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Abolishing the electoral college would be the best way to go for everyone. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electos, who in turn elect the president. (source 2, Plumer) Some wonder, are the people in the electoral college even reliable? Many also believe that the...
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There are many advantages to limiting the use of cars. Some advantages to limititing are car use is drastically reducing greenhouse gas, Reduce smog, and to support having a healthy life-style. "To drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." ( In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars ) Green hou...
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus has the hottest surface temperature. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various for...
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My position on the driverless car is that it could be useful. But at the same time it could end up being extremely dangerous. With the kind of world we live in, such a car could become a problem. And could have some safety an liability issuses. Here are some examples of how it could turn out to be a bad invention. The...
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Yeee Hahhhh this is your buddy Luke Bomberger here telling you that it would be a wonderful experience that you became one of the Seagoing Cowboys. If you think think this is boloni stop reading, but if you think this would be better than a Cantalope tided to a near by cactuse keep on reading. Anyways I am going to tel...
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My friend Brynna thinks that the "Unmasking the Face on Mars." was done by aliens, but the other hand I dont think it was. The first photos looks like an alien but they were taken long long ago, but the pictures today are way sharper and shows us more detail about them. On paragraph 7 it states, "And so on April 5, 199...
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Driving cars can be an easy and better way to go from point A to point B, but there are other ways that you can do that without using gas or money. At times it is better to walk or ride a bike, and there are a few reasons why it is better for you to have limited car use. Cars use up a lot of gas, which means more mone...
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author is very specific about the dangers of traveling to Venus. He does a good job explaining that the spaceships that have been sent were unmanned, for that same reason that the spaceships have never survived the landing for more than a few hours. The authors says that venus ...
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In 1976 NASA's viking 1 space craft, while looking for possible landing sites for its sister ship, spotted somthing that looked like a human face. Although the face on Cydonia may look like it was a human face, when the first picture of the face was taken, cameras were not advanced enough to see what it really was. Alt...
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The problem with the electoral college is that the people really arent controlling who they vote for. Personally i am in favor of changin the electoral college to popular vote. The representatives of the electoral college can basically vote for who ever they want to vote for. The people only influence the electoral col...
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Dear, State Senator The voting of the president every four years is one of the most important events of American history. However I feel that it has become unfair and a volatile way of voting. I believe that we the people should rid ourselves of the electoral college and turn to the popular vote instead. Too many eve...
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While many may argue for it, the Electoral College has proved to be an obselete way of electing the President. It is, essentially, an indirect way for voters to choose their candidates, by voting for electors whose loyalty is not guaranteed. The Electoral College vote can override the popular vote, as seen in the 2000 ...
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I believe that disbanding electoral college would be in favor of most peoples decisions. This way everyone has a chance to vote decisively and not having electoral college decide who should be the president of the united states. Electoral college dosent let the people decide who they want to be president. It lets the l...
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The Seagoing Cowboys program changed my life. It opened me up to new experiences and opportunities. That is why I believe other people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program too. Here are some reasons why I believe you should also join along. First of all by joining you get to help those in need. While I was a Seago...
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Human curiosity has always proven to be powerful, powerful enough to maybe even surpass some barriers that were seem as impossible. To satisfy one's curiosity means you will have to go beyond expectations, beyond normal techniques and way of thinking. But, what if the obstacle that's obstructing your way to learn more ...
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The author supports studying venus is a worthy pursuit even though it has a lot of dangers because, by us doing that we will get a lot of imformation that we've always wondered about. Also just learning a lot more about venus will be really cool. Venus is a very special planet and we should get to know a little more ba...
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Do students emotions really matter while you're trying to teach them? If a teacher were to use Facial Action Coding System to determine their student's feelings, they could tell what type of way they should teach. Could FACS improve the school systems all around the world? This system is great, if you have a hard time ...
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Studying Venus is worthy pursuit despiting the danger, becuase many astronomoers are interested Venus. Astronomers think Venus might be the most, "Earth like planet in our solar system." In the article they say that NASA is figuring out ways they can send people to Venus without being on its surface. NASA is also tryi...
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Limiting car usage can be a good thing some people. There are many advantages for limiting car usage. " president obama's ambitious goals to curb the united states greenhouse gas emissions, uneiled "(Rosenthal 29) this may have americans buying few cars and spending less money on gas and that means fewer cars are bei...
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Face The Landform? Everyone seems to believe that the face on mars was created by Aliens. They say that the scientists are wrong by saying it was a natural landform. But, do they actually do research like the scientists do? There are many reasons that the face on mars is just a lanform, and here are those reasons. Fi...
