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Would you go to a planet just to see how it works? Many people may say no but some will say yes. Venus is a very interesting planet with many extreme cirmustances. Venus is the second closest planet to the sun but yet hotter than the first closest planet; which Mercury is the closest to the sun. It would be a great ide...
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FACS Telling somebody their emotions is cool, but it is also useful. The online classroom and classroom is a good setting to have the technology in. It can detect if a students emotions about the subject they are learning. Having FACS is valuable in the classroom. Being confused in the classroom sucks. Being too s...
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"What's the matter bud?" Thomas says to his best friend, Charlie, as he doesn't carry his huge smile today as usual. "Oh it's nothing." replies Charlie who's obviously not as happy as he always is. Thomas would sure like to know how is friend is feeling; but he can't because there's no humanly way possible to if Charl...
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The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" says that studying Venus can be good for the human kind. As Earths 'twin' it could become a place humans may one day get to inhabbit. Since we cant yet we need to learn about it, like how to lessen the gravity or how to get breathable air there and how to cool it down so...
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The world need the cars not just for hang out with your friends or family the are a lot people who need a car like transportation when they going to the work also for emergency that means car they has to continue in the world peolple they neede. Car they are necessary for a better style of life that way the humanity b...
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Can you believe there's actually technology that can identify your emotions ? There's a new technology that can show a how a human is feelings. It's called the Facial Action Coding System. This system can be used to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom by showing when kids are getting bored or conf...
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Today our world revolves around new cars, we have always seemed to love cars, and they seem to always be a part of your lives. America even went through a time period called "The Car Craze". Thats saying something about how much we love car. According to an article I have resently read, ever since World War II we have ...
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Venus may be a worthy pursuit of study even with the dangers that come with this challenge due to the information that the author provided within this article. The planet Venus may be useful in some way even though it is extremely dangerous and nonhabitable. The atmosphere on Venus is really thick to where it is close ...
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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 not valuable because some computers can give you wrong information. you cant always rely on a software...
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In the time we live in today everybody or almost everybody has a car. That's how a lot of us get around. People that were raised in the twenty first centry thinks that there's something wrong with buses or taxies. I truly believe that there's nothing wrong with taking cars off the road for a day or so. Maybe we should ...
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In a world that is beginning to become so reliant on technology, it isn't hard to fathom the idea that a computer can recognize emotions. Facial Action Coding System (FACS) can do just that, but some people may ask. "What uses does this really have for us, other than invading someone's privacy." The most clear answer i...
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the author suggests that studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the danger. i think he did good on support the story abouts why it worthy but it might not be worthy it might just be that all the spaceship they was using or the stuff on the ship making it not able to make it all the way up there they could be making t...
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Theres a couple reasons i think self driven cars shouldnt be alowed on the streets, they are not stable, they dont have emotion, and they might malfuction. I think self driven cars are not stable because, emagion yourself driving after work and the car starts speeding up and you have no way out and no control over the...
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First, readers... in the story " A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" Lukes participation in the seagoing cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and go to many places across the sea! In this story He will tell you in his point of veiw. How he feels about the program and why he would want to join. Personally I thi...
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Imagine being on a plaet so hot that metal would melt just from the touch of it. Imagine being on a planet that has 80 times the atmospheric pressure of the Earth. Now imagine being on it. You would think that it's imppossible and that it's too risky. Well, that's only half true because scientist have now started study...
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I think you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get to help people and visit many different places while on your trip. For me joining the program was a great opportunity. You were never bored, caring for the animals during the crossing kept me busy and on return trips we played baseball and...
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Using facial recognation to try and exzamin students emoition's is completely immoral. It's an completly obstruction to privacy. Students should be able to feel emotion without having some crepper staring at you through your screen. That's like down right almost brain reading. I don't only think it's bad idea I think t...
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This idea i think is very usefull for teachers now, its bad enough we cant understand a persons mood. It is bad because someone could be sad or angry but the person wont say anything to get it out of his or her system. If we had this system it would be great to know wether a student is okay, fine or depressed. The fact...
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"Under the electoral college system, voters vote not foor prsident, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president," says Bradford Plumer in Source 2.  If the citizens of the United States aren't voting for President then why do they vote?  The Electoral College system should be change to an election by p...
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Why does electoral college still have its defenders, Abolish the electoral college!... Electoral College was a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. I am writing to the state senator of florida to argue in favor of keepi...
