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i would rather change to voting for most popular president in the united states and the electoral college is simply to complicated the electoral college consist of 538 electors a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president your states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in...
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The seagoing cowboys program is a fun program. You get to travel all over the world. You would get to see the excavating castle in Crete. It is very fun traveling all over the world. You would be in a boat that crosses the atlantic ocean. you would go to Europe and China. The cattle boat would take you to Greece to se...
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Driverless cars are not a thing of the past any more. There are many companies that believe that creating a driverless car is a step froward, but it could also be a step back. The driverless cars we hev today require a human to take the wheel when there is something that requires human skills. However the car does aler...
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Venus is a wothy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus is a planet from our solar system is simple to see from the distant, exploring venus is a challenge because present dangers. Numerous factors contribute to Venus' s reputation. More challeging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmo...
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You should join to help and say I helped that country. I think you should because there are things you have and other people don't. I also think that it should almost be a requirement to help people to go to heaven. I think alot of things should because I am like that. I think a lot about others believe it or not. I l...
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Many people believe in conspiracy theories,that may sometimes not be backed by evidence. Some examples of this are Bigfoot or aliens. Another conspiracy theory is of the face on Mars. In 1976 NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was orbiting the planet, when it came a across something that appered to look a lot like a human face...
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Dear State Senator, I strongly believe that changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United State. Changing the election may increase the hopes for more people to vote. From the passage one of my sources I choose is Source Three called In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our d...
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Driverless cars are a thing of the future. There is no doubt that they are comming and comming fast, but I do not believe that there will be totaly driverless in my lifetime. There would be many required updates to the curent roads. Along with the roads, laws would have to be updated as well. I do not believe that dri...
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To whome it may concern, From my knowledge based on the sources i've been given on the Electorial College, I strongly beleive it should be abolished. To me it seems senseless to be voting for a slate of electors rather than a president. Also, anyone not in office can be an elector so that means they may not be the bes...
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Dear Florida senator, we should keep the Electoral College. The Electoral College has been around for decades, produced by the founding fathers, it was made as a compromise between the two different ways the president should be elected. One way being by a slate of senators, and another by simply popular vote. It was ma...
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Computers can do many things for us. The idea that a computer can read your emotions is amazing, although I do not belive it is true. I will believe it when I see it. In paragraph 8 it says " But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways ising the zygomatic major and different muscle, the risorius." however th...
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Cars are one of the most important inventions that we ase human beings have created. They help in many more than just one occasion. Cars mostly help with transportation, because of this we are way to relient on them. Now we rely mostly on our cars which is a bad thing considering that fact that we in the future could p...
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Dear Senator of the state of Florida, I belive there is something wrong with our voting system. Evidence has shown that our electoral system has shown some minor errors. In the election 2000 George W. Bush won because he had more electoral votes than his oppenenet Al Gore. But, Al Gore had more popular votes than Bush...
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The author supports this idea because from reading the passage he suggests that Venus is a very interesting planet but it's also dangerous. In paragraph 1 it says "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star ," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. " which is one of the couple of things that make Venu...
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DEAR,state senator i argue in favor of keeping  the electoral votes alive to choose for the new turn. people say that the electoral voting system may turn alot of potential voters away from voting for a new president since the electoral voting has been tight on alot of people who don't like to use that way then they wa...
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There are many advantages to limiting car usage. For example, to decrease stress, to decrease pollution, to manage your time and communication better, and to avoid traffic. The reason I feel most strongly about limiting car usage is to decrease stress. First, many people that driving can cause a lot of unneeded stress...
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My argument for the development of the driverless cars is that we should have them. These cars should be allowed to be made, they can become really helpful to people. They can also provide really good safety features. The diverless car will help the environment, it will spend less of our natrual resources that we use. ...
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In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author believes that Venus is worthy of human research and time although the task poses multiple dangers. I stand by the authors claim because we would gain information on how our universe works, and how it was many millions of years ago. The article states that al...
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I believe that driverless cars are a bad idea. There are issues that can be seen to cause problems. The idea of a computer doing something for you takes out the factor of doing it yourself. If a computer beggins to start to do the work for us when wont have any work to to do which, sounds beautiful but, in reality can...
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The Facial Action Coding System is a great tool in decoding one's true emotions. The FACS could be used to detect boredom, confusion, interest, or happiness in students. Being able to calculate these emotions would be valuable to students and teachers in a classroom. Not all students are interested in school and in fa...
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I think that they should get rid of the electoral college, becuase each person shoule just be able to vote who they want to be president, instead of having to vote on someone and then they represent your and they vote on the president of the united states. One of the other reasons i think the electoral college should b...
