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The author presents the idea of exploring Venus well
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But what about walking on the surface to explore from the space craft? If we could walk on the planet without being harmed by all of the outside forces, then we coulf run more tests.
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In the passage, the author states,"Each mission to Venus was unmanned because none of the spacecrafts have survived landing."
Claim
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These factors show that with the materials we have, we should be going for a safer planet like the moon or mars. The author also states that the planet atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide with highly corrosive clouds. This shows that most metals we have can be melted by the clouds and the temperature at the surface...
Evidence
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Like I said in the intro, If we had the materials to keep a human safe to walk on the planet and take samples.
Claim
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We would have plenty of things to test here on Earth. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature in the solar system. If we could find a way to keep the hot air out and the cool air in, we could do it.
Evidence
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In conclusion, scientists should not be looking into trying to land on Venus. There are too many risk factors to take and we don't have the resources.
Concluding Statement
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It's illegal to drive with a phone and its multiple why you can't drive without a phone
Lead
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A cell phone is a one second distraction taking your eyes off the road increases the risk of crashing.
Claim
Adequate
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You can say it's like driving while intoxicated. It puts innocent lives at risk. It put your life at risk. It is comparable to, if not worse than driving under the influence. You are setting a bad example for your children.
Evidence
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Drivers should not have cell phones
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the accidents rate over the past years has been high people be on their phone so much and get distracted when you get a message
Claim
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I'm pretty sure you more focused on the message more than the rode. You see some interesting like on facebook or any other website you'll get so interested and forget you're driving that's how much a phone can get your attention.
Evidence
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I can honestly say it a cause for people to lose their life because I've been involved. My grandmother was talking on the phone it was a self-hand just to end and answer the phone that lil second caused an accident she hit someone from the back don't never think you have the sense to avoid an accident well you don't. ...
Concluding Statement
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During the 1700's the world did not have transportation like we do now. They had to ride on horses and walk to where they needed to go. Now all we depend on is driving where we need to go. Its hurting our world and the people around who are around it.
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Their are plenty of advantages of limiting car usage around the world. Many people think its no good side to not driving around everywhere but their are
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Stores are becoming closer to walking distance
Claim
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It stops cars from poluting the world
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it lessons stress from the human body.
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Everywhere you look you see a store or a building. We drive to places because we think its to far a walk or its a bad day to walk. In the Article "In German Suburb,Life Goes On Without Cars"  it says that in Vauban,Germany they built stores that were a good walking distance on a main street instead on a long far away h...
Evidence
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its faster to walk if they bring the stores closer to you.
Claim
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Cars are polluting our world everyday and everynight night somebody wants to drive.
Claim
Adequate
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In the aritcle "paris bans driving due to fog" it says that Paris had to force people to leave their cars at home or they would have to pay a fine if they drive it. It says that it was intense smog. Cars cause alot of damage to the world but people who drive dont see how it's effecting the world. The Smog caused alot o...
Evidence
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if you walk it helps you not worry about gas prices or anything that you worry about that is related to driving so it relieves stress.
Claim
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All in all limiting car driving is the way to go. It improves the walking distance to and from the stores. It helps the world from being polluted and relieves stress from your body. Why would'nt you want that for yourself and your family.
Concluding Statement
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The article is obviously talking about the Making of Monalisa Face. It talks too about the Facial Action Coding System. It´s a program or system that knows if you are sad, mad, happy, etc. The guys who are helping now are Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe. The creator of Facial Action Coding System is Dr. Paul Eck...
Lead
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The FACS can know if your sad.
Evidence
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I need to say it is very cool.
Claim
Ineffective
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Thats how far technology is going. A computer can know your emotions. Dr. Eckman has classified six basics emotions, happines, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Its all about the movement of the muscles.
Evidence
Adequate
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In conclusion its not an important thing to have in this world but is kind of nice been able to see if the person in the pictur was happy or sad etc. Dr. Eckman is a really samrt men, Prof. Thomas and Prof. Nicu too. So if you want to know if your friend is sad take a picture of him. Do the process and show it to him I...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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I really think this is a good idea, we can know if the presidents or old history people were happy or sad.
Position
Ineffective
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Luke was at his part time job when his friend Don came in and said (do you want to come on a cattle boat trip with me.) Luke knew it was a opportunity of a life time and couldn't say no. Luke was 18 before he arived in Greece which meant he could be drafted for military service. When the draft board learned he was on ...
Evidence
Ineffective
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the dangers it presents. The author uses strong details to support this claim throughout the article. Facts and statistics by NASA and other reliable sources are used to back the claims. The author stands by the o...
Lead
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The author claims that the idea of inhabiting Venus is worthy due to its similarity to Earth.
Claim
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Paragraph 4 states, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). If Venus could've supp...
Evidence
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Although Venus is analogous to Earth, there are slight differences of the two planets. Earth has average low and high temperatures, while the temperatures of Venus are more extreme. Paragraph 5 reads, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the a...
