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The using of cars has caused much of the worlds green house gas imitions, in America as much as 50% of the imitions are caused souly by transportation. Many people feel that this is destroying our atmosphere and that we should cut down on imitions by walking, biking or car pooling. Efforts to cut down keep our atmosphe...
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Driveless cars are the next step in the future, but are they the safest step? Google has been working on these cars for a long time and have had cars that work properly since 2009. With all the technology in the world today it is possible to make these cars, but like cellphones and other devices cars can make mistakes ...
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Luke's life changed after high school graduation because of a friend named Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. And luke went cause he couldn't say no. It was and oppertunity of a life time to him. So he did travel to Europe. Before then Luke had two part-time jobs in agrocery store and a bank when D...
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It first starts out by saying that we said it was an landform.......We went back to takew another picture where it wasent so cloudy adn foggy to prove to you guys there was no alien involed with this. It was all the landform making this face.we hade rolled the spacecraft 25 degress to center the face in the field view...
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Driverless care i think would be lack of motivation, and could cause lazyness. People around the world would want a driverless car, well because they're not driving it. The computer is, it would probably be another episode of WALL-E where everybody gets fat because our technology is to adavanced. If this situation come...
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The face that is on Mars was not created by aliens. We have noticed that aliens wouldn't be able to do this type of thing with just there hands. That the faces on mars had to be created by the storms that have gone through mars the past couple of years. Aliens can't just build a face because they wouldn't know what a h...
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Electoral College is a great thing and some people might think its not, but there is some wrong things about it like voters vote not for the president, but for slate of electors who in turn elect the president. I'm not going to keep it because its not a good idea and people want to vote for who they want and not vote j...
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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author clearly states that they have made new technologies to allow driver-less cars. This can be a good thing and a bad thing. Here are examples on why these cars would change the "public transport taxi system," as paragraph one states. The driverless cars are a new ev...
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The automobile has been a staple in human history ever since it was first  created, they have been used by people wether it was grocery shopping or during war. These days limiting car use has more advantages than ever. Such advantages are that it helps reduce the amount of pollution to the enviorment, helps people save...
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keeping the Electoral College would be the best choice. Selecting the Electors,the meeting for the president and vice president,and the counting of electoral votes by congress is a better idea than 60 percent of voters  prefering a direct election to kind we have now. I understand that under the Electoral College sys...
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Driverless cars are developing in many companies. In the artice the author states that these cars can only steer, accelerate, and break themselves and the driver must do the rest. Driverless cars are not truely driverless because the car still needs the driver to keep a hold of the wheel and take over when there are wo...
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The "Face on Mars" is just a natural landform. There isn't evidence of aliens making it.If it were an alien artifact, we would've seen aliens. Even from the picture from 1976 to 2001, we never saw evidence that there are aliens there. There is nothing on Mars that could've made this so it must have just been nature. T...
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In recent years car ownership has decreased with positive consequences. Life with out cars has its advantages. It is reducing the amount of emissions put into the air, cars are resposible for 12 percent of green house gas. Life without cars can also relive stress. An experimental car free community in Germany called "...
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Limiting car usage is a great idea. If this ever does happen it will be a new Revolution for us all. Some might say that its outragious and unthinkable but it will benefit us in many ways. If we limit car usage there will be less polution, less stress, less traffic, more outside activities which means being healthier a...
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The auther suggests that studying is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Like Venus is even more challanging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atmopsheric. Its more extreme than anything that a human encounter on earth. Venus has the hottest suface temperature of any planet in ou...
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"Huge rock fomation. . .which resembles a human head....." Was created by aliens; or was it. People come up with some insane conspiracy's from how people who have died are still alive or that amusment parks are haunted by the dead... but this is the craziest one. People actually believe there is life on Mars, and that ...
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Is studying venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. I belive that it is a worthy pursuit that will take our inovations to the next level because its a planet that has givin us a great couriosity to explore and can also help us create machines that expand our reserches trough its grounds. it also help ...
