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The "Face" that was found on Mars is not an aliens. The "Face" is simply just a huge rock formation which resembles a human head. If it was an alien the head would have anteanas on it and the head would be shaped differently than it is. Even though it was eighteen long years after the Viking Mission ended that we took ...
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Using technology to read the emotional expressions of students is very valuable! You can tell if they are interested in the current topic that is being teached, Next you can see if they are having a overall good day or bad day at school & finally you can tell if they could be stressed out about something in particular....
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New technology is always created, and it only gets better and better every time. Technology is very important in schools because most kids are accustomed to interacting with technology on a daily basis. This makes school a little more fun for students who do not enjoy school as much as others. But did you ever think te...
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Technology is evolving and its evolving fast, for the fact that now we have a computer that may read students faces to determine if they lost interest and than alter the thing they are looking at. We will be talking about what this technology could leade to, what it may mean for schools, and how positive it may be. No...
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You hear it all, throughout breaking news; to protesters trying to make a difference in our world. Pollution is dangerous and people don't fully understand the costly effects to our everyday living. Transportation is a way of means by transitioning from one place to another. The most popular way of transportation is th...
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Venus, the second planet from the sun, can be seen shining bright in the sky. However, not much is known about the neighboring planet. The authors uses information about Venus and possiblities for the future to help support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is referred to as t...
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Technology has been used for decades in education, from the basic computer to smart boards technology has been commonly used to improve the learning capabilities of students in modern times. The 'Facial Action Coding System' technology has the ability to help professors and teachers around the world get more into the ...
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We have lots of nieghbors close to us from space by that I mean planets. Earth, Venus, and Mars orbit the sun at different speeds. Scientist would mostly consider Venus because they feel like it is more controlable than Mars. On the planet's surface on Venus is that they have an average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and ...
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It is not worthy pursuit while it has the dangers it present. here is "in my opinion" the most dangerous things that venus has to offer. The first danger on the planet is the atmosphere. It says that almost 97 percent of the atmosphere that blankets venus is carbon dioxide. since venus has more carbon dioxide then oxy...
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In my position on driverless cars is in both positive and negative views because it may sound fun but it is also not fun because people can really get hurt. The reason I said it is in a positve and negative view is because sometimes people dont know what there doing or how to drive correctly. Driverless cars are good i...
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In the challenge of exploring venus the author suggest that studying Venus because int the artical is says '' Venus is often referred to as Earth's tine '' ( para 2 ). This is saying that Venus is as simular to Earth. Another thing the author suggests that studing venus is worthy, in the artical it says '' NASA has one...
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On May 24, 2001 something strange happened on Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft circled the planet, looking for possible landing sites for Viking 2, when it captured a human face lurking on the ground of Mars. An enormous head seemed to stare back at the cameras from Cydonia. The NASA scientists soon found out it was no...
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The arthor has this great idea of exporing Venus in the future because as of now our technology can't sand the presure of Venus's atmosphere pressure. His idea, is to expore Venus since it was probably once very simaler to Earth. Yet " Each previous mission ws umanned, and for good reasons, since no spacecrft survived...
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The Conspiracy that aliens created the Face on Mars is a false statement. The Face is just a natural landform. The Face shows resemblance to American Landforms. On April 8, 2001 they used a Mars Global Surveyour (MGS) to take a more detailed picture of the landform. I will explain furthermore. In paragraph 3, it state...
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Is driverless cars really what we need? In paragraph seven near the bottom it staits that the human in the car needs to be alert. If it is a driverless car shouldnt the driver not have to be alert? if the driver still has to be awear of all the suroundings then is there realy a point in having a car that drives its sel...
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He is very smart. He found that Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. He also found out that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. And sometimes the closest in distance to. Venus has a thick atmosphere of amlost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets covering it. There are ...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology enables computers to identify human emotions. The invention of the Facial Action Coding System lets us read human emotions better than we do now, but is it valuable in a classroom? In my opinion having a Facial Aciton Coding System in o...
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Dear, State Sentor I feel that you should change to the popular vote for the President of the United States. That way they people can really choose who they want to be president instead of the government having to jump in and help the people choose who they want as president and some people dont vote because they know...
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Driverless cars have more cons and disadvantages then they do pros and advantages. The author of "Driverless Cars Are Coming" presents positive and negative aspects of driverless cars but I really only see the negatives. If there are driverless cars, then there could be a lot more crashes then there already are. Driver...
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We should use this technology for students in classrooms because it could tell if someone could need help more than others. This technology could be amazing in lots of classroom situations. Some students are sometimes confused and are too shy to ask for help, the teacher would exacly know with the student's emotional e...