Evidence
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As stated, the conditions would not be easy for humans, but survivable at the least. This supports the author's claim because this proves human life could be achieveable overall.
Claim
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This means there is a worthy reason to explore Venus; to discover another habitable planet. Along with successful life on Venus, our modern technology could also survive the planet. Paragraph 5 states, "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes ...
Evidence
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Some issues still remain for the exploration, however NASA has already started preparing solutions. The heated state of the planet may be an issue, but NASA is studying a resolution. Paragraph 7 reads, "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos o...
Evidence
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The author's claim is supported in this statement because it is a simple solution to technology on Venus. There are very few rebuttals that overcome the postive effects of pursuing Venus.
Claim
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With all the easy fixes, solutions and prep planned for Venus, the author's claim is overwhelmingly supported. The author proved Venus is certainly a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
Position
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The positive outcomes outweigh the negatives in almost every aspect of this idea. There are multiple reasons presented in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" that prove attempting to explore Venus has a more successful outlook than not. Throughout the article, the facts and claims highly support the author's claim of Ve...
Concluding Statement
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"Its a good thing for computers to be able to tell human emotion?" Well Dr. Huang thinks it is a good idea. Now I dont know if it is just me but with all the robots taking over the world thing in movies but
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i dont think it is such a good idea.
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Dr. Huang has came up with a computer that can read human emotion's. Now Dr. Huang's computer syestem can tell six human emotion's and let me tell u somthing human's only have six emotion's those emotions are (happiness, surprised, angery, disgusted, fear, and sadness).
Evidence
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the computer can recognize the subtle facial movments we human's have to express hoe we feel.
Claim
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Computers use this thing called CALCUATE EMOTION'S it those are your thinking part of your emotions like as simpole as solving a math problem and doing your work or thinking ahead.
Evidence
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so how i feel about this hole thong is that is a bad idea and that we should not have even come up with it but that is just me.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Summer has finally arrived! No more waking up at the crack of dawn and doing three hours of homework each night. Cheers, to where the fun really begins! That is, until your parents get the email from your teachers explaining the project you have to do this summer. For most of my life, I thought the projects that were g...
Lead
Effective
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in order to continue learning throughout the summer teachers should create the summer project rather than it being student designed.
Position
Effective
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students would take it more serious than if they were the ones who could choose what the project was based on.
Claim
Effective
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For example, If the eleventh grade teacher gives all of her students a sheet of paper with a list of more than fifty books that the students are able to choose from, to help prepare them for next year, students know they have to read it and do all the work that comes along with it. But, if the students were able to des...
Evidence
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to insure students are expanding their learning throughout the summer, teachers should be the ones to design the summer projects.
Claim
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They are the teachers and have gone through elementary, middle and high school just as most people have. But, they have also gone to college in order to be a teacher. They have learned specific material in which they need to know to become a teacher, regardless of the school. They have already have gone through their s...
Evidence
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summer is the only time off school, besides the weekends, where students actually get a break from everything. They no longer have to worry about grades or the big test coming up, its just days full of warmth and relaxation. Summer time is the time of year when no student should have to be doing any sort of school work...
Evidence
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Although all students dislike the summer work that the teachers push on them
Counterclaim
Adequate
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they dont understand how beneficial it is for them. Keeping your brain fresh with new knowledge everyday is what is needed in order to retain the information.
Rebuttal
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Teachers dont assign the summer work to be evil toward you, they do it because they want you to be successful in the new school year. They want to set you up for success not failure.
Claim
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In order to be successful and retain all the information needed to help you prosper as a student in the near future, teachers should be the ones designing the summer projects. Teachers are helpful in many ways and ensure that they wants to best for you. They do all they can in their power in order for you to be success...
Concluding Statement
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Summer! Often described as a time to sit back and relax, a summer vacation can be seen as the antithesis to any opportunity for learning. However, summer projects allow for learning to continue throughout the year.
Lead
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Summer projects should be student driven, due to the fact that they allow for self-motivation and individualism, as long as teachers are able to monitor the progress and quality of the work being done.
Position
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A teacher-designed summer project does not allow for the same amount of individualism that could stem from a project designed by a student.
Claim
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Giving specific requirements for a summer project for an entire class of students will produce a number of cookie-cutter responses with no variety from student to student. This is because forcing students to fit into a mold limits any possible chance of self-expression. The entire point of creativity is to be outside o...
Evidence
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in a standard educational setting, students are not able to pick and choose what interests them, and this can lead to a lack of motivation during the normal school year.
Claim
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Finding a subject that one is passionate about is integral to continuing the joy of learning and of new discoveries that is so often lost in the later years of formal education. This is not an issue for student-designed summer projects. Allowing students to pick what interests them for a summer project would solve this...