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Bang! Your brand new driverless car has just made a mistake and you rear ended the other driverless car infront of you, whose to blame? You weren' driving the car but you own the car. How do you explain the accident to your insurance? Driverless cars may with daily commute, but the risk heavily outweight the advantages...
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I think that the face is just a natural landform ! In my opinion, scienctificly we should believe there landforms and not aliens. We should believe Scientist at NASA,because they have facts and pictures that look like faces made of landforms. Scientist claim they know the facts of what looks like a landform and they t...
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a computer can not tell if your happy or if your sad, or if your confused or upset or angery. you can act like your happy and not really be happy people do it all the time they put on a mask. a computer dosnt know what your feeling, no one does but you so its kinda stupid to think that a computer of all things can tell...
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The use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. There are many ways that this can and cannot work. It would be great to have the students potentially have the best classroom experience possible, but that is not always the case. The system is a gre...
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The Facial Action Coding System I believe to be a great idea. The Facial Action Coding System begins when the computer construcrs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Using something like this could be good or bad, because maybe not all students or parents fe...
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I think that they should do voting by the popular vote because it should be what the people feel most comfortable choosing and they shouldnt have the electoral college. It can be argued that the electoral  college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carryin...
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In the story "A Cowboy Who Rides the Waves" a young adult named Luke signs up for a program that is called the "Seagoing Cowboys" that take care of horses, young cows, and mules. The Seagoing Cowboys do this because countries that were destroyed need them for travel and food. Now here are three reasons why Luke decided...
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Driverless cars are unsafe! Who takes fult if there is a wreck or technical difficulty? Diverlesscars should not b premmited because tecchnolgy can crash anytime and indanger the people in and outside of the car. In most states its illegal to even tesr a computer diven car. in the article it says Google cars arent tru...
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I think that the author is right about the idea of studying venus is worthly pursuit despite of the dangers NASA is working on studying venus. Why not study it it use to be like earth. and also it a star you see at night. Venus is one of the most intresting planets near earth I think it would be intresting to study an...
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Will these cars stop all the accidents. The research that this passage has gave us is that it may work. My concern if i bought one of these cars what if you break down and there is a problem with the engine but you dont know how to fix it and cant afford road side assitiance. How would you get to places. Would we put ...
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My position on driverless cars is to turn the cars into something different. In the text, it states that no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore. It, also states that Sergey Brin can imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because they don't need them anymore, because he envisions a future with a ...
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The thrilling concept of touching the stars has always been an endeavour man has striven to accomplish; to understand our world and universe, to reach heights that were once only dreamed of. The author of this article has a similar view. He believes we should do what we can to explore and study the planets and stars, b...
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Cars are a huge advantage in traveling. They can get people to places faster than a single horse could; and their a lot safer than riding on a horse. While there are positive advantages to these moble transportations, there are also negative portions that cars have. You may be awfully suprised what these transports can...
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Is Venus survivable? Venus is the only planet in our solar system that's like Earth. The author stated three reasons why its worth exploring. The first reason it's like Earth, the second reason is scientist can make discovery, and last but no least it's going to be challenging. Venus is as closest as Earth, some of th...
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The author does a good job supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author explains how Venus is the most similar planet to Earth. The author also points out that Venus is sometimes Earths closest neghboring planet which wou...
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The modern automobile has been the axle to the wheel of the smog ridden contemporary age. Within a century, a car could be found within virtually every home across every developed nation. Though in recent years, the societal infatuation with private automobiles has begun to diminish. Mulitple European and South America...
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I think they should use the The Facial Action Coding System in class rooms.It is something that could be a fun activaty that the class could do together and at the same time.It could be useful, the teacher could also use it to see if the students.Have any problems by looking if the Facial Action Coding System picks up...
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From a sunday drive to a cross country road trip, automobiles play an important role in how we get around. However in recent years more studies have been developed showing the negative about cars: how they affect the environment. Some people believe automoblies are almost single-handedly destroying the Earth we so desp...
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People always say that the future of technology is here. The cartoons of rockets blasting off into space have become a reality allowing astronauts to walk on the moon. Cell phones allow users to call, message, and interact with others from relatively anywhere. Cars have been designed to reach speeds well over one-hundr...
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"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is talking about Venus and how similar it is to Earth also that it's the hottest planet in our solar system as well as that we still might not know as much as we think we do. "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on ...