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In most parts of the United States cars are our everyday transportation. We use cars in our everyday lives to transport us everywhere, whether it is from home to work or school and other places. What alot of people don't realize is all the advantages that not driving a car everyday has. If we were to use less vehicles ...
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The Electoral College is a system where elected senators from each state vote for the next president of the United States Of America. But doesn't voting belong to the hands of the citizens? Citizens of the U.S should pick their president without the hand of the state senators that would vote for the other canidate. The...
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Going to Venus without any complications would be a dream. To travel there and just be able to land on it's surface without any damage would be a miracle. If you're travelig to any planet it's going to be difficult, but if you're travelling to Venus that's a whole other story. The author knows the dangers and problems...
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Driverless Cars Creating driverless cars in the world seems like a big deal today. In all reality, having driverless cars around the world can be an accident just waiting to happen. If you really think about it, teenagers would most likely be the main ones buying driverless cars. Drinking while driving, texting, and f...
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Everyone knows our solar system and all the plants we have everyone always talks about earth or mercry but no one brings up Venus why? Venus is dangerous to study but also very cool at the same time. The author suggest that venus is worthy to be studied despite the dangers because venus is very challenging, and non-nor...
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"The more technology we have the more knowledge we loose. The more technology we have the more lazy we get." Cars could fundamentaly change the world. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both postive and negative aspects of driveless cars. Driverless cars have a more negative aspect than a ...
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With in this article, there are many arguments regarding the self-driving cars. Many positions for opposing and agreeing with the cars can be seen. I, for one, am supporting the idea for self-driving cars. I believe with enough work, these cars will be safer for the roads, and for their passengers. "Within 10 years, t...
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With the aging of time comes the advent of new technology. One specific development in this modern era is none other than computer-driven cars. This progression, however, has indubitably raised the question: should we have them or not? While computer-driven cars may cause responsibility issues in times of accidents, ul...
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A computer that could detect and read human emotions would benefit every student in the classroom, not just those who are shy or may become confused. A computer such as the one described in the article would allow teachers to better reach their students than previouls before. While restrictions on this technology would...
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Man conquered its environment with advancements and technology, they make life easier but some are harmful to our environment. Automobiles were derived from carriges but unlike carriges automobiles requiered some kind of power to run on. Most vehicles in modern day run on gasoline, Diesel, or electricity. They make tra...
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Venus is one of the planets that have the same density and size and used to have mountains,valleys,craters and it also used to have oceans which means it used to have life but the pressure will kill us because the pressure is 90 times stronger than ours. It is hard to go to venus because sometimes we are farther and s...
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cowboy that rode the waves is about a man whose freind signed him up and he took care of animals on a boat. the animals were for people in other countrys resuply threir food scourse. a reason to join is beacause youd be helping alot of people thrugh tough times. also it gives you opertunitys to see interesting places....
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Venus, our Earth's twin, is the brightest star in the night sky. Due to it's dangerous conditions we have not been able to explore this planet as much as we would have liked. In the passage, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author points out many reasons on why we should in fact be studying Venus, despite Venus'...
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After reading "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the authors idea that study Venus is a worthy pursuit, did not meet all criterias. The author provided many facts about the planet Venus, but didnt give a clear explaination on why we should pursuit the study of Venus. In paragraph 8, the author's reason to pursuit the ...
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Hey,how are you today. Well I am here today to tell you why it would be a great idea for you to participate in the Seagoing program. The reason i think it would be a great idea for you to participate in the Seagong program is because I just got done reading a artical called,'' A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves,''.And in thi...
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Boom! Your teacher just asked how you are feeling and you smile and say "I'm just fine." Then your computer reads the way your muscles moved while talking to your teacher and realizes that your are bored and not interested. So the software in your computer can tell how you feel. A professer from the Beckham Institute ...