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Cars, they help us get from point A to B in a shorter amount of time, but at what cost. Cars are a large source of stress, produce large ammounts of pollution, and seem, even now, to be going out of style. Cars are a luxury, not a necessity, and now they might not even be as usefull. More and more people are putting do...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" we can get an understanding of how we have a new technology at our fingertips. This article provides basic information on not only how this technology works but, also how we can apply it to our daily lives. This technolgy can be made into many applications as we can use it in sch...
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By limiting car usage, research has shown there is less greenhouse gas emissions, a promotion in alternative transportation, and can result in a new and improved safe society. To begin, the advantages of limiting car usage reduces the amount of pollution that is emitted into the air, resulting in a more environmental ...
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Both sides have good arguments when it comes to the development of driverless cars. On one side, technology is making up enough of these cars and these cars may cause more traffic problems. On the other side, this could end pollution as we know it. However, I know that certain things are inevitable and pollution is one...
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To start off Venus would be a nice place to visit or to explore after read the paragraph the author convinced me by his ideas that he has and how he supported his claim. The authors ideas that he wants to tell that how theres a planet name Venus and how no body yet has been there and has not yet set a foot. Accodring...
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In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, but he does not support his idea that well. The author mostley stated the bad things about studying Venus and very few positive things. The author states "Astronomers are fasci...
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The use of this technology called the Facial Action Coding System is not valuable to read students' emotional expressions. Not all expressions on a students face can be readable. Some students may have a natural expressions but show it differently. How accurate are these calculations for these expressions really? In t...
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I believe we should continue in the making of autonomous cars. There is much to be discovered on it as well as much to be put into it. I would be very careful if I drove one yes, but I do believe the car is capable of what they need and whatthe people need. Yes it will still need human assistnce once in a while during ...
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If people in the world can make a car capible of driving around elders, alchoholics, druggies, unmobilized, and more; that car deserves to be given a chance. The "Driverless Car" will reduce car crashes, gas, money on transit, and will be able to mobilize the unmobilized. People's lives around the world would change fo...
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For years I've heard that voting time is the choice of the people. But with Electoral College, it's not about the people; it's about the slate electors. When voting for what president the people want, they aren't voting for the president, they are voting for a slate of electors. But if two people are going for presiden...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called Facial Action Coding System (FACS) enables computers to identify human emotions. Is the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom valuble? The technology is valuable, because it can tell i...
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The problem we have at hand here is whether or not we should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. My thesis is we all should join the program and help everybody ravanged by the war. It helps a ton of people get better and it also gives you a good gut feeling that everybody loves to have. In the following text I am going ...
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Driving in and of it self has always had a bad side to it. Although, lately the effects have just now begun to show. The city of Paris is just one example of a city suffering from the harmful effects of driving-smog. Air pollution has always been a big contributor to harming cities and its inhabitants. Limiting car usa...
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My position on driveless cars is it shouldn't go past a point where a human driver can not take control of the car. Technology can be faulty and if a human can't take control of the car some dangerous consequences will happen. Also if a driver can take control of the car, if an accident occurs they will be responsible....
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There has been controversary on whether the development of cars should or should not happen . The development of cars shouldnt happen . This will cause drivers to relie on the cars system , forget how much problems they could put theirselves and forget about safety. Drivers will start reling on the car system to do ev...
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Although many may say that there would be nothing to gain by researching Venus. There would be something gained when researching Venus such as the history of Venus. Another would be the disigning of better stronger drone. The last reason would be to learn safe ways to stay on planets simular to Venus. The know history...
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Many European countries have been making a move towards limiting car usage in efforts of halting pollution, adding exercise to everyday life, conserve resources, and improve safety for others. An example of this phenomenon is Vauban, Germany, where suburbs are not allowed to drive vehicles. Doing this has helped improv...
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Do you think you would be able to live without your car? It would be less difficult than you think! In fact, there is a whole town named Vauban, Germany, that has given up their cars! According to Source 1, street parking, driveways, and home garages are generally forbidden, unless of course you have the money to buy a...
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In 1945 world war 2 just ended and a kid named Luke Boberger is about to have a once in a life time opportunity. Its 1945 at a high school graduation Luke is talking to his friend Don Reist until suddenly Don asked Luke if he wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat with him but Luke couldn`t say no to Don but world war...
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In countries such as America, Germany and Europe air pollution is high and one of the main reasons of that is fuel coming from a truck or car. Cities such as  Vauban, Paris and Bogato realize that their atmosphere is full of pollyion and have decided to make a changer of that. Although people may not give up their car ...
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Our country's history with cars date back a few centuries. Today, there are many cars from different brands, with different deisgns, and with different benefits. Though all these cars have one thing in common - they emit harmful pollution to the air. We already know that the pollutants given off from cars have caused t...