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Have you ever wanted to go to the other side of the world? As a Seagoing cowboy you can do that and much more. You can see sights and learn about them. You learn about hard work and how to do different things. You can have fun while doing a job. Last, you get to help others who have less then you. If you like this stuf...
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If America were to limit car usage I'm sure that weight problems would lesson, as well as the smog. The envirnment would also be healthier, streets would be safer for children to play in. There would also be less car accidents that happenn because of careless drivers. Americans would have more money as well since gas p...
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Seagoing Cowboys aren't like pirates, or like land cowboys that rob people and do aweful things. They help out people when they are recovering from the terrible things that hitler and World War II brought them. When you sign, up you don't have to risk doing army time and going to fight becasue when you are a seagoing c...
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To State Senator, As many believe, the nation of the Unitred States of America is one of the most free countries. The citizens have more power and rights then those of another country. Although, are we truely getting the power we claim to get. One of the biggest powers a citizen of the US recieves is electing the pres...
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If you like animals and traveling, then this is the program for you! The Seagoing Cowboys go from country to country helping them restore their crops and animals. And while your on the boat, you get to look after animals such as horses, cows, and even mules! You should join their program because, you would learn how ...
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Cars can be great or bad, many places are banning days of driving to slow down the inevitable of car fumes in the enviroment. Advantages include a healthier way of life. Walking makes you healthier, and so will the cleaner air. Creating less polution in areas in good for the enviroment. The ban on cars can seem a litt...
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World War ll was over in Europe and many countries were left in ruins in 1945. To help these countries recover their food supplies,animald and more,44 nations joined together and formed a UNRRA. The UNRRA stands for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take ...
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According to the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author Nick D'Alto decribes the new technology called the Facial Coding System which enables computers to evaluate and identify human emotions. The Facial Coding System should be used is classrooms all around the world. It would enable to modify their teaching meth...
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Although, traveling and exploring to Venus would be beyond towards the history of mankind making it the first ever of humans to travel a planet that is closed to earth since traveling to the moon back in the 60s. this will be a good idea because now in days, technology keeps evolving and evolving, and it's simliar to e...
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Have you ever wanted to be a seagoing cowboy? I got a chance to. It was a lot of fun. My friend convinced me to do it. You should do it also. A seagoing cowboy is a person who takes care of animals while they are being shipped overseas. The job is to feed the animals, wash the animals, water the animals, and clean the...
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As class begins, it becomes hopeful that the teacher will give an actual interesting lesson. That all goes to waste, when the lesson becomes boring. In the end, no knowledge is gained from it. The question then comes into place, by the look of the students' faces, does a teacher notice when their students are bored and...
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Senator, I believe that voting for the president of the United States should be based off of the popular vote by the people. Not the Electoral College. Voting by the Electoral College does not allow the people to have the final say. It altimately gives the elector the choice. "The 2000 fiasco was the biggest election c...
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The dangers of studying venus is that we have never landed on this planet or ever landed something on this planet venus has an atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets the challengins in this planet are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus tempature. the condition are far more exreme tha...
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Even though many people thought that the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens, NASA proves differently. When the ship went pass Cydonia the first time and snapped the "Face Like Photo", they realizied it was only a mesa. They wanted to realse the face to the public to get attention that NASA was discovering new things ...
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Driverless cars are a thing of the future, or are they? The Article ¨Driverless Cars Are Coming¨ allows us to believe that maybe thery´re not a thing of the future, but actually a right now present day modification to our way of living.. Now is this a good thing regarding the safety of the common people, I believe so. ...
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I agree driverless cares should be used because it is useful and can be stress free. The driverless cars can reduce fast speed racers and crinimals that drive away. The driverless car can do many thing to help the environment.The car would stop crime, follow the speed limit and can reduce stress. The car can do many th...
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I have ever wanted a care where you could just sit back and not even drive ? Do you think it would be fun , dangerous ? I think it would be unecessary and uncalled for , very dangerous . In my opinion about driveless cars , I do not agree that they should even be used or made . We are just doing fine with the cars In ...
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In our world today people have so many emtions they use on a daily basis. Emotions can help someone figure out if a friend is upset or how their day is going. On the other hand Dr. Thomas Huang of Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois wanted to decode all human emotions. The way that he c...
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Venus is called the "Evening Star" and it's one of the brightest points of lights in the night sky. Venus is the second planet from the sun. It has been often refered to as earth's twin. It's been over three decades since a spacecraft has touched down on Venus. The carbon dioxide level is at 97 percent, and their are c...
