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Identifying Human Emotions Imagine being able to figure out exactly how anyone in this world are feeling with just a computer. Now software has developed that could help you do just that. The Fcial Action Coding System has applications that will be extraordinary to modern day technology. Dr. Huang and Dr. Eckman created the the FACS. All which have six emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. These are emotions that are used on a daily basis around the world so they are pretty basic. Video imagery is used that tracks one's facial movements. Therefore it can identify mixed emotions. The video imagery compares each expression with a neutral face in order to figure your emotions. Imagine being at school on your classroom computer learning something boring, and all of a sudden the topic becomes fun. Dr. Huang predicts that your classroom computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored. It would be useful to many students in order to make and help them learn better. This same technology could make identifying emotions much easier. The boring lesson for you would modify. This way the computer will know to keep giving you boring lessons or fun ones. Facial muscles are obviously an important item in this. If the technology could not identify the way your facial muscles move, then the technology would not work. Not only do your muscles express emotion, but they also help produce them. The article states that a renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. This clearly would help the actors express themselves better, thanks to our face muscles. People may not notice, but we imitate other people's facial expressions with empathy. Who would have thought that sience and technology could be involved with a big feature of who we are. Sometimes being able to figure how someone is feeling. At times we may even have to bug them in order to figure the emotion. Now with the new technology of FACS, this task will be easier. Even for students in a classroom, this will be valuable.

What is the face on Mars? This is a question many asked themselves when the face was first discovered by the Viking 1 in 1976. Some believed it was proof that there is or was life on Mars, while others believed it was exactly what it is acutally a natural landform. Similar to the ones that form commonly in the American West such as a mesa or butte. These are the facts that cemented NASA's belief that this wasn't some alien made landfrom but rather a naturally occuring one. Althrough few scientist believed that the face like formation was an alien artifact it still became a priority of ours at NASA to get a better quality photograph, so we could prove wether it was a natural landform or man made by unknown martians. On April 5, 1998 after years of speculation and conspriacys that it was bulit by martains and that we were trying to hide this "information", we finally got a shot at taking another photo of the face when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. The picture taken with the Mars Global Surveyor was ten times sharper than the original VIking photos. These photo were what we needed to cement the fact that it was not an alien monument at all and instead a natural landfrom. Not everyone was happy with this photo though. The Face on Mars is located in a very difficult place to photograph and when the MOC took the picture in 1998 there were wispy clouds you had to look past. The conspriators believed the alien marking maybe covered by said clouds. So alas we set out again to take another picture this time on April 8th, 2001 a cloudless summer day Cydonia. Malin's team snapped an incredible picture. What the picture showed to us was that the landfrom was the martian equivilent of a butte or mesa. Exactly what we belived it was... a natural landform. This essay may or may not have made you believe me in what this landform acutally is, but what you believe it is doesn't not change the proof of the pictures. I do hope that this enlightened you as well as convince you of the landform being completely natural. I hope you enjoyed reading my argument if I could not convince you. thank you for taking your time to read this.

You would get a lot of different answers from a lot of peopleif you were to go up to sme and ask them on what they think about the driverless car. But if you were to go and ask me that question i would have to say that I don't think we need to really be focusing on that as much as we should for other thngs in this world, it isnt as safe and could be very dangerous, there isnt anything wrong with having others drive themsleves. First, I personally believe that there are more serious issues going on in this world that we should be focusing on more and putting more ofthe money twoards that then spending millions trying to get a car to drive by itself. A driverless car is not something we need to be worrying about when we can keep it easy and simple like it has been for many years and just have drivers driving the car. Secondly, it has yet to been passed by the law due to safety percautions. As of right now the driverless cars are not as safe as a car that has some one driving the vechile. So with that reason whhy there I dont feel like what the need is to try and create something when we are all doing fine and would be doing even better then the driverless car. Lastly, why fix something if it isnt broken? i get that driverless cars could be helpful for some people at times but to solve that problem that's what taxi's are for. Everythng has been fine with having the people drive the car themselves. People will be more alert then the driverless car itself so it is just best to just keep it as the way it has been going and let the people drive the car themsleves because there isn't anything wrong with doong it like that. In conclusion, if you were to want to hear my opionin on what I have to say about the driverless cars I would say I think they are neat and could be somethng big in the future to come. As of now though I think that there are bigger things going on in this world right now that we should be focusing on, they are not proven to be as safe then what it is with having someone driving the vechile. And there is not a big problem on having people drive the cars themsleves so there isnt a big need for a solution like this.

I feel that driverless cars are something that we as people should commit to. I feel that we should try to make that happen, so that we continue going forward into the future. Driverless cars 10 years ago seemed so futuristic. Well know we have the chance to make it happen, and I feel that is something we must do as people. To prove to ourselves that we are making somekind of progress. The author pointed out some positives and some negatives about the current condition on driverless cars. My point on that is current driverless cars aren't fully driverless yet, so the argument that they aren't safe depends on how safe the driver is for know. We wont really know how safe fully driverless cars are until we have tested them more. So no complete argument can be made on safety. These driverless cars need more development. They have already came very far. It would make no sense to stop know them most people would be left wondering about what could have been. The author made a point about the fact that driverless cars as of right know are already more skilled than human driver. Since that is the case, why continue the hassle of driving to your destination every day when an automated system could it fro you. To conclude, we have all seen first hand how far technology has come. Why stop it at it's peak? Lets continue to push the world into the future. A future of a better tomorrow.

In the passage that we are presented with the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit by telling us of the similaraties between it and the earth. Venus is of a similar size and distance wise is not very far from us at all. No spacecraft has ever had any human pilots on it due to the fact that the spacefrafts never last very long once they land of the planet. The planet's stmosphere is made up of 97% of carbon dioxide and corrosive sulfuric acid. The temperature of the planet of on average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atomspheric pressure is almost 90 times greater than our own. Long ago Venus was proably covered by oceans and may have supported various formes of life similar to those of earth. It has similar geological features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Due to its close proximity it may be the nearest option for a planetary visit. NASA in particular would like to send humans to study the planet. They thing that if they have the space craft hover about 30 miles above the planets surface they may be able to avoid the brunt of the problems. The temperature would still be about 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth.

Venus is a dangerous beecause almost 97% of carbon dixoxide is covering the whole planet, the skies are highly corrosive in sulfuric acid. Humans have no chance to even stepping one foot on venus. The risk is very high that you will not survive. Humans and other space crafts will not last long on venus, The enviroment is not like earth. Scientist are concidering to visit Venus as an mission to explore the craters, mountains, valleys and other features Venus has to store. NASA is thinking about sending humans to study Venus. That would be survivable but the conditions wont be easy. Also, The tempature at or around Venus will be around 170 degrees fahrenheit. Nasa is working on having mechanical computers sent to Venus so they can study the surface and other things that come along. Scientist will need that computer to have all the safety features needed so they can get all the evidence needed for an explanation or answer, without the computer being destroyed by Venus's environment.

Technology to read emotional expression of students in the classroom is valuable? Is technology in classrom good for students for teacher can read there emotions. I think it would be good to hvae them in classrooms. Teachers should have them so they can read studets emotions. Here are my three reasons why teachers hsould have technology to read emotional expressions. If the students like the teacher or any other students. If the teacher uses the technology on the students she can tell rather or not if the students likes her. If the students dont like the teacher can at least try to make that student like her. The teacher can tell if the student is going to give the teacher a bdad time by the teacher emotions. I mean thats good to know because the teacher can know what student going to give her a bad time. The students are in a bad mood or something or they getting bullied by a classmate. The teacher can know by using that technology on the student. If the student is in a bad mood the teacher can sit down with that students and talk to what student bully him. I think the teacher would find out more which students would catch the bullys. I think that technology would be grate for a school. I think it could help the teachers know if the students would get that material. Like if they dont get it the teacher can use that technology and know if that student dont get. The teachers would ask that student if the students lie the teacher can use the technology. I think that would be great the teacher can help the student more. Those are my reasons why technology of emotional expression should be in the classroom. Those are my three reasons why.

Drivereless cars might be a big thing in the future, but are they really worth it? Could driverless cars actually be more dangerous than an individual driving a car themselves? I think it could be, think about it, a car driving itself, theres only a thousand things to wonder about the dangers it could have behind it. In the article, the author states that driverless cars can "steer, accelerate, and break themselves, but all are designed to notfiy the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through worl zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." Some individual drivers already don't pay attention while they're driving themselves, becuase they're too busy texting, talking on the phone, or messing with the radio. So what happens if the driverless car needs to get the human drivers attention, but they aren't paying attention to their surroundings? Anything could happen, the driver could get into an accident of its own, and could face possible dealth. Car accidents are a huge thing around the world right now, especially with teen drivers. In the article, it states that even if drving laws get changed, other laws will be made in order of liability if an accident is to happen. But who's fault is it if the technology fails to alert the human driver and someone in the driverless car is injured? Is it the driver or the manufacturer? Its hard saying who would be at fault. The driver should have been paying attention, but the car is supposed to alert the human driver when those things are needed to be taken care of, so basically they're both at fault. All the dangeres of a driverless car can happen with a human driver as well, but when a wreck happens with a normal car, just the driver is at fault. So why make a car that might fail to be alertive, and the manufacturer of the driverless car, and possibly the human driver be at fault? Yes, driverless cars might be good for long travles becuase the individual can take a break, and only have to drive when its absolutely needed, but just keeping around regular cars could save a lot of companies being sued, and loosing lots of money. Roads filled with drivers are already dangerous enough, so help them be a little more safe and keep driverless cars off the roads.

Dear Senator PROPER_NAME, Just recently President Barrack Obama, won the presidency in 2012. He recived 61.7% of the electoral vote, but only 51.3% of the actual population voted for him. Now, you might be thinking. So what? But there is something wrong here, and that is the "winner-takes-all" basis. Starting this of I will talk about what I think is wrong with the elctoral College, and how we can change it. In reading this letter I hope that I may persuade you to take this into consideration. To begin, the Electoral College was created when the founding fathers thought it would be good to have a, " compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and end election of the President by a popular vote or qualified citizens. " This states that the electoral college votes for President and Vice President by counting the number of electoral votes by congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. To win the Presidency at least 270 electors must vote for that President, but what if we the people vote another way than what they think? The Presidential electon is held every four years. Most states have the "winner-take-all" system and most of the time we "help" the state electors chose who to vote for. As I said before in the 2012 election President Obama Recived 61.7% of the electoral vote, while the "people" voted only 51.3%. Now the "winner-takes-all" basis caused for him to get all of the votes in the Electoral College, rather than not having the College, and dividing the respective votes to the respective canidate. This ensures that everyone who votes has a say in who will become the next President. Even some of the small states that feel that, "The residents of the other region are likely to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes do not count, that the new President will have no regard or their intrests, that he really isn't their President." Furthermore, if we take the Electoral College out we will have a direct way of voting, and it will not take alot of manpower to do. We are in the great age of comuters, and this is how we would do it. Everyone stays home and when its time to vote, they pull out their smartphones, tablets, laptops, or desktops. Then they simply enter their social security numbet to make sure everyone gets only one vote and then, BAM , the computer takes all the numbers on who vote for who and this then creates a voting average on who won the most votes. Then the computer takes up the average from all of the states, and DING DING DING, WE HAVE A WINNER. Easy as that. In conclution, we have all of the tools we need to remove the Electoral College and have, "We the people of the United States" vote for who we think should be in office. As I said we are in the age of technology and the voting now is slightly corrupted. If the people are voting for one thing and not getting it, or not getting the apropriate result then this is a parlementary goverment where the high ranking officials vote not us. So I beileve, and I hope I persuaded you enough to help argue against taking the Electoral College out, and repacing it with something that can give all of us a voice. Thank You, PROPER_NAME

The Face of Mystery Groundbreaking news has been unleashed to the public. NASA has found a face on Mars! However, it is really a face? NASA declared the "face" to actually be a martian mesa. Although, some people believe that it is a face that was made by aliens. Scientists believe that the "face" on Mars is actually a landform. According to paragraph seven in the article, "Thousands of anixous web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website, revealing... a natural landform." NASA had a picture to prove that it was not an alien monument. NASA had also compared the martian mesa to other mesas around the western United States, according to paragraph twelve in the article. NASA had also mentioned that the pictures in the past had worse resolutions than the ones we have today, which can be one of the main factors of having the martian mesa look like a face. NASA had taken the first picture of the "face" in 1976 and the last one in 2001. Over the years, NASA has spent lots of money on this project. All of their hard work and money has paid off. Due to their large interest, they were able to figure out that the "face" was a martian mesa. Their huge discovery led to learn about landforms on Mars. They had sucessfully unmasked the "face" of mystery on Mars.

Venus is very easy for one to see for Earth. You've probably seen it before, but thought it was a star. Thats why Venus is known as the "Evening Star" even though its a planet. Venus is also known as the sister planet to Earths. Venus is also the hottest planet in our solar system even though Venus is hotter than Earth, it is explected that at one point Venus used to be mostly made up of water. They have made missions to Venus and with the little futage that they get in the short period of time the the robot can survive on Venus, they can say that it is try the Venus was once made up of mostly water, just like Earth. This is what makes Venus so woth studying. We have yet to find a planet that one day could have look just like ours. There is clear evidence that Venus once has water on its surface and you can tell because of the mountains that have been made and the cayons that look just like ours here on Earth. With that being said i think that they should keep studying Venus and fining more stuff out about it. It is crazy to think that there was once a planet out there that looks like ours does today. For people in that line of work i know for a fact that this kind of dicoveries is why they do there job and why they are in it in the first place. Even if it is just a small victory like Venus, it gives us all hope that maybe we aren't lone.

teacher asks: What is an electoral college? my answer: The electoral college is a process, not a place... The founding fathers etablished it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the prsident by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. Under the 23rd Admendment of the constitution, the district of columbia is a located 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college. for the reason, in the following discussion, the word " state " also refers to the district of columbia. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation: one for each member in the house of repersentatives plus two for your senators... But I believe even the best-laid systems can be wrong . teacher asks: What Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in thier time, agreed on? My answer: Abolishing the electoral college! they're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. And yet, the electoral college still has its defenders. what gives?...

The planet of Venus is considered to be a danger to humans given the conditions it is in. In the article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that depsite the dangers presented by Venus, it would be a worthy pursuit to study the planet. The author helpfully establishes multiple key pieces of evidence supporting this claim such as Venus may have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Venus is the nearest option for a planetary visit, and trying to get to Venus is considered a challenge that could help humans prepare for even more extremely challenging environments. In paragraph two, the author states "Often refered to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest distance too." This quote, along with this quote, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." showcase exactly how alike Venus may have been to Earth. This could be helpful in studying the possibilities of what may eventually happen to planet Earth. Not many planets are as close to Earth as Venus is and that is a crucial point when the amount of time space travel can take is taken into consideration. Humans have accomplished and gained much knowledge about space travel since the race to space began. Scientists' have meticulously studied everything they could learn about space and can even estimate how much time it would take to travel to different places in space. This is crucial when you take into consideration how much time, effort, and money goes into space travel. With Venus being so close to the Earth, and all those factors taken into consideration, it seems to be an obvious and intelligent choice to make that humans should not give up on travelling and studying Venus. More than anything, it would be a wasted opportunity. While the idea of being able to study Venus seems daunting, perhaps it is only the lack of courage that is holding NASA back from doing it. Curiosity is a natural thing that all humans are born with, and it never goes away. This is relevant because with curiosity, the gain of knowledge can go hand in hand with it. Without curiosity, not even half of the things humans have done and developed would be possible. Shying away from Venus is doing more harm than good, and it will only serve to produce hesitancy at the sight of any challege. The author of the Article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," brings up many key points of evidence as to why Venus should be explored and studied, despite the dangers of it. Among those are, it is the closest planet to Earth relatively speaking, Venus is the closest distance, and the study of the planet Venus brings up a unique challenge to the human race that backing down from would be detrimental. All of the key points supports the author's idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.

