called a mesa. The Face was not made by aliens but does remesble a human head, the Face was also a natural landform, and the Face finally is just a mesa even though people still believe th...
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Would you like to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. It will will be a fun experience for newcomers. We have a lot of fun in this program. We helped a lot of people. We cared for a lot of animals most animals are back in their habitat. So please think about signing up. First,your proabably asking youself why should i ...
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Cars are not always convienent. I've been asked to inform citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. The main advantages of limiting car usage are decrese of pollution, less stress, and promotion of alternative transportaion. First of all, one main advantage of limiting car usage is decrease of pollution. In...
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Venus is an intesresting planet that has been studied very little. Venus may be close to the Earth, but it is hard to discover more of the planet, because it has conditions that are different than on Earth. However, this doesn't mean that we should stop discovery. There may be challenges along the way, but scientists w...
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There are many ways of limiting car usage. Some advantages of limiting usage are people are much happier and safier, you dont have to hear the aggravating sounds of motors and tires screeching by, and air pollution is decreased majorly. In the first passage, Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two children s...
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Three reasons Luke joined the SeagoingCowboy program was to help countries recover from the damage that happened in World War two. Another reason is so he can help the people that was hungry and their houses got damaged during the war. Also to take care of the aminals that they hade to transport by boat. When Luke and...
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The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tells us that an author wants Venus to be explored more. Venus does seem like a very interesting place to explore even though it has really harsh measure conditions such as the temperature can be 800 degrees Fahrenheit and a atmosphere with 97% carbon dioxide. The author ...
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Think of a time where no one drives anymore. A time where no one even knew how to drive. A time that could possibly be the beginning of a new era or the end to a great one. This will all come with the power of someone to sit in a car and do aboslutely nothing. The car would do everything for you. " They can steer, acce...
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How can you compare a painted woman's emotions to a 3-D printer? Copying somone's face with a 3-D printer can't tell you their emotions. This is one big guess, this device can't tell you what facial musscles they're using because its not possible. What would the need for teachers be if a computer notices when someone g...
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In this first passage called "In German Suburb, Life goes on with out cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal. This story explains the life in germany without cars. In this upscale community it cost 40,000 dollars to keep a car inside the parking garage plus you have to pay for a house. Over 70 percent of families dont have cars ...
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Venus is a planet in our solar system, which is sometimes visible in the Earth's night sky. Scientists are considering ways to get humans to Venus, and in order to accomplish this goal, continue to study it. The author of this essay is heavily in favor of continuing research into Venus, regardless of Venus' incredibly ...
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In the story The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author explains why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author says no matter how dangerouse it is we need to study it because it may well once have been the most Earth-lie planet in our solar system. The author also says that long ag...
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We have created a face on the surface of our planet. Doesn't that sound stupid, I mean if there is intellagent life out there why would they waste there time puting a face on a planet. That face is nothing but a mountain or rock formation that looks like a face. First off the area the probe was flying over and taking ...
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I think you should be a Seagoing Cowboy because it is a good program to do. If you like farm animals, and taking care of them. Then you will really like this job. Be careful not to get hurt. Make sure you take good care of the animals. The program is fun you get to travel around the world. This job is a one in a life...
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Driveless cars can be a very great enhancement in the future's society. Driveless cars can save fuel, they have very high experience, and they contain many gadgets to hold itself together for a very long time. First reason why driveless cars are a good enhancement to the society is that it would save money and time. "...
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This strange figure that took the shape of a face on Mars is actually just a natural landform. It looks much like a landform equivalent to a butte or mesa which are common in the American west. shadows around give the illusion to the eyes that this strange figure has eyes, a mouth, and a nose. Proof has been found fro...
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I entered a program before called the seagoing cowboys how it all started though was because of my friend don reist. I was working two part time jobs at a grocery store and a bank and when my friend invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I got to travel a lot to. So here is why I am asking you to join the progra...
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What would you think about driverless cars driving around your neighborhood? I would totally disagree and be against of these cars. I wouldn't accept it at all because of these three reasons: It will be a big risk of our lives, we can't trust in technology on everything, and it would cost a lot of money. You are probab...
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Have you ever seen those movies will the smart cars that drive by themselves? Like the bat moble in batman? Those aren't just cool but also really safe and may be the type of transportation in the future years. I like the idea of one and I'd buy one. The development of driverless cars is brilliant because it will chang...