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Driverless cars are the future of transportation. The technologies that we have right now limit us in what we can do in the field of driverless cars but sometime in the near future we will have fully driverless cars. Car engineers are already pushing the envelope on what they put in cars as far as technology and comput...
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Driverless cars are making a break across the world. Cars have changed so much since first invented. These driverless cars are just now getting popular although first invented in 2009 from Google. These cars have driven thousands of miles without crashing but could a crash be coming soon with them becoming ever so popu...
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Have you ever wondered if there is life somewhere else besides Earth? Well imagine being able to know more about space and its planets. Knowing what is it like and how each planet has its enviroment, but just the idea of knowing more about each planet sounds amazing. As the author suggested that studying Venusis is wor...
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Driveless cars in my opinion it could be a great experiance but also my biggest concern in safetywise not being the one controling the car and also being to didtracted in case of having to take over of the car it's the biggest concern. As new technology its being made we depend more out of it and making everything easi...
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For many years some NASA workers have been trying to find life on Mars. But their search has bee unsuccessful. No matter what they tried ,they could not find anything that could brng life. But no matter what they would not stop trying. After so many years one of NASA's spacecrafts captured a picture of what some peopl...
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The Seagoing Cowboys program is a wonderful program. I really liked this article it gave me a lot of information about this program. The Seagoing Cowboys program is a helpful program. I think other people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I will give you some reasons to support my opion. One reason i...
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Some people think that the crater in Mars, is an alien face, but how could it? There is not enough evidence to conclude that the stucture is an alien face. And besides, weird shapes always form. Its just nature. Conspiracy theorists think its an alien and that we are hiding something from the people, but we have noth...
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using the techonology of emotionalnally expressions of students in a classrom is valuable because it identfies mona lisa's emotions how one picture can describe her self as calculating emotions. constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human mules. movent one of one ...
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What I will do if i was Luke point of view or try to get some other people to think they should participate, is I will explain it is that you can enjoy the games they have when they have free time like it say in the text on paragraph 8 it say " Luke also found time to have fun on board.especially on return trips after...
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Nonverbal communication is often used more than verbal. The way someone stands, moves, or sets their face can tell others more of what they feel then what they are told; however, these social cues aren't always understood. Technology is impacting the world greatly and the Facial Action Coding Software may seem like jus...
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With the new technology coming upon society, there are many new ideas coming abroad. There have been companies promoting the idea of a "smart car" that is driverless. The idea has sparked arguements whether or not the idea is actually smart or may cause more issues. My opinion on the idea is that smart cars are a good...
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Having driverless cars can vitally affect the world. Athough there are upsides to having them, there is also a lot of negative things that can result. I personaly think it is a bad idea to have driverless cars. The reasons for that being, if there is a software malfunction who is to blame, it takes away the fun and per...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", author Nick D'Alto talks about the Facial Action Coding System, a new technology enabling computers to identify human emotions. In paragraph six he briefly talks about how it could work in a classroom setting and I believe that this would be a great new idea to bring into the sc...
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The Seagoing Cowboys program is a great opportunity of a lifetime. You are able to take care of horses, young cows, and mules to ship them overseas. There are a lot of experiences for you but it does take a lot of dedication and hard work. When World War II was over in Europe, many places and countries were destroyed....
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We all hide our emotions at one point or another but, what if we had the technology that could detect whatever were feeling despite if were trying to hold them in or not. The Facial Action Coding System or FACS is just that piece of technolgy that is capable of detecting any given emotion. Dr. Huang inventor of this so...
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The author supports this idea becausee it talks about the changes in clouds compared to earth,temperature,and the weather.All of these are bad because it can kill humans but it is the only planet that is similar to earth.It also talks about that it is not an easy condition like earth, but it is survivable for humans. ...
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Personally I think that kind of technology is very valueable. The fact that we have that kind of tech is amazing and by advancing our schools with the rate of technology we could make us a smarter country as a whole. For many teachers it can be very difficult to get a student to understand and like the material that i...
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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new techonology system enables computers to identify emotions. The author makes his claim by stating, "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. New software has been developed ...
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Cars are a very annoying part of life implanted in american history. They dont know when to shut up sometimes, just so noisy and loud. They fill the fresh clean air with nasty smog. And i dont know about you but i sure dont want to be caught in a traffic jam for half the day. First off, they're so noisy and loud somet...
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In "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author, Nick D'Alto, shows us that this technology that allows it to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. By using example of the human face muscles and Mona Lisa as an example, allows us to get into debt about our facial expression and what they give ou...