Computers have come a long way in the past few decades. Coming from computers that filled up an entire room—only having so much as 2 gigabytes (GB) or smaller for memory—to having a computer that is smaller than your torso and can contain as much as 128 GB (or more) of memory. However, we have only started scratching the surface on the technology of facial recognition. Believe it or not, there is now software that can—for the most part—read your emotions! The software is the latest creation made by Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, who works in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. (1) Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologist Dr. Paul Eckman who is "the creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System)" (3). How the computer works is that it creates a 3-D computer model of the face that incorporates all 44 major muscles of the human face into the model. Eckman has classfied these six basic emotions into the software: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. (3) Each emotion is associated with characteristic action units to differentiate between emotions. (3) Video imagery (4) is used to capture these action units. For example the text says: "frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you’re surprised;..." (3). The computer captures all of that. This advancement of technology is truly fascinating, however it can be harshly criticised by the public if it comes out to classrooms now. It's new and can only capture so much; they only considered using emotional features from six basic and distinct emotions that Eckman ensued into this innovation. (3) It can also be compatible with one computer, so it wouldn't be practical or create a state of financial stability if a school had to buy one for each student. Even if it were software it could probably slow down a less-compatible device and could hinder the work process in a school for a machine whose sole purpose is to capture how a student scorns during a math lesson. If the tech were to be efficient in speed and usage in a classroom or any other setting, then it should be a necessity in school. However, with programs such as Google, the computer just would not be necessary. In the text it says: "Imagine a computer that knows when you’re happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." (6) Google does that by taking information you search publicly in your own Google accounts. As for identifying how students feel during class, as said in the text in paragraph six: " 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr Huang predicts." (6) Teachers are able to get a public opinion by using a program by Google Classroom to send a poll out to their students, or just by being amicable and approachable enough to let students ask questions about confusing material. If the previous information can be proved wrong, then it would be good to have in a classroom. But how can a computer capture someone's emotions if they have their hand over their face or their head down? They simply can't help that type of situation. Also, humans are very complex creatures. People can act like they seem happy outwardly, even if they aren't. Some people can be born with facial deformities. Deformities in people's faces can be very unitelligable to the eyes of society, in some cases, or just stoic due to a chronic disease that causes muscle tissue to be stiff. The program would not be able to read people's emotions if they can't express it like most people can due to their conditions. Again, the program was designed for an average human face and only 6 emotions as a base. (3) As a civilization, we are moving forward. It would not be a surprise if in a decade or two, every classroom has an emotion-reading computer that works efficiently for everyone. However, as of now, we are only merely scraping what is FACS tech and how to modify it into our everyday lives. Releasing this innovation to the public mow wouldn't be practical due to how new it is. But it would be cool to have something that works that way with little error.

In Europe, a new trend has started. Many towns have banned the ownership of cars. One town that this happened in is Vauban, Germany. In this town, citizens are living lives without a lot of stress. They enjoy riding tandem bikes with their wives and walking alone. In Paris, the act has been picked up. Since it's so popular, Paris streets hold many cars. Now that the temporary law has passed, the amount of smog has dropped dramaticaly. When cars aren't used, lives are saved. Car accidents happen very often and oftentimes they are fatal. When you have a car, you become able to get a DUI. Owning a car can bring you extensive fines, even when you make a small accident in a fraction of a second. With the economy the way it is, who can even afford a nice car? Bikes are much cheaper and safer for people as well as the environment. If everyone in the world stopped using their cars for a month, we might be able to save a species from dying out, or maybe slow the desintegration of the ozone layer. In Yosemite, wolves flee from the roads because of the massive amount of death it causes their species. Suburban cities are working on making everything walking distance. On the weekends, public transportation is free. If you have an electric car or you're carpooling three or more people, you're allowed to drive in these cities. Because of these new laws that are being tested in certain areas, many people don't have their licenses. Many teenagers today aren't concerned with being able to drive, and many adults live close enough to their workplace to walk there. Although the laws restricting driving can seem very restricting, they will save lives and will give society a chance to have a smarter, cleaner, and safer future.  

Cars are an essential part of life; they get us from place A to place B, but so do bikes, buses, trains, and your very own feet. In Vauban, Germany, residents have gone where few soccer moms or communting executives have ever gone: they have given up there cars. "Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers." (Rosenthal 1) In a world filled with pollution, stressed adults, and unhealthy people the advantages of limiting car usage are infinite. Limiting car usage in the world would most definitely reduce the amount of pollution that is ruining our ozone layer. If it wasn't for the ozone layer humans would be long gone and wouldn't come back any time soon. In Paris, France, the goverment enforced a partial driving ban because of the near-record pollution. "On Monday motorists with even - numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." (Duffer, 11) After five days of partial driving, congestion was down an incredible 60 percent. What if after five days they kept going? The city would look and feel brand knew and it would be safe for citizens  to breathe the air.  Similarily, our very own President Obama is trying to curb the United Sates' greenhouse gas emissions. " As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." (Rosenthal 32) This means that people are choosing better ways to get from place A to place B, and if this trend persists ".. it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment..." (Rosenthal 34) As you can see, there is hard eveidence that limiting car usage in the world would reduce the amount of pollution. Furthermore, limiting car usage would help to relieve the stress of our everyday lives. How much traffic will there be? Am I going to get to work on time? Oh my god, I am out of gas and I passed the nearest gas station? Heidrun Walter, a citizen of the car-free Vauban, Germany, says," When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" Also, the stress levels of adults get higher when they become parents who have children driving. I know my mom doesn't sit through a full car ride with me without stomping on her imaginary brakes. But, it seems to be that, "there has been a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39 year olds getting a license.." (Rosenthal 38) Moreover, even one day without driving makes the Columbians in Bogota, Columbia, less stressed and more relaxed. Business man Carlos Arturo Plaza rode a two-seat bicycle wih his wife to work that day. He says, " It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air-pollution." (Selsky 24) Limiting car usage, like these small cities have done, helped to relieve stress of their citizens which is why it is a huge advantage. Lastly, limiting car usage would better the well being of our fellow citizens. Imagine, a business man who works in an office for 10 hours and then gets home just in time to eat and catch a few hours of quality television. When does this man have time to exercise? He sits in his car, sits at work, sits to eat, and sits to watch tv. If we limited car usage, this man would have to ride his bike or walk to the bus stop to get to work everyday, which is good for his health. Similarily, we have children who spend more time in front of a computer screen than playing outside like children should. But, what parent would let there kids play outside when there's tons of cars on the road? In Vauban, Gemrany, the streets are filled with bicylcles and the chatter of wandering children beacuse there are no cars to be afraid of. Limiting car usage can better the well being of oursleves and everybody around us. In conclusion, there are many advantages of limiting car usage in the world today. On every sidewalk, you would find relaxed and healthy people breathing clean and healthy air. We can create cities in which "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources , lower emissions and improve safety." We will never achieve a perfect world but it is not romantic or naive to work towards one.                                   

I feel like it should and here's why. First of all what happen is someone is depress and dont want to tell anyone about it so they kill their self because they're depress the facial Action Coding System could have help that poor boy or girl because someone would ask her what's wrong and talk about it with him or her and know they feel that someone there for them and how much they're needed and wanted so they don't kill there self matter as fact there are happy right now because someone is there for them and they feel wanted and they can love life agian. My evidence why I wrote that satatment is the passage it said "she's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful,and 2 percent angry" I think everyone should have this because it could save a lot of people lives because so many people take their lives away so fast and young because of depresion and lot are teens if high schools and jr high haves these i feel like it would change the world for the better. Some peolpe don't like it mabye it's because they're the stress ones that need help and think that no one cares and is to scared to show they're depress and they rather keep to them self. My oppoion is that every school and family doctor should have this to save lives and more.

The author's points seem to come to one conclusion, and that is that we should explore Venus despite the risks. He supports this idea with many different examples and reasons. One example of him supporting his idea is in paragraph 6. He says that the only way scientist can understand Venus is by taking a risk and to think of it as a challenge. This supports his claim because hes saying to take a risk and explore Venus, despite the obstacles. Another thing he seems to push alot as a reason we should explore Venus is that we just don't have alot of knowledge about it. An example of this is in paragraph 2, when he said not a single space space craft has landed on venus in over three decades. Another way he supports his idea is in paragraph 8. He says that striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value. This really supports his idea because he's saying that exploring Venus is worth something. He also says space exploration shouldn't be limited by dangers and doubt, which would imply that he supports exploring Venus. The author supports his idea that we should explore Venus more despite the risks well with many different reasons. Like how we have almost no knowledge about it. Or how we should take the risks as challenges and try to overcome them. In the end he supports his idea well and backs it up with valid claims.

The claim that "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents" is not well supported by the passage. Throughout the passage the author explains why Venus is exceptionally hard to explore, why it hasn't explored it in 3 years, and even the intrigue that it causes. It doesn't explain the benefits of exploring Venus and it doesn't explain the benefits of our curiosities. The passage explains more of the dangers of exploring Venus than why it is worthy to be pursued by any reason other than curiousity. The first paragraph introduces the reader to the planet Venus describing it as an "Evening Star" that is easy to view from afar, but challenging to view up close. The author starts with these statements, leading the reader to the question "Why is it challenging?". Through the second and third paragraph it explains why it was explored and why those missions failed. This gives the reader knowledge on what Venus is and a picture of what Venus looks like, while also explaining some of the many reasons that Venus can't be explored. In the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh paragraphs we see a shift in view point, where instead of focusing on the expected "Why should or shouldn't Venus be explored?" the author then moves to the topic of "Why are scientists wanting to explore Venus?". The answer? The author explains that the reason behind all of the searching for ways to explore Venus is merely curiousity. The author also explians the approaches to explore Venus, that NASA is taking, because scientists are curious. In the paragraphs it doesn't suggest that exploring Venus is worthy, as it only explains why exploring Venus has failed, how any missions now would fail, and what NASA is doing to approach their curiousity. In the conclusion paragraph, the author explains that the challenge that Venus presents is what fuels the curiousity of many scientists. It also states that "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts..." proving that the author was not focused on proving that it is a worthy cause but more of saying, we should not be grounded because it's dangerous. The author's suggestion is not well supported by the claim, as it has been shown that the author only focused their attention on how dangerous and scary Venus is and not on how exploration of Venus could be beneficial to understanding and history. The author's claim would have been better supported had they focused on the benefits of exploration and why the attempts to explore Venus are important, other than the filling the questions that are asked about the hardly known planet.

In the year 2018 technology is advancing as well as schools all around the world. Most kids roll their eyes or yawn or even have a bored/tired look on their face when they're in a classroom that hey dont enjoy. With new technology called FACS(Facial Action Coding System), it will be able to detect when kids are feeling this way. The computer makes a 3-D model face of a human and have all 44 major musles that operates like human musles, then it scans the face of a real human which will then identify what the person is feeling right now such as happy, sad, tired, scared and many more. Using this type of technology will be very helpful in classrooms because when a student is feeling bored or tired then the computer will be able to detect that the the teacher will be able to make the topic more interesting for the students. Most teachers have about 28 students per class for seven periods everyday which can be very stressful, so it can be very challenging for them to recognize when students are dealing with a certain type of emotion but with the FACS it can recognize that and the teacher will be able to help the student or students. In conclusion, FACS is an amazing creation that will be able to help students and teachers. Kids learn the most when they're happy and when the subject they're learning is fun and very interesting and when they're in a good environment. With FACS, it not only detects a humans emotion but it will be able to communicate with a teacher to notify them when a kid is not doing well.

The NASA and I think that the face on Mars is just a natural landfrom. In some history people believed that aliens are real. Most still do, but the face that had happeared on Mars is just a natural landfrom. In the text it states that "NASA's Vicking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for it's siter Vicking 2, when it had spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." Now if the human face object was created by aliens then we would have of seen some kind of evidence that they would have left behind. "Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landfrom". The website could have of not been shown to the public, but the NASA wanted the people to know that their was no aliens involved in "the Face monument". Now their might of had been some kind of evidence that their was aliens their. The camera would have caught something even if it was cloudy at the red planet. Technology has gotten alot better the past 25 years so we would have of seen some kind of shape of evidence. That the results have been made their was not any aliens involved in the human face shaped object. Landforms are really common on any planets, American West had a river plain that connected to Idaho. The river was not involved with any aliens in it but if we take a picture of Mars, and find a face does it have to be an alien monument?

Let's imagine for a second that every student across the country has a computer that could recognize if a student was confused or bored with a lesson. This technology, known as the Facial Action Coding System, could then modify the lesson to either make it less confusing or more interesting to the student. Not only would this benefit students, but it would also benefit teachers, schools, and the overall learning of everyone in the country as well. First the benefits would start with the students. Lessons would make sense and be engaging for all students. Classes would start to be more enjoyable to attend since everyone would understand the content. Less students would be likely to miss classes with such engaging lessons. The less classes the students miss, the more they understand and learn. Eventually grades and test scores would improve as well, making schoolwork less stressful. In general students would be learning more content in an easier way which would make them happier about school and learning in general. Teachers would be next in line to benefit from the new technology. A teacher's success is based on the student's success. With the students learning more, doing well on tests, and being happier overall, a lot of the strain put on teachers would get taken away. Teachers are able to relax more and maybe even get paid more from the success of their students. Parents wouldn't have to blame teachers for not giving their children a chance to succeed either. With students and teachers benefiting from the Facial Action Coding System, schools would benefit as well. Happy students and teachers means happy schools. With grades and tests improving, schools would become well known for making students successful. This means schools could get more funding to make sure they are able to keep everything running smoothly. Schools across the country would be able to make sure all students are being educated to the fullest extent that they can be. The overall learning of this new generation of students would greatly increase the overall learning of the country as well. In short, everyone would benefit from the Facial Action Coding System. Students would learn more and be happier, teachers would be less stressed, and schools would then be more successful as well. If every student across the country had access to this technology, then the overall learning and happiness of everyone would greatly increase.

Do you wonder why the program is good well some resons are they help countries recover there food supplies, there animals, and more. They also take care of a lot of animals like horses and young cows. They also take care of the mules that get ship overseas. In paragraph 1 it states that luke was wotking two part-time jobs in a grocery stare and a bank. Then his friend Don invited him to go to a Europe cattle boat. Luke in paragraph 1 it says he couldn't say no. And then in paragraph 2 it talks abou them helping countries with there food supplies and with animals. UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" so they could help with the horses and mules the were shipped overseas.And then after Luke and Don heard about that they signed up to take a shot. Then they started going out to sea. In August 1945, they went to New Orleans. And when they arrived in New Orleans it was August 14th. Did I tell you that Luke turned 18 before they got to Greece, which for him that means he could be drafted for military service. Luke said that "The cattle boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy." He also said that helping people was the best part.And he said that he had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China.He saw lots of places like Italy and China and Europe. They also had to cross the Alintic ocean to get to China and It says in Paragraph 6 that it toke a month to get to China.Also for Luke he loved taking care of the animals so that toke up most of his time during the crossing.He also helped out his Aunt whenever he could get the time so he could prepared for hardwork. But not fot the dangers of the sea. Even though he was working alot he still had some fun on the boat. He did fencing, boxing, reading, whittling. And games let him pass through time. He also played baseball and volleyball. And did I say that he couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs. Well I just told you and he was lucky to be alive.Luke even said he was lucky for the opportunity. He also said it made him more aware of other people in countrie and thier needs. He never gave up and he kept going even though sometimes it hurts.

Dear, Mr./Mrs. Florida state senator I am writing to you about the Electoral College and i would like to share my opions with you. As we know the Electoral College chooses the president by having 538 electors and the winning president must have at least 270 electoral votes to claim the presidency. States get a number of electoral voters and depending on the size of the state depends how many voters that state gets, bigger states get more electoral voters and smaller states for example Rhode Island get less. The way the Electoral College is set up it seems that the men/women running for presidency would try to get the minds of the bigger states with more electoral voters to choose them so they can reach the 270 mark. It is clear to me that we have done it this way ever since the founding fathers created it. Its time for a change, the Electoral College is out of date and needs to be replaced with popular vote. Lets not forget the 2000 election when Al Gore won the popular vote but lost because of the Electoral College, Al Gore quite frankly should have won, I mean he did have more votes. The Electoral College is a system that doesnt work, popular vote on the other hand does work. If the United States of America wants a "fair" election then we should give them one with the popular vote. It is simple and easy to understand, the man/woman with the most votes wins the presidancy. Its time to let the Electoral College go bye-bye, the 538 electoal voters need to leave and make room for a more efficeint election. Most Americans are done with the "winner-take-all" style, if we can let the Electoral College go we can have more "fair" elections, not "winner-take-all" elections. Sometimes though even the electoral voters don't even vote for who won that state they also vote for whom they want to be president. The Electoral College is not effitient, in "1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election," and again in 1976 a tie could have happened if some voters voted the other way, in that case they were only a few votes away from a disaster. If we have the popular vote then canidates would try to get everyone from every state, but with the Electoral College some canidates dont even visit a state or a region they know they won't win over. So that means they will try the bigger states or a region they came from with that said its unfair to the voters. The Electoral College is a good way for the voters within the college to cheat their way into having the candiate they want to win, win. So if this country wants a more fair vote every four years on a Tuesday after the first Monday then we must have popular vote. I hope you will take my facts and opions into consideration and give it time to think and discuss what you think, but if everyone wants a more fair election I say we give them one. Thank you for your time, from: a student from a high school.