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In this discussion, we will discuss the positive and negative apsects of driverless cars. With the article at hand I will show you what details support these both arguements in aspects of driverless cars. The positive aspects of the car are that the car will can autopliot for you. Here in this article it says, "They ...
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Personally, I believe that there are many advantages to limiting usage of a motor vehicle. There would be less air pollution, quicker public transportation, and more social contact. Firstly, as stated in almost every article the main goal of stopping people from driving their cars was that their was too much air pollu...
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Driverless cars are fuel and it more active than a bus. An article entitled, " Driverless Care Are Coming" discusses how the author present both positive and negative aspects of driverless care. In the article, Google cars are not correctly driverless. Some people are argument for or against the development of thses ca...
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The face on Mars is just a natural landform. It was not created by aliens. If it was created by aliens, Then the discovery would benefit NASA. I can help you to understand why it is just a landform and not an alien artifact. The face was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusua...
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We currently live in a world dependent on machines; becoming more and more enveloped in this idea of reliance. However, now we have reached a point where that reliance is harming us and our planet, and it will continue to do so if we don't adjust our lifestyles. Seeing as that we've recently reached that point of reali...
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I think that the creation of cars that can drive themselves can have a mainly negative impact on the world for a couple of reason one is it would make many people jobless, if the car malfunctions a passenger can suffer a crash that is fatal, and if we needed a emergency ride how fast would it be able to make it thier t...
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I agree that we should continue the development of driverless cars. Driverless cars will make driving so much easier and safer for everyone. It would also take away any road rage one might have when behind the wheel of a vehicle. Also it would assist in containg any traffic problems that one might have. In addition to ...
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NASA is fighting to be alble to to go to Venus . They have been researching diffrent methods on how to sustaine life on the planet . In the text it says that "Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers but should be expanded .."(8) Yes we are trying to figer out our planet earth still but there ma...
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Sometimes we take advantage of how lucky we are to own or use a car each day. Imagine how much cleaner the countries that don't necessarily have that advantage are. There are several advantages in reducing the use of cars in our world. Many of the advantages have been listed throughout these four passages. In order to...
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The electoral collage should be disbanded.  Not only is it unfair to minority party voters, but it also is unreliable. The electoral collage consists of people voting for an elector, which in turn votes for a presedent.  This may sound like a good idea, but in reality, it over-complecated and scrambles things. This ha...
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Transpotation has been a key part of many socities around the world today; from getting to and from jobs, visiting familes, and running common everyday errands that life brings. But, in some areas, they are opting to go car-free, and in many ways, it is making positive impacts within these evolving areas. From lowering...
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In the story " The challenge of exploring venus" the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit. venus its proved to be the most challenging place to examine. In paragrah 1 they said that "venus is the second planet from the sun", which makes it harder to see up close .venus is one of the plants that that...
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I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you will get to go so many places. Have you ever wanted to go to the Acropolis in Greece? If you join the the Seagoing Cowboys program then you might do just that. Luke a real Seagoing Cowboy has also visited an excavated castle in Crete. If you join the Se...
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Regargless of whether this should or should not be used to read the emotional expressions of students, this technology is very advanced. It is so impresive that computers are being evovled to understand us even more. When it comes to students, im sure many of us get distracted or bored very easily when it domes to scho...
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NASA discouvered a weard landform on Mars that lookes like a face. Some scientest, and people think that it is a sign of life or aliens. Most scientist think that it is a landform not aliens. I allso think that it is just a landform because Scientist have found simmilar landforms on Earth. JPL Web site revealed to the...
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Thousands of people around the world use cars. It's an all-around good mode of transportation. Unfortunately, the fumes that cars emit are harmful for the environment. There are ways to limit car usage. Limiting car usage has many benefits such us the decrease in greenhouse house gas, the decrease in smog, and resource...
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The reasons why Luke join the Seagoing Cowboys program was because Luke knew it was an opportunity of a life time. Another reasons was because it was an adventure, but in the story it says," Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger." He had fun on board especially on return trips afte...
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In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author starts off by saying the percentage of the different effects Mona Lisa has in her smile. He states that she's 83 percent happy , 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The use of the new technology called " The facial action Coding System'' in m...
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I had so much fun being in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I would tell anyone to try it, and I am going to tell you why it is such a great thing to do. First, you get to help others in need. It was felt amazing being able to help those who were hurt in the war. I also got to visit beautiful Europe and China. It was unb...