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Dear Senator of Florida, I think changing the election by popular vote for the President of the United States would be a better and and more fair way of voting. The Electoral College may work and all but even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the ...
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I believe there is life on mars. I believe there is life on mars because of the photos because of the talk around town. On May 24,2001 NASA sent Viking 1 in to outer space but what it found were still trying to figure out could there be life on Mars. The Viking sent back pictures of mars carved into it was a illusion o...
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Dear, Senator Hi, my name is Khalyl Silver. I'm fourthteen years old, living in a small town in Florida called Boynton Beach. I go to Boynton beach community high school and i'm a freshmen. The reason why i'm sending a letter to you is because on my writing test they were talking the electoral college. The question wa...
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When people thing of the future they think of the movie "Back To The Future" hoping that one day the society we live willone day become like that. Technology has advanced and scientists have found ways to make the movie fantasy of the 80's come to life. But, are driverless cars really a great thing for this society? I...
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Evening Star, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. Venus is the second planet from our sun. As Earth’s “twin,” Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance. Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at dif...
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dear,citizens I would like to talk to you about car-free cities it is about 70 percent of vaubans families do not own cars and another thing about this article is tat 57 percent sold a car to move to german and that in 2006, the united states was to seperate suburban life from the auto as a componenet of traveling and...
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Luke Bomberger had no idea his life would change after his high school graduation his friend Don Reist invited Luke to go to Europe on a cattle boat. He couldn't say no also, he knew this would be a opportunity of a lifetime. Don and Luke signed up for the UNRRA to help Europe and other countries that were left ruined....
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Driverless cars should continued to be developed because they offer greater safety mesures and provide humans to be more productive. For example, the law suggest that for a car to be considered "safe", humans have to be in control over it. However, this opinion is arguable. Over the course of the last decade, technolo...
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Im against to what they are using to see kids if they are mad or sad about anything. That is not good to see what are kids emotional expressions the kids don't want any one to know why they are sad or mad about. Thats why Mona Lisa keeps a smile on her face because she doesn't want anyone to know she mad or sad about s...
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I think you should not keep the Electoral College. We as people, should be able to pick who we want. The Electoral College keeps us from doing so. They are choosing for us that's not fair. In source 3, it says that Gore had the popular votes, but Bush had the electoral votes so he won. If presidency was given to Gore ...
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Cars are one of the most important transportation in the world today. The reason the number of cars being sold is going down is because they are getting too expensive. Some people that do not have jobs are not able to afford getting a new car. There are people that have to sell their cars just so they can get a house t...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the technology that the author describes called Facial Action Coding System, that lets you make up and show human emotions in pictures. I am for this new use of technology, Only because when taking a picture in the old times alot of people really didn't smile they just looked a...
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Electoral College , whats so great about it? Why should we keep it, whats the point? their are so many things wrong with electoral college that their is really no point in keeping it. according to the passage I read "Does the Electoral Work? in source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College:Why even the best-laid defense...
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"Unmasking the Face on Mars" is a monument created by aliens, and i do believe that their was a alien life on this planet, says Dr. Chase. " With no living evidence Dr. Chase i do know that this monument was made naturally by mars, caused by wheathering, says i Dr. Clay. "Since we do not have a real answer to how the ...
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There are numerous mysteries of the world that mankind is only on the verge of solving. From Stonehenge to the Great Pyramids of Giza, historians as well as the public has a surplus of both logical and outrageous theories as to where these icons began. One example of this is the Face on Mars. The Face has become a s...
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Would you ever see yourself driving a ''Driverless Car?'' The Driverless Car offers many helpful features to keep drivers safe. A driverless car could make road trips a bit more relaxing for you and your family.The cars have been tested by test dummies no need to worry. The Driverless car offers many features. One of ...
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NASA is a goverment funded project that uses science facts, pictures, and advanced technology. NASA has been constintally working hard and, according to the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars." "NASA's Viking 1 spacraft was snapping photos of possible landing sights for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the s...
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Imagine having to worry less about being to tired while driving, not having to take your kids everywhere, not having to wake up really early to go to work for a really long drive, or not having to worry about your child being endanger when they get there liscense. Well guess what driveless cars are coming and they are ...
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The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," by Nich D'Alto describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I do think that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of sudents in a classroom is valuable. It explains in the text the softwa...
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I think the technology to read a student's emotional expression is not valuable. My reasoning for thinking it isn't is because it shouldn't be that serious to know one's emotions. The idea itself at first sounds cool if your trying to figure a painting's expression (like Mona Lisa) but, using it on a student to figure ...