People have choices and they can be right or wrong. What if your choices didn't count and somebody else chose for you. That'll make you furious since you took your precious time trying to make the right choice and somebody else chooses for you and it's not what you wanted. I think there shouldn't be an electoral college since people want the president they chose, not the electoral college. There should be an immediate change to this faulty system of electing a president. The voices are spoken by the people and it should count. Everybody's opinion counts and is a better and more preferable way of electing a president. The people are furious of this voting method and some aren't. They're wrong if they're agreeing on the electoral college method. When people cast a vote on who they want to be as president, it goes to the electoral college instead and then they choose who gets to be the president which makes it unfair for the people who took their time off to vote. Almost the entire country takes their time off to vote on president who can take care of this country and make it even better. Aside from that, whenever someone votes, thinking that it's actually going for the president, it goes to a slate of electors who elects the president. Sounds fair to us doesen't it? Nope, this is truly unfair to the people and their opinions are valuable and should be treated fairly by actually counting that vote towards the president, not for the slate of electors to choose for us. Famous president and also known as the best president in the country due to his efforts of freeing slaves in the north, Abraham Lincoln is a very honorable person. He has a famous quote that goes well with the electing issue we have today. He believes, and we all should too, that this is " of the people, by the people, for the people. " One of the most favorable quotes said by Abraham Lincoln and is one hundred percent, completley true. Whatever we think is right, like the people electing the president, it should be for the people. So in conclusion, the electoral college should just go away and let the people choos e . It is simple and will make everyone feel good that they actually choose who gets to be president, not the electoral college. It will be fair to all of us and will make everything better than it is now. " Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election ." This quote is wrong in many ways due to the fact the everyone want's that president because they prefer what the president will do in the future, not because of some political preference. A persons choice is as valuable as a politcal preference but either way an elctoral college is no way to choose a president. Everyone's vote counts and they will decide who gets to be president because of what they prefer about the president. So therefore the electoral college is a wrong step to our country and should be changed permanently and let us, the people, choose who gets to be in charge of our country.

In "Making Mona Lisa Smile," Nick D'Alto introduces a new idea of using computers to intepret emotions from facial expressions. Dr. Thomas Huang envisions a possibility in which online classrooms could use facial analysis in order to more effectively instruct students. However, despite the possible benefits facial analysis could provide online classrooms, things like privacy, practicality, and effectiveness are obstacles that must be addressed. Privacy has long been one of the post important aspects of life. The same holds true for the internet as well. People value their anonymity, and they often go online in order to be someone else - someone different than they are in real life. Facial recognition requires access to the face, something many internet users are not fond of allowing, especially on the internet where everything is effectively open. Counterarguments might say that online classrooms could keep images of faces secret and secure, but every since the invention of technology, hackers, crackers, and similar people have always been able to exploit security issues and gain access to the databases with images of faces. Many people would rather no one see their faces and have no customized ads or information as opposed to having a computer know "when [they're] happy or sad." While facial analysis may prove to be quite a useful and revolutionary technology, many users would forever remain wary that their privacy (and their face) might be compromised. Praticality also remains an issue for would-be-users of this technology. As D'Alto writes, not everyone's "home PC [can] handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile" (and subsequently their own). Many would be unwilling to buy a more powerful PC simply to allow the facial analysis software to work. While most, if not all, people acknowledge that education is important, powerful PC's often cost over one thousand dollars, a price that many are unable or unwilling to pay for a convenient online education. Also, there remains the issue of the technology itself. How would it be distributed? Would it be software or would it be built into computers? Would there be a price tag attached? These are all questions that affect how practical this technology is. Imagine people empty their wallet of a couple thousand dollars only to find that the algorithm only comes preinstalled on certain computers, or is incredibly buggy and doesn't work properly. People might argue that users should educate themselves on how the system works before even considering buying the product, but often, for products like this, the information is woefully incomplete or exaggerated. Until the technology can become accessible to the average everyday user, it will fail to successfully be implemented in online classrooms. Lastly, there remains the question of truly how effective it would be. Softwares relating to human qualities are often rather inconsistent and require extensive testing. Emotions are also a tricky thing, as people sometimes try to hide them or fake them. While D'Alto states that "to an expert, faces don't lie," in a educational setting, that often doesn't matter. Most students are often relatively reluctant to learn, possibly putting their face in a perpetual cycle of anger, disgust, sadness, or even fear. In school, education carries on regardless of emotional state. While teachers do care about the emotional wellbeing of their students, they still must teach like the do any other. In general, emotions are often ignored in the face of studying and education - students study what they need to, no questions asked. This raises the question of truly how useful would facial analysis be in an online classroom? There isn't much computers can do to adjust to human emotions. Computers also lack a soul, so they therefore lack emotions and empathy and sympathy. Without those, how could they possibly understand what a student needs? Humans, as D'Alto states, indeed "perform this same impressive "calculation" every day." However, humans can also react much more appropriately. Also, there is no guarantee that the technology would read emotions correctly. And unlike fingerprint scanners or facial recognition, there is no second chance with emotions. Either the computer interprets them incorrectly or correctly. The fact remains that having a facial recognition from an online, unemotional avatar simply would not provide many advantages over a regular online classroom. Nick D'Alto's "Making Mona Lisa Smile" provides a detailed analysis of a new, potentially revolutionary technology that could prove incredibly useful in future projects. Facial analysis has the potential to totally revamp our online experience. However, the online classroom isn't one of those places. Due to privacy, praticality, and effectiveness issues, facial analysis seems to be a ratherless worthless technology to implement in an online classroom.

Come and be a part of the Seagoing Cowboys, an opportunity of a lifetime. You will have adventures over seas, see beautiful places you have never been before, and it will definately keep you busy. It is an unbelievable opportunity. You get to help people, but you also get the benefit of seeing great sites like China, Europe, and other places like Vince, Italy. And then, who doesn't like taking care of animals. It would keep you busy, but there will always be some freetime to rest and have fun, as well. In your freetime you could do sports like baseball, volleyball, and table tennis. You could also do some, fencing, boxing, and reading to pass the time. Being a Seagoing Cowboy could be more than an adventure for you, and it can open your eyes to the countries in need of helping, and to the world. So be a Seagoing Cowboy like many people in the world. You could visit many places you have never been before, you will have fun with your partners on the ship, and it could be a great experience visiting places you have never been before. So why not be a part of the Seagoing Cowboys, and it might just change your life.

I dont agree with the agruement of driverless cars. One reason why i dont agree is that in the article it states "they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." The reason why this isn't a reason why i would vote for a driverless car because if the driver falls asleep while driving, then the car would try interact with the driver and also dont know what to do in the situation. Self driving cars ruins the car community of building, customizing, and also driving fast in the cars to show top acceleration. The car enthusits group want to be able to show their car to others and show their interest in cars. The self driving cars are going to take that from the car community. In the article it states "wouldnt drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" I agree with this statement because if there is a time period where people dont need to take over the car the human mind will be bored and try to find things to intertain themselves with. I believe that humans should be able to drive all the time. The only thing a smart car can do is show displays of how the driver surroundings are presented. There are going to be numerous amount of problems when the car is presented. For example in the text it states "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This problem shows how the manufacturer failed to alert the driver of the problem going on with the car. Its not the driver fault for not being incontrol with the car. The car explained how it was going to alert the driver if it need human skill to help. Inconclusion, this article about self driving cars is a dangerous task at hand. To refer back to the ninth paragraph, it shows how driving laws want to keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, but there is a probable chance of the technology failing.

There are three reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program. The first reason is you can go places. The second reason is that you could have fun. The third reason is that it can open up your world. The first reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is you can go places. He went to greece and europe and china. You might like it too. He got to help people in other countries. Wouldn't you like to help people. The second reason to join the Seagoing Cowboys it that you can have fun. This might be a good program for you if you like traveling and helping people. You get to help the animals too. You could pass up your time by having fun playing games like baseball volleyball tabletennis fencing and reading. The third reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that it can open your world. It can open your world by helping other people and being thankful for what youve got. You could see wonderful things like a castle a city with streets of water Italy the Panama Canal and Venice. You should try the Seagoing Cowboys because it might be something that you would like. If you like animals and people you would want to join. If you like adventuring you would want to join.

Facial Action Coding System is a new improved software system for find out people emotions and feelings just by their facial expressions. The Reason using tehnology to read students emotional expressions is valuable is because better way of getting close and personal with people, the improved way of helping people with their problems, and just by looking at a picture or word, we can make ourselfs feel that emotion. Those three exaples are ways that this system is valuable. One reason the system is valuable is because it is a better way of getting to know people. In the story, the author explains how Mona Lisa has different emotions in the famous picture that was made from Leonardo de Vinci. "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent dearful, and 2 percent angry". Thinking the only way possible to find out is to ask Leonardo. Well, there is a "new software system has been developed that improves acuracy in perceiving the emotions of others". This quote explains how through one scan on the computer, we can find out how they are feeling. This software system is a better way of getting to know eachother, but also it is a better way of helping people through their problems. Also, a reason this system is valuable is because it is i proved system to help us help other people through their problems. "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeoing simply by the look on her face." That quote explains how facial expressions help. People can only tell if their happy, sad, mad, etc. Just mainly the basics. But with this system, you can tell how they are really feeling and be very specific. Just by raising your eyebrows, it'll tell you are curious. Or just by squinting your eyes when your smiling, the system can tell you are happy. For a computer, that is pretty impressive. Not only you can tell their problems, but it explains how looking at different emotions make you feel the same as them. One last reason this system is valuable is because by us just looking at picture or a word, we can make ourselfs feel that emotion. "Empthy (feeling someone else's emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions". That quote explains how just by looking at a person, screem, picture, etc. we can feel the same exact emotion just because how normal and easy it is these days. Technolgy has changed many ways over the passed years. Theere was internet coming out, then touch screen, many websites and video calling apps, etc. But now all the way to the fact we can express and know eachothers emotions by just one scan on the computer. A better way of getting close and personal with people, the improved way of helping people with their problems, and just by looking at a picture or word, we can make ourselfs feel that emotion is the reason using technology is valuable.

We should get rid of the electoral college because with the electoral college when we vote we aren't actually voting for the who we want to take over as president of the United States. We are voting for electors that help to elect the president. Under the electoral college system, voters do not vote for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Therefore, many of us could be dissapointed by the outcome of who has been elected. For example if you wanted to elect John Kerry, you would vote for 34 democratic electors pledged to John Kerry. I believe we should just stick with popular vote for the president because then it is only fair. We would vote and which ever political leader got the most votes is the one who takes over in office. Who pick the electors in the first place? depending on the state, sometimes state conventions, state party's central committee, and sometimes even the presedential candiates themselves. Also, voters can't control who their electors vote for and they get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. The single best argument against the electoral college is that it is called the disaster factor. The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state. its official the electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational. Some people may argue that we should keep it because of 1.) The certainty of outcome 2.) Everyone's president 3.) Swing states 4.) big states and 5.) Avoid run-off elections. It is argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate that has no hope of carrying their state. Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president was picked by poular vote. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee...however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. The Electoral College is widley known as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by delcaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The Electoral College method is not Democratic in a modern sense...it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate your actually voting for a slate of electors. Perhaps there is a tie in the electoral vote, then, the election would be thrown to the House of Representives, where state delegations vote on the president. If thats the case then i definetley think we should overthrow the Electoral College because then the election is now in their hands which means we have no control over who is elected at all, it is an unfair process that needs to be taken care of. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe. Consider that state legislators are technically responsible for picking electors, and thos electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy. In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. Over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. Yet, the Electoral College still has its defenders. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Now that i have made my point, I would like to add that my opinion isn't the only one that matters but I am positive there are plenty of other people around that agree with my decision. I believe that we should overthrow the Electoral College because it is the most unfair way of voting for our presidential representive and we have no way of controlling it.

The author supports his idea by describing Venus in a very well way. In the text the author tell us about Venus and he tell us about how Venus could be, He also says that Venus could be just like Earth. Venus is the most dangerous planet because it has very high temperatures, is the hosttest planet but this p[lanet is important at the same time because is our planet sister. What this means is that Venus and Earth look alike but Venus a more Dangerous and it has differences too. One reason why Venus is dangerous is because is the hottest planet. In the firts paragraph the author says how bright Venus is, he says that is bright because is closets to the sun, and that it also has a nickname. In the text he says '' Venus sometimes called the ''Evening Star'', is one of the brightest points in the night sky.'' This shows us that he is telling how bright Venus is. The author also says that Venus is actually a planet. In the text it says '' In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun.'' This show us that Venus is a planet, and also how he descibe Venus. Another reason why on how the author describes Venus is that Venus looks just like Earth. In the second paragraph the author says ''Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionlly the closest in distance too.'' This show us how the author is comparing Venus to Earth and also how he describe Venus in a very well way. Venus is a danger because is the closest planets to the sun which means that is very hot and it can burned, and damage person very in a bad way or a person could die because of how hot is Venus. In the text the author says '' Since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.'' This show us that Venus is a hard planet to study because of how hot it is the planet. In conclusion, Venus has almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide and it has clouds of corrosive acid in the atmosphere. In the text it says '' A trick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus, even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.'' This show the danger that is in Venus planet. Venus was a very high temperatures. In the text it says '' On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greather than what we experience on our own planets.'' This is show us that a human wouldn't be able to survive in Venus because of the high temperatures. If it 90 times greather then the temperature we experience in our planet then i cannot imagine a human, it would literally kill the person. Venus has the hottest surface of any other planet even tho the closest one to the sun is Mercury. Venusn is also our sister planet.

In the article, the author's main idea is that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. In my opinion the author moderately supports his idea from the article. the author says that Venus is the most Earth-like planet form the solar system, the author refers to traveling to Venus as a "challenge", he also says that humans are coming up with ideas to surpass the radical conditions from Venus. To begin, on paragraph 4 the author says that Venus is the most Earth-like planet, and it has alike characterisitcs with the Earth. The author says that Venus has some features that are analogous to those on earth, and includes familiar features such as valleyr, mountains, and catrers. The author gives the similarities between the Earth and Venus as one of the reasons to study Venus. In addition, on paragrah 3 the author describes Venus like an inhospitable place for humans. In Venu's surface the temperatures average is over 800 degrees, also the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater that the Earth's pressure. The author says that the conditions on Venus are far more radical than anything humas encounter on Earth. All those descriptions are dangers from the "pursuit of Venus" . Finally, the Author says that humans are having ideas to protect themselves from the conditions in Venus. In paragraph 7 says that NASA is testing their devices made of silicon in a chamber to simulate the chaos of Venus's surface, and the devices have lasted for three weeks those conditions. Also, they are working to look back to mechanical computers, and they compare those computers with modern computers. They say that mechanincal computers are more resistant than modern computers. In summary, the author says that human are working on devices to face the conditions in Venus. In conclusion, the author supported his idea that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers with several points in the article.

I support " The Facial Coding System" because, it would help with alot of different things going on in school. Like for example it could tell what kind of mood the student is in so the teacher could know how to approch them wihtout the student " going off." This would even help with knowing if the student gets the lesson the teacher is teaching by thier facial expressions. Like i said it helps with alot of differnt things, the author says, " hold on, can we acually "calculate" emotions." yes we can, its a "smart computer" & its like a person. I say its like a person because, say you see your friend and he/she has a frown on her/his face. You auctmactly know theres something wrong because he/shes frowning & thats also what the computer is bacislly doing. Like the author said " whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions." Faces dont lie and your feelings cant hide. I say that this invention would be great also because of children that get abused at home, & when they come to school they're getting bullied here too. So this is why i support " The Facial Action Coding."