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Many americains are unable to drive, whether it be from disabilities or out of pure fear. Americains could feel at ease with driverless cars though. Driverless cars could provide a safe and efficent drive for everyday Americains. Driverless cars are safe, efficent, and even smart. Safety is a key factor in a driverles...
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If it were me, I wouldn't have technology to read students' emotional expressions. That would be very creepy and computers break down all the time. Let a computer get a virus see what happens... It's just a mistake waiting to happen. People should use technology to better our education services and fix up the hoods. T...
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Pollution as we all know is a growing concern in our world today. There have been many efforts to decrease and try to ultimitley end pollution from recyclicng to not leaving your rooms light on. But the perhaps the best idea is that of car free towns and days to decrease pollution. Many countries have already statred t...
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You know people should really particpate in the Seagoing Cowboys program and here are three resons why. Even though I haven't been there just hear me out. First of all adventer. I know people have to have adventer in their life.Big adventer or small adventer doesn't matter. But the Seagoing Cowboys program will defint...
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In the story the author presented both sides fairly. He stated the positives and negatives of driverless cars. I belive that driveless cars could soon be a common thing everybody uses. First thing that might be a big problem is that they use radars and those can cost two hundred million dollars, that right there is a ...
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Sitting in class and listening to the teacher drone on and on about a particular subject that one finds completely boring sounds like the perfect time to take a nap right? Well, Thomas Huang, of the Bekham Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois has been working with Prof to create a system that ca...
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In this article of the " Making Mona Lisa Smile" I wouldnt beable to choose which side to be on with using this technolgy to read students' emotional expressions. Is it good for us to know how other people may feel, or is it invading in our own privacy. Our expressions are key to alot, but does this technlogy work I me...
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In the article unmasking the face on Mars NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet,snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2,when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. It was an enorumous head nearly two miled from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras fr...
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The Face on Mars The face on Mars is a mysterious object Mainly because how it resembles a human face from the first picture in 1976 but that picture is outdated. One of the most recent picture taken in 2001 shows that the "face" is actually just a landform that appears on Earth and it is common in the American West. ...
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Driverless cars are in our near future, but is this the best way? There are many reasons why I dont believe so, such as the fact that they are going to need to make logical decisions and could be dangerous to drivers and pedestrians due to the drivers not needed to pay as much attention to driving. What does it mean f...
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"Vauban streets are completely "car free"-except the main street thoroughfare.." Soon our country will be car free. With all the gas pollution we in the air car's need to be banned from our country. Many countries for example have already banned people from driving cars, like Bogota,Paris, and German. In Bogota in stea...
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Dear, State Senator Some people in the America are worried about the voting for the president. Some people are in favor of keeping the Electoral College, and other are in favor of channging the voting system to popular vote. Going in favor of Electoral College has only one good favor like in Source 1 it says that "The...
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Driving is the primary way of transportation, to get from point A to point B. It's a great way to reduce traveling time, and traffic is almost nonexistent. Some people would say it's better than walking, or riding a bicycle. But what if we limited these polluting vehicles and replaced our transportation for our daily r...
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Driverless cars are coming and are here to stay. There are many doubts about these cars as Dr. Werner Huber has expresssed ,"Why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver?" That is very, very good question , but people fail to realize the benefits that driverless cars bring. Texting and driving has c...
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On the histories of Venus they thought t it was a star,And gave it a neakname "Evening star".Ten people got creouse and start studing it,and when they learned that it was the secound planet on our solar system they wanted to land on it. But it was different than any planet .The surface of the planet was hot even thou...
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The Electoral College its a process, not an actuall place. The Electoral College process works by a selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president, and they count the electoral votes by congress. I think this should not stand no longer because "under the electoral co...
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Cars are used for transporting from place to place, but is it really the best way to get somewhere? There are many factors that are being affected when using cars. Many people believe cars are the best way to get somewhere but the only good thing about a car is the amount of time it takes to get somewhere. Even time is...
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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. The author supports this claim very well by showing how survivable Venus could be. Firstly, the author states, "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels...
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I don't agree with using this technology to read students emotional expression. I think it wouldnt be a machines business to know how your feeling because some people like muself sometimes dont want to know how you really feel. For example. if I was feeling down one day about my dog passing away, and my little sisters ...
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I think that use of technology like this in classrooms could be a dangerous prospect. Many things could go wrong with technology like this and could have some major consequences. First teachers could end up losing their jobs. All of this stems from what has happened in history. Take factories as an example, factories ...