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Venus is the nearest planet to our Earth. Exploring it will be an important job because people do not a lot about Venus. The author support his idea of studying Venus despite dangers condition such us high temperatures, atmospheric pressure, and each previous mission have be fallen. Venus the nearest planet to our pla...
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The author supports his/her idea well with all the details they gave of the temperatures and conditions of Venus. Although it seems near impossible, the author leads one to believe that exploring Venus' surface may be more possible than it looks at first glance. There are metals that could survive such conditions. Whi...
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The value of using facial action coding is not completely accurate. We can not rely on an computer to analyze our emotions and expression. A computer is able to recognize all fourty four major musces in the face, but what if its off by one. Computers are able to mess up just like how a human can. There are only six bas...
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Have you ever thought about participating in a seagoing program. Well Luke Bomberger has. His friend invited him to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say no. Readers should join a seegoing program. People can have fun have go on lot's of adventures and see lot's of unique places. Seagoing cowboys get to go to ...
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The Face is a natural Martian mesa, like many others. People have wondered if aliens have built it before, but they had no proof. NASA has already proven with evidence it is just a natural land formation. First, NASA decided to release the pictures of the Face for the public to see, but they only did this to get more ...
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Prof. Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe collaborated to innovate a computer software called the "Facial Action Decoding Sytem", which recognizes facial emotions. The software can construct a 3-D model of the face and is programmed to recognize specific traits. Basic emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, fear, and sadne...
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Dear Senator, I'm writting you a letter because I think that we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the united states than keeping the Electoral College. The reason why I think that we should change to popular voting is because every one will be able to have a say in who becomes president. W...
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"Driverless Cars Are Coming" is a great article and makes a lot of great points about this product. My opinion on driverless cars is I think it's a great idea. Also there could be a down side to this product as well. A public-transportation taxi system that use half the fuel of today's taxis would be a great idea. It ...
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What do you think about when you think of the future? Do you think that driveless cars would be the end result of being safe? Driveless cars are not safe because it makes people lazy, gets rid of all driving laws, and technology isn't always as great as we think it is. The world is already lazy, so why would you want ...
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Snowy days equal blurry camera picture's. With the support of that how could you prove it was made by aliens. As you can see when the picture were taken in December. In December at the North it snow's quit often. Which makes it very hard for a good picture. On a snow day have you every went outside and looked up. Well...
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Driverless cars seem new and exciting for technology and safety when it comes to driving. These cars that are talked of have systems put in them that are above genius. I believe that these driverless cars are a great idea and that they should happen. These driverless cars will have, "a whole lot of sensors" and be a l...
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The object in the picture is not an alien artifact, because land forms on mars that look funny are caused by shadows, the picture quality was not good, and the camera on the last time could of saw buildings and even planes. The object in the picture was not a alien artifact, because the land on mars has many hills cal...
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Imagine you are a scientist at NASA sicussing the face withsomeone who thinks it was created by alliens. Well we all know that alliens are not real it has been provin many time by other scients. I would unerstand why people would think it was created by these myth cretures, but u also got to think about how land andoth...
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There are some advantages and some disadvantages for having and not having a car. U need a car just incase for an emergency and then there is an a advantege for no having a car and that is less pollution in the air. First I like to talk about the disadvanteges for not having a car. not having a car means more walking ...
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The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger by know what kind of planet it is. Numerous factor contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for human study, despit its proximity to us. Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. Venus is als...
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Would you buy a driverless car? The negative aspect in driving driverless cars is that they need lots of senors, they cant help get througth road work or traffic and the technology can fail. Manufactures are starting to use smart cars. Smart cars that are considered driveless. Theses smart cars needs lots of sensors t...
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In 1976, Scientists made a discovery on Cydonia,a region on the Red Planet. NASA's Viking 1 was snapping photos of the area, looking for sites for its sister ship, Viking 2. While it began to take pictures of the region, it spotted a human-like face. Many believe it's an alien monument, many believe it's a natural land...