In this article i'm against the development of these driverless cars because like it said in the article, "If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufracturer" that quote in the article shows that there could be some accident or something that goes wrong with the cars. There are a lot of pros to the driverless cars, but also some cons. Some of the cons to the cars can get you thinking about if you really want it or not, and if its worth the money. Some cons to the cars are the cars are not completely driveless. You need to remain alert and be ready to take the wheel at any given time. If you are thinking about buying a driverless car, you need to think back on the pros and cons. I listed one con about it, but theres more than that like the article states that they are big on safety concerns but if that was true there wouldn't be some downfall to the driverless cars. If you are still wanting the car how about if the technology of the car fails and gets you into a accident? You would be blamed for the accident and would have to pay for your car to get fixed and also the other people involved. As there are cons there's also pros that we could be focusing on too. The features in these cars are unbelieveable that's why most people want the car. Some features of the new Prius are rotating sensor on the roof, video camera on the rearview mirror for more drivng percautions, and much more. The more safety these cars have the more people will want to buy them thats why they are starting to work on the safety hazards now so the car will be done by 2020. If the hazards are all worked out by 2020 I would change my mind and views on these driverless cars. The reason why I would change my mind if the car was safe is because there would be nothing that would risk losing my life to. I would think more about buying these cars before I actually did. Would you want to spend money on a car now and have a risk of taking your life if you got into a troubling accident? Or wait until the problems are fixed and you have no disregards about the car you will be driving? That's why you should think before you want to spend your money on a car that has poblems. So for my argument of the aspect of driverless cars i vote against it until everything is fixed and okay to drive. In the tenth paragraph in the article it states that "Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot ninety percent of the time" so if you are looking for a car now that will drive itself most of the time you can get some of these cars now.

Having the opportunity to go to Venus and explore would amazing for humans and scientists on Earth. It would give us the ability to learn more about the planets that are around us and why we are the only planet that humans are able to live it. It gives us insight on different planets and we can learn more about their climate, what the rock and sediment is made of, and if humans could have possible ever lived there. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers that it presents and the author supports his claim with educational details about how it can benefit humans, scientists, and our future. Having a human able to go to Venus and be able to examine it, even if it is from a distant, can be very educational and help us succeed with many other projects. It can help us succeed by providing details about that planet and what it is like. Although we have pictures and images, nothing is better than a human being able to go and see it and report back exactly what he/she saw. In paragraph 8 sentence 1 it says how it will not only insight will be gained on the planet iself, but also because human cuiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. By being able to conquer this one task, humans will most likely be able to conquer many more things. The author also tells us that being able to have a human go to Venus we will be able to learn more about it. All of paragraph 4 talks about why scientists are so interested on going to Venus and learning more about it. We can learn if it once was like Earth and why it has changed. There are many similiar features between Earth and Venus that support the idea that Venus was once like Earth. It is said, paragraph 4 sentence 3, that long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and coould have supported various forms of life. Although it says probably, by all the facts and research that scientists have done it is most likely that forms of life have existed on Venus. In Paragraph 3 sentence 6 it lists some of the similiar features on Venus that are also displayed on Earth: volcanoes, earthquakes, and lightning strikes. It is not possible for any form of life to survive on Venus currently because of the climate and what the planet is like. The planet itself is so different from Earth in many different ways: temperature, atmostpherical pressure, carbon dioxide, etc. In paragraph 3 the author described the characteristics of the planet and how that even though there are many dangers that could happened by sending a human to Venus, it could be very beneficial to society and to science. Venus is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure it 90 times greater than on Earth. The atmospherical pressure would be able to crush a submarine, even one that could go to the deepest parts of the ocean (paragrpah 3 sentences 3-4). Scientists are working on a way to get humans to be able to go to Venus. Although it would be so beneficial if they were able to land on the planet itself, the climate does not allow that option. There is also sulfuric acid in the atmosphere that would corrode anything that tried to get down to the planet itself. Scientists have thought of many different things to try to get a human to Venus, but they have not tried any out yet. There was an idea of having humans in a blimp-like object and floating them above the planet by 30 miles. Although they wouldn't be able to get any rock or sediment samples, this would be safer to them than it would be trying to land on the planet itself. In conculsion, I would like to say that the author did a very good job of supporting his idea that Venus is a worthy persuit despite the possible dangers. He provided enough information to make it relateable to Earth and he also explained why it would be beneficial to humans and to scientists. He explained how this would be a good opportunity to explore our neighboring planet and learn more about, not just planets themselves, but also but the rest of creation and why Earth is the only possible planet to live on and be comfortable in.

You should be a Seagoing Cowboy. What are Seagoing Cowboy's? Seagoing Cowboy's are the people that take care of animals that have to be shipped over seas. After World War II was over in Europe, many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals,and more, 44 nations joined together to form the UNNRA. UNNRA hired "Seagoing Cowboy's" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. . . Why should you be one? Think of all the good things you are doing. Helping animals is a very nice thing indeed. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is being a wonderful, caring, and awesome person. . . What are benefits from being a Seagoing Cowboy? Oh, there are plenty. one benefit of being a Seagoing cowboy is that you get to sight see. Seagoing Cowboy's travel to a lot of places. Another benefit of being a Seagoing Cowboyis helping animals. Helping animals might not sound so fun,but it is because it makes you feel good. . . . You should definitely be a Seagoing Cowboy. Think of all the reasons I just gave. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is something you should definitly want to be.

The temperature in Venus is over 800 degress, and the atmosphere is 900 times greater than what we have in Earth. The temperature in Venus is dangerous for people to visit. It can cause death or other bad symptoms for your body. Other than all the dangerous things that Venus can cause, is that Venus is the most alike planet. Venus used to be only coverd in oceans. Venus is one of the best planets. Mercury is very close to the sun but it's not the hottest planet, and Venus is not close to the sun but it still has a very high temperature. Both planets are beautiful to visit and also are beautiful to look at. Venus still has those feautures where it kinda look like Earth's feautures. It just looks like it has rocky mountains, and greyish but still looks pretty to look at. If you are planning to visit Venus, you can not step into the planet and feel it. The best way to avoid dangerous situations is looking only at the planet. The air pressure is similar to Earth. On paragraph 3 it says "These conditions are far extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals" and on paragraph 5 it say's "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degress fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. In conclusion there is still a lot to say about Venus that NASA is still working on, and there would be many more things to say about it.

The idea of driverless cars has long been fantisiesed but i think it is a bad idea to have driverless cars because computers are not very reliable and cant think like a person can even with the technology such as a Dubbed LIDAR that uses laser beams to constantly update a 3-D model to help the car mimic that of what a human can do in my opinion why try to mimic a human when you can just use a human to do the job. Most ¨self¨ driveing cars are not really self driveing at all most of them are just assisting the driver so when the driver gets in a spot such as work zones our accedents it has to warn the driver to take over. Most of the cars that are self driveing requier the driver to keep there hands on the wheel and to pay attintion to the road and many of them has there own alert system such as GM has a drivers seat that will vibrate when the driver is needed and there are also other way that the car gets the drivers attintion by flashing lights and other heads up displays. There is alot of debate on the laws of driverless car such as how would the laws work and most states dont alow testing of driverless cars. The cars are not safe how can they be? the cars use technolagy that can and will fail nomatter what any one say can the self driveing cars pull off the side of the road in case of a brake down? will it move for a pot whole? can it tell the differnce from a human or a random object there are so many questions that can be asked and i doubt many of them can be ansewrd so the fact is are ¨driverless¨ cars really safe? I think that cars should be left alone and let people drive there selfes around and as many people say ¨if it aint broke why fix it¨ so why would you change something such as actual people driveing and have cars ran by a computer drive when they can an will fail.

Being able to read someones elses emotions and expressions is not always the most valuable thing to do because people hide there imotions for a reason for example to be alone not to make other people fell sorry for them thats why alot of people hide there emotions and face expressions. ''Emphaty (feeling someone elses emotional state) may happen because we unconsiously imitate another persons facial expression. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions.'' The quote/piece from the passage shows us of much one of these new computer programs can tell about us and our emotions and expressions but this quote all so tells us how much science has advance in our world and how much we all need this type of science because all evebody talks about is science how we can make our world better useing more amd more science descovering new science and this step of emotion and expression regonition us huge because althought alpot of people are not in favor with it there alot of ways to use this new technology. foe example police can use it in solving interogation cases by detecting wether there laying or telling the truth by there face expression this technology can also be use by profesional guides consulors when there with there patients because that way they khow how there feeling and can help them better. In conclusion all this shows that this new technology of being able of telling your emotions and expressions is not the most valuable to some people but it can also be use to help people with there problems and that how science technology should be used.

My claim for using the technology is great thing. Do you use technology everyday of your life? It could help kids out by making them interested in about what they are learn. The technology could tell what old paintings of people inthe old times and tell them wat they were feeling. I think it a great technology improvement to the world. The FACS could help kids when they are getting borad of the school work and it could change it where they get more involed in it. The technology could make the kid do better in school if they lear then material in a different way that other. If a kid gets borad of his work and the computer that he is wrking on changes the way he lears it in a better way and a more fun way to learn the material. The technology could tell what pecent of each emotions the old painting had. Just like the the Mona Lisa was feeling like she was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. If we could figure out what all the paint of people and what they were feeling. This could tell us a lot about the person we were learning about. This technology could change the life of the world. It could help us what percent of people were happy,sad, disgrusted, fearful,and angry. It could tell us whywe had all the war and what the Leader were thing when they satrted the war. This technology could figure out why we had all the problems we had in the past. The technology could change the way video games work or video surgery. These are the reason why I think weshould have the technology. People could learn diferent way on how to do thing and kids wouldnt get tired of school. The technology help a lot of the world and teaches them how you can use it later in life. Could learn about what past people felt and figure out what happen in the past. I dont see why people think technology id bad because if help with everything in our life and teaches to use our rescoues. Would you agrre with me on my claim why we should have this technology?

For years cars have been one of the most useful means of transportation. According to the article Sergey Brin the google cofounder "He envisions a future with a public-transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transportation taxi system." The article also points out the issues with the driverless cars such as that in all states except four, it is illegal to test computer driven cars. The safety of the passenger could be at risk if there is ever a glitch in the system and the harmful effects to our environment. Most states have made it illegal to test computer driven cars because of their traffic laws. "Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe care has a human driver in control at all times." That is clealy stated in the article. The dangers behind driverless cars are way more important than their actually purpose. No where in the article do they address the causes to the environment that the driverless will make. Will they be electric or powered by gasoline. More research needs to be concluded before Google and other companies decide to open these to the public. When a computer glitches the screen is frozen and there is no access to applications. What will happen when the computer operating a driverless car gives out. Brakes and everything could stop. This could cause car accidents which sometimes are harmless but other times can leave someone living there life paralyzed. The system will never be one hundred percent safe even if its 90 percent safe there is stil ten percent of people who could be left with injury or possibly death. The money lost would not benefit our nation and the economy. The materials used to build driverless cars could be bad for our ecosystem. Global warming has increased over the years do to natural resources such as coal and oil. With more oil to be produced this would hurt and not help our nation. Driverless cars should not be developed because of safety and the environment. This will not nor ever be a tool that will help America prosper. It will only do more harm than it will help. If they ever are completely built more research should be done, so that everyone on the rode is as safe as possible.

Would you want your vote for the U.S. president to count? More than likley  everyone said yes, if so then why would we keep the electoral collage as it is right now?  Did you know that when you vote for the U.S. president it goes directly to the electoral collage and your actually voting for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. according too, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong" from Mother Jines by Bradford Plumper. Other things being rqual a larger state will get more votes than a smaller state. in Florid in 2012 when obama won the electoral election by only 3 votes also a victory in Wyoming in the same margin. Also all larger statees get more attention from the presidential candates. If we keep this going how it is eventualy are vote arent going to even count it will all be up to the electoral college. When casting your vote your vote you should know that it may not count because the elecoral college is supossed to count and seperate the votes and vote for a specific one but tecnically anybody from the electoral college can cast their vote for anyone they choose. If you were to look at wyoming and Californias votes California would have an unbelivably amout more votes casted than wyoming would. Thats simply because acalifornia is a much bigger state and can easily get 35 million voters while Wyoming can only gwt 500,000 voters which lowers Wyomings chance of  getting the president they would like too have. anf to equal theese out thee electoral college would have a group of people that would vote for a specific person but here this becomes an issue is when the electoral  college vote for whom they want to vote for instead of eho they are told to choose for and it makes the voting unequal. Keeping the voting system hoe it is right now is a verry bad idea and something needs to be done about it. It is not fir for bigger states to hhave a higher advantage of getting the president of their choice, and the smaller states have  a less of a chance of getting who they may want. Do you want you vote for the U.S. president to count? i know i sure would.                   

You should join the program because you can help people and animals. You can travel across the country and get to see many animals in the ocean! If you join you get to love the people you help and love the animals you help! You also get to have fun on the boat you are on traveling on, like play table tennis, vollyball, boxing, and more! Luke Bomberger set the world record for going on nine trips. See, you can do that to if you join the Seagoing Cowboys. You can change peoples lifes just like Luke Bomberger did to the people he helped. Luke said that it opened the world to him because of the things he did to change the people's lives. It made him aware of the things going on in this world and it can make you aware of what is going on in the world too. In-conclusion, always want to do what Luke Bomberger did, join the Seagoing Cowboys program, and help many of people and animals. That is why I would join the Seagoing Cowboys, to help as many people as I can and set a world record of 12 trips! Also to help children, and parents get through of what they loss in the war! That is my opinion of Seagoing Cowboys!

Driverless cars are quickly becoming a reality and causing a great amount of conterversy in the process. They have many pros and cons, but mostly cons. These cars really have nothing to offer the human race becides many crashes, injuries, and sometimes even death. Normal cars have gotten a bad reputation, but it's not because the cars are bad; it's the people who drive them. The problem with cars today is not the cars, it is the people. The focus should be on teaching people to drive better and more safely, not letting a computer hurl people at seventy miles and hour down a highway. The first problem with driverless cars is that they are unreliable. Computers today are simply not equiped to handle the excessive amount of information needed to drive these cars. Human intellegence and reactions are needed to handle the stress of driving. In the article, it states that the driver needs to be ready to take over in the case of a sticky situation. This goes to show that driverless cars cannot be trusted to always make the right decision. It also means that the cars are not technically "driverless." This means that the car is substancally more expensive, yet cannot do the one task that the extra money is being spent on. That doesn't even make sense. The article also mentioned having driverless taxis, which would mean millions of taxi drivers without jobs. New York City is a central hub for taxi activity, meaning that a lot of people need those jobs. These driverless taxis would mean millions of people left without jobs, thus driving unemployment and homeless rates through the roof. Is driving really such a problem that leaving millions of people without a job is better? However, many of the technologies being developed are very helpful and can make everyone safer. Cars that break automatically can prevent wreaks, espically if the driver becomes distracted or is impaired. Sensors such as antilock brakes are greatly benificent. However, car companies are taking these too far when they make cars that can drive themselves. They have too many problems and the technology is not advanced enough yet to be a viable and safe option. If half the money being spent on this technology is spent on teaching people to drive safer, then there would be no need for this technology. The problem with road saftey today is not the cars, it's the fact that people driving them are uneducated and uncurtious to others on the road. The cars aren't the problem; it''s the people. These driverless cars are not the answer to car's problems. They are unreliable, expensive, and would leave many people without a job. The focus should be not on the cars themselves, but the people driving them.