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The author starts by introducing what she/he is going to talk about. The author gave information about his topic. The author includes soem reasons to why they should visit and explore venus no matter the risk. "Astronomers are fasccinated by venus becasue it amy well once have been the most earth-like planet in our sol...
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A day without drivng your car? who can't do that. Also making the Earth a better place to live? awsome! Taking advantage of a limiting car using its a great idea because people are lowering air pollution and there's no more rush-hour. Getting stuck in traffic isn't pretty nice and most likely if you have a meeting your...
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Being a seagoing cowboy was much more than adventure, for me. I love being able to go out on the sea and have fun will helpping people with there problems make me super happy and I wouldn't have this job if my friend didn't tell me about it. For example (the world war11) I got to go to many places like China, Europe, a...
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You should participate in the Seagoing cowboys becuase you could visit alot of cool places. you could go anywhere you wanted to. Its also good if you like to help people. If you love helping people then you should participate in this program. another thing thats good about this program is that you can do it with a ...
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Driverless cars would be cool, but they're not safe enough to have around. The drivers have nothing to do, the driverless feature in the car could get messed up, or even the things that alert the driver that it's their turn to drive. There are so many dangers to having driverless cars, this is just a few. For example ...
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Venus is our second closest planet to the sun. But we do not know what Venus actually looks like. Like in paragraph 4 Venus could have been once like Earth. I could have been filled with oceans, plants, trees, and even mountains it could be anything just like Earth. But we don't know. Yes it would be nice to explore V...
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They'res ton of advantages of limiting cars usage. For example, walking, hiking, biking, and for the younger crowd skate. Turns out if we were to do this we would'nt be alone! Communities all around the world try to alter driving cars. People in BOGOTA, Columbia. Even VAUBAN, Germany. In Germany people have given up on...
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In my oppion they should use the Electoral college to desied who wins the Election. They should always use the Electoral college because it wouldn't be fair if they went by the population of a state, just the simple fact that some states are more populated than other. For instance states like New York, Florida, and Ca...
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How The NASA can studying Venus Introduction, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" The article is about the Venus that Venus is teh second planet from our sun, Also the nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. In our solar system, and Also often referred to as Earth's twin. Venus is the closest planet ...
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Why the face on Mars is just a Natural land form. 1976, Mars Global surveyer took an image on mars and it looked like shadowy likeness of a human face. So you can say that, but i think your wrong. The Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors it was short lived, and scientists think it was just anothe...
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The new software "the Facial Action Coding System" should be allowed to read students emotional expressions. The reason why the new software should be able to do that is because some students could really be interested in these new technologies and make it better and find new ways to improve it. Or They could be feelin...
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Making Mona lisa smile The Facial Action Coding System improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of humans and detects how people truly feel even when they are trying to hide their emotions. Facial Action Coding System would be effective and valuable in reading emotional expressions of students in the classroom bec...
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First of all,we don't need these cars because they seem dangerous and not safe to the our envirnment,and now knowing that there going to build these car are going to take a lot more money from our government and they will cost way to much just for a car that can drive itself, like why would we need these cars? See in p...
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All around the world, people are using gas-gusling vehicles of mass destruction. Recently, Germany came up with the revolutionary idea to limit the use cars by forbidding street parking, driveways, and home garages in the new, experimental district of Vauban. Others have joined the bandwagon as well, instituting new la...
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Driverless cars? I feel as if they arent safe on the roads, like they are moe likey to get into an wreak. What would the driver do when the car was drivng its self. How would the car alert the diver quick enough to make the driver take the wheel. I just feel like these things wouldnt be safe on the roads. Who would be...
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Many countries and places are starting to reduce their usage of cars. In multiple places they are to considered "car-free" or they have ensued partial car bans, even going as far as setting a specific day to "Car-free Day". The issues in most of these places is the reduction of the smog that is thought to be produced b...
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Dear Senator, I believe we should change the electoral college. In my opinion the electoral college is unfair. To begin with it reduces the amount of voters because the voters believe they don't have a say in the election. As Richard A. Ponser said "It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the p...
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~How far would you consider too far? I ask this question for the sake of driverless cars that are starting to become a thing and starting to be tested. They already have been considered illegal in some states, California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. These have some positive aspects, but for now we ar...
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There are many dangers that come along with studying planets. Along with the dangers, there are also countless benefits to learning more about different planets. In the passage, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author addresses the point that Venus is worth taking a closer look at and focusing on, no matter the ...
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Making Mona Lisa Smile Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted and 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Mona Lisa is a Painting that is drawn by the use of color painting and other handful material, when humans are drawing with their hand and feelings it shows the facial expression and emoyion of the dra...