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In a world of advancing technology finding new ways to change everyday objects is becoming a trend. From improving smartphones to driverless cars the number of new innovations is limitless. Driverlss cars is one thing that has really been advancing lately. Automobile manufacturers are coming up with new ways to advance...
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Elisabeth Rosenthal once asked, "Has America passed peak driving?", (30) having people go out of their way to think about the inquirable question. There are plenty of advantages of limiting car usage. America, nor any other country on this planet, really need cars. Sure, cars help us to get to a location faster than wa...
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In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" explains why the exploration of Venus is a worthy pursuit even though there are dangers. As stated in the article Venus which is reffered to as Earth's "Twin" would be most suitable for life on another planet. There are risks of taking the exploration to Venus such as a...
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Luke helped innocent people and now other people should to. Helping isn't just being nice. It is also about caring sharing and giving. Not disrespect, mistreat, and ignore. All people deserve the same right. luke got injured and he had to rest for a couple days but he stil went on to finish the mission. He didn't even...
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Joining the Seagoing Cowboys Program is one big honor, and a very tough one. It can be fun and exciting to! There can be serious times, this is a job for saving people and animals so in these times you have to be focsed. There are also times that are just incredible, in your spare time you can go sight seeing. I, myse...
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In the mid 70s, NASA discovered a massive face on the planet Mars, they photographed it. It resembled eyes,a nose and a mouth. NASA leaked the photo, then people, including scientist and astronomers,started to wonder if it were created by aliens! I disagree,I do not think the face was created by aliens, and there are ...
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Does anyone remeber when Google came up with the smart glasses that can do anything? It was said to be the next revolutionary smart item and everyone will either want it, or have it. Well, as it turns out, not even half of America bought these state-of-the-art glasses. Just as the Google glasses did not succeed, I beli...
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Driveless cars have been a fantasy on television and in media, but in many ways, they have evolved into what could be a distant reality. As the author states, Google has been working on driveless cars since 2009. For cars that drove half a million miles without crashing, it is a remarkable step into what could be a pos...
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In ths artile "Driverless Cars Are Coming" they talk about how cars can drive on their own. Although, it talks about how the driver still has to stay catious. If drivers still have to be catious and take control when theres road construction and what not, then what's the point in having a drivless car. To me it's just ...
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In this story about "Making Mona Lisa Smile" They talked about alot. In the first two paragraphs they talked about Face Expressions. Dr. Huag and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. They can caculate Emotions like a math homework. How can a computer recognize sub...
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A car that you do not have to drive. It sounds pretty cool right? There are many aspects on why driverless cars are good, but on the contrast side, many driverless cars are not that appealing, not to mention that they would be highly expensive. Driverless cars can cause accidents, are not truly "driverless', and are no...
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Cars are one of the most important reason why global warming exists and there will be alot of more benefits if thye limited the car usage. Global warming is affecting everyone and is getting worst every single day and we have to do something now before is to late. Cars in cities like Los Angeles they are a problem becu...
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The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. This is not a face created by aliens. The picture taking in 1998 revealed it was a natural landform, if NASA would have said it was aliens they would recieve more funding, however they said it was an illusion of a face, and in 2001 the picture taken clearly shows that it is ...
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if humans didn't have to control the car? I think driveless cars is a good idea but at some time humans will have to take over. I say this because it would be less acidents, there will be less tickets , and people without lisences can't drive. One reason why I think it's a ...
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In the article The Challenge of Exploring Venus the Author seems to have strong feelings about wanting to visit Venus. In the article is says venus has some bad things if you go there. Venus is Earth's twin as it says in the article it's the closest in size, density and distnce too, because venus is right around the co...
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It would be awsome to identify human emotions,and knowing what students feel in class can be really useful. I think the new technology that reads emotional expressions of people can be useful in schools. The teachers will be able to know when the students are bored, in the article it said "A classroom computer could r...