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Smart cars are shown to be the new thing in the future. But, are smart cars really that necessary? They can malfunction and end up worse than your dreams. Even though these cars are being tested and upgraded, they can always have a fail. I am against the development of these cars because they could be a huge danger to ...
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State senator, We should abolish electoral college, its unfair and non-democratic. The presidents  seat should be based on popular votes as the winner. Instead of this Electoral college that is clearly unfair  and has no clear outcome, look at what happened in 2000. As stated in paragraph 16,"Gore had popular votes" ...
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The Emotional Classroom Using technology when trying to find out if a student is lost or just does not get the topic is a useful thing to have in the classroom. The Facial Action Coding System which enables computers to identify human emotions is a great feat in artificial intelligence. Using technology like that in a...
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", it shows how Venus actually is. It tells of how dangerous it is to explore, and learn more about. However, it also explains the importance of knowing about Venus. Here are some of the reasons stated on why it's important to know and learn more bout Venus. First, it is thought Ven...
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Who would have thought that our world would be where it is today in the automobile feild. We started out with simple horses and buggies, and now we're sporting driverless cars. The future is here, and i'm super thrilled to be a part of the generation of technology. Apparently, Google has developed a car that literally...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System. He goes on the explain that this system enables computers to identify human emotions and that in can be valuable in the classrom. This system is not valuable in the classroom because, it is an inva...
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I personality don't think that we should should have Driveless Cars, beeacuse there are alot of things that can go wrong with driveless cars, there are more likely for there to have an accident to happend. Although it an great idea of having an driveles car there is no proven fact that the car will not spin out of con...
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"All of our development since World War II has been centered around the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberg, an official of Transportation for America. David Goldberg says this in means of trying to decrease car usage, such as in Vauban, Germany. Car usage after World War II continued increasing for...
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I evaluate my claim to support how well the author supports his idea that "studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers" using envidence from the article Venus is the second planet from our sun, is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the clost in distance too. Venus, so...
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The electoral colleges shouldn't be taken away. Just because of its minnor flass it still should be keept because of the "winner-take-all" system it just awards electors to the winning presidential candidate. The out comes of the electoral colleges are almost certain and no hassels to figure out who won and who didn't....
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Having a driverless car can have positives and negatives about it. It could help people. It could detect accidents even when the driver isn't paying attention. Some positives are that there are some drunk drivers out there,but if there was a driverless car they dont have to drive the accident rate would be way down. A...
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According to the article venus is dangerous, But scientist dont care. they are fascinated by Venus because it may once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system. Scientist has been sending spacecrafts on Venus but no spacecraft has survived the landing. Thats one of the many reasons why Venus is dangerou...
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Smart cars on the way to take over. Many people believe that smartcars are going to over take the automobile industry. some say they wont ever stand a chance. who is right? no one will know until it takes place to see what is going to happen with the smarter cars. Many people don't believe that smart cars will over ta...
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Limiting car usage could greatly benefit the lifestyle of yourself and of those around you. Did you know that motor vehicles are one of the biggest causes of pollution and greenhouse emissions? According to a source by Elisabeth Rosenthal, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Eu...
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Do you think that reading the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. I think that it can be a good idea if used properly because if the system can detect how someone is feeling it can adept to the person emotions and make it more intresting or entertaining for the student. This is good because th...
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I think that we should change the electoral collage because is it not very organize and theirs slot of voters that dont like it also in the electoral college you just dont vote for the president that you want for your nation you sre also for slays that you might not even want or like it should just be that you vote for...
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Advancments in technology is the future for the 21st Century. Technology is being improved everyday wether it be with phones, cars, or house systems. The development of driverless cars is inevitable, and it's a big step towards greater technology then what is already there. The making of driverless cars is already in ...
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Cars are almost everywhere, And as they say ''Where ever theres a car, There is polution''. Well thats not what they actually say but thats what they should be said. I mean can you just imaging the gases and smoke coming out of just one car,Its a lot right well now picture a country full of cars and trucks now thats ca...
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Limiting car usage can be a major impact on our everyday life. Just think about what would happen if people stopped using their cars and started walking or riding bikes for transportation. If we did that it would reduce greenhouse gas in Europe, it would also limit the amount of money spent on fuel used by the everyday...