Automobiles are one of the most dramatic and resourceful products of the Industrial Revolution. They help people commute from one place to another, allow for travel time to decrease, and help citizens carry heavy objects from point A to point B. Only, did we think about the negative effect it could have on our enviornment? Forests are cut down to build highways, accidents are caused when the driver fails to pay proper attention to what he or she is doing, and greehouse gases have over-ridden our atmosphere with choking smog. Many Americans rely on their cars, but have we thought about the positive of limiting our car usage? We as fellow citizens have a subsantial amount of advantages if we simply limit our car usage to help create a better enviornment, for us, for the community, and for those to come. One advantage of limited car usage is a better quality of life for a person. When a person has the responsibility of a car, they must make sure all of the parts are working properly, know how to operate the car safely, know exactly which routes to take that are safest for the car and for themself, know exactly how to fix the car in case something malfunctions, the list continues. This causes the person to become overwhelmed and stressed due to the needs of their car. Elisabeth Rosenthal states in "The End of Car Culture" that, "people who stopped car commuting as a result of recession find little reason to resume the habit" (Rosenthal, paragraph 8). Basically, people who limited their use of cars were more relaxed and found no good reason to return to their habit of using a car. Furthurmore, with more people limiting their car usage, the more they use local stores and shops that are walking or biking distance. Rosenthal also states "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars" , "stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls..." (Rosenthal, paragraph 6). In other words, buisnesses florish due to their locations and promote citizens to limit their car usage due to their distance to travel. This also allows for more people to acknowledge their cities and allow them to become cleaner and beautiful. Similar to the first, another advantage is for the better-ment of the city. According to "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, "... Beijing, China which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world" (Duffer, paragraph 5). This is due to Beijing's huge population [tourist and regular] and their increased use of cars on a daily basis. In other words, smog due to passenger cars in one of the leading causes of pollution in our society. The cars are, literally, choking us and future generation to the point where we won't be able to breathe. Limited car usage allows for the reduction of greenhouse emmisions and smog, allowing for oxygen to circulate and breathe life into us and our children. As a result of reduced greenhouse emmisions, cities become cleaner and more beautiful. As stated by Andrew Selsky in "Car-free day is Spinning into a Big Hit in Bogota" , "Parks and sports senters also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; and new resturants and upscale shopping districts have croopped up" (Selsky, paragraph 15). Basically, the limited use of cars has allowed the city to florish and reconstruct itself into something beautiful and strong for the community to enjoy. The limited use of cars has allowed for the betterment of the community and of cities across the globe and many people are taking advantage of this new era coming into play. The health of people has improved and the pollution that makes up our atmosphere has decreased in a slow, but steady stream. Imagine how much better the enviornment would be once the use of cars is limited to less than one perent of the population. The future is bright and we only need to strive for it, without headlights.

I think we should ge rid of it because if people vote for a preident and then they dont get what they want there gonna get mad and revolt aginsit the government. and heres why i think we shoul get rid of the electoral collage. In the electoral government voters dont vote for the president but for state of electors and i thinks thats wrong and then they turn and elect the president. It is called a disaster factor in 2000 there was al gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency over 60%of the voters would prefer a direct election. They dont want the one we now have. If you vote for a president youd vote for a slate of  democratic electors pledged to the president you want to vote for. The elcotors can be anyone not holding public office. And it depends on the state you live in on who is a elector sometimes people get confused and vote for the wrong cantidate. The electoral collage is not a democratic methode of selecting on who WE WANT AS PRESIDENT  and we dont get a say on we dicide on who we think is best sutible for running the united states. and we have to get other peple diciding on who runs the country and manyu people think we should keep the electoral collage hers why i think we shouldent. Its not fair for small states becuse they have less of a voice then big states and the dont get much of a say in we they want as a president. Ther are some good reasons on why we should keep it but its what the people want. Some good reasons on why to keep it is becuse it can avoid run off election the electoral collage requirws candidate to have trans regional appeal. A dispute over the popular vote compared to only 51.3 precentas steated in source 3 number 2. The electoral collage is overall unfair to voters becuse of the winner takes all system in each state candidates dont spend there time on states they cant win. so they go stright for the swing states and that not sair to the smaller states. And thats why smaller states feel left out cuse all the candidates want to go to the big states and try to win them over insted of allthe smaller states. Over all the electoral college is unfair outdated and irrational and that why i think we should get rid of the electoral college its not fair to any voter that wants to vote and think taht there vote isent gonna matter so they dont vote. This is why i think we should get rid of the electoral college and why is is unjust and its not what we want. 

Limiting the usage of cars has personal and professional support all across the globe and yet it has yet to be embraced everywhere. Statistical proof show where it may help and real life examples of some of the effects of reducing, or getting rid of altogether, cars in one's daily life. While "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by" (Source 4), is that really enough or for the right reason? There are plenty of reasons to stop, or limit, the amount of cars being driven on the roads for every kind of person, from the hippie to the businessman, from the mom to the college student. With so many things in this world that few people agree on, this is a nice change to see in regards the removal of so many cars. Why would they all agree, one might ask. Well, there are plenty of reasons. For starters, stress. It is no secret that morning traffic jams and 5'o'clock traffic is often enough to send any driver into a fit of unadulterated rage and what better way is there to prevent that than to simply not drive at all? Mother and media trainer, Heidrum Walter attested to this after moving into a mostly car-less community, claiming "when [she] had a car [she] was always tense. [She's] much happier [that] way" (Source 1). If that were not enough, businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza who participated in the Day Without Cars in Bogota, Colombia, after just a day was able to say "it's a good oppurtunity to take away stress" (Source 3). Just one day was enough to de-stress this man and if that does not speak wonders, one has to wonder what does. The event "[left] the streets of [Bogota] eerily devoid of traffic jams" (Source 3), which goes to show how stressful it was everyday, with traffic jams a common occurance. No one enjoys them, so why continue to suffer through them? Additionally, the environment suffers greatly from the many car emissions let out on the roads. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe ... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States" (Source 1). This alone should be enough to horrify anyone out of such copious amounts of car usage. If that were not enough, "transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions" (Source 4). It is clear that cars are only doing more harm to this earth all humans live on and happen to only have one of, so there is no need to continue on knowing this without changing something about that. Even car-pooling could significantly reduce emissions as there would be less cars out there, which is possible through "more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work" (Source 4). Of course, adding the last two reasons together makes for another very important factor in all of this: everyone's general health. Both stress and high concentrations of smog can do a toll on one's body and the reduction of cars, once again, helps to reduce this terrible down-sides to the easy transportation option. If it must be described as "emissions ... are choking cities" (Source 1), then why not be a bit more concerned. Air pollution can affect those with pre-existing respitory issues and stress can be a deciding factor in how effient and well a person can function. Stress on the road can lead to unsafe driving and a worse performance at work, school, or any other task-oriented location that many go to with the aid of a car. It is also worth noting that cities that have embraced a no car lifestyle such as Vauban or Bogota have generally improved as a community and have given back anything the newly car-less citizens may have been missing out on through saving them time and money. In Vauban, "stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway" (Source 1). This is not only much more cost-efficient, but also convienent. This is saving both time and money, just like in Bogota where "parks and sports centers [] have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up" (Source 3). Not only does this help individual citizens and business owners, it helps the overall economy of the city as well. Individual car use isn't bad. Millions of individuals using cars, however, is very bad. Note the emphasis. Even just making a concious effort to car pool, bike to work or school, use public transportation, or use some sort of alternative transportation could be enough to clear up the air of some of it's emissions, keep oneself and others happier and less stressed, save time and money, and improve their city all in one little decision. It's just a matter of going ahead and doing it, so what is stopping anyone from going out and making that change now? Be the change you want to see and limit your car usage now.

The driverless cars could help us to drive safely and more comfotably in the thought meanwhile, we also have to think about how are the driverless cars could affect us in real life. First, if we allow the driverless cars in the real life then we have to make new laws for new things. As paraghraph says "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers passengers, and pedestrians safe and lawmakers know that safety is the best achieved with alert drivers." also if driverless car killed the person then how are we going to punish the driverless cars even it wasn't kill person. and the driverless car didn't navagated well so the driverless car against the law by the watching the stop sign. then the car have to get a penalty who would have to get a penalty since the car was driverless car. many people still think about few more laws before they prefer to having driverless car only for comfotableness. The lastly the driverless car won't be able to navigate the car well even though the driverless cars are actually based on the computer. if the human drives the car then he will knows the way well such as the highway and just street. and if on the road and road has the traffic the human driver car will be passed by that way or find diffrent way to go to the destination but, if the driverless car drives toward to the that way then the people who's taking that car will stuck at the traffic and wait until the traffic will over. In a concusion, the people will find out the easy way to live this world easily and successfully but, before that we have to think about more to be safe and normal life being a human. So I prefer to not to having many driverless cars in the future.

Hi I'm Luke Bomberger. I'm a Seagoing Cowboy. My life changed when i joined the Seagoing Cowboys program. You should join the program too! Why you may ask? You get to help people all around the world. The Seagoing Coyboys take care of the horses, young cows, & mules that were shipped over seas. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, & more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration). For exaple, my friend Don Reist & I went to Europe to help. It was 1945, World War II was over it Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. You get to sight see when you have the time. You get to take once in a lifetime trips around the world. It's also fun abord the ship, especially on the return trips after the animals have been unloaded. The cowboys and I played baseball & volleyball games. We also did; table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, & games to help pass the time. Being a Seagoing Cowboy opens up the world to you. So you see? Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. Even though it requires alot of work. When it comes down to it, you have lots of fun & help a lot of people. Thats all that really matters!

Driverless cars are the future of human existense. Underestanding the positive sides of this could better improve the position of driverless car. In such case we can bring the idea of assisting, developing and safety. The human civilazation of such intelligence is incredible. Bringing the thought of driverless car could increasingly change and improve our future. The thought of driverless cars will improve our future. Imagine someone texting or drinking and driving. The driverless car could assist on a better chance of saving humans lives. As stated in the article the driverless car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Even if we, the drivers, have to be a little involved, it's better that way than to have no control completely. Although the thought of driverless cars are not in the importance of all. We should all consider the develeopment of the system itself. The driverless car is developing and we can't consider all the cons without actually having the car fully visual and confirmed by law. As stated in the article, manufactures are planning on releasing cars by 2020. The vocabulary word 'safety' comes in the mind when mentioned of driverless cars. As mentioned in the article "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe". I believe that the safety of driverless cars are safer than most modern cars. With the head up displays, vibration alert, flashing lights and much more safety system; we can improve the better life of future generations. The human civilazation of such intelligence is incredible. Bringing the thought of driverless car could increasingly change and improve our future. In each the mind of intellegience we can improve the assistence, development and safety of driverless cars. Consider and cisualize the improvements which is given to us by the intellegience of many.

The authors claim supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despites the danger becase their are conditions that they have to be careful with. My first reason is that not many people survive for hours. My second reason is that the conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth. My third reason is that technology tends to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. " Each previos mission was un manned, and for good reasons, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." When they are flying and trying to land carefully, and they are in the ground the spaceship might end up exploting. " Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades." So they can tell why it didn't land safely to venus. " ... such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." If you go way to deep in the ocean you would liquefy many metals." ... weather presents additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." This can couse many different weathers. " Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions." If you do a physical condition something can happen to you. " By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." If you have something mechanical part around you it can melt in your body and it will burn yor skin. In conclusion, all of the conditions that they said that can happen to you can couse you to die. When you are in a spaceship try to land carefully so nothing bad happens to you.

This story is about a nice yound man named Luke Boberger who has been crossing over to Atlantice Ocean 16 times in a row. Luke Boberger had no type of a idea about how his life changed every since he has graduation, Luke has worked two part time jobs at the grocery store and the bank. Luke's friend Don Reist invited hin to Europe on the cattle boat Luke couldnt resist to say no so he went with his friend because he new it will be a good thing for his life.After that he went to New Orlands, Luke says '' the day the Pacific war ended''. When Luke and his family lefted New Orlands he turned 18 before arrving into Greece, Luke says '' When my draft board learned that i was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service''. By the time they discharged him in 1947, Luke had made nine trips- the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. Luke's says other speech that says '' The cattle-boat trips an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy'', '' Besides helping people, I had the side 's benefit of seeing Europe and Chine. Afterwards again here's other speech that says '' So was talking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.'' Luke says it took him about two weeks to cross all the was to Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China couclusion, Luke travled alot it took hime so many days and months and day and weeks to get where he needed to be, Luke became a Seagoign Cowboy Luke says '' it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.'' The End!!!!!!! In counclusion, Luke was so happy of being a Seagoing Cowboy he says '' it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs''.

Hey, I'm Luke. I'm here to tell you about the Seagoing Cowboys program. I was a Seagoing Cowboy myself. It was a very unique experience. On the plus side, I also had a lot of spare time. I got to see Europe and China. My friend and I got to help a lot of people during our time, too. There is also time to play around on the boats after you unload all the animals. I loved to play volleyball and baseball. Also, we played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. The program helped open up my eyes. It made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs. It might be a little hard at first ,and rough, but you'll get the hang of it. After all that, just think of how good you'll feel after knowing you've helped people. Signing up for the Seagoing Cowboys is a great opportunity for you. If you like to have spare time, help people, and have a lot of fun, Seagoing Cowboys is the job for you. Participate today!

Traveling outside of our planet ,we call Earth, seems bizarre. Unless NASA sends a couple astronauts out to the moon, traveling to any other planet is not something a person would be used to hearing everyday. Imagine going to a planet where it is surrounded by a carbon dioxide atmosphere and a corrosive sulfuric acid atmosphere combined. While it only gets up to a little over 100 degrees in many places aorund the world in the summer, this planet gets over 800 degreees Fahrenheit year round. Obviously, it seems impossible to live there without dying immediately. But, isn't that why we have spacecrafts to go off and do missions? Many spacecrafts only make it a few hours when sent to this planet, making it nearly impossible. Surprisingly enough, this planet is known as Venus. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density, size and distance, which makes sense why so many scientists and employees at NASA are so interested in studying Venus. Venus is known as Earth's sister planet. Earth being very similar to Venus, Venus is extremely different in ways it is hard for a human being to imagine. But, once upon a time, Venus was more Earth-like than ever before. It was covered in large oceans with a suitable way for forms of life to live there. Today, Venus has some similarities, such as a surface of rocky sediment and has valleys, mountains, and craters. Being so similar to Earth, scientists decided to take up on diving deeper in the world of Venus. Venus has an incredible amount of dnager, which is why NASA has options for making the mission safe but also scientifically productive. One of several options would be to send humans to study Venus floating above the fray. With this option, the humans would be able to survive, but still have to go through 170 degree temperatures. An obvious disadvantage to floating above the fray would be the distance barrier. It is very hard to collect samples of rock, gas, or photos from that far of a distance. Rendering standard forms of photograph and videography become ineffective because floating from such a distance provides limited insight. The right but more difficult path to take would be figuring out a way to reach ground level on Venus. Not impossible, researchers are working on innovations that would let the machines last long enough to contribute meaningfully to get more knowledge on Venus. Some of the simplified electronics are made of silicon carbid and have also been tested in some of the extreme dangers that Venus has. A second similar machine would have been similar to mechanical computers used base in the 1940s during World War II. These type of devices make calculations by using gears and levers without the need of electronics. Today's modern technology would be fragile to be able to sustain any type of conditions in Venus, although it is way easier and faster to use modern day technology for this specific challenge. Having danger limit the human brain is one of the "easier said than done" situations. After a while, humans will become to curious and will want to know more about Venus and about all of the dangers that come with it. There is no other way to figure these things out other than figuring out a way to see all of it for ourselves. Using our curiousity, researchers and those who work at NASA might be able to create new innovations or ways to see all of the dangers that are within the scary planet of Venus.

The author suggest that studying Venus is a great idea. Venus is Earth's twin. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Venus is the closest in distance too. The author says that it has some dangerous heat. "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit..." There's no device or machine that can take the heat without melting or exploding. "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions." Even though the the heat is dangerous in Venus you can still study it. "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." People can make a machine or device that can resist the heat. "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to constribe meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." The author showed us both the good and bad side of studying Venus. "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." Venus could be explored with a machine that uses mechanical parts. "By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." In conclusion, the author made great points to prove that even though its dangerous you can still study Venus. Even if its from far distance you can still study it.