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The Leonardo da Vinci's painting was his bigges painting in thw world he made a 83 percent happy will 9 percent disgusted and 6 were percent fearful and only 2 were angry. The Mona Lisa demonstrantion bring a smile to your face when you see it whit your one eyes and it show you how computer can do just imagine a comput...
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Choosing weather we should keep the electorial college or start voting by popular vote well some may say its a tough choice and others may say that its an easy one. But after awhile and you take some time to think about it, you come to your sences and see that well maybe it is a simple question. The question is does th...
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As Luke says you can take many great expeditions, and it made him more aware of people and their needs. Luke had just turned 18 and that meant he could be drafted into war. But he was on a cattle boat so he could keep doing service there. By the time of 1947 he was discharged, Luke had taken nine trips! That's a recor...
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in german suburbs residents are pioneers and they have given up thier cars to stop all the busy crowded parking. even though owning a car is aloud they still dont do it because it is safer for the children and enviroment . they are also trying to put a message put to the world . more than 70 percent of the vaubans fami...
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The nasa is woirking on other approaches to studyng venus, for example some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venu's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported vari...
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Many people think that aliens are real, but they're not! Many people believe that this photo is caused by aliens. They don't know the true story of this and that it has to be caused by natural landform. There's no proof that aliens are real and no one really proved it at all! People just assume that it's caused by alie...
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You shoud joi the sea going cow boys because it is an adventure.It is fun.You get to help people gather suplys shelter and you get to help aor country get a better veiw on what we with do forv them and that we will not let them down and that we care about that country and that is a good thing and that if they think th...
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The so-called "Face on Mars" is not what its famous title implies. If it's name was to be re-done to be politically correct, it would be renamed "The Mesa on Mars." The landform would be renamed that because it is a mesa, if there was life on Mars we'd know, and because the only reason we ever called it a face was beca...
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The author suggests that studying Venus is important for a few reasons. The first of which is that Venus is one of the most Earth like planets in our solar system. The second one is Venus could have once been able to be compatable for life. Another thing that the author brings up is that Venus has powerful earthquakes ...
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In this article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" has differnet things that really is not really helpfull cause suposely it drives by its self. But I'm going to give you reason why it good and bad. Some are good thing which could help out the driver driving it, but others that is going to be a problem for that person. The ...
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Luke Bomberger had no idea how his life would change after gradutating high school. After graduating high school Luke Bombergers friend asked his if he wanted to go on a cattle boat. The reason they had the cattle boats was because World War II had just ended in Europe. After World War II ended many countries were crum...
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Do you really think the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens? The "Face" is nothing but an ordinary landform of Mars. Pictures, common sense, and science have proved that. First, there are pictures that show what the "Face" really is. The "Face" is nothing but a common mesa(2). The mesa just looks like a face because ...
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How well something is said and in what way it is said to the audience plays a role in how the big or small the impact is; Depending on how well written something is makes a difference as well. In a passage called "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author gives an excellent essay on why traveling to Venus is a wort...
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You should join the seagoing cowboys. A seagoing cowboy is where you go over seas and take care of animals to help a country. A reason you should go to the sea going cowboys is that it's not only going to another county, but you can see nastional monuments and explore fun places. Luke Bomberger said that you will have ...
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Driverless cars have always been a big idea for the future. However, there are some really important pros and cons for driverless cars. Driverless cars can be very dangerous to not only the individual driving, but also to everyone around. Perhaps driverless cars isn't such a good idea. Your biggest concerns would be th...
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Venus is important to study because long ago it could of have supported life. But, now that there are dangers of studying the plant some call Venus, Earth's twin. Studying Venus would be good for Earth because if Venus "could have supportted various form of life" means the somewhere in Venus curroded and if that it mi...
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Have you ever wanted to know what a Seagoing Cowboy is? Well, today you a going to learn what a Seagoing Cowboy is. You should join the Seagoing Cowboy progam because its a progam that delivers Animals, Food Supply, and or car parts. The Seagoing cowboy program was started in World War 2 it offically launched bussiness...