Evidence
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regardless of how much a student is willing to learn on their own during summer vacation with a student-based project, teachers still have their place in this system.
Claim
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Checks and balances are necessary for any system like this to function, and summer projects are no different. Some parameters for these summer projects should be set by teachers. Otherwise, there is no way to ensure that actual learning is taking place during what is supposed to be a learning experience. Teachers also ...
Evidence
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Learning does not stop at the end of high school, and it certainly does not stop at the end of a school year. Student-designed projects allow for creativity and individualism from each and every student, and allowing teachers to have a guiding-but not controlling-hand in the projects can lead to fantastic academic resu...
Concluding Statement
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The use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a good idea.
Position
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I think this is a good idea because say a student was having a bad day at school, the computer can tell if you are having a bad day and so the teacher wouldnt ask any questions, try to make you stand infront of the class reading a book or doing a math problem on the board.
Evidence
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This technology will help both the student and the teacher have a better and more understanding relationship.
Claim
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This article "Making Mona Lisa Smile." shows many examples or evidence that support my claim like; " The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang, "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression" (like not smiling as broadly). Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognit...
Evidence
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Another example supporting my claim is " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
Evidence
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This is a great and fun way to use technology, it will help teachers modify their lessons to fit not only the schools need of teaching but the students way of learning. The students will no longer be confused about an assignment instead, they will be able to learn and grow better than if they was in a regular classroom...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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on the earth cars or any motored vechle are generally accepted due to how long we have had them in our society. Cars are creating green house gases that are polluting the earth. in the France cars have been banned and have lead to geat things
Lead
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Making suburbs much more compact then they are right now will lead to less car usage.
Position
Ineffective
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"All of our development since World war 2 has been centered on car,and that will have to change" said David goldberg, an official of transportation for America. but nothing has gotten better since all this years. pollution of greenhouse gases in the uk are up to 12 percent and in the united states an estimate of atleas...
Evidence
Adequate
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People do not understand what effects cars are having on the world but hopefully them will before this issues go even farther. With cars creating greenhouse gases that are destroying the atmosphere in large sections of are planet. But places such as paris have been finally trying to make a differences and put a partial...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Do you like extracurricular activity? If you dont know what that is some examples are sports,newspaper,and student council.
Lead
Ineffective
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I believe that students should choose at least one extracurricular activity,because it will make students more social,and they get to see what they like doing.
Position
Adequate
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How will extracurricular activities make students more social?
Claim
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Since,most clubs make it so you have to talk to some one you will eventually talk to another student. Also you might find some one who is interested in the same things as you and make a friend.
Evidence
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Being in a extracurricular activity could help find what you like doing
Claim
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For instance,you could find that playing football is your thing. With all the different activities there is no way you will not find the thing you like.
Evidence
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Hopefully I convinced you to be on my side. However, if your still not convinced that is fine. In conclusion,extracurricular activity help students be social and find what they enjoy.
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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I am not against the vaule of using this technology to read students emotional expressions.
Position
Adequate
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I am not against it because it is cool and something different. Also the fact knowing a computer can read your emotions is kinda cool.
Claim
Ineffective
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"if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow."
Evidence
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I think that they should not change their current screen to a different screen
Claim
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I say it should not because maybe that person is bored or confused. But you never know if that person is doing something they have to be looking at or working on. For example say i am playing a game. But i have to do a review over the game fro a project. That probably would make me frustrated because the computer think...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Again, I am not agaist the idea of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. "A clasroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." It is acually cool to know that a computer know how you feel. Once again i do not feel like a computer should change the screen just becaus...
Concluding Statement
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I disagree with the idea of making each student take an extracurricular activity
Position
Adequate
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adding an extra activity to a students life will just make it even more stressful
Claim
Adequate
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already have to deal with fake friends, sometimes parent trouble and depression due to all the work they already give at the school. Some students might also not have a parent to pick them up or drive them to the extra activity after school so those students might not take an extra curricular activity because they dont...
Evidence
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They might also be lazy and not show up
Claim
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because they find zero interest in the extra curricular activity even if they dont have anything else to do. Some extra curricular activity you have to pay money to enter but some students dint have the money to do that extra curricular activity Research shows that students are mostlikey to do something they enjoy to d...
Evidence
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Of course the idea has pros but not that main one of them is that it will look good in college applications, but not as good as doing something outside of school without the principle telling you that you HAVE to take at least one extra curricular activity v. I WANT to take an extra curricular activity!
Concluding Statement
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Do you believe in aliens? An abundance of people in America think there are others among us from other planets and galaxies. They believe this for a variety of reasons, such as UFO sightings or because of the so-called "Face" in Cydonia on the Red Planet Mars. Throughout the years since 1976 we have worked at NASA to d...
Lead
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The "Face" is just an ordinary landform on Mars with unusual shadowing
Position
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because of recent pictures taken of the natural landform,
Claim
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