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Does the Electoral College work? The Electoral college is a process in which it happens. The Electoral collge is not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president. The Electors are people who vote for President and Vice President, and how many votes ...
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Dear state senator, Election day is held every four years on the frist Tuesday in the month of November. When you elect for president would you perfer voting yourself and having your vote count or voting for someone who will then vote for your state and elect for the president of choice. For example, lets use the elec...
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State senator i strongly suggest that you change the electroral speech to an election and these are some reason why you should do so. The elctoral speech has to many drematical erros that can occur and throw the whole election to a unpresidented one. Also the people that vote for a president won't be the one voting for...
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Looking at the photos from 1976, 1998, and 2001, they all feature this certain "Face on Mars". This "face" is just a rumor, because it's not actually a face! It's a landform! The landform is a Martian mesa or butte that is common around the planet Cydonia. The shadows formed around the mesa makes it appear as if it's a...
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"This face is unbelivable," said Ryan."You really belive that junk they already said that it was just a rock formation," I responded. It was an illusion which resembles a human head formed by the shadows. Ryan got mad but didn't really have any proof to say other wise. He said that It's bona fied evidence no matter wh...
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Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people that were effected by world war 2. They got their seaman’s papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. Luke turned 18 before arriving in Gre...
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On May 24, 2001, Mars was the topic of conversation with those at NASA and other space stations who were included on the Viking 1 and Viking 2 space mission. On that day, the Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars. On the other hand, its sister ship, Viking 2, spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. According to Jim...
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Hey im writing an explanatory to inform citizens about the advantages of limiting car use. It's an wonderful idea to depend on buses,walking, cab or taxes for one day. So that you can save engery because it's a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Since world...
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When election day comes and you finally drop your vote in the ballet box after waiting in line for the past hour, you walk away knowing that you have helped the candidate of your choice to rise to the top of the voting pole. Oh how wrong you are. The United States works on a voting system called the Electoral College. ...
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Emotions can reveal a lot about what is going through someone's mind. When a person is wearing a neutral face on, it is hard to tell what emotion they are feeling. Now there is technology to help decipher what that perosn is feeling. Dr. Paul Eckman has created a process when a computer contructs a 3-D computer model o...
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Are aliens real or just a myth? Aliens have supposedly done many things on the planets. The question is, did the aliens create The Face on Mars? Or is The Face just a natural landform on Mars? There are many theories on which one is true. The Face on Mars is just a natural landform on Mars. There is a theory that has ...
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I think the use of this technology is very valuable because I think it's really cool how advanced technology can detect human emotions. This kind of technology can be very resourceful later on. And I think that in this generation, a machine that can tell if you're happy, sad,angry, or surprised will be fun for students...
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I don't claim that having a technology to read the emotional expressions of students because you never know how someones expression can be it can either be happy,sad,mad,disturbed,anxious,frustration,angry,down,worried or etc. i mean with that technology for that to sense and see how there doing can be kinda weird caus...
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The Seagoing Cowboys is a very inspiring program. Not only do you get to help people in need but you also get to visit extraordinary and unique places. These places will open your eyes and inspire you to do many more charity programs. Seagoing Cowboys is a program that take care of the horses, young cows, and mules tha...
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Hello there! I'm Luke. What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer? A surgeon? How about a Seagoing Cowboy? No, it's not a job where you ride seahorses with a Cowboy hat (Although that would be awesome). Being a Seagoing Cowboy meant a lot to me, and if you are a young boy in hopes of helping those in need in thi...
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Dear Senator: I think that the Electoral College should be changed to a popular vote. I have many reasons to believe that our system of choosing our president is corrupt. It needs to be layed out more clearly as to how to president should be chosen. It's not fair that some states have more electors than others based o...
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Some think the Face on Mars is evidence of life on Mars. The Face on mars is just a rock. It is an illusion formed by shadows. In the text, it states, "Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth." People are starting to believe that, becuase of ...
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I believe that the Facial Action Coding Sydtem could work. From what I read, it is pretty high tech and they know what they are doing. If they ad these to classrooms to tell how boring or fun they are and how to make them better I think some kids would actually want to go to class. There are three things I think really...
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People come up with calcuations everyday, if its hard or not it is a natural thing that happens. With upcoming advances in technology you are able to come up with calculations you would've never thought possible. An example is how a computer thats given a complex algorithm can scan somebodys emotions! It's crazy to bel...
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In the arcticle it states how driverless cars are in planning and in the process of being made. Technology is increasing every year and I believe by the year of 2020 it will be more advanced than it has ever been. I have to say in my opinion I am against driverless cars. I have my reasons of why I am against driverles...