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one reason i think that the face is just natural landform is because it says that 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. scientists figured it was just another martain mesa, common enought...
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Some people think that the Face on Mars was created by aliens, which is anaccurate. Mars obviously has alot of natural disasters on its planet almost daily. These natural disasters could've made the surface into a face like shape by how much damage was caused to the enviroment. Mars is full of red bolders that could of...
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Citizens who own a car should listen closely to the advatages of limiting your car usage. Even if you do not own a car you should listen to this. The usage of cars in big cities have always been a problem to our enviroment but now pollution is at an all time high in the world. Officals have said cars are one of our big...
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Dear state senator i would like to argue the Electoral college, wheather to keep it or changing the election by popular vote for the president of the united states. Honestley i would like to get rid of it because there are so many things wrong with it, even the best-liad defenses are wrong because our vote does not rea...
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Twenty five years ago, NASA's VIking spacecraft snapped a photo of what looks like a human face on a region of the Red Planet, Cydonia. Many people believed the Face was created by aliens, but NASA found evidence that it was equilavent of a butte or mesa. The Face on Mars was not an ancient alien artifact, but a landfo...
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Dear Mr. senator The Electoral college process consists of 538 electors. Each elector represents a state and they vote according to what the majority of the people favor. The Electoral college is a fair and honest way of electing the president because each individual has a voice in who is elected by voting for the sta...
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I think that using a computer do detect when a student is confused or bored would help make the assignment either more challenging if the student is bored, or easier to understand when the student is confused. In the story it states that the computer can detect when someone is happy, sad, angry, or disgusted. So why n...
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Dear Florida State Senator, Every 4 years, many people vote for a president they think will lead the United States to greatness; some, however, don't know that they are voting for the Electoral College to vote on their choise. This act of using the Electoral College is, by definition, not democratic. Didn't our foundi...
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After I graduated from high school I made a life changing choice and that was to go to Europe with my friend and while I was in Europe I joined the "Seagoing Cowboys". And I want you to make that same choice. And I dont want you to just think that im asking you to join for no reason im asking you to join because the be...
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Many people thought that the Face on Mars was made by an ancient civilitation on mars. The Face on mars was not made by aliens. Instead it is a mesa or a natural landform. Due to new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft, We now know the Face on mars is accually a mesa. Many...
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The study the ability of humans to read subatle changesin facial expressions, thast they appiled reverse correlation technique to reveal visual features that mediate understanding of emotion expressed by the face. Suprising finding were that (1) the noise added to test face image had profound effect on the facail expre...
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Cars and other transportation vehicles are responsible for most of the world polution not only that but it's also responsible for obeasity and overweight. Because of cars and other vehicles people dont walk or ride bikes ot run anymore because they have a car to take them wherever they want. When I had a car I was alwa...
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I am for the use of the value of this technology being used in the classroom. I think it could help students perform better in the classroom. I think some people would find it weird or creepy that the computer could tell what their emotions are but I think it could help students and adults in school or in the workplace...
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The facal reconition is not a good idea because then if you are relaxed the computer might think you are mad or upset. The best thing for this program is to not usit for school computers but for phones. having emotion reconition is not the best idea. The reasson it would not be a good idea is because in paragraph 4 "u...
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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, but the author does not supports this idea, and only gives a few reasons why it would be beneficial to study it. The author suggests that it is a worthy pursuit because it is the closest pl...
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I am against the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. The technology is something that for a couple of years before has evolve, and it is very advance right now; but it's not 100% dependable because is not perfect. Like the article said, "people can imitate another person's expression....
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Are you the kind of person that is really interested in political stuff? Politics can be a subject that will start fights, but not everyone is so interested. You must know what the electoral college is. It is a system where when you vote for your president you are actually voting for a group of electors that will then ...
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This sounds like a great idea because teachers wouldn't have to worry about getting around to everyone in the classroom, re-teaching the same lesson, trying to figure out what activities/ lesson can help the kids understand more but this could aslo be a big distraction. I think that the use of this technology to read ...
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Hotter days, coughing, nasty air, loud noises, wrecks, these are all caused by the usage or over usage of cars. We as a whole need to stop using or relaying on cars to transport us every where we go. There are means of transportation that are much more cost-efficent, they may be a little slower but your not only saving...
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Most people might not know what Seagoing Cowboys are, but that dosen't mean that you hate it just because of it's name. You should at least participate seagoing cowboys once. People might not have many reasons to support there statement about "Why you shouldn't be a Seagoing Cowboy'', but I have at least some reasons ...