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There is a debatable path in the future between the use of cars and driverless cars. This is shown throughout the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming." Although driverless cars are a huge step in the development of technology, there are numerous potential negative aspects that can arise. Driverless cars should not be...
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"Teenager girl gets into a deadly car accident due to her self-driving car shutting down." This is one of the main reasons why i am 100% against Driverless cars. Yes, having a self-driven car could be fun, and could help out some people. But for others having a car that is supposed to drive itself could be not only bor...
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Driverless Cars vs. Human Driven Cars Growing up in the age of technology, many scholars like me have been able to see the increased growth of technolgy around us. Technology in the last 20 years has rapidly grown in ways not seen before. Even in cars safety has increased in the last ten years with the introduction ...
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Joining this prgram was the best. There was a few incidents that happened while I was on this trip, but it was an amazing experience. When I was on that ship it felt good. I was around all the animals. I mean who wouldnt want to go on a trip. The air out there feels good, taking care of animals was also a lot of fun. ...
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MONTH_DAY_YEAR Goodmoring senator before I start , I would like to ask how are you doing and how's your family. I hope everybody health is great and family problems. Today I want to talk to you about some little problem that's not going as well as I thought it was going to go. Electoral College is not a good idea for ...
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Dear Senator, I know that you have many issues to think about and havee a lot of decisions to make, but I think it the subject of the Electoral College is a very improtant subject for you to ponder.  The Electoral College needs to be changed, we need to vote for the presidency with the popular vote.  I believe that th...
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author has suggeted to study Venus a worthy pirsuit despiting the dnagers it presents. Venus is the second planet from the Sun . Venus is a bright star in the night sky , we can see Venus from dis but is very challenging to see up close . Venus is the closest planet to Earth re...
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Although it does seem like looking back to the past is the right thing, sometimes changing the past can have good effects for the future. The founding fathers that established the United States Constitution also established the Electoral College. Even though it has been used for many years it is the not most accurate f...
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The world of technology is rapidly increasing. Along with this comes new inventions. One invention in particular is the driverless car. This car has both positive and negative affects on society. However, the driverless car is not safe and could be bad idea. The driverless car could potentionally be a great thing. For...
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The use of this technology to read students emotional expressions is not very valuble. No one can read emotions like teachers and peers can. If a student is confused or needs help they can simply ask for it, theres no need for a computer to tell what they need help with. When some people are working on assignments on ...
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In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it show that the author likes to study Venus because it is like earths "twin". the earth can be dangerous but worth learning about. the earth can be livaible for humans with harsh conditons. not knowing what we can have without trying cannot be the right choice. Venus ...
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To the fellow citizens, the advantages of limiting car usage in the world could limit the numbers of miles driven, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and the parks and sports center also have bloomed throughout the city. To begin informing the fellow citizens more abou...
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The face on Mars is just a natural landform because it states in the text that the only reason the rock looks like a face is because it has shadows from the sun, and in this case the shadows give the "face" eyes, mouth, and a nose. Yes even though there have sightings of UFO's or ( Unidentified Flying Object) the cons...
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In the matter of the electoral college, being either abolished or kept intact, i take the side of keeping it intact for the reason that even though you are technically not voting for the president, but for a slate of delegates that are loyal to the candidate, it is in fact very useful. First, the number of electoral vo...
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Is the Electoral College fair or not, thats is was many people are trying to figure out. The Electoral College is a process of votes that allows people to choose a president, but some contries get to vote and some dont even see a campaign ad. I believe the Electoral College is not a fair process because under the Elect...
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In the article Driverless Cars Are Coming, there is an argument about the driver and the manufacturer. Most driving laws focus on keepping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawnmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in a car entertainment...
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Imagine having a car that drives itself. Not having yourself put your foot on the accelerator or even the break. Having the car steer itself also. Seems too unreal right? Having cars that drive them selves seems like a whole big mess. People these days are getting to lazy to get into a car and drive it yourself. My pos...
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