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World War II was a terrible war, but fortunately, there is relief. Countries have united to form UNRAA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). UNRAA hires Seagoing Cowboys to sail livestock to assist the population of the world in recovery. These are people who are more aware of people of other c...
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Reading faces is something very weird that we have discoverd over time and has changed a lot on how you could approach someone or even look at paintings different now. We can also take this very far with all this new technology that we have and the Facial Action Coding Sytstem or (FACS) we will be able to read painting...
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"Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto tells of how new computer software can detect six different human emotions based upon facial expressions. This software could potentially have a range of different uses in the future. However, it will never have true value in evaluating the emotional expressions of students in a ...
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Reducing the amount of cars used would benefit the fellow citizens greatly. Limiting car usage would decrease the amount of pollution in the air greatly, because they are among the main causes of emissions into the air among many countries. A better enviroment for the citizens would arise because the infrastructure of ...
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To: Senator When hearing about the Electoral College, most people think of a group of individuals casting votes based on the popularity of the candidate in their state. What they don't know is that "the Electoral College is a process, not a place"(source 1) Some people, like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole, ...
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The author claims that Venus is a worthy pursuit because it holds a lot of value. Even though its cold and it makes it hard to study, it is still like earth and can hold life. And anything could be on it, and the fast that it can hold human life gets people's curiousity going. The reason why i say this is because the m...
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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming,"that the postive and negtives about driverless cars is that a postive is in paragraph 7 states that "the Google car simply announces when the diver should be prepared to take over."This is a postive thing that is if a driver asleep or unware it will alert them;nother thing ...
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The use of the technology to discover one's emotions, I would say is not valuable. Many people say technology has already taken over too much and I am begining to agree. Many people may suffer from disorders like and anxiety disorder or a bi polar disorder, and many doctors and humans would much rather like to have the...
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How amazing would it be if you were able to detect exactly how other people are feeling? It would be great, would it not? Well, with new software called the Facial Action Coding System, you are able to do just that. The use of this technology could be extremely valuable to students in a classroom. This software has cl...
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The youth of our society are extremely important to our future and even present. Everyday children, teens, and young adults are making a change and facial action coding could help with just that. We of course will be living in the future so it's probably best to make sure is the best it can be. Using technology to read...
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The Mona Lisa is a very impressive mix of emotions painted by the human artist Leonardo Da Vinci. However, is using a computer program that uses coding to analyze someone's feelings effective? There are two sides to every story, sometimes one may sound good, while the other bad; other times, we may see ourselves approa...
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Emotions and being able to recognize them when they occur have a lot to do with our human ability to learn and pick up information. if perhaps, one is feeling confused, it would be much harder for them to be able to retain information being thrown at them. we see this a lot in the educational environment. At school, st...
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Dear Mr. Senator, Although it seems irrelevant and unnessary, the Electoral College is very helpful and is needed more than people think. The Electoral College is helpful in three ways: one; there is a certainty of outcome in the votes, two; two types of states to persuade, and three; helpful to avoid run-off elctions...
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Venus is very dense and very thick with carbon-dioxide and because none of our spacecrafts can reach Venus because of the extreme temperatures of 800 degrees fahrenheit , it also can melt our spaceships like its nothing , it has volcanoes ,earthquakes , lighting because of all this our scientists can not get through th...
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The develpoement of driverless cars is unrealistic to me in many different ways. Due to the fact that just one car will need an incredible amount of technology to keep the car itself as safe as possible means that the car will be overly priced. Not only will It be over priced, but the fact that people are going through...
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In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft snapped a picture of what appeared to be a human face, in a region, Cydonia, on Mars. Scientists figures that it was just a "Martian mesa". The figure was just a natural landform. Photo evidence points us in that direction. In 1998, Michael Malin's MOC captured a picture ten times s...
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Have you ever though about what I'd be like if you and your fellow friends, neighbors, peers, and family members had a limit on the amount of car usage, and how much that could possibly benefit you later on in life? Think about what type of advantages of limiting something like this. Throughout world today, people have...
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In the history of US transportation, cars have always the most prodcued due to its poularity to the public. With the production of driverless cars beginning in the near future, sometime after there will be another Industrial Revolution; which means that the creativity of technology will begin to flow and change the ve...
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"I'm much happier this way," What caused someone to say this? Simply no longer owning a car! Based on how car dependant mostly everyone's life is and how badly most people that don't have a car want one you'd think that going from having one to lacking one must be terrible. Well statisically speaking we might all be mo...
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