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Why is Venus such an interesting planet fro scientist to study? Venus is the second planet from the sun, and one of the brightest point in the night sky. Venus is an amazing planet, and also pretty unknown. Venus has many dangers for the human scientis. Venus is an Earth-like planet with many issues. Scientist want to...
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In the article, "Making Mona Lsia Smile," written by Nick D'Alto, there is a new technology being introduced to the world called the Facial Action Coding system, otherwise known as "FACS". Essentially, this technology allows people to calculate the exact percentage of the emotions presented in one's facial expression b...
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In theory a self driving car is a great idea, but in reality it is an accident waiting to happen. Self driving cars have many flaws to them. I beleive the development of these cars should no longer continue. The self driving cars are never self driving, they still require the passenger to be there when it does not kno...
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In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the topic of Venus is discussed. Moreover not just Venus but the exploration and challenges met when attempting this rigourus task. The author provides much imformation to support his claim and does so in an informative and interesting way. The author makes learning of...
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Limiting your car usage has a lot of advantages. You can do so many different things with all the space and money you save. You can save money in alot of different ways such as not having to pay car insurance, or pay for tickets, or not having to pay for gas, and lastly not having to pay for you car when it broke down ...
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The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article that explains why studying Venus is such a challenge and tries to create the idea that studying Venus is worth people's time despite the threats that are present on the planet. Although the author presents some evidence that explains why people should invest ...
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First off I want to let you know that Electoral College is a process and not a place. It was established by the founding fathers. Process consists of the selection of the electors, the metings of the electors where they vote for president and Vice President. The electoral college consists of 538 electors and the majori...
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using facial expresions are a good way to tell someone u are mad or happy. but sometimes u cant tell the diffrence unless people smile all the time. for instince when i walk i have a mean face that dosent mean im mad i could be happy but its just how my face is. u shouldnt need technology to tell someone if your happy ...
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Most countries around the world share the same global problem; air pollution.  Cities like in Germany, France, and America suffer with air pollution.  All this smog comes from the cars people drive on a daily basis.  But now, people have decided to make a change to that.  All around the world, cities have been banning ...
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Do you really think that there is alien life? The picture shown is land on Mars. NASA said that it was a shadow giving a "illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth." NASA studied the image to make sure they were correct of what they saw. People who believe in alien life base their statements upon opinions. NASA even said it...
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I believe that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be very useful and rather valuable. The computer would be able to tell what we're interested in and give us articles about those interests. It could also help improve students grades or help entertain them if th...
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Would driverless cars be cool? Yes they would. I personally think it would be a horrible idea to have driverless cars.Me personally, I think all of our cars should be driven by a human being instead of a robotic machine. First off the prices of these driverlesscars would be threw the roof to by and make.Then the cost ...
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The Facial Action Coding System can help computers identify the emotions of people. For instance, poeple can somewhat 'calculate" emotions just like any math equation. Secondly, the FACS is also helpful becasue it can tell if we are forcing a smile or not. FInally, this also can tell if people like an ad by just smilin...
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I think that this is a great piece technology for school laptops. In school kids will get confused about many things that they are learning. This invention could help students who struggle to understand a lot of content. Students in high school have a lot of pressure on them in those 4 years. It can be very hard to...
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I think people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because they could learn about different peoples countries and needs. Also it would be once in a life time oppertunity to see different countries. It could make a difference in your life Luke said "It made me aware of people of other countries and their needs. It...
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There is a presidential campaign being held. There are two candidates running. the decision depends on the electoral votes. The Electoral College are the votes that elect the President depending on the majority votes. The Electoral College should be kept because it induces the candidates, it restores some of the weight...
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I think we not should keep Electoral College. I thinks it not fair. Al Gore won the electoral votes and won the popular vote and still lost the presidency. Also, you are not evening voting for the persident you are voting for slate of electors to pick the president. It is not like you can, can control who the slate ele...
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Hi,I am Luke.I want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.Oh,you want reasons why you should join.Well during the adventure I got to sight see.And I got hard work. to do which was fun.And when the animals are unloaded we play fun games.And I will tell you about it.So I sugest you to be a seagoing cowboy. I got hard...
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Today we will talking about The challenge of Exploring Venus, what's is venus, where is ubicate venus and why is important talk or learn about this subject or who discovered this mean. Venus is a planet in our solar system and is the second planet from our sun and occasionally the closest in distance too Earth, Venus,...
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There are many advantages that come with the limitation of car usage. The limiting of car useage can help bring down pollution, to help clear the air that we use every single day on a daliy basis. With the limiting of car usage, congestion drops down dramaticly. Also, it helps lower down stress and have an increase in ...
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