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Many people believe they need a car to live, they think that with a car they'll feel more independent and happy. Well i am here to tell you that you do not need a car to feel happy nor independent because millions of people around the world have been living without car for years and they have never felt better. Hiedrun...
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Imagine you are riding in a driverless car and you see a bright red car heading toward you. Would you panic? Or would you go on as if nothing was going to happen? Imagine having very little control of your car when it crashes into the red car that was coming towards you. Imagine finding out that you had just killed two...
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The reason that Luke join the program was of is friend i know this because it said that Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I also know this because it said that Luke couldn't say no he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime . Thats why luke went on the boat because of is friend and the program. I...
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The advantages of limiting car usage are less air pollution. Less smog would be intensifying in other countries. more people would be released from the stress of owning a car people wouldnt have to worry about gas prices. The rate of car accidents would go down and so would the percentage of deaths caused by car accide...
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Venus is a simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proven a very challenging place to examine more closely. Since Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. To despite all the dangers and challenges from Venus we can gain more information about it. It has proved that ...
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There is a great challenge when it comes to exploring the planet Venus. However, some may believe that studying the planet is worth taking the risks that are inevitable. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers presented, by providing examples of the harsh conditions and ...
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Google Cars: For Better or Worst? The Google cars have started revolutionizing the way people drive in America. The development of these cars have been proven quite sastifying to the manufactuers who constructed the car, and the consumers who plan on buying them. However, everyone is not on the same page, and disagree...
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The author of this article thinks that we as humans should explore Venus despite the dangers it presents. Venus is the second planet closest to the sun it's also the hottest planet in our solar system. Venus is also considered Earth's twin, it is the closest planet to the Earth terms of density and size. The author st...
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the usage of this new technology to read emotion has alot of potential for many things. It can read off your emotion even if your faking your smile, frown, etc. The use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable because it can benefit the students learning, it can make le...
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Do you ever dream about the world having driverless cars everywhere? Well google thinks so. Google and many others like me think that there can be driverless cars everywhere they go to get people around more safely than a human driver can ever imagine. I think that this is a great idea to begin with because of the fac...
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Wouldn't it be nice to know the honest feeling and emotions of someone? I personally like the idea. Using FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can help in so many ways, but it also has its downs to it as well. The Facial Action Coding System was descovered by Prof., with the help of Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe. They want...
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Do you want to travel the world and help people along the way? Well, then you shoud join the Seagoing Cowboys program! I first joinded in 1945, and I don't regret it. Helping folks, seeing great places, and just having fun. It was amazing! After the whole experience, the whole world was opened to me. You will see what ...
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author did suggest that studying Venus is a wotrthy of pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He stated example of the circumstances and problems that can possibly happen when trying to explore other planets such as Venus and he did not just state the problem but also put in...
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"The challenge of exploring venus". In my opinion the author did a really good job in the way he support his ideas. In the article it states "Each previous mission was unmanned,and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". This shows how the author gives all his strongs examp...
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However venus orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide onl limted insight on ground conditions because most forms of light can't penetrate the dense of the atmosphere.Also researchers can not take samples of rocks or other sources from that far of a distance so there for they need to get a close up...
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Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. Well there is this New software that has been developed that can detect how others are feeling better than humans can. I believe that the value of using technology to read students' emotional expression...
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Should we or should we not we should use computers to help identify emotions is up for debate, but in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, he explains some new tech and why we should use computers to help us see emotions more clearly. D'Alto explains reasonons why they are useful in ways such as ads that can tell i...
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Facial Action Coding System should be used in classrooms. This new technology can help students avoid unwanted articles or advertisments, recieve more help, and become genuinely happy. When students go online to do research for a project, they come accross different websites. The internet is full of useful information...
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The U.S. should change to popular vote instead of Electoral Collage to elect a president. Some reasons why are a persident can win even if he/she is not popular with the people and the electors of the Electoral collage can go against the will of the people. The first reason we should change this is the persident could...
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Driverless Cars Good or Bad Can you imagine a time in the future where no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Well I couldnt imagine a future without buying cars. To buy a car is what mostly what everyone wishes for. Yes there is no technology coming up and by the years it expands more and more each day, ...
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Do you think aliens exist? The face on Mars was not created by aliens, but by the natural forming of the planet. These examples will show how the face on Mars came to be. The face on Mars was just a natural occurence and not a cover up from aliens. The first example is there are other little landforms right by the fac...
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Isn't interesting when your computer can detect your exact facial expression without telling it what expression you're making? Image going to school or out somewhere with that kind of technology and detecting what expressions or feelings your friends or family are having. Dr. Huang and his colleagues have figured out a...