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in the "challenge of exploring venus" the author says that venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. He supports all his claims further in to the article. he says that it is one of the hottest planets even though its not directly next to the sun the pressure holds the heat in, its hot enough to melt certain metals...
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Driverless cars are becoming a big thing in the world today. They can help with traffic problems. They can also help with people who are not qualified enough to be on the road. I am against it because it could still have accidents and they could be just as worse as normal ones today are since before you come up on an a...
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Dear state Senator, I am writing to you today to tell you the Electoral College is not fair, takes power from the people, and is very unclear in many areas. There have been many instances that prove this point and we need to change before the power of presidency goes to someone who doesnt deserve it. In the 2000 pres...
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Imagine driving on your new car that can drive itself with the help of your "assistance" only at certain times. While you are paying attention to the road your daughter or son may need your help with spilled drink, unlocking a device, or even a "quick" glance at them. You gave the automatic driving system your trust ju...
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Dear state senator, In reference to our state we would prefer keeping the electoral college instead of abolishing it. Under the 23 Amendment of the constitution, the district of columbia is allocated three electors and treated like a state for pupose of the Electoral college. If you take this away, there will be anarc...
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"What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two or three years before the downturn,"said Michael Sivak. When people hear this they automaticly think "oh no!"or "this is not good news". In reality its the complete opposite ;that's fantsic news .Less people buy...
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In America we have lots of cars, lots of roads, leading anywhere you want to go. In Europe they have car free cities where things may run a lot smoother;quicker. Limiting car usage could raise property prices due to lack of highway noise and can protentially save the world from population extinction due to smoke from t...
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In the passage the Author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit desite the dangers it presents. In the first paragraph the author says ¨Venus, sometimes called the Evening Star, is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.¨. In that quote it is ...
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In my opinion driverless cars would be a positive thing to take action here in the future. My reasons are more industries are working towards making driverless cars, they can drive, steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when nedded. Driverless cars can also mimic the skill o...
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Dear Senate, It's offical, The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's really hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: "Abolish the Electoral Coll...
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Was the Face on Mars created by aliens? Do you think the face on Mars was created by aliens? I don't... and that's because it's to many reasons that prove it's not. I'm a scientist at NASA and I helped prove these reasons. We found that it is just a butte or a mesa, aliens are not even real, and there is no life on Ma...
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The advantages of limiting car usage is they have less greenhouse gas emissions, being less tense and more accessible to public transportation. The good thing about less greenouse gas emissions is the air is more dense and is a huge impediment to currrent efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tai...
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First, the author begin talking about Venus, the things we should know, but the challenge place is to examine more closely. Also the author says that is referred to as Eart's "twin", and is very similar in size and, is ogaerur planetary neighbor, the thick atmosphere, the hottest surface temperature of any planet in ou...
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Cars are believed to be mandatory in life today. They get use where we need to go quicker that it is to walk or ride a bike. Cars have many positive effects, but also many negatives. The gas emission percentage from cars in several countries have risen dramtically. Many people say, having a car stresses you out. By cut...
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Alien Theory: Debunked There may be evidence as to why people believe in something as comical as aliens; mass UFO sightings, various reports of alien abduction, passages in religious books and scrolls that show odd evidence of a species not born on Earth, or even on manmade structures such as the ancient pyramids or E...
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To begin my argument, I want to say I believe with all the positive values for driverless cars, that nothing compares to a human. Humans are the smartest animals on the planet, and that comes with the proof that driverless cars will make errors much more commonly than a healthy human would. If the driver must pay close...
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Diverless Cars Are Coming In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" presents both positive and negative aspects of these driverless cars. I think that driverless cars are useless. I don't see whats the point of driverless cars. In the future I assume that mostly everyone will be driving a driveless car because now a...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author explains how new technologies are allowing compters to read facial expressions. The use the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms is valuable, because it will benefit both students and teachers. This technology will help teachers identify if their students are und...
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Driverless cars are the future of the world. The plan is to have cars that drive themselves by 2020, but do we want this? No, let me give you my opinion on why not. I dont think driverless cars should be manufactured and produced and put on the streets. First off I don't like the idea of a vehicle that drives itself o...
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The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. One reason why I thik is valuable for a classroom is because it can see if you happy, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Another reason is " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming conf...
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It is hard to imagine being a scientist at NASA, But if i was a scientist at NASA discussing the face with someone who thought it was an alien structure, I would use three pieces of evidence to support the claim that its just a natural land form. The first piese of evidence would be Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter C...
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