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The author finds that studing Venus would be a good thing because of how it is or was similar to earth. There is evidence of Venus being largely being covered by oceans as weel as mountains and valleys with rocky sediments this may give clues or refrences about extraterestrial life that humans have been looking for. Ev...
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The advantages of limiting car usage are overwhelming. Even so much as a car-free day as Bogota Columbia has been doing for the past three years is majorly beneficial. Limiting car usage has been sweeping around the world. It is stated that "passenger cars are responsible for almost 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissio...
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The challenges of exploring Venus can be worthly pursuit but dangers can be presented. One postive example of Venus is called the evening star is one the brightest ponits of light in the night sky making it simple for even an amater stragazer to spot. The reason we explore or visit other plants its because the human c...
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The seagoing cowboy's sounds like a great program. You get to see new and diffrent things when your in it. You also get to go on a long ship/ boat ride. If i were a boy i'd love to do the seagoing cowboy's program. You may not but we all have our own opinion's. What he did was very nice, and put himself in a great...
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The process begins when the computer 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." Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). He has classified six basic emotions - happine...
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The technology is valuable for many reasons. One of the reasons being is that the latest innovation is being used to make it. A second reason is because it can make characters in video games seem more expressive. It would be better for humans that can not talk. Reading students facial expressions could help see if the...
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Dear Senator, I believe that we should keep the electoral college. Although they maybe known to be unfair, outdated, irrational, and an non-democractic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. But I believe it is fair because ...
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After a long agrument with one of my co-workers deciding whether or not the Face on Mars was made by the aliens or the picture was a picture of a natural landform we both had different opinions on what we thought it really was. My co-worker tried to convince me that aliens put the Face on Mars. He told me that by the ...
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In our Galaxy(Milky Way)there are many stars and as we know we have 8 planets but I am going to talk about one planet in special,Venus. Venus,sometimes is called the ''Evening star''.This nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. It is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky,also you can see...
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I think the seagoing cowboys program is very helpful and an exciting thing to do for a career. It is an oppertunity of a lifetime. The seagoing cowboys program will allow you to experience adventures and visit many unique places. in the text it states "it took 2 weeks to cross the atlantic ocean from the eastern coast...
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The essay is about car polution and getting ride of car polution. People have been selling their cars to have a "car free town" and other countries wanted to try this "experiment out" in their countries. Getting rid of cars can help the Economy with polution. It also could help people save money on gas and use that mo...
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Making Mona Lisa smile people are feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotions. The new software has developed that improves accury in the perceiving the emotins of others. This means that people are hiding their emotion so that people can't tell how they are feeling inside their hearts. Accoriding to some ...
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Yes, I believe that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit also. In paragraph 4, it states "astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar sytem." It was once covered with large oceans. Venus has features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. If Earth was t...
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In Paragrph 1 sentence 1 it says that somrtimes Pluto is called "Evening star. However its nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. In our solar system Venus is the second planet from our sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth , it has provide a very challengi...
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There was a world before cars. One without polluted air, green house gasses, and holes in the O-ZONE layer. Transportation was done the old fashioned way, with your two legs. Aside from your legs, we now have other methods of transportation aside from legs and motor vehicles, such as bikes. Technology is on the rise.. ...
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If aliens really exsisted wouldn't we know by now? Reasons on why the mark on mars is not a face, is because our technology, scientific facts, and oursafety. Going into detail i will tell you more reasons on why this is a natural land form. The mark on mars is a natural land mark, because our technology is advanced in...
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Can technology can detect how a persons felling by look at the painting. One of the greatest painting by Leonardo da Vinci, The Mona lisa was being into questioned it she was really happy or not. WIth the technology we have today by the Facial Action Coding System. They figured out that she's mostly happy but a bit di...
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Space is an interesting and confusing large mass of black with so much in it to explore. Who wouldn't want the opportunity to explore it? The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is very for the exploration of Venus. Venus is a planet in our solar system. It is sometimes called the evening star because it is o...
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Dear State Senator, Currently, the Electoral College makes the final decision of who should be elected president. Some people may think otherwise, but I believe that we should change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America. In the Electoral College they don't vote for the preside...
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How do you now there is an intellegent life form making these so-called supernatural phenomona? The fact's show that this is just a natural landform. I know the other side to this. You might be thinking to yourself"Why does it look like a face in the 1976 picture,Then suddenly goes back to a "natural"landform."The answ...
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