Limiting car usage comes with benefits for everything. It benefits the environent, yourself, and everyone else in the world. If you use your car less or just use it when you need it, the amount of pollutants in the air from vehicle transportation would drop drastically. Vehicles are the second leading cause of pollution in the world behind factories. Cars are responsible for up to fifty percent of gas emissions in heavy traffic areas in the United States according to Elisabeth Rosenthal's essay "In German suburb, life goes on without cars". It is a very simple concept, cars produce gas emission, and using your car less can help protect the environment from pollutants. The environment is not the only thing benefitted from limited car usage. You become healthier if you choose to totally lose the vehicle. Heidrun Walter stated  "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Limiting car usage can also limit stress in a person. Besides being stress free, if you choose to walk to where you need to go, you exercise and do not realize it. Basically, if you want to lower your stress, not be tense, or be healthier, just limit your car usage and walk or ride a bicycle. Vehicle accidents are a major cause of death in the world. So, if you decide to not use your car as much and just walk or bike, that is one less driver on the road. If the trend of limiting car usage and walking or biking spreads, the threats on the roadways will lower drastically. So in turn, using your car less can help keep everyone safe and help lower the amount of vehicle accidents and save lives. With more people on the side walks, and less people behind the wheel, everyone can be benefitted. From stress to gas emission, everything can be solved with limiting your car usage.            

In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author does a terriable job on supporting the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represents. The author doesn't really inclued what good would come out of the expedition to Venus. The author talks about how Venus seems to have alot in common with Earth, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth". The author is guessing what Venus might've had on its planet, he doesn't know if they Venus did or didn't, he is just taking the information that "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys mountains and craters." The author took what he knows and can see and tried to guess that there was water and life forms there, but was guessing. Despite what the author thinks what is on Venus or what is on Venus, the dangers are very real. Many reasons why people have never gone to Venus is because "no spacecraft survieved the landing for more than a few hours". The author has multiple reasons on why it's very dangerous to go on expeditions to Venus. The author provides the reader with more dangerous examples than the good it will bring Earth on why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, therefore the author does a terriable job on supporting his Venus pursuit idea.

limiting the usage of cars can solve many things in the world such as lessening the producton of greenhouse gases. it states in the article that greenhouse gases can reach up yo 50% in  some areas of the u. s. when it is only 12% in Europe, these numbers are absolutely insane. meanwhile in places like BOGOTA, columbia they are taking place in such things as a car free day. the article also states that violators will be fined $25 if they are found driving a car on this day. this is a great way to promote a healthier world. doing this can lessen the ammounts of smog and pollution in the environment. " its a good oppertunity to take away stress and lower air pollution'' said buisnessman carlos Arturo. the number of greenhouse gases will continue too rise as the population does. this is due to the number of teens and adults getting their licences and cars. if this doesnt end soon the levels of greenhouse gas woll be extremely high.

In the story of ¨The Challenge of Exploring Venus¨ Venus is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky, It´s also the second planet from our sun. From earth people can see Venus from a safe distance. The Earth has a planet that is closer to it and it´s called Venus. Earth and Veus are often referred as twins. Venus has blanets of thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide. The more challengeinng about Venus´s atmosphere is that it has highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Venus has a average temperatures over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and it´s pressure is 90 times greater in the atospheric. Venus is the hottest surface temperature of any planet even thought Mercury is closer to our sun. Venusian additional impediments weather like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. If Venus is so inhospitable, why the scientists are discussing further visit to the surface. Astronomers thinks that Venus was probably covered with largely oceans and could have supported various forms of life ,just like Earth. Venus surface has rocky sediment and familiar features suck as valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus surface at thirty-plus miles, its temperature would be toasty at around 170 degress Fahrenheit. but its air pressure would be close to match the Earth´s sea level. The Earth´s solor power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed on its level. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, form a distance. Therefore, scientists are seeking to start a conduct mission to understand Venus. By the system comparison that used machanical part can be made more likey resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.

The driveless cars are a good development because it could fundamentally change our world. The driveless cars would stop the driver from getting tired of driving around because the car drives itself. Also the positive turn of this is that the driver can take a break and admire their sorroundings. Including, the driveless car let's the driver take control whenever the driver wants. Another good thing about this car is that it lets the driver know what's ahead of the road for them so that they are aware of what's going on. The driveless car lets the driver know when they have to take over by flashing lights in the windshield, driver's seat vibrating, sensors to make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel, or like Google's cars that tell you when so. Also, the driveless cars are in someway safer because drivers tend to fall asleep or let their minds wonder of, so by having the driveless car your making it safer for those around and even the people in the car.The driveless car is a good benifit to have because it's safe and it's an advantage for drivers. It's also a good for those who hate traveling in cars making it a new and exciting experience.

It was an oppurtunity of a lifetime. There was so much to do, learn, and see. " When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service." There are many wonderful benefits of participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program. Everyone should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. There is so much to see, and learn. A cattle-boat trip was an unbelievable oppurtunity for a small-town boy like me. I had the side benefits of seeing Europe and China, we also saw Acropolis in Venice, Italy, a city with street of water. I toured the an excavating castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Cnal on his way to China. I could have possibly been drafted earlier then I was. "When my draft board learnd thta was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing what I was doing for my service. Many apposing sides may argue that joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a rediciolus, idea. I disagree when people say there is a danger of joing the Seagoing Cowboys. To conclude there are sentimental memories in joining the Seagoing Cowboys,and many values. There are great lessons to learn things to see. The oppurtunity is something you will not want to miss out on. The amazing feeling you get from joining is nothing that you will ever believe until you join. There are many new friends, fun, enjoyable sights, and lessons to learn.

The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", speaks on the subject of an upcoming age: driverless cars. Nowadays, we have cars with built in sensors that tell you when to apply the brakes, or they even do it for you. They have screens to show whats behind you while in reverse, or assists you when someone's in your blind spot. The automobile industry is doing a superb job at intertconnecting cars and today's technology, but they want to take it to the next level. While many may be wary by the idea of being chaufferred around by their own car, I welcome it. In the last ten to twenty years, humanity has made some major technological advances, and it doesn't seem like that going to end either. Self-driven cars could be a major help for someone who is handicapped, or needs assistance when driving. The future is all about making things as accessible as possible for everyone. For the individuals that are skeptical about trusting a car to automate itself, I will not lie. There will most likely be an adjustment period due to something new and unusual occuring, but soon everyone will be put at ease. These cars would be built and tested for safety, which is why it's still a work in progress. If you are wondering about the future of taxi services, the solution is simple. A driver may still be needed when an issue with traffic arises, as they do in large cities, that's where the taxi driver will come into play. They can assist when needed, drop off the customer, then find a new one. In conclusion, technology advances all the time,and usually for the better. Driverless cars are still a work in progress, but can be very big help for those who need it. It's best to look at the possibilities rather than the negative outcomes.

Driverless cars could be a nice use for transportation but personally I would not purchase a driverless car. There are many reason why I would not purchase a driverless car. For me driving is fun and is time consuming. In my opionon the driverless idea had to be made from a lazy person. In all actuallity, even though the car might drive itself , you will still have to be alert and watch the road for your own safety. Drivers have this thing called a blindspot and to think the car is going to be its own driver has to mean its going to have a blindspot also. You the driver might see things the car might not. Also when driving you dont just drive for yourself...you drive for the person in fornt , back and side of you. For example, say your in the driverless car and your on the highway. A young reckless driver comes along doing 95 mph and your doing 75mph. The highway is busy and you doze off beacuse the car drives itself and your thinking your going to be alright. So this driver comes along and decides to cut lanes even though its not enough space. Its a car right behind you and in frotn of you but in the next lane. The young driver cuts lanes and you driverless car first response could be to brake. Once your car brakes the other car that is directly behind did not see the young driver and is not being cautious so once the driverless car brakes they were not alert enough to brake immediatly and slams into the back of your driverless car. Now this whole time your almost sleep so your no where near alert and now your in an accident because you put your safety in the hands of a driverless car. With this same scenario the driverless car could avoid the accident. Say the driver in the driverless car is alert and watching the road even though the car drives itself. The driver sees the young driver doing 95 mph and sees he wants to get in the same lane as the driverless car but there is not enough space to switch lanes so the driver takes over and starts to drive the car manually. The first thing to come to the driverless car drivers mind is to gently brake to let the other cars know to slow down. That way the accident is avoided but all drivers are not the same so the driverless car idea is still not good to me. Cars were made to have a driver. The idea of a driverless car is obserde to me. Like in the passage it asks who would be responsible for the driving laws being broken. That could cause alot of confusion and kaos. So the driverless car thing should have just been left alone.

Some people believe that the electoral college should be abolished and some people believe that the electoral college has helped us throughout the years. But I believe that electoral college should be abolished. The reason I believe that the electoral college should be abolished is because I don't believe it is benefiting any elections at all. And a lot of people do not believe in it either. In source two Bradford Plumer said ''what have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and the Chamber of Commerce been trying to do, abolish electoral voting.'' I think that the electoral college makes the president elections to close to tie, and that could be a catastrophe. However source three has made some pretty good points on the electoral college. Saying that '' if there was no electoral college there would be no winner-take-all system.'' this would a terrible problem for the canidates and the voters, and would ruin the whole election. Therefore sources two and three makes some pretty valuable and good points, but I still think source two makes more sense to me. In source three Richard A. Posner wrote '' it is the electors who elect the president not the voters. When your voting for a president canidate your actually voting for a slate of electors. I dont agree that electors decide what we voted for, because then whats the point of voting for a canidate if your not even choosing at all. America is a democracy and having someone choose your president for you is not showing that we live in a democratic nation. We need to choose so we can learn from our own mistakes and then we won't make them again. This just shows that the House Of Represenatives and the government don't trust us at all and that we cant make good decisions. Source one doesnt say anything about being against or with it but it did point out some interesting facts about the electoral college. The office of the federal register wrote '' the electoral college is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.'' What their saying is that we might not have huge say on the election but we do have a pretty big say on it. I don't that we have any say on it what so ever, and that is because of the slate of electors. In conclusion, I agree with what source two had to say because of the great points they made and the facts that led me to belive that the electoral college does not work at all. Read the sources and then tell me if you think i'm right or wrong.

Venus and mars are the closest planet to the Earth, and Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus's is a challenging planet for humans to study. Venus is challenging planet because the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, and is challenging because the plane surface has temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheith. Venus is a dangers planet because the coditions are extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth, what make Venus more dangers is because Venus has the hottest surface temperatures of any planet in our solar system. If people wants to they would not live a lot of time. ''Astronomers are fascinated by Venus.'' Because Venus is like a sister of Earth because has a ''surface of rocky'' like Earth and has too valleys, mountains, and crater like Earth. ''Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. NASA is studying Venus for simplified electronics, and they are making electronics of silicon carbide and tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface. They are making project looking back to an old technology like mechanical like computers and other techology, like important role in the 1940s during World War ll. NASA said the phones or table to acid or heat caple of melting are extreme delicate when cames to physical conditiones. ''By comparison, Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistan topressure, heat, and other forces.''

The face on mars have to be a alien because back in time they did not have spaceships. If they did have spaceships back in the past we would of already discover it by now. It's probably a alien because it was buried in the ground for so may years that face is actually popping out. They should unburied it to see if it's human or not. If it is they have alot of research to do if not they still have alot have research to do. They should try to see if a body goes with that head. It could be a decovery of a new world. At the end of the article they said " that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." They can also look up any information about mars having a volcanoe. That no one knows about. but if we just know found this it is more likey to be a alien. Because we been going to mars for a long time and it's weird that they just know recover that face. What happen if it's not a alien or human what if its just a rock that turned into a face.

Would you change history? Some people think that there some things that were made by our past Presidents should be changed. Such as our Electoral College, people say it should be changed to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. So we shouldn't change history we should keep the Electoral College. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A  majority of 270 electoral votes is requested to elect the president. Our states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation. Now think about this if we were to go with this changing thing look at how many people would lose thier job. Therefore if the voting was by popular vote instead of by the Electoral College literally anybody could become President if there isn't anybody looking at it that knows what they are doing. After the Presidential election,your governer prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respected electors. the Certificate shows that the winning Presidential candidate in your state and shows which will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in december of the election year. So without the Electoral College to make the decision of the President the governer can't make the "Certificate of Ascertainment" the other people and there respected electors won't get noticed for running. Other people think that we should change the Electoral College to the election by popular vote. They think that under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president , but for a slate of electors , who in turn elect the president. For instance, if you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for whoever, you'd vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to that person. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair. Because of the winner-takes-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. The Electoral College is widely regarded as anachronism,a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be[overuled] by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the part's nominee; however, it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservaative reasons 1) Certainty of Outcome 2) Everyone's President 3) Swing States 4) Big States and 5)Avoid Run-Off Election.     

Dear,Fellow Scientist at NASA I have heard you belive that there is a face on mars that was created by aliens... this is false. You may wonder why it is false? It's false, because with the new imaging system(Mar Global surveyor or MGS).We now have the ablity to see the surface of Mars with greater detail. Due to this the new images we found we can compare Cydonia to Earth physical features as well as the previous images. After a little time,we have found this feature on the surface of Mars to be almost the same as a butte or a mesa on Earth. Both of these land forms are found in the Western region of America. Dr. Garvin even stated,"It remind me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."and he also said,"That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." This common mistake was possibly because of all the conspiracy theorists. As well as Hollywood making films or book or even magazines over the image. So it's no suprise even some of us made the mistaken that it's an Alien made object. I wonder have you seen the new images of Cydonia ?That may be a reason why you thought it was created by aliens,but in the image it shows a dried up river or a small valley that placed on a hill. So,it would be best to go look at it. Just to remind you we have a meeting at noon over the image of Cydonia... again. So don't be late. From,Your Co-worker

I vote yes that we should keep the electoral college in. Its easy to do because you don't have to count  them up yourself. I facts that these four guys even like it (Richard Nixon,Jimmy Carter,and Bob Dole). Do you know over 60% of voters would prefer voteing direct election? We need more people to vote the more voters the better it will look,we don't need to beat aound the tree. This make people feel better to vote then doing it another way. So want u like you vote to go right in so you know your vote count? The only con of doing this is we don't know who did it. You want think that really matter but it does because some can cheat for somebody. The state legislatures been picking electors since 1960. In Kennedy days when he was running he got cheated out his vote,so he lost but they done fixed all that things going well. This is five reasons the keep the method of voting like that.#1 fact there is a certainty of outcome by that i mean it show the popular votes. In 2012 Obama received 61.7% vote and Romney popualr vote was 51.3%.#2 is he/she have to be everybody president. He/she can't play sides like her cant just do the most for the south havt to be fair fot all of them.#3 swing states by sayig that the winner-take-all. So whoever win they take it all the awarding and everything else.#4 big states with big states the elsctoral collegethe balance all it out by the popualr votes. So it compare as a small states so u bout say its even. Last #5 it can stop and avoid run-offs when Nixon and Clinton was running it was a tied at 43%. So do you understand where i'm coming from with this. So keep it easy just let the electoral college stay around. If it was left up to you will you keep it around because i know i will. Thats how i feel bout it even know it want never mean nothing.          

I dont agree with this idea of driverless cars becuase my first thought when I hear "Driverless Cars" is i woldnt be safe. Thats my concern; safty in the car. If the car doesnt require you to drive then something in the wires and sensors could malfunction.The car could sense something and break quickly and could cause accisents or cause the person in the vhecial to get hurt. In this article they say that the car would need a whole lot of sensors, on the left rear wheel a rotating sensor on the roof etc. If you ask me this sounds like i would be riding down the street in a space ship. It says they tested a car on an embedded track with electrial cables, thats not safe. Also it says it would be a massive amount of money to make these roads. Who has all that money to comtribute? They say that the cars arent truley driverless, they still alert the driver to take over when certian things happen. So whats the point of a driverless car if its not technacally driverless? Even they ask themselves that in the article. They say driverless cars are the new thing but recently BMW has came out with the "Traffic Jam Assistant" meaning you have to keep your hands on the wheels. This is the total opposite of driverless cars. I would choose this meathod. Speaking of BMW other high-end cars like: Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan are plannng to have driverless cars by 2020. If driverless cars are as safe as they say then why are they only happening in expensive/ High-end cars. Everyone cant afford these types of cars espically adding on driverless to an alreday expensive car, only the rich will have a driverless car. When i hear "Driverless Car" i think of sitting in a car where you have to press one botton and enter the location and go. this article says the human driver mustremain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requries. In conclusion i think driverless cars are pointless because they arent completly driverless, they requrie a ton of wires, raido signals, sensous, etc. They are expensive and the USA is slready in debt and were wasting money on more and more pointless stuff. So if you ask me driverless cars are not my thing.