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Advantages of limiting car usage: Many countries are limiting car usage for the poeple and the enivornment. The is a great way to start fresh for our enivornment and our lives. People can breath better, more plants can grow thanks to decreasing of cars and much more. Countries, for intsance Germany, France and the Uni...
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Driverless cars present both many positive and negative things about them. I believe that driverless cars have more negative aspects than positive and should not be used in our roads. They show saftey hazards, liability problems, and many other things should keep them off of our roadways. In the article it provides ma...
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author supports the idea that studyng.the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) has one particularty compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.(NASA'S) poddiblr solution on the hostile conditions on the surface pf venus would allow scientsists to floar above the fry. imagene a blimp-like vehicle ...
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Hi my name is Luke Bomberberg and I want you to join my program because it is a nice thing to do for the sick people. It may take a long time to get there and back but hey its worth the wait to help the sick. You also get to explore new places around the world with me and my friend,it also gets you exercising because t...
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I dont think driverless cars should be invented because some computer or gps systoms can get a glich or shut down while driving.I think that would just cause more accadents and make it unsafe for the people. When someone is walking they can get hit or if the car just stopped working without a driver it wouldnt be stopp...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author makes a point about this facial Action Coding System (FACS) and how it is useful in the classroom. In this essay, I will explain how this new software is useful. And how useful it would be in the classroom. One example of this technology being used in a classroom is, ...
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The time for the automobile is slowly passing. More and more people prefer carpooling and walking then driving a car. Why is that? It could be due to the unemployment rate skyrocketing or less people wanting a car. There are many benefits to driving a car. Being able to get to point A to point B, faster travel time, an...
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In our society today, car usage is extremly high. It would be best for our world if we can limit car usage due to pullution and all of the warning wwe have been recieving about the earth becoming an inhabitat planet. As a society we should really crack down on driving our cars alot to avoid our planet from becoming pul...
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The electoral college must go down! The electoral college is unfair to voters across the United States and the amounts of electoral votes doesn't compare to the actual population. The electoral college have messed up the voting system causing horrific crisis in the United States. This system of electoral colleges votin...
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Looking at driverless cars may seem a bit odd. What is a car that you don't even really have to drive? That's not a car! Although, I am claiming to be on both sides of this situation, it may be that I would never purchase this type of car. SInce these cars have the name of driverless cars, people may not take these ser...
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I think that limiting car usage would be something good. My reason is for less car accidents. Many people drive reckless and speed and this is what causes these car accidents. We can save alot of people from getting injured in car accidents. In this case we can also save traffic and causing people to be late to their ...
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Some people say it was created by aliens, some people think it is just a rock. That thing is The Face on Mars. In 1976 a spaceshuttle named the Viking one was taking pictures of the Red planet also known as Mars. To find a possable landing place for its sister Viking two. Vikking one was scanning one day and found some...
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I disagree on all of this because if the student does not want to talk to the teachers or anyone at school about there problems the teachers shouldnt be able to do that to the student. if the student isnt really happy or sad ect. they should talk to their parents or somone who they really trust about their problems. no...
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There are many efforts from different countries to reduce car usage.  Countries like Germany, France, Colombia, and the United States are trying to raise awareness and get people to not use their car as much.  These countries are raising awareness for example by having car-free days, banning driving for a day, turning ...
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The picture of faces on Mars are actually natural landforms, known as buttes or mesas. The text states that the picture really shows a Martian version of a butte or mesa. The text also states that you can find other mesas around the American West. Mesas are pieces of land that above ground-level. The author also stated...
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For over thirty years, the question about the Face on Mars has been posed; alien life or natural landform? Although scientists have been grilled by the media, there is only truly evidence that the Face is a natural landform, much like a butte or mesa, landforms common around the american west, despite what conspirasy t...
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The "Face of Mars" is clearly a natural landmark that, in a low resolution camera, looked like a face. Until there is proof of life on Mars, there is not a single chance that something couldv'e made this. It is actually a very common mesa on Mars and this is why it cannot be man-made. First of all, the photo taken at ...
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In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author gives reasons why the car would be nice to have, but they also give reasons why it would not be good to have. Even though having a car drive you around would be nice, to me the benefits of driving yourself around are so much more than thoughs of having a car drive...
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Driverless cars would be a good aspect to our world. It would be a great experience for poeple all around the world to try. Google cofounders are already envisioning the future car and are trying to create them as soon as posibly. First off, driverless cars would be a good aspect to our world because there is no cars ...