The use of the technology called the "Facial Action Coding System" is valuable in the classroom. It can make the teaching less stressful and more fun. The teacher can know exactly how the student is feeling and how they can change the lesson up. With the new technology that Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman are developing, you can tell how your friend in schools are feeling. In the article, they said, "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." The technology can give you way more details that just saying "mad", "happy", or "sad". Another reason why the technology will be good in school is because the students can also tell how the teacher is feeling towards them or the lesson. The student will be able to tell if the teacher is bored or having fun, when they're not showing it. For example, "Most human communication is nonverbal, inlcuding emotional communication." Sometimes the teacher doesn't verbally say how thye are feeling. If the new technology does big in school, they might just sell them in the stores for families at home. Families need to always know how each other is feeling. As the kids get older their emotions change and sometimes get better or worse. The author said, "your frontails pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyeborws when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." Kids at home do that all the time to show how they are feeling. I think that the use of the "Facial Action Coding System" is a excellent technology to use in the school. The technology will help the school a whole lot better then it is now. Nobody will have to struggle to figure out exactly what somebody is feeling.

I think the author did a great job explaining venus and it's many complications. Venus has been a sister panet to us for a long time but we still have yet to properly explore it because of its harsh conditions. Venus is very hot, on average it is over 800 degrees fahrenheit, so it makes it almost impossible to have anything land on it. The author explains how NASA is planning on approaching the heat. Many people believe that Venus may have used to have been able to support life. Venus was known to have bodies of water at some point in time and has other forms of landscape like valleys, mountains, and craters. If we could just get to Venus to check out whats going on, it could help us in the future, and i'm interested in knowing now if we ever will, i like how much information the author provided in this text

Cars are a very important aspect when you are a young ault and throughout your life. We use cars everyday to get from point A to point B, and are very useful in a heavy situation. But what if we lived in a car free world? What would it be like? How would we react? People and even cities have tried this idea out and, belive it or not, it is quite helpful to not only the enviroment but to the people that live in it. For example in Source 1, Elisabeth Rosenthal talks about how VAUBAN, Gremany dosen't use cars and if they did they would be fined. Maybe we are over using our cars and maybe not haveing them will do us some good. you would be surprized by how many people and cities use and appreciate this no car system. To begin with, in Source 1 it tells about the future of this idea and how it could be implyed with society today. In paragraph 8 it says "Some new suburbs may well look more Vauban-like, not only in developed countries but also in the developing world". This could be huge for the U.S., according to a few other paragraphs in Source 1 it says that if we are using our cars less we could sufficiently reduce gas emmitons and the amout of the pollution in the U.S. Even the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) have actually looked in to this and putting this into affect, they say it will play a much larger role in the upcoming federal transportation bill. Secondly, in Source 3, Andrew Selsky is talking about a whole city(Bogota, Colombia) that has a "car-free day"! This is a huge step into spreading this idea for not using your cars as much. Even if the people violated this day they were fined ($25). But this day had a big impact on the city and they said they would like to do it more frequently. This was so big Colombia's other cities joind this movement. This idea on a reduced-car rule is a very good one and they plan to have more days like this and eventully turn into a  car free city. Additionaly, in Source 4 It talks about the U.S's ideas about this. President Obama is all for this idea and one of his ambitious goals was to "curb the greenhouse gas emissions". With this idea he could help achive that goal. Another point is that according to charts and studies it shows that people are driving less and each year the amout of people to get there licence is decresing. The US took this in to notice and they belive that eventually more and more place will become these car-free places. Even car companys like Ford are looking in to this, "car-reduced" plan. They seem to think its good for the people and will eventully put this plan into affect. It seems the less we use cars the better things are getting. To sum it all up, yes we do like cars and prefer to use them...we don't NEED them, we can live with out them and find out other ways to be transported without the use of gas emmition cars. Yes, Hybrid cars do do the job too but they still aren't as effective as something without an engine. Limiting car usage is a great idea and there are many advantages to it. One day we will maybe live in a car free world and walking somewhere woulding be to bad. I think we should put this plan into affect and start working torward a better future for the people and the world.

To many people the idea of a driverless car can seem a long time from here but it is actualy closer than you think. In 2016 Tesla is making a car that drives itself 90% of the time. But with these new technologies people are divided on the idea of 100% driverless cars. With driverless cars being a possibility in the near future the technology can really help people who otherwise would not be able to be in a car by themselves. For example a blind man would be able to go some were without the need of another person. Or a physicly disabled person could enjoy a road trip by themselves. Although some people would say that the cars are really expensive, well you would be right they are expensive but in 2016 Tesla the same company developing the 90% selfdriving car is releasing a new battery powerd car. And yes this has been available for years but this car is a step in the right derection. The car is said to be afordable with a price tag in the $20,000 dollar range. And these cars ususaly came with a $100,000 price tag and as you see with this car it is easy to think that the driverless cars could be afordable in a couple years. And with Tesla taking the first leap into this technology you can expect great results. With Driverless cars roaming the street it is fully possible to end all crashes. The cars wouldn't have human input which in turn would cancel the possability of human errors. And with the creation of self driving cars us as humans would advance with better technology and this would be a boost to help push are limits in the auto industry.

The human face itself can determine someones expressions within seconds upon looking on the person. You dont need no computer telling you whether if they feel happy or whatnot. It is a waste of time and money to buy the technology and put in time for basic things we should know as humans. The human face is easy to decode by your own self. as in the article is says lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry by just a computer telling you these things but not off facts but off programs it was given to work. its programmed to tell whether you are feeling this or that its set off a data base of emotions all in one. the article even states theyre all just calculations and not fully correct theyre going off basic emotions. therefore i see as in it not being valuable to profit in. you dont need all this to decode a persons face. you dont need a man made program just a for a computer to tell you what you already know. people arent just subjects to test on for emotions you gotta know this in life. take the hints, and gesture.

Have you seen or heard about the Face on Mars. You probably have on its been starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazinesw, radio talk shows, even in grocery store checkouts lines for 25 years! NASA is researching this closely. The Face is just a natural landform because how would aliens make a face in the middle of Mars? Why would they? In Mars there's all sort of natural landforms so who knows? How would aliens make a face in Mars? Why? I don't know either its kind of seems impossible. Aliens might have step on it to make it look like a Face but they would have made it on purpose. To me it does look like an Egyptian Pharaoh but back then they were barely finding out what Mars was or didn't even know about Mars. On April 5, 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor flew over to Cydonia they took pictures then times sharper than the original pictures, then when the image first appeared on a JPL website, revealing it was a natural landform. There was no alien manument after all. In Mars theres all sort of natural landforms created by Mars weather that makes landforms look cool and interesting. When NASA send viking 1 it was circling the planet getting phtos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. Thats when NASA started reseaching it. In April 5, 1998, it was proven that it was just natural landform. Through the years the face starts cracking and fading away because of the weather. The weather of Mars is usually unpredictable, but usually cold. Also the wind in Mars is pretty commen and it makes the land look like a lot of weird things! So Mars makes all type of natural landforms and why would aliens make a face in Mars? How? I dont know either. Its all of about Mars weather that makes this natural landforms, but its mostly the wind. It looks like an Egyption Pharoah but later on it starts disappearing because of the conditions of Mars. So don't let those "unrealistic" aliens trick you.

Driverless cars are coming. Google has made a selfdriving car since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles with out a crash. I think that self driving cars should not be made. Reason why I think this is cost, relibitly, and boredom. First I think that selfdriving cars are going to cost too much to make and own. The article states that the car going to need sensor. The sensors are expensive and are not made yet. Also if it takes alot of money bulid the car if going to cost alot of money to get the car. Second relibity is the car going to stay working or is it going to break down or maybe hit someone or something. The article stares that new laws will have to be made in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. Also if the technology fails and some is injured then whose fault is it the driver or the manufactuer of the car. Last is what is going to kept these people intertained. "The article states that the psychological aspect of automation are really a challenge," admits Dr. werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver. Also if someone put something in the car to intertain the driver it could distract the driver so he wouldt know if he need to take the wheel. There could be some good sides to selfdriving cars. Like what if someone need to text they could switch there car in self driving mode and text if they need to. Or if they need to sleep the could put in autopilot. Final if someone is not a big fan of drivig they could have there car do it for them. Driverless cars could be a pronlem and that is why I think that people should stop trying to make them.

In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile",the author tells us about the Facial Action Coding System allows computers to identify humans emotions. This article provides how they can show that this device knows how to make an idenitfication. First, the author states how this device can read are emotions. This device is idetified as Facial Action Coding System. In paragraph 1 the author states "at least acording to some new computer software that can recongize emotions". The author also states in paragraph 1 how "Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computer to comunticate". This device can reconginze are emotions in a new way that could help are teachers. Second,the author states that are emotions are getiing identified by a device. In paragraph 6, the author states that,"if you smile when a Web ad appeears on your screen, a similar ad might follow". Another example in the same paragraph But if you frown,the next ad will bedifferent "A classroom coputer could recongize when a student is bceoming confues or bored". Also in paragraph 3,"For example , your frontails pars lateralis mucsle (about your eyes) rasies your eyeborw when your suprised:your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tighten your lips to show angery". This shows how the device can idetify are emotions. Finally,the author states how this device works in the situatuion that it does. In paragraph 3,"The process begins when the computer constucts a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles". Another example,"Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movement- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa." This shows that the device can idefity from picture and human facial recongition. All of this information that this aticle gives might be a good thing for student to use in a classroom. This device could tell teachers if there making there student intrestend in class. It might helpp to learn more about what will make the kids more intrested in class . Instead of sitting there sleeping or not doing anything. This device could make people more happy in classeroom.

Dear, State Senator I am in favor of keeping the Electoral college. i am in favor of keeping Electoral college because it was the original decision made by our founding fathers. the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral college consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to select the president. under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the elctoral college. for this reason, in the following discussion, the word "state" also refers to  the District of columbia.. most states have a "winner-takes-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidates. but people  like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO think that we should abolish the electoral college. although i am in favor of it, there are some disadvantages to electoral college. under the electoral college system, voters vote for a a slate of electors who in turn elect the president. the american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worst.

Have you ever wondered how you would get through the day without a car to drive you to school, afterschool clubs, soccer practice and home at the end of the day? In several places around the world citizens are cutting down, or off,with their car usage  and starting to transport themselves by bycicle or walking.  Vauban, Paris and Bogota residents have described this new way of living as stress-reducing and has also been a domino effect for places around the world! The first point, described by previous car owners in Vauban, Germany is the lack of stress in their life after the conversion to a no-car lifestyle. "When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Citizen Heidrun Walter described the change as positive even while juggling her full-time jobs of being a media trainer and mom.  The loss of time spent in traffic has produced a more relaxed lifestyle in Bogota, Colombia as well.  Carlos Arturo Plaza, citizen, explains that the switch as "A good opportunity to take away stress." As a whole, nobody likes to sit in traffic and walking or riding a bicycle to work makes one less thing you have to worry about. Having citizens convert into not using automobiles full time also produces the domino effect. For example, because of Bogota using this lifestyle the Colobian cities of Cali and Valledupar have followed in their lead. As well as the obvious that this change brings, is also is shedding off on other places that want to improve their surroundings.  With other cities, countys or even countries joining in, we can slowly make the world a healthier place. In conclusion, limiting car usage has brought positive effects on the cities of Vauban, Paris and Bogota. These places have shown signs of lower stress and an easier way of life.  Many other places have been adding on to the trend and can make the world a much less polluted and better place to be.          

"Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable". Yes, I do thing using this "Facial Action Coding System" is valuble and it could help alot in classrooms and it is a new way of learning. The technology behind this is the computer uses a type of formula to see what muscles are being used more and see how much wieght is being used on every muscle. Lets all be honest here! I know im not the only one who gets bored or off topic when im learning a new thing or two in class. Or even in genral like if you wanted to learn something new just on your own and you watched videos and go through diffrent web sites to figure it out. But while your doing all an add pops up all of a suddon and it carries you away from what your doing. Lets say if the lesson your trying to learn is in bright colors or in a game format and it really has your attention. Would you then click on the add? Im pretty sure you wouldn't. Usally in class I even get bored with topic we are on and i may zone out at times and the reason is that the things we learn about arn't really eye opening topics. Like i usally dont want to learn about them but if teachers/computers mixed it up a little and made it fun then that would help me and alot of other students out way more.For example "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human Instructor". The computer may add some bright colors to the lesson or make it into a type of mystery game that makes you find out what your learning through the game. That would make it so much better to learn the lesson and us student would be more intrested in the lesson. This technology may not be for everyone.Some people may be ok with the normal old boring way of learning and that may be the best way for them to learn new things. Other people may think that there are workers watching what they do on the other side of the computer. Such as the "FBI" becasue people have been reporting things like that and they may not trust this new process. Honestly other that i think that this is a great idea and we should try this out sometime in the future. It will be a very helpfull piece of technology for the new ways people learn.

The idea of automated driverless cars seems like an invention from a utopian future, but it csuses many potential problems when humans are involved. The question of how to punish a robot arises with the invention of this technology, as well as what the affect on humans would be of having everything done for you by robots. Although this idea is promising and could still be used. Automative transport is quite the visionary idea despite its falacies. The introduction of driverless cars would warrant the creation of new rules of the road, but that raises the question of whether the passenger or the robot recieves punishment. Also, how would one punish a robot for breaking the law? They are not human so any punishment would be unaffective. Also based on the imformatiom given in paragraph 7, humans might be required to remain partially in control, and if the cars are partial human controlled, how would we guarrentee that the person arrested was actually the offender? The robot could have framed the human. Another negative side-effect of driverless cars would be that humans could become too lazy and unalert. The human is not required to be alert to the situation of the road, so humans might lose the ability of knowing how to drive. There is also an increasing dependance on machinery to do our jobs for us, and machines are known to not be as capable as a human if there is a problem. Also, if a robot malfunctions while a human is in the car, there would be the question of how the human would handle that situation. Although, to remain positive about the idea, there are several alternatives that alleviate these potential catastrophies. The idea could still be utilized via public transport. Based on the large amount of sensors that are required for the vehicles to work, ass outlined in paragraph 3 and 4, areas that have little interference would be ideal for these automated cars. Subways run underground where there is an asbsence of human activity, this would be a perfect enviornment for automated transport to be implemented. Another place that is devoid of human interferrence is the ocean. There could be automated cruiseliners that can transport people across water, where there is a lack of traffic problems. In conclusion, the idea for automated cars is a potentially dangerous and complex, but the idea should not be thrown out. The problems with false accusations and how to punish an automated car arise; as well as the fact that humans could become lazy and unalert in their enviornment. These problems could potentially be solved by changing the venue of where automated transportation is utilized.

There's a face on Mars! Just kidding its a buttle or mesa landform. In 1976 NASA has sent Viking 1 spacecraft was snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2. when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a humans face. Couple days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The face on Mars has since become a pop icon. Some scientists believed the face was an alien artifact. On April 5, 1998 when MGS flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Revealing a natural landform. there is no alien monument after all. Some people was not satisfied because they wanted to believe it was an actually alien artifact. But no, the MGS had to go take another photo to prove its a landform. Some people ain't satisfied because they think the camera didnt get a good enough pictures of the alien markings cause they were hidden by haze. Everyone is wishing its alien face on Mars but instead they are getting a landform. Gravin says that they dont pass over the face very often because its not easy to find Cydonia. On April 8, 2001 Malin's team has took another photo of the face. but we all know its a landform. if there were objects in the photo like airplane on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks. The pitures is actually showing you a buttle or mesa landform. So when the MGS said it wasnt a face people got upset and wanting them to take another photo. So for everyone who is believing thats the face on Mars is wrong. Its a landform common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plian of Idaho. says Garvin. "Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars. So from now on its a landform not a face on Mars.

Cars are a major deal now of days because we are dependent on getting somewhere with a car. Little do you know that it damages and hurts our environment. Limiting or even getting rid of cars would be the smartest thing we will ever do. It would not only help us now but it will help the generations after us. Have you ever wondered what would happen if we limit vehicle usage and only used tranzits and taxis? What would happen would be miraculous. The greenhouse effect would stop, smog would be no more, and pollution would be cut to a minimum. It can be done we just have to set our mind to do it like a the few cities and countries have been doing. If the world only used tranzits or taxis to get to places the differences would be endless. Traffic would go down and the transportation your taking wouldn't even take long to get to your destination. It would also save you money instead of $20 every day for gas you would spend $2-$3 a day. Life would be easier and safer if cars were limited.

At first, this face is just a natural landform. Most of the people believe that there is no alien in this world. Scientist figured it was just Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusaul shadows that made it look like an Egyptan Pharoah. Secondly, the scientist keep researching whether is this an alien or it just a natural landform. A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a ¨huge rock formation.....which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth.¨ They found this information so some people might think it an alien because it has head,eyes,nose,and mouth.¨ Lastly, it has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted frocery store checkout lines. Although few scientist believed that Face was an alien artifact, and some people believed that it was just a landform. When Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginal Vikins photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing..... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. I think it was just a landform and many people argue about this.

I think you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. Here are some reasons why I think you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. I think you should sign up for the program because it is tons of fun. You can travel to many countries, while also helping the people in need. There is tons of fun stuff to do. You can play table tennis, fencing, boxing, and you can even read and whittle if you'd like. You can do so much on your freetime. Traveling. That sounds like alot of fun, but you're not traveling just for fun. While you're traveling, you're crossing the dangerous seas and helping the people that need help. While you are traveling, you can get the chance to see some pretty amazing things on the way. Helping people is the most important part of the program. Helping the ones in need is fun and exciting. You can make new friends and meet new people. Helping others that need it the most can, lead to giving them happiness and can even make you crack a smile. Thosse are the reasons why I think you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program.

Dear Senator, I think you should change to election by popular vote for the president on the United States because you can be certain of the outcome and you can avoid run off elections. If you vote for something you want to be certain that it will win and someone won't change it to their liking. In the paragraph Certainty of Outcome it says "The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exeeds his share of the popular vote". Which is like saying he people should have a voice in voting for their next president. Also it says "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible-It happened in 2000". If their having problems with the Electoral College they should just take it out completly. Who wants to have a run off election it just waistes time. In the paragraph Avoid Run-Off Elections it says "The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast". Thats like saying they woulden't even care is the candidate had no majority votes in the cast. Another example is "There is pressure for run off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast". Of course theirs pressure because they do anything right. Thats why i thing they should change to election by popular vote for the president of the united states. 

If I was discussing the Face with someone and they thought it was created by aliens I would tell them that they have lost their mind. There is no such thing as aliens. They are just a myth. If aliens were real don't you think they would have came down to Earth and taken over? I mean they probably have the power to do it. If natural landforms can be created on earth why can't they be created on Mars? It was even said by Garvin that it reminds him most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. It was probably just a mistake that happened when something ran into it. Just cause it looks like aliens did it doesn't mean they did. It is possible for a human to do it. But when there are no such things as aliens it just means that something ran into it. There are all kinds of thing flying around in space. He/she needs to think of the logical side and realize that something just ran into it I was surprised when i heard about the face. There may have been an acient civilization on Mars and we just don't know about it. We didn't have telescopes that would see that far until i don't know when. But when the dinosaurs were around there could have been an acient civilization. And isn't Mars the planet that has the most wind? Maybe we can't find anything that they left behind cause the wind may had blown it away. Now people are going to start saying that the Ancient Civilization was aliens. But it could have been people that, after the dinosaurs, died moved here. Some people believe God made us by the sand of the earth. And some believe that we evolved from monkys. But no-one knows for sure. Our ancestors could have been living on Mars and we moved here cause this place is better. We haven't found anything that would support my theory but it is possible. Maybe they burned all the documents so we wouldn't know the truth. And science always says that creatures adapt to their new enviroments, so why can't we. Most likely we created that on accident and we left it when we moved here Some people may disagree with me and some may agree with me. But i have my theories and they have theirs. My theory may be wrong, but that doesn't stop me from believing it. Their theory is probably wrong, but i don't know that. They could be right and i could be wrong. Or I could be right and they could be wrong. But i have some really good points. Aliens aren't real. We could have created that and left it their. We could have originally been from Mars. Who knows? Because I certainly don't.

It would be an amazing oppurtunity to be able to go and be a Seagoing Cowboy, I mean imagine all the things you could see, and places you could go. You may never have this kind of oppurtunity again, so why not take it. All you have to do is feed some cattle a couple times a day, clean some stalls, and if your the night watchman, all you do is check on the cattle once every hour then report back to the captain. After you drop off the cattle or shipment at its desired location you can go look around and do some sight seeing. No matter where you are i bet you can see some amazing things, even if your not much of a sightseer i bet you'll end up seeing something that you've never seen before. Then on your way back home on the ship, you and your crew mates can play games and sports where the cattle or shipment used to be to pass the time. Being a Seagoing Cowboy may not seem very fun, but it can be if you make the most out of it.

In the articla "Making Mona Lisa Smile" they talk about how scientist came up with a technology that can read how people are feeling and what there emotions are. On this new technolgy I personaly both agree and disagree with whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. I agree with this technology only because of how they are planning on using this for students. They are planning on making a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. They said that this computer would be like if the computer knew you're emotions on each ad. For example if there was an ad that appeared on you're screen that you didn't like then the next ad would be on a whole different topic. But if an ad that you did like came up on you're screen then the computer will know wheather to have a similar ad appear next. They are also saying that this technology on a computer could know when a student is confused or bored, then it could modify the lessons, like a human instructor. The part where I don't agree with this new technology is where the technology its self would let other people know exactly what you are thinking and how you are feeling. I feel like this would interfear with others privacy. For example, if some one was really happy because something good was going to happen to them or to someone else then if others knew they where so happy for this then they would most likely be asking them and that person might want to keep it as a secret. This also goes for if someone is not feeling good or is really just sad about something but didn't want to talk about it because it was vary personal to them then if others where to use this technology on them then that would interfear with that persons privacy. On this article "Makeing Mona Lisa Smile" I have discribed some of the reasons on why I both agree and disagree with having this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Just because of the fact that there are both positive and negative effects on this statement as I have described.

I believe that we should change to the popular vote for the president of the United States. There are three main reasons why. One, the people are being ruled by this president, don't you think every one should get a say in who they want the president to be. Two, Electoral College is not at all fair. Lastly if you have all the people of the United States vote then the process will be more accurate. When you're about to get a brand new car, what do you do? You take it out for a test drive, and see how it runs, and if you like the design and the features it has. Am I right? Well think, if your about to get a new president, and let me remind you they will be in charge of the way you live, don't you think you want to have a say in wether or not you like him or her? It's just like testing out a new car. You bring your family and take a vote on who likes it. The more votes you have the better, because then you see how many like it and how many don't. This Electoral college is not fair at all. It only allows 538 people to get to vote for president. What if the majority of those people wanted a certaint president, and the people that didnt get to vote wanted the other president. Thats not fair. Those people didn't even have a chance. If you weren't apart of the Electoral college how would you feel? Isn't the United States "The land of the free." Then every one should have a say in who their president is going to be. If you have every one in the United States vote then the dominant vote will be much more efficent. More people will be satisfied, and less complaints and assinations. Think about it. The popular vote is the way to go. When your doing a science experiment they say to take as many trials as you possibly can because the experimentation results will be much more accurate. Well why wouldn't you do that for something that is going to affect the ENTIRE United States of America. I hope we make this change. There are so many benefits to the popular vote, why do you think its called the popular vote? The citizens will be satisfied, the process will be much more accurate, and the it will also be fair.

The passage talks about all the positive and negative things that would make Venus be good to study because of some of theories of it being Earth like . The study of life on Venus would have many hard obstacles to overcome and look deeper into. " A thick layer of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets Venus." That would be the biggest problem to try and fix because humans who take in too much Carbon Dioxide could potentially die. "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth." That whole sentence by it self sums up how much of a complication it would be to study Venus. Astronomers are fascinated by venus that they want to know if it was once a earth like plant long before. Everytime there are some good positives about the study of Venus there's always something negative following it. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." This a positive input to how to discover some kind of basic of life. " However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only a limited insight on the ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere,rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective." This is a barrier in research not being able to get full anwers is going to be hard to discover life. The study of Venus would make the scientist have to think harder and make more advance technology but they can do that until they get full answers on what they might come up on.

"So, if you're a NASA scientist, you should be able to tell me the whole story about the Face On Mars, which obviously is evidence that there is life on Mars, and that the face was created by aliens, correct?" No, twenty five years ago, our Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. Us scientists figured out that it was just another Martian mesa, common around Cydonia, only this one had shadows that made it look like an Egyption Pharaoh. Very few days later, we revealed the image for all to see, and we made sure to note that it was a huge rock formation that just resembled a human head and face, but all of it was formed by shadows. We only announced it because we thought it would be a good way to engage the public with NASA's findings, and atrract attention to Mars-- and it did. The face on Mars soon became a pop icon; shot in movies, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. Some people thought the natural landform was evidence of life on Mars, and that us scientists wanted to hide it, but really, the defenders of the NASA budget wish there was ancient civilization on Mars. We decided to take another shot just to make sure we weren't wrong, on April 5, 1998. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team took a picture that was ten times sharper than the original Viking photos, revealing a natural landform, which meant no alien monument. "But that picture wasn't very clear at all, which could mean alien markings were hidden by haze" Well no, yes that rumor started, but to prove them wrong on April 8, 2001 we decided to take another picture, making sure it was a cloudless summer day. Malin's team captured an amazing photo using the camera's absolute maximum revolution. With this camera you can discern things in a digital image, 3 times bigger than the pixel size which means if there were any signs of life, you could easily see what they were. What the picture showed was the butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West. "But how do we know you're not just hiding things from us?" You should know NASA isn't hiding anything from the people because if there was evidence of life it would benefit us, so why hide it? If you still don't believe the evidence the pictures are out for you to see, which obviously shows a natural landform. The reason to not believe these movies and magazines is because they ignore the research. They make up things to get the people going, but what they actually should do is pay attention to us, because we have very important findings every single day.

The author has been studying Venus to find out if humans can live there and there are some reason that humans cant live there. The author says that Venus has many feature like earth and that it may be possible for humans to live there. Even though they have seen what could happen like the bad part of living there, they are still trying to find a way to make humans live there. Venus is like Earths "twin" because it is the closest planet to the earth unlike the other planets. Also, Venus atmosphere of carbon dioxide is 97 percent. Venus may be worth studying for but despite the danger that it may have to any human could be bad and even though the author says that they are going to have to make humans a part of there studyies so they can find a way to live there. In the text it says that "numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite the proximity to us" saying that they will have to study humans no matter what. Therefore, Venus may be wirth to study it but is it really worth putting humans a part of your study just to be right. There are may factors that Venus has that are very dangerous to us.

I think that there were definitely alians there. I might not be able to prove it, but I do believe and will someda prove that there are aliens in space. When it comes to the Face I have a hard time proving the whole alien things. I mean like don't believe everything you read. So to me studying the Face is hard Ok, so NASA is saying 25 years ago they noticed something funny that happened at Mars. I think the thing they spotted was aliens. Besides the red stuff the only weird on Mars would be aliens. In my opinion, I dont think the Face was created by aliens. So far scientist haven't even see aliens in space so if that's the case how could aliens have created the Face. You know humans had to create that one. I do think there are aliens in space but I don't think they made the Face. Until scientist find out they aliens exist I'm keep thinking that it was a really smart guy. So come on sicentist lets find out if aliens exist. Some genius Enstein has made the Face up and blamed it on aliens. But when I grow up I'm going to do more stufy on aliens and fidn out if they really were the ones who invented the Face. But for now whoever the guy is played a really good prank.

Well I do believe in supernatural life form, but i don't think that aliens would do things like this. Personally based on my opinion is that it could've been just the way it looks. Like how it resembles a human face, has eyes, a nose, the head shape, could be just the way it devoloped over decades and centuries over time. This does'nt mean that it work of an unknown species. Its just a natural landform that has developed the shape of a human face over time. But i can also see how other would think that. yes, I admit it is an odd thing to see, but theres a million different stories of how this particular piece became known to all the human race. So us scientists, at NASA are going to find the real story behind this unfounded clue. Also do promise that the story that we get will be the truth, and also be shared to the public people of the United States. This clue has a million questions, and a million accusations. But what i think over my years of research is that there was no alien lifeform that created the face of mars. Just alot of great odd things happen. It just seems to be that this is one of them. But us scientists at NASA promise to find the real truth, tell the real truth, and plan to make it known to the human race.

I am not for or against driverless cars. Driverless cars, in my opinion, have no impact on me. If people are for or against them then that's cool, I really don't care. Driverless cars will just add onto the list of how to be lazy for us. I would think it'd be pretty cool to have dirverless cars simply because it'd show how far we've advanced in technology. Driverless cars could be a benefit and hazard to us depending on when/where they would be distributed. It will probably take another few years before we're able to just sit back and relax as our car takes us to our destination without us having to pay attention because of A LOT of things, but the biggest factor would be humans. It will be a while before technology can react like humans do. If there are a bunch of carless drivers who have normal cars, how would the computers react? Would they be break-happy and keep pumping the breaks every other second to avoid an accident? Would they just continue on and cause an accident? Or would driverless cars be like a requirement? Every vehicle has to have a computer so it can drive itself. That would be safe, it would cause less accidents for people who like to drink their troubles away and get drunk every other minute. It would prevent lots of problems on the road for those who text and drive or who just don't pay attention. I know I didn't write this how I was supposed to and I really don't care. Sorry, but my education means little to nothing to me. At least I typed that much though, right?

Take a step outside and a second to look around? Now tell me what you see ? The trees and grass green, the beautiful clear white clouds up in the sky, the birds chripping and flying, wandering and looking for something to eat. You see life. All it takes is a snap of a finger and all of that would go away. All the trees ugly and destory, the grass would no longer be green and the clouds all dark and upset , You wouldn't see life anymore you would see depression. This could all happen if we keep harming the envoirnment by using cars and polluting the air by all the trucks that has been driven around. We need to stop before things get worst. There are benefits and advantage of limiting car usage. Residents in Vauban, Germany are limiting car usage they're using bikes and most of them enjoy the walk. Most passgeners don't know that their cars and them are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and some car-intensive areas in the United States vary up to 50 percent. You wouldn't want to be blame for such an act. As a matter of Heidrun Walter commented ,in Source 1: " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," If she feels like this ,there is no doubt that everyone wouldn't feel the same. If you're stress and unhappy than take a walk, Mrs. Walter walked the verdant streets where the bicycles swish and chattering of wandering children drown out the occasional distan motor. The whole point of a car is getting from point A to point B and many people are concern about the fact that they won't have any tranportation , this statement is false. Vauban has a home to 5,500 residents and they're trying to built houses where stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. Lets take a look at Paris, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. If people didn't follow this enforcement they suffer a 22-euro fine of ($31). This act cause congestion meaning car traffic wemt down 60 percent in the captial of France that would mean not cause more damage to the envoirnment. This is also good because looking at their histroy diesel fuel was blamed and france has . . . [a] tax policy . . . diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a53.3 percent. .  . There is no excuse for not being able to use a car. Look at the benefit you can hike, bike, skate and take buses. There are working on a new car progam isn't going to harm the enviornment, and plus this is a great opportunity to take away stress and also lower air pollution. There is also other wys to get transportaiont there is car-pooling. The internet also pay a big part because it makes it possible to allow people to feel more connected without driving to meet and chat with friends.

Emotions A kind of basic emotions is happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness; and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. For example, your above your eyes muscle raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your around you mouth muscle tightens your lips to show anger. It meanspeople can't lied their emotions because people feel something emotions they face or body muscle something to change; so we can found what they feel. People emotions can't shows percentages, that mean that emotions is not real. Emotions is not math or science. We feel something emotions become the face is some science because movement some muscle or become to change something body or face. But exactly emotions is feeling; so emotions is psychology. So people do lied looks like weird active or they can't see the eyes; something this situations. Now people do lied thier emotions. For example, your unhappy but front of people you smile so people feel "You are so happy" something like that. We humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Some people do practice about for they how to show their face. False smile is so sad fact, but people really general use this way. One reason, somethimes people doesn't want to talk about their feeling. Other reason is we doing smile, we can shows "I am smiled person.". It means you can bring positive an impressive. General people thought first impressive is important. Emotion is shows how i feel. So sometimes we need to false emotions. But i thought if you use everyday use false emotions, you get a disease in your mind. Mind of a disease is more scared because we can't see and general people don't know they got a mind disease. So i want to say people do shows their feeling.