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Driverless cars are the next representation of the future. With the new and improved technology, 'hands free' cars are the latest, and greatest inventions. Hands free cars can navigate themselves through almost any obsticale, and by 2016, some cars will be "capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time" The i...
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Limiting car usage can put a new perspective in your life. Limiting car usage can be a huge benefit because first of all, you'll have better health. This even goes out to the healthiest people in this world. Secondly, Global Warming will be less harsh and dangerous to all the living creeatures of the world. Lastly, you...
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The author thinks that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. Venus had previous missions that were unmanned. There would be no spacecraft that survived the landing for more than a few hours. These issues would explain why not a single spaceship would land on Venus in more than three decades...
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I don't beleive that the author supported his idea of studying venus well enough because the only basis of he gives is that it has similar landforms to us, he gives no solid fact on a material as of now whose trip would be cost effect and effective enough overall to send there, and his only filler support in the articl...
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The automobile is one of mankinds greatest innovations. Since its invention in the 20th century, it has made tasks such as commuting to work or visiting your friends simpler than ever. Just hop in your car and your gas-powered vehicle will have you there within minutes. Although they are handy, could too much of a good...
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How would a person guess one would survive under the conditions Venus presents? Astronomers, space geniuses, and article writers alike believe that it would be well worth the risks to explore the planet. The author supports their claim that Venus is worth the risks to explore by saying that it is the closest in regards...
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Would being in a driveless car be fun? yes, but its also dangerous. Let me tell you why. Say you had a bad day or something and you just want to get rid of the pain and your only coping skill is drinking, but you don't want to drink at home. So you drink in the car. why? because for one you don't like drinking in fron...
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Driverless cars can be a bad thing and a good thing for the world. Driverless cars would be a bad idea when it comes to the saftey of people. Driverless cars could also be a good thing for the econmy and earth. Driverless cars would not be such a good idea just because you dont really know if the technology is actuall...
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Why is riskly to examine Venus more closely? Venus is a planet but some time called as "Evening Star". Venus in the colest planet to Earth in our solar system. Every palnet in solar system are different and Venus is the unquie one. It's risy to study Venus colsely. NASA is planing to send humam to study Venus. First, ...
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The new technology , Facial Action Coding system could be one of the best idea someone could come up with. At the same time ot could be bad for some people base on how they are feeling. Reading somone's emtions could be amazing. It kind of make you feel like you can read mines and people feelings sort of like a sykit. ...
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The "Face on Mars" was just a natural landform. The "Face on Mars" was described at first as a "Egyption Pharaoh", when really it resembled the Middle Butte in the snake river plain of Idaho. If there were aliens who did make the monument, we would have not exposed this new information to the world, and have some scare...
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Luke Bomberger was working at the grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist came up to him and invited him to go on a cattle boat to Europe. Luke finally said yes when he knew that this was an opportunity of a lifetime. When World War ll was over in Europe they needed people to go to countries to help recover ...
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Every living thing on planet earth has emotions. These emotions have been used since the beginning of time to express the feelings of the people around you. However, these emotions can be decieving. Someone could say they are happy, when really they are angry or upset. This is where the Facial Action Coding System come...
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The 3D computer that can recongnize facial movements that can tell you what the person is feeling is the next step to new technology. It makes the world better with good outcomes to make a person feel better. This creation is amazing and I am all for it. This 3D computer is a new look in life that can help you know wh...
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Luke and his friends set up a program for people to join the Seagoing Cowboys. Luke also set up a where they would have a speech of why people should join the Seagoing Cowboys. Once everyone sat in thier seats Luke came up to the stand. "These are some reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, it could...
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Yes i am aginst these driverless cars because anything can happen at any certain time like what if the car doesnt alert you if car is coming to close to you or if you are about to get into a crash , You could end up losing your life and they wouldnt know if the car failed or not or if it was just you who did something ...
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Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because, Venus used to have bodies of water and had many different forms of life. There are other explanations like having a surface of rocky sediment and includes valleys, mountains, and craters. So they Venus might be the only other planet that can pr...
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I believe the Facial Action Coding System(FACS) is not needed in school classrooms. The FACS isn't beneficial to classrooms. Although the machine may inform the teacher if a student strugles or is confused, the FACS will serve as a destraction to students, and will end up burning a hole in the school corperations pocke...
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Everyone should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. There are many great advantages of being a Seagoing Cowboy. You get to travel and experience many other great things. There are many great things you can experience if you become a Seagoing Cowboy. First off, you get to adventure many different and unique places. A Se...
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